Patents Assigned to YY-FACTORY INC.
  • Patent number: 11580787
    Abstract: To provide a device for measuring a time of passage that is capable of sensing passage of the torso more accurately than a photoelectric cell while maintaining the ease of use of a photoelectric cell, passage of a runner is sensed by causing the upper portion of the body of the runner to be broadly illuminated by infrared light, visible light, and/or other such electromagnetic waves, and by detecting light reflected from large part(s) of the body of the runner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: YY-FACTORY INC.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Yanagimoto
  • Publication number: 20190188922
    Abstract: To provide a device for measuring a time of passage that is capable of sensing passage of the torso more accurately than a photoelectric cell while maintaining the ease of use of a photoelectric cell, passage of a runner is sensed by causing the upper portion of the body of the runner to be broadly illuminated by infrared light, visible light, and/or other such electromagnetic waves, and by detecting light reflected from large part(s) of the body of the runner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: YY-FACTORY INC.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki YANAGIMOTO