Patents by Inventor Katsuhiro NAKAMOTO

Katsuhiro NAKAMOTO 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).

  • Publication number: 20240305907
    Abstract: A distance image acquisition apparatus includes a light source, an irradiation optical system, an imaging optical system, an imaging element, and a processing unit. The imaging element receives a light pulse output from the light source, reflected by an object, and passed through the imaging optical system on a light receiving surface. Each of a plurality of pixels on the light receiving surface includes a photodiode for generating charges by receiving light, and a charge accumulation portion for accumulating the charges generated in the photodiode. The processing unit commonly applies a control pattern to the plurality of pixels. The control pattern indicates a period in which the charges generated in the photodiode are accumulated in the charge accumulation portion. The processing unit acquires a distance image of the object based on an amount of charges generated in the photodiode and accumulated in the charge accumulation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Keisuke UCHIDA, Munenori TAKUMI, Hisayoshi TAKAMOTO, Naoaki KATO, Katsuhiro NAKAMOTO, Mitsuhito MASE
  • Publication number: 20240241065
    Abstract: An element distribution measurement apparatus is an apparatus for measuring a distribution of a content rate of each element contained in a measurement sample, and includes a measurement unit and an operation unit. The measurement unit acquires projection data by making rays of radiation of each of a plurality of spectra incident on the measurement sample. The operation unit obtains the distribution of the content rate of each element based on a distribution of a linear attenuation coefficient of the measurement sample obtained for each of the spectra based on the projection data, and a formula of the linear attenuation coefficient represented by using a value of a mass attenuation coefficient of each element, a value of an atomic weight of each element, a variable of the content rate of each element, and a variable of a density of the measurement sample for each of the spectra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takahiro MOCHIZUKI, Katsuhiro NAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11962913
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a light source, a spatial light modulator, a Fourier transform optical system, a photodetector, and a control unit. The control unit sets a first region and a second region on a modulation plane, acquires a light intensity value by setting a light amplitude modulation pattern in the first region and setting a light amplitude modulation in the second region to a non-zero predetermined value, acquires the light intensity value by setting the light amplitude modulation pattern in the first region and setting the light amplitude modulation in the second region to zero, acquires the light intensity value by setting the light amplitude modulation in the first region to zero and setting the light amplitude modulation in the second region to the predetermined value, and acquires a complex amplitude image of a region of an object corresponding to the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 11852795
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a light source, a spatial light modulator, a Fourier transform optical system, a photodetector, and a control unit. The control unit sets a first region and a second region on a modulation plane of the spatial light modulator, sequentially sets a plurality of light phase modulation patterns in the first region, sequentially sets a plurality of uniform phase shifts in a region other than the first region when setting each light phase modulation pattern in the first region to acquire a light intensity value, and acquires a phase image of a region of an object corresponding to the first region using a phase shift method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20220417407
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a light source, a spatial light modulator, a Fourier transform optical system, a photodetector, and a control unit. The control unit sets a first region and a second region on a modulation plane, acquires a light intensity value by setting a light amplitude modulation pattern in the first region and setting a light amplitude modulation in the second region to a non-zero predetermined value, acquires the light intensity value by setting the light amplitude modulation pattern in the first region and setting the light amplitude modulation in the second region to zero, acquires the light intensity value by setting the light amplitude modulation in the first region to zero and setting the light amplitude modulation in the second region to the predetermined value, and acquires a complex amplitude image of a region of an object corresponding to the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventor: Katsuhiro NAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220397752
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a light source, a spatial light modulator, a Fourier transform optical system, a photodetector, and a control unit. The control unit sets a first region and a second region on a modulation plane of the spatial light modulator, sequentially sets a plurality of light phase modulation patterns in the first region, sequentially sets a plurality of uniform phase shifts in a region other than the first region when setting each light phase modulation pattern in the first region to acquire a light intensity value, and acquires a phase image of a region of an object corresponding to the first region using a phase shift method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventor: Katsuhiro NAKAMOTO