Patents by Inventor Tsugio Gomi

Tsugio Gomi 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: 20220373391
    Abstract: A spectroscopic camera includes a spectroscopic element and a light receiver, and a method for correcting the spectroscopic camera includes causing light having a first wave number from a spectroscopic light source to be incident on the spectroscopic element, causing the light receiver to receive light having a second wave number and outputted from the spectroscopic element, generating a matrix representing the spectral characteristics of the light having the second wave number based on the output from the light receiver, and generating a correction matrix based on the inverse matrix of the matrix and storing the correction matrix in a storage section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventor: Tsugio GOMI
  • Patent number: 10900831
    Abstract: A spectroscopic measurement apparatus includes a light emitter simultaneously emitting light including light having all wavelengths in a wavelength range from 400 nm to 700 nm to a measurement target, a light disperser dispersing a reflected light reflected by the measurement target to a predetermined wavelength, a light receiver that receives the light dispersed by the light disperser and outputs a second light reception amount indicating a light intensity of the received light, and a calculator that receives the second light reception amount of each wavelength and calculates a reflection spectrum when the measurement target is irradiated with light, in which the calculator calculates reflectance of a predetermined wavelength using the second light reception amounts of a plurality of wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventor: Tsugio Gomi
  • Patent number: 10900833
    Abstract: A spectral reflectometer includes a first substrate, a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element in which a height of a first light emitting portion which is the height from the first substrate to a first light emitting portion of the first light emitting element, which is installed on the first substrate and a height of a second light emitting portion which is the height from the first substrate to a second light emitting portion of the second light emitting element are different, and a light receiver that receives light, in which the second light emitting element having a high height of the second light emitting portion is installed at a position close to an optical axis of the light received by the light receiver from the first light emitting element having a low height of the first light emitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventor: Tsugio Gomi
  • Publication number: 20200041343
    Abstract: A spectroscopic measurement apparatus includes a light emitter simultaneously emitting light including light having all wavelengths in a wavelength range from 400 nm to 700 nm to a measurement target, a light disperser dispersing a reflected light reflected by the measurement target to a predetermined wavelength, a light receiver that receives the light dispersed by the light disperser and outputs a second light reception amount indicating a light intensity of the received light, and a calculator that receives the second light reception amount of each wavelength and calculates a reflection spectrum when the measurement target is irradiated with light, in which the calculator calculates reflectance of a predetermined wavelength using the second light reception amounts of a plurality of wavelengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventor: Tsugio GOMI
  • Patent number: 10473527
    Abstract: A measuring device is a measuring device that performs colorimetry of an evaluation patch formed on a medium and a paper white patch that is a portion exposed by the medium. The measuring device has a light source portion that irradiates the medium with an illumination light, a measurement portion that acquires an amount of light from the medium as a measurement value, a memory that holds a paper white standard value that is a reference measurement value of the paper white patch, and a colorimetry unit that corrects a measurement value of the evaluation patch based on the measurement value of the paper white patch and the paper white standard value. Even in a case where a measurement position is changed, a reflectance of the evaluation patch is accurately calculated and a chromaticity of the evaluation patch can be accurately acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tsugio Gomi
  • Patent number: 10442228
    Abstract: A printer that incorporates a spectrometry device includes a spectroscope, a distance measurer, and a spectrometry unit. The spectroscope includes a wavelength-selective interference filter on which light from a position of measurement in a medium is incident. The distance measurer measures the distance between the position of measurement and the spectroscope, and the spectrometry unit performs spectrometry at the position of measurement by using the spectroscope and correct a measured value obtained by the spectrometry based on the measured distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tsugio Gomi
  • Patent number: 10308051
    Abstract: A measurement device includes a light source that radiates an illumination light on a measurement object; and a measurement unit that measures a measurement light that is reflection light obtained by the illumination light being reflected by the measurement object or transmitted light obtained by the illumination light passing through the measurement object. The illumination light is a plurality of illumination lights. In a case where the measurement object is positioned at a reference position, an illumination center at which an optical axis of each of the plurality of illumination lights and the measurement object intersect, and a measurement center that is a center of a measurement region of the measurement object measured by the measurement unit are positioned at different positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tsugio Gomi
  • Publication number: 20190162594
    Abstract: A spectral reflectometer includes a first substrate, a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element in which a height of a first light emitting portion which is the height from the first substrate to a first light emitting portion of the first light emitting element, which is installed on the first substrate and a height of a second light emitting portion which is the height from the first substrate to a second light emitting portion of the second light emitting element are different, and a light receiver that receives light, in which the second light emitting element having a high height of the second light emitting portion is installed at a position close to an optical axis of the light received by the light receiver from the first light emitting element having a low height of the first light emitting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Tsugio GOMI
  • Publication number: 20190154507
    Abstract: A measuring device is a measuring device that performs colorimetry of an evaluation patch formed on a medium and a paper white patch that is a portion exposed by the medium. The measuring device has a light source portion that irradiates the medium with an illumination light, a measurement portion that acquires an amount of light from the medium as a measurement value, a memory that holds a paper white standard value that is a reference measurement value of the paper white patch, and a colorimetry unit that corrects a measurement value of the evaluation patch based on the measurement value of the paper white patch and the paper white standard value. Even in a case where a measurement position is changed, a reflectance of the evaluation patch is accurately calculated and a chromaticity of the evaluation patch can be accurately acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Tsugio GOMI
  • Patent number: 10228285
    Abstract: A measuring device is a measuring device that performs colorimetry of an evaluation patch formed on a medium and a paper white patch that is a portion exposed by the medium. The measuring device has a light source portion that irradiates the medium with an illumination light, a measurement portion that acquires an amount of light from the medium as a measurement value, a memory that holds a paper white standard value that is a reference measurement value of the paper white patch, and a colorimetry unit that corrects a measurement value of the evaluation patch based on the measurement value of the paper white patch and the paper white standard value. Even in a case where a measurement position is changed, a reflectance of the evaluation patch is accurately calculated and a chromaticity of the evaluation patch can be accurately acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tsugio Gomi
  • Patent number: 10203494
    Abstract: An optical module includes a circuit substrate that has a concave portion and a flat surface, an optical sensor that is disposed inside a space, and an optical filter device that has a base which accommodates a variable wavelength interference filter and has a light-through hole through which light emitted from the variable wavelength interference filter passes and a first glass member which is disposed in the light-through hole. The first glass member is positioned inside the space. The base is bonded to the flat surface. The distance between the first glass member and the optical sensor is set to a distance at which light emitted from the variable wavelength interference filter does not interfere between the first glass member and the optical sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Matsuno, Tsugio Gomi
  • Publication number: 20180354284
    Abstract: A printer that incorporates a spectrometry device includes a spectroscope, a distance measurer, and a spectrometry unit. The spectroscope includes a wavelength-selective interference filter on which light from a position of measurement in a medium is incident. The distance measurer measures the distance between the position of measurement and the spectroscope, and the spectrometry unit performs spectrometry at the position of measurement by using the spectroscope and correct a measured value obtained by the spectrometry based on the measured distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: Tsugio GOMI
  • Patent number: 10076919
    Abstract: A printer that incorporates a spectrometry device includes a spectroscope, a distance measurer, and a spectrometry unit. The spectroscope includes a wavelength-selective interference filter on which light from a position of measurement in a medium is incident. The distance measurer measures the distance between the position of measurement and the spectroscope, and the spectrometry unit performs spectrometry at the position of measurement by using the spectroscope and correct a measured value obtained by the spectrometry based on the measured distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tsugio Gomi
  • Patent number: 10006854
    Abstract: A spectrometer includes a light source that radiates illumination light, and a measurement unit that measures measurement light in which illumination light is reflected by a medium. In a case where an illumination region that is a region in which the medium is irradiated with illumination light is smaller than a measurement region that is a region of the medium measurable by the measurement unit and in which the movement of the medium in the direction is within a range of an acceptable fluctuation amount, the illumination region is included in the measurement region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tsugio Gomi
  • Publication number: 20180087966
    Abstract: A measuring device is a measuring device that performs colorimetry of an evaluation patch formed on a medium and a paper white patch that is a portion exposed by the medium. The measuring device has a light source portion that irradiates the medium with an illumination light, a measurement portion that acquires an amount of light from the medium as a measurement value, a memory that holds a paper white standard value that is a reference measurement value of the paper white patch, and a colorimetry unit that corrects a measurement value of the evaluation patch based on the measurement value of the paper white patch and the paper white standard value. Even in a case where a measurement position is changed, a reflectance of the evaluation patch is accurately calculated and a chromaticity of the evaluation patch can be accurately acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventor: Tsugio GOMI
  • Publication number: 20170334221
    Abstract: A measurement device includes a light source that radiates an illumination light on a measurement object; and a measurement unit that measures a measurement light that is reflection light obtained by the illumination light being reflected by the measurement object or transmitted light obtained by the illumination light passing through the measurement object. The illumination light is a plurality of illumination lights. In a case where the measurement object is positioned at a reference position, an illumination center at which an optical axis of each of the plurality of illumination lights and the measurement object intersect, and a measurement center that is a center of a measurement region of the measurement object measured by the measurement unit are positioned at different positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventor: Tsugio GOMI
  • Patent number: 9766125
    Abstract: A spectrometry apparatus includes a light incident section on which incident light from an image pickup target is made incident, an image pickup section provided on an optical path of the incident light input from the light incident section, a variable wavelength interference filter configured to transmit light having a predetermined wavelength from the incident light input from the light incident section and capable of changing the wavelength of the light to be transmitted, and a filter-position switching section configured to advance and retract the variable wavelength interference filter to and from an optical path of the incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsugio Gomi
  • Publication number: 20170122864
    Abstract: A spectrometer includes a light source that radiates illumination light, and a measurement unit that measures measurement light in which illumination light is reflected by a medium. In a case where an illumination region that is a region in which the medium is irradiated with illumination light is smaller than a measurement region that is a region of the medium measurable by the measurement unit and in which the movement of the medium in the direction is within a range of an acceptable fluctuation amount, the illumination region is included in the measurement region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Tsugio GOMI
  • Publication number: 20160279991
    Abstract: A printer that incorporates a spectrometry device includes a spectroscope, a distance measurer, and a spectrometry unit. The spectroscope includes a wavelength-selective interference filter on which light from a position of measurement in a medium is incident. The distance measurer measures the distance between the position of measurement and the spectroscope, and the spectrometry unit performs spectrometry at the position of measurement by using the spectroscope and correct a measured value obtained by the spectrometry based on the measured distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Tsugio GOMI
  • Patent number: 9430987
    Abstract: An image display device includes a display section adapted to display an image, a photometric section including a variable wavelength interference filter adapted to transmit light with a predetermined wavelength from incident light and a photosensor adapted to detect light obtained by dispersion, and disposed so as to be opposed to the display section, and a control section adapted to control the display section and the photometric section, and the control section obtains a spectrum of the incident light based on light intensity of the light detected by the photosensor, and then performs a color correction of the display section based on the spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tsugio Gomi, Kazunori Sakurai