Patents by Inventor Hisayuki MATSUI

Hisayuki MATSUI 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: 11630059
    Abstract: An interference image acquisition apparatus includes a light source, a beam splitter, a second reflection mirror, an imager, and a first reflection mirror. A cell is placed on one side of a transparent material, and the first reflection mirror is placed on the other side of the transparent material. In a two-beam interferometer, an optical path difference between an optical path length of a first light beam reflected by the first reflection mirror and an optical path length of a second light beam reflected by the second reflection mirror is set to a coherence length of light output from the light source or less. The imager acquires an interference image in a state in which the cell is placed at a position conjugate to an imaging plane in a first optical system between the imaging plane and the first reflection mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
    Inventors: Toyohiko Yamauchi, Kentaro Goto, Hisayuki Matsui, Satoshi Hirakawa, Hidenao Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200400562
    Abstract: An interference image acquisition apparatus includes a light source, a beam splitter, a second reflection mirror, an imager, and a first reflection mirror. A cell is placed on one side of a transparent material, and the first reflection mirror is placed on the other side of the transparent material. In a two-beam interferometer, an optical path difference between an optical path length of a first light beam reflected by the first reflection mirror and an optical path length of a second light beam reflected by the second reflection mirror is set to a coherence length of light output from the light source or less. The imager acquires an interference image in a state in which the cell is placed at a position conjugate to an imaging plane in a first optical system between the imaging plane and the first reflection mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicants: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
    Inventors: Toyohiko YAMAUCHI, Kentaro GOTO, Hisayuki MATSUI, Satoshi HIRAKAWA, Hidenao YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10816319
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes an interference image acquisition unit, a fluorescence image acquisition unit, an operation unit, and a timing control circuit. The operation unit generates an optical thickness image based on an interference image acquired by the interference image acquisition unit, generates a mask image showing a region in which pixel values in a fluorescence image acquired by the fluorescence image acquisition unit are larger than a threshold value, and determines an integrated value of an optical thickness in the region shown by the mask image in the optical thickness image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Toyohiko Yamauchi, Osamu Yasuhiko, Hidenao Yamada, Hisayuki Matsui
  • Publication number: 20200080833
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes an interference image acquisition unit, a fluorescence image acquisition unit, an operation unit, and a timing control circuit. The operation unit generates an optical thickness image based on an interference image acquired by the interference image acquisition unit, generates a mask image showing a region in which pixel values in a fluorescence image acquired by the fluorescence image acquisition unit are larger than a threshold value, and determines an integrated value of an optical thickness in the region shown by the mask image in the optical thickness image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Toyohiko YAMAUCHI, Osamu YASUHIKO, Hidenao YAMADA, Hisayuki MATSUI