Patents by Inventor Kenji Konno
Kenji Konno 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).
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Patent number: 11946143Abstract: A laminate comprising a substrate; and a plating-forming layer disposed on at least one surface of both surfaces of the substrate and containing a thermoplastic resin and a plating catalyst, wherein the plating-forming layer further satisfies conditions of the following (1) and/or (2), (1) the plating-forming layer contains a dispersing agent for dispersing the plating catalyst (2) an abundance of the plating catalyst on a surface side of the plating-forming layer is higher than an abundance of the plating catalyst on the substrate side of the plating-forming layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Arisawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Nakamura, Yoshihiko Konno, Hiroyuki Matsuyama, Makoto Tai, Shuichi Fujita
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Publication number: 20230288330Abstract: Provided are an optical system for measuring optical characteristics and a device for measuring optical characteristics capable of acquiring a two-dimensional image close to visual observation in addition to measurement of optical characteristics of a measurement target. The optical system for measuring optical characteristics includes a first optical system (11) that captures an infinite conjugate image and a second optical system (12) that captures a conjugate image of a measurement target. The first optical system (11) and the second optical system (12) sharing a first lens group (G1) are arranged on two optical axes separated by an optical element (5) that deflects an optical axis, respectively, and are configured as one measuring optical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2021Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: TAKASHI KAWASAKI, YOSHITAKA TERAOKA, TAKUSHI UDA, SYOGO MOCHIDA, KENJI KONNO
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Patent number: 10549806Abstract: A rear frame is formed of a laminate that includes a plurality of carbon fiber layers laminated one on top of another and hardened and integrated with each other by a plastic. A different color layer having a color different from a color of the carbon fiber layers is disposed between the carbon fiber layers in the laminate. When a carbon fiber layer on the outside is lost by a piece of flying gravel and a lost portion reaches the different color layer, a surface of the different color layer is exposed from the lost portion. An exposed portion having the different color can be easily recognized from the outside. The appearance of the exposed portion allows arrival of a replacement time of the rear frame to be recognized. As a result, it is possible to enable easy visual recognition of an optimum replacement timing.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoya Matsuo, Kenji Konno
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Publication number: 20180093730Abstract: A rear frame is formed of a laminate that includes a plurality of carbon fiber layers laminated one on top of another and hardened and integrated with each other by a plastic. A different color layer having a color different from a color of the carbon fiber layers is disposed between the carbon fiber layers in the laminate. When a carbon fiber layer on the outside is lost by a piece of flying gravel and a lost portion reaches the different color layer, a surface of the different color layer is exposed from the lost portion. An exposed portion having the different color can be easily recognized from the outside. The appearance of the exposed portion allows arrival of a replacement time of the rear frame to be recognized. As a result, it is possible to enable easy visual recognition of an optimum replacement timing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Tomoya MATSUO, Kenji KONNO
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Patent number: 9591241Abstract: A compound eye optical system forms a plurality of images with different fields of view for connecting the plurality of images with the different fields of view and outputting one composite image. The system includes: a plurality of individual eye optical systems forming the plurality of images with different fields of view on an imaging surface; and an overall optical system forming an image with a field of view incorporating the entire fields of view obtained by the plurality of individual eye optical systems on the imaging surface, wherein the individual eye optical systems and the overall optical system are configured by a lens array plate having a plurality of lenses integrally formed.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Kenji Konno, Motohiro Asano, Jun Takayama, Makoto Jin, Shoji Kogo, Katsuya Yagi, Hiroshi Hatano
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Publication number: 20160041311Abstract: Provided is a compound optical system that can obtain high-resolution images by solving the problem of aberration in a field-of-view separation-type optical system, and that enables a super thin image pickup device to be achieved. Also provided is an image pickup device using the compound optical system. With respect to the image pickup range of a central individual-eye lens, by narrowing the image pickup range of a peripheral individual-eye lens, the field curvature amount at the image pickup region can be reduced, and therefore, the eccentricity amount of the lens surface (or the lens group) can be reduced. As a result, an individual-eye lens with little defocus and good image forming characteristics can be obtained, and a compound optical system with favorable image forming characteristics can be configured.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Shoji KOGO, Makoto JIN, Kenji KONNO, Takashi KAWASAKI
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Publication number: 20150332433Abstract: An RGB mosaic filter is disposed on one imaging element (301) of an imaging element array (11). An R, G or B one-color filters is disposed on each of the remaining imaging elements (302). In a mode for capturing a moving image, image data captured by the one imaging element (301) is displayed on a display, and, in a mode for capturing a still image, plural pieces of image data captured by all of the image elements (30) are integrated by super-resolution processing, and the integrated image data is displayed on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2013Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: JUN TAKAYAMA, MOTOHIRO ASANO, KENJI KONNO
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Publication number: 20150312496Abstract: A compound eye optical system forms a plurality of images with different fields of view for connecting the plurality of images with the different fields of view and outputting one composite image. The system includes: a plurality of individual eye optical systems forming the plurality of images with different fields of view on an imaging surface; and an overall optical system forming an image with a field of view incorporating the entire fields of view obtained by the plurality of individual eye optical systems on the imaging surface, wherein the individual eye optical systems and the overall optical system are configured by a lens array plate having a plurality of lenses integrally formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Kenji KONNO, Motohiro ASANO, Jun TAKAYAMA, Makoto JIN, Shoji KOGO, Katsuya YAGI, Hiroshi HATANO
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Patent number: 9022157Abstract: A motorcycle with an ABS module disposed to make it hard to affect the layout of other components while suppressing the influence of vibration on the ABS module. A motorcycle includes rear frames joined to corresponding rear portions of the main frames and extending upwardly and rearwardly at a position below the corresponding seat frames. Front wheel braking members apply a braking force to a front wheel. An ABS module is connected to the front wheel braking means. A seat is supported on the upper portions of the seat frames. The ABS module has at least a portion disposed below the seat and between the seat frames and the rear frames as viewed from the side. The ABS module is suspended and supported by front and rear cross stays spanned between the pair of seat frames via a front elastic members and a rear elastic member.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Konno, Hidekazu Oshima, Masaomi Yamada, Yoshiaki Sawano
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Patent number: 8960914Abstract: Provided is a laser projection apparatus which forms each one frame by performing two-dimensional scanning with laser light and projects images on a screen (201) with blanking periods inserted between frames, the laser light having been outputted from a laser light source (110). The laser projection apparatus is provided with a chive controlling device (132) which, in each of the blanking periods, changes the polarization state of the laser light having been outputted from the laser light source. This configuration enables speckle reduction by having the polarization state changed from one frame to another, and also enables favorable image projection since there is no change in luminance within each one of the frames. Thus, it is made possible to obtain image quality more favorable than that obtained conventionally.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2010Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.Inventor: Kenji Konno
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Patent number: 8476569Abstract: An object is to provide a image projection device which has a small size but can project an image having a high image quality. To achieve the object, in an image projection device, a reflection part which reflects a light flux from a light source is, while being rotated around a first axis by non-resonance driving, rotated by resonance driving around a second axis which is substantially perpendicular to the first axis, and thereby the light flux is deflected in a two-dimensional direction. By controlling the rotation of the reflection part, a correction for suppressing an image distortion along one scanning direction on a projection surface, and a correction for keeping substantially constant a scanning speed of the light flux along the other scanning direction on the projection surface, are performed.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2009Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.Inventors: Kenji Konno, Kenji Mizumoto
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Publication number: 20120247858Abstract: A motorcycle with an ABS module disposed to make it hard to affect the layout of other components while suppressing the influence of vibration on the ABS module. A motorcycle includes rear frames joined to corresponding rear portions of the main frames and extending upwardly and rearwardly at a position below the corresponding seat frames. Front wheel braking members apply a braking force to a front wheel. An ABS module is connected to the front wheel braking means. A seat is supported on the upper portions of the seat frames. The ABS module has at least a portion disposed below the seat and between the seat frames and the rear frames as viewed from the side. The ABS module is suspended and supported by front and rear cross stays spanned between the pair of seat frames via a front elastic members and a rear elastic member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Kenji KONNO, Hidekazu Oshima, Masaomi Yamada, Yoshiaki Sawano
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Patent number: 8262235Abstract: A laser projector comprises an oscillation device for displacing at least one of a plurality of optical elements, which constitute the projection optical system of the laser projector, periodically along the direction of the optical axis of laser light. The laser projector reduces the speckle of a projection image on an arbitrary screen to such an extent as it cannot be recognized with human eyes, without having a significant effect on the image resolution, by periodically displacing the position of the smallest spot of laser light projected from the projection optical system. An image projection method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2008Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.Inventor: Kenji Konno
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Publication number: 20120182487Abstract: Provided is a laser projection apparatus which forms each one frame by performing two-dimensional scanning with laser light and projects images on a screen (201) with blanking periods inserted between frames, the laser light having been outputted from a laser light source (110). The laser projection apparatus is provided with a chive controlling device (132) which, in each of the blanking periods, changes the polarization state of the laser light having been outputted from the laser light source. This configuration enables speckle reduction by having the polarization state changed from one frame to another, and also enables favorable image projection since there is no change in luminance within each one of the frames. Thus, it is made possible to obtain image quality more favorable than that obtained conventionally.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2010Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventor: Kenji Konno
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Patent number: 8218216Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image projector capable of projecting a high-quality image while realizing small size. In the image projector, a light flux is deflected two-dimensionally by turning a reflector for reflecting a light flux emitted from a light source around a second axis almost orthogonal to a first axis as a center by resonant drive while turning the reflector around the first axis as a center by non-resonant drive. Shape of one or more optical surfaces of a projection optical system for projecting an image onto a projection plane by guiding light onto the projection plane includes a shape for performing a correction for maintaining scanning speed of the light flux along one scan direction on the projection plane almost constant and a shape for performing a correction for suppressing a distortion in an image along the other scan direction almost orthogonal to the one scan direction on the projection plane.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.Inventors: Kenji Konno, Kenji Mizumoto
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Publication number: 20120113397Abstract: Provided is a scanning optical system having reduced dimensions. The scanning optical system (10) is provided with a laser light source section (1), lens optical systems (11, 17, 19) which make laser beams parallel to each other, and a scanning section (2) which performs laser beam scanning by changing the tilt of a scanning mirror (3). The laser beams made parallel to each other travel toward the scanning mirror (3) by being reflected by means of a plurality of optical members, and a plane including at least two optical paths intersects the normal line direction of the reflecting surface (3a) of the scanning mirror (3) in the non-driven state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventors: Yusuke Hirao, Sueyoshi Okumura, Kenji Konno
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Patent number: 8159123Abstract: In a light emitting module arranging therein a plurality of LEDs, each LED includes: an LED chip; and an anode connected to the LED chip. The anode includes: a support surface supporting the LED chip; and an extending part extending with respect to the support surface, and the extending parts in the plurality of LEDs separate from each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2007Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.Inventors: Kenji Konno, Yasumasa Sawai
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Patent number: 8159735Abstract: A two-dimensional image is displayed on a screen (SC) by scanning the screen (SC) two-dimensionally with light beams from a laser light source (1) that are deflected to orthogonally-intersecting first and second scanning directions by means of a mirror (10) in a deflection apparatus (3). The deflection apparatus (3) is arranged to incline obliquely in the second scanning direction (e.g. vertical direction) lower in a scanning speed than the first scanning direction (e.g. horizontal direction), and performs an oblique projection onto the screen (SC).Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2009Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.Inventors: Kenji Konno, Keiko Yamada
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Publication number: 20120069721Abstract: A recorder has a recording medium for information recording, a light source, an optical system, a slider, and an optical waveguide. To the optical system, light from the light source enters, and the slider moves relative to the recording medium while not in contact therewith. The optical waveguide is arranged at position facing the recording medium in the slider so that light entering from the optical system is irradiated on the recording medium. Where the mode field diameter of the optical waveguide on the light output side is d and the mode field diameter thereof on the light input side is D, the mode field diameter is converted by smoothly changing the diameter of the optical waveguide to satisfy D>d.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Inventors: Naoki Nishida, Hiroaki Ueda, Manami Kuiseko, Koujirou Sekine, Kenji Konno, Masahiro Okitsu, Hiroshi Hatano
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Patent number: 8134893Abstract: Provided is an optical recording head in which a light beam from a light source is collected by an optical element and reflected on a reflecting surface to be formed into a spot light. Since a support portion for supporting the light source of the optical element at a predetermined position and the reflection surface for reflecting the light beam are formed integrally with each other, it is not required to perform the positioning thereof, and light can be collected to a very small spot with high efficiency, and an optical recording head and an optical recording apparatus having low heights can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2007Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.Inventors: Kenji Konno, Hiroaki Ueda, Manami Kuiseko, Naoki Nishida, Koujirou Sekine, Masahiro Okitsu, Hiroshi Hatano