Patents by Inventor Soichi Kawamura

Soichi Kawamura 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: 12215968
    Abstract: An angle measurement device according to the present invention relates to an angle measurement device for measuring an incident angle of an incident light ray, and includes: at least one light deflector; a driving power supply; a light receiver; and a calculation unit. The light deflector is of a transmission type, has an electro-optic effect, and is configured to change an optical path of the light ray by a voltage applied from the driving power supply, and cause the light ray to enter the light receiver. The calculation unit is configured to calculate the incident angle based on the voltage at which an intensity of the light ray detected by the light receiver is maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Sohan Kawamura, Takashi Sakamoto, Masahiro Ueno, Yuichi Akage, Soichi Oka
  • Patent number: 12210264
    Abstract: An optical deflection apparatus is provided with an optical deflection element and a compensating optical element. The optical deflection element deflects incident light in a first direction (a voltage application direction) in which a voltage is applied (one-dimensional scan). The compensating optical element is an element which has an incidence surface and an emission surface, which compensates for a deflection deviation in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and to an optical axis of the incident light of deflected light having been deflected by the optical deflection element and incident from the incidence surface, and which arranges a direction of travel of compensated light to be emitted from the emission surface on a same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Sakamoto, Yuichi Akage, Sohan Kawamura, Masahiro Ueno, Soichi Oka
  • Patent number: 9441942
    Abstract: A stator includes: a core formed by laminating magnetic steel sheets; and an excitation coil and a detection coil which are wound around teeth provided at the core. The core includes a peripheral section which is disposed to surround the rotor and a detection section which is disposed at the interior of the peripheral section and has the teeth. When the magnetic steel sheets are laminated, each of the magnetic steel sheets forming the core includes a portion which constitutes the peripheral section and a portion which constitutes the detection section. The detection section is substantially U-shaped, and both sides of the U-shape become a pair of teeth which form one phase. A base portion of the substantially U-shape of the detection section connects with the peripheral section, and gaps are provided between the peripheral section and a part of the base portion which is the root of the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: OKUMA Corporation
    Inventors: Soichi Kawamura, Motozumi Yura, Shinji Shibata
  • Publication number: 20140002064
    Abstract: A stator includes: a core formed by laminating magnetic steel sheets; and an excitation coil and a detection coil which are wound around teeth provided at the core. The core includes a peripheral section which is disposed to surround the rotor and a detection section which is disposed at the interior of the peripheral section and has the teeth. When the magnetic steel sheets are laminated, each of the magnetic steel sheets forming the core includes a portion which constitutes the peripheral section and a portion which constitutes the detection section. The detection section is substantially U-shaped, and both sides of the U-shape become a pair of teeth which form one phase. A base portion of the substantially U-shape of the detection section connects. with the peripheral section, and gaps are provided between the peripheral section and a part of the base portion which is the root of the teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Soichi Kawamura, Motozumi Yura, Shinji Shibata