Patents by Inventor Johji Yamaguchi
Johji Yamaguchi 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).
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Patent number: 8634121Abstract: A mirror device includes a mirror (153) which is supported to be pivotable with respect to a mirror substrate (151), a driving electrode (103-1-103-4) which is formed on an electrode substrate (101) facing the mirror substrate, and an antistatic structure (106) which is arranged in a space between the mirror and the electrode substrate. This structure can fix the potential of the lower surface of the mirror and suppress drift of the mirror by applying a second potential to the antistatic structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2012Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Fusao Shimokawa, Shingo Uchiyama, Johji Yamaguchi, Makoto Sato, Kunihiko Sasakura, Hirofumi Morita, Shuichiro Inagaki, Katsuyuki Machida, Hiromu Ishii, Makoto Murakami
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Patent number: 8599460Abstract: A movable beam (182a) and a movable beam (182b) each having one end fixed to a frame portion (181) of a mirror substrate (108) are provided inside the frame portion (181). The movable beam (182a) and the movable beam (182b) each having one end fixed to a corresponding to one of two opposite inner sides of the frame portion (181) are aligned at a predetermined distance on the same line in the direction in which the two sides face each other. Each of the movable beam (182a) and the movable beam (182b) has the other end displaceable in the normal line direction of the mirror substrate (108) and therefore has a cantilever structure. A mirror (183) is arranged between the movable beam (182a) and the movable beam (182b) and connected to them via a pair of connectors (109a, 109b).Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2008Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Mitsuo Usui, Shingo Uchiyama, Fusao Shimokawa, Etsu Hashimoto, Johji Yamaguchi, Tohru Matsuura, Toshifumi Konishi
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Patent number: 8582189Abstract: A mirror device includes a mirror (153) which is supported to be pivotable with respect to a mirror substrate (151), a driving electrode (103-1-103-4) which is formed on an electrode substrate (101) facing the mirror substrate, and an antistatic structure (106) which is arranged in a space between the mirror and the electrode substrate. This structure can fix the potential of the lower surface of the mirror and suppress drift of the mirror by applying a second potential to the antistatic structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Fusao Shimokawa, Shingo Uchiyama, Johji Yamaguchi, Makoto Sato, Kunihiko Sasakura, Hirofumi Morita, Shuichiro Inagaki, Katsuyuki Machida, Hiromu Ishii, Makoto Murakami
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Patent number: 8462410Abstract: A mirror device includes a mirror (153) which is supported to be pivotable with respect to a mirror substrate (151), a driving electrode (103-1-103-4) which is formed on an electrode substrate (101) facing the mirror substrate, and an antistatic structure (106) which is arranged in a space between the mirror and the electrode substrate. This structure can fix the potential of the lower surface of the mirror and suppress drift of the mirror by applying a second potential to the antistatic structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2012Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Fusao Shimokawa, Shingo Uchiyama, Johji Yamaguchi, Makoto Sato, Kunihiko Sasakura, Hirofumi Morita, Shuichiro Inagaki, Katsuyuki Machida, Hiromu Ishii, Makoto Murakami
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Publication number: 20120162735Abstract: A mirror device includes a mirror (153) which is supported to be pivotable with respect to a mirror substrate (151), a driving electrode (103-1-103-4) which is formed on an electrode substrate (101) facing the mirror substrate, and an antistatic structure (106) which is arranged in a space between the mirror and the electrode substrate. This structure can fix the potential of the lower surface of the mirror and suppress drift of the mirror by applying a second potential to the antistatic structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Shingo Uchiyama, Shingo Uchiyama, Johji Yamaguchi, Makoto Sato, Kunihiko Sasakura, Hirofumi Morita, Shuichiro Inagaki, Katsuyuki Machida, Hiromu Ishii, Makoto Murakami
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Publication number: 20120162737Abstract: A mirror device includes a mirror (153) which is supported to be pivotable with respect to a mirror substrate (151), a driving electrode (103-1-103-4) which is formed on an electrode substrate (101) facing the mirror substrate, and an antistatic structure (106) which is arranged in a space between the mirror and the electrode substrate. This structure can fix the potential of the lower surface of the mirror and suppress drift of the mirror by applying a second potential to the antistatic structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Shingo Uchiyama, Shingo Uchiyama, Johji Yamaguchi, Makoto Sato, Kunihiko Sasakura, Hirofumi Morita, Shuichiro Inagaki, Katsuyuki Machida, Hiromu Ishii, Makoto Murakami
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Publication number: 20120162736Abstract: A mirror device includes a mirror (153) which is supported to be pivotable with respect to a mirror substrate (151), a driving electrode (103-1-103-4) which is formed on an electrode substrate (101) facing the mirror substrate, and an antistatic structure (106) which is arranged in a space between the mirror and the electrode substrate. This structure can fix the potential of the lower surface of the mirror and suppress drift of the mirror by applying a second potential to the antistatic structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Shingo UCHIYAMA, Johji YAMAGUCHI, Makoto SATO, Kunihiko SASAKURA, Hirofumi MORITA, Shuichiro INAGAKI, Katsuyuki MACHIDA, Hiromu ISHII, Makoto MURAKAMI
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Patent number: 8149490Abstract: When a light intensity upon a perturbation is detected, an error calculation/correction unit (85) in a control unit (8) corrects and updates the above-described initial manipulated variables based on perturbation manipulated variables and manipulated variables, i.e., operation manipulated variables to obtain the maximum light intensity from the light intensity value at each perturbation manipulated variable, thereby adjusting the tilt angle of a mirror. More specifically, assuming that the time series data of an acquired output light intensity can be approximated to a cosine function, the error calculation/correction unit (85) calculates a phase difference ? between the cosine function and a sine or cosine function used to set x- and y-axis perturbation patterns for a circular trajectory perturbation. Manipulated variables at coordinates defined by the phase difference ? and polar coordinates of a radius voltage to perturb the mirror are calculated.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2007Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Masato Mizukami, Johji Yamaguchi, Naru Nemoto, Kunihiko Sasakura
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Patent number: 8149489Abstract: A mirror device includes a mirror (153) which is supported to be pivotable with respect to a mirror substrate (151), a driving electrode (103-1-103-4) which is formed on an electrode substrate (101) facing the mirror substrate, and an antistatic structure (106) which is arranged in a space between the mirror and the electrode substrate. This structure can fix the potential of the lower surface of the mirror and suppress drift of the mirror by applying a second potential to the antistatic structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2005Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Fusao Shimokawa, Shingo Uchiyama, Johji Yamaguchi, Makoto Sato, Kunihiko Sasakura, Hirofumi Morita, Shuichiro Inagaki, Katsuyuki Machida, Hiromu Ishii, Makoto Murakami
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Patent number: 8125701Abstract: A detection means (52) detects optimum driving voltages of a mirror device. A correction means (53) corrects driving voltage values in a table (54b) based on the optimum driving voltages. This makes it possible to drive the mirror to an optimum pivot angle even when the optimum pivot angle of the mirror changes due to, e.g., mirror drift or a change in the environment such as temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Johji Yamaguchi, Naru Nemoto, Shingo Uchiyama, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8094357Abstract: A mirror control device includes a pivotally supported mirror (230), electrodes (340a-340d) spaced apart from the mirror (230), a driving voltage generation means (401) for generating a driving voltage corresponding to the desired tilt angle of the mirror (230) for each electrode, a bias voltage generation means (402) for generating, as a bias voltage for each electrode, a voltage which causes the tilt angle of the mirror (230) to have the same predetermined value upon being independently applied to each of the electrodes (340a-340d), and an electrode voltage applying means (403) for adding, for each electrode, the bias voltage to the driving voltage and applying the voltage after addition to a corresponding one of the electrodes (340a-340d).Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2007Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Masato Mizukami, Johji Yamaguchi, Naru Nemoto, Shingo Uchiyama
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Patent number: 7978388Abstract: When a mirror (230) rotates with a maximum angle, a distance from the rotation center of the mirror (230) to the edge of the mirror (230) along a direction horizontal to an electrode substrate (300) is larger than a distance from a perpendicular, perpendicular to the horizontal direction and extending through the rotation center, to the distal end of an electrode (340a-340d) along the horizontal direction. Even when the mirror (230) rotates to come into contact with the electrode substrate (300), since the electrode (340a-340d) does not exist at a position with which the mirror (230) comes into contact when rotating, the mirror (230) and the electrode (340a-340d) can be prevented from being electrodeposited.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2006Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Shingo Uchiyama, Fusao Shimokawa, Johji Yamaguchi, Kunihiko Sasakura, Hiromu Ishii
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Publication number: 20100118372Abstract: A movable beam (182a) and a movable beam (182b) each having one end fixed to a frame portion (181) of a mirror substrate (108) are provided inside the frame portion (181). The movable beam (182a) and the movable beam (182b) each having one end fixed to a corresponding to one of two opposite inner sides of the frame portion (181) are aligned at a predetermined distance on the same line in the direction in which the two sides face each other. Each of the movable beam (182a) and the movable beam (182b) has the other end displaceable in the normal line direction of the mirror substrate (108) and therefore has a cantilever structure. A mirror (183) is arranged between the movable beam (182a) and the movable beam (182b) and connected to them via a pair of connectors (109a, 109b).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Mitsuo Usui, Shingo Uchiyama, Fusao Shimokawa, Etsu Hashimoto, Johji Yamaguchi, Tohru Matsuura, Toshifumi Konishi
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Publication number: 20100020378Abstract: A detection means (52) detects optimum driving voltages of a mirror device. A correction means (53) corrects driving voltage values in a table (54b) based on the optimum driving voltages. This makes it possible to drive the mirror to an optimum pivot angle even when the optimum pivot angle of the mirror changes due to, e.g., mirror drift or a change in the environment such as temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2007Publication date: January 28, 2010Inventors: Johji Yamaguchi, Naru Nemoto, Shingo Uchiyama, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20090323149Abstract: When a light intensity upon a perturbation is detected, an error calculation/correction unit (85) in a control unit (8) corrects and updates the above-described initial manipulated variables based on perturbation manipulated variables and manipulated variables, i.e., operation manipulated variables to obtain the maximum light intensity from the light intensity value at each perturbation manipulated variable, thereby adjusting the tilt angle of a mirror. More specifically, assuming that the time series data of an acquired output light intensity can be approximated to a cosine function, the error calculation/correction unit (85) calculates a phase difference ? between the cosine function and a sine or cosine function used to set x- and y-axis perturbation patterns for a circular trajectory perturbation. Manipulated variables at coordinates defined by the phase difference ? and polar coordinates of a radius voltage to perturb the mirror are calculated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2007Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventors: Masato Mizukami, Johji Yamaguchi, Naru Nemoto, Kunihiko Sasakura
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Publication number: 20090244676Abstract: When a mirror (230) rotates with a maximum angle, a distance from the rotation center of the mirror (230) to the edge of the mirror (230) along a direction horizontal to an electrode substrate (300) is larger than a distance from a perpendicular, perpendicular to the horizontal direction and extending through the rotation center, to the distal end of an electrode (340a-340d) along the horizontal direction. Even when the mirror (230) rotates to come into contact with the electrode substrate (300), since the electrode (340a-340d) does not exist at a position with which the mirror (230) comes into contact when rotating, the mirror (230) and the electrode (340a-340d) can be prevented from being electrodeposited.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2006Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo Uchiyama, Fusao Shimokawa, Johji Yamaguchi, Kunihiko Sasakura, Hiromu Ishii
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Publication number: 20090244677Abstract: A mirror control device includes a pivotally supported mirror (230), electrodes (340a-340d) spaced apart from the mirror (230), a driving voltage generation means (401) for generating a driving voltage corresponding to the desired tilt angle of the mirror (230) for each electrode, a bias voltage generation means (402) for generating, as a bias voltage for each electrode, a voltage which causes the tilt angle of the mirror (230) to have the same predetermined value upon being independently applied to each of the electrodes (340a-340d), and an electrode voltage applying means (403) for adding, for each electrode, the bias voltage to the driving voltage and applying the voltage after addition to a corresponding one of the electrodes (340a-340d).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2007Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventors: Masato Mizukami, Johji Yamaguchi, Naru Nemoto, Shingo Uchiyama
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Publication number: 20080100899Abstract: A mirror device includes a mirror (153) which is supported to be pivotable with respect to a mirror substrate (151), a driving electrode (103-1-103-4) which is formed on an electrode substrate (101) facing the mirror substrate, and an antistatic structure (106) which is arranged in a space between the mirror and the electrode substrate. This structure can fix the potential of the lower surface of the mirror and suppress drift of the mirror by applying a second potential to the antistatic structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2005Publication date: May 1, 2008Inventors: Fusao Shimokawa, Shingo Uchiyama, Johji Yamaguchi, Makoto Sato, Kunihiko Sasakura, Hirofumi Morita, Shuichiro Inagaki, Katsuyuki Machida, Hiromu Ishii
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Patent number: 7123809Abstract: An optical fiber array includes an alignment substrate, a plurality of ferrules, and a plurality of optical fibers. The alignment substrate has a plurality of guide holes which are two-dimensionally arrayed and extend through the substrate. The ferrules are respectively inserted into the guide holes in the same direction and have through holes in the central portions. The optical fibers are fitted and held in the respective through holes. The guide hole is formed into a cylindrical shape having a diameter substantially equal to the outer diameter of the ferrule. The light incident/exit end face of the optical fiber is exposed on one end face of the ferrule.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2005Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Yuji Uenishi, Johji Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20060039668Abstract: An optical fiber array includes an alignment substrate, a plurality of ferrules, and a plurality of optical fibers. The alignment substrate has a plurality of guide holes which are two-dimensionally arrayed and extend through the substrate. The ferrules are respectively inserted into the guide holes in the same direction and have through holes in the central portions. The optical fibers are fitted and held in the respective through holes. The guide hole is formed into a cylindrical shape having a diameter substantially equal to the outer diameter of the ferrule. The light incident/exit end face of the optical fiber is exposed on one end face of the ferrule.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2005Publication date: February 23, 2006Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Yuji Uenishi, Johji Yamaguchi