Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Okumura
Toshiaki Okumura 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: 20240109484Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source portion, a light guide that includes a light guide body with an elongated shape, guides light incident from the light source portion in a longitudinal direction of the elongated shape, and emits the light in an emission direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and a bezel that is provided along the light guide and includes an elongated-shaped opening through which the light emitted from the light guide passes and is emitted to the outside. The bezel includes at least one bridge portion that is formed along a lateral direction of the opening so as to partially bridge opposed walls of the opening in the lateral direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Toshiaki MORI, Yoichi MATSUOKA, Takao OKUMURA, Koichiro ENDO
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Publication number: 20220057233Abstract: A motion state monitoring system including: a selection unit that selects one or a plurality of sensors from among a plurality of sensors associated with a plurality of respective body parts of a body of a subject based on one or a plurality of specified motions to be monitored; a calibration result determination unit that determines whether or not a calibration of each of at least the one or plurality of sensors selected by the selection unit has been completed; a calculation processing unit that generates a result of a calculation indicating a motion state of the subject based on a result of detection performed by each of the one or plurality of sensors selected by the selection unit when the calibration result determination unit determines that the calibration has been completed; and an output unit that outputs the result of the calculation performed by the calculation processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Makoto Kobayashi, Toru Miyagawa, Issei Nakashima, Keisuke Suga, Masayuki Imaida, Manabu Yamamoto, Toshiaki Okumura, Yohei Otaka, Masaki Katoh, Asuka Hirano, Taiki Yoshida
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Patent number: 10849577Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus in which a detection unit configured to generate an image signal corresponding to incident radiation and a control unit are arranged in one housing is provided. The radiation imaging apparatus further comprises a notification unit arranged in the housing and configured to show a state of the radiation imaging apparatus. While causing the detection unit to perform a continuous capturing operation of a radiation image, the control unit performs control so that the notification unit will perform notification of the ongoing capturing operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Toshiaki Okumura
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Patent number: 10476259Abstract: A power conversion device provided between a DC power supply and an AC electric path, including: a breaking device provided to at least one line of an output electric path in the power conversion device; a first voltage sensor provided on a primary side of the breaking device; a second voltage sensor provided on a secondary side of the breaking device; and a determination unit which calculates a primary-side voltage and a secondary-side voltage, and a primary-side phase and a secondary-side phase and determines that the breaking device is opened, by occurrence of an event in which an absolute value of a voltage difference between the primary-side voltage and the secondary-side voltage is greater than a voltage difference threshold value and an absolute value of a phase difference between the primary-side phase and the secondary-side phase is greater than a phase difference threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiaki Okumura, Naoki Ayai, Koichi Takeshita, Fumio Urakawa, Shinjirou Shinada, Tadatsugu Udono
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Patent number: 10461625Abstract: A control unit of a power conversion device calculates a current target value and a voltage target value for a DC/AC converter on the basis of an output current target value, to control the DC/AC converter, and calculates a current target value for the DC/DC converter on the basis of the current target value and the voltage target value, and a voltage target value for the DC/DC converter, to control the DC/DC converter, thereby controlling output of an AC power. The control unit selects, as the voltage target value for the DC/DC converter, a greatest value at a present time, from among a DC voltage value of the DC power supply, an absolute value of a voltage target value for an AC side of the DC/AC converter, and a DC voltage lower limit value which is a predetermined value smaller than a peak value of the absolute value.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiaki Okumura, Naoki Ayai
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Patent number: 10355620Abstract: This conversion device converts DC powers from a plurality of DC power supplies, to AC power and supplies the AC power to a load. The conversion device includes: a filter circuit including an AC reactor and a first capacitor; a DC/AC inverter connected to the load via the filter circuit; DC/DC converters provided between the respective plurality of DC power supplies and the DC/AC inverter; a second capacitor provided between the DC/AC inverter and the DC/DC converters; and a control unit configured to set a current target value for each of the DC/DC converters to thereby be synchronized with current of the AC power, based on voltage of the AC power, voltage variation due to current flowing through the AC reactor and an impedance thereof, reactive currents respectively flowing through the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and voltage of each DC power.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Ayai, Toshiaki Okumura, Tetsuo Akita, Kenji Abiru
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Patent number: 10348190Abstract: Duties of control for DC/AC and DC/DC conversion units are determined by considering electric influences of a filter circuit, a capacitor connected to a DC bus, and a DC reactor for an output voltage command value for supplying an AC voltage to a load. The DC/DC conversion unit is controlled to convert a DC voltage into a DC bus voltage waveform alternately having a period of a pulsating current waveform corresponding to the absolute value of the AC voltage and a period of the DC voltage as a pulsating current minimum value. The DC/AC conversion unit is controlled to perform step-down operation during the period of the DC voltage and thus perform conversion into a waveform of the absolute value of the AC voltage corresponding to the period of the DC voltage, and also to perform polarity inversion per one pulsating current cycle.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Shimizu, Tetsuo Akita, Toshiaki Okumura, Naoki Ayai
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Publication number: 20190181635Abstract: A power conversion device provided between a DC power supply and an AC electric path, including: a breaking device provided to at least one line of an output electric path in the power conversion device; a first voltage sensor provided on a primary side of the breaking device; a second voltage sensor provided on a secondary side of the breaking device; and a determination unit which calculates a primary-side voltage and a secondary-side voltage, and a primary-side phase and a secondary-side phase and determines that the breaking device is opened, by occurrence of an event in which an absolute value of a voltage difference between the primary-side voltage and the secondary-side voltage is greater than a voltage difference threshold value and an absolute value of a phase difference between the primary-side phase and the secondary-side phase is greater than a phase difference threshold valueType: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Toshiaki Okumura, Naoki Ayai, Koichi Takeshita, Fumio Urakawa, Shinjirou Shinada, Tadatsugu Udono
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Patent number: 10277036Abstract: An inverter device includes a circuit configuration for converting, to AC power, DC powers respectively given from a first power supply and a second power supply which outputs power with voltage lower than that of the first power supply. The inverter device includes: a first step-up circuit; a second step-up circuit; an inverter circuit connected to both step-up circuits connected in parallel to each other, the inverter circuit configured to convert powers given from both step-up circuits to AC power; and a control unit configured to multiply a power value including the AC power outputted from the inverter circuit, by a ratio of a power value of the DC power of each step-up circuit to a total power value obtained by summing the DC powers of both step-up circuits, and set a current target value for each step-up circuit based on a value obtained by the multiplication.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Ayai, Kenji Abiru, Toshiaki Okumura
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Publication number: 20190044428Abstract: A control unit of a power conversion device calculates a current target value and a voltage target value for a DC/AC converter on the basis of an output current target value, to control the DC/AC converter, and calculates a current target value for the DC/DC converter on the basis of the current target value and the voltage target value, and a voltage target value for the DC/DC converter, to control the DC/DC converter, thereby controlling output of an AC power. The control unit selects, as the voltage target value for the DC/DC converter, a greatest value at a present time, from among a DC voltage value of the DC power supply, an absolute value of a voltage target value for an AC side of the DC/AC converter, and a DC voltage lower limit value which is a predetermined value smaller than a peak value of the absolute value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiaki Okumura, Naoki Ayai
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Patent number: 10193434Abstract: This power conversion device includes: conversion devices for supplying AC powers to respective phases with respect to the neutral point of a three-phase AC system via reactors; and a control unit for controlling the conversion devices. Each conversion device includes: a step-up circuit for stepping up the DC input voltage value of DC power; and a single-phase inverter circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiaki Okumura, Naoki Ayai
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Publication number: 20190008469Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus in which a detection unit configured to generate an image signal corresponding to incident radiation and a control unit are arranged in one housing is provided. The radiation imaging apparatus further comprises a notification unit arranged in the housing and configured to show a state of the radiation imaging apparatus. While causing the detection unit to perform a continuous capturing operation of a radiation image, the control unit performs control so that the notification unit will perform notification of the ongoing capturing operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventor: TOSHIAKI OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20180166979Abstract: Duties of control for DC/AC and DC/DC conversion units are determined by considering electric influences of a filter circuit, a capacitor connected to a DC bus, and a DC reactor for an output voltage command value for supplying an AC voltage to a load. The DC/DC conversion unit is controlled to convert a DC voltage into a DC bus voltage waveform alternately having a period of a pulsating current waveform corresponding to the absolute value of the AC voltage and a period of the DC voltage as a pulsating current minimum value. The DC/AC conversion unit is controlled to perform step-down operation during the period of the DC voltage and thus perform conversion into a waveform of the absolute value of the AC voltage corresponding to the period of the DC voltage, and also to perform polarity inversion per one pulsating current cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Yusuke SHIMIZU, Tetsuo AKITA, Toshiaki OKUMURA, Naoki AYAI
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Patent number: 9882508Abstract: Provided is a conversion device that converts DC power provided from a DC power supply, to AC power and supplies the AC power to a load, the conversion device including: a filter circuit connected to the load and including an AC reactor and a first capacitor; a DC/AC inverter connected to the load via the filter circuit; a DC/DC converter provided between the DC power supply and the DC/AC inverter; a second capacitor provided between the DC/AC inverter and the DC/DC converter; and a control unit configured to set a current target value for the DC/DC converter to thereby be synchronized with current of the AC power, based on voltage of the AC power, voltage variation due to current flowing through the AC reactor and an impedance thereof, reactive currents respectively flowing through the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and voltage of the DC power.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Ayai, Tetsuo Akita, Toshiaki Okumura, Kenji Abiru
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Patent number: 9831676Abstract: A power conversion device includes: a conversion device for each phase which converts DC voltage inputted from a DC power supply, to voltage having an AC waveform to be outputted to each phase with respect to a neutral point of three-phase AC; and a control unit which controls these conversion devices. Each conversion device includes: a first conversion unit which has a DC/DC converter including an isolation transformer, and a capacitor, and which converts the inputted DC voltage to voltage containing a pulsating-current waveform corresponding to the absolute value of voltage obtained by superimposing a third-order harmonic on a fundamental wave as the AC waveform to be outputted; and a second conversion unit which has a full-bridge inverter for inverting the polarity of the voltage containing the pulsating-current waveform, per one cycle, thereby converting the voltage to voltage having the AC waveform.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiaki Okumura, Naoki Ayai
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Publication number: 20170229978Abstract: This conversion device converts DC powers from a plurality of DC power supplies, to AC power and supplies the AC power to a load. The conversion device includes: a filter circuit including an AC reactor and a first capacitor; a DC/AC inverter connected to the load via the filter circuit; DC/DC converters provided between the respective plurality of DC power supplies and the DC/AC inverter; a second capacitor provided between the DC/AC inverter and the DC/DC converters; and a control unit configured to set a current target value for each of the DC/DC converters to thereby be synchronized with current of the AC power, based on voltage of the AC power, voltage variation due to current flowing through the AC reactor and an impedance thereof, reactive currents respectively flowing through the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and voltage of each DC power.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2014Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Naoki Ayai, Toshiaki Okumura, Tetsuo Akita, Kenji Abiru
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Publication number: 20170133921Abstract: This power conversion device includes: conversion devices for supplying AC powers to respective phases with respect to the neutral point of a three-phase AC system via reactors; and a control unit for controlling the conversion devices. Each conversion device includes: a step-up circuit for stepping up the DC input voltage value of DC power; and a single-phase inverter circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Toshiaki Okumura, Naoki Ayai
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Patent number: 9627995Abstract: An inverter device includes: a step-up circuit; an inverter circuit; a control unit for controlling the step-up circuit and the inverter circuit; and a reactor provided on an electric path for outputting the converted AC power to an AC system. An output current target value is calculated based on an input power value of DC power and a voltage value of the AC system, and a current target value and a voltage target value for the inverter circuit are calculated based on the output current target value, to control the inverter circuit. A current target value for the step-up circuit is calculated based on a current target value and a voltage target value that are common with the inverter circuit, and on a DC input voltage value, to control the step-up circuit. Thereby, output of the AC power is controlled.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Ayai, Kenji Abiru, Toshiaki Okumura
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Publication number: 20170104422Abstract: A power conversion device includes: a conversion device for each phase which converts DC voltage inputted from a DC power supply, to voltage having an AC waveform to be outputted to each phase with respect to a neutral point of three-phase AC; and a control unit which controls these conversion devices. Each conversion device includes: a first conversion unit which has a DC/DC converter including an isolation transformer, and a capacitor, and which converts the inputted DC voltage to voltage containing a pulsating-current waveform corresponding to the absolute value of voltage obtained by superimposing a third-order harmonic on a fundamental wave as the AC waveform to be outputted; and a second conversion unit which has a full-bridge inverter for inverting the polarity of the voltage containing the pulsating-current waveform, per one cycle, thereby converting the voltage to voltage having the AC waveform.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2015Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: Toshiaki Okumura, Naoki Ayai
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Publication number: 20160268890Abstract: Provided is a conversion device that converts DC power provided from a DC power supply, to AC power and supplies the AC power to a load, the conversion device including: a filter circuit connected to the load and including an AC reactor and a first capacitor; a DC/AC inverter connected to the load via the filter circuit; a DC/DC converter provided between the DC power supply and the DC/AC inverter; a second capacitor provided between the DC/AC inverter and the DC/DC converter; and a control unit configured to set a current target value for the DC/DC converter to thereby be synchronized with current of the AC power, based on voltage of the AC power, voltage variation due to current flowing through the AC reactor and an impedance thereof, reactive currents respectively flowing through the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and voltage of the DC power.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2014Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Naoki Ayai, Tetsuo Akita, Toshiaki Okumura, Kenji Abiru