Patents by Inventor Keiichi Kawasaki

Keiichi Kawasaki 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: 6731718
    Abstract: This invention relates to a radiographic apparatus which comprises a radiographic image photographing unit for photographing a radiographic image of an object irradiated with radiation by a radiation generating device, a distance measuring system for measuring the distances or distance from the radiation generating device to the radiographic image photographing unit and/or the object, and distance information indicating means for indicating distance information obtained by the distance measuring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Ogura, Keiichi Kawasaki, Akira Hirai
  • Publication number: 20030095636
    Abstract: This invention relates to a radiographic apparatus which comprises a radiographic image photographing unit for photographing a radiographic image of an object irradiated with radiation by a radiation generating device, a distance measuring system for measuring the distances or distance from the radiation generating device to the radiographic image photographing unit and/or the object, and distance information indicating means for indicating distance information obtained by the distance measuring system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Ogura, Keiichi Kawasaki, Akira Hirai
  • Patent number: 6502984
    Abstract: This invention relates to a radiographic apparatus which comprises a radiographic image photographing unit for photographing a radiographic image of an object irradiated with radiation by a radiation generating device, a distance measuring system for measuring the distances or distance from the radiation generating device to the radiographic image photographing unit and/or the object, and distance information indicating means for indicating distance information obtained by the distance measuring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Ogura, Keiichi Kawasaki, Akira Hirai
  • Publication number: 20010012330
    Abstract: This invention relates to a radiographic apparatus which comprises a radiographic image photographing unit for photographing a radiographic image of an object irradiated with radiation by a radiation generating device, a distance measuring system for measuring the distances or distance from the radiation generating device to the radiographic image photographing unit and/or the object, and distance information indicating means for indicating distance information obtained by the distance measuring system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 1998
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventors: TAKASHI OGURA, KEIICHI KAWASAKI, AKIRA HIRAI
  • Patent number: 6133614
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor apparatus for detecting radiation provided with phosphor comprises the steps of forming a phosphor layer integrally with a meshed partition plate having partitions per pixel of the semiconductor apparatus for detecting radiation, and of separating the phosphor per pixel by removing the phosphor on the partitioning portion of the partition plate by the irradiation of laser beam in the form of grooves together with the surface layer of the partitioning portions in order to make the phosphor thick to obtain a higher sensitivity, and also to make pixel pitches finer to enhance resolution, thus obtaining exact images without creating any cross talks between pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsumi Shoji, Keiichi Kawasaki, Isao Tanikawa, Kazuaki Tashiro, Ichiro Tanaka, Tatsuya Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 6121620
    Abstract: A large-area, compact and highly reliable radiation detector is produced by a process comprising the steps of laminating a phosphor sheet to a substrate having at least a photoelectric transducer, a driving element and a wiring matrix, and sealing the phosphor sheet and substrate thus laminated, by imparting a sealing medium to at least part of the peripheral portions of the phosphor sheet and the substrate, at least one of the steps being carried out in a vacuum chamber, to thereby bring the phosphor sheet into close contact with the substrate by atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tashiro, Keiichi Kawasaki, Tatsumi Shoji, Ichiro Tanaka, Tatsuya Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 5210616
    Abstract: A sheet carrier apparatus of the present invention includes a first and a second rotary roller member, at least one of them having a rotary driving force. The second rotary roller member is constructed so as to be able to rotate around the first rotary roller member while it is being driven by the first rotary roller member. In order to control these rollers, the sheet carrier apparatus includes a control device for selectively setting the direction in which a sheet is moved from among a plurality of directions by controlling the rotary driving of the rotary roller members while carrying a sheet and by controlling the degree of angular displacement causing the second rotary roller member to rotate around the first rotary roller member while a sheet is grasped between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiichi Kawasaki, Keiji Ohkoda, Tomohiro Kudo, Satoshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 5181715
    Abstract: The sheet conveying unit of the present invention has a roller for conveying a sheet which contacts therewith, a supporting portion for rotatably supporting both sides of the roller, a drive motor for rotatively driving the roller, and a frame portion for holding the supporting portion and the drive motor and making them integral with each other. The rotary shaft of the roller and the rotary shaft of the drive motor are a common shaft. The rotor of the drive motor is mounted on the common shaft, and the stator of the drive motor is mounted on the frame portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiji Ohkoda, Tomohiro Kudo, Satoshi Shimizu, Keiichi Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 5151713
    Abstract: In an image recording apparatus, a supply magazine and a receive magazine are arranged almost in a row, and a sheet transport path is formed along the periphery of both magazines. A recording sheet, which is taken out of the supply magazine, is once moved to a path whose transport resistance is small, so that the trailing edge of the recording sheet is completely out of the supply magazine. Then, a subscanning operation for image recording is performed along the path whose transport resistance is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: Cannon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiichi Kawasaki, Keiji Ohkoda, Tomohiro Kudo, Satoshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 5113280
    Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting the inclination of an optical element or the like is provided with a predetermined shaft, an optical element fitted to the predetermined shaft, a mounting seat for supporting the optical element, a keep member for holding and fixing the optical element between it and the mounting seat, and a spherical seat movable in a direction intersecting the predetermined shaft between the mounting seat and the optical element for adjusting the inclination of the optical element. A method for mounting and adjustng the optical element includes the steps of mounting the optical element on the spherical seat supported on the predetermined shaft, detecting an inclination angle of the optical element and shifting the spherical seat to adjust the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiichi Kawasaki, Kazuhisa Takahashi
  • Patent number: 4987426
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laser irradiating apparatus which comprises a laser which can be directly modulated by a modulation signal, and in which laser oscillation becomes unstable when the intensity of the modulation signal is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, and laser oscillation becomes stable when the intensity of the modulation signal is larger than the predetermined threshold value, means for comparing the intensity of the modulation signal with a predetermined value near the predetermined threshold value, and means for modulating an emission time of the laser when the intensity of the modulation signal is smaller than the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichi Ota, Keiichi Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 4918466
    Abstract: An image recording method having a first step of recording an image on a first area of a recording medium by the major scanning by a light beam scanning optical system and a first subsidiary scanning in which the recording medium is moved relative to the light beam scanning optical system in a direction intersecting the major scanning, and a second step of recording an image on a second area of the recording medium by the major scanning and a second subsidiary scanning in which the recording medium is moved relative to the light beam scanning optical system so that the first area again crosses the scanning area of the light beam scanning optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Takahashi, Keiichi Kawasaki, Yuji Itoh
  • Patent number: 4796035
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus has a feed system for feeding a recording sheet from a feed magazine to a drum, a drum system for winding the recording sheet therearound and rotating to align the recording position with a predetermined position on the circumferential surface of the drum, a scanning system for main-scanning the recording sheet at the recording position of the sheet with an optically modulated beam, and a storage system for storing the recording sheet on which an image has been formed. The drum is rotated in opposite directions during feed and storage of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiichi Kawasaki, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Yuji Itoh
  • Patent number: 4698648
    Abstract: An image recording method having a first step of recording an image on a first area of a recording medium by the major scanning by a light beam scanning optical system and a first subsidiary scanning in which the recording medium is moved relative to the light beam scanning optical system in a direction intersecting the major scanning, and a second step of recording an image on a second area of the recording medium by the major scanning and a second subsidiary scanning in which the recording medium is moved relative to the light beam scanning optical system so that the first area again crosses the scanning area of the light beam scanning optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1987
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Takahashi, Keiichi Kawasaki, Yuji Itoh
  • Patent number: 4541625
    Abstract: An apparatus removably mountable on an X-ray image photographing apparatus for supplying sheet films to the photographing apparatus is provided with an outlet, a chamber for holding a number of sheet films, a slit having a gap of such dimension into which a sheet film may enter, a transport member for transporting the outermost sheet to the outlet and prior to said transport, transporting that sheet film toward the slit, and a pressing member for downwardly curving the end of the remaining sheet films which is adjacent to the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Yuguchi, Keiichi Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 4483014
    Abstract: A medical X-ray inspection apparatus is provided with an exposure machine in which sheet films are successively conveyed to an exposure stage and exposed to X-rays passed through an object to be photographed, a receive magazine provided with a containing space for temporally containing the exposed sheet films therein and a containing chamber for containing therein the sheet films in a piled relationship, the receive magazine being removably mountable to the exposure machine, a member in the receive magazine for holding the forward end of each sheet film, a support member for supporting the opposite side edges of each sheet film, the support member being cyclically movable away from the movement path of the sheet films for shifting the sheet films from the containing space of the receive magazine to the containing chamber, and another support member for supporting the rearward end of the sheet film to separate a newly contained sheet film from the sheet films piled in the containing chamber, said another suppo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Yuguchi, Keiichi Kawasaki