Patents Assigned to OMRON
  • Patent number: 10937617
    Abstract: A relay has a case, a first fixed terminal including a first fixed contact, a second fixed terminal including a second fixed contact, a movable touch piece including a first movable contact that is disposed facing the first fixed contact and a second movable contact that is disposed facing the second fixed contact, the movable touch piece being disposed in the case and disposed so as to be movable in a direction in which the first movable contact and the second movable contact come into contact with the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact and in a direction in which the first movable contact and the second movable contact separate from the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact. The first fixed terminal includes a first contact support disposed in the case and configured to support the first fixed contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota Minowa, Hiroyuki Iwasaka, Shingo Mori
  • Patent number: 10938248
    Abstract: A contactless power supply device includes a power transmitter, and a power receiver. The power receiver includes: a resonant circuit including a receiver coil and a resonant capacitor; a rectifier circuit configured to rectify the power output from the resonant circuit; a voltage detection circuit configured to measure the output voltage from the rectifier circuit and obtain a measurement value for said output voltage; and a first communication device. The power transmitter includes: a transmitter coil; a power supply circuit including a power source and a plurality of switching elements between the power source and the transmitter coil; an auxiliary coil for electromagnetic coupling with the transmitter coil; a variable capacitance circuit configured to connect to the auxiliary coil and adjust the electrostatic charge therein; and a control circuit configured to control the electrostatic charge in the variable capacitance circuit in accordance with the measurement value for the output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Imazawa, Goro Nakao
  • Publication number: 20210052156
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a gaze detector with which it is possible to detect a gaze (start point and gaze direction) by a simple configuration. The gaze detector detects a person's gaze, wherein the gaze detector is provided with a camera unit 10 for imaging the face of the person, a projector unit 20 for projecting a prescribed pattern light to the face of the person, a control unit 30 for controlling the presence of projection of the pattern light by the camera unit 10 and the projector unit 20, and a gaze detection processing unit 40 for detecting a gaze from the image of the face of the person imaged by the camera unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi MUKAI, Kazuo YAMAMOTO, Masaki SUWA, Koichi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20210055239
    Abstract: A first heat generator heats a mixture of fluids to a first temperature. A predetermined thermal property value of the mixture set to the first temperature is obtained, the first heat generator heats the mixture to a second temperature, the thermal property value of the mixture set to the second temperature is obtained. First relationship information between the thermal property value of the mixture set to the first temperature and a mixture ratio of a first fluid is obtained. Second relationship information between the thermal property value of the mixture set to the second temperature and the mixture ratio of the first fluid is obtained. Mixture ratios are calculated based on the thermal property value of the mixture set to the first temperature, the thermal property value of the mixture of fluids set to the second temperature, the first relationship information, and the second relationship information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya NAKAGAWA, Susumu KAMIYAMA, Hajime KANO, Hideyuki NAKAO, Kenichi HANDA
  • Publication number: 20210053214
    Abstract: An operation control device for a robot comprises: an input part inputting at least one operation candidate, and a captured image including an object to be processed; a first learning device that has finished learning performed according to first learning data to output a first evaluation value indicating evaluation of each operation candidate when the robot performs a first processing operation upon input of the captured image and the operation candidate; a second learning device that has finished learning performed according to second learning data which differs from the first learning data, to output a second evaluation value indicating evaluation of each operation candidate when the robot performs a second processing operation upon input of the captured image and the operation candidate; and an evaluation part that, based on at least one of the first evaluation value and the second evaluation value, calculates a command value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiya SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20210055949
    Abstract: A candidate extraction apparatus, a candidate extraction method, and a candidate extraction program extract appropriate candidates for an input into a processing module. The processing module is associated with first metadata indicating a condition of the input data. A plurality of devices are each associated with second metadata indicating an attribute of the input data output from the device. The candidate extraction apparatus includes a first obtaining unit, a second obtaining unit, and an extraction unit. The first obtaining unit obtains the first metadata. The second obtaining unit obtains the second metadata associated with each of the plurality of devices. The extraction unit extracts the candidates greater in number than at least one input port from the plurality of devices based on the first metadata and the second metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji YAMATO, Taiji YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210055446
    Abstract: A foreign matter detecting device includes a plurality of detection coils disposed so as to be capable of being electromagnetically coupled to each other between a transmission coil of a power transmission device and a reception coil of a power reception device between which power is transmitted in a non-contact manner, a plurality of capacitors each forming a resonance circuit together with each of the plurality of detection coils, a power supply circuit supplying AC power having a predetermined frequency to an input coil that is one of the plurality of detection coils, and a detection circuit detecting a voltage of AC power transmitted via the plurality of detection coils from an output coil that one of the plurality of detection coils and is different from the input coil, and detecting foreign matter entrapped between the transmission coil and the reception coil according to the voltage detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Goro NAKAO, Takanori IMAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210056050
    Abstract: A preprocessing determination apparatus, a preprocessing determination method, and a preprocessing determination program perform determination for preprocessing of input data to be input into a processing module. The processing module is associated with first metadata indicating a condition of the input data. The input data is associated with second metadata indicating an attribute of the input data. The preprocessing determination apparatus includes a first obtaining unit, a second obtaining unit, and a determination unit. The first obtaining unit obtains the first metadata. The second obtaining unit obtains the second metadata. The determination unit performs the determination for the preprocessing of the input data based on the first metadata and the second metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji YAMATO, Taiji YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10926045
    Abstract: A mesh nebulizer includes a main body including a recess with a shape that is open upward. The main body includes a vibration portion with a vibration surface, and a liquid supply portion that supplies the liquid onto the vibration surface. The mesh nebulizer also includes a cap that openably and closeably covers the upper portion of the main body, and a replacement member that is separate from the main body and the cap and detachably mounted in the recess of the main body in advance when the nebulizer is to be used. The replacement member includes a film mesh portion, a bottom plate portion, and a side wall portion. When the cap is closed with respect to the main body, the protrusion portion of the cap presses the bottom plate portion of the replacement member toward the bottom surface of the recess, thus positioning the replacement member in the vertical axis direction of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Koike, Nobuhiko Osoegawa, Yukiko Mitsunami
  • Patent number: 10928713
    Abstract: A display device has a projector having a light guide plate that guides light incident from an end portion and deflects the light guided to emit the light from a projection surface facing a viewer in a first direction, the projector being configured to emit light from the projection surface to project an image in a space viewable by the viewer, and a rotator configured to rotate the projector around the first direction. When a first end on the projection surface is located at a first position being an upper side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the image is viewed as a stereoscopic image by the viewer. When the rotator rotates the projector and the first end is located at a second position different from the first position, the image is viewed as a planar image by the viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Okuda, Junya Fujita, Jun Kishimoto, Masanori Mori, Shohei Hisaki, Shogo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10928420
    Abstract: A probe pin is provided with a plate-like movable pin including: a flexible part configured to extend and contract lengthwise; a first contact part and a second contact part each provided at an end of the flexible part lengthwise; and a conduction-path forming element overlapping the movable pin along the thickness thereof. The conduction-path forming element includes a first contact surface and a second contact surface at lengthwise ends configured to contact the first contact part and second contact part; the movable pin and the conduction-path forming element are arranged to allow the first contact part to remain in contact with the first contact surface and the second contact part to remain in contact with the second contact surface while allowing relative movement of the movable pin and the conduction-path forming element lengthwise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotada Teranishi, Takahiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 10926411
    Abstract: A control system includes a drive-side control device and a host-side control device. The drive-side control device has a drive-side control structure including a drive-side feedback system and a drive-side control model part and configured so as to be capable of model tracking control in accordance with a control model which the drive-side control model part has. The host-side control device has a host-side control structure including a host-side control model part a host-side correcting signal based on a deviation between an output of the host-side control model part and the operation command signal is fed back to an input side of the host-side control model part, and a corrected command signal generated based on the host-side correcting signal that is fed back and the operation command signal is input to the host-side control model part. The corrected command signal is further input to the drive-side control structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Mamoru Egi
  • Patent number: 10930394
    Abstract: A lifestyle management supporting apparatus: acquires lifestyle-related information related to the lifestyle of a subject person; determines a psychological state index value which indicates a level of self-efficacy for the lifestyle improvement, based on the lifestyle-related information; determines a behavioral state index value which indicates a level of behavioral achievement for the lifestyle improvement, based on the lifestyle-related information; determines a type of the subject person by using a classification by axes of indexes including the psychological state index and the behavioral state index; and provides control unit providing support information conforming to the type of the subject person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: Omron Corporation, OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eriko Kan, Mika Kijimuta, Sho Nagayoshi, Yoshinori Masaki
  • Patent number: 10925541
    Abstract: A bodily information measurement apparatus includes: a belt for wrapping around a measurement site; a main body arranged at a base end portion in a lengthwise direction of the belt and on which an element that measures bodily information is mounted; and a buckle for joining the base end portion and a leading end portion of the belt such that the belt forms a loop shape. The buckle includes first and second plate frame members, which include, respectively, first and second opening portions that penetrate through the respective members with respect to a plate surface. In a state in which the inner surface of the main body and the first and second plate frame members of the buckle are folded in so as to overlap, the first and second opening portions of the first and second plate frame members, respectively, are continuous in a thickness direction of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Tokko, Masayuki Fukutsuka, Yuma Adachi, Kengo Nishiyama, Sunao Ouchida
  • Publication number: 20210049398
    Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure are a method, an apparatus and a system for determining feature data of image data, and a storage medium. Wherein, the method comprises: acquiring features of image data, the features comprising a first feature and a second feature, wherein, the first feature is extracted from the image data using a first model, the first model being trained in a machine learning manner, and the second feature is extracted from the image data using a second model, the second model being constructed based on a pre-configured data processing algorithm; and determining feature data based on the first feature and the second feature. The present disclosure solves the technical problem that features recognized by the AI may not be consistent with human recognized features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Masashi KURITA
  • Publication number: 20210049033
    Abstract: The image processing device is provided with: a first input unit which, with respect to one or more virtual models including a virtual model of an operation machine, receives an input of a first parameter for identifying a type; a second input unit which receives an input of a second parameter relating to a stochastic distribution having, as a random variable, a characteristic of an element constituting the one or more virtual models; a virtual model generation unit which, using the first parameter and the second parameter, generates the one or more virtual model stochastically; a determination unit which determines the correctness of an operation of the virtual model of the operation machine when operated in a virtual space including the one or more stochastically generated virtual models; and a learning unit which learns a control module for the operation machine for achieving a predetermined operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei OKAWA, Yoshiya SHIBATA, Chisato SAITO, Kennosuke HAYASHI, Yu TOMONO
  • Publication number: 20210048866
    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: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Frank EXOO, Martijn ELIAS
  • Publication number: 20210049506
    Abstract: A learning assistance device according to the disclosure is designed to perform relearning for a processing part including a learning device that has already undergone learning for performing a prescribed output from a prescribed input, the learning assistance device including: an assessment part for assessing an anomaly of the input on the basis of a prescribed reference; and a relearning part for, if the assessment part has assessed that the input is anomalous, carrying out relearning of the learner under a prescribed condition using the anomalous input as additional learning data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki UEYAMA, Nobuyuki SAKATANI, Yasuaki ABE, Kazuhiko IMATAKE, Takashi FUJII
  • Publication number: 20210046649
    Abstract: This control device for controlling the motion of a robot comprises a first processing part and a command part. The first processing part sets a first state of the robot and a second state to which the robot transitions from the first state as inputs, and sets at least one basic motion selected from a plurality of basic motions the robot is instructed to perform for transitioning from the first state to the second state and the order in which the basic motions are to be performed as outputs. Prescribed operating parameters are set for each of the basic motions. The command part executes motion commands for the robot on the basis of the output from the first processing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiya SHIBATA
  • Patent number: D911419
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Horie, Shingo Inazumi