| NITTOH KOGAKU K.K. Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
| 20120113653 | ILLUMINATION LENS - The present invention provides an illumination lens which suppresses a change of an illuminance distribution following a change of an arrangement position of a light source with respect to the illumination lens. A reflection surface and emission surface of the illumination lens are configured to refract and emit, in the emission surface, second illumination light and third illumination light with refracting power of different signs. By changing an illuminance distribution of third illumination light to cancel the change of an illuminance distribution of the second illumination light when a light source is moved, it is possible to suppress the change of the illuminance distribution small even when the light source is moved back and forth. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120020082 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND BULB-TYPE LED LAMP - Provided is a light emitting device which can uniformly diffuse and radiate light from all the regions of the globe of an LED bulb without deteriorating light transmission efficiency. A light emitting device is provided with a light scattering/guiding globe and an LED which is disposed on one end of the light scattering/guiding globe. The light scattering/guiding globe is a body with no air released from the inside and is composed of a light scattering/guiding material having light scattering particles contained therein. The globe has the bottom surface on the side of the LED, and is provided with a first light incoming surface as a first hollow section, which is formed in a circular cone shape in the light outputting direction from the bottom surface. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20110305026 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - To provide a light emitting device that realizes a similar light distribution state to that of a conventional incandescent light bulb even though the light emitting device has a structure with a light emitting element such as an LED placed on a substrate. In the light emitting device in which the LED is placed on the substrate, the light emitting device includes the light guiding member, into which light emitted from the LED enters, while the light guiding member having the launching surface (i.e., the facing-substrate launching surface and the side launching surface) from which the entered light is launched. Meanwhile, the launching surface has the facing-substrate launching surface including a total reflection surface for totally reflecting light incident in the launching surface at a critical angle, in a direction tilted toward a side of the substrate than a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the light emitting device. Furthermore, the launching surface also has the side launching surface including a refractive surface for refracting and launching light, totally reflected by the facing-substrate launching surface, in a direction toward the side of the substrate. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110299295 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND OPTICAL ELEMENT - Disclosed are a light emitting device and a light emitting element that can decrease fabrication difficulties, while improving lighting efficiency and controlling the distribution of intensity that occurs in the emitted light. A light emitting device comprises a rod-shaped light guide, an LED that inputs light to the light guide, and a prism that changes the direction of light input from the lengthwise end of the light guide, and emits redirected light from a light exit surface that is disposed opposite the prism. The light emitting device is constituted so that an input lens is formed at the lengthwise end of the light guide as a parallel light forming body to make light exiting from the LED toward the light guide nearly parallel light, and the LED is shifted from the center axis of the light guide toward the side closer to the prism, or toward the side away from the prism, and thus said nearly parallel light is directed to the exit surface of the light guide or to the prism. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110222309 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - Provided are an optical element and a light-emitting device with which the illuminated area can be expanded in spite of a small light-emitting area, and that also enable the device to be downsize. The light-emitting device is equipped with sheet-like light-guide sections (a first light-guide section and a second light-guiding section) for guiding light, and a light-emitting member for emitting light. The second light-guide section has a prism section with a saw tooth-like cross-section for changing the direction of the light guided to one of its surfaces. In the prism section, the angle of incidence at which parallel light guided to the second light guide section enters reflective surface of saw teeth at positions away from the LED is set to be greater than the angle of incidence (δ) at which the light enters the reflective surface of the saw teeth at the side toward the LED. In addition, in the prism section, the angle of protrusion of the saw teeth at positions away from the LED is set to be greater than the angle of protrusion of the saw teeth at the side toward the LED. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110199774 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - Provided is an optical element which suppresses generation of glare and a dark section and is applicable to planar light emission having improved light efficiency. A light emitting device is also provided. A light emitting device is provided with: a light transmitting member having a light inputting section having light inputted thereto, a first light guide section which guides light inputted to the inputting section to a reflecting surface, the reflecting surface which is arranged on the first light guide section on the side opposite to the light inputting side and totally reflects light which forms one linear path among inputted light, and a second light guide section which guides reflected light; and a light emitting member which inputs light to the inputting section. The first light guide section contains light scattering particles, which multiply scatter light and generate light that passes through the reflecting surface and is outputted to the external, and the second light guide section partially or entirely outputs inputted light to the same surface to which light passed through the reflecting surface is outputted. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110102906 | LENS SYSTEM - A lens system includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group with positive refractive power, a second lens group with negative refractive power that moves during zooming, a third lens group with positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group with positive refractive power that moves during zooming and focusing adjustments. The first lens group includes a lens with positive refractive power and an Abbe number vd | 05-05-2011 |
| 20100021078 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A signal processing device, which is more practical for restoring signals, includes a signal processing unit for processing a signal. The processing unit produces restored data that approaches the original signal data before fluctuating (before blurring) by repeating the following processing: generating comparison data Io′ from arbitrary signal data Io by using information data G regarding fluctuation factors that triggers signal fluctuation; comparing the comparison data Io′ with original signal data Img′ as an object to be processed thereafter; producing restored data Io+n by allocating difference data δ to the arbitrary signal data Io while using the information data G regarding fluctuation factors; and substituting the restored data Io+n for the arbitrary signal data Io thereafter. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100013940 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A circuit processing a method is provided that is more practical for restoring an image as well as preventing a device from becoming large. The image processing device includes an image processing unit for processing an image. The processing unit produces restored data approaching to an initial image data before fluctuating by repeating the following processes: generating comparison data Io′ from arbitrary signal data Io by using data G of fluctuation factor information that triggers image fluctuation; comparing the comparison data Io′ with original image data Img′ as an object to be processed thereafter; producing a restored data Io+n by allocating a difference data δ to the arbitrary image data Io while using the data G of fluctuation factor information; and substituting the restored data Io+n for the arbitrary signal data Io thereafter. Further, various methods using the above basic processing can also be applied. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20090097131 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system consists, in order from an object side to an image-forming side, of a first negative lens group G | 04-16-2009 |