Patents by Inventor Shigeo Nishihara

Shigeo Nishihara 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: 7420661
    Abstract: An image detection apparatus includes an interposer, an illumination light emitting element mounted on the interposer for emitting a light toward a surface of a finger tip, an optical sensor chip mounted on the interposer, the optical sensor chip including an alignment of light receiving elements, a light guide member including a bundle of optical fiber parts, the light guide member being mounted on the optical sensor chip, the light guide member including a contact surface to which the surface of the finger tip is contacted, the contact surface being situated opposite from a surface to which the optical sensor chip is mounted, and a synthetic resin mold part being integrally formed with the interposer, the synthetic resin mold part covering the illumination light emitting element and the optical sensor chip and surrounding the light guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Iseri, Yoshinori Tahara, Shigeo Nishihara
  • Publication number: 20050157911
    Abstract: An image detection apparatus includes an interposer, an illumination light emitting element mounted on the interposer for emitting a light toward a surface of a finger tip, an optical sensor chip mounted on the interposer, the optical sensor chip including an alignment of light receiving elements, a light guide member including a bundle of optical fiber parts, the light guide member being mounted on the optical sensor chip, the light guide member including a contact surface to which the surface of the finger tip is contacted, the contact surface being situated opposite from a surface to which the optical sensor chip is mounted, and a synthetic resin mold part being integrally formed with the interposer, the synthetic resin mold part covering the illumination light emitting element and the optical sensor chip and surrounding the light guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Yoichi Iseri, Yoshinori Tahara, Shigeo Nishihara