Patents by Inventor Naoyuki Tokuchi

Naoyuki Tokuchi 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: 7907494
    Abstract: To provide a hologram information recording medium and a hologram information recording/reproducing device capable of accurately reproducing data multiplexed on the recording medium irrespective of the influence of the external environment and so forth. In one recording area 31 of a recording medium 3, a plurality of the same information groups are recorded in substantially the same area with varied multi-parameters, in consideration of the expansion and the contraction of the recording medium 3. That is, a plurality of data groups A to D are recorded in the one recording area 31 of the recording medium 3, with a laser wavelength ? varied. Specifically, the data groups A to D are recorded in one recording area as three groups: a data group G1 including data A1, data B1, data C1, and data D1; a data group G2 including data A2, data B2, data C2, and data D2; and a data group G3 including data A3, data B3, data C3, and data D3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Tokuchi, Yoshihiro Someno
  • Patent number: 7868490
    Abstract: When currents are applied to driving coils, electromagnetic forces are generated between the currents and magnetic fluxes passing through gaps, a shaft member is swung in one direction, and a tilt angle of a mirror (controlled object) changes relative to a support center point. Electromotive forces generated in detection coils when the magnetic fluxes pass through the detection coils are given as feedback signals to a control unit. The control unit generates currents on the basis of the feedback signals, and applies the currents to the driving coils. By detecting the velocity of the mirror during swinging with the detection coils, the structure of the actuator can be simplified. Further, the responsivity can be increased, and the tilt angle of the mirror can be detected with high accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Nagai, Yoshihiro Someno, Naoyuki Tokuchi
  • Patent number: 7583424
    Abstract: A hologram information reproducing device is described which can reproduce information from a recording medium on which hologram information is recorded, and which can be downsized. In one aspect, when light from a light source is emitted, the light is converted into parallel reference light, by a lens of an optical system. A mirror changes the orientation of the reference light so that it is oriented obliquely downward towards a recording medium. More specifically, as viewed from the top, the mirror changes a path of the light from the light source unit by approximately 90 degrees. In addition, as viewed from the side, the mirror changes the path of the light from the light source unit downward by approximately 45 degrees. Since an interference pattern recorded on the recording medium is a Bragg grating, when the reference light illuminates a recording area of the recording medium, a reproduction light is obtained by Bragg diffraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Mitsuya, Naoyuki Tokuchi, Yoshihiro Someno, Yuichi Umeda
  • Publication number: 20090120218
    Abstract: A first wiring member and a second wiring member are formed of flexible wiring boards. The wiring member has a securing portion, an X extending portion, a first loop, and an X reverse portion; and the wiring member has a securing portion, an X extending portion, a first loop, and an X reverse portion. An intermediate securing portion, which is a boundary portion of the X reverse portion and a Y extending portion, and an intermediate securing portion, which is a boundary portion of the X reverse portion and a Y extending portion, are secured to an intermediate moving unit. The Y extending portions are bent at respective second loops, and head securing portions are secured to the head. When the head moves in an X direction, if the first loops move in a Y direction, the second loops move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Naoyuki Tokuchi, Seigo Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20090091194
    Abstract: When currents are applied to driving coils, electromagnetic forces are generated between the currents and magnetic fluxes passing through gaps, a shaft member is swung in one direction, and a tilt angle of a mirror (controlled object) changes relative to a support center point. Electromotive forces generated in detection coils when the magnetic fluxes pass through the detection coils are given as feedback signals to a control unit. The control unit generates currents on the basis of the feedback signals, and applies the currents to the driving coils. By detecting the velocity of the mirror during swinging with the detection coils, the structure of the actuator can be simplified. Further, the responsivity can be increased, and the tilt angle of the mirror can be detected with high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Takuya Nagai, Yoshihiro Someno, Naoyuki Tokuchi
  • Publication number: 20090052300
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a hologram information recording medium and a hologram information recording/reproducing device capable of accurately reproducing data multiplexed on the recording medium irrespective of the influence of the external environment and so forth. [Solving Means] In one recording area 31 of a recording medium 3, a plurality of the same information groups are recorded in substantially the same area with varied multi-parameters, in consideration of the expansion and the contraction of the recording medium 3. That is, a plurality of data groups A to D are recorded in the one recording area 31 of the recording medium 3, with a laser wavelength ? varied. Specifically, the data groups A to D are recorded in one recording area as three groups: a data group G1 including data A1, data B1, data C1, and data D1; a data group G2 including data A2, data B2, data C2, and data D2; and a data group G3 including data A3, data B3, data C3, and data D3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Tokuchi, Yoshihiro Someno
  • Publication number: 20080137162
    Abstract: A hologram information reproducing device is described which can reproduce information from a recording medium on which hologram information is recorded, and which can be downsized. In one aspect, when light from a light source is emitted, the light is converted into parallel reference light, by a lens of an optical system. A mirror changes the orientation of the reference light so that it is oriented obliquely downward towards a recording medium. More specifically, as viewed from the top, the mirror changes a path of the light from the light source unit by approximately 90 degrees. In addition, as viewed from the side, the mirror changes the path of the light from the light source unit downward by approximately 45 degrees. Since an interference pattern recorded on the recording medium is a Bragg grating, when the reference light illuminates a recording area of the recording medium, a reproduction light is obtained by Bragg diffraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji MITSUYA, Naoyuki TOKUCHI, Yoshihiro SOMENO, Yuichi UMEDA