Patents Assigned to Read AS
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Patent number: 12131460Abstract: An image processing unit including: a pad region extraction unit that executes pad region extraction processing of extracting a substantially rectangular pad region surrounding a plurality of pads from an image of an inspection target object; an imaginary straight line setting unit that executes imaginary straight line setting processing of setting an imaginary first straight line parallel to a side extending in an X direction of the pad region and setting an imaginary second straight line parallel to a side extending in a Y direction of the pad; and a reference point setting unit that executes reference point setting processing of setting an intersection between the first straight line and the second straight line as the reference point.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: NIDEC READ CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihide Matsukawa, Kenichi Akasaka, Hironori Nakamura, Masayuki Tsujimoto
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Patent number: 12107699Abstract: A method comprises receiving at least one of a transcript, a video recording, an audio recording, or an audiovisual recording of at least a portion of an interaction, and receiving an audiovisual score for a relevant portion of the interaction, the received audiovisual score being based on data received from at least a subset of participants in the interaction. A reaction metric is calculated based on the received audiovisual score. The at least one transcript, video recording, audio recording, or audiovisual recording is then displayed proximate to the reaction metric.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Read AI, Inc.Inventors: David Shim, Elliott Waldron, Robert Williams
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Patent number: 12092662Abstract: A clamp-type AC voltage probe includes: a clamp portion that clamps a cable to be measured; an electrode disposed to be opposed to the cable clamped by the clamp portion; a parallel circuit in which a capacitor and a resistance are connected in parallel, and one end of which is connected to the electrode; a resistance one end of which is connected to the other end of the parallel circuit and the other end of which is connected to a circuit ground; a capacitor one end of which is connected to the other end of the parallel circuit and the other end of which is connected to the circuit ground; and an amplifier an input terminal of which is connected to the one end or the other end of the parallel circuit, and that amplifies and outputs a signal input into the input terminal.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: NIDEC READ CORPORATIONInventor: Masahiro Kawaguchi
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Patent number: 12072352Abstract: An inspection jig includes: film-shaped wiring substrates each having one surface provided with an electrode; a pedestal that supports the wiring substrates which are laminated such that electrode regions are exposed, the electrode region being a region where the electrode is provided in each of the wiring substrates; and a plurality of probes which have base end portions in contact with the electrode regions and extend in a direction away from the electrode regions.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: NIDEC READ CORPORATIONInventor: Michio Kaida
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Patent number: 12055562Abstract: A contact terminal includes a tubular body and a first conductor. The tubular body has an end-side cutout provided in a shape cut out from one axial-direction end surface toward an other axial-direction side at one axial-direction end portion of the tubular body, a hole that is open at the one axial-direction end portion, and a pair of arms interposed between the end-side cutout and the hole. The first conductor includes a first insertion including an inclined portion having an outside diameter gradually increased toward one axial-direction side, and a first straight portion connected to the one axial-direction side of the inclined portion and having an outside diameter constant along the axial direction. The outside diameter of the first straight portion is larger than an inside diameter of the tubular body. The first straight portion is configured to be in contact with the pair of arms.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: NIDEC READ CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Yokota, Norihiro Ota
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Patent number: 12055579Abstract: A circuit board inspection apparatus includes an inspection processing portion that inspects an electric circuit of a board to be inspected, an inspection jig, and a position detector used to position the inspection processing portion relative to the board to be inspected. The inspection jig includes a probe unit having a probe, a first board, a second board located in parallel with the first board in a thickness direction of the first board, an electrical connection portion that electrically connects the first board and the second board, and a second board holding portion that holds the second board from the first board and holds the probe unit on a side opposite to the first board side. The second board holding portion has a position detection opening penetrating in the thickness direction, at a position overlapping the position detector as viewed from the thickness direction of the second board holding portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: NIDEC READ CORPORATIONInventor: Kohei Tsumura
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Patent number: 12055615Abstract: A detection value correction system is a detection value correction system that corrects detection values of a plurality of sensors that are arranged in a line and detect a physical quantity, and includes a correction processing unit that corrects a detection value of a target sensor, which is a sensor to be corrected, among the sensors based on at least detection values of sensors adjacent to the target sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: NIDEC READ CORPORATIONInventor: Tatsufumi Kusuda
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Patent number: 12055580Abstract: A circuit board inspecting apparatus includes a rotary table having a mount surface, a rotary table support section, a suction device, a suction path having a first end connected to the suction device and a second end located at the mount surface, an adsorption mechanism that adsorbs the board onto the mount surface so that the suction device sucks in gas in the suction path, a flow rate detection section that detects a flow rate of gas flowing through a portion of the suction path, the portion located inside the rotary table support section, a flow rate determination section that determines whether the flow rate of the gas detected by the flow rate detection section is equal to or more than a predetermined value, a contactless detection section that detects a placement state of the board on the mount surface in a contactless manner, and an inspection section.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: NIDEC READ CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihide Matsukawa, Takashi Isa
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Patent number: 12055561Abstract: A contact terminal includes a tubular body extending in an axial direction parallel to a central axis of the contact terminal and a bar-shaped conductor having conductivity. The conductor includes a protrusion protruding toward one side in the axial direction from the tubular body, and an insertion portion disposed inside from an outer periphery of the tubular body. The tubular body includes an end side notch provided along the axial direction on a peripheral surface of the one end portion in the axial direction of the tubular body, and a first circumferential notch connected to another side in the axial direction of the end side notch and provided along a circumferential direction away from the end side notch with respect to a first end portion in a circumferential direction of the end side notch.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: NIDEC READ CORPORATIONInventor: Norihiro Ota
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Patent number: 12013416Abstract: In a contact terminal, the first insertion portion includes a first contact portion having a first flat surface along an axial direction, the second insertion portion includes a second contact portion having a second flat surface along the axial direction, the first flat surface and the second flat surface are in contact with each other, the tubular body includes at least one of a first end side notch provided along the axial direction on a peripheral surface of the one end portion in the axial direction of the tubular body and a second end side notch provided along the axial direction on a peripheral surface of the other end portion in the axial direction of the tubular body.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: NIDEC READ CORPORATIONInventors: Michio Kaida, Norihiro Ota, Yusuke Yokota
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Patent number: 11988687Abstract: An inspection jig includes a first board, a probe unit including a probe, a second board located in parallel with the first board and electrically connected to the probe, an electrical connection portion electrically connecting the first board and the second board, and a board holding portion holding the second board in parallel with the first board in the thickness direction and holding the probe unit. The board holding portion includes a probe-side holding plate located on the probe unit side of the second board and a holding plate support portion that positions the probe-side holding plate at a position where the probe-side holding plate is in parallel with the first board in the thickness direction. The board holding portion holds the second board so that the first board and the second board are electrically connected via the electrical connection portion being sandwiched between the first board and second board.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: NIDEC READ CORPORATIONInventor: Kohei Tsumura
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Patent number: 11977100Abstract: An inspection jig includes contact terminals and a pitch conversion unit electrically connected to the contact terminals and configured to convert a first pitch between adjacent two of the contact terminals into a second pitch different from the first pitch. The contact terminals each include a tubular body that extends in an axial direction of the contact terminal and is electrically conductive, and a conductor that is electrically conductive and has a stick shape. The tubular body includes a spring portion that has a helical shape along a peripheral surface of the tubular body. The conductor includes an uninserted portion that protrudes from the tubular body toward a first side in the axial direction, and an inserted portion that is disposed in the tubular body and is fixed to a first axial end portion of the tubular body. The pitch conversion unit includes a board portion and a protruding portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: NIDEC READ CORPORATIONInventor: Michio Kaida
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Patent number: 11953562Abstract: An MI sensor includes: an amorphous wire; an insulator layer formed on an outer peripheral surface of the amorphous wire; and an X-axis coil, a Y-axis coil, and a Z-axis coil which are formed, in a spiral shape, on an outer peripheral surface of the insulator layer. The X-axis coil, the Y-axis coil, and the Z-axis coil are formed of a conductive layer, and the X-axis coil, the Y-axis coil, and the Z-axis coil are arranged in directions orthogonal to each other.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: NIDEC-READ CORPORATIONInventor: Tatsufumi Kusuda
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Patent number: 11953314Abstract: A bump inspection device images a wafer that includes a plurality of bumps arranged in parallel to each other. Each of the bumps is elongated along a first direction that is along a substrate surface. The bump inspection device includes: a laser-light source that emits laser light in a direction that is inclined relative to the substrate surface; a camera that images the substrate surface onto which the laser light is emitted; and a direction adjusting portion that adjusts an arrangement relation between the direction in which the laser light is emitted and an orientation of the wafer to allow the first direction to become inclined relative to the direction in which the laser light is emitted, in a plan view. The camera images the wafer while the first direction is inclined relative to the direction in which the laser light is emitted, in a plan view.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: NIDEC READ CORPORATIONInventors: Alexsandr Juk, Alain Ross, Takashi Miyasaka, Takeya Tsukamoto, Shigeya Kikuta
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Patent number: 11940482Abstract: An upper mechanism including a table provided with a placement surface of an inspection target, a lower mechanism configured to rotatably support the upper mechanism, and a lifting operation unit configured to be supported by the upper mechanism so as to be movable up and down are provided. The lower mechanism includes a rotation drive unit configured to rotate the upper mechanism, and a push-up force output unit configured to lift and lower the lifting operation unit. A transmission member with which a tip of the push-up force output unit can contact or separate is provided at a lower end of the lifting operation unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: NIDEC READ CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi Isa
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Patent number: 11933837Abstract: In various examples, an inspection jig includes a plate-shaped insulating member having a recess; a first board having a first electrode; and a conducting wire electrically connected to a contact terminal. The insulating member is provided with a through hole penetrating a bottom portion of the recess. One end portion of the conducting wire is disposed in the through hole. The other end of the conducting wire is connected to the first electrode.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: NIDEC READ CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Kato, Makoto Fujino
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Patent number: 11830670Abstract: A coiled electronic component includes: an electronic component body which includes a coil portion having a spiral structure and formed of an electrically conductive material, and electrically conductive connection portions arranged on both ends of the coil portion; and a pair of electrodes for respectively connecting the electrically conductive connection portions to assembly portions arranged on an assembly object. The electrode includes a pair of pinching pieces for pinching the electrically conductive connection portion, and the pair of pinching pieces is opened in a manner that the electrically conductive connection portion is received and fitted therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Nidec-Read CorporationInventor: Tatsufumi Kusuda
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Patent number: 11799679Abstract: A method comprises receiving a set of data from at least one interaction, calculating, an audio score for any audio data received in the set of data, and calculating a video score for any video data received in the set of data. The audio score is joined with the video score to create an audiovisual score, and some subset of measurement, alert or recommendation is sent to a user, the set being based on the audiovisual score and configured to be displayed on a user device.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Read AI, Inc.Inventors: David Shim, Elliott Waldron, Robert Williams
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Patent number: 11768226Abstract: Provided are an inspection jig and an inspection apparatus in which a configuration for bending a plurality of contacts in the same direction can be simplified. The inspection jig includes a plurality of contacts each of which has a rod shape, a first support portion that supports the first end portion side of the plurality of contacts, and a second support portion that supports the second end portion side of the plurality of contacts. The first support portion includes a facing support plate that is disposed to face the second support portion in a manner separated from the second support portion and has a plurality of through holes through which the plurality of contacts are inserted, and a cross section of each of the through holes has an elliptical shape whose major axis extends in a predetermined specific direction along a plane direction of the facing support plate.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: NIDEC READ CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei Tsumura, Takanori Furukawa, Jyun Yamanouchi
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Patent number: 11720740Abstract: Methods and systems of displaying a first string of characters and a second string of characters on an electronic display in a manner to reduce interference between the first and second strings, where a layout of displayed content is preserved, the method including steps of receiving a first string of characters, receiving a second string of characters, identifying a first character in the first string that interferes with a second character in the second string, receiving a modified character corresponding to the first character, rendering the first string and the second string for display, and displaying the first string and the second string on an electronic display. In some embodiments, airspace scaling or deemphasis is used to generate modified characters.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: READ TWOGETHER LTD.Inventors: David Allen Fesbinder, Alexander Postnikov