Patents by Inventor Fumihiko Kamizono

Fumihiko Kamizono has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7633609
    Abstract: A measuring system, comprising a surveying instrument for projecting a laser beam by rotary irradiation and a photodetection sensor device installed at a measuring point, wherein the surveying instrument comprises a first radio communication unit, the photodetection sensor device comprises a second radio communication unit, and communication can be performed between the surveying instrument and the photodetection sensor device, wherein the surveying instrument comprises an angle detecting means for detecting a horizontal angle in a projecting direction of the laser beam and a first arithmetic unit for controlling the angle detecting means based on a receiving signal from the first radio communication unit, and the photodetection sensor device comprises a photodetection unit for receiving the laser beam and a second arithmetic unit for performing transmission of a photodetection notifying signal to notify the receiving of the laser beam by the photodetection unit and also for performing transmission of a synch
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Fumio Ohtomo, Kaoru Kumagai, Fumihiko Kamizono
  • Publication number: 20090235541
    Abstract: A surveying instrument for measuring three-dimensional position of a measured object, has a detecting section for detecting a direction of the measured object by rotational emission of two or more fan-shaped laser beams in which at least one beam is inclined; an optical system including a tracking-light-emitting section for emitting a tracking light and a distance-measuring-light-emitting section for emitting a distance-measuring light; a tracking-light-receiving section for receiving the tracking light reflected by the measured object; and a driving section for driving the optical system in order to collimate the measured object according to an output of the detecting section and an output of the tracking-light-receiving section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Kaoru Kumagai, Fumihiko Kamizono
  • Publication number: 20090106989
    Abstract: There are provided a rotary laser projecting device 1 and an object reflector 9, said rotary laser projecting device 1 comprises a reference plane forming unit 3 for forming a reference plane by projecting fan-shaped laser beams 5 which spread in vertical direction and have two or more laser beams including at least one thereof tilted, a distance measuring unit 4 for measuring distance by projecting distance measuring light 6, a rotator 10 for projecting said fan-shaped laser beams and said distance measuring light in horizontal direction by rotary irradiation, a horizontal angle detecting unit 21 for detecting horizontal angle of the rotator, a photodetection unit for receiving the reflected fan-shaped laser beams 5? and the reflected distance measuring light 6?, a storage unit 13, and a control arithmetic unit 12 for controlling said reference plane forming unit, said distance measuring unit and said rotator, and said object reflector 9 reflects said fan-shaped laser beams and said distance measuring light
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Fumihiko Kamizono, Kunihiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20080304041
    Abstract: A measuring system, comprising a surveying instrument for projecting a laser beam by rotary irradiation and a photodetection sensor device installed at a measuring point, wherein the surveying instrument comprises a first radio communication unit, the photodetection sensor device comprises a second radio communication unit, and communication can be performed between the surveying instrument and the photodetection sensor device, wherein the surveying instrument comprises an angle detecting means for detecting a horizontal angle in a projecting direction of the laser beam and a first arithmetic unit for controlling the angle detecting means based on a receiving signal from the first radio communication unit, and the photodetection sensor device comprises a photodetection unit for receiving the laser beam and a second arithmetic unit for performing transmission of a photodetection notifying signal to notify the receiving of the laser beam by the photodetection unit and also for performing transmission of a synch
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Fumio Ohtomo, Kaoru Kumagai, Fumihiko Kamizono