Patents by Inventor Takafnmi Hirata

Takafnmi Hirata 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: 20100118363
    Abstract: To provide an optical scanning sensor which performs an object detection with high accuracy by suppressing the mutual interference between scanning light and reflection light, the optical scanning sensor comprises a light projecting unit that projects light, an optical scanning actuator that emits the light from the light projecting unit via a reflecting mirror and performs scanning with the light emitted by causing the mirror to swing, and a light receiving unit that receives, via the mirror, reflection light by an external object of scanning light emitted by the optical scanning actuator. The mirror includes a first surface that reflects the light projected by the light projecting unit and emits the light reflected outward as the scanning light, and a second surface that is parallel to and discontinuous in a reflection area with the first surface and reflects and emits the reflection light to the light receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: NHK Spring Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ryohei Shigematsu, Hiroshi Imamura, Takafnmi Hirata