Inventor
NAGURA CHIHIRO
JP38 patents
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CANON KK
27 patentsUS9618370B2Apr 11, 2017
Optical encoder and apparatus provided therewith
CANON KK10 citations84
US9366587B2Jun 14, 2016
Optical force sensor and apparatus using optical force sensor
CANON KK11 citations84
US7791986B2Sep 7, 2010
Optical information recording/reproducing apparatus
CANON KK9 citations83
US10503109B2Dec 10, 2019
Optical sensor having an irradiating light separation component and image forming apparatus thereof
CANON KK2 citations73
US9778035B2Oct 3, 2017
Scale, encoder, lens apparatus, and image pickup system having a plurality of patterns with different modulating periods
CANON KK2 citations73
US9766096B2Sep 19, 2017
Encoder for producing position information using positions of a first and second sensor, tilt angles, period of a pattern on a scale
CANON KK4 citations73
US8993955B2Mar 31, 2015
Encoder and apparatus using the same
CANON KK6 citations73
US9329058B2May 3, 2016
Encoder that detects displacement of an object, and lens apparatus and camera having the same
CANON KK4 citations72
US7843774B2Nov 30, 2010
Optical information recording and reproducing apparatus capable of coma aberration correction
CANON KK6 citations63
US7561500B2Jul 14, 2009
Apparatus using light-attenuating element for optically reproducing and recording information
CANON KK2 citations63
US7145847B2Dec 5, 2006
Annealed optical information recording medium and optical information recording/reproducing apparatus for the same
CANON KK4 citations63
US12487136B2Dec 2, 2025
Force sensor and robot equipped with force sensor
CANON KK0 citations62
US11946780B2Apr 2, 2024
Optical encoder and control apparatus
CANON KK1 citations62
US11841287B2Dec 12, 2023
Force sensor and robot equipped with force sensor
CANON KK0 citations62
US10969284B2Apr 6, 2021
Optical sensor and apparatus including optical sensor
CANON KK0 citations62
US10209102B2Feb 19, 2019
Position detection apparatus, machine tool apparatus, and exposure apparatus
CANON KK1 citations62
US11221238B2Jan 11, 2022
Optical encoder and drive control device comprising a light receiving element to receive a first interference fringe formed by a first periodic pattern and a second diffracted light from a second periodic pattern toward the first periodic pattern
CANON KK0 citations52
US11085799B2Aug 10, 2021
Position detection apparatus that detects a position of an object by detecting light from a scale, and lithography apparatus, force sensor, and apparatus having force sensor including the position detection apparatus
CANON KK0 citations52
US10215596B2Feb 26, 2019
Position detection apparatus, lens apparatus, image pickup system, machine tool apparatus, exposure apparatus, position detection method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which are capable of detecting reference position with high accuracy
CANON KK0 citations52
US9470557B2Oct 18, 2016
Encoder and apparatus using encoder
CANON KK1 citations52
US12163813B2Dec 10, 2024
Optical encoder and control apparatus for receiving light that forms moire fringes from a grating pattern
CANON KK0 citations51
US10540559B2Jan 21, 2020
Position detection apparatus, lens apparatus, image pickup system, machine tool apparatus, position detection method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which are capable of detecting abnormality
CANON KK0 citations42
US10401152B2Sep 3, 2019
Position detection apparatus, force sensor, and apparatus
CANON KK0 citations42
US9383230B2Jul 5, 2016
Position detection apparatus, lens apparatus, image pickup system, machine tool apparatus, position detection method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
CANON KK0 citations42
US9234772B2Jan 12, 2016
Optical encoder and apparatus including the same
CANON KK0 citations42
US7787332B2Aug 31, 2010
Optical information recording-reproducing apparatus
CANON KK0 citations42
US9464924B2Oct 11, 2016
Scale, displacement detection apparatus, lens apparatus, image pickup system, and assembling apparatus
CANON KK0 citations41
NAGURA CHIHIRO
8 patentsUS9417101B2Aug 16, 2016
Optical encoder with a scale that has fine and coarse pitch patterns
NAGURA CHIHIRO8 citations83
US9127967B2Sep 8, 2015
Encoder having plural phase acquirers and a positional information acquirer for precisely obtaining a position of a scale
NAGURA CHIHIRO11 citations83
US8735801B2May 27, 2014
Optical encoder
NAGURA CHIHIRO7 citations83
US9354089B2May 31, 2016
Encoder
NAGURA CHIHIRO3 citations72
US9024251B2May 5, 2015
Encoder having a scale that includes block patterns
NAGURA CHIHIRO2 citations62
US8698071B2Apr 15, 2014
Rotary encoder having multiple slit arrays, which detects rotation angle
NAGURA CHIHIRO3 citations62
US8546747B2Oct 1, 2013
Rotary encoder and optical apparatus
NAGURA CHIHIRO3 citations62
US8497469B2Jul 30, 2013
Rotary encoder that detects rotation angle
NAGURA CHIHIRO2 citations62
HORIGUCHI HARUHIKO
2 patentsUS9121731B2Sep 1, 2015
Encoder having a scale with two areas in which an increasing direction of the amplitude of the energy distribution is opposite between the two areas for precisely obtaining a position of the scale
HORIGUCHI HARUHIKO3 citations60
US8993954B2Mar 31, 2015
Optical encoder having a high resolution detection mode to detect a fine pitch pattern and a low resolution detection mode to detect a coarse pitch pattern
HORIGUCHI HARUHIKO0 citations39