Patents by Inventor Masahiro Nishio
Masahiro Nishio 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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Publication number: 20160054558Abstract: A light source unit for use with an endoscope. The light source including: a primary light source configured to emit primary light; and a first connector provided on an optical path of the primary light and to which each of a plurality of optical conversion units are attachable and removable. Wherein each of the plurality of the optical conversion units include an optical conversion element having an optical conversion function to convert optical properties of the primary light to generate secondary light and each of the plurality of the optical conversion units further having a second connector configured to detachably engage the first connector to transmit the primary light to the optical conversion element; and an optical conversion unit is selected from the plurality of optical conversion units based on the optical conversion function desired for the secondary light, the secondary light being an illumination light of the endoscope.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Ito, Eiji Yamamoto, Masahiro Nishio, Iwao Komazaki
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Patent number: 9261261Abstract: An illumination system includes a light source device configured by an excitation light source, a light guiding member and a wavelength converter that are connected in order, and an operation check device. The system further includes: a connector configured to directly and physically connect the operation check device to a light signal emitting end which includes the wavelength converter; a detector configured to detect a light signal emitted from the light signal emitting end when the light signal emitting end and the operation check device are connected by the connector; and an operation determiner configured to determine the operations of the excitation light source, the light guiding member, and the wavelength converter by a detection result in the detector.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Nishio, Takeshi Ito, Eiji Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9228725Abstract: A light source unit includes a primary light source configured to emit primary light, and a connection portion provided on an optical path of the primary light and to and from which an optical conversion unit is attachable and removable, the optical conversion unit including an optical conversion element configured to convert optical properties of the primary light to generate secondary light.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Ito, Eiji Yamamoto, Masahiro Nishio, Iwao Komazaki
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Publication number: 20150374218Abstract: A wavelength converter is configured to convert wavelengths of plural primary light of different wavelengths emitted from primary light sources, respectively. When a special light observation mode to emphasize and display a specific observation target in an observation target is input into a mode input circuit, a light source is configured to successively light from an aperture of a same position, the primary light sources to successively irradiate the observation target with plural illuminating light including the light whose wavelength has been converted by the wavelength converter. An image acquiring section is configured to acquire images every time the observation target is irradiated with respective illuminating light, and to generate a special light observation image of the observation target based on the images.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro NISHIO, Takeshi ITO, Eiji YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 9131576Abstract: A light source device includes a light source unit configured to emit primary light and an illumination unit configured to optically convert the primary light to secondary light and then emit the secondary light. The light source device further includes a connector configured to allow the light source unit and the illumination unit to be attached to and detached from each other. Furthermore, the light source device includes an information transmitter configured to transmit illumination unit information to the light source unit, the illumination unit information being information regarding the illumination unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2014Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Nishio, Eiji Yamamoto, Takeshi Ito
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Patent number: 9092232Abstract: A mechanism for enabling a computer which includes an installer for providing Plug and Play (PnP) to obtain information for a network device is provided. Using an existing development resource, such as a PnP installer, a simple installation method is provided. By causing a proxy server to as a communication intermediary between the computer and a peripheral device which is not in compliance with a predetermined management method, the peripheral device can be managed using the predetermined management method.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiro Nishio
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Patent number: 9089014Abstract: An illumination system includes an excitation light source that emits excitation light, a phosphor unit that converts the excitation light emitted from the excitation light source into fluorescence to emit the fluorescence toward an illuminated object and a light source device including the excitation light source and the phosphor unit. The illumination system further includes a state confirming device that confirms a state of the light source device based on the state of the phosphor unit when connected to the light source device and the phosphor unit emits the fluorescence.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2013Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Masahiro Nishio
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Publication number: 20150103554Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a light conversion unit converting primary light into secondary light. The light conversion unit includes a light conversion member, a holder and a reflection member. The holder includes an incidence portion through which the primary light enters and an exit portion through which at least part of the secondary light exits in a direction crossing an optical axis of the primary light. The light conversion member is arranged on the optical axis of the primary light. Part of the secondary light allowed to exit from the light conversion member in a direction different from a direction toward the exit portion is reflected by the reflection member and exited from the exit portion. The ratio of reentering to the light conversion member is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuaki Tamura, Masahiro Nishio, Hiroyuki Kamee
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Patent number: 8939628Abstract: A driving method of a light source apparatus includes causing a primary light source to emit checking light. The checking light has light intensity sufficient to check a state of the light source apparatus and unharmful to the human body even when the checking light leaks. This emission is based on an output signal from a photodetector having detected a light radiated from a light conversion unit. The method further includes checking a state of the light source apparatus. The checking the state of the light source apparatus is based on an output signal from the photodetector having detected light radiated from the light conversion unit and entering the photodetector based on the checking light.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2013Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Takeshi Ito, Masahiro Nishio
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Patent number: 8935708Abstract: A client device issues an event notification request to a service-providing apparatus, and notifies the service-providing apparatus whether an event processing unit which processes the event for which the notification request has been issued is active. Upon detecting the occurrence of an event, the service-providing apparatus searches for client devices whose notification requests for the event have been registered, and notifies the occurrence of the event to a client device in which an event processing unit which can process the event is active.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2007Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masahiro Nishio
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Publication number: 20140328063Abstract: A light source system includes an intermediary adapter which mechanically connects a first light source module, a first irradiation module, a second light source module and a second irradiation module, a first connection mechanism which connects the first light source module and the intermediary adapter and a second connection mechanism which connects the second light source module and the intermediary adapter. The first irradiation module and the second irradiation module are interchangeably connected to the intermediary adapter in the same plane of the intermediary adapter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro NISHIO, Takeshi ITO, Eiji YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20140293651Abstract: A first light guide route is defined as a route including a first light source, a first light source light emitting end, a first optical connection terminal, a first light guide member, and a first light emitting member, and a second light guide route is defined as a route including a second light source, a second light source light emitting end, a second optical connection terminal, a second light guide member, and a second light emitting member. The first light source light emitting end and the first optical connection terminal are constituted based on desirable first optical specifications, and the second light source light emitting end and the second optical connection terminal are constituted based on desirable second optical specifications, so that the first or second light guide route can be constituted.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi ITO, Eiji YAMAMOTO, Masahiro NISHIO
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Publication number: 20140293641Abstract: An irradiation module mechanically detachably attached to a light source module includes a first light source light entrance end which allows entry of first light source light from a first light source module, a first light guide member to guide the first light source light entered the first light source light entrance end, a second light source light entrance end which allows entry of second light source light from a second light source module, and a second light guide member to guide the second light source light entered the second light source light entrance end. The first light guide member and the second light guide member have optical specifications which correspond to optical characteristics of the light source light to be guided and in which the optical characteristics are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi ITO, Eiji YAMAMOTO, Masahiro NISHIO
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Publication number: 20140286038Abstract: The light source system includes a plurality of light source modules configured to respectively emit light source lights having optical characteristics different from each other, and an irradiation module to which the light source modules are mechanically and detachably attached. The irradiation module includes a first light guide member, a second light guide member, and a first light conversion unit. The first light guide member has a central axis set in parallel with a central axis of the second light guide member. The first light conversion unit is optically connected to the first light guide member and is optically separated from the second light guide member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi ITO, Eiji YAMAMOTO, Masahiro NISHIO
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Publication number: 20140240956Abstract: A light source device includes a light conversion unit, a heat radiation unit, and a heat storage unit. The light conversion unit emits illumination light. The heat radiation unit radiates heat generated in the light conversion unit. The heat storage unit is thermally connected to the light conversion unit or the heat radiation unit, and stores the heat.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro NISHIO, Takeshi ITO
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Publication number: 20140168987Abstract: A light source device includes a light source unit including a primary light source, an illumination unit including a light converting member which converts primary light emitted from the primary light source to secondary light and emits the secondary light to the outside, and a connection portion which removably connects the light source unit and the illumination unit. The connection portion includes multiple ports configured to transfer and receive energy between the light source unit and the illumination unit. The multiple ports are grouped into multiple first hierarchical port groups by physical properties of the energy to be transferred and received by the ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro NISHIO, Takeshi ITO, Eiji YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20140146559Abstract: A light source apparatus includes: a primary light source module including a primary light source configured to emit primary light; a light conversion module including a light conversion unit configured to convert optical properties of the primary light and to generate secondary light; a light guide path, arranged between the primary light source module and the light conversion module, configured to guide the primary light to the light conversion module from the primary light source module; a first connecting portion configured to connect detachably the light conversion module with the light guide path; and a second connecting portion configured to connect detachably the primary light source module with the light guide path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2014Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Takeshi ITO, Eiji YAMAMOTO, Masahiro NISHIO
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Patent number: 8724122Abstract: A bead inspection step and a bead inspection apparatus that inspect the quality of a bead are disclosed . . . . The bead inspection apparatus includes a wire-feed-speed measurement device that measures the feed speed of a brazing wire, and an analysis portion that measures and analyzes position coordinate data about surfaces of a first, workpiece, a second workpiece and the bead, and performs a first shape data measurement step of. measuring first shape data before brazing, a second shape data measurement step of measuring second shape data after the brazing, a feature quantity calculation step of calculating predicted values of feature quantities based on the first and second shape data and the brazing wire feed speed, and a throat thickness calculation step of calculating a predicted value of the throat thickness by a regression expression formed based on actual measurements of the feature quantities and of the throat thickness.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hironari Adachi, Naohiro Kubo, Masayuki Azuma, Masahiro Nishio, Masaki Tanzawa
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Publication number: 20140125231Abstract: A light source device includes a light source unit configured to emit primary light and an illumination unit configured to optically convert the primary light to secondary light and then emit the secondary light. The light source device further includes a connector configured to allow the light source unit and the illumination unit to be attached to and detached from each other. Furthermore, the light source device includes an information transmitter configured to transmit illumination unit information to the light source unit, the illumination unit information being information regarding the illumination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2014Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro NISHIO, Eiji YAMAMOTO, Takeshi ITO
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Publication number: 20140022810Abstract: A light source unit includes a primary light source configured to emit primary light, and a connection portion provided on an optical path of the primary light and to and from which an optical conversion unit is attachable and removable, the optical conversion unit including an optical conversion element configured to convert optical properties of the primary light to generate secondary light.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi ITO, Eiji YAMAMOTO, Masahiro NISHIO, Iwao KOMAZAKI