Patents by Inventor Toshikazu Adegawa

Toshikazu Adegawa 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).

  • Patent number: 8857069
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tilt detecting device (1), comprising a first tilt sensor (2) for detecting a tilting with respect to direction of gravity with high accuracy, a second tilt sensor (3) for detecting the tilting with respect to direction of gravity and for detecting the tilting with lower accuracy than that of the first tilt sensor and in a range wider than that of the first tilt sensor, wherein the first tilt sensor and the second tilt sensor are fixed relatively to each other, and the tilting is detected by the second tilt sensor by using a reference position and a detecting direction as detected by the first tilt sensor as reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventor: Toshikazu Adegawa
  • Publication number: 20120216413
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tilt detecting device (1), comprising a first tilt sensor (2) for detecting a tilting with respect to direction of gravity with high accuracy, a second tilt sensor (3) for detecting the tilting with respect to direction of gravity and for detecting the tilting with lower accuracy than that of the first tilt sensor and in a range wider than that of the first tilt sensor, wherein the first tilt sensor and the second tilt sensor are fixed relatively to each other, and the tilting is detected by the second tilt sensor by using a reference position and a detecting direction as detected by the first tilt sensor as reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventor: Toshikazu Adegawa
  • Patent number: 6262801
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laser reference level setting device, by which it is possible to adjust irradiating positions of a laser beam in vertical and horizontal directions with a simple arrangement and without additional manpower and to measure a tilt angle. The device comprises a laser sighting device and a target, the target having a reflection surface for indicating a given position on the target, and the laser sighting device comprising a laser oscillating device having an emitting means rotatably supported and for emitting a laser beam and a light receiving means for receiving a reflection laser beam, a driving unit for rotating at least the laser beam emitting means of the laser oscillating device, and a control unit for controlling the driving unit to direct the laser beam to a given position on the target according to the light receiving condition of the reflected laser beam reflected from the reflection surface of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Hiroto Shibuya, Toshikazu Adegawa
  • Patent number: 5995233
    Abstract: A surveying system which comprises a light source section for emitting laser beam, a rotational portion for rotating the laser beam from the light source in horizontal direction, a light source driving section for driving the light source unit, a survey instrument main unit having a light receiving unit for receiving the reflected laser beam, and a reflecting object for reflecting the laser beam irradiated from the survey instrument main unit main unit of the survey instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Fumio Ohtomo, Hiroyuki Nishizawa, Yoshikatsu Tokuda, Ken-ichiro Yoshino, Toshikazu Adegawa
  • Patent number: 5898489
    Abstract: The present invention relates particularly to a laser irradiation light detecting device having detecting means for receiving a reflected light pencil of a laser light pencil applied from a laser irradiating device provided with a non-linear optical medium for generating a second harmonic. A laser light source pumps an optical resonator and a pulse driving means drives the laser light source. An irradiating means applies a pencil of pulse laser light produced from a laser oscillating device to a target device. A detecting means detects a light pencil reflected from the target device. An arithmetic processing means executes predetermined operations, based on the signal detected by the detecting means. The detecting means detects the reflected light pencil of the pulse laser light pencil in synchronism with a period T of a driving pulse of the pulse driving means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Fumio Ohtomo, Hiroshi Koizumi, Masayuki Momiuchi, Masahiro Ohishi, Toshikazu Adegawa
  • Patent number: 5841527
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laser reference level setting device, by which it is possible to adjust irradiating positions of a laser beam in vertical and horizontal directions with a simple arrangement and without additional manpower and to measure a tilt angle. The device comprises a laser sighting device and a target, the target having a reflection surface for indicating a given position on the target, and the laser sighting device comprising a laser oscillating device having an emitting means rotatably supported and for emitting a laser beam and a light receiving means for receiving a reflection laser beam, a driving unit for rotating at least the laser beam emitting means of the laser oscillating device, and a control unit for controlling the driving unit to direct the laser beam to a given position on the target according to the light receiving condition of the reflected laser beam reflected from the reflection surface of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Hiroto Shibuya, Toshikazu Adegawa