Patents Assigned to OMRON
  • Publication number: 20210135836
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of control devices includes: an upper communication part which transmits/receives first data to/from other control devices via a first network; and a lower communication part which transmits/receives second data to/from one or more equipment via a second network. The upper communication part has a first timer time-synchronized with each other among the plurality of control devices. The lower communication part determines, based on the time of the first timer, a timing to start processing for transmitting the second data to the one or more equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro YONEDA
  • Publication number: 20210132117
    Abstract: A power distribution network monitoring system (1) comprises a CT sensor (7) and a power management device (51). The CT sensor (7) includes a measurement component (71) and a transmitter (73). The measurement component (71) is installed at a plurality of predetermined positions along a power line constituting the power distribution network, and measures current of the power line at each predetermined position. The transmitter (73) wirelessly transmits, as transmission data, the power spectrums of the fundamental wave, third harmonic, and fifth harmonic, as well as the effective current values used to detect abnormalities in the power distribution network, the data being at least part of the data measured by the measurement components. The power management device (51) includes a receiver (53a) and a management database (54). The receiver (53a) receives the transmission data. The management database (54) stores the received data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takeya, Tatsuya Adachi
  • Publication number: 20210136872
    Abstract: A heating device (100) comprises: a heater (10) for heating an item (1) to be heated; a temperature detection unit (20) for detecting the temperature of the item (1); and a temperature adjustment unit (30) for controlling the heater (10) on the basis of a target temperature and the detected value of the temperature detection unit (20) so that the temperature of the item (1) reaches the target temperature. The heating device (100) determines, as a system gain change rate, the rate of change from the initial value of a system gain determined as a ratio of a temperature increase value of the item (1) with respect to electric power inputted to the heater (10), and determines the rate of change in the heat-retaining properties of the item (1) using the system gain change rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime TSUBATA, Takaaki YAMADA, Takeshi WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210133131
    Abstract: Provided is a control device that includes: a communication unit; one or more functional units; and a communication line connecting the communication unit and the one or the plurality of functional units. The communication unit includes: a computation processing unit in which a processor executes one or more tasks; a communication circuit which handles the transmission and reception of communication frames via the communication line; and a control circuit connected to the computation processing unit and the communication circuit. The control circuit includes: a first Direct Memory Access (DMA) core for accessing the computation processing unit; a second DMA core for accessing the communication circuit; and a controller which, in response to a trigger from the computation processing part, provides sequential commands to the first DMA core and the second DMA core in accordance with a predefined descriptor table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masaichi TAKAI, Yasuhiro NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210129405
    Abstract: In a temperature control device, a resin flow channel is formed from a nozzle section and a cylinder section that is connected to the nozzle section and the device controls the temperature of the resin that flows in the resin flow channel. The temperature control device is provided with: a first temperature sensor for detecting the nozzle temperature of the resin flowing through the nozzle section; a first temperature control unit for performing PID control so that the nozzle temperature achieves a first target temperature; multiple second temperature sensors for detecting the cylinder temperature of the resin flowing through the cylinder section; and second temperature control units for performing PID control so that the cylinder temperature achieves a second target temperature. The second temperature control units perform PID control of the cylinder temperature using temperature control information from the first temperature control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki YAMADA, Takashi SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210133442
    Abstract: An element operation division device includes: acquisition unit that acquires time-series information relating to action of operator; detection unit that detects, from the time-series information, target action determined in advance in order that the target action is judged to correspond to action of contacting or separating parts; generation unit that associates action information indicating the detected target action with occurrence time of the target action and identification information of the parts to generate target action information; storage unit that stores element operation information generated by associating start action information of starting each element operation and end action information of ending each element operation with each element operation; and output unit that outputs, based on the target action information and the element operation information, data in which start time and end time of each element operation are associated with this element operation for each piece of identification
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Danni Wang, Yuji Mizuno, Yuichiro Higashi, Hirotaka Wada
  • Publication number: 20210135583
    Abstract: An isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter device includes a first full-bridge inverter and a second full-bridge inverter circuit connected via a transformer; the second full-bridge inverter circuit including high-side switching elements and low-side switching elements; and a control unit configured to repeatedly execute an input-side control and an output-side control when boosting the input voltage to the first full-bridge inverter circuit; the control unit selectively executes any of a first control and a second control as the output-side control. The first control maintains the high-side switching elements in the OFF state while alternating each of the low-side switching elements between the ON and OFF states; and the second control maintains the low-side switching elements in the OFF state while alternating each of the high-side switching element between the ON and OFF states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto OHASHI, Yoshihiko YAMAGUCHI, Takeo NISHIKAWA, Takanori ISHII
  • Publication number: 20210135495
    Abstract: A power transmission device 2 in a non-contact power supply device 1 has: a transmission coil 14 that supplies power to a power reception device 3; and a power supply circuit 10 that supplies AC voltage having a switching frequency at which the transmission coil 14 does not resonate, to the transmission coil 14. A power reception device 3 has: a resonance circuit 20 having a reception coil 21 that receives power from the power transmission device 2 and a resonance capacitor 22 connected in parallel to the reception coil 21; a rectification circuit 24 that rectifies power output from the resonance circuit 20; and a coil 23 connected in series to the reception coil 21, between the resonance circuit 20 and the rectification circuit 24.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Goro Nakao, Yusuke Kawai, Toshiyuki Zaitsu, Atsushi Nomura
  • Patent number: 10998149
    Abstract: The key switch includes, a base, a button attached to the base so as to be capable of coming into contact with the base and separating from the base, and a coil spring disposed between the base and the button for urging the button in a direction separating from the base. The coil spring has at least an end turn portion formed at one end, a densely wound portion that is continuous with the end turn portion and compressed in an initial state in which the button is attached to the base so that adjacent windings come into contact with each other, and a coarsely wound portion which is continuous with the densely wound portion and in which a winding pitch is larger than that of the densely wound portion, and in the initial state, adjacent windings are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujino, Kazuhira Izawa, Junichi Seto, Mamiko Naka
  • Patent number: 10997738
    Abstract: A control device acquires a plurality of observation signals observed using a plurality of projection patterns having different spatial frequencies, as observation signals for a measurement point on a measurement object. The control device repeatedly executes processing for estimating two component signals included in each observation signal, so as to separate the observation signal into two component signals, and calculate a three-dimensional position of the measurement point based on the phases of the separated component signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ohnishi, Takashi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10998150
    Abstract: A push-button switch may include a housing, a plunger, an operation unit, a transmission mechanism, a contact mechanism, and a biasing portion. The plunger may have a first plunger that is disposed in series with the first plunger. The first plunger and the second plunger may be movable independently of each other. The contact mechanism may be configured to be opened/closed by movement of the second plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiko Ogawa, Kazuaki Morita, Yusuke Komoguchi, Masami Nishida
  • Patent number: 10999937
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: an electronic component; and a mounting member on which the electronic component is mounted. A center of gravity of the electronic component is at a position separated from the mounting member. The electronic device further includes: a rigid member having a frame shape, which is fixed to the mounting member and surrounds the electronic component in a direction perpendicular to a direction from the center of gravity of the electronic component to the mounting member; and a connecting member which connects the electronic component to the rigid member on a side opposite to the mounting member with respect to the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Sasaki, Tomoyoshi Kobayashi, Masato Kasashima, Akihiro Kojima
  • Patent number: 10999367
    Abstract: A communication apparatus connected to a network over which data is updated every predetermined cycle is provided. The communication apparatus includes first scheduling means for securing a first communication band necessary for updating every predetermined cycle, first data to be used for control of a manufacturing apparatus or a production facility, second scheduling means for securing a second communication hand necessary for delivering second data to a destination within a designated time period in a communication hand other than the first communication band of communication bands of the network, and third scheduling means for securing a third communication band for transmitting third data in a communication band set as neither of the first communication band and the second communication band of the communication bands of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Yoneda, Taiga Niimi, Hiroshi Sawada, Nobuyuki Sakatani, Hiroaki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210125321
    Abstract: An abnormal state detection device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires an image imaging a device that outputs an abnormal state using an LED; an analysis unit that analyzes the abnormal state of the device based on the light emission pattern of the LED in the image, and generates auxiliary information indicating the abnormal state based on the analysis result; and a display control unit that outputs the auxiliary information to a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro IWAMURA, Kakuto SHIRANE
  • Publication number: 20210121623
    Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure are a controller, a method for controlling controller, learning device, and a storage medium. Correct/incorrect determination of a transfusion tube is efficiently performed during a changeover. Motor shaft information of a driving motor, which drives an actuating portion sequentially compressing and relaxing a transfusion tube of a transfusion device, is obtained, and the correctness/incorrectness determination of the transfusion tube is performed on the basis of the motor shaft information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UJITA, GAKU SHIRAMIZU, Takayoshi MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210125518
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a skill evaluation device, a skill evaluation method, and a storage medium capable of appropriately evaluating the skill of an operator by changing a time range for evaluating the skill of the operator. The skill evaluation device includes an acquisition part, an extraction part, a calculation part, and an output part. The acquisition part acquires time range information indicating an arbitrary time range. The extraction part extracts data of a specific time range determined based on the time range information from operation status data indicating an operation status of the operator in a time series. The calculation part calculates an index value of the skill of the operator for one or more evaluation items based on the data of the specific time range. The output part outputs index information indicating the index value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka WADA, Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Danni WANG
  • Publication number: 20210124070
    Abstract: Provided is a technique that can suppress erroneous determination of noise as an earthquake in a seismic sensor and erroneous output of a shut-off signal. The seismic sensor includes: an earthquake determination unit configured to determine an occurrence of an earthquake based on acceleration measured in a determination period after shifting from a power saving mode to a measurement mode with higher power consumption when measured acceleration exceeds a predetermined threshold; and an index calculator configured to calculate an index value indicating a scale of an earthquake in an earthquake processing period after the determination period, when the earthquake determination unit determines that an earthquake has occurred. The seismic sensor causes output of a shut-off signal when the index value is equal to or larger than a threshold in the earthquake processing period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mino, Naotsugu Ueda, Masakazu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210121276
    Abstract: An oral care implement body to which a replacement head can be detachably coupled. In one embodiment, the oral care implement body includes a gripping portion having a shoulder, a stem extending from the shoulder along a longitudinal axis, and a boss protruding from an outer surface of the stem. The boss may have a locking rib section having an undercut surface that is axially spaced from the shoulder and a positioning rib section extending from the locking rib section to the shoulder. The undercut surface may circumferentially protrude from a first side surface of the positioning rib section. The locking rib section may extend along a first rib axis and the positioning rib section may extend along a second rib axis, the first rib axis oriented obliquely to the second rib axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicants: Colgate-Palmolive Company, Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yoshida, Takashi TORIHAMA, Thomas Edward MINTEL, Joseph E. FATTORI
  • Publication number: 20210127488
    Abstract: A relay includes a relay main body (10) including a base (20) having a first surface (21), and a relay substrate (30) extending, in a direction intersecting the first surface (21), from a second surface (22) on the opposite side of the base (20) from the first surface (21), the relay substrate (30) being united with the base (20), and a case (50) attached to the relay main body (10) to cover the relay substrate (30), and the case (50) being filled with sealant. The relay main body (10) includes a board connector (23) provided on the first surface (21) of the base (20), an electronic component mounting portion (33) provided on the relay substrate (30), a conducting portion (40) provided on respective surfaces of the base (20) and the relay substrate (30), and an electronic component (34) mounted on the electronic component mounting portion (33).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Daichi Shimoda, Kazumune Kishikawa, Yasuyuki Kitahara, Tomonori Shiraishi, Shigeyuki Maeda, Yuta Fujise, Seiki Shimoda
  • Patent number: 10987002
    Abstract: A biological information measurement device operates using a battery as a power source, and enables the continuous measurement of biological information. The biological information measurement device is provided with: a battery charge level detection unit for detecting the charge level of the battery; a measurement control unit that ends measurement of biological information when the charge level of the battery falls below a threshold value during biological information measurement; and an information output unit that, when biological information measurement has been ended by the measurement control unit, outputs, to a display unit, information indicating the length of time over which biological information was measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shingo Yamashita