Patents by Inventor Hiroki UJIHARA

Hiroki UJIHARA 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: 12517222
    Abstract: A data correction apparatus including an acquisition part that acquires, from a measurement apparatus capable of periodically measuring a distance while moving at least one of (i) an object to be measured or (ii) at least a part of the measurement apparatus, measurement data in which a first measurement result of the distance is arranged in time series and a second measurement result that is obtained by measuring the distance when the object to be measured and the measurement apparatus are in a stationary state is arranged at a head or a tail of the first measurement result, and a correction part that corrects an error included in the measurement data by applying the measurement data to a recurrence formula based on a time derivative of a measurement result of the measurement apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: Mitutoyo Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Ujihara
  • Patent number: 12386069
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus including a laser apparatus that outputs a frequency-modulated laser beam with a plurality of modes of a main lobe, branch that splits the frequency-modulated laser beam into a reference light, a measurement light, and a monitor light, beat signal generator that generates a beat signal by mixing the reference light and a reflected light that is reflected by radiating the measurement light onto an object to be measured, extraction circuitry that extracts a signal component including a plurality of self-beat signals based on the main lobe from the monitor light, identification circuitry that identifies a cavity frequency of the optical cavity on the basis of the signal component, and calculation circuitry that calculates a difference between propagation distances between the reference light and the measurement light on the basis of the cavity frequency and the beat signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Mitutoyo Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Ujihara
  • Patent number: 11885879
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes a laser apparatus, a branch that branches a frequency-modulated laser beam into a reference light and a measurement light, a beat signal generator that generates a beat signal by mixing the reference light and a reflected light that is the measurement light radiated onto an object to be measured, a first analyzer that analyses a first signal component corresponding to a difference in a propagation distance between the reference light and the measurement light on the basis of the beat signal, a second analyzer that analyses a second signal component corresponding to a cavity frequency of an optical cavity on the basis of the beat signal, and calculation circuitry that calculates the difference in the propagation distance between the reference light and the measurement light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Mitutoyo Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Suzuki, Shinichi Hara, Hiroki Ujihara
  • Patent number: 11867809
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes a laser apparatus, a branching part that branches a frequency-modulated laser beam output by the laser apparatus into a reference light and a measurement light; a beat signal generation part that generates a beat signal by mixing a reflected light and the reference light, a conversion part that converts the beat signal into a digital signal at a first sampling rate and frequency-analyses it, an extraction part that extracts a signal component corresponding to a cavity frequency from the frequency-modulated laser beam, a digital filter that digitally filters the extracted signal component at a second sampling rate; and a calculation part that calculates a difference in a propagation distance between the reference light and the measurement light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mitutoyo Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Suzuki, Shinichi Hara, Shinji Komatsuzaki, Ryusuke Kato, Hiroki Ujihara, Masayuki Nara, Tomotaka Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11635518
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus, including: a laser apparatus that outputs a frequency-modulated laser beam with a plurality of modes; a branching part that branches the frequency-modulated laser beam into a reference light and a measurement light; a beat signal generation part that generates a plurality of beat signals by mixing the reference light and a reflected light that is reflected by radiating the measurement light onto an object to be measured; a conversion part that converts the plurality of beat signals into digital signals by sampling the beat signals at a frequency greater than or equal to four times a resonator frequency of the laser resonator; and a calculation part that calculates a distance from the measurement apparatus to the object to be measured on the basis of the digital signals is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Mitutoyo Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Ujihara, Yoshimasa Suzuki, Shinichi Hara
  • Publication number: 20220268931
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus including a laser apparatus that outputs a frequency-modulated laser beam with a plurality of modes of a main lobe, branch that splits the frequency-modulated laser beam into a reference light, a measurement light, and a monitor light, beat signal generator that generates a beat signal by mixing the reference light and a reflected light that is reflected by radiating the measurement light onto an object to be measured, extraction circuitry that extracts a signal component including a plurality of self-beat signals based on the main lobe from the monitor light, identification circuitry that identifies a cavity frequency of the optical cavity on the basis of the signal component, and calculation circuitry that calculates a difference between propagation distances between the reference light and the measurement light on the basis of the cavity frequency and the beat signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Mitutoyo Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki UJIHARA
  • Patent number: 11415406
    Abstract: A laser apparatus, a measurement apparatus, and a measurement method are provided in which the laser apparatus outputs a frequency-modulated laser beam with a plurality of modes and includes: an optical cavity that has a gain medium for amplifying a light to be input, and an optical SSB modulator for shifting a frequency of the light amplified by the gain medium: and a control part that controls the optical SSB modulator to shift a frequency of a light to be input to the optical SSB modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: Mitutoyo Corporation, 3D Innovation Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shinji Komatsuzaki, Tomotaka Takahashi, Hiroki Ujihara
  • Publication number: 20220065993
    Abstract: A data correction apparatus including an acquisition part that acquires, from a measurement apparatus capable of periodically measuring a distance while moving at least one of (i) an object to be measured or (ii) at least a part of the measurement apparatus, measurement data in which a first measurement result of the distance is arranged in time series and a second measurement result that is obtained by measuring the distance when the object to be measured and the measurement apparatus are in a stationary state is arranged at a head or a tail of the first measurement result, and a correction part that corrects an error included in the measurement data by applying the measurement data to a recurrence formula based on a time derivative of a measurement result of the measurement apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Mitutoyo Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Ujihara
  • Publication number: 20210190474
    Abstract: A laser apparatus, a measurement apparatus, and a measurement method are provided in which the laser apparatus outputs a frequency-modulated laser beam with a plurality of modes and includes: an optical cavity that has a gain medium for amplifying a light to be input, and an optical SSB modulator for shifting a frequency of the light amplified by the gain medium: and a control part that controls the optical SSB modulator to shift a frequency of a light to be input to the optical SSB modulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicants: Mitutoyo Corporation, 3D Innovation Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji KOMATSUZAKI, Tomotaka TAKAHASHI, Hiroki UJIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210063573
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes a laser apparatus, a branch that branches a frequency-modulated laser beam into a reference light and a measurement light, a beat signal generator that generates a beat signal by mixing the reference light and a reflected light that is the measurement light radiated onto an object to be measured, a first analyzer that analyses a first signal component corresponding to a difference in a propagation distance between the reference light and the measurement light on the basis of the beat signal, a second analyzer that analyses a second signal component corresponding to a cavity frequency of an optical cavity on the basis of the beat signal, and calculation circuitry that calculates the difference in the propagation distance between the reference light and the measurement light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Mitutoyo Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa SUZUKI, Shinichi HARA, Hiroki UJIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210011155
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes a laser apparatus, a branching part that branches a frequency-modulated laser beam output by the laser apparatus into a reference light and a measurement light; a beat signal generation part that generates a beat signal by mixing a reflected light and the reference light, a conversion part that converts the beat signal into a digital signal at a first sampling rate and frequency-analyses it, an extraction part that extracts a signal component corresponding to a cavity frequency from the frequency-modulated laser beam, a digital filter that digitally filters the extracted signal component at a second sampling rate; and a calculation part that calculates a difference in a propagation distance between the reference light and the measurement light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Mitutoyo Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Suzuki, Shinichi Hara, Shinji Komatsuzaki, Ryusuke Kato, Hiroki Ujihara, Masayuki Nara, Tomotaka Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200379112
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus, including: a laser apparatus that outputs a frequency-modulated laser beam with a plurality of modes; a branching part that branches the frequency-modulated laser beam into a reference light and a measurement light; a beat signal generation part that generates a plurality of beat signals by mixing the reference light and a reflected light that is reflected by radiating the measurement light onto an object to be measured; a conversion part that converts the plurality of beat signals into digital signals by sampling the beat signals at a frequency greater than or equal to four times a resonator frequency of the laser resonator; and a calculation part that calculates a distance from the measurement apparatus to the object to be measured on the basis of the digital signals is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Mitutoyo Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki UJIHARA, Yoshimasa SUZUKI, Shinichi HARA