Patents by Inventor Takeshi Inoda
Takeshi Inoda 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).
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Publication number: 20220397739Abstract: An optical assembly (13) for a three-dimensional measurement device is equipped with: an optical lens (320) that forms a pair of conjugate planes having an optically conjugate relationship; an optical device (341) that is disposed on one of the pair of conjugate planes; a temperature sensor (354) for detecting the temperature of the optical lens (320); a heater (350) for heating the optical lens (320); and a control part that controls the operation of the heater (350) on the basis of the result of the detection made by the temperature sensor (354) such that the optical lens (320) reaches a constant temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takeshi INODA, Tomonori ARIYOSHI, Hitoshi NAKATSUKA, Motoharu OKUNO, Shinya MATSUMOTO, Jun OTA, Tetsuya KIGUCHI
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Patent number: 11327298Abstract: The optical scanning device includes a swingable reflector; a blocking unit that is provided in the reflector to move in linkage with the reflector; and a sensor unit that includes at least a first sensor unit and a second sensor unit, wherein each of the first and second sensor units includes an output unit, which is a light generator or an electromagnetic wave generator configured to output a detection target and a detection unit, which is a light receiver or an electromagnetic wave receiver configured to detect the detection target. The output unit is at a position that faces the detection unit. When the reflector is in a predetermined swing angle range, the blocking plate blocks a path of the detection target between the output unit and the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichiro Masuda, Takeshi Inoda, Mika Hamaoka
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Publication number: 20210080713Abstract: The optical scanning device includes a swingable reflector; a blocking unit that is provided in the reflector to move in linkage with the reflector; and a sensor unit that includes at least a first sensor unit and a second sensor unit, wherein each of the first and second sensor units includes an output unit, which is a light generator or an electromagnetic wave generator configured to output a detection target and a detection unit, which is a light receiver or an electromagnetic wave receiver configured to detect the detection target. The output unit is at a position that faces the detection unit. When the reflector is in a predetermined swing angle range, the blocking plate blocks a path of the detection target between the output unit and the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: YUICHIRO MASUDA, TAKESHI INODA, MIKA HAMAOKA
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Patent number: 10884239Abstract: Provided is an optical scanning device. The optical scanning device includes a swingable reflection unit; a blocking unit that is provided in the reflection unit to move in linkage with the reflection unit; and a sensor unit that includes an output unit configured to output a detection target and a detection unit configured to detect the detection target, wherein, when the reflection unit is in a predetermined swing angle range, the blocking unit blocks a path of the detection target between the output unit and the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichiro Masuda, Takeshi Inoda, Mika Hamaoka
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Patent number: 10841548Abstract: An oscillating mirror element includes a mirror portion, a drive portion that drives the mirror portion, a strain sensor capable of detecting an amount of displacement of the mirror portion, and a base including a mirror beam portion provided with the mirror portion, a sensor beam portion provided with the strain sensor, and a body portion that supports the mirror beam portion and the sensor beam portion and is provided with the drive portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignees: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Fuminori Tanaka, Takeshi Inoda, Ken Nishioka, Jun Akedo
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Patent number: 10606068Abstract: An optical scanning device includes a support portion including a swingable coupling portion and a frame swingably supporting the coupling portion, a first reflecting portion coupled to the coupling portion and configured to swing together with the coupling portion, and a swingable connecting portion including a bridge and a second reflecting portion coupled to the first reflecting portion via the bridge and provided at a position away from the first reflecting portion beyond the support portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Takeshi Inoda
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Publication number: 20180364475Abstract: Provided is an optical scanning device. The optical scanning device includes a swingable reflection unit; a blocking unit that is provided in the reflection unit to move in linkage with the reflection unit; and a sensor unit that includes an output unit configured to output a detection target and a detection unit configured to detect the detection target, wherein, when the reflection unit is in a predetermined swing angle range, the blocking unit blocks a path of the detection target between the output unit and the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: YUICHIRO MASUDA, TAKESHI INODA, MIKA HAMAOKA
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Publication number: 20180348508Abstract: An optical scanning device includes a support portion including a swingable coupling portion and a frame swingably supporting the coupling portion, a first reflecting portion coupled to the coupling portion and configured to swing together with the coupling portion, and a swingable connecting portion including a bridge and a second reflecting portion coupled to the first reflecting portion via the bridge and provided at a position away from the first reflecting portion beyond the support portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: TAKESHI INODA
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Publication number: 20170257611Abstract: An oscillating mirror element includes a mirror portion, a drive portion that drives the mirror portion, a strain sensor capable of detecting an amount of displacement of the mirror portion, and a base including a mirror beam portion provided with the mirror portion, a sensor beam portion provided with the strain sensor, and a body portion that supports the mirror beam portion and the sensor beam portion and is provided with the drive portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: Fuminori TANAKA, Takeshi INODA, Ken NISHIOKA, Jun AKEDO
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Patent number: 9363595Abstract: A microphone unit includes first and second diaphragms; a substrate on a top surface of which are installed the first and second diaphragms; and a cover disposed covering the first and second diaphragms, the cover joined to an outside edge of the substrate and forming an internal space. There are formed in the substrate first and second openings that are formed respectively in the top and bottom surfaces of the substrate, and an internal sound path communicating from the first opening to the second opening. The first diaphragm is disposed on the substrate so as to cover and hide the first opening. The second diaphragm is disposed so as to seal off a partial region away from the first opening of the top surface of the substrate. A third opening is formed in the cover, and the internal space communicates to an outside space via the third opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2012Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryusuke Horibe, Tomohiro Taniguchi, Fuminori Tanaka, Takeshi Inoda
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Patent number: 9357313Abstract: A microphone unit includes a microphone substrate. A plurality of diaphragm units are disposed on the microphone substrate. Each of the diaphragm units includes a diaphragm. A plurality of partition walls are disposed on the microphone substrate. Each of the partition walls surrounds the diaphragm so as to define a first area. A signal processor is disposed at a second area outside the first area and is configured to process signals output from the diaphragm units.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fuminori Tanaka, Ryusuke Horibe, Takeshi Inoda, Rikuo Takano, Kiyoshi Sugiyama, Toshimi Fukuoka, Masatoshi Ono
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Patent number: 9351062Abstract: A microphone unit (1) is provided with an electro-acoustic transducer (13) which converts acoustic signals into electric signals on the basis of the oscillation of a diaphragm (134), and a housing (10) which contains the electro-acoustic transducer (13). The housing (10) is provided with: a first sound conduction space (SP1) that guides sound waves from the outside to one side of the diaphragm (134) via at least one first aperture (18) formed on the exterior of the housing (10); and a second sound conduction space (SP2) that guides sound waves from the outside to the other side of the diaphragm (134) via at least one second aperture (19) formed on the exterior of the housing (10). The total square area of at least one first aperture (18) and the total square area of at least one second aperture (19) are not the same.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Inoda, Ryusuke Horibe, Fuminori Tanaka, Shuji Umeda
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Patent number: 9025794Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a circuit board (1200?), the circuit board including a first diaphragm (714-1) that forms a first microphone, a second diaphragm (714-2) that forms a second microphone, and a differential signal generation circuit (720) that receives a first voltage signal obtained by the first microphone and a second voltage signal obtained by the second microphone, and generates a differential signal that indicates a difference between the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2007Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Rikuo Takano, Kiyoshi Sugiyama, Toshimi Fukuoka, Masatoshi Ono, Ryusuke Horibe, Shigeo Maeda, Fuminori Tanaka, Takeshi Inoda, Hideki Choji
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Patent number: 8989422Abstract: A microphone unit (1) comprises a first vibrating part (14), a second vibrating part (15), and a housing (20) for accommodating the first vibrating part (14) and the second vibrating part (15), the housing being provided with a first sound hole (132), a second sound hole (101), and a third sound hole (133). The housing (20) is provided with a first sound path (41) for transmitting sound pressure inputted from the first sound hole (132) to one surface (142a) of a first diaphragm (142) and to one surface (152a) of a second diaphragm (152), a second sound path (42) for transmitting sound pressure inputted from the second sound hole (101) to the other surface (142b) of the first diaphragm (142), and a third sound path (43) for transmitting sound pressure inputted from the third sound hole (133) to the other surface (152b) of the second diaphragm (152).Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2011Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fuminori Tanaka, Ryusuke Horibe, Shuji Umeda, Takeshi Inoda
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Patent number: 8948432Abstract: A microphone unit includes a case; a diaphragm arranged inside the case; and an electric circuit unit that processes an electric signal generated in accordance with vibration of the diaphragm. The case has a first sound introducing space that introduces a sound from outside of the case to a first surface of the diaphragm via a first sound hole; and a second sound introducing space that introduces a sound from outside of the case to a second diaphragm, via a second sound hole. A resonance frequency of the diaphragm is set in the range of ±4 kHz based on the resonance frequency of at least one of the first sound introducing space and the second sound introducing space.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2009Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignees: Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Funai Electric Advanced Applied Technology Research Institute Inc.Inventors: Fuminori Tanaka, Ryusuke Horibe, Takeshi Inoda, Masatoshi Ono, Rikuo Takano, Toshimi Fukuoka
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Publication number: 20140307911Abstract: An ear pad to be attached to an earphone device including a speaker includes: a main body including a sound hole through which a sound from the speaker comes out; a protrusion which is made of the same material as the main body and protrudes outwardly from a side surface of the main body; and a surrounding part which is made of the same material as the main body and is formed at an outer end portion of the protrusion to surround the main body, the outer end portion being positionally opposite to an end portion of the protrusion that is located on the side surface of the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Takeshi INODA
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Patent number: 8861764Abstract: An enclosure (10) of a microphone unit (1) includes a mounting portion (11) which has a mounting surface (11a) where a first vibration portion (13) and a second vibration portion (15) are mounted and in which, in the back surface (11b) of the mounting surface (11a), a first sound hole (23) and a second sound hole (25) are provided; in the enclosure (10), a first sound path (41) is provided that transmits sound waves input through the first sound hole (23) to one surface of a first diaphragm (134) and that also transmits the sound waves to one surface of a second diaphragm (154) and a second sound path (42) is provided that transmits sound waves input through the second sound hole to the other surface of the second diaphragm (154).Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fuminori Tanaka, Takeshi Inoda, Ryusuke Horibe
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Patent number: D997746Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takeshi Inoda, Hitoshi Nakatsuka, Tomonori Ariyoshi, Motoharu Okuno
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Patent number: D997747Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takeshi Inoda, Hitoshi Nakatsuka, Tomonori Ariyoshi, Motoharu Okuno
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Patent number: D997748Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takeshi Inoda, Hitoshi Nakatsuka, Tomonori Ariyoshi, Motoharu Okuno