Patents by Inventor Katsumi Tanaka

Katsumi Tanaka 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: 9039190
    Abstract: A projector including a light source unit, a lens integrator system, a light modulator having an image formation region where light from the lens integrator system is modulated in accordance with image information, and a projection system that projects light from the light modulator, wherein the projection system is so disposed that the optical axis of the light incident on the projection system is shifted from the optical axis of the projection system in a predetermined direction when the projection system is viewed in the direction in which the light travels toward the projection system, and the lens integrator system is so configured that illuminance of the light on a first side corresponding to the predetermined direction in the image formation region is higher than illuminance of the light on a second side that is opposite the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsumi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150098063
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment of the disclosure, an illumination system includes a light source that emits an illumination light flux. A first lens array has a plurality of first small lenses arranged therein. The first small lenses divide the illumination light flux emitted from the light source into a plurality of segmental light fluxes. A second lens array has a plurality of second small lenses arranged therein. The second small lenses have a one-to-one correspondence with the first small lenses and are configured to receive the segmental light fluxes exiting from the first small lenses. At least some of the second small lenses each include a plurality of lens elements disposed in a surface direction that is the same as the second small lenses. A superimposing lens superimposes on an illuminated area the segmental light fluxes exiting from the plurality of second small lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Katsumi Tanaka, Osamu Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 8985787
    Abstract: A projector includes an illumination device including a light source that outputs light from a light emitting part, a first lens array having plural first small lenses, a second lens array having plural second small lenses corresponding to the plural first small lenses, and a superimposing lens that superimposes lights from the second lens array, a light modulation device that modulates light from the illumination device in response to image information, and a projection optical system that projects the light from the light modulation device on a projection target, wherein radii of curvature of the first small lenses are set with respect to each first small lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8813361
    Abstract: In a gas turbine blade where a part of the ?? phase precipitation strengthened type Ni-based alloy base material is composed of a weld metal, the weld metal is a Ni-based alloy containing Ta from 4.8 to 5.3 wt. %, Cr from 18 to 23 wt. %, Co from 12 to 17 wt. %, W from 14 to 18 wt. %, C from 0.03 to 0.1 wt. %, Mo from 1 to 2 wt. %, and Al of 1 wt. % or less, in which the oxygen content is 0 to 30 ppm, the Ti content from 0 to 0.1 wt. %, and the Re content from 0 to 0.5 wt. %. A blade base metal is manufactured by the step of stripping, the step of solution heat treatment where the ?? phase is dissolved again, the step of welding in an inert gas chamber by a TIG method using a welding wire where the weld metal can be obtained, the step of HIP treatment at 1100° C. to 1150° C., and the step of an aging treatment at 835° C. to 855° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Imano, Kunihiro Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Doi, Katsumi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140193594
    Abstract: A metallic film formation target which is an object on which a diamond-like carbon film is to be formed is placed in a flow channel through which film formation gas containing methane gas flows. The film formation gas is caused to flow at a predetermined flow rate through the flow channel during the process of raising the temperature of the film formation target from room temperature to a predetermined temperature. The film formation gas is thereby reacted with impurities in a film formation target surface for removal of the impurities from the film formation target surface and is further reacted with metallic elements exposed by the removal of impurities, thus forming a diamond-like carbon film on the film formation target surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: The University of Electro-Communications
    Inventors: Katsumi Tanaka, Cheow Keong Choo
  • Patent number: 8632313
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade which is enhanced in erosion resistance and reduced in stress corrosion cracking sensitivity is provided. When a blade tip end of the turbine rotor blade is hardened by heat treatment, hardness at an outer circumferential side in a radial direction is made higher than hardness at an inner circumferential side, and thereby, enhancement in erosion resistance and reduction in stress corrosion cracking sensitivity are made compatible with each other all over in a blade length direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Asai, Takeshi Kudo, Hideo Yoda, Katsumi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130271735
    Abstract: A projector including a light source unit, a lens integrator system, a light modulator having an image formation region where light from the lens integrator system is modulated in accordance with image information, and a projection system that projects light from the light modulator, wherein the projection system is so disposed that the optical axis of the light incident on the projection system is shifted from the optical axis of the projection system in a predetermined direction when the projection system is viewed in the direction in which the light travels toward the projection system, and the lens integrator system is so configured that illuminance of the light on a first side corresponding to the predetermined direction in the image formation region is higher than illuminance of the light on a second side that is opposite the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsumi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 8525940
    Abstract: An illuminator includes: a light source that emits light; a first lens array including a plurality of first lenslets; a second lens array including a plurality of second lenslets corresponding to the plurality of first lenslets; a polarization conversion element that converts light fluxes from the second lens array into polarized light fluxes and outputs the polarized light fluxes; and a superimposing lens that superimposes sub-light fluxes from the polarization conversion element, wherein the plurality of first lenslets and the plurality of second lenslets are each arranged in a matrix, the polarization conversion element is formed of a plurality of columns of polarization conversion units that convert the light fluxes from the plurality of second lenslets into the polarized light fluxes on a column basis, and the number of columns of the polarization conversion units is fewer than the number of columns of the first lenslets and the second lenslets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8474987
    Abstract: A projector includes: an illuminator that emits an illumination light flux; a light control mechanism that blocks at least part of the illumination light from the illuminator; a light modulator illuminated with the illumination light from the illuminator; a projection system capable of projecting modulated light formed by the light modulator and switching the f number when the modulated light is projected; and a control unit that controls the open/close state of the light control mechanism in accordance with the f number of the projection system so that illumination light having an angular distribution corresponding to the f number of the projection system is incident on the projection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nishida, Osamu Fujimaki, Katsumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8468685
    Abstract: A wire forming device for applying a paste material on an insulating substrate to form a wiring pattern. The wire forming device includes a paste material application unit which includes an atomizing unit atomizing the paste material and a nozzle spraying the atomized paste material onto the insulating substrate. The atomizing unit includes: a medium supplying portion which mixes a medium with a carrier gas to form a mixed gas and an atomizing portion. The atomizing portion holds the paste material and brings the mixed gas into contact with the paste material to atomize the paste material, thereby making a mist stream of the mixed gas and the paste material as the atomized paste material fed to the nozzle. The wire forming further includes a mixing ratio adjusting unit adjusting a mixing ratio of the paste material to the mixed gas in the mist stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon Micronics
    Inventors: Katsumi Tanaka, Kenichi Shinozaki, Tetsuya Okumura, Makoto Kikuta, Masami Sano, Taro Mogi
  • Patent number: 8469523
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes: first and second lamps; and a combining mirror configured to combine emitted lights from the first and second lamps The combining mirror includes first and second reflection surfaces opposing the first and second lamps respectively, being abutted vertically with respect to each other, whereby forming an edge. Since optical axes of the first and second lamp are respectively inclined with respect to a reference axis being orthogonal to a system optical axis of the illumination apparatus, central axes of the lights from the first and second lamps are incident on a downstream optical system in a state of being slightly inclined with respect to the system optical axis after being reflected on the first and second reflection surfaces respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kenshi Sakai, Kazuhiro Nishida, Katsumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8398244
    Abstract: A projector includes: a light source that emits light; a first lens array that divides the light emitted from the light source into a plurality of partial light beams; a second lens array that focuses the plurality of partial light beams emitted from the first lens array; condenser lenses that superimpose the plurality of partial light beams emitted from the second lens array on target illumination regions; and liquid crystal panels that modulate the light beams passing through the condenser lenses according to image information, wherein each of the condenser lenses is a single lens that achieves telecentric illumination when superimposing the partial light beams, and only the condenser lenses are arranged as lenses between the second lens array and the liquid crystal panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Shimizu, Katsumi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20120188468
    Abstract: An illuminator includes: a light source that emits light; a first lens array including a plurality of first lenslets; a second lens array including a plurality of second lenslets corresponding to the plurality of first lenslets; a polarization conversion element that converts light fluxes from the second lens array into polarized light fluxes and outputs the polarized light fluxes; and a superimposing lens that superimposes sub-light fluxes from the polarization conversion element, wherein the plurality of first lenslets and the plurality of second lenslets are each arranged in a matrix, the polarization conversion element is formed of a plurality of columns of polarization conversion units that convert the light fluxes from the plurality of second lenslets into the polarized light fluxes on a column basis, and the number of columns of the polarization conversion units is fewer than the number of columns of the first lenslets and the second lenslets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsumi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20120182526
    Abstract: A projector includes an illumination device including a light source that outputs light from a light emitting part, a first lens array having plural first small lenses, a second lens array having plural second small lenses corresponding to the plural first small lenses, and a superimposing lens that superimposes lights from the second lens array, a light modulation device that modulates light from the illumination device in response to image information, and a projection optical system that projects the light from the light modulation device on a projection target, wherein radii of curvature of the first small lenses are set with respect to each first small lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsumi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20120151757
    Abstract: A stable wire can be formed continuously over a long period. In a wire forming device supplying a paste material on an insulating substrate by a paste material attaching unit to form a wiring pattern, the paste material attaching unit includes: an atomizing unit atomizing the paste material; and a nozzle spraying the paste material atomized in the atomizing unit on the insulating substrate, and the atomizing unit includes: a medium supplying portion mixing a gas obtained by atomizing a medium with a carrier gas and supplying a mixed gas to an atomizing portion; the atomizing portion atomizing a paste solvent, taking it into the mixed gas from the medium supplying portion, and making a mist stream; and a mixing ratio adjusting unit adjusting a mixing ratio of the mist stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon Micronics
    Inventors: Katsumi TANAKA, Kenichi Shinozaki, Tetsuya Okumura, Makoto Kikuta, Masami Sano, Taro Mogi
  • Patent number: 8126175
    Abstract: A hearing aid device is provided in which wireless data transmission and reception are established between a first hearing aid and a second hearing aid, worn one on each ear, wherein in a case where wireless transmission and reception are not possible, the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid are switched from a liaison operation mode in which both hearing aids are interactively adjusted to a solo operation mode in which each hearing aid is independently adjusted. In a case where wireless transmission and reception are possible, the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid are switched from the solo operation mode to the liaison operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Rion Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Makoto Tateno, Takatoshi Okuno, Katsumi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110296685
    Abstract: In a gas turbine blade where a part of the ?? phase precipitation strengthened type Ni-based alloy base material is composed of a weld metal, the weld metal is a Ni-based alloy containing Ta from 4.8 to 5.3 wt. %, Cr from 18 to 23 wt. %, Co from 12 to 17 wt. %, W from 14 to 18 wt. %, C from 0.03 to 0.1 wt. %, Mo from 1 to 2 wt. %, and Al of 1 wt. % or less, in which the oxygen content is 0 to 30 ppm, the Ti content from 0 to 0.1 wt. %, and the Re content from 0 to 0.5 wt. %. A blade base metal is manufactured by the step of stripping, the step of solution heat treatment where the ?? phase is dissolved again, the step of welding in an inert gas chamber by a TIG method using a welding wire where the weld metal can be obtained, the step of HIP treatment at 1100° C. to 1150° C., and the step of an aging treatment at 835° C. to 855° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Shinya Imano, Kunihiro Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Doi, Katsumi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20100328631
    Abstract: A projector includes: an illuminator that emits an illumination light flux; a light control mechanism that blocks at least part of the illumination light from the illuminator; a light modulator illuminated with the illumination light from the illuminator; a projection system capable of projecting modulated light formed by the light modulator and switching the f number when the modulated light is projected; and a control unit that controls the open/close state of the light control mechanism in accordance with the f number of the projection system so that illumination light having an angular distribution corresponding to the f number of the projection system is incident on the projection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NISHIDA, Osamu Fujimaki, Katsumi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20100329884
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade which is enhanced in erosion resistance and reduced in stress corrosion cracking sensitivity is provided. When a blade tip end of the turbine rotor blade is hardened by heat treatment, hardness at an outer circumferential side in a radial direction is made higher than hardness at an inner circumferential side, and thereby, enhancement in erosion resistance and reduction in stress corrosion cracking sensitivity are made compatible with each other all over in a blade length direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Kunio ASAI, Takeshi Kudo, Hideo Yoda, Katsumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7856594
    Abstract: A system including a site specifying portion for receiving an identifier of a base site that becomes the basis of a displayed presentation and receives an identifier of a compared site displayed in a language different from that of the base site, a base page specifying portion that specifies a base page from the base site, a language converting portion that consolidates words of different languages into a single language, an aggregated word information producing portion that produces information for comparing the base page, a related page specifying portion that specifies a related page similar to the base page from among each compared page based on the word information of the base page and the word information of each compared page, and a display controlling portion that presents the related page together with the base page on the same display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
    Inventors: Akiyo Nadamoto, Katsumi Tanaka