Patents by Inventor Kenichi Ohata

Kenichi Ohata 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: 10293448
    Abstract: A tool shape measurement apparatus for imaging a tool is provided with: a camera for imaging the tool disposed at a previously determined imaging position; a shutter disposed on the opposite side of the tool from the camera; an illuminating device for shining light toward the shutter; and a control device for calculating the shape of the tool from an image of the tool. The illuminating device is disposed so that an image in which the tool is darker than the background of the tool is captured due to light reflected at the reflecting surface of the shutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kasahara, Kenichi Ohata
  • Publication number: 20180015585
    Abstract: A tool shape measurement apparatus for imaging a tool is provided with: a camera for imaging the tool disposed at a previously determined imaging position; a shutter disposed on the opposite side of the tool from the camera; an illuminating device for shining light toward the shutter; and a control device for calculating the shape of the tool from an image of the tool. The illuminating device is disposed so that an image in which the tool is darker than the background of the tool is captured due to light reflected at the reflecting surface of the shutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi KASAHARA, Kenichi OHATA
  • Patent number: 5255225
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device including a level conversion circuit in which the simplifying of the circuit and the increasing of the speed of operation have been attained is provided.A pair of complementary output signals amplified to a required signal level by a current switch circuit including differential transistors which receive an input signal and a reference voltage are inputted into a pair of emitter follower circuits. An emitter follower output transistor is driven by an output signal from one emitter follower circuit, while an N-channel MOSFET provided between the output transistor and a current source used as a load is driven by an output signal from the other emitter follower circuit, to obtain a level-amplified output signal from an emitter of the output transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nambu, Noriyuki Homma, Kunihiko Yamaguchi, Kazuo Kanetani, Hisayuki Higuchi, Youji Idei, Kenichi Ohata, Yoshiaki Sakurai, Masanori Odaka, Goro Kitsukawa, Nobuo Tamba, Masayuki Ohayashi, Toshiro Hiramoto, Kayoko Saito
  • Patent number: 4733372
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a bipolar memory having redundancy, which can be produced with a small area. In this semiconductor memory having a body memory for storing data and a spare memory for relief of fault bit of the body memory, a row is selected by cutting fuses in a decoder. Fundamentally signal lines such as word lines are not provided with fuses. Other parts including a power source and a reference voltage source are provided with fuses without decreasing the operating speed accompanied by only a slight increase in the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1988
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Eng.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nanbu, Kunihiko Yamaguchi, Noriyuki Honma, Kazuo Kanetani, Motoaki Matumoto, Kazuhiko Tani, Kenichi Ohata