Patents by Inventor Kazuhito Kunishima

Kazuhito Kunishima 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: 10939823
    Abstract: Provided is an image analysis device, an image analysis method, and an illumination device to efficiently acquire an image to be suitably used to analyze skin. An image acquisition unit is included, the image acquisition unit including an illumination unit including a light emitting unit in which a plurality of light emitting elements including at least a light emitting element that emits visible light and a light emitting element that emits invisible light are packaged, and an image pickup unit that captures an image of reflection light generated by causing irradiation light emitted from the illumination unit to be reflected by an analysis target. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a device for analyzing human skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Nakamura, Takayuki Yamazaki, Kazuhito Kunishima
  • Publication number: 20160296119
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image analysis device, an image analysis method, a program, and an illumination device to efficiently acquire an image to be suitably used to analyze skin. An image acquisition unit is included, the image acquisition unit including an illumination unit including a light emitting unit in which a plurality of light emitting elements including at least a light emitting element configured to emit visible light and a light emitting element configured to emit invisible light are packaged, and an image pickup unit configured to capture an image of reflection light generated by causing irradiation light emitted from the illumination unit to be reflected by an analysis target. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a device for analyzing human skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichiro Nakamura, Takayuki Yamazaki, Kazuhito Kunishima
  • Patent number: 8876355
    Abstract: A light guide includes an incident surface, an emitting surface, a reflecting surface, and a light guide section. The incident surface receives light from a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged at least in a first direction. The emitting surface outputs incident light from the incident surface. The reflecting surface includes a plurality of lenses having optical power in the first direction and a second direction different from the first direction and is provided to be opposed to the incident surface. The light guide section includes a surface including the incident surface, the emitting surface, and the reflecting surface, and causes the light that has entered from the incident surface to be reflected by the plurality of lenses of the reflecting surface to guide the light to the emitting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koya Nomoto, Nobuaki Kuribara, Kazuhito Kunishima
  • Patent number: 8587778
    Abstract: A light irradiation apparatus capable of irradiating, while a component having a first side is held on the first side by a holding body of a component mounting apparatus, light onto a reflective plate to irradiate reflected light from the reflective plate from the first side of the component, the light irradiation apparatus including: a plurality of first light-emitting devices; a supporting body configured to support the plurality of first light-emitting devices such that optical-axis directions of the plurality of first light-emitting devices match; and a light guide body configured to guide light emitted from the plurality of first light-emitting devices to the reflective plate so that the reflected light is detected by a detector from a second side of the component on the other side of the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Koshimura, Koya Nomoto, Kazuhito Kunishima, Daisuke Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130258178
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a light source section, an irradiation section, and a selection section. The light source section includes a light source configured to emit first-wavelength light having a first wavelength in order for an imaging apparatus to image a subject. The irradiation section is configured to convert the first-wavelength light from the light source into second-wavelength light having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength and to radiate the second-wavelength light to the subject. The selection section is configured to select the second-wavelength light as light to enter the imaging apparatus such that an image of the subject is captured using the second-wavelength light radiated to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Koshimura, Kazuhito Kunishima, Koya Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20120261560
    Abstract: A light guide including: a body light guide portion including an incident end that light from a light source enters; and a branch light guide portion including a first light guide portion and a second light guide portion that each include an emission end that a light flux exits and are branched from the body light guide portion, the branch light guide portion being configured to cause, such that a first light flux emitted from the first light guide portion directly heads toward an irradiation object and a second light flux emitted from the second light guide portion heads toward the irradiation object via a reflection portion and joins the first light flux, the first light flux and the second light flux to be emitted from the emission ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koya Nomoto, Kazuhito Kunishima, Masayoshi Kawata
  • Publication number: 20120062878
    Abstract: A light irradiation apparatus capable of irradiating, while a component having a first side is held on the first side by a holding body of a component mounting apparatus, light onto a reflective plate to irradiate reflected light from the reflective plate from the first side of the component, the light irradiation apparatus including: a plurality of first light-emitting devices; a supporting body configured to support the plurality of first light-emitting devices such that optical-axis directions of the plurality of first light-emitting devices match; and a light guide body configured to guide light emitted from the plurality of first light-emitting devices to the reflective plate so that the reflected light is detected by a detector from a second side of the component on the other side of the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Koshimura, Koya Nomoto, Kazuhito Kunishima, Daisuke Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110063870
    Abstract: A light guide includes an incident surface, an emitting surface, a reflecting surface, and a light guide section. The incident surface receives light from a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged at least in a first direction. The emitting surface outputs incident light from the incident surface. The reflecting surface includes a plurality of lenses having optical power in the first direction and a second direction different from the first direction and is provided to be opposed to the incident surface. The light guide section includes a surface including the incident surface, the emitting surface, and the reflecting surface, and causes the light that has entered from the incident surface to be reflected by the plurality of lenses of the reflecting surface to guide the light to the emitting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koya Nomoto, Nobuaki Kuribara, Kazuhito Kunishima