Patents Assigned to Horiba, Ltd.
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Patent number: 12700250Abstract: A particle analysis apparatus includes: an individual particle image generation unit that extracts individual particles from the original image and generates individual particle images; a particle characteristic calculation unit that calculates one or a plurality of types of particle characteristics for a particle in each of the individual particle images, based on the each of the individual particle images; a classification unit that classifies, with respect to a plurality of classes defined by some or all of the one or plurality of types of particle characteristics, the particles into the classes that correspond to the calculated one or plurality of particle characteristics; and an individual particle image storing unit that stores in a storage the individual particle images of particles belonging to each of the plurality of classes.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignee: HORIBA, LTD.Inventor: Yasuhiro Tatewaki
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Publication number: 20260219173Abstract: An analysis device includes a measurement cell, an LED light source, and a control unit. An analysis target gas is introduced into the measurement cell. The LED light source outputs ultraviolet light toward the measurement cell. The control unit supplies a constant first current to the LED light source, and when intensity of the ultraviolet light output from the LED light source supplied with the first current decreases to a predetermined threshold value or lower, it supplies the LED light source with a second current larger than the first current.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: July 30, 2026Applicant: HORIBA, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya OKUDA, Gaku OTSUKA, Kazunori MIZUMOTO, Kenya NAGASAWA
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Publication number: 20260219176Abstract: The present invention includes a spectrum generation unit that generates a spectrum of light transmitted through a sample, a storage unit that stores a standard calibration curve created by a standard device and a standard spectrum that is a spectrum generated by the standard device serving as a standard of a spectroscopic analysis device, a correction unit that corrects a measurement spectrum that is a spectrum of the sample generated by the spectrum generation unit or the standard calibration curve based on a result of comparing a reference spectrum that is a spectrum of a standard gas generated by the spectrum generation unit with the standard spectrum, and a concentration calculation unit that calculates the concentration of the component to be measured based on the standard calibration curve and the measurement spectrum that has been corrected or the standard calibration curve that has been corrected and the measurement spectrum.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: July 30, 2026Applicant: HORIBA, LTD.Inventors: Takashi SAITO, Yuji GYOTEN, Katsumi NISHIMURA
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Patent number: 12691475Abstract: In order to obtain a contaminant removal device capable of improving contaminant removal performance regardless of a structure formed on a surface of an object, in the contaminant removal device, contaminant attached to the object is removed by a gas sprayed out of a nozzle having a gas outlet, and an aperture ratio of opposing end portions of the gas outlet is set smaller than an aperture ratio of a central portion of the gas outlet.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: July 28, 2026Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, HORIBA, LTD.Inventors: Takanori Nakamura, Daisaku Sugi, Daisuke Uki, Takahiro Kawano, Toyoki Kanzaki
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Publication number: 20260210805Abstract: The present invention is a test-subject-testing system that tests a test subject that is a vehicle or a part thereof while recreating rainfall or snowfall by spraying water droplets according to vehicle velocity of the test subject, the test-subject-testing system includes: a test device on which the test subject is placed or to which the test subject is connected; and a spray unit that sprays water droplets from surroundings of the test subject toward the test subject; and a changing unit that changes spray speed, a position, or an angle of the spray unit according to vehicle velocity of the test subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: July 23, 2026Applicant: HORIBA, LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi KAWAZOE
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Publication number: 20260202328Abstract: An optical analysis device that analyzes a target component by guiding light emitted from a light source to a measuring cell and detecting light transmitted through the measuring cell by a detector, the optical analysis device includes a moving mirror that reflects the light emitted from the light source while reciprocating, a moving mechanism that reciprocates the moving mirror, a movement control unit that controls an applied voltage or an applied current to the moving mechanism, and a cause estimation unit that estimates a cause of an abnormality affecting the moving mirror by using actual waveform data indicating an applied voltage or an applied current to the moving mechanism at each time and reference waveform data acquired in advance and indicating an applied voltage or an applied current to the moving mechanism at each time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2023Publication date: July 16, 2026Applicant: HORIBA, LTD.Inventor: Takashi SAITO
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Patent number: 12680914Abstract: An exhaust gas sampling device that collects an exhaust gas emitted from a vehicle including an engine or a part of the vehicle into a sampling bag includes a main channel through which the exhaust gas flows, a main valve that opens and shuts the main channel, a dilution gas channel that is connected downstream from the main valve in the main channel and introduces a dilution gas into the main channel, a purge gas channel that branches from the dilution gas channel and has a downstream end connected downstream from the main valve in the main channel and upstream from a junction of the dilution gas channel and a purge pump that is disposed in the purge gas channel, sucks a part of the dilution gas flowing through the dilution gas channel, and delivers the sucked part as a purge gas to the main channel.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: HORIBA, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Kimura, Kazunori Kuriaki, Masahiro Higuchi, Yoji Komatsu, Jun Tomita
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Patent number: 12663354Abstract: A dilution mechanism includes: a sample line that guides the sample containing the particles to the particle size distribution measurement device; a dilution line that merges with the sample line and through which a diluent flows; a concentration adjusting unit that adjusts the concentration of the particles contained in the diluted sample; a conductivity measuring unit that measures a conductivity of the diluted sample; a control unit that controls the concentration adjusting unit to bring the conductivity measured by the conductivity measuring unit or a conductivity-related value that is a value calculated from the conductivity, to a predetermined target value.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2023Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignees: HORIBA, LTD., HORIBA ADVANCED TECHNO, CO., LTD.Inventors: Keijiro Sakuramoto, Tetsuya Mori, Kazunori Habu
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Publication number: 20260160678Abstract: The present invention is a gas analysis device that analyzes a concentration of a measurement target component contained in a sample gas, and includes a measurement cell, a gas introduction flow path through which the sample gas is introduced into the measurement cell, a gas discharge flow path through which the sample gas is discharged from the measurement cell, a pressure sensor that measures a pressure within the measurement cell, a light source that irradiates light into the measurement cell, a concentration calculation unit that, based on a light intensity of light transmitted through the measurement cell, calculates a concentration of a measurement target component contained in the sample gas, and a concentration correction unit that, based on a pressure measured by the pressure sensor, corrects the calculated concentration of the measurement target component.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2022Publication date: June 11, 2026Applicant: HORIBA, LTD.Inventors: Hiroki NISHIGAI, Takaaki HANADA, Naoki NAGURA
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Publication number: 20260146918Abstract: The present invention is a test specimen testing system that tests a test specimen formed by a vehicle or a portion thereof, and tests this test specimen while reproducing the splashing generated by other vehicles traveling in the vicinity of the test specimen, and that includes a testing apparatus on which the test specimen is mounted or to which the test specimen is connected, and a splashing simulator that simulates splashing from other vehicles traveling in the vicinity of the test specimen.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: May 28, 2026Applicant: HORIBA, LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi KAWAZOE
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Patent number: 12636932Abstract: A testing system is for testing a thermal management system that is mounted on a vehicle and manages heat generated from one or a plurality of heat source components of the vehicle, and the testing system includes a simulated vehicle body that simulates a vehicle body of the vehicle, a simulated heat source body that thermally simulates the one or plurality of heat source components, a heat supply device that supplies heat to the simulated heat source body, a heat amount calculation unit that calculates a heat amount of heat generated from the one or plurality of heat source components of the vehicle during driving, and a heat source body control unit that controls the heat supply device based on the calculated heat amount to cause the simulated heat source body to thermally simulate the one or plurality of heat source components.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: HORIBA, LTD.Inventor: Seiji Hirai
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Patent number: 12640538Abstract: The present invention enables single mode light to be stably output while also enabling the intensity thereof to be increased, and is a distributed feedback type of semiconductor laser element in which a diffraction grating is formed on a waveguide. The waveguide includes a diffraction grating portion where the diffraction grating is formed, and a flat portion having a region where the diffraction grating is not formed and whose width is broader than the diffraction grating portion. The flat portion has a connecting portion having a region whose width changes continuously approaching a connection location with the diffraction grating portion, and a high-reflection film is provided on an end surface of the flat portion that is on an opposite side from the connecting portion, while an anti-reflection film is provided on an end surface of the diffraction grating portion that is on an opposite side from the connecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: HORIBA, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Matsuhama, Tomoji Terakado, Yusuke Awane
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Patent number: 12631533Abstract: In order to provide an elemental analysis device that includes an electrode having a housing recess where a crucible is housed during an elemental analysis, and that is capable of making only the part of a consumed electrode tip replaceable, an elemental analysis device including a first electrode and a second electrode between which a crucible MP containing a sample is nipped, and that heats the sample by applying a current between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode includes: a first electrode main body that is provided with a housing recess where the crucible MP is housed; and a first electrode tip that is provided removably to the first electrode main body in such a manner that a part thereof is exposed inside the housing recess.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: HORIBA, LTD.Inventors: Takahito Inoue, Hiroshi Uchihara, Yasushi Hirata
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Patent number: 12625005Abstract: There is provided a radiation temperature measurement device that accurately measures a temperature of an object being measured, and that includes two infrared detection units that detect mutually different infrared wavelength bands, a spectral characteristics data storage unit that stores spectral characteristics data showing a transmittance and a reflectance of each of the objects being measured, and a temperature calculation unit that, based on infrared ray quantities detected by each of the two infrared detection units, and on the transmittance and reflectance of each of the objects being measured, calculates the temperature of each of the objects being measured.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: HORIBA, Ltd.Inventors: Sho Fujino, Koji Tominaga
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Patent number: 12618987Abstract: A radiation detection element includes: a semiconductor part including an incidence surface to which radiations to be detected are incident; a first electrode provided on the incidence surface; and a second electrode that is provided on the incidence surface and is disposed at a position surrounding the periphery of the first electrode. The radiation detection element is a silicon drift-type radiation detection element, and is provided with an insulating protective film that covers the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2022Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: HORIBA, LTD.Inventor: Koji Ishikura
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Publication number: 20260116144Abstract: A testing system is for testing a thermal management system that is mounted on a vehicle and manages heat generated from one or a plurality of heat source components of the vehicle, and the testing system includes a simulated vehicle body that simulates a vehicle body of the vehicle, a simulated heat source body that thermally simulates the one or plurality of heat source components, a heat supply device that supplies heat to the simulated heat source body, a heat amount calculation unit that calculates a heat amount of heat generated from the one or plurality of heat source components of the vehicle during driving, and a heat source body control unit that controls the heat supply device based on the calculated heat amount to cause the simulated heat source body to thermally simulate the one or plurality of heat source components.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2022Publication date: April 30, 2026Applicant: HORIBA, LTD.Inventor: Seiji HIRAI
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Patent number: 12612060Abstract: The present invention aims to improve the efficiency of automobile development by front loading the evaluation of an on-road driving test, and comprises a virtual evaluation step of simulating the on-road driving test using a driving environment model which models a driving environment, an operating state model which models an operating state, and a vehicle model which models the actual vehicle; a bench test evaluation step of imitating the on-road driving test by combining a part or all of the actual vehicle, a part or all of the vehicle model, a part or all of the driving environment model, and a part or all of the operating state model, and conducting a bench test of a part or all of the actual vehicle, and an on-road driving test evaluation step of conducting the on-road driving test of the actual vehicle in a real driving environment.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: HORIBA, LTD.Inventors: Philip Roberts, Kunio Tabata, Steven Whelan, Aaron Headley
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Publication number: 20260110596Abstract: The present invention is a test specimen testing system for testing a test specimen that is a vehicle or a part of the vehicle having the ADAS or the AD, including a dynamometer for causing the test specimen to perform simulation traveling, a surrounding environment input device that inputs a surrounding environment to the test specimen, and an autonomous driving robot that performs a brake operation, an accelerator operation, or a steering wheel operation of the test specimen. Based on an input from the surrounding environment input device, the test specimen testing system links, using the autonomous driving robot, an active traveling state in which the test specimen actively travels by the ADAS or the AD and a passive traveling state in which the test specimen passively travels by the brake operation, the accelerator operation, or the steering wheel operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: April 23, 2026Applicant: HORIBA, LTD.Inventors: Yoji KOMATSU, Yuji YOSHINAKA, Satoshi KOYAMA
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Patent number: 12590890Abstract: Presented is a sample gas analysis device that reduces a measurement error due to a coexistence influence of another measurement target component different from the measurement target component, analyzes a concentration of a plurality of measurement target components in a sample gas by performing multivariate analysis using a spectroscopic spectrum obtained by irradiating the sample gas with light, and includes a library data storage configured to store library data including a plurality of spectrum data corresponding to a plurality of the measurement target components used for the multivariate analysis, and a concentration calculator configured to calculate the concentration of the plurality of measurement target components in the sample gas by the multivariate analysis using the plurality of library data stored in the library data storage.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: HORIBA, LTD.Inventor: Jorge Eduardo Lamas De Anda
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Patent number: 12553873Abstract: In order to allow an analyzer to be calibrated or a sampling channel to be purged without removing a sampling probe from a sampling location, provided are a sampling channel through which an exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine flows, an analyzer that is connected to the sampling channel and analyzes the exhaust gas, a diluter provided upstream of the analyzer in the sampling channel, a recirculated channel that branches from a branch point set between the analyzer and the diluter in the sampling channel and joins the diluter, a pump that is provided in the recirculated channel and guides part of the exhaust gas from the branch point to the diluter, an additional channel that is connected to the recirculated channel or the sampling channel and through which a calibration gas or a purge gas flows, and an opening and closing mechanism provided in the additional channel.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 17, 2026Assignee: HORIBA, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Otsuki, Huewe Florian, Kenji Kondo