Patents by Inventor Koichiro Furuta

Koichiro Furuta 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).

  • Publication number: 20230327060
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a first and second light sources respectively emitting a first and second light beams spectra of which are different from each other; an element guiding the first and second light beams to a common optical path; a first and second sensors respectively detecting light quantities of the first and second light beams; and a controller controlling, on the basis of the detected light quantities, the light quantities of the first and second light beams. The element guides the first light beam to the path by reflecting the first light beam, the first sensor is disposed in the path, the device further includes a first and second members respectively blocking a first and second regions respectively corresponding to portions of the first and second light beams, the first sensor is disposed in the second region, and the second sensor is disposed in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventor: Koichiro FURUTA
  • Patent number: 10617286
    Abstract: An endoscope illumination device includes: an illumination optical system including an entrance surface disposed along a circumferential direction centered on a predetermined axis and provided at one-end side in the direction of the predetermined axis, an emission surface positioned at an outermost side in a radial direction with respect to the predetermined axis and radially emitting illumination light entering from the entrance surface, a diffusion surface disposed at an intermediate position of an optical path of the illumination light between the entrance surface and the emission surface and transmitting and diffusing the illumination light; and a light emitting portion disposed closer to the one-end side than the entrance surface is and emitting, toward the entrance surface, the illumination light substantially in the direction of the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Shinji, Koichiro Furuta
  • Patent number: 10098528
    Abstract: An illumination device according to the present invention includes a light output unit having an output end that outputs illumination light; a diffusion layer that is disposed in a circumferential direction centered on a predetermined axis and that receives the illumination light from the output end, guides the illumination light while diffusing the illumination light, and outputs the illumination light from a surface thereof; and a reflective layer that is provided adjacent to a surface of the diffusion layer at an inner side in a radial direction and that reflects the illumination light outward in the radial direction. The diffusion layer contains a light guide material that guides the illumination light and a diffusion material dispersed and supported in the light guide material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koichiro Furuta
  • Patent number: 9915413
    Abstract: A light with higher luminance is radiated while lights of a plurality of different wavelengths are appropriately selected and light guiding efficiency is improved. An illumination apparatus including three or more light sources which are arranged so that optical axes of the light sources intersect at one point and which respectively emit lights of different wavelength ranges, an optical device which transmits a light from one of the light sources while reflecting lights from the other light sources so as to make the lights enter an optical path of the light from the one of the light sources, and an optical device rotator which rotates the optical device in a direction in which the light sources are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koichiro Furuta
  • Patent number: 9854960
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light output unit having an output end; an optical member that is disposed in a circumferential direction centered on a predetermined axis and that receives illumination light output from the output end and outputs the illumination light from a surface thereof; and a reflective layer that is provided adjacent to a surface of the optical member at an inner side in a radial direction and that reflects the illumination light outward in the radial direction. The optical member includes, in order from one end in a direction along the axis, a light guide layer and a diffusion layer. The light guide layer receives the illumination light from the output end in the direction along the axis and guides the illumination light. The diffusion layer receives the illumination light from the light guide layer and guides the illumination light while diffusing the illumination light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koichiro Furuta
  • Patent number: 9753270
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light output unit having an output end; an optical member that is disposed in a circumferential direction centered on a predetermined axis and that receives illumination light output from the output end and outputs the illumination light from a surface thereof; and a reflective layer that is provided adjacent to an inner side surface of the optical member and that reflects the illumination light outward in the radial direction. The optical member includes a light guide layer that receives the illumination light from the output end and that guides the illumination light and a diffusion layer that is located outside the light guide layer in the radial direction and at one end of the light guide layer in a direction along the axis and that receives the illumination light from the light guide layer and guides the illumination light while diffusing the illumination light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koichiro Furuta
  • Publication number: 20170215714
    Abstract: An endoscope illumination device includes: an illumination optical system including an entrance surface disposed along a circumferential direction centered on a predetermined axis and provided at one-end side in the direction of the predetermined axis, an emission surface positioned at an outermost side in a radial direction with respect to the predetermined axis and radially emitting illumination light entering from the entrance surface, a diffusion surface disposed at an intermediate position of an optical path of the illumination light between the entrance surface and the emission surface and transmitting and diffusing the illumination light; and a light emitting portion disposed closer to the one-end side than the entrance surface is and emitting, toward the entrance surface, the illumination light substantially in the direction of the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho SHINJI, Koichiro FURUTA
  • Patent number: 9574745
    Abstract: The invention provides a light source apparatus including first and second light sources that output light in mutually opposing directions along a single optical axis; a wavelength conversion element that is disposed between these light sources and that generates light of a wavelength different from that of said light due to irradiation with the light; a first optical member that is disposed between the wavelength conversion element and the first light source, that transmits the light therefrom, and that reflects back light that is scattered towards the first light source, toward the wavelength conversion element; and a second optical member that is disposed between the wavelength conversion element and the second light source, that transmits the light therefrom, and that deflects, in a direction intersecting the optical axis, the light scattered toward the second light source and the light reflected back by the first optical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koichiro Furuta
  • Publication number: 20160106306
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light output unit having an output end; an optical member that is disposed in a circumferential direction centered on a predetermined axis and that receives illumination light output from the output end and outputs the illumination light from a surface thereof; and a reflective layer that is provided adjacent to a surface of the optical member at an inner side in a radial direction and that reflects the illumination light outward in the radial direction. The optical member includes, in order from one end in a direction along the axis, a light guide layer and a diffusion layer. The light guide layer receives the illumination light from the output end in the direction along the axis and guides the illumination light. The diffusion layer receives the illumination light from the light guide layer and guides the illumination light while diffusing the illumination light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventor: Koichiro Furuta
  • Publication number: 20160103312
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light output unit having an output end; an optical member that is disposed in a circumferential direction centered on a predetermined axis and that receives illumination light output from the output end and outputs the illumination light from a surface thereof; and a reflective layer that is provided adjacent to an inner side surface of the optical member and that reflects the illumination light outward in the radial direction. The optical member includes a light guide layer that receives the illumination light from the output end and that guides the illumination light and a diffusion layer that is located outside the light guide layer in the radial direction and at one end of the light guide layer in a direction along the axis and that receives the illumination light from the light guide layer and guides the illumination light while diffusing the illumination light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: Koichiro Furuta
  • Publication number: 20160100750
    Abstract: An illumination device according to the present invention includes a light output unit having an output end that outputs illumination light; a diffusion layer that is disposed in a circumferential direction centered on a predetermined axis and that receives the illumination light from the output end, guides the illumination light while diffusing the illumination light, and outputs the illumination light from a surface thereof; and a reflective layer that is provided adjacent to a surface of the diffusion layer at an inner side in a radial direction and that reflects the illumination light outward in the radial direction. The diffusion layer contains a light guide material that guides the illumination light and a diffusion material dispersed and supported in the light guide material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: Koichiro Furuta
  • Publication number: 20150146409
    Abstract: The invention provides a light source apparatus including first and second light sources that output light in mutually opposing directions along a single optical axis; a wavelength conversion element that is disposed between these light sources and that generates light of a wavelength different from that of said light due to irradiation with the light; a first optical member that is disposed between the wavelength conversion element and the first light source, that transmits the light therefrom, and that reflects back light that is scattered towards the first light source, toward the wavelength conversion element; and a second optical member that is disposed between the wavelength conversion element and the second light source, that transmits the light therefrom, and that deflects, in a direction intersecting the optical axis, the light scattered toward the second light source and the light reflected back by the first optical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koichiro FURUTA
  • Publication number: 20150138753
    Abstract: The optical-path configuration is made more compact and light is generated at high efficiency. Provided is a light-source apparatus including a light source that outputs monochromatic light; a wavelength conversion device that is disposed on an output optical axis of the light source and that generates light having a different color from that of the monochromatic light upon being irradiated with the monochromatic light; and a dichroic mirror that is disposed between the light source and the wavelength conversion device, that transmits the monochromatic light, and that, of the light generated at the wavelength conversion device, reflects back toward the wavelength conversion device light that has been scattered toward the light source so as to be parallel to the output optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koichiro FURUTA
  • Publication number: 20140321114
    Abstract: A light with higher luminance is radiated while lights of a plurality of different wavelengths are appropriately selected and light guiding efficiency is improved. An illumination apparatus including three or more light sources which are arranged so that optical axes of the light sources intersect at one point and which respectively emit lights of different wavelength ranges, an optical device which transmits a light from one of the light sources while reflecting lights from the other light sources so as to make the lights enter an optical path of the light from the one of the light sources, and an optical device rotator which rotates the optical device in a direction in which the light sources are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventor: Koichiro Furuta
  • Patent number: 8275973
    Abstract: A reconfigurable device comprises a plurality of processing elements, a main memory unit that stores plural pieces of circuit configuration information, a cache unit that caches circuit configuration information forwarded to at least one of the processing elements from the main memory unit, and a cache control unit that controls forwarding of circuit configuration information from the cache unit to the processing element. The cache control unit selects circuit configuration information which must be forwarded to each processing element. When the selected circuit configuration information is not stored in the cache unit, the cache control unit reads out the circuit configuration information from the main memory unit, stores the read-out circuit configuration information in the cache unit, and sends forward the circuit configuration information to the processing element from the cache unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignees: NEC Corporation, Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Toi, Toru Awashima, Taro Fujii, Toshiro Kitaoka, Koichiro Furuta, Masato Motomura
  • Patent number: 8176451
    Abstract: A behavioral synthesis apparatus includes a acquisition unit, a scheduling unit and a generation unit. The acquisition unit acquires a behavioral level description describing an operation of a semiconductor integrated circuit. The scheduling unit separates the acquired behavioral level description into N stage descriptions, and makes a schedule in such a way that input/output operations and computations among the N stage descriptions are pipelined. The generation unit generates a register transfer level description based on the N stage descriptions and a result of scheduling performed by the scheduling unit in such a way as to form stage circuits respectively corresponding to the N stage descriptions and a state control circuit which controls possible 2N?1 stage control states of the semiconductor integrated circuit. The generation unit generates the register transfer level description in such a way as to inhibit the operation of a stage circuit which need not be operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignees: NEC Corporation, Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Toi, Noritsugu Nakamura, Yoshinosuke Kato, Toru Awashima, Taro Fujii, Toshiro Kitaoka, Koichiro Furuta, Masato Motomura
  • Patent number: D720430
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Yoshida, Hisataka Kato, Koichiro Furuta
  • Patent number: D749194
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Yoshida, Hisataka Kato, Koichiro Furuta
  • Patent number: D964523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisataka Kato, Koichiro Furuta
  • Patent number: D968571
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Komatsuzaki, Motohiro Soutome, Koichiro Furuta