Patents by Inventor Yohei Takechi

Yohei Takechi 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: 20240227074
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus sets a processing section passing through a target position on a processing surface, sets a measurement section centered on the target position in the processing section, sets a plurality of data acquisition positions that are trajectories perpendicular to a processing direction in the measurement section. The laser processing apparatus acquires pieces of measurement data indicating shapes of keyholes at the respective data acquisition positions during processing of the processing section, and projects the pieces of measurement data in the processing direction to be superimposed on each other to create projection data. The laser processing apparatus obtains the second instruction value in a direction perpendicular to the processing direction at the target position on the basis of the projection data. Therefore, it is possible to provide a laser processing apparatus and a laser processing method capable of accurately measuring a depth of a keyhole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jun YOKOYAMA, Yohei TAKECHI
  • Publication number: 20240227072
    Abstract: Laser processing apparatus includes movable mirror for changing paths of laser light for processing and measurement light, and stage for changing an incident angle of measuring light. Furthermore, laser processing apparatus includes lens for condensing laser light for processing and measurement light on processing point, controller for controlling laser oscillator, movable mirror, and stage based on corrected data for processing, and measurement processor for measuring a depth of keyhole generated at processing point. The corrected data for processing is data corrected so as to a deviation of an arrival position of at least one of laser light for processing and measurement light caused by chromatic aberration of lens on the surface of workpiece. With this configuration, an accurate depth of keyhole can be measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yohei TAKECHI, Jun YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11975403
    Abstract: Laser processing apparatus includes movable mirror for changing paths of laser light for processing and measurement light, and stage for changing an incident angle of measuring light. Furthermore, laser processing apparatus includes lens for condensing laser light for processing and measurement light on processing point, controller for controlling laser oscillator, movable mirror, and stage based on corrected data for processing, and measurement processor for measuring a depth of keyhole generated at processing point. The corrected data for processing is data corrected so as to a deviation of an arrival position of at least one of laser light for processing and measurement light caused by chromatic aberration of lens on the surface of workpiece. With this configuration, an accurate depth of keyhole can be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Takechi, Jun Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11969823
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus sets a processing section passing through a target position on a processing surface, sets a measurement section centered on the target position in the processing section, sets a plurality of data acquisition positions that are trajectories perpendicular to a processing direction in the measurement section. The laser processing apparatus acquires pieces of measurement data indicating shapes of keyholes at the respective data acquisition positions during processing of the processing section, and projects the pieces of measurement data in the processing direction to be superimposed on each other to create projection data. The laser processing apparatus obtains the second instruction value in a direction perpendicular to the processing direction at the target position on the basis of the projection data. Therefore, it is possible to provide a laser processing apparatus and a laser processing method capable of accurately measuring a depth of a keyhole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Yokoyama, Yohei Takechi
  • Patent number: 11648629
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus is used which includes: a laser oscillator that oscillates a processing laser beam at a processing point to be processed on a surface of a workpiece; an optical interferometer that emits a measurement beam to the processing point and generates an optical interference intensity signal based on interference generated due to an optical path difference between the measurement beam reflected at the processing point and a reference beam; a first mirror that changes traveling directions of the processing laser beam and the measurement beam; a second mirror that changes an incident angle of the measurement beam onto the first mirror; a lens that focuses the processing laser beam and the measurement beam on the processing point; a memory that stores corrected processing data; a control unit that controls the laser oscillator, the first mirror, and the second mirror based on the corrected processing data; and a measurement processing unit that derives a depth of a keyhole generated at the p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Takechi, Jun Yokoyama, Takashi Urashima
  • Patent number: 11648624
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus emits processing light, measurement light, processing guide light, and measurement guide light with which a surface of a workpiece is irradiated. Respective wavelengths of the processing guide light and the measurement guide light are set to wavelengths at which a deviation amount between an irradiation position of the processing guide light and an irradiation position of the measurement guide light due to a chromatic aberration of magnification of a lens, and a deviation amount between an irradiation position of the processing light and an irradiation position of the measurement light due to the chromatic aberration of magnification of the lens are equal to each other. Therefore, positioning of spot positions of a plurality of laser lights having different output differences can be realized with high accuracy and high speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Yokoyama, Yohei Takechi
  • Patent number: 11408722
    Abstract: OCT measuring device in the present exemplary embodiment includes: wavelength sweep light source that emits light of which a wavelength is swept; optical interferometer that divides the light into measurement light and reference light, emits measurement light toward measurement surface of measuring target object, and generates an optical interference intensity signal indicating an intensity of interference between measurement light reflected from measurement surface and reference light; electro-optic element which is a phase modulator arranged in a light path of optical interferometer; measurement processor which is a signal generator that derives a position of measurement surface and generates a phase amount indicator signal that indicates a phase amount of phase modulator based on the optical interference intensity signal; and electro-optic element controller which is a phase amount controller that controls the phase amount given to the light that is transmitted through phase modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Takechi, Jun Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20220055147
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes a laser oscillator that oscillates processing laser light to be incident on a processing point on a processing surface of a workpiece, a coupling mirror that deflects or transmits the processing laser light and measurement light to be incident on the processing point toward the processing point, a measurement light deflection unit that changes an incident angle of the measurement light on the coupling mirror, a lens that concentrates the processing laser light and the measurement light on the processing point, a controller that controls the laser oscillator and the measurement light deflection unit, a measurement processor that measures a depth of a keyhole generated at the processing point by the processing laser light by using an optical interference signal based on an interference generated by an optical path difference between the measurement light reflected at the processing point and reference light, and a beam position measurement unit that measures positions of th
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: JUN YOKOYAMA, TAKASHI URASHIMA, YOHEI TAKECHI
  • Publication number: 20210381818
    Abstract: OCT measuring device in the present exemplary embodiment includes: wavelength sweep light source that emits light of which a wavelength is swept; optical interferometer that divides the light into measurement light and reference light, emits measurement light toward measurement surface of measuring target object, and generates an optical interference intensity signal indicating an intensity of interference between measurement light reflected from measurement surface and reference light; electro-optic element which is a phase modulator arranged in a light path of optical interferometer; measurement processor which is a signal generator that derives a position of measurement surface and generates a phase amount indicator signal that indicates a phase amount of phase modulator based on the optical interference intensity signal; and electro-optic element controller which is a phase amount controller that controls the phase amount given to the light that is transmitted through phase modulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: YOHEI TAKECHI, JUN YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210323088
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus sets a processing section passing through a target position on a processing surface, sets a measurement section centered on the target position in the processing section, sets a plurality of data acquisition positions that are trajectories perpendicular to a processing direction in the measurement section. The laser processing apparatus acquires pieces of measurement data indicating shapes of keyholes at the respective data acquisition positions during processing of the processing section, and projects the pieces of measurement data in the processing direction to be superimposed on each other to create projection data. The laser processing apparatus obtains the second instruction value in a direction perpendicular to the processing direction at the target position on the basis of the projection data. Therefore, it is possible to provide a laser processing apparatus and a laser processing method capable of accurately measuring a depth of a keyhole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: JUN YOKOYAMA, YOHEI TAKECHI
  • Publication number: 20210060695
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus emits processing light, measurement light, processing guide light, and measurement guide light with which a surface of a workpiece is irradiated. Respective wavelengths of the processing guide light and the measurement guide light are set to wavelengths at which a deviation amount between an irradiation position of the processing guide light and an irradiation position of the measurement guide light due to a chromatic aberration of magnification of a lens, and a deviation amount between an irradiation position of the processing light and an irradiation position of the measurement light due to the chromatic aberration of magnification of the lens are equal to each other. Therefore, positioning of spot positions of a plurality of laser lights having different output differences can be realized with high accuracy and high speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jun Yokoyama, Yohei Takechi
  • Publication number: 20210053149
    Abstract: Laser processing apparatus includes movable mirror for changing paths of laser light for processing and measurement light, and stage for changing an incident angle of measuring light. Furthermore, laser processing apparatus includes lens for condensing laser light for processing and measurement light on processing point, controller for controlling laser oscillator, movable mirror, and stage based on corrected data for processing, and measurement processor for measuring a depth of keyhole generated at processing point. The corrected data for processing is data corrected so as to a deviation of an arrival position of at least one of laser light for processing and measurement light caused by chromatic aberration of lens on the surface of workpiece. With this configuration, an accurate depth of keyhole can be measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yohei TAKECHI, Jun YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200361038
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus is used which includes: a laser oscillator that oscillates a processing laser beam at a processing point to be processed on a surface of a workpiece; an optical interferometer that emits a measurement beam to the processing point and generates an optical interference intensity signal based on interference generated due to an optical path difference between the measurement beam reflected at the processing point and a reference beam; a first mirror that changes traveling directions of the processing laser beam and the measurement beam; a second mirror that changes an incident angle of the measurement beam onto the first mirror; a lens that focuses the processing laser beam and the measurement beam on the processing point; a memory that stores corrected processing data; a control unit that controls the laser oscillator, the first mirror, and the second mirror based on the corrected processing data; and a measurement processing unit that derives a depth of a keyhole generated at the p
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: YOHEI TAKECHI, JUN YOKOYAMA, TAKASHI URASHIMA
  • Patent number: 9977229
    Abstract: In an inner layer measurement method, first irradiation light and second irradiation light having a peak wavelength longer than that of the first irradiation light are formed by changing at least one of a position where light emitted from a lamp is transmitted through a short pass filter and a position where light emitted from a lamp is transmitted through a long pass filter. Then, a first XY sectional surface of a semitransparent body is measured by irradiating the first XY sectional surface with the first irradiation light. A second XY sectional surface positioned on a layer deeper than the first XY sectional surface is measured by irradiating the second XY sectional surface with the second irradiation light. Each of the short pass filter and the long pass filter can transmit the light and has properties of changing a cutoff wavelength according to the position where the light is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Oikaze, Yasuhiro Kabetani, Yohei Takechi, Tomotaka Furuta
  • Patent number: 9500861
    Abstract: A protective member protects an objective lens. The protective member includes an insertion opening through which an objective lens is configured to be inserted and a main body configured to cover the inserted objective lens. The main body includes a side wall portion connected to the insertion opening and a bottom portion connected to the side wall portion as well as facing the insertion opening, and covers the inserted objective lens with the side wall portion and the bottom portion. The protective member further includes a liquid disposed inside the main body, a sealing film body for sealing the insertion opening and a window arranged in the bottom portion of the main body, through which light transmits. The protective member can simplify the work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Takechi, Hirotoshi Oikaze, Yasuhiro Kabetani, Tomotaka Furuta
  • Publication number: 20160259162
    Abstract: A protective member protects an objective lens. The protective member includes an insertion opening through which an objective lens is configured to be inserted and a main body configured to cover the inserted objective lens. The main body includes a side wall portion connected to the insertion opening and a bottom portion connected to the side wall portion as well as facing the insertion opening, and covers the inserted objective lens with the side wall portion and the bottom portion. The protective member further includes a liquid disposed inside the main body, a sealing film body for sealing the insertion opening and a window arranged in the bottom portion of the main body, through which light transmits. The protective member can simplify the work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: YOHEI TAKECHI, HIROTOSHI OIKAZE, YASUHIRO KABETANI, TOMOTAKA FURUTA
  • Publication number: 20160143589
    Abstract: A biological measurement device includes a phase modulation type interferometer, a first stage, a light transmitting plate, and a second stage. The first stage is able to retain a target which is a biological body. The light transmitting plate is disposed between the first stage and the interferometer in a direction of an optical axis of measurement light of the interferometer. The second stage supports the light transmitting plate. The first stage is configured to expand by a pressure of a gaseous body in the direction of the optical axis of the measurement light of the interferometer and to press the target against the light transmitting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: YASUHIRO KABETANI, HIROTOSHI OIKAZE, YOHEI TAKECHI, TOMOTAKA FURUTA
  • Publication number: 20160097921
    Abstract: In an inner layer measurement method, first irradiation light and second irradiation light having a peak wavelength longer than that of the first irradiation light are formed by changing at least one of a position where light emitted from a lamp is transmitted through a short pass filter and a position where light emitted from a lamp is transmitted through a long pass filter. Then, a first XY sectional surface of a semitransparent body is measured by irradiating the first XY sectional surface with the first irradiation light. A second XY sectional surface positioned on a layer deeper than the first XY sectional surface is measured by irradiating the second XY sectional surface with the second irradiation light. Each of the short pass filter and the long pass filter can transmit the light and has properties of changing a cutoff wavelength according to the position where the light is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: HIROTOSHI OIKAZE, YASUHIRO KABETANI, YOHEI TAKECHI, TOMOTAKA FURUTA
  • Patent number: 8885848
    Abstract: Quality of industrial products is evaluated by evaluating non-stationary operation sound, which is a kind of operation sound, from an aspect of tone, using closely simulated evaluation levels of evaluation of non-stationary sound by used of a human sense of hearing. An operation sound of a conforming product sample is converted into sound waveform data by a sound collecting unit, and the sound waveform data is input into a computer via an A-D converter, and then converted into psychoacoustic parameters. Data of pseudo conforming products is additionally obtained from the psychoacoustic parameters of a plurality of conforming product samples by making use of deviation in the data of the conforming product samples. Threshold data is obtained using thresholds and masking data for evaluation calculated from psychoacoustic parameters of data of the conforming product samples and the pseudo conforming products by a statistical technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Takechi, Yutaka Omori
  • Publication number: 20140209150
    Abstract: A solar cell module includes solar cells, a wiring member electrically connecting the solar cells, a first protection member provided on a light-receiving-surface side of the solar cells, a second protection member provided on a back-surface side of the solar cells, and a sealing material provided between the first protection member and the second protection member to seal the solar cells therein. The first protection member has a first texture on one of principal surfaces thereof that faces the opposite side of the solar cells. The wiring member has a second texture on one of principal surfaces thereof that faces the first protection member. The first texture and the second texture are provided such that, in a plan view, a normal to a surface of the first texture is not parallel to a normal to a surface of the second texture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicants: Panasonic Corporation, SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji FUKUMOCHI, Toshiyuki SAKUMA, Takahiro HAGA, Shingo OKAMOTO, Keiichi KURAMOTO, Kenichiro MASE, Yohei TAKECHI