Patents by Inventor Ichiro Ishimaru

Ichiro Ishimaru 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: 12235157
    Abstract: A spectrometry device wherein light rays emitted from an object face measurement point combine into one parallel light beam by an objective lens, this is divided into a first and second light beam by a phase shifter, and the first and second light beam emit toward a light-receiving face of a photodetector while providing an optical path length difference. A light-shielding plate is arranged on a face optically conjugate the object face respective to the objective lens, and only light passed through translucent portions of the light-shielding plate is directed to the objective lens. A lateral length of each light-shielding plate translucent portion and the interval between two adjacent translucent portions are based on the objective lens focal length, the distance from the phase shifter to the photodetector light-receiving face, a photodetector pixel pitch, a pixel length, and a predetermined wavelength range of the light emitted from the measurement point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Ichiro Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 12158417
    Abstract: A spectrometry device 1 includes: a collimating optical system 15 configured to collimate object light from a measurement point a on a sample S; a photodetector 21 having a light-receiving face in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed in a predetermined direction; a conjugate plane imaging optical system 11 provided between the sample and the collimating optical system to form a plane optically conjugate with respect to a surface of the sample; an amplitude-type diffraction grating 1 disposed on the conjugate surface and having a light incident face on which the object light is incident or a light emission face from which the object light is emitted, the light incident face or the light emission face being formed by a light-shielding member made of a material having a light shielding rate higher than that of silicon in a wavelength band of the object light and provided with a plurality of openings, an optical path length differentiating optical system 16 configured to divide collimated object light into a f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Ichiro Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20240385107
    Abstract: A spectrometry device 1 includes: a collimating optical system 15 configured to collimate object light from a measurement point a on a sample S; a photodetector 21 having a light-receiving face in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed in a predetermined direction; a conjugate plane imaging optical system 11 provided between the sample and the collimating optical system to form a plane optically conjugate with respect to a surface of the sample; an amplitude-type diffraction grating 1 disposed on the conjugate surface and having a light incident face on which the object light is incident or a light emission face from which the object light is emitted, the light incident face or the light emission face being formed by a light-shielding member made of a material having a light shielding rate higher than that of silicon in a wavelength band of the object light and provided with a plurality of openings, an optical path length differentiating optical system 16 configured to divide collimated object light into a f
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Ichiro ISHIMARU
  • Patent number: 12102430
    Abstract: A spectral measurement device to detect measurement light including light emitted from a measurement object and to measure spectral characteristic of the light, including: a spectral optical system to disperse the measurement light; a detection unit to detect intensity of light dispersed by the spectral optical system; a spectral characteristic acquisition unit to acquire a measurement light spectral characteristic indicating a relationship between a light intensity and a wavelength of the measurement light on a basis of a detection result; a storage unit to store spectral characteristic information on possible background light, the information indicating a spectral characteristic of the possible background light, which involves a spectral sensitivity characteristic of the detection unit; and a processing unit to obtain a spectral characteristic of background light emitted from the ambience of the measurement object, from the measurement light spectral characteristic and the spectral characteristic informatio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Ichiro Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20240268719
    Abstract: A spectral measurement device to detect measurement light including light emitted from a measurement object and to measure spectral characteristic of the light, including: a spectral optical system to disperse the measurement light; a detection unit to detect intensity of light dispersed by the spectral optical system; a spectral characteristic acquisition unit to acquire a measurement light spectral characteristic indicating a relationship between a light intensity and a wavelength of the measurement light on a basis of a detection result; a storage unit to store spectral characteristic information on possible background light, the information indicating a spectral characteristic of the possible background light, which involves a spectral sensitivity characteristic of the detection unit; and a processing unit to obtain a spectral characteristic of background light emitted from the ambience of the measurement object, from the measurement light spectral characteristic and the spectral characteristic informatio
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Ichiro ISHIMARU
  • Publication number: 20220316945
    Abstract: A spectrometry device wherein light rays emitted from an object face measurement point combine into one parallel light beam by an objective lens, this is divided into a first and second light beam by a phase shifter, and the first and second light beam emit toward a light-receiving face of a photodetector while providing an optical path length difference. A light-shielding plate is arranged on a face optically conjugate the object face respective to the objective lens, and only light passed through translucent portions of the light-shielding plate is directed to the objective lens. A lateral length of each light-shielding plate translucent portion and the interval between two adjacent translucent portions are based on the objective lens focal length, the distance from the phase shifter to the photodetector light-receiving face, a photodetector pixel pitch, a pixel length, and a predetermined wavelength range of the light emitted from the measurement point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Ichiro ISHIMARU
  • Patent number: 11402270
    Abstract: A combining light emitted from a measurement point of an object to be measured into one parallel light beam by combining optical system; dividing, by phase shifter, parallel light beam emitted from combining optical system into first and second light beam, emitting first and second light beam toward light-receiving face while providing an optical path length difference between the first and second light beam, and causing the first and second light beam to planarly enter the light-receiving face so that at least a part of an incident region of first light beam on the light-receiving face and at least a part of an incident region of second light beam overlap with each other; and obtaining an interferogram at measurement point based on intensity distribution of light in a region where an incident region of the first and second light beam on light-receiving face overlap, and acquiring spectrum by Fourier-transforming interferogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Ichiro Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 11231272
    Abstract: Optical measuring apparatus includes: a light source irradiating an object to be measured; a splitter splitting transmitted light or reflected light from the object to be measured; a phase changer changing a phase of a first light which is one of the lights split; a phase fixer maintaining a phase of a second light which is the other light split; a multiplexer multiplexing lights output from the phase changer and the phase fixer; a detector detecting the light (interference image) output from the multiplexer; and a controller that extracts a reference point from the interference image, when a displacement of the reference point is detected, corrects a luminance value for each pixel of the interference images in accordance with a displacement of the object to be measured indicated by a displacement of the reference point, constructs an interferogram based on the luminance value for each pixel of the interference images after the correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignees: NEC CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takeshi Akagawa, Masahiro Kubo, Katsumi Abe, Ersin Altintas, Yuji Ohno, Tetsuri Ariyama, Ichiro Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20210310869
    Abstract: A combining light emitted from a measurement point of an object to be measured into one parallel light beam by combining optical system; dividing, by phase shifter, parallel light beam emitted from combining optical system into first and second light beam, emitting first and second light beam toward light-receiving face while providing an optical path length difference between the first and second light beam, and causing the first and second light beam to planarly enter the light-receiving face so that at least a part of an incident region of first light beam on the light-receiving face and at least a part of an incident region of second light beam overlap with each other; and obtaining an interferogram at measurement point based on intensity distribution of light in a region where an incident region of the first and second light beam on light-receiving face overlap, and acquiring spectrum by Fourier-transforming interferogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventor: Ichiro ISHIMARU
  • Patent number: 11035782
    Abstract: A light source, a standing wave forming unit, a detector, and an absorbance calculating unit. The light source irradiates a sample with light. The standing wave forming unit forms, in the sample, an acoustic standing wave perpendicular to a surface of the sample. A node of the acoustic standing wave is positioned at a predetermined distance from the surface of the sample, the light from the light source entering the surface of the sample. The detector detects light emitted from the surface of the sample, and is disposed on the surface of the sample on a side where the light source is disposed. The absorbance calculating unit obtains absorbance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Ichiro Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20200333128
    Abstract: Optical measuring apparatus includes: a light source irradiating an object to be measured; a splitter splitting transmitted light or reflected light from the object to be measured; a phase changer changing a phase of a first light which is one of the lights split; a phase fixer maintaining a phase of a second light which is the other light split; a multiplexer multiplexing lights output from the phase changer and the phase fixer; a detector detecting the light (interference image) output from the multiplexer; and a controller that extracts a reference point from the interference image, when a displacement of the reference point is detected, corrects a luminance value for each pixel of the interference images in accordance with a displacement of the object to be measured indicated by a displacement of the reference point, constructs an interferogram based on the luminance value for each pixel of the interference images after the correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takeshi AKAGAWA, Masahiro KUBO, Katsumi ABE, Ersin ALTINTAS, Yuji OHNO, Tetsuri ARIYAMA, Ichiro ISHIMARU
  • Publication number: 20200284717
    Abstract: A light source, a standing wave forming unit, a detector, and an absorbance calculating unit. The light source irradiates a sample with light. The standing wave forming unit forms, in the sample, an acoustic standing wave perpendicular to a surface of the sample. A node of the acoustic standing wave is positioned at a predetermined distance from the surface of the sample, the light from the light source entering the surface of the sample. The detector detects light emitted from the surface of the sample, and is disposed on the surface of the sample on a side where the light source is disposed. The absorbance calculating unit obtains absorbance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Ichiro ISHIMARU
  • Patent number: 10545016
    Abstract: A light measurement device that maintains high measurement precision. The light measurement device includes: light source that irradiates light upon measurement object; branch part that splits transmitted light or reflected light from measurement object; phase-changing unit that changes the phase of one beam of the branched light beams; phase-fixing unit that maintains the phase of the other beam of the branched light beams; adjustment mechanism, which is provided in phase-changing unit or phase-fixing unit, for adjusting the propagation direction of light; multiplexer that causes the light emitted by each of phase-changing unit and phase-fixing unit to interfere with each other; detection unit that detects light that is interfered with by multiplexer; and control unit that controls the adjustment mechanism on the basis of the luminance values of an interference image that is detected by detection unit and adjusts the propagation direction of light in phase-changing unit or phase-fixing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignees: NEC CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takeshi Akagawa, Masahiro Kubo, Katsumi Abe, Kimiyasu Takoh, Ersin Altintas, Yuji Ohno, Tetsuri Ariyama, Ichiro Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 10503958
    Abstract: A living body is accurately determined while minimizing increases in the size of a device and increases in the number of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Ohno, Masahiro Kubo, Katsumi Abe, Kimiyasu Takoh, Ersin Altintas, Takeshi Akagawa, Tetsuri Ariyama, Ichiro Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 10386236
    Abstract: Reflected light detecting device and method with surface reflected light components collectively be extracted/removed when detecting reflected light arising in casting light onto target-object range having non-planar surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroki Hayashi, Ichiro Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20190204065
    Abstract: A light measurement device that maintains high measurement precision. The light measurement device includes: light source that irradiates light upon measurement object; branch part that splits transmitted light or reflected light from measurement object; phase-changing unit that changes the phase of one beam of the branched light beams; phase-fixing unit that maintains the phase of the other beam of the branched light beams; adjustment mechanism, which is provided in phase-changing unit or phase-fixing unit, for adjusting the propagation direction of light; multiplexer that causes the light emitted by each of phase-changing unit and phase-fixing unit to interfere with each other; detection unit that detects light that is interfered with by multiplexer; and control unit that controls the adjustment mechanism on the basis of the luminance values of an interference image that is detected by detection unit and adjusts the propagation direction of light in phase-changing unit or phase-fixing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takeshi AKAGAWA, Masahiro KUBO, Katsumi ABE, Kimiyasu TAKOH, Ersin ALTINTAS, Yuji OHNO, Tetsuri ARIYAMA, Ichiro ISHIMARU
  • Publication number: 20180239944
    Abstract: A living body is accurately determined while minimizing increases in the size of a device and increases in the number of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji OHNO, Masahiro KUBO, Katsumi ABE, Kimiyasu TAKOH, Ersin ALTINTAS, Takeshi AKAGAWA, Tetsuri ARIYAMA, Ichiro ISHIMARU
  • Publication number: 20170336263
    Abstract: Reflected light detecting device and method with surface reflected light components collectively be extracted/removed when detecting reflected light arising in casting light onto target-object range having non-planar surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicants: AOI ELECTRONICS CO., Ltd., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroki HAYASHI, Ichiro ISHIMARU
  • Patent number: 9778166
    Abstract: In a microparticle measurement device, a sample is passed through each channel in a multi-flow channel, and a predetermined linear area is illuminated with light. Measurement light originating from a microparticle in the sample, such as scattered or fluorescent light, is shaped into a parallel beam by an objective lens and passes through a first and second transmission portions. The beams transmitted through these two portions are converged as first and second measurement beams onto the same straight line by a cylindrical lens. The intensity of the interference light formed by these beams is detected with a detector. Meanwhile, the light emitted from the light source and passing through the multi-flow channel without hitting the microparticle falls through the objective lens onto a non-reflection portion and does not travel toward the cylindrical lens. Accordingly, only the interference light formed by the measurement beams is allowed to fall onto the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Ichiro Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20170045437
    Abstract: In a microparticle measurement device, a sample is passed through each channel in a multi-flow channel, and a predetermined linear area is illuminated with light. Measurement light originating from a microparticle in the sample, such as scattered or fluorescent light, is shaped into a parallel beam by an objective lens and passes through a first and second transmission portions. The beams transmitted through these two portions are converged as first and second measurement beams onto the same straight line by a cylindrical lens. The intensity of the interference light formed by these beams is detected with a detector. Meanwhile, the light emitted from the light source and passing through the multi-flow channel without hitting the microparticle falls through the objective lens onto a non-reflection portion and does not travel toward the cylindrical lens. Accordingly, only the interference light formed by the measurement beams is allowed to fall onto the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Ichiro ISHIMARU