Patents by Inventor Takehiro Agata
Takehiro Agata 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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Publication number: 20240119783Abstract: A pattern variably displaying device includes: sphere reels, in which patterns are described on a surface of a sphere; a sphere driving device, driving each of the sphere reels; and a reel control part, controlling the sphere driving device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takahiro ONO, Masaaki Sumi, Takuya Kudo, Takehiro Agata, Tatsuya Adachi, Shun Kato
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Publication number: 20240119808Abstract: A presentation device is provided in a gaming machine. The presentation device includes: a small roulette wheel, a medium roulette wheel, and a large roulette wheel, having different diameters and rotatably held on the same rotation center line; a motor, rotating each roulette wheel; a communication part, transmitting and receiving a control signal to and from the gaming machine; and a control part, controlling the motor based on the control signal from the gaming machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Masaaki SUMI, Eiji YASUDA, Takahiro ONO, Takuya KUDO, Takehiro AGATA
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Patent number: 11901150Abstract: A support plate can be disposed close to a display screen without having to provide a latching mechanism to the support plate, a push button device can be easily attached and detached, and the fixing of the push button device can be carried out simultaneously with the locking of the flexible wiring. There are provided a push button device that is inserted into an opening in a transparent plate 50 from the front side, and an annular lock plate that is disposed on the back side of the transparent plate and is fitted to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part of the push button device from the back side. The outer peripheral portion of the bottom part of the push button device and the inner peripheral portion of the lock plate have snap-fit structures that are fixed to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part by rotating the lock plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Kudo, Masaaki Sumi, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takehiro Agata
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Patent number: 11879631Abstract: A right side portion, which is a light emitting device, comprises a side light guide plate and a front light guide plate as a plurality of light guide plates in which light is reflected by a prism and emitted from a light emitting surface. The side light guide plate and the front light guide plate are disposed in a row in a state in which the angles of the light emitting surfaces differ between adjacent light guide plates and the ends of adjacent light guide plates are butted against each other. An LED board is disposed at the end of the side light guide plate, and the end surface of one of the ends of the side light guide plate and the front light guide plate that are abutted against each other is formed as an inclined surface with a reflection function that changes the angle at which the light is guided and causes the light to be incident on the adjacent light guide plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takahiro Ono, Junya Fujita, Jun Kishimoto, Takehiro Agata
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Publication number: 20230368606Abstract: An illumination device 10 includes a reel 13a, a motor 13e, a roulette wheel 14c, a motor 14i, and LED tapes 14ba and 14bb. The reel 13a has a substantially cylindrical shape, rotates around a rotary shaft, and has a substantially circular first side surface, a second side surface that is disposed opposite the first side surface, and an outer peripheral surface that connects the first side surface and the second side surface. The motor 13e rotates the reel 13a around a substantially cylindrical center shaft. The roulette wheel 14c is provided inside the reel 13a when viewed from a side of the first side surface, and has a roulette graphics formed thereon. The motor 14i rotates the roulette wheel 14c around the center thereof. The LED tapes 14ba and 14bb are provided to the reel 13a and produce effects with light.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki SUMI, Eiji YASUDA, Takahiro ONO, Takehiro AGATA
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Publication number: 20230368607Abstract: An illumination device 10 includes a reel 13a, a roulette wheel 14c, a motor 14i, an LED tape 14bb, a light guide plate 14e, and a control unit 16. The roulette wheel 14c is provided to the reel 13a and has first graphics formed thereon. The center of rotation of the motor 14i is the center of the roulette wheel 14c. The LED tape 14bb is provided on the front side of the roulette wheel 14c and emits light. The light guide plate 14e is provided on the front side of the roulette wheel 14c, and the light emitted from the LED tape 14bb is incident thereon. The control unit 16 controls the LED tape 14bb so as to switch between a display produced by the light guide plate 14e and a display of the first graphics on the roulette wheel 14c by lighting or not lighting the incident surface of the light guide plate 14e, according to the state of play on a gaming machine 20.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki SUMI, Eiji YASUDA, Takahiro ONO, Takehiro AGATA
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Patent number: 11792562Abstract: A set of headphones (1) comprises a pair of speaker units (3); a pair of ear pad portions (4); a plurality of temperature change modules (24) that are provided inside the pair of ear pad portions (4), and that heat and/or cool electrically so as to convey a temperature other than normal temperature to the user; and a temperature control unit (31) that drives the plurality of temperature change modules (24) on a rotating basis while shifting the phase of operation individually or in groups.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki Sumi, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Junya Fujita, Takehiro Agata, Kazuma Matsui, Mitsunori Sugiura
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Publication number: 20230316849Abstract: An amusement machine includes a button deck (10). The button deck (10) includes a transparent support plate (13) and a display (12) together serving as a touchscreen, and a pushbutton switch (15). The pushbutton switch (15) includes an operable portion (20) attached to one surface of the transparent support plate (13), and a detector (30) attached to another surface of the transparent support plate (13) and facing the operable portion (20). The operable portion (20) includes a button (21) and a reflective flapper (26) movable in response to movement of the button (21). The detector (30) includes a reflective sensor (34) that detects the pressed state of the button (21) through the transparent support plate (13). The reflective sensor (34) emits light toward the reflective flapper (26) and receives light reflected by the reflective flapper (26).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Masaaki SUMI, Takehiro AGATA
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Patent number: 11471758Abstract: An illumination device according to one or more embodiments may include: a light guide plate unit having a front light guide plate and a rear light guide plate; a light projecting unit having an LED configured to supply light to the front light guide plate and the rear light guide plate; a moving mechanism configured to cause the light guide plate unit to reciprocate in a depth direction; and a detector having a detection region in front of the light guide plate unit in the depth direction and configured to detect the presence or absence of an object without contacting. The moving mechanism may move the light guide plate unit in accordance with a detection result of the detector.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takahiro Ono, Tatsuya Adachi, Rei Asai, Takehiro Agata
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Patent number: 11426653Abstract: A long decorative illumination device which is long in the vertical direction and for being installed in the sides of a game machine may be provided with a plurality of light guide plates that can be individually illuminated. The plurality of light guide plates may be arranged in the vertical direction with gaps therebetween and in a slanted state so that the light emitting surfaces thereof are oriented toward a window part which is open from at least two directions of the front surface and the side surfaces of the decorative illumination device. A controller may control the light emission of the plurality of light guide plates to perform visual effect lighting having an impactful visual effect, while controlling the light emission from the plurality of light guide plates to convey predetermined information.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Junya Fujita, Takehiro Agata
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Publication number: 20220272434Abstract: A set of headphones (1) comprises a pair of speaker units (3); a pair of ear pad portions (4); a plurality of temperature change modules (24) that are provided inside the pair of ear pad portions (4), and that heat and/or cool electrically so as to convey a temperature other than normal temperature to the user; and a temperature control unit (31) that drives the plurality of temperature change modules (24) on a rotating basis while shifting the phase of operation individually or in groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki SUMI, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Junya FUJITA, Takehiro AGATA, Kazuma MATSUI, Mitsunori SUGIURA
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Publication number: 20220270834Abstract: A support plate can be disposed close to a display screen without having to provide a latching mechanism to the support plate, a push button device can be easily attached and detached, and the fixing of the push button device can be carried out simultaneously with the locking of the flexible wiring. There are provided a push button device that is inserted into an opening in a transparent plate 50 from the front side, and an annular lock plate that is disposed on the back side of the transparent plate and is fitted to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part of the push button device from the back side. The outer peripheral portion of the bottom part of the push button device and the inner peripheral portion of the lock plate have snap-fit structures that are fixed to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part by rotating the lock plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya KUDO, Masaaki SUMI, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Takehiro AGATA
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Publication number: 20220252250Abstract: A right side portion, which is a light emitting device, comprises a side light guide plate and a front light guide plate as a plurality of light guide plates in which light is reflected by a prism and emitted from a light emitting surface. The side light guide plate and the front light guide plate are disposed in a row in a state in which the angles of the light emitting surfaces differ between adjacent light guide plates and the ends of adjacent light guide plates are butted against each other. An LED board is disposed at the end of the side light guide plate, and the end surface of one of the ends of the side light guide plate and the front light guide plate that are abutted against each other is formed as an inclined surface with a reflection function that changes the angle at which the light is guided and causes the light to be incident on the adjacent light guide plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Takahiro ONO, Junya FUJITA, Jun KISHIMOTO, Takehiro AGATA
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Publication number: 20220245990Abstract: There is provided a push button device with which a support plate can be disposed close to a display screen without providing the support plate with a latching mechanism, and which can be easily attached and detached. The invention comprises a push button device that is inserted into the opening of a transparent plate from the front side, and an annular lock plate that is disposed on the back side of the transparent plate and is fitted to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part of the push button device from the back side. A snap-fit structure that is fixed to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part by rotating the lock plate is provided to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part of the push button device and to the inner peripheral portion of the lock plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya KUDO, Masaaki SUMI, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Takehiro AGATA
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Patent number: 11398128Abstract: An illumination device according to one or more embodiments may include: a light guide plate unit comprising a front light guide plate and a rear light guide plate arranged in a depth direction at a predetermined interval, and a light projecting unit arranged at a side of the light guide plate unit. The light projecting unit may comprise an LED in an amount of one piece among the front light guide plate and the rear light guide plate; and a moving mechanism configured to cause the light guide plate unit to reciprocate in the depth direction to cause a light incident surface of either one of the front light guide plate and the rear light guide plate to be opposed to the light projecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takahiro Ono, Tatsuya Adachi, Rei Asai, Takehiro Agata
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Publication number: 20220226520Abstract: A game machine (1) comprises a push button (20) that comes out of an opening; an elevating mechanism (51) that raises and lowers the push button (20); a shutter (31) that blocks off the opening in a closed state; a shutter mechanism (32) that opens and closes the shutter; a light irradiation unit (40) having a light source that is disposed on the back surface of the shutter (31), is opposite the operation surface of the push button (20) in the closed state of the shutter (31), and emits a light beam that inactivates a virus; and a control device (70). The control device (70) lowers the push button (20) when an event occurs that triggers a disinfection operation, and turns on the light source for a specific length of time after the shutter (31) has been closed, and puts the shutter (31) in the open state and raises the push button (20) upon completion of the lighting.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya KUDO, Takehiro AGATA
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Publication number: 20220226519Abstract: A push button unit (10) comprises a push button (20), a shutter (31) that covers the push button (20) in a closed state, a shutter mechanism that opens and closes the shutter (31), and an ultraviolet light irradiation unit (40) that is disposed on the back surface of the shutter (31), is opposite an operation surface (20a) of the push button when the shutter (31) is closed, and has a light source (41) that emits a light beam that inactivates a virus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya KUDO, Takehiro AGATA
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Patent number: 11320582Abstract: An illumination device is disclosed that may constitute a partition wall or the like having an impact in a bright and brilliant space. An illumination device according to an embodiment may include: a plurality of light guide plate units each including a light guide plate and an LED substrate; and a base to which the plurality of light guide plate units are attached so as to be laid over the base. The attachment surface of the base is divided into sections for attaching the light guide plate units so as to lay the light guide plate units over the base and each section is provided with an IC board for driving the corresponding LED substrate and snap-fit engagement portions for fixing the light guide plate unit to the base.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Junya Fujita, Takehiro Agata
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Patent number: 11217059Abstract: A long decorative illumination device according to one or more embodiments may include a plurality of light guide plates configured to reflect light entering therein from an end surface thereof with reflection surfaces formed in recesses thereon, and causing the light to be emitted from a light emitting surface thereof; a plurality of light sources provided corresponding to the plurality of light guide plates; and a long window part open from at least two directions of the front surface and side surfaces of the decorative illumination device; and the plurality of light guide plates is slanted with gaps therebetween, so that in the slanted state the light emitting surfaces thereof are oriented toward the window part.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Junya Fujita, Takehiro Agata
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Publication number: 20210275910Abstract: A long decorative illumination device which is long in the vertical direction and for being installed in the sides of a game machine may be provided with a plurality of light guide plates that can be individually illuminated. The plurality of light guide plates may be arranged in the vertical direction with gaps therebetween and in a slanted state so that the light emitting surfaces thereof are oriented toward a window part which is open from at least two directions of the front surface and the side surfaces of the decorative illumination device. A controller may control the light emission of the plurality of light guide plates to perform visual effect lighting having an impactful visual effect, while controlling the light emission from the plurality of light guide plates to convey predetermined information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Junya FUJITA, Takehiro AGATA