Patents by Inventor Akihiro SHIOIRI

Akihiro SHIOIRI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11852575
    Abstract: A state determination apparatus includes: electrodes configured to apply AC signal to a mixture; a measurement unit configured to measure an impedance of the mixture for every frequency of the AC signal based on a response signal flowing through the mixture when the AC signal is applied; a setting unit configured to set an equivalent circuit including one or a plurality of parallel circuit(s) based on element(s) corresponding to electrical component(s) of a solid matter; a calculating unit configured to calculate a parameter of the parallel circuit by executing an equivalent circuit analysis for approximating impedance of the equivalent circuit to the impedance of the mixture; and a derivation unit configured to derive an index for specifying a state of the mixture based on the parameter of the parallel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Kawamuro, Akihiro Shioiri, Naoto Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11796439
    Abstract: A uniformity output device for outputting a uniformity of particles in a slurry, in which an insoluble solid matter is mixed in liquid, includes: a pair of electrodes configured to apply AC voltage to the slurry; a measurement unit configured to measure impedance of the slurry on the basis of the response current flowing through the slurry when AC voltage with changing frequency is applied to the slurry; and a processing unit configured to determine the uniformity by executing a particle equivalent circuit analysis with a parallel circuit formed of a resistor and a capacitor as an element on the basis of the impedance measured by the measurement unit in accordance with the frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Akihiro Shioiri, Naoto Nakayama, Yuki Kawamuro, Masahiro Horibe
  • Patent number: 11525794
    Abstract: A uniformity property acquisition apparatus is the uniformity property acquisition apparatus configured to acquires a uniformity property of a mixture in which an insoluble solid matter is mixed in liquid, and the uniformity property acquisition apparatus includes: a pair of electrodes configured to apply the AC signal to the mixture; measurement unit configured to measure impedance of the mixture on the basis of a response signal flowing through the mixture when the AC signal is applied to the mixture; and processing unit configured to acquire the uniformity property of the mixture on the basis of the impedance measured by the measurement unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: HIOKI E.E. Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Nakayama, Akihiro Shioiri, Yuki Kawamuro
  • Publication number: 20220042897
    Abstract: A state determination apparatus includes: electrodes configured to apply AC signal to a mixture; a measurement unit configured to measure an impedance of the mixture for every frequency of the AC signal based on a response signal flowing through the mixture when the AC signal is applied; a setting unit configured to set an equivalent circuit including one or a plurality of parallel circuit(s) based on element(s) corresponding to electrical component(s) of a solid matter; a calculating unit configured to calculate a parameter of the parallel circuit by executing an equivalent circuit analysis for approximating impedance of the equivalent circuit to the impedance of the mixture; and a derivation unit configured to derive an index for specifying a state of the mixture based on the parameter of the parallel circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki KAWAMURO, Akihiro SHIOIRI, Naoto NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210231549
    Abstract: A uniformity output device for outputting a uniformity of particles in a slurry, in which an insoluble solid matter is mixed in liquid, includes: a pair of electrodes configured to apply AC voltage to the slurry; a measurement unit configured to measure impedance of the slurry on the basis of the response current flowing through the slurry when AC voltage with changing frequency is applied to the slurry; and a processing unit configured to determine the uniformity by executing a particle equivalent circuit analysis with a parallel circuit formed of a resistor and a capacitor as an element on the basis of the impedance measured by the measurement unit in accordance with the frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Akihiro SHIOIRI, Naoto NAKAYAMA, Yuki KAWAMURO, Masahiro HORIBE
  • Publication number: 20210231594
    Abstract: A uniformity property acquisition apparatus is the uniformity property acquisition apparatus configured to acquires a uniformity property of a mixture in which an insoluble solid matter is mixed in liquid, and the uniformity property acquisition apparatus includes: a pair of electrodes configured to apply the AC signal to the mixture; measurement unit configured to measure impedance of the mixture on the basis of a response signal flowing through the mixture when the AC signal is applied to the mixture; and processing unit configured to acquire the uniformity property of the mixture on the basis of the impedance measured by the measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Naoto NAKAYAMA, Akihiro SHIOIRI, Yuki KAWAMURO