Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Hajime Kashida

Hideo Wada

Takayuki Taminaga

Takehisa Ishihara

Kentaro Terashima

Kiyoshi Kumata

Kazuhito Nagura

Mitsuru Hosoki

Seiichiro Kihara

Zenpei Tani

Hisakazu Sugiyama

Ikuo Kohashi

Mitsuo Kobachi

Nobumasa Ono

Nobuhisa Watanabe

Kiyoshi Ebina

Atsushi Murayama

Masahiro Morita

Yukihisa Oda

Hirohumi Sindo

Shin Satoh

The optical object discriminating device includes a light projecting part which applies light, which is emitted from a semiconductor light emitting element, to a measuring object which is an object to be measured, and a light receiving part which receives reflected light reflected by the measuring object. Between the light receiving part and the measuring object is placed a polarization-state selector part which permits polarized light of a specified polarization direction to pass therethrough. A signal processing part processes a signal outputted by the light receiving part, and measures intensity of light of the polarization direction permitted by the polarization-state selector part to pass therethrough.

Optical object discriminating device

There is provided an optical velocimeter for achieving miniaturization and lower power consumption thereof and for accurately detecting two-dimensional travel velocity of a measured object. This optical velocimeter includes a light-emitting element, a diffraction grating, two light-receiving sections, and a signal processing circuit. Light emitted from the light-emitting element is branched by the diffraction grating into three light fluxes, and optical axes of the divided light fluxes are intersected one another on the measured object to form one detection point. Scattered light from the detection point frequency-shifted by travel of the measured object is then received by the two light-receiving sections, and a light-reception signals outputted from the light-receiving sections are processed in the signal processing circuit to detect travel velocities of two directions of the measured object.

Optical velocimeter, displacement information measurement device and conveying and processing device

In an optical transmission and reception module, a partitioning member separating a light emitting device and a light receiving device from each other includes a partitioning plate having a concave surface, an engaging portion to which the partitioning plate is fixed, a holding portion holding the engaging portion movably, and a leaf spring for pressing the engaging portion against an optical plug. An end surface of an optical fiber is convex and projects from a front end of the optical plug. When the end surface of the optical plug is in contact with an engaging surface of the engaging portion, a gap is generated between the end surface of the optical fiber and a surface opposed thereto.

Optical cable for an optical transmission and reception system

Optical transmission and reception system, and optical transmission and reception module and optical cable for the system

An optoelectronic device for sensing an object without any contact, the optoelectronic device being adapted to be connected to a control device which is capable of sending an identification code to the optoelectronic device, the optoelectronic device includes an optoelectronic element (110, 111) for receiving an input signal and for converting the received signal into an electrical signal, an address memory (121) for storing a self identification code, a determining unit (126) connected to the address memory (121) for determining a coincidence between the self identification code stored in the address memory (121) and the identification code sent from the control device, and an activating unit (127) connected to the determining unit (126) for driving the optoelectronic element (110, 111) at a time when the self identification code coincides with the identification code.

Optoelectronic device, information apparatus and data transmission

A photocoupler comprises a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element which are optically coupled through a soft light-transmissive resin and covered by a light-blocking resin. The light-emitting element is covered by a light-transmissive protective hard resin and hence is protected against external pressure.

Photocoupler with light emitting and receiving elements coupled through

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Nara, Japan

Hajime Kashida