Patents by Inventor Kozaburo Suzuki

Kozaburo Suzuki 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: 11635293
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a measuring apparatus capable of easily restoring the tracking state when the tracking state of the target is interrupted. One aspect of the present invention is a measuring apparatus that emits a light beam toward a target, captures and tracks the target, and measures the three-dimensional coordinates of the target. The measuring apparatus includes: a light source for emitting light beam; an angle control unit for controlling the emission angle of the light beam emitted from the light source so as to track the moving target; an imaging unit for capturing the target or the vicinity of the target, and a recognition unit for recognizing the target or the specific portion including the target from an image captured by the imaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuniyuki Nuka, Motonori Ogihara, Takeshi Kawabata, Kozaburo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10900764
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus management system of the present invention includes an acquirer acquiring condition information indicating a status of a replacement component in each of a plurality of measuring apparatuses, and a predictor predicting a replacement time of the replacement component based on the condition information obtained by the acquirer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tamai, Kozaburo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200393237
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a measuring apparatus capable of easily restoring the tracking state when the tracking state of the target is interrupted. One aspect of the present invention is a measuring apparatus that emits a light beam toward a target, captures and tracks the target, and measures the three-dimensional coordinates of the target. The measuring apparatus includes: a light source for emitting light beam; an angle control unit for controlling the emission angle of the light beam emitted from the light source so as to track the moving target; an imaging unit for capturing the target or the vicinity of the target, and a recognition unit for recognizing the target or the specific portion including the target from an image captured by the imaging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Kuniyuki Nuka, Motonori Ogihara, Takeshi Kawabata, Kozaburo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190017797
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus management system of the present invention includes an acquirer acquiring condition information indicating a status of a replacement component in each of a plurality of measuring apparatuses, and a predictor predicting a replacement time of the replacement component based on the condition information obtained by the acquirer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TAMAI, Kozaburo SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10066922
    Abstract: A manual measuring system (an articulated three-dimensional coordinate measuring machine or a gantry three-dimensional coordinate measuring machine) allows a measuring probe to be manually moved while enabling a user to focus on making measurements and allows the user to manually move the measuring probe in order to facilitate and accelerate measurements. The manual measuring system includes a sub-monitor (portable terminal) that is mounted near the tip of the measuring probe. It is possible to display on the sub-monitor a guided route for the measuring probe to a measurement point or to indicate on the sub-monitor that the measuring probe has entered a measurement allowable range or to allow the user to direct by means of the sub-monitor to obtain a measurement value by the measuring probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsaku Abe, Kozaburo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9651370
    Abstract: A manual measuring system (an articulated three-dimensional coordinate measuring machine or a gantry three-dimensional coordinate measuring machine) allows a measuring probe to be manually moved while enabling a user to focus on making measurements and allows the user to manually move the measuring probe in order to facilitate and accelerate measurements. The manual measuring system includes a sub-monitor (portable terminal) that is mounted near the tip of the measuring probe. It is possible to display on the sub-monitor a guided route for the measuring probe to a measurement point or to indicate on the sub-monitor that the measuring probe has entered a measurement allowable range or to allow the user to direct by means of the sub-monitor to obtain a measurement value by the measuring probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsaku Abe, Kozaburo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170108324
    Abstract: A manual measuring system (an articulated three-dimensional coordinate measuring machine or a gantry three-dimensional coordinate measuring machine) allows a measuring probe to be manually moved while enabling a user to focus on making measurements and allows the user to manually move the measuring probe in order to facilitate and accelerate measurements. The manual measuring system includes a sub-monitor (portable terminal) that is mounted near the tip of the measuring probe. It is possible to display on the sub-monitor a guided route for the measuring probe to a measurement point or to indicate on the sub-monitor that the measuring probe has entered a measurement allowable range or to allow the user to direct by means of the sub-monitor to obtain a measurement value by the measuring probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsaku ABE, Kozaburo SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20150211847
    Abstract: A manual measuring system (an articulated three-dimensional coordinate measuring machine or a gantry three-dimensional coordinate measuring machine) allows a measuring probe to be manually moved while enabling a user to focus on making measurements and allows the user to manually move the measuring probe in order to facilitate and accelerate measurements. The manual measuring system includes a sub-monitor (portable terminal) that is mounted near the tip of the measuring probe. It is possible to display on the sub-monitor a guided route for the measuring probe to a measurement point or to indicate on the sub-monitor that the measuring probe has entered a measurement allowable range or to allow the user to direct by means of the sub-monitor to obtain a measurement value by the measuring probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Shinsaku ABE, Kozaburo SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 8398551
    Abstract: It becomes possible to obtain high sound pressure in a high frequency domain by a capacitive ultrasonic transducer which comprises a membrane on which one electrode is formed, a cavity constructed in its backface, and a substrate on which these are mounted and supported and on whose surface an electrode is provided, on a surface in an ultrasonic transmission and reception side, characterized in that the membrane comprises tow or more layers, and at least one layer of them comprises a high dielectric constant film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Adachi, Yukihiko Sawada, Katsuhiro Wakabayashi, Akiko Mizunuma, Takuya Imahashi, Etsuko Omura, Yoshiyuki Okuno, Shuji Otani, Miyuki Murakami, Kiyoshi Nemoto, Kozaburo Suzuki, Naomi Shimoda
  • Patent number: 7892175
    Abstract: Within the tip portion of a cylindrical shaped sheath a capacitive ultrasonic transducer which is an array type two-dimensionally arrayed on the outer surface of the cylindrical face is disposed. Capacitive ultrasonic transducer units employ m capacitive ultrasonic transducer elements arrayed in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical face as a division unit, thereby providing an arrangement wherein the respective capacitive ultrasonic transducer units are readily disposed in the circumferential direction, whereby radial scanning or the like can be performed within a body cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Wakabayashi, Hideo Adachi, Yukihiko Sawada, Takuya Imahashi, Masayoshi Omura, Etsuko Omura, legal representative, Akiko Mizunuma, Shuji Otani, Miyuki Murakami, Kiyoshi Nemoto, Kozaburo Suzuki, Naomi Shimoda
  • Patent number: 7883466
    Abstract: An ultrasonic probe apparatus which applies a RF pulse signal with a DC bias signal superimposed thereon to c-MUTs and transmits/receives an ultrasound wave is configured such that a transmission control system includes bias regulators which regulate the voltage value of the DC bias signal, a reception control system has a plurality of different frequency band pass filtering characteristics including at least those for a low pass and high pass and a frequency band pass filtering processing section which can select at least one frequency band pass filtering characteristic from those frequency band pass filtering characteristics. The apparatus controls voltage settings of the bias regulators in conjunction with the selection of frequency band pass filtering characteristics of the frequency band pass filtering processing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Adachi, Yoshiyjki Okuno, Akiko Mizunuma, Katsuhiro Wakabayashi, Takuya Imahashi, Yukihiko Sawada, Masayoshi Omura, Etsuko Omura, legal representative, Kozaburo Suzuki, Shuji Otani, Naomi Shimoda, Miyuki Murakami, Kiyoshi Nemoto
  • Patent number: 7728490
    Abstract: A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer having an ultrasonic wave transmission/reception surface formed by arranging a plurality of transducer cells each of which includes a membrane having a first electrode and a supporting film for supporting the first electrode, and also includes a second electrode arranged being opposite to the first electrode and being spaced apart from the first electrode at a prescribed interval, wherein: the transducer cells are arranged on the basis of resonant frequencies of the transducer cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Adachi, Etsuko Omura, Akiko Mizunuma, Katsuhiro Wakabayashi, Takuya Imahashi, Yukihiko Sawada, Shuji Otani, Miyuki Murakami, Kiyoshi Nemoto, Kozaburo Suzuki, Naomi Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20080139946
    Abstract: It becomes possible to obtain high sound pressure in a high frequency domain by a capacitive ultrasonic transducer which comprises a membrane on which one electrode is formed, a cavity constructed in its backface, and a substrate on which these are mounted and supported and on whose surface an electrode is provided, on a surface in an ultrasonic transmission and reception side, characterized in that the membrane comprises tow or more layers, and at least one layer of them comprises a high dielectric constant film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Adachi, Yukihiko Sawada, Katsuhiro Wakabayashi, Akiko Mizunuma, Takuya Imahashi, Etsuko Omura, Yoshiyuki Okuno, Shuji Otani, Miyuki Murakami, Kiyoshi Nemoto, Kozaburo Suzuki, Naomi Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20070164631
    Abstract: A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer having an ultrasonic wave transmission/reception surface formed by arranging a plurality of transducer cells each of which includes a membrane having a first electrode and a supporting film for supporting the first electrode, and also includes a second electrode arranged being opposite to the first electrode and being spaced apart from the first electrode at a prescribed interval, wherein: the transducer cells are arranged on the basis of resonant frequencies of the transducer cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Adachi, Etsuko Omura, Akiko Mizunuma, Katsuhiro Wakabayashi, Takuya Imahashi, Yukihiko Sawada, Shuji Otani, Miyuki Murakami, Kiyoshi Nemoto, Kozaburo Suzuki, Naomi Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20070167814
    Abstract: Within the tip portion of a cylindrical shaped sheath a capacitive ultrasonic transducer which is an array type two-dimensionally arrayed on the outer surface of the cylindrical face is disposed. Capacitive ultrasonic transducer units employ m capacitive ultrasonic transducer elements arrayed in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical face as a division unit, thereby providing an arrangement wherein the respective capacitive ultrasonic transducer units are readily disposed in the circumferential direction, whereby radial scanning or the like can be performed within a body cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Wakabayashi, Hideo Adachi, Yukihiko Sawada, Takuya Imahashi, Masayoshi Omura, Etsuko Omura, Akiko Mizunuma, Shuji Otani, Miyuki Murakami, Kiyoshi Nemoto, Kozaburo Suzuki, Naomi Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20070164632
    Abstract: It becomes possible to obtain high sound pressure in a high frequency domain by a capacitive ultrasonic transducer which comprises a membrane on which one electrode is formed, a cavity constructed in its backface, and a substrate on which these are mounted and supported and on whose surface an electrode is provided, on a surface in an ultrasonic transmission and reception side, characterized in that the membrane comprises two or more layers, and at least one layer of them comprises a high dielectric constant film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Adachi, Yukihiko Sawada, Katsuhiro Wakabayashi, Akiko Mizunuma, Takuya Imahashi, Etsuko Omura, Yoshiyuki Okuno, Shuji Otani, Miyuki Murakami, Kiyoshi Nemoto, Kozaburo Suzuki, Naomi Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20070083119
    Abstract: An ultrasonic probe apparatus which applies a RF pulse signal with a DC bias signal superimposed thereon to c-MUTs and transmits/receives an ultrasound wave is configured such that a transmission control system includes bias regulators which regulate the voltage value of the DC bias signal, a reception control system has a plurality of different frequency band pass filtering characteristics including at least those for a low pass and high pass and a frequency band pass filtering processing section which can select at least one frequency band pass filtering characteristic from those frequency band pass filtering characteristics. The apparatus controls voltage settings of the bias regulators in conjunction with the selection of frequency band pass filtering characteristics of the frequency band pass filtering processing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Adachi, Yoshiyjki Okuno, Akiko Mizunuma, Katsuhiro Wakabayashi, Takuya Imahashi, Yukihiko Sawada, Masayoshi Omura, Etsuko Omura, Kozaburo Suzuki, Shuji Otani, Naomi Shimoda, Miyuki Murakami, Kiyoshi Nemoto
  • Patent number: 4436421
    Abstract: A polar axis finder for an equatorial mounting telescope has an objective lens and a focus mirror having a Polaris collimating mark thereon disposed at a focal point of the objective lens. A time scale cylinder has a time scale thereon and the focus mirror is fixedly mounted within one end portion thereof. The time scale cylinder and the focus mirror can be rotated relative to a month scale cylinder having a date scale and an autumnal equinox point mark thereon, the latter being placed in alignment with a corresponding index provided on the telescope whereby polar axis alignment can be readily achieved with high accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1984
    Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kozaburo Suzuki