Patents by Inventor Susumu Uragami

Susumu Uragami 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: 20170264872
    Abstract: An image display device includes a light source, a screen, an optical system, a screen driving mechanism unit, a memory unit, and a screen driving circuit unit. An image is formed on the screen by being irradiated with light from the light source. The screen driving mechanism unit moves the screen in an optical axis direction of the light. A smoothed movement profile is obtained by smoothing a movement profile used as a target for moving the screen so as to make a moving speed of the screen vary gently. The memory unit stores screen driving waveform information that has been generated so that the screen follows the smoothed movement profile. The screen driving circuit unit drives the screen driving mechanism unit, based on the screen driving waveform information stored in the memory unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: SUSUMU URAGAMI, HIROYUKI FURUYA, TAKAHISA SHIRAMIZU, AKIRA KUROZUKA, YUTA YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170227763
    Abstract: A light source device includes a laser light source, a first adjustment mechanism, a second adjustment mechanism, and a mirror. The laser light source emits laser light. The first adjustment mechanism is configured such that the laser light from the laser light source is incident thereto, and performs an emission angle adjustment of the laser light and a focus adjustment of the laser light. The second adjustment mechanism is configured such that the laser light from the first adjustment mechanism is incident thereto, and performs a positional adjustment of the incident laser light. The mirror is configured such that the laser light from the second adjustment mechanism is incident thereto, and emits the incident laser light in a predetermined direction. An image display apparatus includes the above light source device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: SUSUMU URAGAMI, HIROYUKI FURUYA, TAKAHISA SHIRAMIZU, AKIRA KUROZUKA, YUTA YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170212347
    Abstract: An image display device includes a light source, a screen, an optical system and a driving unit. The screen is irradiated with light from the light source to form an image. The optical system generates a virtual image with the light from the screen. The driving unit moves the screen in an optical axis direction. The driving unit includes a holder, one or more elastic members and a driving source. The holder holds the screen. The one or more elastic members support the holder so as to enable the holder to reciprocally move in the optical axis direction. The driving source generates force for moving the holder in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: SUSUMU URAGAMI, TAKAHISA SHIRAMIZU, AKIRA KUROZUKA, HIROYUKI FURUYA
  • Publication number: 20170059861
    Abstract: An image display device includes a light source that emits a light beam, a screen, a scanning section that scans the screen with the light beam, an optical system, a drive section, and a screen drive circuit. The optical system generates a virtual image by using the light beam that has passed through the screen. The drive section moves the screen at least in parallel to a travel direction of the light beam. The screen drive circuit contains a drive signal table that stores an information group for use in generating a drive signal tailored to stop the screen at different stop locations over different stop periods. The screen drive circuit selects first information in the drive signal table which is associated with displaying of an image and supplies the drive section with a first drive signal generated from the first information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: HIROYUKI FURUYA, TAKAHISA SHIRAMIZU, SUSUMU URAGAMI, YOSHIRO KASHIWABARA
  • Publication number: 20160343280
    Abstract: A laser light source device includes a semiconductor laser, a current supplying unit to supply a driving current to the semiconductor laser, and a signal generator to generate current intensity data for setting an intensity of the driving current. The signal generator generates, for an input signal corresponding to continuous pixels for a same color, a plurality of sets of the current intensity data indicating current intensities different from each other, and transmits the plurality of sets of the current intensity data to the current supplying unit while sequentially switching the plurality of sets of the current intensity data. The current supplying unit drives the semiconductor laser based on the plurality of different sets of the current intensity data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: TAKAHISA SHIRAMIZU, TETSURO MIZUSHIMA, JUNICHI MUTOH, SUSUMU URAGAMI
  • Patent number: 7355954
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a laser module in which the position and the posture of a laser beam source can be adjusted even in a small space so that an optical intensity necessary for recording and reproducing information can be ensured and the laser module is seldom affected by an ambient temperature. It is another object of the present invention to provide an optical pickup device, an optical disk device, a focus error detection method and a tracking error detection method. The laser beam source adjustment member 55 and the laser beam source shift member 56 are attached to the laser beam source 52 so that the lead 51 can penetrate them. Further, FPC 57 is fixed to the lead 51 being soldered. The laser beam source 52 and the laser beam source adjustment member 55 are fixed between the holding plate 54 and the laser beam source shift member 56 being pushed by the pushing spring 53.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Haruguchi, Junichi Mutoh, Susumu Uragami, Masaharu Fukakusa
  • Publication number: 20070171776
    Abstract: An objective lens driver includes: a lens holder, for holding an objective lens; a first focusing coil, for moving one end of the lens holder in the focusing direction; a second focusing coil, for moving the other end of the lens holder in the focusing direction; a tracking coil assembly, for moving the lens holder in the tracking direction; and flexible members, which includes a first flexible member pair, for feeding a current to the first focusing foil, a second flexible member pair, for feeding a current to the second focusing coil, and a third flexible member pair, for feeding a current to the tracking coil assembly, wherein the lens holder is flexibly supported at a driver main body by the flexible members, and wherein the flexible members are arranged in a plurality of columns on both ends of the lens holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Uragami, Shinji Tanaka, Junichi Yoshimoto, Shinji Shuto, Hideki Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20050036435
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a laser module in which the position and the posture of a laser beam source can be adjusted even in a small space so that an optical intensity necessary for recording and reproducing information can be ensured and the laser module is seldom affected by an ambient temperature. It is another object of the present invention to provide an optical pickup device, an optical disk device, a focus error detection method and a tracking error detection method. The laser beam source adjustment member 55 and the laser beam source shift member 56 are attached to the laser beam source 52 so that the lead 51 can penetrate them. Further, FPC 57 is fixed to the lead 51 being soldered. The laser beam source 52 and the laser beam source adjustment member 55 are fixed between the holding plate 54 and the laser beam source shift member 56 being pushed by the pushing spring 53.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Haruguchi, Junichi Mutoh, Susumu Uragami, Masaharu Fukakusa