Patents by Inventor Yasutaka Katayama

Yasutaka Katayama 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: 20240099069
    Abstract: A high-resolution display device is provided. A display device with both high display quality and high resolution is provided. The display device includes a first display element including a first pixel electrode, a first EL layer, and a common electrode; a second display element including a second pixel electrode, a second EL layer, and the common electrode; a first insulating layer covering an end portion of the first pixel electrode and an end portion of the second pixel electrode; a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer; and a third insulating layer over the second insulating layer. The first EL layer is placed over the first pixel electrode and the third insulating layer. The second EL layer is placed over the second pixel electrode and the third insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Rai SATO, Masahiro KATAYAMA, Naoto GOTO, Yasutaka NAKAZAWA, Kenichi OKAZAKI
  • Patent number: 8044335
    Abstract: A level sensor, i.e., a light receiving section (11X) having multiple light receiving elements (PDX1 to PDXn) arranged in parallel. In the level sensor, each two adjacent output terminals of the light receiving elements (PDX1 to PDXn) are connected by one of resistors (RX1 to RXn).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventor: Yasutaka Katayama
  • Patent number: 7982171
    Abstract: A detection sensor to detect a receiving position of laser light according to the present invention includes a pair of light receiving element arrays (11X and 11Y), wherein adjacent light receiving elements (PDXi) are positioned as spaced equidistantly from one another and are mutually connected via a resistor (RXj), and wherein the output lines (11a and 11b) are respectively connected to the light receiving elements that are present at both ends of the respective light receiving element arrays (11X and 11Y). The light receiving element arrays (11X and 11Y) configure a composite array wherein the light receiving elements of a first light receiving element array are respectively positioned between the mutually adjacent light receiving elements of a second light receiving element array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventor: Yasutaka Katayama
  • Patent number: 7814670
    Abstract: A laser level detection system which detects a reference plane of laser at an arbitrary position includes a plurality of level detection units and an operation unit which displays a detection result of each of the level detection units and can operate each of the level detection units, and the laser level detection unit, which has detected the reference plane of the laser, outputs the detection result and an own identification signal of the level detection unit, and the operation unit displays the detection result and a receiving result of the identification signal of the level detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Yasutaka Katayama, Kunihiro Hayashi, Takaaki Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20090244548
    Abstract: A level sensor, i.e., a light receiving section (11X) having multiple light receiving elements (PDX1 to PDXn) arranged in parallel. In the level sensor, each two adjacent output terminals of the light receiving elements (PDX1 to PDXn) are connected by one of resistors (RX1 to RXn).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventor: Yasutaka Katayama
  • Patent number: 7589829
    Abstract: A laser measuring system, which comprises a laser rotary irradiation device for forming a laser reference plane by projecting a laser beam in rotary irradiation, and a photodetection device for performing position measurement by receiving the laser beam, wherein the laser rotary irradiation device comprises a laser beam emitter, an emission light amount adjusting means for adjusting light amount of the laser beam of the laser beam emitter, and a first communication means for performing communication with said photodetection device, and wherein the photodetection device comprises a photodetector for detecting the reference plane, a second communication means for performing communication to and from the laser rotary irradiation device, and a control unit for calculating whether a photodetection signal from the photodetector is within a predetermined range or not, wherein the first communication means transmits a laser beam emitting condition of the laser rotary irradiation device to the second communication mea
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Takaaki Yamazaki, Yasutaka Katayama
  • Patent number: 7483153
    Abstract: A power-saving control method in a laser measuring system, which comprises a laser rotary irradiation device for forming a laser reference plane by projecting a laser beam in rotary irradiation and a photodetection device for carrying out position measurement by receiving the laser beam, comprising a step of detecting using status of the photodetection device by the photodetection device, a step of selecting steady operation or power-saving mode based on the detection of using status, a step of transmitting a power-saving mode transition instruction to the laser rotary irradiation device by the photodetection device when the power-saving mode is selected, a step of receiving the power-saving mode transition instruction by the laser rotary irradiation device, and a step of executing power-saving control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Takaaki Yamazaki, Yasutaka Katayama
  • Publication number: 20080231838
    Abstract: A detection sensor to detect a receiving position of laser light according to the present invention includes a pair of light receiving element arrays (11X and 11Y), wherein adjacent light receiving elements (PDXi) are positioned as spaced equidistantly from one another and are mutually connected via a resistor (RXj), and wherein the output lines (11a and 11b) are respectively connected to the light receiving elements that are present at both ends of the respective light receiving element arrays (11X and 11Y). The light receiving element arrays (11X and 11Y) configure a composite array wherein the light receiving elements of a first light receiving element array are respectively positioned between the mutually adjacent light receiving elements of a second light receiving element array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Yasutaka Katayama
  • Publication number: 20080231839
    Abstract: A power-saving control method in a laser measuring system, which comprises a laser rotary irradiation device for forming a laser reference plane by projecting a laser beam in rotary irradiation and a photodetection device for carrying out position measurement by receiving the laser beam, comprising a step of detecting using status of the photodetection device by the photodetection device, a step of selecting steady operation or power-saving mode based on the detection of using status, a step of transmitting a power-saving mode transition instruction to the laser rotary irradiation device by the photodetection device when the power-saving mode is selected, a step of receiving the power-saving mode transition instruction by the laser rotary irradiation device, and a step of executing power-saving control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Takaaki Yamazaki, Yasutaka Katayama
  • Publication number: 20080218739
    Abstract: A laser measuring system, which comprises a laser rotary irradiation device for forming a laser reference plane by projecting a laser beam in rotary irradiation, and a photodetection device for performing position measurement by receiving the laser beam, wherein the laser rotary irradiation device comprises a laser beam emitter, an emission light amount adjusting means for adjusting light amount of the laser beam of the laser beam emitter, and a first communication means for performing communication with said photodetection device, and wherein the photodetection device comprises a photodetector for detecting the reference plane, a second communication means for performing communication to and from the laser rotary irradiation device, and a control unit for calculating whether a photodetection signal from the photodetector is within a predetermined range or not, wherein the first communication means transmits a laser beam emitting condition of the laser rotary irradiation device to the second communication mea
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Takaaki Yamazaki, Yasutaka Katayama
  • Patent number: 7339154
    Abstract: A level detector includes a light receiving element unit having a plurality of light receiving elements; a first amplifier circuit configured to amplify a light receiving signal; a first gain switching circuit; a first peak hold circuit; an arithmetic control device configured to analyze a light receiving position of the position detection unit; a second amplifier circuit; and a second gain switching circuit configured to switch and set a gain of the second amplifier circuit, the arithmetic control device analyzes the light receiving position of laser light received by the position detection unit, based on a signal output from the second amplifier circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventor: Yasutaka Katayama
  • Publication number: 20070084988
    Abstract: A level detector includes a light receiving element unit having a plurality of light receiving elements; a first amplifier circuit configured to amplify a light receiving signal; a first gain switching circuit; a first peak hold circuit; an arithmetic control device configured to analyze a light receiving position of the position detection unit; a second amplifier circuit; and a second gain switching circuit configured to switch and set a gain of the second amplifier circuit, the arithmetic control device analyzes the light receiving position of laser light received by the position detection unit, based on a signal output from the second amplifier circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventor: Yasutaka Katayama
  • Publication number: 20070076188
    Abstract: A laser level detection system which detects a reference plane of laser at an arbitrary position includes a plurality of level detection units and an operation unit which displays a detection result of each of the level detection units and can operate each of the level detection units, and the laser level detection unit, which has detected the reference plane of the laser, outputs the detection result and an own identification signal of the level detection unit, and the operation unit displays the detection result and a receiving result of the identification signal of the level detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Yasutaka Katayama, Kunihiro Hayashi, Takaaki Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 6442862
    Abstract: A displacement measuring appparatus is small in size and hence capable of avoiding interference with other units and further has its measurement accuracy hardly deteriorated. There are disposed pulleys for movement with respect to the body of the appartus and there is disposed an energizing means such that the pulleys are subjected to the energizing force. A wire is passed around the pulleys. When the wire is subjected to a pulling force, the pulleys are moved against the energizing force of the energizing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Kazuaki Kimura, Jun Sasagawa, Yohei Ogawa, Yasutaka Katayama, Shuichi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 6023326
    Abstract: A surveying system comprises a surveying machine (11) which is disposed at a reference point (A) and a reflecting mirror (5) which is disposed on the side of a target point (B). In this surveying system, a signal-light projecting device (16) for projecting a beam of signal light (P3) onto the surveying machine (11) is disposed on the side of the target point (B), and a rough-direction detecting device (20) for detecting roughly a direction in which the signal-light projecting device (16) is located by receiving the beam of signal light (P8), and a precise-direction detecting device (21) for detecting precisely the direction in which the signal-light projecting device (16) is located by receiving the beam of signal light (P3) are disposed on the side of the surveying machine (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Yasutaka Katayama, Kazuaki Kimura, Jun Sasagawa, Kazushige Koshikawa
  • Patent number: 5532813
    Abstract: In a light-wave distance meter, a light source device emits reference modulated light beams from multiple spatially-separated light emitting areas, an optical means radiates a light beam derived from the multiple modulated light beams to the target of measurement, a light beam reception means receives the reflected return light beam from the target and converts it into an electrical pulse signal, and a distance measuring means calculates the distance to the target based on the time difference between the light beam emission and the return light beam reception. The low coherence and high intensity light beam produced by the light source device enables the extension of the maximum measurable distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Masahiro Ohishi, Fumio Ohtomo, Kazuaki Kimura, Masaaki Yabe, Yasutaka Katayama, Kazushige Koshikawa, Takeshige Saito