Patents by Inventor Hidenori Oka

Hidenori Oka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240175178
    Abstract: In a sewing machine, an arm includes, on one side thereof in a first direction, a head. A needle bar is disposed at the head to reciprocally move in a second direction. A feed mechanism feeds a workpiece from one side toward the other side of the head in a third direction. The projection unit disposed at the head projects a projection image toward a bed. The projection unit includes an emitter for projecting image light of the projection image. The photographing unit disposed at the head captures a photographing target. The photographing unit includes an incident portion on which light reflected by the photographing target is incident. The emitter and the incident portion are disposed further toward the one side of the arm in the first direction than the needle bar, and further toward the one side of the head in the third direction than the needle bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Hidenori OKA, Mitsuhiro IIDA
  • Patent number: 11866864
    Abstract: In a sewing machine, an arm includes, on one side thereof in a first direction, a head. A needle bar is disposed at the head to reciprocally move in a second direction. A feed mechanism feeds a workpiece from one side toward the other side of the head in a third direction. The projection unit disposed at the head projects a projection image toward a bed. The projection unit includes an emitter for projecting image light of the projection image. The photographing unit disposed at the head captures a photographing target. The photographing unit includes an incident portion on which light reflected by the photographing target is incident. The emitter and the incident portion are disposed further toward the one side of the arm in the first direction than the needle bar, and further toward the one side of the head in the third direction than the needle bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidenori Oka, Mitsuhiro Iida
  • Publication number: 20230175180
    Abstract: In a sewing machine, an arm includes, on one side thereof in a first direction, a head. A needle bar is disposed at the head to reciprocally move in a second direction. A feed mechanism feeds a workpiece from one side toward the other side of the head in a third direction. The projection unit disposed at the head projects a projection image toward a bed. The projection unit includes an emitter for projecting image light of the projection image. The photographing unit disposed at the head captures a photographing target. The photographing unit includes an incident portion on which light reflected by the photographing target is incident. The emitter and the incident portion are disposed further toward the one side of the arm in the first direction than the needle bar, and further toward the one side of the head in the third direction than the needle bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidenori OKA, Mitsuhiro IIDA
  • Publication number: 20230099563
    Abstract: The sewing machine includes a projector, a processor, and a memory storing computer-readable instructions that cause the processor to perform processes. The processes include generating processing of generating a first image including a first object representing a first sewing pattern and generating a second image including a second object representing a second sewing pattern. The first sewing pattern is at least a part of the sewing pattern and is a state in which the sewing is incomplete. The second sewing pattern is a part of the sewing pattern and is a state in which the sewing has progressed further than the first sewing pattern. The processes include projection processing of, after causing the projector to project the first image, switching the projected first image, during the sewing, to the second image, and causing the projector to project the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kazutaka IMAIZUMI, Hidenori OKA
  • Patent number: 11591732
    Abstract: In a sewing machine, an arm includes, on one side thereof in a first direction, a head. A needle bar is disposed at the head to reciprocally move in a second direction. A feed mechanism feeds a workpiece from one side toward the other side of the head in a third direction. The projection unit disposed at the head projects a projection image toward a bed. The projection unit includes an emitter for projecting image light of the projection image. The photographing unit disposed at the head captures a photographing target. The photographing unit includes an incident portion on which light reflected by the photographing target is incident. The emitter and the incident portion are disposed further toward the one side of the arm in the first direction than the needle bar, and further toward the one side of the head in the third direction than the needle bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidenori Oka, Mitsuhiro Iida
  • Publication number: 20220316114
    Abstract: In a sewing machine, an arm includes, on one side thereof in a first direction, a head. A needle bar is disposed at the head to reciprocally move in a second direction. A feed mechanism feeds a workpiece from one side toward the other side of the head in a third direction. The projection unit disposed at the head projects a projection image toward a bed. The projection unit includes an emitter for projecting image light of the projection image. The photographing unit disposed at the head captures a photographing target. The photographing unit includes an incident portion on which light reflected by the photographing target is incident. The emitter and the incident portion are disposed further toward the one side of the arm in the first direction than the needle bar, and further toward the one side of the head in the third direction than the needle bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidenori Oka, Mitsuhiro Iida
  • Patent number: 11401641
    Abstract: In a sewing machine, an arm includes, on one side thereof in a first direction, a head. A needle bar is disposed at the head to reciprocally move in a second direction. A feed mechanism feeds a workpiece from one side toward the other side of the head in a third direction. The projection unit disposed at the head projects a projection image toward a bed. The projection unit includes an emitter for projecting image light of the projection image. The photographing unit disposed at the head captures a photographing target. The photographing unit includes an incident portion on which light reflected by the photographing target is incident. The emitter and the incident portion are disposed further toward the one side of the arm in the first direction than the needle bar, and further toward the one side of the head in the third direction than the needle bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidenori Oka, Mitsuhiro Iida
  • Publication number: 20210087729
    Abstract: In a sewing machine, an arm includes, on one side thereof in a first direction, a head. A needle bar is disposed at the head to reciprocally move in a second direction. A feed mechanism feeds a workpiece from one side toward the other side of the head in a third direction. The projection unit disposed at the head projects a projection image toward a bed. The projection unit includes an emitter for projecting image light of the projection image. The photographing unit disposed at the head captures a photographing target. The photographing unit includes an incident portion on which light reflected by the photographing target is incident. The emitter and the incident portion are disposed further toward the one side of the arm in the first direction than the needle bar, and further toward the one side of the head in the third direction than the needle bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidenori OKA, Mitsuhiro IIDA
  • Publication number: 20200150122
    Abstract: The biological information measurement system of the present invention includes a test subject-side device provided in a toilet installation room, and a server communicable with the test subject-side device, the test subject-side device includes a sulfur-containing gas sensor sensitive to sulfur-containing gas and outputting detection data, a transmitter-receiver transmitting measurement data including detection data of the sulfur-containing gas detected by the sulfur-containing gas sensor to the server, and the server includes a database in which measurement data including detection data of sulfur-containing gas detected by the sulfur-containing gas sensor is accumulated and recorded with dates and times of defecation acts by being associated with test subject identification information, and server-side data analyzer that analyzes physical condition of a test subject on the basis of a time-dependent variation tendency of the measurement data accumulated and recorded in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Aya HASEGAWA, Tetsuhiro WASADA, Aya TAKAO, Satoko KIZUKA, Hidenori OKA, Akemi TAKESHITA, Masayuki NAGAISHI, Koji SONODA, Shingo YAMAYA, Hiroshi TSUBOI
  • Patent number: 10571470
    Abstract: The biological information measurement system of the present invention includes a test subject-side device provided in a toilet installation room, and a server communicable with the test subject-side device, the test subject-side device includes a sulfur-containing gas sensor sensitive to sulfur-containing gas and outputting detection data, a transmitter-receiver transmitting measurement data including detection data of the sulfur-containing gas detected by the sulfur-containing gas sensor to the server, and the server includes a database in which measurement data including detection data of sulfur-containing gas detected by the sulfur-containing gas sensor is accumulated and recorded with dates and times of defecation acts by being associated with test subject identification information, and server-side data analyzer that analyzes physical condition of a test subject on the basis of a time-dependent variation tendency of the measurement data accumulated and recorded in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Aya Hasegawa, Tetsuhiro Wasada, Aya Takao, Satoko Kizuka, Hidenori Oka, Akemi Takeshita, Masayuki Nagaishi, Koji Sonoda, Shingo Yamaya, Hiroshi Tsuboi
  • Publication number: 20170370936
    Abstract: The biological information measurement system of the present invention includes a test subject-side device provided in a toilet installation room, and a server communicable with the test subject-side device, the test subject-side device includes a sulfur-containing gas sensor sensitive to sulfur-containing gas and outputting detection data, a transmitter-receiver transmitting measurement data including detection data of the sulfur-containing gas detected by the sulfur-containing gas sensor to the server, and the server includes a database in which measurement data including detection data of sulfur-containing gas detected by the sulfur-containing gas sensor is accumulated and recorded with dates and times of defecation acts by being associated with test subject identification information, and server-side data analyzer that analyzes physical condition of a test subject on the basis of a time-dependent variation tendency of the measurement data accumulated and recorded in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Aya HASEGAWA, Tetsuhiro WASADA, Aya TAKAO, Satoko KIZUKA, Hidenori OKA, Akemi TAKESHITA, Masayuki NAGAISHI, Koji SONODA, Shingo YAMAYA, Hiroshi TSUBOI
  • Patent number: 9828225
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a load handling device of an industrial vehicle is provided. The load handling device includes a mast assembly and a load handling attachment attached to the mast assembly. The apparatus includes a tilt angle detector that detects a tilt angle of the mast assembly, a controller that regulates a lifting speed of the load handling attachment, and a determination device that determines whether or not the load handling attachment is being lifted off the ground. When the determination device determines that the load handling attachment is being lifted off the ground, the controller permits the load handling attachment to be lifted at a speed faster than the regulated lifting speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Taki, Tadashi Yamada, Takashi Nishiwaki, Junichi Kuwayama, Hidenori Oka, Kimihide Hasegawa, Hiroshi Murata
  • Patent number: 9739000
    Abstract: A multi-needle sewing machine includes a plurality of needle bars, a needle bar case having a thread supply path along which threads are supplied to needles attached to lower ends of the needle bars respectively, the needle bar case supporting the needle bars, an arm on which the needle bar case is mounted, an embroidery frame located below the needle bar case and configured to hold a workpiece cloth, a projector configured to project an image onto the workpiece cloth from above the embroidery frame, and a support member supporting the projector and configured to be capable of switching the projector between a first position where the image is projectable onto the workpiece cloth and a second position differing from the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akie Shimizu, Yoshio Nishimura, Yutaka Nomura, Yuki Ihira, Manami Ota, Hidenori Oka, Satoru Ichiyanagi
  • Patent number: 9731950
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a load handling device of an industrial vehicle includes a lifted height detector that detects a lifted height of the load handling device, a tilt angle detector that detects a tilt angle of the load handling device, a loading pump that pumps hydraulic oil from a hydraulic tank in the industrial vehicle and supplies the hydraulic oil to a lift cylinder and a tilt cylinder, a drive that drives the loading pump, and a controller that controls the flow rate of hydraulic oil supplied to the lift cylinder and the tilt cylinder. When the forward tilt angle of the load handling device is greater than a first regulation tilt angle and a lifted height of the load handling device is higher than a predetermined reference height, the controller regulates the flow rate of hydraulic oil supplied to the lift cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Tadashi Yamada, Takashi Nishiwaki, Junichi Kuwayama, Hidenori Oka, Kimihide Hasegawa, Hiroshi Murata
  • Publication number: 20170089875
    Abstract: The present invention is a biological information measurement system that measures physical condition of a test subject, and includes: a suction device that sucks gas in the bowl; a gas detector with a gas sensor sensitive to odiferous gas and hydrogen gas included in the defecation gas; a control device; a data analyzer that analyzes the physical condition of the test subject on the basis of detection data; and an output device that outputs an analysis result. In the system, the gas sensor includes first and second detectors that have different sensitivities to hydrogen gas and odiferous gas, and detect first and second detection data, respectively, and the data analyzer includes a gas arithmetic circuit that acquires concentration of odiferous gas on the basis of a conversion table of a relationship between the first and second detection data and concentration of the odiferous gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Aya HASEGAWA, Satoko KIZUKA, Masayuki NAGAISHI, Akemi TAKESHITA, Shingo YAMAYA, Hidenori OKA, Koji SONODA, Hiroshi TSUBOI
  • Publication number: 20160223551
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a biological information measurement system capable of notifying poor physical condition. The present invention is a system (1) that measures physical condition on the basis of defecation gas, and that includes: a test subject identification device; a suction device (18) that sucks gas in a bowl; a gas detector (20) that reacts to methyl mercaptan gas contained in the sucked gas; a control device (22) that controls the suction device and the gas detector; a storage device that stores first detection data; a data analyzer that analyzes physical condition of a test subject on the basis of time-dependent change in a plurality of first detection data items that is acquired in a defecation act performed multiple times in a predetermined period; and an output device that outputs an analysis result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Satoko KIZUKA, Hiroshi TSUBOI, Masayuki NAGAISHI, Koji SONODA, Hidenori OKA, Akemi TAKESHITA, Masahiro YAMAMOTO, Akitoshi SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160223552
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a biological information measurement system which can be readily purchased by general consumers, and can measure defecation gas in households. The present invention is a biological information measurement system (1) that measures physical condition of a test subject on the basis of defecation gas, having a suction device (18), a gas detector (20) sensitive to odiferous gas, a control device (22), a data analyzer (60) that analyzes the physical condition of the test subject, and an output device (68), and the data analyzer adopts detection data concerning initial excretion at a time of a predetermined increase in the odiferous gas being firstly detected by the gas detector, in a defecation period after the test subject sits on a seat of a flush toilet, as the first detection data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Satoko KIZUKA, Hiroshi TSUBOI, Masayuki NAGAISHI, Koji SONODA, Hidenori OKA, Akemi TAKESHITA, Shingo YAMAYA, Aya HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20160220170
    Abstract: There is provided a diagnosis system that is capable of allowing general consumers to readily purchase it, as well as capable of measuring defecation gas at home. The present invention is a system (1) including a device (10) on a test subject side, and a server (12), the test subject side device includes a suction device, a gas detector, a test subject identification device, a control device, and a communication device, the server has a database (12a) in which first detection data of odiferous gas, and test subject disease data are accumulated and recorded, and the server side data analyzer is provided with relating means that generates affected test subject defecation gas data, similarity determination means that compares a time-dependent change characteristic of the affected test subject defecation gas data, and a time-dependent change characteristic of test subject defecation gas data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Aya HASEGAWA, Tetsuhiro WASADA, Aya TAKAO, Satoko KIZUKA, Hidenori OKA, Akemi TAKESHITA, Masayuki NAGAISHI, Koji SONODA, Shingo YAMAYA, Hiroshi TSUBOI
  • Publication number: 20160223548
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a biological information measurement system capable of detecting odiferous gas in defecation gas at sufficient accuracy. The present invention is a system (1) that measures physical condition of a test subject on the basis of a defecation gas, and that includes: a suction device (18); a gas detector (20) with a gas sensor sensitive to an odiferous gas; a control device; a data analyzer (60) that analyzes the physical condition of the test subject; and an output device (68), and a detecting portion of the gas sensor detects gas at an oxidation-reduction temperature at which the detecting portion reacts to the hydrogen gas by an oxidation-reduction reaction, and at an oxidation-reduction reduced temperature at which an oxidation-reduction reaction to the hydrogen gas is deteriorated to relatively raise sensitivity of the detecting portion to the odiferous gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Satoko KIZUKA, Hiroshi TSUBOI, Masayuki NAGAISHI, Hidenori OKA, Akemi TAKESHITA, Koji SONODA, Aya HASEGAWA, Shingo YAMAYA, Masahiro YAMAMOTO, Akitoshi SAKAGUCHI, Yasuhiro SETOGUCHI, Kuniyuki IZAWA
  • Patent number: D965659
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jihoon Kil, Hidenori Oka, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Masayoshi Mita