320 patents
Utility
Method for Manufacturing Glass Plate, Method for Manufacturing Glass Substrate for Magnetic Disk, Method for Manufacturing Magnetic Disk, and Annular Glass Plate
18 Jan 24
In a method for manufacturing a glass plate that includes chamfering processing for chamfering an edge surface of a glass plate, the chamfering processing includes a step of forming a chamfered surface by irradiating the edge surface of the glass plate with a laser beam, and a step of heating the glass plate before the chamfered surface is formed.
Shuhei AZUMA
Filed: 25 Nov 21
Utility
Method, Device, and Computer-readable Storage Medium for Reducing False-positive Detections In Images of a Video Signal
11 Jan 24
An information content of a section of a current image of a series of images of a video signal is calculated, wherein the video signal has to be fed to an algorithm for calculating and indicating detections of objects in the video signal.
Hannes SEIBT
Filed: 11 Nov 21
Utility
Peroxide-resistant Flexible Endoscope, and Methods of Reprocessing or Sterilizing Such Endoscope
11 Jan 24
A peroxide-resistant endoscope comprises an interface portion; a control portion coupled to the interface portion; and an insertion portion coupled to the control portion.
Hrishikesh DEO, Yusuke IIMORI, Yasuhiro SAKAI, Norimasa OKADA
Filed: 7 Jul 22
Utility
Endoscope
11 Jan 24
An endoscope includes a light emitting module incorporated in a distal end portion of an insertion tube, the light emitting module includes a mounting substrate on which a plurality of light emitting elements is mounted, the mounting substrate has an annular shape in which a hole through which an image sensor using the light emitting elements as a light source is to be inserted is provided in a central portion and includes a first surface on which the light emitting elements are surface-mounted and a side surface located at a peripheral edge of the first surface, a conductive portion electrically connected to the light emitting elements is provided on the side surface, and a power supply line for supplying power to the light emitting element is connected to the conductive portion.
Atsushi KOMORO
Filed: 7 Jan 22
Utility
Silver-ion-impregnated Channel for Endoscope, Endoscope Including Silver-ion-impregnated Channel, and Methods of Cleaning and Reprocessing Such Endoscope
28 Dec 23
A channel for an endoscope comprises a tube made of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) having at least one additive.
Hrishikesh DEO
Filed: 22 Jun 22
Utility
Multilayer Reflective Film-equipped Substrate, Reflective Mask Blank, Reflective Mask, and Method for Producing Semiconductor Device
28 Dec 23
Ikuya FUKASAWA, Kota SUZUKI, Masanori NAKAGAWA
Filed: 16 Dec 21
Utility
Illumination System
7 Dec 23
It is provided an illumination apparatus, comprising a beam combiner comprising two dichroic reflective surfaces and configured to combine a first light from a first light source, a second light from a second light source, and a third light from a third light source into combined light; a combination of the second light passing through the combiner and the third light passing through the combiner is closer to the white point than each of the second light and the first light passing through the combining portion; or the third light passing through the combiner is closer to the white point than each of the second light and the first light passing through the combining portion.
Wolfgang MAYER, Kunihiko ONOBORI
Filed: 19 Aug 21
Utility
Polarizing Glass and Optical Isolator
7 Dec 23
The present invention provides a polarizing glass with better heat resistance than a conventional polarizing glass and an optical isolator including the polarizing glass.
Yoshitaka YONEDA
Filed: 16 Aug 23
Utility
Mask Blank, Phase Shift Mask, and Method for Producing Semiconductor Device
7 Dec 23
Provided is a mask blank.
Osamu NOZAWA, Hitoshi MAEDA
Filed: 2 Dec 21
Utility
Endoscope Comprising a Flexible Insertion Tube and a Bending Portion
23 Nov 23
An endoscope includes a flexible insertion tube and a bending portion controllable from a proximal side and being distally connected to the insertion tube.
Anh Minh DO
Filed: 22 Sep 21
Utility
Intraocular Lens Injector and Its Design Method
23 Nov 23
There is provided an intraocular lens injector 1 that advances an intraocular lens 4 including an optical portion 41 with an optical function and support portions 42a and 42b that extend from the optical portion 41 through a tube while folding the lens, and emits the lens from a nozzle, wherein protrusions 15 are located at both the left and right corners at an upper side of an inner wall 30 of the tube, in a cross-sectional view perpendicular to an advancement direction of the intraocular lens 4, so that the protrusions 15 prevent the optical portion 41 and the support portions 42a, 42b from entering both the left and right corners, when the intraocular lens 4 is folded while advancing.
Kazunori KUDO
Filed: 30 Aug 21
Utility
Near-infrared Cut Filter and Imaging Device Having Same
16 Nov 23
A near-infrared cut filter is provided which has extremely low incident angle dependence and excellent oblique incidence characteristics.
Haruna IMAI, Takeshi YAMAZAKI
Filed: 12 Jul 23
Utility
Spacer and Hard Disk Drive Device
16 Nov 23
Provided is an annular spacer to be disposed such that a main surface of the spacer is in contact with a magnetic disk in a hard disk drive device, the spacer including two main surfaces; an inner circumferential surface; and an outer circumferential surface, in which a chamfered surface is present between the outer circumferential surface and each of the two main surfaces, and at least a portion of an outer circumferential region of at least one of the two main surfaces includes an inclined region that is inclined toward the other main surface side in a radial direction from a center of the spacer to the outer circumferential surface side.
Masao TAKANO
Filed: 30 Sep 21
Utility
Light Source Device and Endoscope System
16 Nov 23
A light source device according to the present disclosure is a light source device that generates illumination light with which an object is to be irradiated, the light source device including: a plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements configured to emit light having different wavelength bands; and a control unit configured to control a light emission profile of the plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements and drive the plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements, in which the control unit extends the light emission profile in a first direction that is a direction opposite to a direction in which time progresses in a case of increasing an exposure level and shortens the light emission profile from a second direction that is the direction in which time progresses in a case of decreasing the exposure level.
Yoshihiro HAYASHI, Yoshiyuki NIIJIMA, Yukari AKINO, Shinya SHIMOTASHIRO
Filed: 4 Nov 21
Utility
Endoscope Comprising a Flexible Insertion Tube and a Bending Portion
16 Nov 23
The present invention relates to an endoscope (1) comprising a flexible insertion tube (2) and a bending portion (3) controllable from a proximal side and being distally connected to the insertion tube (2), wherein in the bending portion (3) a pull rope (11) runs for a pivoting movement of the bending portion (3), the pull rope (11) being anchored to the distal end of the bending portion (3), and wherein a biased elastic element (30) is arranged in the longitudinal direction of the bending portion (3) in parallel to the pull rope (11).
Anh Minh DO, Wolfgang MAYER
Filed: 27 Aug 21
Utility
Mask Blank, Method of Manufacturing Imprint Mold, Method of Manufacturing Transfer Mask, Method of Manufacturing Reflective Mask, and Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device
16 Nov 23
A light shielding film made up of a material containing one or more elements selected from silicon and tantalum and a hard mask film made up of a material containing chromium, oxygen, and carbon are laminated on a transparent substrate.
Osamu NOZAWA, Ryo OHKUBO, Hiroaki SHISHIDO
Filed: 25 Jul 23
Utility
Glass Substrate, Method of Manufacturing Glass Substrate, and Method of Manufacturing Glass Element Using Glass Substrate
2 Nov 23
The glass substrate having opposing flat two main surfaces includes a plurality of optically homogeneous glass pieces joined with one another, in which a junction surface between the joined glass pieces is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular with respect to the two main surfaces.
Mikio IKENISHI
Filed: 29 Mar 23
Utility
Program, Information Processing Method, and Endoscope System
2 Nov 23
A program causes a computer to execute processing including acquiring endoscopic images obtained by capturing images of a subject by a plurality of imaging units arranged on an end surface and a peripheral surface of a tubular distal end portion provided in an insertion portion of an endoscope, generating a composite image obtained by combining a plurality of the captured endoscopic images so as to form a view of an entire circumferential direction including a front visual field and a rear visual field with respect to the distal end portion, acquiring an insertion distance and a rotation angle of the endoscope inserted into a body of the subject at a time point when the endoscopic images are captured, and outputting the composite image in association with the acquired insertion distance and rotation angle of the endoscope.
Akihiko NISHIDE, Junko SUGAI
Filed: 6 Sep 21
Utility
Illumination Device for an Endoscope
19 Oct 23
An endoscope tip with an objective for imaging a field of view; and an illumination device for illuminating the field of view, wherein the objective has an angle of view greater than 180°; the illumination device is arranged around the objective in a plan view; the illumination device includes a transparent cap from which the illumination light is emitted into the field of view; the illumination device includes one or more light emitting devices that emit emission light; and: —for one of the light emitting devices, a centroid of an angular distribution of the emission light is located in a direction tilted away from the optical axis; or—a reflective surface reflects at least the emission light in a direction further away from the direction of the optical axis than a direction in which the emission light is incident on the reflective surface.
Hermann LANDES
Filed: 19 Aug 21
Utility
Reflective Mask Blank, Reflective Mask, and Method for Manufacturing Semiconductor Device
19 Oct 23
Yohei IKEBE
Filed: 24 Sep 21