Patents by Inventor Tatsuya IKEHARA

Tatsuya IKEHARA 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: 20230258615
    Abstract: A column 2 is provided in a gas capturing unit 20 for capturing sample gas. A gas supply unit 1 supplies carrier gas for sending sample gas into the column 2. A gas separation mechanism 100 guides carrier gas in the column 2 to the outside of the column 2 by setting the lead-out path 5 to negative pressure with respect to the inside of the column 2. A heating unit 23 heats the column 2 to desorb sample gas captured by the gas capturing unit 20. Sample gas desorbed from the gas capturing unit 20 is introduced into a cell 31. A light source unit 32 irradiates sample gas in the cell 31 with light. An analysis unit 3 analyzes sample gas based on an intensity change of light emitted by the light source unit 32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Tatsuya IKEHARA, Kazune MANO, Hideki TOMITA, Ryohei TERABAYASHI, Kenji YOSHIDA, Shin-ichi NINOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20230236116
    Abstract: A gas measurement apparatus includes an optical resonator that resonates light, a light source that generates light for irradiation of the optical resonator, and a photodetector that detects light taken out of the optical resonator. The optical resonator includes a plurality of mirrors, a holding member, a hollow tubular member, a hollow tubular member, and a temperature adjustment instrument. The holding member is lower in thermal expansion coefficient than the hollow tubular member. The hollow tubular member includes a portion higher in thermal conductivity than the holding member and a bellows higher in elasticity than a first portion. The hollow tubular member is equal to or higher than the hollow tubular member in thermal conductivity, and is provided as far as positions of the plurality of mirrors on an inner side of the bellows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Tatsuya IKEHARA, Tetsuo FURUMIYA, Koji TOJO, Hideki TOMITA
  • Patent number: 11585758
    Abstract: A microspectroscopic device includes: a wavelength-tunable first light source configured to emit pump-light in a mid-infrared wavelength range; a second light source configured to emit probe-light in a visible range; a light source controller configured to change a wavelength of the infrared light source; a first optical system configured to combine the pump-light and the probe-light to acquired combined light and concentrate the combined light on a minute part of a sample; a second optical system configured to block at least the probe-light from transmitted light or reflected light of the sample; a detector configured to detect light incident thereon from the second optical system; a first spectrum acquisition means configured to acquire a spectrum of the incident light during the probe-light emission to the sample as a Raman spectrum or a fluorescence spectrum of the sample; and a second spectrum acquisition means configured to acquire an infrared absorption spectrum of the sample, based on a change in the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuya Ikehara
  • Patent number: 11439468
    Abstract: A fluorescent imaging device includes a light source unit including a first light source for radiating excitation light, a second light source for radiating visible illumination light, and a third light source for radiating non-visible light, an imager being configured to capture a fluorescent image, a visible image, and a non-visible image, and a tracking processor that is operable to perform moving-body tracking for a region of interest that is set in an image based on at least the non-visible image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya Ikehara
  • Publication number: 20210381976
    Abstract: A microspectroscopic device includes: a wavelength-tunable first light source configured to emit pump-light in a mid-infrared wavelength range; a second light source configured to emit probe-light in a visible range; a light source controller configured to change a wavelength of the infrared light source; a first optical system configured to combine the pump-light and the probe-light to acquired combined light and concentrate the combined light on a minute part of a sample; a second optical system configured to block at least the probe-light from transmitted light or reflected light of the sample; a detector configured to detect light incident thereon from the second optical system; a first spectrum acquisition means configured to acquire a spectrum of the incident light during the probe-light emission to the sample as a Raman spectrum or a fluorescence spectrum of the sample; and a second spectrum acquisition means configured to acquire an infrared absorption spectrum of the sample, based on a change in the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Tatsuya IKEHARA
  • Patent number: 10712502
    Abstract: A probe for optical measurement is provided with an optical fiber, a ferrule in which an optical fiber is inserted such that one end of the optical fiber is exposed from one end of the ferrule and the other end side of the optical fiber is exposed from the other end of the ferrule, a cylindrical body sleeve having non-flexibility in which at least a part of the other end side of the ferrule is inserted, the body sleeve covering a part of the other end side of the optical fiber, and an optical fiber fixture filled in a gap between the optical fiber and the body sleeve and composed of a member formed by solidification of a material having fluidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ikehara, Naohiro Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20190302372
    Abstract: A probe for optical measurement is provided with an optical fiber, a ferrule in which an optical fiber is inserted such that one end of the optical fiber is exposed from one end of the ferrule and the other end side of the optical fiber is exposed from the other end of the ferrule, a cylindrical body sleeve having non-flexibility in which at least a part of the other end side of the ferrule is inserted, the body sleeve covering a part of the other end side of the optical fiber, and an optical fiber fixture filled in a gap between the optical fiber and the body sleeve and composed of a member formed by solidification of a material having fluidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya IKEHARA, Naohiro KAMIYA
  • Patent number: 10413619
    Abstract: A first light source emits near-infrared radiation with a wavelength near 810 nm, which is excitation radiation for exciting indocyanine green, a second light source emits a violet light with a wavelength of 410 nm that is excitation radiation for exciting PpIX, and a third light source emits white light. An imaging portion comprises a first imaging element able to capture visible light, a second imaging element able to capture red light that is emitted by the PpIX, and a third imaging element able to capture near-infrared light emitted by the indocyanine green.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya Ikehara
  • Publication number: 20190247126
    Abstract: A fluorescent imaging device includes a light source unit including a first light source for radiating excitation light, a second light source for radiating visible illumination light, and a third light source for radiating non-visible light, an imager being configured to capture a fluorescent image, a visible image, and a non-visible image, and a tracking processor that is operable to perform moving-body tracking for a region of interest that is set in an image based on at least the non-visible image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya IKEHARA
  • Publication number: 20160338593
    Abstract: A first light source emits near-infrared radiation with a wavelength near 810 nm, which is excitation radiation for exciting indocyanine green, a second light source emits a violet light with a wavelength of 410 nm that is excitation radiation for exciting PpIX, and a third light source emits white light. An imaging portion comprises a first imaging element able to capture visible light, a second imaging element able to capture red light that is emitted by the PpIX, and a third imaging element able to capture near-infrared light emitted by the indocyanine green.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya IKEHARA
  • Publication number: 20160270663
    Abstract: A method for acquiring a fluorescent image including a step of irradiating a sample with excitation light from a position distanced from the sample to generate fluorescence, and detecting the generated fluorescence by a two-dimensional detector to obtain a fluorescent image; at least one step of irradiating the sample with excitation light in the same manner in the condition that entry of fluorescence from a part emitting the strongest fluorescence at the time when fluorescence is to be detected is substantially blocked, to obtain a fluorescent image by the two-dimensional detector; a step of integrating at least two fluorescent images including the fluorescent image obtained in the step and at least one fluorescent image obtained in the step into one image; and a step of displaying the image integrated in the step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuya IKEHARA