Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Fukamizu

Tomohiro Fukamizu 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).

  • Optical characteristic measuring apparatus
    Patent number: 7667856
    Abstract: An optical characteristic measuring apparatus of the invention is configured in such a manner that a specular reflection light component in reflection light from an object to be measured is received, and shake of the apparatus is detected based on the amount of the received light. The optical characteristic measuring apparatus having the above arrangement enables to precisely measure an optical characteristic of the object to be measured, without the need of providing a mechanical switch or a like device, and without depending on the shape of the object to be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Sensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Fukamizu, Yoshiyuki Nagashima, Katsutoshi Tsurutani, Shinji Shimizu
  • Optical characteristic measuring apparatus
    Publication number: 20090079984
    Abstract: An optical characteristic measuring apparatus of the invention is configured in such a manner that a specular reflection light component in reflection light from an object to be measured is received, and shake of the apparatus is detected based on the amount of the received light. The optical characteristic measuring apparatus having the above arrangement enables to precisely measure an optical characteristic of the object to be measured, without the need of providing a mechanical switch or a like device, and without depending on the shape of the object to be measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Tomohiro Fukamizu, Yoshiyuki Nagashima, Katsutoshi Tsurutani, Shinji Shimizu