Patents by Inventor Akira Inagaki

Akira Inagaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20240074106
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a conduit configured to circulate magnetic fluid, and a magnetic field generator that applies a magnetic field to the magnetic fluid. The conduit includes at least four areas of a first conduit area in which the magnetic fluid receives heat from a heating unit, a second conduit area from the first conduit area to a cooling unit, a third conduit area in which the magnetic fluid is cooled by the cooling unit, and a fourth conduit area from the cooling unit to the heating unit. When the apparatus is used, a volume of the magnetic fluid in one of the first to fourth conduit areas, in which a flow direction of the magnetic fluid coincides with a gravity direction, is larger than that of another conduit area, in which the flow direction of the magnetic fluid does not coincide with the gravity direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Genki Tanaka, Akira Watanabe, Akinori Inagaki
  • Patent number: 10271792
    Abstract: A biological information measuring apparatus (measuring apparatus) includes a band which fixes a case unit to a living body. The band is provided with a recessed groove part on a side facing the living body. The groove part has a depth of 1020 ?m or more and 1140 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20180008193
    Abstract: A biological information measuring device includes a case section having, in sectional view, a trapezoidal shape including an upper base and a lower base shorter than the upper base, a first leg crossing the upper base and the lower base, and a second leg that is an opposite side of the first leg, a display section disposed on the second leg side, a circuit board housed in the case section, a flexible board configured to electrically connect the circuit board and the display section, and a pulse-wave sensor section disposed on the first leg side and configured to detect a pulse wave signal of a user. An atmospheric pressure sensor configured to detect an atmospheric pressure is housed in the case section. The flexible board is disposed on the lower base side and the atmospheric pressure sensor is disposed not to overlap the pulse wave sensor in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Hideto Yamashita, Akira Inagaki, Hironori Hasei
  • Publication number: 20180004169
    Abstract: A wrist apparatus (an electronic watch with sensors) includes a receiving section adapted to receive a satellite signal transmitted from a location information satellite, a plurality of sensors (an acceleration sensor, a pressure sensor, and an orientation sensor), a power supply section provided with a self-power generation function, and a display section adapted to display information using indicating hands (measurement indicating hands).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Jun MATSUZAKI, Kiyoto TAKEDA, Akira INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20180000362
    Abstract: A biological information measuring module includes light emitters (first light emitter and second light emitter), a reflector having a tapered section that inclines with respect to the direction in which light emitted from the light emitters travels toward a target, and a light receiver that receives reflected light that is light exits from the light emitters and via the reflector and is reflected off the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi MATSUO, Akira INAGAKI
  • Patent number: 9808198
    Abstract: A biological information measuring device includes a case section having, in sectional view, a trapezoidal shape including an upper base and a lower base shorter than the upper base, a first leg substantially orthogonal to the upper base and the lower base, and a second leg that is the opposite side of the first leg, a display section disposed on the second leg side, a main circuit board housed in the case section, a flexible board configured to electrically connect the main circuit board and the display section, and a pulse-wave sensor section disposed on the first leg side and configured to detect a pulse wave signal of a user. The flexible board is disposed on the lower base side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Hideto Yamashita, Akira Inagaki, Hironori Hasei
  • Publication number: 20160220134
    Abstract: A biological information measuring apparatus includes a light emitting unit that emits light to a test subject, a light receiving unit that receives light reflected from the test subject, and an input unit that inputs whether at least one of the light receiving unit and the light emitting unit is brought into an intermittent operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventor: Akira Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20160220133
    Abstract: A biological information measuring apparatus includes a light emitting unit that emits light to a test subject, a light receiving unit that receives light which is reflected from the test subject, and a controller that determines whether at least one of the light receiving unit and the light emitting unit is brought into an intermittent operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventor: Akira Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20160206215
    Abstract: A biological information measuring device includes a case section having, in sectional view, a trapezoidal shape including an upper base and a lower base shorter than the upper base, a first leg substantially orthogonal to the upper base and the lower base, and a second leg that is the opposite side of the first leg, a display section disposed on the second leg side, a main circuit board housed in the case section, a flexible board configured to electrically connect the main circuit board and the display section, and a pulse-wave sensor section disposed on the first leg side and configured to detect a pulse wave signal of a user. The flexible board is disposed on the lower base side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Hideto Yamashita, Akira Inagaki, Hironori Hasei
  • Publication number: 20160198966
    Abstract: A biological information measuring module includes a light emitting unit that emits light, a light receiving unit that receives the light via an object, and a multilayered film optical filter that is provided on the light receiving unit on a side where the light is incident. The multilayered film optical filter is constituted by a laminated body of five or more layers and 120 or less layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Akira Uematsu, Akira Inagaki, Atsushi Matsuo, Hironori Hasei
  • Publication number: 20160192842
    Abstract: A biological information measuring apparatus includes a sensor unit as a biological information measuring module including a light emitting unit that emits light to an object, a light receiving unit that receives light from the object, and a wall portion which is provided between the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit. A width of the wall portion in a direction in which the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are connected to each other is equal to or greater than 0.05 mm and equal to or less than 0.18 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventor: Akira INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20160192841
    Abstract: A biological information measuring apparatus includes a sensor unit as a biological information measuring module including a light emitting unit that emits light to an object, and a light receiving unit that receives light from the object. An interval between the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit is equal to or greater than 0.8 mm and equal to or less than 1.0 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Akira INAGAKI, Hironori HASEI
  • Publication number: 20160192847
    Abstract: A biological information measuring apparatus includes a sensor unit as a biological information measuring module including a light emitting unit that emits light to an object, and a light receiving unit that receives light from the object. A circumference length of the light emitting unit on the outer circumference is equal to or greater than 1.9 mm and equal to or less than 9.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventor: Akira INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20160175681
    Abstract: A first imaginary plane specifying unit specifies a first axis which lies in a longitudinal direction of a shaft of an exercise tool at an address posture of a user, using an output of an inertial sensor. A second imaginary plane specifying unit specifies a second axis forming a predetermined angle along with the first axis, using a hitting direction as a rotation axis. An exercise analysis unit calculates a trajectory of a swing of the user based on an output of the inertial sensor. A trajectory determination unit determines whether the trajectory of the swing passes through a predetermined region specified based on the first and second axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira INAGAKI, Masaki UKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160143584
    Abstract: A biological information measuring apparatus (measuring apparatus) includes a band which fixes a case unit to a living body. The band is provided with a recessed groove part on a side facing the living body. The groove part has a depth of 1020 ?m or more and 1140 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventor: Akira INAGAKI
  • Patent number: 9291634
    Abstract: Chemical analysis apparatus for inserting a sample serving as an analyzable substance and a reagent into a reaction container and agitating by irradiating sound waves to the reaction container, the chemical analysis apparatus including: a piezoelectric element generating sound waves; and a driver for driving the piezoelectric element, and including: a wave form producing device for producing an oscillation waveform having a fundamental frequency of the sound waves to be irradiated; an auxiliary waveform producing device for producing an oscillation wave form having a frequency lower than that of the oscillation waveform; a multiplying circuit creating a multiplied waveform between the waveform and the wave form; and, a power amplifier for power-amplifying the multiplied waveform, wherein it is intermittently irradiated with the sound wave in the reaction container, and further, the wave form producing device has a function capable of frequency-modulation with a prescribed frequency width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Katou, Ryo Miyake, Hiroyasu Uchida, Katsuhiro Kambara, Takenori Okusa, Shigenori Watari, Yoichiro Suzuki, Tomonori Mimura, Miki Taki, Akira Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20150176583
    Abstract: A rotary compression mechanism is provided with a rotor which can rotate about the axis of a shaft mounted to a casing, a cylinder which can rotate about a rotation center eccentric from the shaft, and a drive plate which is installed so as to be capable of swinging relative to one of the cylinder and the rotor and to be capable of sliding relative to the other of the cylinder and the rotor and which rotationally connects the cylinder and the rotor. Spaces which are separated from each other by both a partition point and the drive plate and which are located between the inner surface of the cylinder and the outer periphery of the rotor are operating chambers for performing compression or suction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshinori Murase, Akira Inagaki, Hiroki Ishii
  • Publication number: 20140147348
    Abstract: Chemical analysis apparatus for inserting a sample serving as an analyzable substance and a reagent into a reaction container and agitating by irradiating sound waves to the reaction container, the chemical analysis apparatus including: a piezoelectric element generating sound waves; and a driver for driving the piezoelectric element, and including: a wave form producing device for producing an oscillation waveform having a fundamental frequency of the sound waves to be irradiated; an auxiliary waveform producing device for producing an oscillation wave form having a frequency lower than that of the oscillation waveform; a multiplying circuit creating a multiplied waveform between the waveform and the wave form; and, a power amplifier for power-amplifying the multiplied waveform, wherein it is intermittently irradiated with the sound wave in the reaction container, and further, the wave form producing device has a function capable of frequency-modulation with a prescribed frequency width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime KATOU, Ryo MIYAKE, Hiroyasu UCHIDA, Katsuhiro KAMBARA, Takenori OKUSA, Shigenori WATARI, Yoichiro SUZUKI, Tomonori MIMURA, Miki TAKI, Akira INAGAKI
  • Patent number: 8658102
    Abstract: A chemical analysis apparatus comprising reaction containers containing therein a substance to be analyzed; an agitating mechanism spaced from the substance to be analyzed and agitating said substance to be analyzed with a liquid in said reaction container; and, a measuring portion for measuring physical properties of the substance to be analyzed, said agitating mechanism having a sound supply portion supplying sound waves to the substance to be analyzed, wherein said sound supply portion comprises a mechanism changing, in time, intensity of ultrasonic waves to be irradiated so as to apply pulsation to a swirl flow in the reaction container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Katou, Ryo Miyake, Hiroyasu Uchida, Katsuhiro Kambara, Takenori Okusa, Shigenori Watari, Yoichiro Suzuki, Tomonori Mimura, Miki Taki, Akira Inagaki
  • Patent number: 7892607
    Abstract: A process for forming a multilayer film includes (a) discharging a first functional liquid containing a first functional material on a substrate by a droplet discharge method to form a lower layer, (b) solidifying the first functional liquid on the substrate to form a solid lower layer containing the first functional material, (c) forming a liquid layer containing the first functional material on the solid lower layer, (d) discharging a second functional liquid containing a second functional material on the liquid layer and the solid lower layer by the droplet discharge method to form an upper layer, and (e) solidifying the liquid layer and the second functional liquid to form a solid upper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Hasei, Akira Inagaki