Patents by Inventor Susumu Shimoda

Susumu Shimoda 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).

  • Apparatus for formation of visual sense effect
    Patent number: 6138393
    Abstract: An apparatus for the formation of a visual sense effect comprises a first object A having a plurality of windows disposed around an axis of rotation C and a second object B so disposed as to show part thereof through the windows W of the first object A, with the first object A and the second object B adapted to be rotated relative to each other round the axis of rotation C. By virtue of the visual sense effect in vision, this apparatus allows an object of a polygonal shape to be perceived as though the object were repeating enlargement, contraction, deformation, and eccentric movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Rikagaku Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Masanori Idesawa, Katsuo Nishi, Hiroshi Kato, Susumu Shimoda