552 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
Endoscope processor, information processing device, and endoscope system
9 Jan 24
An endoscope processor according to one aspect includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image from an endoscope, a first correction unit that corrects the captured image acquired by the image acquisition unit, a second correction unit that corrects the captured image acquired by the image acquisition unit, and an output unit that outputs an endoscopic image based on the captured image corrected by the first correction unit and a recognition result using a trained image recognition model in which the recognition result is output in a case where the captured image corrected by the second correction unit is input.
Akihiko Nishide
Filed: 30 Aug 19
Utility
Method for manufacturing glass spacer, glass spacer, and hard disk drive device
9 Jan 24
A method for manufacturing a ring-shaped glass spacer to be arranged in contact with a magnetic disk in a hard disk drive device includes processing for forming a film on the surface of a glass spacer main body, which is the base of the glass spacer.
Masafumi Miura, Kazuaki Hashimoto, Naoyuki Higuchi
Filed: 8 Mar 21
Utility
Endoscope having swinging elevator
2 Jan 24
An endoscope includes a main body portion that has a housing recession portion that houses an elevator, a drive member arrangement space that houses a drive member and is closed off from the housing recession portion, a lid insertion space that puts the drive member arrangement space and an outer space into communication, and a lid member that can be inserted into the lid insertion space and liquid-tightly closes off the lid insertion space when inserted.
Akiyoshi Matsubara, Tetsuya Tarumoto
Filed: 13 Apr 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
Spacer and laminate
12 Dec 23
A sheet-like spacer to be used when a laminate of a plurality of substrates is formed for the purpose of processing end faces of the substrates is provided between the adjacent substrates in the laminate to keep the adjacent substrates apart from each other.
Masao Takano
Filed: 19 Sep 22
Utility
Endoscope system, processor, diagnostic support method, and computer program
12 Dec 23
Provided are an endoscope system, a processor, a diagnostic support method, and a computer program.
Akihiko Nishide
Filed: 6 Jan 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
Intraocular lens, method for designing the same, and method for manufacturing the same
5 Dec 23
Demas Sanger
Filed: 21 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
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