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Hiroyasu Yoshikawa, Kawasaki JP

Hiroyasu Yoshikawa, Kawasaki JP

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20080198429HOLOGRAM RECORDING DEVICE - A hologram recorder (A08-21-2008
20080239421HOLOGRAM RECORDER - A hologram recorder is provided, in which coherent light from a light source is split into a signal beam and a reference beam, and the signal beam is modulated by a spatial light modulator to be directed to a hologram recording medium, while the reference beam is directed to the hologram recording medium to overlap with the signal beam for recording a hologram on the hologram recording medium. The hologram recorder includes a beam phase modulator provided with a plurality of optical devices (10-02-2008
20080239923HOLOGRAM RECORDER AND HOLOGRAM RECORDING METHOD - A hologram recorder includes a light source for emitting a laser beam, a polarizing beam splitter for splitting the laser beam into a recording beam and a reference beam in accordance with a state of polarization, and a rotary polarizer located between the light source and the polarizing beam splitter. The rotary polarizer has the function of optical rotation, whereby a polarization component to be the recording beam is increased from the central portion toward the peripheral portion of the laser beam, and a polarization component to be the reference beam is decreased from the central portion toward the peripheral portion of the laser beam.10-02-2008
20080304122HOLOGRAM RECORDER - A hologram recorder (A) records holograms in a selected unit recording area (B12-11-2008
20080309999HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING DEVICE - A holographic recorder (A12-18-2008
20090116086HOLOGRAM RECORDING DEVICE AND HOLOGRAM RECORDING METHOD - A hologram recording device for irradiating a recording beam (S) to a hologram recording medium (B) at a fixed incident angle (θs) and irradiating a reference beam (R) to an illuminated region (p) of the recording beam (S) by variably controlling an incident angle (θr) of the reference beam (R) on the hologram recording medium (B), whereby a hologram is recorded on the illuminated region (p) in multiple, includes at least a variable reflector (05-07-2009
20090122374HOLOGRAM RECORDING DEVICE AND HOLOGRAM RECORDING METHOD - A hologram recorder (A) records a hologram in a hologram recording medium (B) by interference of a recording beam (S) irradiated at a predetermined incident angle to the medium (B) via a spatial light modulator (05-14-2009
20090128874HOLOGRAM RECORDING DEVICE - A hologram recording device (A05-21-2009
20090128876HOLOGRAM RECORDING DEVICE - A hologram recording device records holograms by interference between an recording beam and a reference beam. The device includes an objective lens exhibiting a predetermined aberration. It is supposed that the laser beam applied to the beam splitter has an light intensity of 1, the recording beam and the reference beam emitted from the beam splitter have light intensities of P and 1−P, respectively, the optical magnification for the recording beam traveling from the beam splitter to the objective lens is a, and N pixels are used for modulation of the recording beam in the spatial light modulator. When the recording beam at the predetermined region has an amplitude 1/k times the amplitude of the reference beam, and the amplitude of the recording beam is X times as great as when there is no aberration, the predetermined aberration of the objective lens is determined to satisfy the formula:05-21-2009
20090129234HOLOGRAM RECORDING DEVICE AND HOLOGRAM RECORDING METHOD - A hologram recording device illuminates with a recording beam (S) a hologram recording medium (B), and illuminates with a reference beam (R) a region illuminated with the recording beam (p) while variably controlling the incident angle regarding the hologram recording medium (B) whereby holograms are recorded on the illuminated region (p) in multiple by interference of the recording beam (S) and the reference beam (R). The device includes an incident angle variable controller for variably controlling the incident angle of the reference beam (R) in a predetermined range. The hologram recording medium (B) has such characteristics that its recording sensitivity degrades as the incoming light amount increases. The incident angle variable controller changes the incident angle of the reference beam (R) from a larger angle to a smaller angle.05-21-2009
20090135459HOLOGRAM RECORDING APPARATUS AND HOLOGRAM RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD - A hologram recorder applies a recording beam (S) and a reference beam (R) to the illumination site (p) of a hologram recording medium (B). The interference between the recording beam (S) and the reference beam (R) produces multiple hologram recording at the illumination site (p). The recorder includes a recording-purpose reference beam reflector (05-28-2009
20090207714HOLOGRAM RECORDING/REPRODUCING OPTICAL ELEMENT AND HOLOGRAM RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE - An optical element for recording/reproducing a hologram condenses a recording beam into a hologram recording medium, while also allowing the passage of a reproduction beam from the hologram recording medium in the reverse direction with respect to the recording beam. The optical element is configured to converge, upon incidence of a parallel beam flux as the recording beam, an on-axis beam and off-axis beams contained in the parallel beam flux onto different image points. A beam condensing spot of the on-axis beam and the off-axis beams is formed, with a predetermined diameter at a predetermined position on an optical axis on a way to the image points. At least one of the on-axis beam and the off-axis beams has a diameter, at the predetermined position on the optical axis, smaller than the predetermined diameter of the beam condensing spot.08-20-2009
20090279152HOLOGRAM RECORDER - A hologram recording apparatus includes an objective lens (11-12-2009
20090279153HOLOGRAM RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE, HOLOGRAM RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD, AND HOLOGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - The hologram recording/reproducing apparatus is for recording a hologram by emitting a recording beam (S) modulated by a spatial light modulator and a reference beam (R) having a same wavelength as the recording beam onto a hologram recording medium (B) so that the beams overlap each other with polarization direction (p) of the beams being matched to interfere with each other, and for reproducing the hologram by exposing the hologram recording medium storing the hologram to the reference beam to generate diffracted light and receiving the diffracted light by an imaging device. The spatial light modulator is controlled so as to form a data area (H11-12-2009
20100188716HOLOGRAM RECORDING DEVICE - A hologram recording device includes a spatial light modulator having an informational light modulation region modulating part of light from a light source into informational light corresponding to information to be recorded and a reference light emission region emitting the remaining light as reference light, and records a hologram onto a recording medium (B) by causing the informational the reference lights to interfere on the recording medium while the informational and the reference lights are traveling along the same optical path. The hologram recording device includes: a light modulation controller for dividing the informational light modulation region into a plurality of light modulation blocks and controlling a modulation status of the informational light in each light modulation block respectively; and a light emission controller for dividing the reference light emission region into a plurality of light emission blocks and controlling an emission status of the reference light in each light emission block respectively, in conjunction with control of the modulation status in each light modulation block.07-29-2010
20100195179HOLOGRAM REPRODUCING DEVICE AND HOLOGRAM REPRODUCING METHOD - A hologram reproducing device includes a splitter for splitting a reference beam, during reproduction, into a main beam and sub-beams forming incidence directions spatially shifted from the main beam. The hologram reproducing device also includes: an incidence direction variable irradiator for changing the incidence directions of the main beam and the sub-beams; a servo beam detector for detecting a portion of the reproduction beam generated in accordance with the sub-beams; and a beam receiving unit for receiving the main portion of the reproduction beam generated in accordance with the main beam. A reproducer reproduces an image obtained by the beam receiving unit when the main beam coincides with the incidence direction at which the received light of the beam receiving unit becomes equal to or greater than a prescribed level, with the intensity of the reference beam kept uniform, on the basis of the servo beam detection results.08-05-2010
20100244578POWER TRANSMMISSION APPARATUS, POWER TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING POWER - A power transmission apparatus includes: a power source; a power transmission coil that transmits electric power supplied from the power source outward as magnetic energy through magnetic resonance; a peak searching unit that searches for a drive frequency at which the magnetic energy transmitted outward has a peak; a peak split detector that detects splitting of the drive frequency at which the magnetic energy transmitted outward has a peak; a selection unit that selects a higher-frequency side frequency among split drive frequencies generated by the splitting; and a drive unit that drives the power transmission coil using the frequency selected by the selection unit.09-30-2010
20100244582Power Transfer Apparatus - A power transfer apparatus includes: a magnetic resonance coil for transferring magnetic energy by magnetically resonating with an external coil; a power receiving unit for picking up, as electrical power, the magnetic energy that the magnetic resonance coil receives from the external coil; and a magnetic body arranged on a side of the magnetic resonance coil opposite a transfer side of the magnetic energy of the magnetic resonance coil.09-30-2010
20100244839POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A power transmitting apparatus includes: a first magnetic resonance coil that externally transmits power as energy through magnetic resonance; a first power transmitting-and-receiving unit that supplies power to at least the first magnetic resonance coil; a second magnetic resonance coil that accepts the magnetic field energy through magnetic resonance occurring between the first magnetic resonance coil and the second magnetic resonance coil; a second power transmitting-and-receiving unit that accepts the power at least with reference to the second magnetic resonance coil; a main power supply; and a power supply-management unit configured to select either the power accepted by the second power transmitting-and-receiving unit or power transmitted from the main power supply, and transmit the selected power to the first power transmitting-and-receiving unit and/or transmit the power accepted by the second power transmitting-and-receiving unit and the power transmitted from the main power supply to the first power transmitting-and-receiving unit in combination.09-30-2010
20100271922HOLOGRAM RECORDING DEVICE - A hologram recording device that records a hologram by passing recording light and reference light through the same objective lens and irradiating a recording medium, includes: a light splitter for dividing light from a light source into the recording light and the reference light; a light combining member for combining the recording light and the reference light, which have been divided by the light splitter, so as to be coaxial, and causing these light beams to advance to the objective lens; first and second lenses, positioned on an optical paths of the recording light and reference light, between the light splitter and the light combining member; a first aperture that narrows the recording light which has passed through the first lens; and, a second aperture that narrows the reference light which has passed through the second lens, the first and second lenses being configured to have different optical magnifications.10-28-2010

Patent applications by Hiroyasu Yoshikawa, Kawasaki JP