Patents by Inventor Haruyoshi Toyoda
Haruyoshi Toyoda 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).
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Patent number: 11016286Abstract: A light beam irradiation device includes a light source unit that emits a light beam, a reflection mirror and a driving unit that swings the reflection mirror under supply of a driving signal, and comprises the light deflection unit receiving and reflecting the light beam emitted from the light source unit using the reflection mirror, a light deflection angle detection unit that includes a light reception surface that receives the light beam reflected by the reflection mirror, the light deflection angle detection unit detecting a position of the light beam on the light reception surface at a frequency equal to or higher than four times a resonance frequency of the light deflection unit and outputting a detection signal indicating the position, and an operation control unit that corrects the driving signal on the basis of the detection signal and outputs the corrected driving signal to the light deflection unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Yoshinori Matsui, Haruyoshi Toyoda, Munenori Takumi, Kazutaka Suzuki, Kazuhiro Nakamura
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Patent number: 10983371Abstract: A reflective spatial light modulator includes a perovskite-type electro-optic crystal having a relative permittivity of 1,000 or higher, a light input and output unit disposed on an input surface of the electro-optic crystal and including a first electrode through which input light is transmitted, a light reflecting unit including a plurality of second electrodes disposed on a rear surface of the electro-optic crystal and reflects the input light toward the light input and output unit, a drive circuit including a plurality of drive electrodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of second electrodes and for applying an electric field to a part between the first electrode and the second electrode by inputting an electrical signal to each of the plurality of drive electrodes, and a plurality of bumps which are disposed such that the plurality of second electrodes and the plurality of drive electrodes are electrically connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Kuniharu Takizawa, Hiroshi Tanaka, Haruyoshi Toyoda, Yasushi Ohbayashi, Hiroto Sakai
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Patent number: 10977806Abstract: An eye movement feature amount calculating system includes: a moving state input unit that inputs moving state values in a time series indicating a moving state of an eye of an examinee; a saccade period extracting unit that extracts a saccade period in which the eye performs saccadic movement based on time-series variation of the moving state values; and a feature amount calculating unit that divides a period including at least a part of the extracted saccade period into a plurality of periods and calculates a feature amount of eye movement of the subject based on the separate periods.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Kazutaka Suzuki, Haruyoshi Toyoda, Hiroyuki Okada
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Publication number: 20210068653Abstract: An object is to simply and easily evaluate differences in behavior of the eyes of subjects. A binocular measurement system 1 includes a photodetector 7 that detects reflected light from the right eye ER and the left eye EL of a subject, and outputs image signal of the reflected light, a feature amount calculating unit 11 that calculates a feature amount corresponding to the right eye ER and a feature amount corresponding to the left eye EL based on the image signal, and a comparison value calculating unit 13 that calculates, based on the two feature amounts, a comparison value obtained by comparing the two feature amounts.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Kazutaka SUZUKI, Munenori TAKUMI, Naotoshi HAKAMATA, Haruyoshi TOYODA, Yoshinori MATSUI
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Publication number: 20210041221Abstract: A plurality of pixels are arranged two-dimensionally in a matrix and individually include a first photosensitive portion and a second photosensitive portion. A plurality of first wirings connect a plurality of first photosensitive portions to each other for every row. A plurality of second wirings connect a plurality of second photosensitive portions to each other for every column. A first reading unit is arranged to read signal data through at least some of the plurality of first wirings. A second reading unit is arranged to read signal data through at least some of the plurality of second wirings. The first reading unit has a reading pixel setting unit arranged to set, based on signal data read in the first frame, a pixel group for reading signal data in a second frame subsequent to a first frame from the plurality of pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2018Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.Inventors: Yoshinori MATSUI, Yukinobu SUGIYAMA, Munenori TAKUMI, Haruyoshi TOYODA, Kazutaka SUZUKI, Kazuhiro NAKAMURA, Keisuke UCHIDA
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Patent number: 10893800Abstract: An object is to simply and easily evaluate differences in behavior of the eyes of subjects. A binocular measurement system 1 includes a photodetector 7 that detects reflected light from the right eye ER and the left eye EL of a subject, and outputs image signal of the reflected light, a feature amount calculating unit 11 that calculates a feature amount corresponding to the right eye ER and a feature amount corresponding to the left eye EL based on the image signal, and a comparison value calculating unit 13 that calculates, based on the two feature amounts, a comparison value obtained by comparing the two feature amounts.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Kazutaka Suzuki, Munenori Takumi, Naotoshi Hakamata, Haruyoshi Toyoda, Yoshinori Matsui
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Publication number: 20210011430Abstract: A quantum simulator includes a pseudo speckle pattern generator, a main vacuum chamber, an atomic gas supply unit, a light beam generator, a photodetector, and an atom number detector. The pseudo speckle pattern generator generates a pseudo speckle pattern in the inside of the main vacuum chamber by light allowed to enter the inside of the main vacuum chamber through the second window. The pseudo speckle pattern generator includes a controller, a light source, a beam expander, a spatial light modulator, and a lens. The controller sets a modulation distribution of the spatial light modulator based on a two-dimensional pseudo random number pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicants: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF NATURAL SCIENCESInventors: Hiroto Sakai, Kenji Ohmori, Taro Ando, Nobuyuki Takei, Haruyoshi Toyoda, Yoshiyuki Ohtake, Tomoko Hyodo, Yuu Takiguchi
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Publication number: 20210006738Abstract: A light detection device detects an incident position of light. The plurality of pixels are arranged two-dimensionally in a matrix and individually have a first photosensitive portion and a second photosensitive portion. The first circuit connects a plurality of first photosensitive portions to each other for every row. The second circuit connects a plurality of second photosensitive portions to each other for every column. The first reading unit reads signal data through the first circuit. The second reading unit reads signal data through the second circuit. The first circuit includes row switches arranged to switch electrical connection and disconnection between first photosensitive portions adjacent to each other in the same row.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2018Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Yoshinori MATSUI, Munenori TAKUMI, Haruyoshi TOYODA, Kazutaka SUZUKI, Kazuhiro NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 10824114Abstract: A quantum simulator includes a pseudo speckle pattern generator, a main vacuum chamber, an atomic gas supply unit, a light beam generator, a photodetector, and an atom number detector. The pseudo speckle pattern generator generates a pseudo speckle pattern in the inside of the main vacuum chamber by light allowed to enter the inside of the main vacuum chamber through the second window. The pseudo speckle pattern generator includes a controller, a light source, a beam expander, a spatial light modulator, and a lens. The controller sets a modulation distribution of the spatial light modultor based on a two-dimensional pseudo random number pattern.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignees: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION NATIONAL SCIENCESInventors: Hiroto Sakai, Kenji Ohmori, Taro Ando, Nobuyuki Takei, Haruyoshi Toyoda, Yoshiyuki Ohtake, Tomoko Hyodo, Yuu Takiguchi
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Patent number: 10819932Abstract: In a first pixel part, as an incident position is closer to a first end of a first pixel pair group in a second direction, an intensity of a first electric signal decreases. In a second pixel part, as the incident position is closer to the first end, an intensity of a second electric signal increases. In a third pixel part, as the incident position is closer to a second end of a second pixel pair group in a first direction, an intensity of a third electric signal decreases. In a fourth pixel part, as the incident position is closer to the second end, an intensity of a fourth electric signal increases. A calculation unit performs weighting on a first position on the basis of the third and fourth electric signals, and performs weighting on a second position on the basis of the first and second electric signals.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Munenori Takumi, Haruyoshi Toyoda, Yoshinori Matsui, Kazutaka Suzuki, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Keisuke Uchida
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Publication number: 20200326564Abstract: A reflective spatial light modulator includes an electro-optic crystal having an input surface to which input light is input and a rear surface opposing the input surface, a light input/output unit being disposed on the input surface of the electro-optic crystal and having a first electrode through which the input light is transmitted, a light reflection unit including a substrate including a plurality of second electrodes and being disposed on the rear surface side of the electro-optic crystal, and a drive circuit applying an electric field between the first electrode and the plurality of second electrodes. The light input/output unit includes a first charge injection curbing layer formed on the input surface, and the light reflection unit includes a second charge injection curbing layer formed on the rear surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Kuniharu TAKIZAWA, Hiroshi TANAKA, Haruyoshi TOYODA, Yasushi OHBAYASHI, Hiroto SAKAI, Tsubasa WATANABE
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Publication number: 20200292856Abstract: A reflective spatial light modulator includes an electro-optic crystal having an input surface to which input light is input and a rear surface opposing the input surface, a light input/output unit being disposed on the input surface of the electro-optic crystal and having a first electrode through which the input light is transmitted, a light reflection unit including a substrate including a plurality of second electrodes and an adhesive layer for fixing the substrate to the rear surface and being disposed on the rear surface of the electro-optic crystal, and a drive circuit applying an electric field between the first electrode and the plurality of second electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Kuniharu TAKIZAWA, Hiroshi TANAKA, Haruyoshi TOYODA, Yasushi OHBAYASHI, Hiroto SAKAI, Tsubasa WATANABE
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Publication number: 20200271512Abstract: Provided is a position detection sensor. In a first pixel part, as an incident position is closer to a first end of a first pixel pair group in a second direction, an intensity of a first electric signal decreases. In a second pixel part, as the incident position is closer to the first end, an intensity of a second electric signal increases. In a third pixel part, as the incident position is closer to a second end of a second pixel pair group in a first direction, an intensity of a third electric signal decreases. In a fourth pixel part, as the incident position is closer to the second end, an intensity of a fourth electric signal increases. A calculation unit calculates a second position on the basis of the first and second electric signals, and calculates a first position on the basis of the third and fourth electric signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Munenori TAKUMI, Haruyoshi TOYODA, Yoshinori MATSUI, Kazutaka SUZUKI, Kazuhiro NAKAMURA, Keisuke UCHIDA
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Publication number: 20200264426Abstract: A light beam irradiation device includes a light source unit that emits a light beam, a reflection mirror and a driving unit that swings the reflection mirror under supply of a driving signal, and comprises the light deflection unit receiving and reflecting the light beam emitted from the light source unit using the reflection mirror, a light deflection angle detection unit that includes a light reception surface that receives the light beam reflected by the reflection mirror, the light deflection angle detection unit detecting a position of the light beam on the light reception surface at a frequency equal to or higher than four times a resonance frequency of the light deflection unit and outputting a detection signal indicating the position, and an operation control unit that corrects the driving signal on the basis of the detection signal and outputs the corrected driving signal to the light deflection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2016Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Yoshinori MATSUI, Haruyoshi TOYODA, Munenori TAKUMI, Kazutaka SUZUKI, Kazuhiro NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 10722112Abstract: A tablet terminal 1A is a measurement apparatus for measuring a subject's eyelid position, and includes a display section 3 that generates a vertically long light emitting region to make a reflection image form on a corneal surface of the subject's eyeball, a camera 5 that images the reflection image formed by the display section 3, and an arithmetic circuit 7 that derives reflection image information concerning a size or position of the reflection image based on image data of the reflection image obtained by the camera 5, and measures the eyelid position based on the reflection image information.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Kazutaka Suzuki, Yoshinori Matsui, Haruyoshi Toyoda, Munenori Takumi, Naotoshi Hakamata
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Publication number: 20200217647Abstract: Provided is a shape measurement sensor including a light-receiving unit and a calculation unit. The light-receiving unit includes a plurality of pixel pairs. Each of the pixel pairs includes a first pixel and a second pixel that is disposed side by side with the first pixel along a first direction. In the first pixel, as an incident position is closer to one end of the light-receiving unit in a second direction, an intensity of a first electric signals decreases. In the second pixel, as the incident position is closer to the one end, an intensity of a second electric signal increases. The calculation unit calculates the incident position in the second direction for each of the pixel pairs on the basis of the intensity of the first electric signal and the intensity of the acquired second electric signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Munenori TAKUMI, Haruyoshi TOYODA, Yoshinori MATSUI, Kazutaka SUZUKI, Kazuhiro NAKAMURA, Keisuke UCHIDA
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Publication number: 20200217644Abstract: Provided is a position detection sensor including: a light-receiving unit that includes a first pixel, a second pixel and a calculation unit that performs center-of-gravity operation by using an intensity of first and second electric signals to calculate a first position. In the first pixel, as the incident position is closer to one end of the light-receiving unit in a second direction, the intensity of the first electric signal decreases. In the second pixel, as the incident position is closer to the one end, the intensity of the second electric signal increases. The calculation unit further calculates a second position on the basis of a first integrated value obtained by integrating the intensity of the first electric signal, and a second integrated value obtained by integrating the intensity of the second electric signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Munenori TAKUMI, Haruyoshi TOYODA, Yoshinori MATSUI, Kazutaka SUZUKI, Kazuhiro NAKAMURA, Keisuke UCHIDA
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Publication number: 20200213551Abstract: In a first pixel part, as an incident position is closer to a first end of a first pixel pair group in a second direction, an intensity of a first electric signal decreases. In a second pixel part, as the incident position is closer to the first end, an intensity of a second electric signal increases. In a third pixel part, as the incident position is closer to a second end of a second pixel pair group in a first direction, an intensity of a third electric signal decreases. In a fourth pixel part, as the incident position is closer to the second end, an intensity of a fourth electric signal increases. A calculation unit performs weighting on a first position on the basis of the third and fourth electric signals, and performs weighting on a second position on the basis of the first and second electric signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Munenori TAKUMI, Haruyoshi TOYODA, Yoshinori MATSUI, Kazutaka SUZUKI, Kazuhiro NAKAMURA, Keisuke UCHIDA
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Publication number: 20200117018Abstract: A pseudo speckle pattern generation apparatus includes a first spatial light modulator, a first lens, a second spatial light modulator, a second lens and the like. The first spatial light modulator has a first intensity modulation distribution based on a pseudo random number pattern, and spatially modulates intensity of light output from a light source and increased in beam diameter by a beam expander. The second spatial light modulator has a second intensity modulation distribution based on a filter function, is provided on a plane where a Fourier transformed pattern is generated by the first lens, and spatially modulates intensity of the light reached through the first lens. The second lens optically Fourier transforms a pattern of the light output from the second spatial light modulator to generate a Fourier transformed pattern as a pseudo speckle pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hiroto SAKAI, Taro ANDO, Haruyoshi TOYODA, Yoshiyuki OHTAKE, Yuu TAKIGUCHI, Tomoko HYODO
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Publication number: 20200041810Abstract: A pseudo speckle pattern generation apparatus includes a light source, a beam expander, and a spatial light modulator. The spatial light modulator has an intensity modulation distribution based on a pseudo speckle pattern calculated from a pseudo random number pattern and a correlation function, receives light output from the light source and increased in beam diameter by the beam expander, spatially modulates the received light according to the modulation distribution, and outputs modulated light.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hiroto SAKAI, Taro ANDO, Haruyoshi TOYODA, Yoshiyuki OHTAKE, Yuu TAKIGUCHI, Tomoko HYODO