Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Kanokogi

Mitsuru Kanokogi 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: 11733357
    Abstract: A 3-dimensional measuring device includes: a light source unit; a projection optical system; a scanning mirror that is provided to be rotatable about a rotating shaft in a state of being inclined with respect to a shaft center of the rotating shaft to radiate a range-finding light within a plane crossing the rotating shaft in a rotary manner; a light-receiving optical system that receives a reflection range-finding light; a reference light optical system that is provided in a range outside a measuring range within a radiation range to receive and reflect the range-finding light as an internal reference light, the reference light optical system being capable of changing a light quantity of the internal reference light; and a light receiving element that receives the reflection range-finding light and the internal reference light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Tanaka, Takaaki Saito, Ken'ichiro Yoshino, Mitsuru Kanokogi
  • Publication number: 20230077077
    Abstract: A 3-dimensional measuring device includes: a light source unit; a projection optical system; a scanning mirror that is provided to be rotatable about a rotating shaft in a state of being inclined with respect to a shaft center of the rotating shaft to radiate a range-finding light within a plane crossing the rotating shaft in a rotary manner; a light-receiving optical system that receives a reflection range-finding light; a reference light optical system that is provided in a range outside a measuring range within a radiation range to receive and reflect the range-finding light as an internal reference light, the reference light optical system being capable of changing a light quantity of the internal reference light; and a light receiving element that receives the reflection range-finding light and the internal reference light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi TANAKA, Takaaki SAITO, Ken'ichiro YOSHINO, Mitsuru KANOKOGI
  • Patent number: 11520015
    Abstract: A 3-dimensional measuring device includes: a light source unit; a projection optical system; a scanning mirror that is provided to be rotatable about a rotating shaft in a state of being inclined with respect to a shaft center of the rotating shaft to radiate a range-finding light within a plane crossing the rotating shaft in a rotary manner; a light-receiving optical system that receives a reflection range-finding light; a reference light optical system that is provided in a range outside a measuring range within a radiation range to receive and reflect the range-finding light as an internal reference light, the reference light optical system being capable of changing a light quantity of the internal reference light; and a light receiving element that receives the reflection range-finding light and the internal reference light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Tanaka, Takaaki Saito, Ken'ichiro Yoshino, Mitsuru Kanokogi
  • Publication number: 20190064326
    Abstract: A 3-dimensional measuring device includes: a light source unit; a projection optical system; a scanning mirror that is provided to be rotatable about a rotating shaft in a state of being inclined with respect to a shaft center of the rotating shaft to radiate a range-finding light within a plane crossing the rotating shaft in a rotary manner; a light-receiving optical system that receives a reflection range-finding light; a reference light optical system that is provided in a range outside a measuring range within a radiation range to receive and reflect the range-finding light as an internal reference light, the reference light optical system being capable of changing a light quantity of the internal reference light; and a light receiving element that receives the reflection range-finding light and the internal reference light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi TANAKA, Takaaki SAITO, Ken'ichiro YOSHINO, Mitsuru KANOKOGI
  • Patent number: 8908158
    Abstract: An electronic distance measuring instrument comprises a pulsed light emitting light source, means for creating a distance measuring pulsed light and an internal reference pulsed light, a photodetector for detecting the pulsed lights, and a measuring unit for calculating a distance to an object to be measured based on a photodetection signal. The measuring unit performs coarse distance measurement based on difference of photodetection time between the internal reference pulsed light and the distance measuring pulsed light, carries out Fourier function transform on photodetection waveform of the pulsed lights respectively, separates the waveforms to a plurality of frequency components, obtains phase difference for each of the frequency components acquired, performs fine distance measurement based on time difference acquired from phase difference, and measures a distance to the object by adding a result of coarse distance measurement to a result of fine distance measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Ken-ichiro Yoshino, Kaoru Kumagai, Mitsuru Kanokogi, Masae Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8781780
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electro-optical distance measurement, wherein a light from a light source (6) is projected toward an object to be measured (2), a reflection light reflected by the object to be measured is received at a photodetection unit (8), the light from the light source is received by the photodetection unit as an inner light via an inner optical path (11), and a distance to the object to be measured is measured according to the result of photodetection of the reflection light and the inner light of the photodetection unit, and wherein a correction information is acquired based on the inner light, the acquired correction information is stored, a correction value is obtained from the correction information based on the reflection light and the inner light, and a distance is calculated from the correction value and the result of photodetection of the reflection light and the inner light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kanokogi, Masahiro Ohishi
  • Publication number: 20130003040
    Abstract: An electronic distance measuring instrument comprises a pulsed light emitting light source, means for creating a distance measuring pulsed light and an internal reference pulsed light, a photodetector for detecting the pulsed lights, and a measuring unit for calculating a distance to an object to be measured based on a photodetection signal. The measuring unit performs coarse distance measurement based on difference of photodetection time between the internal reference pulsed light and the distance measuring pulsed light, carries out Fourier function transform on photodetection waveform of the pulsed lights respectively, separates the waveforms to a plurality of frequency components, obtains phase difference for each of the frequency components acquired, performs fine distance measurement based on time difference acquired from phase difference, and measures a distance to the object by adding a result of coarse distance measurement to a result of fine distance measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Ken-ichiro Yoshino, Kaoru Kumagai, Mitsuru Kanokogi, Masae Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20110270563
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electro-optical distance measurement, wherein a light from a light source (6) is projected toward an object to be measured (2), a reflection light reflected by the object to be measured is received at a photodetection unit (8), the light from the light source is received by the photodetection unit as an inner light via an inner optical path (11), and a distance to the object to be measured is measured according to the result of photodetection of the reflection light and the inner light of the photodetection unit, and wherein a correction information is acquired based on the inner light, the acquired correction information is stored, a correction value is obtained from the correction information based on the reflection light and the inner light, and a distance is calculated from the correction value and the result of photodetection of the reflection light and the inner light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kanokogi, Masahiro Ohishi
  • Patent number: 6803593
    Abstract: A distance measuring system, which comprises a control arithmetic unit 1, a light emitting unit 2 for emitting a measuring light beam and a photodetection unit 3 for receiving a reflection light beam from an object to be measured, the system being used for measuring a distance by receiving the reflection light beam from the object to be measured, wherein the control arithmetic unit compares a signal based on the photodetection amount of the reflection light from the object to be measured as well as a result of the distance measurement with reference data prestored in the control arithmetic unit relating to the reflection of the object to be measured, and judges whether the object to be measured is a prism or a natural object based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Masahiro Ohishi, Mitsuru Kanokogi
  • Publication number: 20020185618
    Abstract: A distance measuring system, which comprises a control arithmetic unit 1, a light emitting unit 2 for emitting a measuring light beam and a photodetection unit 3 for receiving a reflection light beam from an object to be measured, and said system being used for measuring a distance by receiving said reflection light beam from said object to be measured, wherein said control arithmetic unit compares a signal based on photodetection amount of the light from said object to be measured as well as a result of distance measurement with a reference data prestored in said control arithmetic unit relating to reflection of said object to be measured, and judges said object to be measured based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2000
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Masahiro Ohishi, Mitsuru Kanokogi
  • Patent number: 6483121
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a distance measuring apparatus utilizing light waves, in particular the distance measuring apparatus is able to measure a distance effectively even in an environment containing such a noise light as to disturb the measurement by light waves. In the above-mentioned apparatus, the projection system irradiates the target of measurement with light beams, the light reception means in the light reception system receives the reflected light beams, and the processing means calculates the distance from the measuring position to the target of measurement based on the reflected light beams. The threshold level of the light reception means for judging the incidence of reflected light beams is made variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Masahiro Ohishi, Masaaki Yabe, Mitsuru Kanokogi