Patents by Inventor Toshiro Obi

Toshiro Obi 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: 5909027
    Abstract: A three-dimensional resolution chart is used to adjust the position of a solid-state image detector 4 in a given image-forming optical system. A plurality of blocks 10a are provided on an upper surface of a resolution chart 10. Each block 10a has an adjusting pattern A-D depicted on a slant surface thereof. An image of each adjusting pattern A-D is formed on the solid-state image detector 4 through a master lens 2. The contrast integration value F is calculated based on the image of the adjusting pattern at each of a plurality of designated areas hj (j=1 - - - n) on the slant surface of each block 10a provided on the resolution chart 10, to find out a specific position on each block where the contrast integration value F becomes maximum, thereby identifying the specific position as focus point of the master lens 2. The back focus of the solid-state image detector 4 is calculated based on thus obtained focus point. An optimum gradient (.alpha., .beta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Ohura, Keiji Shintani, Yoko Koseki, Hiroto Toba, Toshiro Obi, Kazuyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5805218
    Abstract: A three-dimensional resolution chart is used to adjust the position of a solid-state image detector 4 in a given image-forming optical system. A plurality of blocks 10a are provided on an upper surface of a resolution chart 10. Each block 10a has an adjusting pattern A-D depicted on a slant surface thereof. An image of each adjusting pattern A-D is formed-on the solid-state image detector 4 through a master lens 2. The contrast integration value F is calculated based on the image of the adjusting pattern at each of a plurality of designated areas hj (j=1 - - - n) on the slant surface of each block 10a provided on the resolution chart 10, to find out a specific position on each block where the contrast integration value F becomes maximum, thereby identifying the specific position as focus point of the master lens 2. The back focus of the solid-state image detector 4 is calculated based on thus obtained focus point. An optimum gradient (.alpha., .beta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Ohura, Keiji Shintani, Yoko Koseki, Hiroto Toba, Toshiro Obi, Kazuyuki Kobayashi