Patents by Inventor Takahiro Yamakura

Takahiro Yamakura 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: 20130300598
    Abstract: The apparatus according to the present invention is an apparatus for measuring width direction end position of a strip which passes through an enclosed space surrounded by a plurality of surfaces. The apparatus includes an antenna section which emits electromagnetic waves toward the width direction end and receives the electromagnetic waves reflected by the width direction end; a signal processing section for determining a position of the width direction end using the reflected electromagnetic waves; and a scattering plate for scattering electromagnetic waves which are incident thereon, wherein the antenna section is installed on a first surface which faces the width direction end a position of which is to be determined and the scattering plate is installed on a second surface which faces the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Masahiro YAMAMOTO, Takahiro YAMAKURA, Yasumasa KATO, Tomoki NAKAO
  • Patent number: 8339617
    Abstract: A film thickness measuring device is provided with a light source, a spectroscopic sensor, a processor, and a storage unit, and configured in such a manner that light from the light source vertically enters a plane to be measured provided with a film and the light reflected by the plane to be measured enters the spectroscopic sensor. The storage unit stores theoretical values of reflectivity distributions of respective film thicknesses and theoretical values of color characteristic variables of the respective film thicknesses. The processor finds the thickness of the film of the plane to be measured from the reflectivity distribution measured by the spectroscopic sensor by using the theoretical values of the reflectivity distributions of the respective film thicknesses or the theoretical values of the color characteristic variables of the respective film thicknesses stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Nireco Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Yamada, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takahiro Yamakura, Shinji Hayashi, Shingo Kawai
  • Publication number: 20110032541
    Abstract: A film thickness measuring device is provided with a light source, a spectroscopic sensor, a processor, and a storage unit, and configured in such a manner that light from the light source vertically enters a plane to be measured provided with a film and the light reflected by the plane to be measured enters the spectroscopic sensor. The storage unit stores theoretical values of reflectivity distributions of respective film thicknesses and theoretical values of color characteristic variables of the respective film thicknesses. The processor finds the thickness of the film of the plane to be measured from the reflectivity distribution measured by the spectroscopic sensor by using the theoretical values of the reflectivity distributions of the respective film thicknesses or the theoretical values of the color characteristic variables of the respective film thicknesses stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: NIRECO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeo YAMADA, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Takahiro YAMAKURA, Shinji HAYASHI, Shingo KAWAI