Patents by Inventor Fumika Sumiyama

Fumika Sumiyama 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: 8926100
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light source including plural light emitting devices arranged in a pattern and that generate and guide light, the light emitting devices having tilted gain regions wherein guiding directions of the light are tilted with respect to a perpendicular of output surfaces of the light source, an optical axis conversion device that bends optical axes of the light output from the light source, and a light distribution control device that controls a light distribution angle of the light output from the optical axis conversion device, wherein the light emitting devices are super luminescent diodes, and the light output from the light distribution control device diverge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Itoh, Hiroyasu Kaseya, Fumika Sumiyama, Junichi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8477315
    Abstract: A volume hologram includes: an incidence surface onto which coherent light having a plurality of wavelengths is incident; and a plurality of interference fringes having streaks so that the angles between the streaks and the incidence surface are different from each other and so that the each interference fringe corresponds to one wavelength of the coherent light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Fumika Sumiyama
  • Patent number: 8425056
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: a light source unit which emits axially symmetric polarized light having polarization distribution symmetric with respect to the center axis of light; and a scanning unit which applies the axially symmetric polarized light to a projection surface for scanning to form an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Fumika Sumiyama
  • Publication number: 20120229775
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light source including plural light emitting devices arranged in a pattern and that generate and guide light, the light emitting devices having tilted gain regions wherein guiding directions of the light are tilted with respect to a perpendicular of output surfaces of the light source, an optical axis conversion device that bends optical axes of the light output from the light source, and a light distribution control device that controls a light distribution angle of the light output from the optical axis conversion device, wherein the light emitting devices are super luminescent diodes, and the light output from the light distribution control device diverge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka ITOH, Hiroyasu KASEYA, Fumika SUMIYAMA, Junichi OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 8057051
    Abstract: A light source device includes a plurality of light emitting elements for emitting light beams, a resonant mirror functioning as a resonator for selectively reflecting the light beams emitted respectively from the light emitting elements, towards the light emitting elements, a wavelength selection element disposed on light paths between the light emitting elements and the resonant mirror, having a plurality of light selection areas for executing selection respectively on the light beams emitted respectively from the light emitting elements, transmitting light beams each having a part of a wavelength band of corresponding one of the light beams emitted respectively from the light emitting elements, and having a narrower width of a wavelength band of the light beam to be transmitted than a width of wavelength band of the light beam to be reflected by the resonant mirror, and a state changing section that changes a state of the plurality of light selection areas, and the state changing section changes the state
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Fumika Sumiyama, Masatoshi Yonekubo
  • Patent number: 8047659
    Abstract: A light source device includes plural light-emitting elements that emit lights, a wavelength selection element that has plural light selection areas in which wavelength selection is performed for the lights emitted from the plural light-emitting elements, respectively, and selectively reflects a part of the lights emitted from the plural light-emitting elements, a state detecting unit that detects states of the plural light selection areas of the wavelength selection element, and a state changing unit that changes, according to the states of the plural light selection areas detected by the state detecting unit, the states of the light selection areas of the wavelength selection element to make wavelengths of the lights selected in the plural light selection areas different from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Fumika Sumiyama, Akira Miyamae
  • Patent number: 8038306
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a plurality of light emitting elements that emit laser light; and a wavelength selective element that includes a light selective region functioning as a resonator mirror of the light emitting element by selecting light of predetermined selective wavelength from the laser light emitted from one of the light emitting elements and reflecting the selected light toward the light emitting element while allowing the remaining laser light to pass therethrough, and a base member having a plurality of the light selective regions so that the wavelengths of the light selected by the light selective regions are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Fumika Sumiyama, Takashi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20110128734
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a plurality of light emitting elements that emit laser light; and a wavelength selective element that includes a light selective region functioning as a resonator mirror of the light emitting element by selecting light of predetermined selective wavelength from the laser light emitted from one of the light emitting elements and reflecting the selected light toward the light emitting element while allowing the remaining laser light to pass therethrough, and a base member having a plurality of the light selective regions so that the wavelengths of the light selected by the light selective regions are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumika SUMIYAMA, Takashi Takeda
  • Patent number: 7905608
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a plurality of light emitting elements that emit laser light; and a wavelength selective element that includes a light selective region functioning as a resonator mirror of the light emitting element by selecting light of predetermined selective wavelength from the laser light emitted from one of the light emitting elements and reflecting the selected light toward the light emitting element while allowing the remaining laser light to pass therethrough, and a base member having a plurality of the light selective regions so that the wavelengths of the light selected by the light selective regions are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Fumika Sumiyama, Takashi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20100238099
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: a light source unit which emits axially symmetric polarized light having polarization distribution symmetric with respect to the center axis of light; and a scanning unit which applies the axially symmetric polarized light to a projection surface for scanning to form an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumika SUMIYAMA
  • Patent number: 7780311
    Abstract: A multi-wavelength light source device includes three light source devices. The light source device includes a plurality of light emitting elements, and a dispersing section making wavelengths of light beams emitted from the respective light emitting elements different from each other, a spectral line width of the emitted light beam in each of the light source devices is equal to or greater than 0.2 nm, a wavelength of the red light beam in the light source device for emitting the red light beam is greater than 612 nm, a wavelength of the green light beam in the light source device for emitting the green light beam is greater than 525 nm and smaller than 538 nm, and a wavelength of the blue light beam in the light source device for emitting the blue light beam is greater than 465 nm and smaller than 468 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Fumika Sumiyama, Shunji Kamijima
  • Patent number: 7775684
    Abstract: A wavelength selective element includes: a base member; light selective regions formed in the base member, in which a predetermined selective wavelength is selected from the laser light emitted from a plurality of light emission elements that emit the laser light; and interference regions, each of which is provided in one of the light selective regions, each of which includes interference fringes having streaks, and including at least a first interference region and a second interference region in which a first distance between streaks of the interference fringes of the first interference region is different from a second distance between streaks of the interference fringes of the second interference region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Fumika Sumiyama, Shunji Kamijima
  • Publication number: 20090122531
    Abstract: A multi-wavelength light source device includes three light source devices. The light source device includes a plurality of light emitting elements, and a dispersing section making wavelengths of light beams emitted from the respective light emitting elements different from each other, a spectral line width of the emitted light beam in each of the light source devices is equal to or greater than 0.2 nm, a wavelength of the red light beam in the light source device for emitting the red light beam is greater than 612 nm, a wavelength of the green light beam in the light source device for emitting the green light beam is greater than 525 nm and smaller than 538 nm, and a wavelength of the blue light beam in the light source device for emitting the blue light beam is greater than 465 nm and smaller than 468 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumika SUMIYAMA, Shunji KAMIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20090059992
    Abstract: A light source device includes a plurality of light emitting elements for emitting light beams, a resonant mirror functioning as a resonator for selectively reflecting the light beams emitted respectively from the light emitting elements, towards the light emitting elements, a wavelength selection element disposed on light paths between the light emitting elements and the resonant mirror, having a plurality of light selection areas for executing selection respectively on the light beams emitted respectively from the light emitting elements, transmitting light beams each having a part of a wavelength band of corresponding one of the light beams emitted respectively from the light emitting elements, and having a narrower width of a wavelength band of the light beam to be transmitted than a width of wavelength band of the light beam to be reflected by the resonant mirror, and a state changing section that changes a state of the plurality of light selection areas, and the state changing section changes the state
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumika SUMIYAMA, Masatoshi YONEKUBO
  • Publication number: 20090016390
    Abstract: A light source device includes plural light-emitting elements that emit lights, a wavelength selection element that has plural light selection areas in which wavelength selection is performed for the lights emitted from the plural light-emitting elements, respectively, and selectively reflects a part of the lights emitted from the plural light-emitting elements, a state detecting unit that detects states of the plural light selection areas of the wavelength selection element, and a state changing unit that changes, according to the states of the plural light selection areas detected by the state detecting unit, the states of the light selection areas of the wavelength selection element to make wavelengths of the lights selected in the plural light selection areas different from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Fumika SUMIYAMA, Akira MIYAMAE
  • Publication number: 20080192259
    Abstract: A volume hologram includes: an incidence surface onto which coherent light having a plurality of wavelengths is incident; and a plurality of interference fringes having streaks so that the angles between the streaks and the incidence surface are different from each other and so that the each interference fringe corresponds to one wavelength of the coherent light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumika Sumiyama
  • Publication number: 20080174873
    Abstract: A wavelength selective element includes: a base member; light selective regions formed in the base member, in which a predetermined selective wavelength is selected from the laser light emitted from a plurality of light emission elements that emit the laser light; and interference regions, each of which is provided in one of the light selective regions, each of which includes interference fringes having streaks, and including at least a first interference region and a second interference region in which a first distance between streaks of the interference fringes of the first interference region is different from a second distance between streaks of the interference fringes of the second interference region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumika Sumiyama, Shunji Kamijima
  • Publication number: 20080055567
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a plurality of light emitting elements that emit laser light; and a wavelength selective element that includes a light selective region functioning as a resonator mirror of the light emitting element by selecting light of predetermined selective wavelength from the laser light emitted from one of the light emitting elements and reflecting the selected light toward the light emitting element while allowing the remaining laser light to pass therethrough, and a base member having a plurality of the light selective regions so that the wavelengths of the light selected by the light selective regions are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumika Sumiyama, Takashi Takeda