Patents Assigned to ATONARP INC.
  • Patent number: 11557469
    Abstract: There is provided a gas analyzer apparatus including: a sample chamber which is equipped with a dielectric wall structure and into which only sample gas to be measured is introduced; a plasma generation mechanism that generates plasma inside the sample chamber, which has been depressurized, using an electric field and/or a magnetic field applied through the dielectric wall structure; and an analyzer unit that analyzes the sample gas via the generated plasma. By doing so, it is possible to provide a gas analyzer apparatus capable of accurately analyzing sample gases, even those including corrosive gas, over a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: Naoki Takahashi, Prakash Sreedhar Murthy
  • Patent number: 11521711
    Abstract: A system for generating first data including content data includes an interface for outputting the content data, a conversion unit to convert an intensity change indicative of a detected chemical substance contained in data from a sensor into the content data. The sensor includes a mass spectrometric type sensor capable of controlling sensitivity, resolution or selectivity, and a hardware unit that is configured to carry out an analysis of the data with initial setting conditions designed for scanning in a first range using a test sample prepared in advance, change the setting conditions for the sensor for use with the conversion unit, based on the analysis carried out automatically and periodically, the setting conditions including at least one of a voltage for ionizing and a voltage for scanning a spectrum region for detecting a chemical substance requested by an application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: ATONARP INC.
    Inventor: Prakash Sreedhar Murthy
  • Publication number: 20220317044
    Abstract: A system for measurement is provided. The system includes a first optical path configured to supply first light pulses with a first range of wavelengths; a second optical path configured to supply second light pulses with a second range of wavelengths shorter than the first range of wavelengths; an optical I/O unit configured to emit the first light pulses and the second light pulses to a target and acquire a light from the target to detect CARS light pluses from the target by a detector; and a first phase modulating unit configured to vary phase differences between the first light pulses and the second light pulses as the first light pulses and the second light pulses are emitted via the optical I/O unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: David ANDERSON, Mateusz PLEWICKI, Dmitriy CHURIN, Anand PANDURANGAN, Andrew ZHANG, Lukas BRUECKNER, Prakash Sreedhar MURTHY
  • Publication number: 20220277950
    Abstract: A device of detecting a current from a sensor is disclosed. The device includes an integrating circuit including a network of capacitors for providing a gain setting and configured to convert the current to a voltage ramp over a length of integration time, the integrating circuit further including a reset switch configured to connect an input and an output of the network of capacitors; an ADC configured to digitize the voltage ramp into a plurality of voltage samples; and a set of modules including an analyzing module configured to analyze the plurality of voltage samples to determine a slope of the voltage ramp; an outputting module configured to determine a magnitude of the current based on the slope of the voltage ramp and the gain setting; and a reconfiguring module that is configured to reconfigure the network of capacitors and reset the voltage ramp via the reset switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: Anand PANDURANGAN, Siva SELVARAJ, Anoop HEGDE, Prakash Sreedhar MURTHY
  • Patent number: 11417509
    Abstract: A device of detecting a current from a sensor is disclosed. The device includes an integrating circuit including a network of capacitors for providing a gain setting and configured to convert the current to a voltage ramp over a length of integration time, the integrating circuit further including a reset switch configured to connect an input and an output of the network of capacitors; an ADC configured to digitize the voltage ramp into a plurality of voltage samples; and a set of modules including an analyzing module configured to analyze the plurality of voltage samples to determine a slope of the voltage ramp; an outputting module configured to determine a magnitude of the current based on the slope of the voltage ramp and the gain setting; and a reconfiguring module that is configured to reconfigure the network of capacitors and reset the voltage ramp via the reset switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: Anand Pandurangan, Siva Selvaraj, Anoop Hegde, Prakash Sreedhar Murthy
  • Publication number: 20220221426
    Abstract: There is provided a gas analyzer apparatus that analyzes inflowing sample gas. The gas analyzer apparatus includes a filter unit that filters the sample gas, a detector unit that detects the result of filtering, a housing that houses these elements, and a control unit that controls the respective potentials of these elements. The control unit includes a cleaning control unit that sets the respective potentials of the filter unit, the detector unit, and the housing to cleaning potentials that draws in, as plasma for cleaning purposes, process plasma from a source that supplies the sample gas or plasma generated by a plasma generation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: Naoki TAKAHASHI, Prakash Sreedhar MURTHY
  • Patent number: 11380533
    Abstract: An analyzer apparatus (1) includes: an ionization unit (11) that ionizes molecules to analyze; a filter unit (13) that forms a field for selectively passing ions generated by the ionization unit; a detector unit (14) that detects ions that have passed through the filter unit; an ion drive circuitry (61) that electrically drives the ionization unit; a field drive circuitry (62) that electrically drives the filter unit; and a control unit (22) that controls outputs of the ion drive circuitry and the field drive circuitry, wherein the control unit controls the ion drive circuitry to ramp up and down a filament voltage supplied to a filament of the ionization unit when the analyzer apparatus starts and stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: Prakash Sreedhar Murthy, Anoop R. Hegde, Takeshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20220202292
    Abstract: A system for measurement is provided. The system comprises a core optical module and a scanning interface module. The core optical module is configured to generate a light for generating signals for analyzing an object through the scanning interface module and detect a light including the signals from the object through the scanning interface module. The scanning interface module is changeable for each application and configured to connect with the core optical module by a light transferring unit to scan the object with the transferred light from the core optical module and to receive the light from the object to transfer to the core optical module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: David ANDERSON, Prakash Sreedhar MURTHY
  • Publication number: 20220187211
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus including a chip containing metal bodies capable of exciting localized surface plasmon resonance at a first surface, and an analyzer unit that performs a scan of the first surface of the chip, in a state where the first surface is in contact with a sample, with a laser in at least a one-dimensional direction and records scattered light, which has been enhanced at the first surface, in association with the scan. The chip includes a substrate, a first layer where concave and convex structures are repeatedly provided on the first surface of the substrate; and a second layer that contains the metal bodies and is provided via the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: Kazuo OKEMOTO, Naoyuki FUKUSHIMA, Prakash Sreedhar MURTHY
  • Patent number: 11320399
    Abstract: There is provided a gas analyzer apparatus that analyzes inflowing sample gas. The gas analyzer apparatus includes a filter unit that filters the sample gas, a detector unit that detects the result of filtering, a housing that houses these elements, and a control unit that controls the respective potentials of these elements. The control unit includes a cleaning control unit that sets the respective potentials of the filter unit, the detector unit, and the housing to cleaning potentials that draws in, as plasma for cleaning purposes, process plasma from a source that supplies the sample gas or plasma generated by a plasma generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: Naoki Takahashi, Prakash Sreedhar Murthy
  • Publication number: 20220087530
    Abstract: An optical system comprises a first optical path configured to supply a first light with a first range of wavelengths; a second optical path configured to supply a second light with a second range of wavelengths shorter than the first range of wavelengths; a third optical path configured to supply a third light with a third range of wavelengths shorter than the second range of wavelengths; an optical I/O unit configured to emit the first light, the second light and the third light to a target and acquire a light from the target; a reference unit configured to split off a reference light from the third light; and a detector that includes a range of detection wavelengths shared with a CARS light and an interference light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: Lukas BRUECKNER, David ANDERSON, Prakash Sreedhar MURTHY
  • Publication number: 20220074890
    Abstract: There is provided a system (1) including a monitoring unit (50) that analyzes, using a sensor (51), components of a first gas which may include first components and a pre-separation unit (30) disposed upstream of the monitoring unit. The pre-separation unit includes: a first supply line (31) that supplies the first gas (35) to the monitoring unit; a second supply line (32) that supplies a second gas (36), which includes components obtained by removing the first components from the first gas using a first separator (40), to the monitoring unit; and an automatic valve station (38) that periodically switches between the first supply line and the second supply line to alternately supply the first gas and the second gas to the monitoring unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: Prakash Sreedhar MURTHY, Said BOUMSELLEK
  • Publication number: 20220044919
    Abstract: There is provided a gas analyzer apparatus including: a sample chamber which is equipped with a dielectric wall structure and into which only sample gas to be measured is introduced; a plasma generation mechanism that generates plasma inside the sample chamber, which has been depressurized, using an electric field and/or a magnetic field applied through the dielectric wall structure; and an analyzer unit that analyzes the sample gas via the generated plasma. By doing so, it is possible to provide a gas analyzer apparatus capable of accurately analyzing sample gases, even those including corrosive gas, over a long period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: Naoki TAKAHASHI, Prakash Sreedhar MURTHY
  • Publication number: 20220044801
    Abstract: A health management system includes a plurality of living body information acquisition systems and a health management server. Each living body information acquisition system includes a data acquisition module that acquires body monitoring data including information on urine components contained in a urine sample collected from urine excreted into a toilet bowl; and a toilet bowl identification module configured so that a user terminal acquires toilet bowl identification information for identifying a toilet bowl in use by the user in a contactless manner. Each living body information acquisition system outputs individual health monitoring information including the body monitoring data associated with user identification information that identifies the user when using the toilet bowl by way of the toilet bowl identification information in units of urination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: Prakash Sreedhar MURTHY, Kazuo OKEMOTO, Akira IMAI
  • Patent number: 11227753
    Abstract: System for quantifying a composition of a target sample based on a scan output of a first type of sensor includes a reference database, a custom database and a set of modules. The set of modules includes an analytical model creation module that creates an analytical model of the first type of sensor, a sample processing module that processes samples that include accurately known compositions using the first type of sensor under a standard pressure condition, a molecular fraction estimation module that estimates molecular fraction of the samples using an estimation method and the analytical model, an analytical model optimization module that optimizes the analytical model by comparing the molecular fraction of the samples with a pre-determined molecular fraction of the samples, and a target composition estimation module that estimates a composition of the target sample based on the scan output using the estimation method with the optimized analytical model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: ATONARP INC.
    Inventor: Karthikeyan Rajan Madathil
  • Patent number: 11209391
    Abstract: There is provided a system including a monitoring unit that analyzes, using a sensor, components of a first gas which may include first components and a pre-separation unit disposed upstream of the monitoring unit. The pre-separation unit includes: a first supply line that supplies the first gas to the monitoring unit; a second supply line that supplies a second gas, which includes components obtained by removing the first components from the first gas using a first separator, to the monitoring unit; and an automatic valve station that periodically switches between the first supply line and the second supply line to alternately supply the first gas and the second gas to the monitoring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: Prakash Sreedhar Murthy, Said Boumsellek
  • Patent number: 11183376
    Abstract: A system for scanning a gas mixture using a sensor is disclosed. The system includes a matrix multiplication module configured to pre-multiply a B matrix with a diagonal matrix that is created with a vector of nominal concentration of the set of gases to obtain an adjusted B matrix (Ba) and a mass to charge ratio extraction module that is configured to select a set of mass to charge ratios for the set of gases to scan in a time budget based on the adjusted B matrix (Ba). The B matrix is a multiplication of P, T, C and R matrices, wherein P is a convolution matrix representing peak shapes, T is transmission efficiencies at each integral mass to charge ratio, R is relative ionization potentials for each gas and C is a reference spectrum representing idealized responses for each gas at the integral mass to charge ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: ATONARP INC.
    Inventor: Karthikeyan Rajan Madathil
  • Publication number: 20210265149
    Abstract: An analyzer apparatus (1) includes: an ionization unit (11) that ionizes molecules to analyze; a filter unit (13) that forms a field for selectively passing ions generated by the ionization unit; a detector unit (14) that detects ions that have passed through the filter unit; an ion drive circuitry (61) that electrically drives the ionization unit; a field drive circuitry (62) that electrically drives the filter unit; and a control unit (22) that controls outputs of the ion drive circuitry and the field drive circuitry, wherein the control unit controls the ion drive circuitry to ramp up and down a filament voltage supplied to a filament of the ionization unit when the analyzer apparatus starts and stops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: Prakash Sreedhar Murthy, Anoop R. Hegde, Takeshi Sato
  • Patent number: 11011360
    Abstract: An analyzer apparatus includes: an ionization unit that ionizes molecules to analyze; a filter unit that forms a field for selectively passing ions generated by the ionization unit; a detector unit that detects ions that have passed through the filter unit; an ion drive circuitry that electrically drives the ionization unit; a field drive circuitry that electrically drives the filter unit; and a control unit that controls outputs of the ion drive circuitry and the field drive circuitry, wherein the control unit controls the ion drive circuitry to ramp up and down a filament voltage supplied to a filament of the ionization unit when the analyzer apparatus starts and stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: Prakash Sreedhar Murthy, Anoop R. Hegde, Takeshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20210143000
    Abstract: A device of detecting a current from a sensor is disclosed. The device includes an integrating circuit including a network of capacitors for providing a gain setting and configured to convert the current to a voltage ramp over a length of integration time, the integrating circuit further including a reset switch configured to connect an input and an output of the network of capacitors; an ADC configured to digitize the voltage ramp into a plurality of voltage samples; and a set of modules including an analyzing module configured to analyze the plurality of voltage samples to determine a slope of the voltage ramp; an outputting module configured to determine a magnitude of the current based on the slope of the voltage ramp and the gain setting; and a reconfiguring module that is configured to reconfigure the network of capacitors and reset the voltage ramp via the reset switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: Anand PANDURANGAN, Siva SELVARAJ, Anoop HEGDE, Prakash Sreedhar MURTHY