Patents by Inventor Hiroki Oyama

Hiroki Oyama 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: 11947140
    Abstract: A suction method is provided as a method of performing, by using a suction collet, suction of a Fabry-Perot interference filter including a substrate and a laminated structure that is provided on the substrate and that includes a main surface facing the side opposite to the substrate, the method including a first step of arranging the suction collet so as to face the main surface, a second step of bringing the suction collet into contact with the Fabry-Perot interference filter after the first step, and a third step of suctioning the Fabry-Perot interference filter by using the suction collet after the second step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masaki Hirose, Katsumi Shibayama, Takashi Kasahara, Toshimitsu Kawai, Hiroki Oyama, Yumi Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20240059393
    Abstract: Four or more rotors installed on an aircraft include: a pair of first rotors that are left/right symmetrically arranged in front of a front wing about a position overlapping the central axis of a fuselage in plan view; and a pair of second rotors that are left/right symmetrically arranged between the front wing and a rear wing about a position overlapping the central axis of the fuselage in a plan view. The distance between the fuselage and the second rotors in the width direction is longer than the distance between the fuselage and the first rotors in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Masahiko Asanuma, Hiroki Oyama, Kohei Maruyama, Kazuma Yoshii, Naoyuki Togo, Yuji Ishitsuka
  • Publication number: 20240019304
    Abstract: A light detection device includes: a Fabry-Perot interference filter provided with a light transmission region; a light detector configured to detect light transmitted through the light transmission region; a package having an opening and accommodating the Fabry-Perot interference filter and the light detector; and a light transmitting unit arranged on an inner surface of the package so as to close an opening, the light transmitting unit including a band pass filter configured to transmit light incident on the light transmission region. When viewed from a direction parallel to the line, an outer edge of the Fabry-Perot interference filter is positioned outside an outer edge of the opening, and an outer edge of the light transmitting unit is positioned outside the outer edge of the Fabry-Perot interference filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masaki HIROSE, Katsumi SHIBAYAMA, Takashi KASAHARA, Toshimitsu KAWAI, Hiroki OYAMA, Yumi TERAMACHI
  • Patent number: 11865701
    Abstract: A suction method is provided as a method of performing, by using a suction collet, suction of a Fabry-Perot interference filter including: a substrate; a laminated structure that is provided on the substrate and that includes a main surface facing a side opposite to the substrate; and a thinned portion that is located outside the laminated structure when viewed in a direction intersecting the main surface and that is recessed to a side of the substrate with respect to the main surface, the method including: a first step of arranging the suction collet so as to face the main surface; a second step of bringing the suction collet into contact with the Fabry-Perot interference filter after the first step; and a third step of suctioning the Fabry-Perot interference filter by using the suction collet after the second step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masaki Hirose, Katsumi Shibayama, Takashi Kasahara, Toshimitsu Kawai, Hiroki Oyama, Yumi Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 11835388
    Abstract: A light detection device includes: a Fabry-Perot interference filter provided with a light transmission region; a light detector configured to detect light transmitted through the light transmission region; a package having an opening and accommodating the Fabry-Perot interference filter and the light detector; and a light transmitting unit arranged on an inner surface of the package so as to close an opening, the light transmitting unit including a band pass filter configured to transmit light incident on the light transmission region. When viewed from a direction parallel to the line, an outer edge of the Fabry-Pert interference filter is positioned outside an outer edge of the opening, and an outer edge of the light transmitting unit is positioned outside the outer edge of the Fabry-Perot interference filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masaki Hirose, Katsumi Shibayama, Takashi Kasahara, Toshimitsu Kawai, Hiroki Oyama, Yumi Teramachi
  • Publication number: 20230358610
    Abstract: A light detection device of the present invention includes: a wiring board; a first support part disposed on a mounting surface of the wiring board; a Fabry-Perot interference filter having a first mirror part and a second mirror part between which a distance is variable and having an outer edge portion disposed in a first support region of the first support part; a light detector disposed on the mounting surface to face the first mirror part and the second mirror part on one side of the first support part; and a temperature detector disposed on the mounting surface, wherein the temperature detector is disposed on the mounting surface such that at least a part of the temperature detector overlaps a part of the Fabry-Perot interference filter when seen in a first direction perpendicular to the mounting surface and such that at least a part of the temperature detector overlaps a part of the first support part when seen in a second direction in which the first support part and the light detector are aligned with
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takashi KASAHARA, Katsumi SHIBAYAMA, Kei TABATA, Masaki HIROSE, Hiroki OYAMA, Yumi KURAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11796391
    Abstract: A light detection device includes: a first support part disposed on a mounting surface of the wiring board; a Fabry-Perot interference filter disposed in a first support region of the first support part; and a temperature detector, wherein the temperature detector is disposed on the mounting surface such that at least a part of the temperature detector overlaps a part of the Fabry-Perot interference filter when seen in a first direction perpendicular to the mounting surface and such that at least a part of the temperature detector overlaps a part of the first support part when seen in a second direction in which the first support part and the light detector are aligned with each other, and wherein a first distance between the temperature detector and the first support part in the second direction is smaller than a first width of the first support region in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takashi Kasahara, Katsumi Shibayama, Kei Tabata, Masaki Hirose, Hiroki Oyama, Yumi Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20230118479
    Abstract: A transportation method for transporting an object including a plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filters, the transportation method including a first step of accommodating the object in an accommodating container, wherein the Fabry-Perot interference filter includes a substrate, a first mirror portion and a second mirror portion provided on the substrate to face each other via a gap and in which a distance from each other is variable, and in the first step, the object is accommodated and supported in the accommodating container in a state where the plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filters is two-dimensionally arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroki OYAMA, Katsumi SHIBAYAMA, Takashi KASAHARA, Masaki HIROSE, Toshimitsu KAWAI, Yumi KURAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230122733
    Abstract: A transportation method for transporting an object including a plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filters, the transportation method including a first step of accommodating the object in an accommodating container, wherein the Fabry-Perot interference filter includes a substrate, a first mirror portion and a second mirror portion provided on the substrate to face each other via a gap and in which a distance from each other is variable, and in the first step, the object is accommodated and supported in the accommodating container in a state where the plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filters is two-dimensionally arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroki Oyama, Katsumi Shibayama, Takashi Kasahara, Masaki Hirose, Toshimitsu Kawai, Yumi Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 11624902
    Abstract: A wafer includes a substrate layer, a first mirror layer having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged first mirror portions, and a second mirror layer having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged second mirror portions. In the wafer, a gap is formed between the first mirror portion and the second mirror portion so as to form a plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filter portions. A wafer inspection method according to an embodiment includes a step of performing faulty/non-faulty determination of each of the plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filter portions, and a step of applying ink to at least part of a portion overlapping the gap when viewed in a facing direction on the second mirror layer of the Fabry-Perot interference filter portion determined as faulty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Yumi Kuramoto, Katsumi Shibayama, Takashi Kasahara, Masaki Hirose, Toshimitsu Kawai, Hiroki Oyama
  • Patent number: 11609420
    Abstract: A wafer includes a substrate layer, a first mirror layer having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged first mirror portions, and a second mirror layer having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged second mirror portions. A plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filter portions are formed in an effective area, in each of the plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filter portions a gap is formed between the first mirror portion and the second mirror portion. A plurality of dummy filter portions are formed in a dummy area disposed along an outer edge of the substrate layer and surrounding the effective area, in each of the plurality of dummy filter portions an intermediate layer is provided between the first mirror portion and the second mirror portion. At least the second mirror portion is surrounded by the first groove in each of the plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filter portions and the plurality of dummy filter portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Kawai, Katsumi Shibayama, Takashi Kasahara, Masaki Hirose, Hiroki Oyama, Yumi Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 11592332
    Abstract: A transportation method for transporting an object including a plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filters, the transportation method including a first step of accommodating the object in an accommodating container, wherein the Fabry-Perot interference filter includes a substrate, a first mirror portion and a second mirror portion provided on the substrate to face each other via a gap and in which a distance from each other is variable, and in the first step, the object is accommodated and supported in the accommodating container in a state where the plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filters is two-dimensionally arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroki Oyama, Katsumi Shibayama, Takashi Kasahara, Masaki Hirose, Toshimitsu Kawai, Yumi Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 11555740
    Abstract: A transportation method for transporting an object including a plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filters, the transportation method including a first step of accommodating the object in an accommodating container, wherein the Fabry-Perot interference filter includes a substrate, a first mirror portion and a second mirror portion provided on the substrate to face each other via a gap and in which a distance from each other is variable, and in the first step, the object is accommodated and supported in the accommodating container in a state where the plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filters is two-dimensionally arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroki Oyama, Katsumi Shibayama, Takashi Kasahara, Masaki Hirose, Toshimitsu Kawai, Yumi Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20220350131
    Abstract: A wafer includes a substrate layer, a first mirror layer having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged first mirror portions, and a second mirror layer having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged second mirror portions. A plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filter portions are formed in an effective area, in each of the plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filter portions a gap is formed between the first mirror portion and the second mirror portion. A plurality of dummy filter portions are formed in a dummy area disposed along an outer edge of the substrate layer and surrounding the effective area, in each of the plurality of dummy filter portions an intermediate layer is provided between the first mirror portion and the second mirror portion. At least the second mirror portion is surrounded by the first groove in each of the plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filter portions and the plurality of dummy filter portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu KAWAI, Katsumi Shibayama, Takashi Kasahara, Masaki Hirose, Hiroki Oyama, Yumi Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20220341780
    Abstract: A light detection device includes: a first support part disposed on a mounting surface of the wiring board; a Fabry-Perot interference filter disposed in a first support region of the first support part; and a temperature detector, wherein the temperature detector is disposed on the mounting surface such that at least a part of the temperature detector overlaps a part of the Fabry-Perot interference filter when seen in a first direction perpendicular to the mounting surface and such that at least a part of the temperature detector overlaps a part of the first support part when seen in a second direction in which the first support part and the light detector are aligned with each other, and wherein a first distance between the temperature detector and the first support part in the second direction is smaller than a first width of the first support region in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takashi KASAHARA, Katsumi SHIBAYAMA, Kei TABATA, Masaki HIROSE, Hiroki OYAMA, Yumi KURAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220333988
    Abstract: A light detection device includes a Fabry-Perot interference filter provided with a light transmitting region on a predetermined line, a light detector disposed on one side with respect to the Fabry-Perot interference filter on the line, a package having an opening positioned on the other side with respect to the Fabry-Perot interference filter on the line, a light transmitting member provided in the package such that the opening is blocked, and a temperature control element having an endothermic region thermally connected to the Fabry-Perot interference filter and the light detector. The endothermic region is positioned on one side with respect to the light detector on the line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masaki HIROSE, Katsumi SHIBAYAMA, Takashi KASAHARA, Toshimitsu KAWAI, Hiroki OYAMA
  • Patent number: 11448553
    Abstract: A light detection device includes a Fabry-Perot interference filter provided with a light transmitting region on a predetermined line, a light detector disposed on one side with respect to the Fabry-Perot interference filter on the line, a package having an opening positioned on the other side with respect to the Fabry-Perot interference filter on the line, a light transmitting member provided in the package such that the opening is blocked, and a temperature control element having an endothermic region thermally connected to the Fabry-Perot interference filter and the light detector. The endothermic region is positioned on one side with respect to the light detector on the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masaki Hirose, Katsumi Shibayama, Takashi Kasahara, Toshimitsu Kawai, Hiroki Oyama
  • Patent number: 11448869
    Abstract: A wafer includes a substrate layer, a first mirror layer having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged first mirror portions, and a second mirror layer having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged second mirror portions. A plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filter portions are formed in an effective area, in each of the plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filter portions a gap is formed between the first mirror portion and the second mirror portion. A plurality of dummy filter portions are formed in a dummy area disposed along an outer edge of the substrate layer and surrounding the effective area, in each of the plurality of dummy filter portions an intermediate layer is provided between the first mirror portion and the second mirror portion. At least the second mirror portion is surrounded by the first groove in each of the plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filter portions and the plurality of dummy filter portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Kawai, Katsumi Shibayama, Takashi Kasahara, Masaki Hirose, Hiroki Oyama, Yumi Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 11422059
    Abstract: An optical inspection device includes: a wafer support unit configured to support a wafer in which a plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filter portions are formed, each of the plurality of filter portions in which a distance between the first mirror portion and the second mirror portion facing each other varies by an electrostatic force, the wafer support unit configured to support the wafer such that a direction in which the first mirror portion and the second mirror portion face each other follows along a reference line; a light emission unit configured to emit light to be incident on each of the plurality of filter portions along the reference line; and a light detection unit configured to detect light transmitted through each of the plurality of filter portions along the reference line. The wafer support unit has a light passage region that allows light to pass along the reference line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takashi Kasahara, Katsumi Shibayama, Masaki Hirose, Toshimitsu Kawai, Hiroki Oyama, Yumi Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 11294170
    Abstract: A method for removing a foreign substance according to an embodiment includes: a step of preparing a Fabry-Perot interference filter in which a gap is formed between a portion of a first laminate at least including a first mirror portion and a portion of a second laminate at least including a second mirror portion facing each other so that a distance between the first mirror portion and the second mirror portion facing each other varies by an electrostatic force; a step of detecting a foreign substance adhering to a surface of the second laminate; and a step of blowing air in which an airflow peak position is adjusted on the basis of a position of the detected foreign substance onto the surface of the second laminate and thereby removing the foreign substance from the surface of the second laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masaki Hirose, Katsumi Shibayama, Takashi Kasahara, Toshimitsu Kawai, Hiroki Oyama, Yumi Kuramoto