Patents by Inventor Keiichi Horimoto

Keiichi Horimoto 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: 7836773
    Abstract: Optical fiber thermometer includes one optical fiber that relays light from the light source to a measuring unit, two parallel optical fibers that relay light from a mirror at the measuring unit to two light-receiving units, and an arithmetic processing circuit that calculates the temperature of the measuring unit from the ratio of electrical signals from the two light-receiving units; end surfaces of three optical fibers facing the reflecting face being fixed at an angle ? between the longitudinal direction of the optical fibers and the normal to the reflecting face that is not zero, the angle between the optical fibers for reception and projection being symmetrical based on the normal to the reflecting face. Each of the optical fibers is a single-mode fiber at the wavelength being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Sakamoto, Keiichi Horimoto, Yoshikiyo Noguchi
  • Patent number: 7615736
    Abstract: An optical sensor includes a light source, a sensing unit, a first optical fiber transmitting light from the light source to the sensing unit, second and third optical fibers transmitting the light from a reflecting surface of the sensing unit to light-receiving portions, and a calculation unit calculating physical quantities from electrical signals from the light-receiving portions. End surfaces of these fibers opposed to the reflecting surface are fixed so that the longitudinal direction thereof and the normal line of the reflecting surface form an angle ?, the second and third optical fibers are parallel to each other, and the fixing angles of the first optical fiber and the second and third optical fibers are symmetric about the normal line. These optical fibers have a single mode in the wavelength of which the optical fibers are used. A depolarizer is interposed between the light source and the first optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Horimoto, Akira Sakamoto, Yoshikiyo Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20090257705
    Abstract: An optical sensor includes a light source, a sensing unit, a first optical fiber transmitting light from the light source to the sensing unit, second and third optical fibers transmitting the light from a reflecting surface of the sensing unit to light-receiving portions, and a calculation unit calculating physical quantities from electrical signals from the light-receiving portions. End surfaces of these fibers opposed to the reflecting surface are fixed so that the longitudinal direction thereof and the normal line of the reflecting surface form an angle ?, the second and third optical fibers are parallel to each other, and the fixing angles of the first optical fiber and the second and third optical fibers are symmetric about the normal line. These optical fibers have a single mode in the wavelength of which the optical fibers are used. A depolarizer is interposed between the light source and the first optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Horimoto, Akira Sakamoto, Yoshikiyo Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20090199646
    Abstract: This optical fiber thermometer includes one optical fiber for projection that relays light from the light source to a measuring unit, two optical fibers for light-reception that relay light reflected from a reflecting face of a mirror provided at the measuring unit to two light-receiving units, and an arithmetic processing circuit that calculates the pressure of the measuring unit from the ratio of electrical signals from the two light-receiving units; end surfaces of three optical fibers arranged to face the reflecting face being fixed such that an angle ? between the longitudinal direction of the optical fibers and the normal to the reflecting face is not zero, the two optical fibers for light-reception being parallel, fixing angles between each of them and the optical fiber for projection being symmetrical based on the normal to the reflecting face as a reference, and each of the optical fibers being a single-mode fiber at the wavelength being used, According to this invention, it is possible to provide an
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira SAKAMOTO, Keiichi Horimoto, Yoshikiyo Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20090001258
    Abstract: An optical sensor includes a light source, a sensing unit, a first optical fiber transmitting light from the light source to the sensing unit, second and third optical fibers transmitting the light from a reflecting surface of the sensing unit to light-receiving portions, and a calculation unit calculating physical quantities from electrical signals from the light-receiving portions. End surfaces of these fibers opposed to the reflecting surface are fixed so that the longitudinal direction thereof and the normal line of the reflecting surface form an angle ?, the second and third optical fibers are parallel to each other, and the fixing angles of the first optical fiber and the second and third optical fibers are symmetric about the normal line. These optical fibers have a single mode in the wavelength of which the optical fibers are used. A depolarizer is interposed between the light source and the first optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi HORIMOTO, Akira Sakamoto, Yoshikiyo Noguchi
  • Patent number: 7465916
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides an optical detection sensor configured so as to irradiate exit light emitted from a light source onto an object to be measured, the object being disposed a relative distance away from an end face of a first optical fiber, and receive the reflection light therefrom with a second and a third optical fiber, thereby computing a displacement amount of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Horimoto, Akira Sakamoto, Satoshi Okude
  • Publication number: 20080093540
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides an optical detection sensor configured so as to irradiate exit light emitted from a light source onto an object to be measured, the object being disposed a relative distance away from an end face of a first optical fiber, and receive the reflection light therefrom with a second and a third optical fiber, thereby computing a displacement amount of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Keiichi Horimoto, Akira Sakamoto, Satoshi Okude