Patents by Inventor Hirotsugu Hashimoto

Hirotsugu Hashimoto 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).

  • Device for evaluating internal quality of vegetable or fruit, method for warm-up operation of the device, and method for measuring internal quality
    Patent number: 6754600
    Abstract: An extremely convenient apparatus for evaluating the inner quality of vegetables and fruits which is small and inexpensive, can be introduced easily even by small-scaled enterprisers, in which an installation place can be changed easily, and safety and promptness of the replacing work of light sources are fully taking into consideration is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Hashimoto, Norio Taniguchi, Motoshi Tanaka, Yoshihide Nishiyama
  • Measurement apparatus for measuring internal quality of object
    Patent number: 6563579
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an internal quality measuring apparatus for measuring an internal quality of an object, and the apparatus has a conveying device, a detecting device, a light projecting device, a light receiving device, an analyzing device and a pseudo-object member interposing device, and the analyzing device compares light received with a pseudo-object member, with reference data preliminarily stored, and correct a result of the analysis, based thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Kimura, Toyohiko Aoki, Hirotsugu Hashimoto, Takeshi Ota, Akihiko Fujita
  • Device for evaluating internal quality of vegetable or fruit, method for warm-up operation of the device, and method for measuring internal quality
    Publication number: 20020161540
    Abstract: An extremely convenient apparatus for evaluating the inner quality of vegetables and fruits which is small and inexpensive, can be introduced easily even by small-scaled enterprisers, in which an installation place can be changed easily, and safety and promptness of the replacing work of light sources are fully taking into consideration is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Hashimoto, Norio Taniguchi, Motoshi Tanaka, Yoshihide Nishiyama
  • Measurement device and measurement method for measuring internal quality of fruit or vegetable
    Patent number: 6334092
    Abstract: A measurement device for measuring an internal quality of a fruit or vegetable with light is intended to be able to obtain the internal quality at higher speed and with accuracy. In the measurement device of the internal quality, transmitted light through the fruit or vegetable is split into a plurality of frequency regions and the measurement device is provided with a plurality of processing circuits for carrying out intensity data calculating operations simultaneously and in parallel for the respective frequency regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Hashimoto, Toyohiko Aoki
  • Measurement apparatus for measuring internal quality of object
    Patent number: 6233051
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an internal quality measuring apparatus for measuring an internal quality of an object, and the apparatus has a conveying device, a detecting device, a light projecting device, a light receiving device, an analyzing device and a pseudo-object member interposing device, and the analyzing device compares light received with a pseudo-object member, with reference data preliminarily stored, and correct a result of the analysis, based thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Kimura, Toyohiko Aoki, Hirotsugu Hashimoto, Takeshi Ota, Akihiko Fujita
  • Measurement apparatus for measuring internal quality of object
    Patent number: 6137581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an internal quality measuring apparatus for measuring an internal quality of an object, and the apparatus has a conveying device, a detecting device, a light projecting device, a light receiving device, an analyzing device and a pseudo-object member interposing device, and the analyzing device compares light received with a pseudo-object member, with reference data preliminarily stored, and correct a result of the analysis, based thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Kimura, Toyohiko Aoki, Hirotsugu Hashimoto, Takeshi Ota, Akihiko Fujita