Patents by Inventor Katsuo Hatase

Katsuo Hatase 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: 7655936
    Abstract: An optical sensor includes at least one light emitting unit that emits a light, a first light receiving unit that receives specular reflection light from an illumination object when the light is incident on the illumination object with an incidence angle and specularly reflected with a reflection angle, and a second light receiving unit that receives diffuse reflection light from the illumination object when the incident light is diffusely reflected at the illumination object. The sum of the incident angle and the reflection angle is 25 degrees or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Sawayama, Kayoko Ikegami, Katsuo Hatase
  • Publication number: 20080170220
    Abstract: An optical sensor includes at least one light emitting unit that emits a light, a first light receiving unit that receives specular reflection light from an illumination object when the light is incident on the illumination object with an incidence angle and specularly reflected with a reflection angle, and a second light receiving unit that receives diffuse reflection light from the illumination object when the incident light is diffusely reflected at the illumination object. The sum of the incident angle and the reflection angle is 25 degrees or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Noboru Sawayama, Kayoko Ikegami, Katsuo Hatase
  • Publication number: 20040251435
    Abstract: An optical sensor includes at least one light emitting unit that emits a light, a first light receiving unit that receives specular reflection light from an illumination object when the light is incident on the illumination object with an incidence angle and specularly reflected with a reflection angle, and a second light receiving unit that receives diffuse reflection light from the illumination object when the incident light is diffusely reflected at the illumination object. The sum of the incident angle and the reflection angle is 25 degrees or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Noboru Sawayama, Kayoko Ikegami, Katsuo Hatase