Patents by Inventor Toshimitsu KURAMI

Toshimitsu KURAMI 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).

  • IMAGING HEAD, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230405729
    Abstract: An imaging head includes: a deflection optical system configured to deflect light from at least a part of a melt pool part, the melt pool part is formed on the object by an irradiation with a processing beam from the processing head; an imaging apparatus configured to optically receive the light deflected by the deflection optical system to capture an image of at least a part of the melt pool part; and a supply unit configured to supply gas from a gas supply apparatus to at least a part of an optical surface of the deflection optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshimitsu KURAMI, Koichi YASUBA
  • DATA GENERATION METHOD, BUILD CONTRACT METHOD, DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, BUILD METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230330939
    Abstract: A data generation method includes: generating model data representing a three-dimensional model of a pipe based on a value of a parameter defining a shape of the pipe designated by a user using an input screen; and setting, as a value of a parameter defining a position of an intermediate part of the pipe, a value of a parameter defining a position away from a position of an edge part of the pipe by a first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigenori SUGISHITA, Motofusa ISHIKAWA, Toshimitsu KURAMI
  • PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230264266
    Abstract: A processing system includes: an irradiation system that irradiates an object with an energy beam; a material supply member that supplies a build material irradiated with the energy beam; a measurement apparatus that obtains information related to a height of a surface of the object; and a distance change apparatus that changes a distance between the material supply member and the surface based on a measured result by the measurement apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshimitsu KURAMI, Zhi-Wei LIN, Yoon Jung JEONG, Michael Birk BINNARD