Patents by Inventor Mitsutaka NEMOTO

Mitsutaka NEMOTO 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).

  • Endoscope apparatus with power generating section and protection circuit
    Patent number: 9610004
    Abstract: An endoscope apparatus is provided with: a power generating section supplying power to a target circuit of an endoscope; a scope information acquiring section acquiring scope information about the endoscope from the endoscope; a protection circuit provided in association with the power generating section, the protection circuit being capable of operating in a plurality of protection modes; and an operation controlling section controlling the power generating section, and selecting and setting one protection mode from among the plurality of protection modes for the protection circuit, based on the scope information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichiro Tabuchi, Makoto Ono, Hidekazu Shinano, Mitsutaka Nemoto
  • ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150374204
    Abstract: An endoscope apparatus is provided with: a power generating section supplying power to a target circuit of an endoscope; a scope information acquiring section acquiring scope information about the endoscope from the endoscope; a protection circuit provided in association with the power generating section, the protection circuit being capable of operating in a plurality of protection modes; and an operation controlling section controlling the power generating section, and selecting and setting one protection mode from among the plurality of protection modes for the protection circuit, based on the scope information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichiro TABUCHI, Makoto ONO, Hidekazu SHINANO, Mitsutaka NEMOTO