Patents Assigned to OMRON
  • Patent number: 10973441
    Abstract: A display control device (10) comprises an image acquisition component (11), an orientation estimation component (12), and a controller (13). The image acquisition component (11) acquires an infrared image (G1) sensed by infrared array sensors (21a and 21b) installed in a room. The orientation estimation component (12) estimates the orientation of a care receiver (P1) in a room (30) on the basis of the infrared image (G1) acquired by the image acquisition component (11). The controller (13) controls a display device (22) so that a dummy image (D1), which shows a simplified view of the orientation of the care receiver (P1) estimated by the orientation estimation component (12), is displayed superimposed over the infrared image (G1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Tanaka, Masatoshi Oba, Fumiji Aita
  • Patent number: 10979609
    Abstract: An image sensor capable of performing satisfactory distortion aberration correction on an imaging result regardless of a combination of a lens module and an imaging module being used is provided. A main body module of an image sensor acquires size information of an imaging element from a mounted imaging module, acquires distortion aberration characteristic information of an optical system from the mounted lens module, and performs distortion aberration correction using the acquired information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Motoshima, Kosuke Watanabe, Yasuhito Uetsuji
  • Patent number: 10974788
    Abstract: A battery pack (110) comprises a discharge current acquisition component (11), a status acquisition component (12), a similarity calculator (112), and a use application determination component (113). The discharge current acquisition component (11) acquires the current value of a discharge current supplied to a vehicle (30). The status acquisition component (12) acquires the speed of the vehicle (30) operated by the current value acquired by the discharge current acquisition component (11). The similarity calculator (112) compares the current value acquired by the discharge current acquisition component with the speed of the vehicle (30) acquired by the status acquisition component (12), and calculates the similarity between the two. The use application determination component (113) determines whether or not the battery pack is being used for something other than its intended use application, according to the similarity calculated by the similarity calculator (112).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromasa Takatsuka, Junichi Wada, Kazuki Kasai
  • Patent number: 10977454
    Abstract: Provided is a technology that enables a plurality of sensor information to be synchronized for a technology of a sensor management device communicating with a plurality of wireless sensors in a time division manner. A sensor management device includes a transmission unit that transmits acquisition start instructions for starting acquisitions of sensor information to a plurality of wireless sensors respectively at different timings; and an extraction unit that extracts a plurality of common period sensor information that the plurality of wireless sensors have acquired in the common period from the plurality of sensor information with reference to deviation of times at which the transmission unit has transmitted the acquisition start instructions to the plurality of wireless sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Arata Kataoka, Yahiro Koezuka, Hidekatsu Nogami, Yoshimitsu Nakano
  • Patent number: 10977576
    Abstract: A control device generates a second command value by compensating a first command value output at every control cycle according to a predetermined pattern with a correction amount output at every control cycle according to correction data, updates the correction data based on a deviation between the first command value and a feedback value from the control object, and determines an initial value of the correction data. The control device acquires a response characteristic indicating a relationship between an assigned command value and a feedback value shown in the control object in response to the command value, estimates a feedback value to be shown in the control object based on a value obtained by compensating the first command value with temporary correction data and the response characteristic, and updates the temporary correction data based on a deviation between the first command value and the estimated feedback value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Namie, Takashi Fujii, Akiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10978822
    Abstract: A connector is provided with a cable that includes a conductor and an insulation, connector bodies that are provided on one ends in an extending direction of the cable, and a cover unit that covers and integrates each of the one ends of the cable and each of the connector bodies. The cable includes a first cohesion unit provided on a surface of the insulation at each of one ends over an entire circumference around the extending direction of the cable, and fixed to the cover unit so as to be detachable by cohesive fracture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Hoshino, Taijiro Fujiwara, Masato Matoba, Masaki Nakamura, Masaru Higuchi, Hiroshi Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20210104057
    Abstract: This image processing system is provided with: a measurement part which measures the three-dimensional shape of a target object based on a captured image obtained by capturing an image of the target object; a reliability calculation part which calculates, for each area, an index that indicates the reliability in the measurement of the three-dimensional shape; a reliability evaluation part which evaluates, for each area, whether the calculated index satisfies a predetermined criterion; and a display part which simultaneously or selectively displays the measurement result of the three-dimensional shape and a result image that shows the area that does not satisfy the criterion in the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Motoharu OKUNO
  • Patent number: 10972200
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a data receiving apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a one-way communication packet transmitted from a data transmitting apparatus; a calculator configured to calculate a reception signal strength of the packet at the receiver; a comparison unit configured to compare the calculated reception signal strength with a threshold value; a generation unit configured to generate assistance information relating to transmission power of the data transmitting apparatus if the reception signal strength exceeds a threshold value as a result of the comparison; and an output unit configured to output the assistance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Kubo, Toru Deno, Hideki Kondo
  • Patent number: 10967516
    Abstract: A pair of claws and included in a gripper of a robot have specific shapes and for bending or flexing a specific part of a workpiece in a thickness direction when approaching each other to clamp the workpiece. The pair of claws and are made to approach each other and clamp the workpiece in a state where the specific part is protruded to the outside while making the workpiece and also the specific part undergo an elastic deformation so as to bend or flex in the thickness direction within a range of a transverse-direction dimension of the slot. The specific part of the workpiece is inserted into the slot along an insertion direction perpendicular to a tip end surface by a compliance control based on an output of a force sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Iwai, Masahiro Murai
  • Publication number: 20210099018
    Abstract: A non-contact power feeding apparatus may suppress a variation in power transmission efficiency due to a change in the positional relationship between a power transmission side and a power reception side of an apparatus. A power transmission apparatus of a non-contact power feeding apparatus may include a transmission coil that transmits AC power to a power reception apparatus in a non-contact manner, and a power supply circuit that supplies AC power to the transmission coil. The power reception apparatus may include a reception coil that receives AC power from the transmission coil. The transmission coil and the reception coil may be formed such that the size of one of the transmission coil and the reception coil in a plane orthogonal to a winding axis thereof is larger than the size of the other of the transmission coil and the reception coil in a plane orthogonal to a winding axis thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi TABATA
  • Patent number: 10962959
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to stop the power supply to a specified device among a plurality of devices to be supplied with power, and maintain the power supply to the other device. An IO-Link master is provided with: an upper-level communication control unit which receives a specification of a device to which the power supply is to be stopped; and a power supply control unit which controls a device power supply switching unit corresponding to the device to which the power supply is to be stopped, to stop the power supply to said device while maintaining the power supply to the other device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kitamura, Toshiyuki Ozaki, Keiichi Teranishi
  • Patent number: 10964493
    Abstract: An arc quenching device, which prevents a load device from displaying an unnecessary behavior during starting of a power supply, includes: a semiconductor switch connected in parallel to a first switch which is mechanical; a power supply circuit configured to use a voltage which is generated between both contact points of the first switch to output a voltage which causes the semiconductor switch to turn on; and a second switch configured to cause its open state to prevent the semiconductor switch from turning on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Omori, Makito Morii, Hiroyuki Otsuka
  • Patent number: 10964504
    Abstract: The movable body includes a pivot and a contact portion. The pivot is rotatably supported. The contact portion is disposed at a position contactable with a contact piece. The movable body rotates around the pivot and presses the contact piece via the contact portion to move the second contact close to the first contact. The actuator presses the movable body to rotate the movable body around the pivot. The contact piece has a curved portion located between the second contact and the support. The pivot is located on a side where the support is disposed with respect to the curved portion. The actuator includes a pressing member which presses the movable body. The pressing member moves in an axial direction of the pressing member to press the movable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Seiki Shimoda, Yuichiro Teshima, Akira Tsurusaki
  • Patent number: 10965211
    Abstract: A technology for suppressing a performance degradation of a solar battery caused by PID is provided. A conversion device includes a DC/DC converter and a control part. A solar battery is connected to an input end of the DC/DC converter. When direct-current power generated by the solar battery is converted and output, the DC/DC converter makes a potential of a negative electrode of the solar battery to be higher than a potential in a negative electrode of the output when the power input from the solar battery exceeds a prescribed value. The control part changes a voltage of the power output from the solar battery to detect a peak value of the power, and stops the operation of the DC/DC converter when the peak value is smaller than the prescribed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Ehara, Kazumi Tsuchimichi, Kenji Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Tsubota
  • Patent number: 10962564
    Abstract: A probe pin includes a first contact part and a second contact part; a middle part located between the first contact part and the second contact part; a first flexible part configured to move the first contact part relative to the middle part in the first arrangement direction; and a movable part configured to move the second contact part relative to the middle part in a direction intersecting with the first arrangement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Sasano, Hirotada Teranishi, Takahiro Sakai, Si-Hun Choi
  • Patent number: 10965165
    Abstract: A tag circuit which allows a load connectable thereto to have a wider power consumption range and which is usable in a wider input power range is provided. The tag circuit includes: a control part which is configured to respond to a command extracted from a radio wave received by an antenna by controlling a load; and a rectifying part which is configured to generate DC power to be supplied to the control part and DC power to be supplied to the load by converting a radio wave received by the antenna into DC power, the rectifying part being capable of changing power conversion characteristics of converting the radio wave received by the antenna into DC power to be supplied to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Yase, Tetsuya Nosaka
  • Patent number: 10964003
    Abstract: A reconstruction processing unit includes a filtering unit which applies a filter for correcting a motion blur attributable to a relative movement of an image pickup system and an object to a transmission image when performing an operation of back-projecting a pixel on the transmission image to a cell on a reconstructed image. A filter that the filtering unit uses when a pixel on a first transmission image is back-projected to a first cell on the reconstructed image is different from a filter that the filtering unit uses when the pixel on the first transmission image is back-projected to a second cell existing at coordinates that differ from those of the first cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Nishina, Yoshinori Konishi
  • Patent number: 10960205
    Abstract: An electric treatment device includes an impedance detector to measure bioelectrical impedance at a site of a body of a user by using electrodes in contact with the site, a voltage controller to perform treatment of the site by controlling a voltage applied to the electrodes, and a timer to set a target time from when treatment of the site is started by the voltage controller to when the voltage value of the applied voltage reaches the target voltage value, based on the measured bioelectrical impedance. The greater the measured bioelectrical impedance is, the shorter the timer sets the target time. The voltage controller increases the voltage value of the applied voltage to the target voltage value based on the set target time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Samejima, Yui Watanabe, Makoto Tabata, Tetsuya Sato, Shozo Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 10964005
    Abstract: An operation analysis apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of pieces of operation information indicating operations of a plurality of persons to be analyzed; a classification unit configured to classify the plurality of pieces of operation information into a plurality of groups; and an analysis unit configured to analyze the operations of the persons to be analyzed based on the pieces of operation information that have been classified into the plurality of groups. The plurality of pieces of operation information each include skeleton information that indicates positions of a plurality of body parts that are associated with the skeleton of each of the plurality of persons to be analyzed, and the classification unit classifies the plurality of pieces of operation information using the skeleton information included in the operation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroomi Onda, Shuichi Goto, Naohiro Kawai, Jun Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10965225
    Abstract: This motor control devices provided with: a motor control unit which generates a command value on the basis of a motor drive command acquired from a PLC over a communication line; a drive unit which supplies motor drive voltage according to the command value; an interruption unit which interrupts transmission of the drive signal to the motor; a safety input unit which receives an emergency stop input operation over a control signal line; a reset input unit which receives a reset input operation; a determination unit which determines whether or not safety is maintained on the basis of input to the safety input unit; and a safety control unit which, when the safety input unit receives an emergency stop input operation, performs interruption processing of the drive signal through the interruption unit, and when the reset input unit receives a reset input operation, performs restart processing if safety is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Hashimoto, Tetsuya Akagi, Ryuichi Jimbo