Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Phluxi, Inc.

Takumi Satoh

Yasuhiro Higashi

Toshiyuki Ikeoh

Yuuki Oka

Yoshio Wada

Atsufumi Omori

Tsuyoshi Ueno

Yusuke Ohta

Hiroaki Minamide

Kouji Nawata

Yuma Takida

Yoshiharu Urata

A light-source device includes a plurality of light emitters; and a plurality of optical elements through which laser beams emitted from the plurality of light emitters pass. The plurality of optical elements includes: a first optical element configured to emit a laser beam of a first divergence angle; and a second optical element configured to emit a laser beam of a second divergence angle smaller than the first divergence angle.

Light-source device, detection device, and electronic apparatus

A detection apparatus includes a light source device, including a plurality of light-emitting elements, configured to irradiate light onto a detection target by dividing an illuminance area into a plurality of illuminance regions; and circuitry configured to switch an illuminance level at each of the plurality of illuminance regions with a plurality of illuminance levels; detect a plurality of detection data of the detection target at the plurality of illuminance regions by switching the illuminance level at each of the plurality of illuminance regions with the plurality of illuminance levels when irradiating the light onto the detection target; and synthesize the plurality of detection data of the detection target.

Detection apparatus and method of detecting object comprising a circuitry to switch an illuminance level at each illuminance region with a plurality of illuminance levels

A lighting module includes a voltage-current controller to control power externally supplied, a capacitor charged with power supplied from the voltage-current controller, a laser light source to emit laser light driven by a current from the capacitor, first and second FETs electrically connected in series to the laser light source, and circuitry that controls a first voltage value applied to the first FET and a second voltage value applied to the second FET, to control a resistance value of the second FET. The first FET controls a pulse width of the current flowing through the laser light source in accordance with the first voltage value applied to a gate thereof. The second FET changes in resistance value in accordance with the second voltage value applied to a gate thereof and controls, with the resistance value, a peak value of the current flowing through the laser light source.

Lighting module, distance measuring device, movable body, and light source drive circuit

A pulsed electromagnetic-wave generator includes an excitation light source, a laser resonator, a pulse generating unit, and a wavelength converting unit. Excitation light from the excitation light source enters the laser resonator. The pulse generating unit is configured to generate a pulsed light group including at least two or more pulses with different frequencies (&#x3c9;) and different oscillation timings (t) in one excitation process of the excitation light source, an oscillation frequency difference (&#x394;&#x3c9;) between the pulses in the pulsed light group being an integral multiple of a Free Spectral Range (FSR) of the laser resonator. The pulsed light group enters the wavelength converting unit. The wavelength converting unit is configured to generate a pulsed electromagnetic wave in which a wavelength of each pulse in the pulsed light group is converted.

Pulsed electromagnetic-wave generator and measuring apparatus

A terahertz wave generation apparatus includes a plurality of laser light sources configured to generate laser beams respectively having different wavelengths; and a terahertz wave generating element configured to receive the laser beams having different wavelengths and generate a terahertz wave from the laser beams. The plurality of laser light sources include fiber laser light sources respectively including parameters that can be controlled independently, and the terahertz wave generating element includes a nonlinear optical crystal.

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Miyagi, Japan

Takumi Satoh