Patents by Inventor Yasufumi Shimoe

Yasufumi Shimoe 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: 7104951
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an endoscope system having an insertion member thereof wound about a drum comprises an electronic endoscope, a drum, an angling input unit, a motor-driven angling unit, a camera control unit, a motor-driven angling control circuit unit, and a stowage case. A bending section included in an insertion member of the electronic endoscope is motor-driven to bend, and a solid-state imaging device is incorporated at the tip of the insertion member. The insertion member is wound about the periphery of the drum. The angling input unit is separated from the electronic endoscope, and used to enter a direction of bending in which a user wants to bend the bending section. The motor-driven angling unit is incorporated in the drum, and includes a driving source for driving a driving mechanism that drives the bending section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Seiji Kimura, Nobuyuki Saruya, Shinji Fujikawa, Takakazu Ishigami, Masahiro Kumakura, Yasufumi Shimoe
  • Patent number: 7034515
    Abstract: An instantaneous voltage dip detection device is provided with: all-pass filter (2) for phase shifting a supply voltage waveform (11) by 90°; a comparator 7 that outputs a signal when the supply voltage waveform (11) is smaller than a threshold (12) in regions of ?/4 to 3?/4, 5?/4 to 7?/4; a comparator (8) that outputs a signal when a phase shift voltage waveform (13) is smaller than a threshold (14) in regions of 0 to ?/4, 3?/4 to 5?/4, 7?/4 to 2?; an OR circuit (9) to which signals from the comparators (7), (8) are inputted; and a signal generator (10) for generating a voltage dip detection signal in response to an output from the OR circuit (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasufumi Shimoe, Yoshihiro Hatakeyama
  • Publication number: 20060012379
    Abstract: An instantaneous voltage dip detection device is provided with: all-pass filter (2) for phase shifting a supply voltage waveform (11) by 90°; a comparator 7 that outputs a signal when the supply voltage waveform (11) is smaller than a threshold (12) in regions of ?/4 to 3?/4, 5?/4 to 7?/4; a comparator (8) that outputs a signal when a phase shift voltage waveform (13) is smaller than a threshold (14) in regions of 0 to ?/4, 3?/4 to 5?/4, 7?/4 to 2?; an OR circuit (9) to which signals from the comparators (7), (8) are inputted; and a signal generator (10) for generating a voltage dip detection signal in response to an output from the OR circuit (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Yasufumi Shimoe, Yoshihiro Hatakeyama
  • Patent number: 6846285
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an endoscope system having an insertion member thereof wound about a drum comprises an electronic endoscope, a drum, an angling input unit, a motor-driven angling unit, a camera control unit, a motor-driven angling control circuit unit, and a stowage case. A bending section included in an insertion member of the electronic endoscope is motor-driven to bend, and a solid-state imaging device is incorporated at the tip of the insertion member. The insertion member is wound about the periphery of the drum. The angling input unit is separated from the electronic endoscope, and used to enter a direction of bending in which a user wants to bend the bending section. The motor-driven angling unit is incorporated in the drum, and includes a driving source for driving a driving mechanism that drives the bending section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Seiji Kimura, Nobuyuki Saruya, Shinji Fujikawa, Takakazu Ishigami, Masahiro Kumakura, Yasufumi Shimoe
  • Patent number: 6752758
    Abstract: An operational remote controller integrates a joystick for bending a bending portion of an inserted portion in an endoscope. A bending lever stands on the joystick. For every automatically returning of the bending lever to a neutral position, a CPU of the operational remote controller detects the neutral position and sets an insensitive band within a predetermined range of the neutral position. Thus, the insensitive band can be set within a relatively narrow range irrespective of variation of neutral positions. The CPU supplies positional information of the bending lever to a control circuit for controlling a motor drive circuit. The control circuit controls a motor drive circuit based on the supplied positional information, and the motor drive circuit drives a motor to bend the bending portion of the inserted portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Motoki, Mitsunobu Ono, Takakazu Ishigami, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Yoshihiro Hayashi, Kenji Murakami, Yasufumi Shimoe
  • Publication number: 20030195389
    Abstract: An operational remote controller integrates a joystick for bending a bending portion of an inserted portion in an endoscope. A bending lever stands on the joystick. For every automatically returning of the bending lever to a neutral position, a CPU of the operational remote controller detects the neutral position and sets an insensitive band within a predetermined range of the neutral position. Thus, the insensitive band can be set within a relatively narrow range irrespective of variation of neutral positions. The CPU supplies positional information of the bending lever to a control circuit for controlling a motor drive circuit. The control circuit controls a motor drive circuit based on the supplied positional information, and the motor drive circuit drives a motor to bend the bending portion of the inserted portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Motoki, Mitsunobu Ono, Takakazu Ishigami, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Yoshihiro Hayashi, Kenji Murakami, Yasufumi Shimoe
  • Patent number: 6569086
    Abstract: An operational remote controller integrates a joystick for bending a bending portion of an inserted portion in an endoscope. A bending lever stands on the joystick. For every automatically returning of the bending lever to a neutral position, a CPU of the operational remote controller detects the neutral position and sets an insensitive band within a predetermined range of the neutral position. Thus, the insensitive band can be set within a relatively narrow range irrespective of variation of neutral positions. The CPU supplies positional information of the bending lever to a control circuit for controlling a motor drive circuit. The control circuit controls a motor drive circuit based on the supplied positional information, and the motor drive circuit drives a motor to bend the bending portion of the inserted portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Motoki, Mitsunobu Ono, Takakazu Ishigami, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Yoshihiro Hayashi, Kenji Murakami, Yasufumi Shimoe
  • Publication number: 20020032365
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an endoscope system having an insertion member thereof wound about a drum comprises an electronic endoscope, a drum, an angling input unit, a motor-driven angling unit, a camera control unit, a motor-driven angling control circuit unit, and a stowage case. A bending section included in an insertion member of the electronic endoscope is motor-driven to bend, and a solid-state imaging device is incorporated at the tip of the insertion member. The insertion member is wound about the periphery of the drum. The angling input unit is separated from the electronic endoscope, and used to enter a direction of bending in which a user wants to bend the bending section. The motor-driven angling unit is incorporated in the drum, and includes a driving source for driving a driving mechanism that drives the bending section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Seiji Kimura, Nobuyuki Saruya, Shinji Fujikawa, Takakazu Ishigami, Masahiro Kumakura, Yasufumi Shimoe
  • Publication number: 20020026096
    Abstract: An operational remote controller integrates a joystick for bending a bending portion of an inserted portion in an endoscope. A bending lever stands on the joystick. For every automatically returning of the bending lever to a neutral position, a CPU of the operational remote controller detects the neutral position and sets an insensitive band within a predetermined range of the neutral position. Thus, the insensitive band can be set within a relatively narrow range irrespective of variation of neutral positions. The CPU supplies positional information of the bending lever to a control circuit for controlling a motor drive circuit. The control circuit controls a motor drive circuit based on the supplied positional information, and the motor drive circuit drives a motor to bend the bending portion of the inserted portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Motoki, Mitsunobu Ono, Takakazu Ishigami, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Yoshihiro Hayashi, Kenji Murakami, Yasufumi Shimoe