Patents by Inventor Norio Murayama

Norio Murayama 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).

  • Publication number: 20220311355
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a power conversion device capable of specifying a failure location of an inverter in detail when an attempt of active discharge fails. There are provided an arithmetic operation circuit 102 that outputs a discharge instruction to control a discharge operation based on a voltage between both ends of a discharge circuit, and an output circuit 203 that outputs a drive signal based on the control signal. The arithmetic operation circuit 102 monitors an amount of the decreased voltage between both the ends of the discharge circuit, an LV read back signal being an output of the arithmetic operation circuit 102, and an HV read back signal being an output of the output circuit 203, and specifies a failure location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Norio MURAYAMA, Takeshi YOSHIDA, Takahiro NISHIDA, Itsuro NOMURA
  • Patent number: 10587786
    Abstract: An imaging device (10) is configured by being provided with an image pickup element (40) where an imaging surface (41) having a concave surface facing an object side is formed, an imaging optical system (20) which forms an image on the imaging surface (41) in a range smaller than the imaging surface (41), and an oscillating drive section (30) which oscillating-drives the imaging optical system (20) so that a direction of an optical axis Z of the imaging optical system changes. The imaging element (40) captures a first formed by the imaging optical system (20) with a direction of the optical axis Z set to a first direction and a 2nd formed by the imaging optical system (20) with a direction of the optical axis Z set to a 2nd direction, in different regions in the imaging surfaces (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norio Murayama, Susumu Sato, Daisaku Arai, Misa Kawamura, Marie Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20180213130
    Abstract: An imaging device (10) is configured by being provided with an image pickup element (40) where an imaging surface (41) having a concave surface facing an object side is formed, an imaging optical system (20) which forms an image on the imaging surface (41) in a range smaller than the imaging surface (41), and an oscillating drive section (30) which oscillating-drives the imaging optical system (20) so that a direction of an optical axis Z of the imaging optical system changes. The imaging element (40) captures a first formed by the imaging optical system (20) with a direction of the optical axis Z set to a first direction and a 2nd formed by the imaging optical system (20) with a direction of the optical axis Z set to a 2nd direction, in different regions in the imaging surfaces (41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Norio MURAYAMA, Susumu SATO, Daisaku ARAI, Misa KAWAMURA, Marie SHIMOYAMA
  • Patent number: 8390937
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side: a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power; a second lens group G2 having negative refractive power; and a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power; each distance between said lens groups adjacent to each other changing upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, said first lens group G1 having a cemented lens including a negative lens L11, and said third lens group G3 having a cemented lens L32 and L33, and a given conditional expression being satisfied, thereby providing a downsized zoom lens having high optical performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Norio Murayama
  • Patent number: 8284497
    Abstract: The present invention provides a zoom lens ZL comprising a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having negative refractive power, a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group G4 having positive refractive power, the first lens group G1 including a negative meniscus lens L11 and a positive meniscus lens L12, the second lens group G2 including a negative meniscus lens L21, a biconcave negative lens L22 and a positive meniscus lens L23, and the fourth lens group G4 including one positive lens L41, and the refractive indexes of at least three lenses in the zoom lens ZL being greater than 1.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Norio Murayama, Sayako Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20110170203
    Abstract: The present invention provides a zoom lens ZL comprising a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having negative refractive power, a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group G4 having positive refractive power, the first lens group G1 including a negative meniscus lens L11 and a positive meniscus lens L12, the second lens group G2 including a negative meniscus lens L21, a biconcave negative lens L22 and a positive meniscus lens L23, and the fourth lens group G4 including one positive lens L41, and the refractive indexes of at least three lenses in the zoom lens ZL being greater than 1.9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Norio MURAYAMA, Sayako Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20110102908
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side: a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power; a second lens group G2 having negative refractive power; and a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power; each distance between said lens groups adjacent to each other changing upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, said first lens group G1 having a cemented lens including a negative lens L11, and said third lens group G3 having a cemented lens L32 and L33, and a given conditional expression being satisfied, thereby providing a downsized zoom lens having high optical performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventor: Norio Murayama
  • Patent number: 6266389
    Abstract: An exposure apparatus comprises an X-ray source (2-3, 100, 101), an illumination system (4-7) for guiding said X-ray from an X-ray source to a mask (8), a projection system (9) for projecting a pattern on said mask by guiding said X-ray to an exposed plane (10) through a mask, wherein a projection system comprises a plurality of mirrors (91-94), and at least one reflection mirror (91) is interchangeable with a reflection mirror (97) having a different surface shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Norio Murayama, Hideki Komatsuda
  • Patent number: 5757552
    Abstract: A microscope objective, and microscope incorporating same, are disclosed. A representative embodiment of the objective comprises, arranged on an optical axis, a front lens group having positive refractive power disposed on the object side, a rear lens group having negative refractive power disposed on the image side, and a corrective lens group interposed between the front and rear lens groups. The corrective lens group is axially movable and comprises a pair of meniscus lens elements each of which having a convex surface oriented toward each other. The corrective lens group serves to correct aberrations arising from a cover glass or other refractive body situated between the specimen being observed and the objective lens. To such end, the objective preferably satisfies the conditions:.vertline.1/f.sub.c .vertline..ltoreq..vertline.1/f.vertline..times.0.020.95.ltoreq..vertline.m.vertline..ltoreq.1.05wherein f is the overall refractive power of the microscope objective lens, and f.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Norio Murayama, Yoshiyuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 4339794
    Abstract: Novel method and system for controlling input/output in a process control wherein state signals of object processes to be controlled are applied to a CPU via a process input/output unit and operated in the CPU in accordance with a logic programmed and stored in advance, and results of the operation are delivered out to the object processes to control the same. A buffer memory is interposed between the CPU and the process input/output unit. While reception and delivery of data are performed between the CPU or processor unit and the buffer memory, fetching of the state signals of the object processes or delivery of the process controlling signals is performed between the buffer memory and the object processes, thereby attaining a high rate processing as viewed from the overall processing of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1982
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Nissan Motor Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Hideshima, Haruo Koyanagi, Shuichi Senda, Kazuyoshi Asada, Norio Murayama, Yoshiyuki Nihashi, Masaoki Takaki
  • Patent number: 4200869
    Abstract: A data display control system for displaying respective data memorized in a plurality of refresh memories which is operable in various display modes including a selective picture display, a superimposed picture display and a shifting picture display. Individual data memorized in respective refresh memories contain each a display control bit adapted to determine whether or not the individual data are to be displayed on the screen. The data display control system reads out from the respective refresh memories a data information to be picture-displayed and only when the contents of a display control bit contained in the data information designate a display, it converts this data information into a video signal for a picture display. The contents of the display control bit are changeable for individual data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1980
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Murayama, Yukitaka Hayashi, Nagaharu Hamada, Toshitaka Hara