Patents Assigned to Omron Corporation
  • Patent number: 11662791
    Abstract: According to a first aspect, an industrial personal computer (IRC) (100) is provided. The IPC comprises: •a first housing module (10) having a first electronic component, an internal electric power supply device and a first electric connection portion; and •a second housing module (20?) having a second electronic component and a second electric connection portion, the first and the second housing modules being stacked along a stacking direction (SD), wherein the first and second connection portions form a connection bus along the stacking direction at least for transmitting electric power between the first and second housing modules; wherein •the second electronic component is an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) device (21); and •the IRC further comprising a power management controller (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Exoo, Martijn Elias
  • Patent number: 11660630
    Abstract: A control device includes: a first generator generating a first command position of a control object on a plane in each control cycle based on a target trajectory; a first control part generating a first operation amount by model predictive control using a first dynamic characteristic model and the first command position; a second generator generating a second command position of the control object on an orthogonal axis in each control cycle; and a second control part generating a second operation amount by model predictive control using a second dynamic characteristic model and the second command position. Based on shape data indicating a surface shape of an object and the first command position, the second generator generates the second command position so that a distance between the control object and a surface of the object is constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki Namie
  • Patent number: 11664802
    Abstract: Provided is a proximity sensor that can limit degradation in voltage resistance. A proximity sensor includes: a housing; a coil portion that is accommodated in one end of the housing; a clamp portion that is connected to the other end of the housing; a substrate which is accommodated inside the housing and the clamp portion, and on which a circuit electrically connected to the coil portion is mounted; a shield that covers a part of the substrate located on a side of the housing; and a resin portion which is arranged inside the housing and the clamp portion, and covers at least a part of the substrate. The shield has an extension portion which extends to an inside of the clamp portion and covers at least a part of the circuit located inside the clamp portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Ushiro, Daisuke Inoue, Yusuke Nakayama, Hiroto Katsura
  • Patent number: 11664754
    Abstract: A technique enables control parameter adjustment with a more accurate estimated inertia ratio for multiple servomotors. An adjustment support apparatus (9) supports adjustment of inertia ratios as control parameters for servo drivers (5, 6) that drive multiple servomotors. The adjustment support apparatus (9) includes an inertia ratio obtainer (91) that obtains inertia ratios estimated by inertia ratio estimators (52, 62) included in the servo drivers (5, 6) and an inertia ratio setting control unit (92) that synchronizes inertia ratio settings and updates between the servo drivers (5, 6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Nakajima, Yasushi Ono
  • Patent number: 11663232
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus according to one or more embodiments may process metadata indicative of an attribute of real data input into an extract, transform, and load (ETL) tool external to the data processing apparatus. The real data and the metadata may each include an identification (ID). The data processing apparatus may include a memory and a processor. The memory may store a program. The processor may execute the program. The program may cause the processor to process the metadata to include the same ID as the real data output from the ETL tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji Yamato, Taiji Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20230158678
    Abstract: This robot system includes a robot on which a driver bit for rotating a screw is mountable, and a robot controller that controls the robot. The robot controller gives a command to the robot to insert a teaching jig into a screw hole which is to be threaded with the screw in a state where the teaching jig is mounted instead of the driver bit, and determines a direction in which the driver bit is inserted by adjusting a direction in which the teaching jig is inserted so as not to cause a load due to interference between the teaching jig and the screw hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro MURAI
  • Patent number: 11656592
    Abstract: An analysis device according to one aspect of the present invention supplies a definition for a dependency relation between an input parameter and an output parameter of a standard function, which cannot be derived in a dependency analysis of a control program, the definition being supplied by use of function structure information which is external information. In other words, an analysis device according to this configuration identifies a dependency relation between an input parameter and an output parameter of the standard function on the basis of function structure information that defines a dependency relation between the input parameter and the output parameter of the standard function. Therefore, the dependency relation between the input and the output of a standard function becomes clear, so the dependency relations between a plurality of device variables that mediate the standard function can be identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Ota, Reiko Hattori, Kosuke Tsuruta, Akira Nakajima, Shinsuke Kawanoue
  • Patent number: 11657303
    Abstract: A data generating apparatus includes a selector configured to select, from a plurality of criteria determined for situation items which are determination targets, one criterion corresponding to first virtual sensing data representative of a first determination result with respect to a situation in a surrounding of the physical sensor; and a determination unit configured to determine the situation in the surrounding of the physical sensor with respect to each of the situation items, based on physical sensing data, by using the selected criterion, and to generate second virtual sensing data representative of a second determination result with respect to the situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mino, Ryusuke Sakai, Naotsugu Ueda
  • Patent number: 11657995
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed terminal, a movable contact piece, and a support portion supporting the fixed terminal. The fixed terminal includes a fixed contact, a first terminal portion on which the fixed contact is disposed, a second terminal portion extending from one of both ends of the first terminal portion, a first protrusion disposed on the second terminal portion. The fixed terminal is bent between the first and second terminal portions. The first terminal portion has a first terminal surface opposite to the movable contact piece. The second terminal portion has a second terminal surface connected to the first terminal surface. The support portion has a contact surface contacting the first terminal surface of the first terminal portion, and a first side surface including a first groove where the first protrusion is fitted. The first protrusion is disposed on the second terminal surface of the second terminal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Nishida, Kazuki Furukawa, Naoki Kawaguchi, Takashi Tsukada
  • Patent number: 11657489
    Abstract: A method of analyzing images is performed at a computer system that is in communication with an image acquisition device having an image sensor. The method includes receiving a reference template that includes a sync region and an inspection region that is located at an offset from the sync region. The method also includes acquiring a continuous sequence of image frames from the image sensor and storing each of the image frames in a buffer within the computer system's memory. The method further includes, for each image frame in the buffer, determining whether the image frame includes a sub-region matching the sync region. The method also includes, in accordance with a determination that the image frame includes a sub-region matching the sync region, capturing an inspection region within the image frame at the offset from the sub-region, and storing the captured inspection region to a non-volatile portion of the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Moore, Lucas Dziezanowski
  • Patent number: 11653842
    Abstract: A blood pressure measuring device includes a device main body; a curler configured to bend along a circumferential direction of a wrist of a living body, including one end and another end separated from each other, also configured to come into contact with a portion of the wrist at least between a dorsal side and a palmar side; a strap provided to the device main body; a sensing cuff arranged in a region of the wrist where arteries exist; a back plate provided between the curler and the sensing cuff and extending in a circumferential direction of the wrist; a pressing cuff provided on a side of the curler nearer to the strap and configured to press the sensing cuff; and a cuff provided on a side of the curler nearer to the living body and arranged on the dorsal side of the wrist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Hamaguchi, Takeshi Kubo, Yoshihiko Sano, Takanori Nishioka, Kentaro Mori, Yu Higashimura
  • Patent number: 11653879
    Abstract: A blood pressure measuring device includes a device main body; a curler configured to bend along a circumferential direction of a wrist of a living body, configured to come into contact with a portion of the wrist at least between a dorsal side and a palmar side; a strap provided to the device main body, and further configured to be mounted on the wrist; a sensing cuff arranged in a region of the wrist where arteries exist; a back plate provided on a side of the sensing cuff nearer to the curler; a rubber plate provided between the curler and the back plate and configured to elastically deform; a pressing cuff provided on a side of the curler nearer to the strap; and a cuff provided on a side of the curler nearer to the living body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Hamaguchi, Takeshi Kubo, Yoshihiko Sano, Takanori Nishioka, Kentaro Mori, Yu Higashimura
  • Patent number: 11656102
    Abstract: A proximity sensor unit includes a proximity sensor section including a sensor electrode capable of detecting a capacitance value according to a distance to an object to be detected in a detection direction and a moving device capable of moving the sensor electrode of the proximity sensor section or the object to be detected in the detection direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sayaka Doi, Hiroki Koga, Naoki Yoshitake
  • Patent number: 11658548
    Abstract: A voice coil motor (VCM) according to one or more embodiments may include a casing, a permanent magnet, a yoke and iron-core, a bobbin, and a coil part. The coil part may include a drive and primary coil serving as a drive coil and a primary coil of a displacement sensor including a differential transformer, the drive and primary coil being interlinked with a magnetic flux by the permanent magnet, and two secondary coils of the displacement sensor. The yoke and iron-core may be disposed in a central space defined in the coil part, and serves as an iron core of the displacement sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Ryuji Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20230156085
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit transmission data including data including one or more values and identification information associated with the one or more values and a topic indicating an attribute of the data; a database configured to store data for each topic; and a data management unit configured to specify a storage destination of data based on the topic included in the transmission data and stores the data included in the transmission data in the specified storage destination of the data. When a value associated with same identification information as the identification information included in the transmission data is already stored in the database, the data management unit stores one or more values included in the data included in the transmission data in association with the identification information already stored in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki YACHIKU, Koji Fukuda, Serika Saito
  • Publication number: 20230153486
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method including determining a group to which a first object belongs and a group to which a second object belongs, executing a simulation including the first object and the second object, executing a collision determination between the first object and the second object during execution of the simulation, and changing the group to which the first object belongs when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The collision determination is executed only when the group to which the first object belongs is different from the group to which the second object belongs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Haruna OHNUKI
  • Publication number: 20230153329
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: a plurality of databases divided for each topic; a topic management unit configured to manage the topic included in the plurality of databases; and an acquisition unit configured to specify, in response to a request designating the topic, a database corresponding to the designated topic, and request data from the specified database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki YACHIKU, Koji FUKUDA, Serika SAITO
  • Patent number: 11652368
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes a transmission coil that supplies power to a power reception device, a power supply circuit that converts DC power supplied from a DC power source via a plurality of switching elements connected in a full bridge shape or a half bridge shape between DC power sources and the transmission coil into AC power and supplies the AC power to the transmission coil, a phase adjustment circuit having an LC series circuit connected in parallel with the transmission coil and a switching element connected in series with the LC series circuit, and a control circuit that controls switching on and off of the switching element of the phase adjustment circuit in accordance with a measured value of an amount of current when any of the plurality of switching elements of the power supply circuit is turned off by a current detection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Goro Nakao, Atsushi Nomura, Yusuke Kawai, Masanobu Nakajo
  • Patent number: 11647912
    Abstract: A blood pressure measuring device includes a holder configured to be mounted on a wrist of a living body and come into contact with a portion of the wrist at least between a dorsal side and a palmar side; a sensing cuff provided on a side of the holder nearer to the living body and arranged in a region of the wrist where arteries exist; and a cuff provided on a side of the holder nearer to the living body and arranged on the dorsal side of the wrist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Hamaguchi, Takeshi Kubo, Yoshihiko Sano, Takanori Nishioka, Kentaro Mori, Yu Higashimura
  • Patent number: 11647965
    Abstract: A blood-pressure-related information display device includes a data acquisition unit, a risk value calculator, and a display processor. The data acquisition unit acquires blood pressure data including a systolic blood pressure and a diastolic blood pressure for the subject. The risk value calculator obtains a systolic risk value representing a risk corresponding to the acquired systolic blood pressure and a diastolic risk value representing a risk corresponding to the acquired diastolic blood pressure based on a predetermined blood pressure standard. The display processor performs processing of displaying a risk range from the systolic risk value to the diastolic risk value in a curved or straight elongated display region defining a one-dimensional risk coordinate in the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Brian Brigham, Shusuke Eshita