Patents by Inventor Kenichi Hashizume
Kenichi Hashizume 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).
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Patent number: 11959899Abstract: Disclosed is a 4-method for preparing original data of an odor image includes a measurement result acquiring step of acquiring each measurement result measured with respect to the odor substance included in the sample in each of a plurality of sensor elements of an odor sensor, and a data processing step of generating the original data for representing the odor of the sample in the image by processing each of the acquired measurement results. Each of the sensor elements has different detection properties with respect to the odor substance. In a case where each of the original data items is represented in a small image, the odor of the sample is represented in an odor image in a predetermined display mode in which small images are assembled, and each of the small images is varied in accordance with the magnitude of the value of each original data item.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: AROMA BIT, INC.Inventors: Shunichiro Kuroki, Kenichi Hashizume, Megumi Takahashi
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Patent number: 11946904Abstract: Embodiments provide an odor identification system including an operation array unit including at least two or more sensors which interact with odor causative substances included in an odor factor of a gas sample, a sensor data processing unit processing data obtained by interaction with the odor factor in the operation array unit, an odor factor information storing unit storing information of the odor factor and the interaction pattern information of the odor factor in advance, and a pattern identification unit identifying the odor factor on the basis of an interaction pattern while referring to the pattern processed by the sensor data processing unit and the information of the odor factor information storing unit, and collating the interaction pattern with the known odor information, wherein the odor of the object to be measured is contained.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: KABUSHIKIGAISHA AROMA BIT, INC.Inventors: Shunichiro Kuroki, Kenichi Hashizume
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Patent number: 11892436Abstract: The odor exploration method explores an odor based on odor information generated using a plurality of sensor elements each outputting a detection signal according to the state of adsorption by indicating an adsorption reaction unique to each odor substance, and an arithmetic unit generating the odor information by quantifying each detection signal from the sensor elements. The method includes a detection step detecting a first gas containing odor substances, a generation step generating a first odor information group generated based on a detection result of the first gas, a preparation step preparing a second odor information group generated based on a detection of a second gas, and a calculation step calculating a sum of or a difference between the second odor information group and the first odor information group based on a sum of or difference between the odor information generated for the first gas and for the second gas using the same sensor element.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: AROMA BIT, INC.Inventors: Shunichiro Kuroki, Kenichi Hashizume, Erika Terada, Megumi Takahashi, Shingo Aizawa
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Patent number: 11846615Abstract: A data structure includes a main data storage area in which main data is stored, and an odor data storage area in which odor data is stored. The odor data is based on a measurement result of an odor in air measured by an odor sensor. The odor data storage area stores a plurality of pieces of the odor data. The main data storage area includes a main data ID area for storing a main data ID indicating that the stored data is the main data. The odor data storage area includes an odor data ID area for storing an odor data ID indicating that the stored data is the odor data.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: AROMA BIT, INC.Inventors: Shunichiro Kuroki, Kenichi Hashizume, Megumi Takahashi, Erika Terada, Makoto Yoshimura
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Patent number: 11796497Abstract: According to various embodiments, there is provided an odor sensor including at least two sensor elements each having a substance adsorbing membrane for adsorbing one or more odor substances included in air; and an electrical signal conversion unit for measuring the electrical characteristics of the substance adsorbing membrane after adsorption of the substance, in which the substance adsorbing membrane has a main skeleton containing an electroconductive polymer and contains a dopant for modifying the main skeleton of the electroconductive polymer, and the at least two sensor elements are respectively provided with substance adsorbing membranes having different proportions of the main skeleton and the dopant. Also provided is an odor measurement system using the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventor: Kenichi Hashizume
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Patent number: 11686711Abstract: An odor measurement apparatus includes an odor sensor detecting an odor and an imaging device having a lens portion, in which an imaging direction of the imaging device and an introduction direction of air when the air is guided to a sensor surface of the odor sensor through an introduction port are substantially the same direction. The odor measurement apparatus detects odor substances contained in air using a sensor when an odor is measured, and measures attribute information of a measurement target or the like of the odor. An odor data management apparatus stores and manages odor data measured by the odor measurement apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: AROMA BIT, INC.Inventors: Kenichi Hashizume, Shunichiro Kuroki
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Publication number: 20230031936Abstract: To provide an odor sensor capable of using an additive that was not capable of being adopted in an odor sensor including a polymer film, an odor measurement system using the odor sensor, and a method for producing the odor sensor, an odor sensor comprises a plurality of sensor elements, the sensor element including a substance absorption film adsorbing an odor substance; and a detection unit detecting adsorption of the odor substance with respect to the substance absorption film, wherein the substance absorption film is a porous fine particle film that contains fine particles containing a compound having silicon and oxygen as a skeleton, and a surface modifier for modifying surfaces of the fine particles, and in at least a part of the plurality of sensor elements, compositions of the fine particles and/or the surface modifier are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2020Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Kenichi HASHIZUME, Masahiro KISHIDA, Erika TERADA, Kenichi MAENO
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Publication number: 20220365051Abstract: A method for preparing original data of an odor image includes a measurement result acquiring step of acquiring each measurement result measured with respect to the odor substance included in the sample in each of a plurality of sensor elements of an odor sensor, and a data processing step of generating the original data for representing the odor of the sample in the image by processing each of the acquired measurement results. Each of the sensor elements has different detection properties with respect to the odor substance. In a case where each of the original data items is represented in a small image, the odor of the sample is represented in an odor image in a predetermined display mode in which small images are assembled, and each of the small images is varied in accordance with the magnitude of the value of each original data item.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Shunichiro KUROKI, Kenichi HASHIZUME, Megumi TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 11408872Abstract: A method for preparing original data of an odor image includes a measurement result acquiring step of acquiring each measurement result measured with respect to the odor substance included in the sample in each of a plurality of sensor elements of an odor sensor, and a data processing step of generating the original data for representing the odor of the sample in the image by processing each of the acquired measurement results. Each of the sensor elements has different detection properties with respect to the odor substance. In a case where each of the original data items is represented in a small image, the odor of the sample is represented in an odor image in a predetermined display mode in which small images are assembled, and each of the small images is varied in accordance with the magnitude of the value of each original data item.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Inventors: Shunichiro Kuroki, Kenichi Hashizume, Megumi Takahashi
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Publication number: 20220113289Abstract: An odor measurement apparatus includes an odor sensor detecting an odor and an imaging device having a lens portion, in which an imaging direction of the imaging device and an introduction direction of air when the air is guided to a sensor surface of the odor sensor through an introduction port are substantially the same direction. The odor measurement apparatus detects odor substances contained in air using a sensor when an odor is measured, and measures attribute information of a measurement target or the like of the odor. An odor data management apparatus stores and manages odor data measured by the odor measurement apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Kenichi HASHIZUME, Shunichiro KUROKI
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Patent number: 11237139Abstract: An odor measurement apparatus includes an odor sensor detecting an odor and an imaging device having a lens portion, in which an imaging direction of the imaging device and an introduction direction of air when the air is guided to a sensor surface of the odor sensor through an introduction port are substantially the same direction. The odor measurement apparatus detects odor substances contained in air using a sensor when an odor is measured, and measures attribute information of a measurement target or the like of the odor. An odor data management apparatus stores and manages odor data measured by the odor measurement apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Inventors: Kenichi Hashizume, Shunichiro Kuroki
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Publication number: 20210372976Abstract: The odor exploration method explores an odor based on odor information generated using a plurality of sensor elements each outputting a detection signal according to the state of adsorption by indicating an adsorption reaction unique to each odor substance, and an arithmetic unit generating the odor information by quantifying each detection signal from the sensor elements. The method includes a detection step detecting a first gas containing odor substances, a generation step generating a first odor information group generated based on a detection result of the first gas, a preparation step preparing a second odor information group generated based on a detection of a second gas, and a calculation step calculating a sum of or a difference between the second odor information group and the first odor information group based on a sum of or difference between the odor information generated for the first gas and for the second gas using the same sensor element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Shunichiro Kuroki, Kenichi Hashizume, Erika Terada, Megumi Takahashi, Shingo Aizawa
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Publication number: 20210356433Abstract: Embodiments provide an odor identification system including an operation array unit including at least two or more sensors which interact with odor causative substances included in an odor factor of a gas sample, a sensor data processing unit processing data obtained by interaction with the odor factor in the operation array unit, an odor factor information storing unit storing information of the odor factor and the interaction pattern information of the odor factor in advance, and a pattern identification unit identifying the odor factor on the basis of an interaction pattern while referring to the pattern processed by the sensor data processing unit and the information of the odor factor information storing unit, and collating the interaction pattern with the known odor information, wherein the odor of the object to be measured is contained.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: KABUSHIKIGAISHA AROMA BIT, INC.Inventors: Shunichiro KUROKI, Kenichi HASHIZUME
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Publication number: 20210302347Abstract: According to various embodiments, there is provided an odor sensor including at least two sensor elements each having a substance adsorbing membrane for adsorbing one or more odor substances included in air; and an electrical signal conversion unit for measuring the electrical characteristics of the substance adsorbing membrane after adsorption of the substance, in which the substance adsorbing membrane has a main skeleton containing an electroconductive polymer and contains a dopant for modifying the main skeleton of the electroconductive polymer, and the at least two sensor elements are respectively provided with substance adsorbing membranes having different proportions of the main skeleton and the dopant. Also provided is an odor measurement system using the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: AROMA BIT, INC.Inventor: Kenichi HASHIZUME
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Patent number: 11112383Abstract: Embodiments provide an odor identification system including an operation array unit including at least two or more sensors which interact with odor causative substances included in an odor factor of a gas sample, a sensor data processing unit processing data obtained by interaction with the odor factor in the operation array unit, an odor factor information storing unit storing information of the odor factor and the interaction pattern information of the odor factor in advance, and a pattern identification unit identifying the odor factor on the basis of an interaction pattern while referring to the pattern processed by the sensor data processing unit and the information of the odor factor information storing unit, and collating the interaction pattern with the known odor information, wherein the odor of the object to be measured is contained.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Inventors: Shunichiro Kuroki, Kenichi Hashizume
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Patent number: 11073491Abstract: According to various embodiments, there is provided an odor sensor including at least two sensor elements each having a substance adsorbing membrane for adsorbing one or more odor substances included in air; and an electrical signal conversion unit for measuring the electrical characteristics of the substance adsorbing membrane after adsorption of the substance, in which the substance adsorbing membrane has a main skeleton containing an electroconductive polymer and contains a dopant for modifying the main skeleton of the electroconductive polymer, and the at least two sensor elements are respectively provided with substance adsorbing membranes having different proportions of the main skeleton and the dopant. Also provided is an odor measurement system using the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Inventor: Kenichi Hashizume
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Patent number: 10780900Abstract: A compressor module, as a component of a refrigerant cycle device, is attached to a casing that houses a refrigeration cycle device. The compressor module includes a compressor that compresses refrigerant, a supporting member that supports the compressor, a vibration-reducing rubber body that is attached to the supporting member, ancillary equipment that is added to the compressor, a base supporting the supporting member via the vibration-reducing rubber body and supporting the ancillary equipment with a portion of the base other than the portion supporting the supporting member.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya Tanaka, Kenichi Hashizume
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Publication number: 20200124577Abstract: A data structure includes a main data storage area in which main data is stored, and an odor data storage area in which odor data is stored. The odor data is based on a measurement result of an odor in air measured by an odor sensor. The odor data storage area stores a plurality of pieces of the odor data. The main data storage area includes a main data ID area for storing a main data ID indicating that the stored data is the main data. The odor data storage area includes an odor data ID area for storing an odor data ID indicating that the stored data is the odor data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Shunichiro KUROKI, Kenichi HASHIZUME, Megumi TAKAHASHI, Erika TERADA, Makoto YOSHIMURA
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Publication number: 20200096491Abstract: A method for preparing original data of an odor image includes a measurement result acquiring step of acquiring each measurement result measured with respect to the odor substance included in the sample in each of a plurality of sensor elements of an odor sensor, and a data processing step of generating the original data for representing the odor of the sample in the image by processing each of the acquired measurement results. Each of the sensor elements has different detection properties with respect to the odor substance. In a case where each of the original data items is represented in a small image, the odor of the sample is represented in an odor image in a predetermined display mode in which small images are assembled, and each of the small images is varied in accordance with the magnitude of the value of each original data item.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Shunichiro KUROKI, Kenichi HASHIZUME, Megumi TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20190383772Abstract: Embodiments provide an odor identification system including an operation array unit including at least two or more sensors which interact with odor causative substances included in an odor factor of a gas sample, a sensor data processing unit processing data obtained by interaction with the odor factor in the operation array unit, an odor factor information storing unit storing information of the odor factor and the interaction pattern information of the odor factor in advance, and a pattern identification unit identifying the odor factor on the basis of an interaction pattern while referring to the pattern processed by the sensor data processing unit and the information of the odor factor information storing unit, and collating the interaction pattern with the known odor information, wherein the odor of the object to be measured is contained.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKIGAISHA AROMA BIT, INC.Inventors: Shunichiro KUROKI, Kenichi HASHIZUME