Patents by Inventor Akira Takakura
Akira Takakura 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).
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Publication number: 20140264959Abstract: A hardening resin composition includes a base resin and a hardening agent. The base resin contains a maleimide compound having two or more maleimide groups in one molecule, and the hardening agent contains a diamine compound expressed by a general chemical formula (1), in which A is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, X is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group with a carbon number of six or less, or an aryl group, and n is a natural number of 1 to 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Okuhira, Akira Takakura, Hiroshi Katou
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Publication number: 20140243693Abstract: An electronic device to further reduce power consumption is provided. The electronic device includes a receiving circuit which receives a heart rate signal transmitted from a heart rate measurement device, a noise detection unit which determines whether the receiving circuit normally receives the heart rate signal or not, and a receiving circuit control unit which allows the receiving circuit to be intermittently operated when the noise detection unit determines that the heart rate signal is not received continuously for a given period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.Inventors: Kazuhiro KOYAMA, Takanori HASEGAWA, Ayumi MATSUMOTO, Akira TAKAKURA
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Publication number: 20140191944Abstract: To provide a living body information detection apparatus and a living body information detection program capable of allowing a user to easily recognize information based on acquired living body information. A living body information detection apparatus includes an acquisition unit acquiring living body information obtained by detecting a living body signal and a control unit moving a display position of an image associated with the living body information on a display unit based on the magnitude of a value of the living body information obtained by the acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.Inventors: Katsuya MUGISHIMA, Akira TAKAKURA, Keisuke TSUBATA, Kazuhiro KOYAMA, Takanori HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20140150973Abstract: An epoxy resin composition includes: epoxy resin as a main component; and diamine having phenylene oxide skeleton indicated by an equation of: A code of āXā is a hydrogen or a methyl group, and a suffix of ānā is an integer in a range between 1 and 10. In the above composition, the gelation time is short, compared with a case where the epoxy resin composition with using phenylene sulfide skeletal diamine as hardening agent of an epoxy resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Okuhira, Akira Takakura, Hiroshi Katou
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Publication number: 20140121567Abstract: A display control unit performs switching between internal measurement information (for example, a lap time and others) and living-body information (for example, the number of heartbeats) indicated by a living-body signal for display on a display unit, based on whether or not a receiving unit acquires the living-body signal (for example, a heartbeat signal). Accordingly, a user can switch between displaying living-body information indicated by a living-body signal on a running watch (a display unit) and not displaying the living-body information indicated by the living-body signal on the running watch, depending on whether or not a chest strap is worn. Accordingly, the user does not need to perform a user operation for switching between the display of the internal measurement information and the display of the living-body information indicated by the living-body signal. Therefore, a user's laborious job of performing a display switching operation can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.Inventors: Takanori HASEGAWA, Akira TAKAKURA, Keisuke TSUBATA, Kazuhiro KOYAMA
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Patent number: 8682420Abstract: A heartbeat measuring device has a measurement unit that measures a heart rate of a user, and an information storage unit that stores unique information regarding a heart rate unique to the user or information regarding a detected heartbeat of the user. A determination unit determines whether or not a heartbeat measurement state of the user is normal on the basis of the unique information or the information regarding a heartbeat stored in the information storage unit. An abnormality detection unit detects an abnormality corresponding to poor mounting of the heartbeat measuring device or interference due to external noise on the basis of a heart rate measured by the measurement unit. A notification unit performs a notification when the abnormality is detected by the abnormality detection unit. The notification unit changes information to be notified on the basis of a detection result by the abnormality detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.Inventors: Keisuke Tsubata, Takanori Hasegawa, Akira Takakura, Katsuya Mugishima, Kazuo Kato, Kazuhiro Koyama, Hisao Nakamura
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Publication number: 20140062681Abstract: An analysis system includes: an electronic device that is attached to an upper body of a swimmer; and an analysis apparatus. The electronic device includes: an acceleration sensor that detects acceleration in a gravity direction in a state where the swimmer stands erect; and a first communication unit that transmits acceleration data indicating the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor to the analysis apparatus. The analysis apparatus includes: a second communication unit that receives the acceleration data from the electronic device; and a control unit that determines whether the swimmer is in a swimming state or the swimmer is in a resting state, based on the acceleration data received by the second communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicants: Keio University, Seiko Instruments Inc.Inventors: Keisuke TSUBATA, Akira TAKAKURA, Yuji OHGI
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Publication number: 20140067314Abstract: To measure a walking pitch or a running pitch more accurately with a simpler structure. Acceleration sensors detect accelerations and output acceleration signals corresponding to the accelerations. A CPU detects a cycle in which a user touches the ground at the time of walking or running based on the acceleration signal and calculating a first pitch based on the cycle of touching the ground. The CPU also detects a cycle in which the user swings his/her arms based on the acceleration signal and calculates a second pitch based on the cycle of swinging arms. The CPU determines either one of the first pitch and the second pitch which satisfies a given condition as a walking or running pitch of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.Inventors: Tomohiro IHASHI, Akira TAKAKURA, Keisuke TSUBATA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 8569991Abstract: A stepping motor control circuit includes a rotation detection circuit that detects an induced signal and detects whether or not the induced signal exceeds a predetermined reference threshold voltage in a detection segment having a plurality of detection areas, and a control unit that determines the state of rotation of a stepping motor on the basis of a pattern indicating whether or not the induced signals exceed the reference threshold voltage and, on the basis of the result of detection, controls the driving of the stepping motor with anyone of a plurality of main drive pulses different from each other in energy or a correction drive pulse having larger energy than the main drive pulse. An ineffective area is provided between at least the two detection areas, and the control unit determines the state of rotation of the stepping motor without considering the induced signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2010Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.Inventors: Saburo Manaka, Akira Takakura, Kenji Ogasawara, Kazumi Sakumoto, Shotaro Kamiyama, Keishi Honmura, Kosuke Yamamoto, Hiroshi Shimizu
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Patent number: 8406086Abstract: An electronic timepiece can reduce a burden imposed on a user who performs a manipulation for correcting the positional displacement of a pointer when a position of the pointer is displaced due to the demonstration of the pointer movement. The electronic timepiece includes: a pointer which is rotated in a first direction based on a manipulation signal corresponding to a manipulation from the outside; and a control part which performs the demonstration of the pointer movement in which the pointer is rotated in a second direction opposite to the first direction and the first direction, wherein the pointer is positioned at a position where a rotational angle in the first direction from a preset reference position is smaller than a rotational angle in a second direction from the reference position.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Tomohiro Ihashi, Kenji Ogasawara, Kazuo Kato, Kazumi Sakumoto, Akira Takakura, Eriko Noguchi, Takanori Hasegawa, Keishi Honmura, Saburo Manaka, Kosuke Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8351303Abstract: An invention allows a stepping motor to be reliably driven to rotate when initializing the driving and allows power consumption of the stepping motor to be reduced. The controller, when initializing the driving (for example, replacing a battery), controls a main drive pulse generator to drive a stepping motor using a main drive pulse having a maximum energy and sets the generation cycle of a pulse down control signal of a pulse down counter for pulsing down the main drive pulse to a first cycle to drive the stepping motor, and when pulsing down the main drive pulse to that having a predetermined energy, changes the generation cycle of the pulse down control signal of the pulse down counter to a second cycle.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.Inventors: Kenji Ogasawara, Akira Takakura, Saburo Manaka, Keishi Honmura, Takanori Hasegawa, Kosuke Yamamoto, Kazumi Sakumoto, Kazuo Kato
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Publication number: 20130003508Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first frequency division portion that frequency-divides a clock signal by a first frequency division ratio, a second frequency division portion that frequency-divides the first clock signal which has been frequency-divided by the first frequency division portion by a second frequency division ratio, and a regulation frequency division portion that performs logical regulation of the clock signal using a second clock signal which has been frequency-divided by the second frequency division portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventors: Kazuo KATO, Akira Takakura, Toshitaka Fukushima, Keisuke Tsubata, Hisao Nakamura, Tomohiro Ihashi, Yoshinori Sugai, Eriko Noguchi, Satoshi Sakai, Takanori Hasegawa
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Patent number: 8335135Abstract: When a stepping motor is driven to rotate by a main driving pulse, if an induced signal exceeding a reference threshold voltage is detected only in a third segment, a pulse down operation is performed, and the main driving pulse is not changed when the same is detected in at least a first and the third segments. When it is detected only in a second and the third segments, a rank-up is performed without performing the driving by a correction drive pulse and, when it is not detected in at least the third segment, the rank up operation is performed after the driving by the correction driving pulse.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.Inventors: Saburo Manaka, Akira Takakura, Kenji Ogasawara, Kazumi Sakumoto, Kazuo Kato, Keishi Honmura, Takanori Hasegawa, Kosuke Yamamoto, Hiroshi Shimizu
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Publication number: 20120300595Abstract: A secondary cell supplies drive power to a motor of an analogue electronic timepiece, and a state detection circuit detects whether or not a state at the time of driving the motor is a predetermined state. A cell voltage detection circuit detects a voltage of the secondary cell at intervals corresponding to a detection result by the state detection circuit. A control unit drives the motor by selecting a drive pulse of energy corresponding to a detection result of the cell voltage detection circuit out of drive pulses of different energies. When the state detection circuit detects that a state at the time of driving the motor is the predetermined state, the cell voltage detection circuit detects the voltage of the secondary cell at intervals shorter than intervals when the state detection circuit detects that the state at the time of driving the motors is not the predetermined state.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: Shotaro KAMIYAMA, Akira Takakura, Saburo Manaka, Hiroshi Shimizu, Keishi Honmura, Kosuke Yamamoto, Kazumi Sakumoto, Kenji Ogasawara
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Patent number: 8319468Abstract: The present invention aims to prevent a main drive pulse from being moved to a rank having a potential to cause a non-rotating state. A detection segment for detecting a rotating state of a stepping motor is divided into a first segment immediately after the drive with a main drive pulse, a second segment, and a third segment and, when the stepping motor is rotated by the main drive pulse, the main drive pulse is not changed when a detection signal exceeding a reference threshold voltage is detected at least in the first and second segments. When it is detected only in the first and third segments, or detected only in the third segment, the rank is moved upward and, when it is not detected in any segment, or detected only in the first segment, the rank is moved upward after the drive with a corrective drive pulse. When it is detected only in the second segment or detected only in the second and third segments, the rank is moved downward.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.Inventors: Saburo Manaka, Takanori Hasegawa, Keishi Honmura, Kasuke Yamamoto, Kenji Ogasawara, Hiroyuki Masaki, Akira Takakura, Kazuo Kato, Kazumi Sakumoto
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Publication number: 20120287760Abstract: A voltage detection circuit detects a voltage of a secondary cell that powers a stepping motor. A rotation detection circuit detects a rotation state of the stepping motor, and a control unit selects a main driving pulse for driving the stepping motor based on the detected rotation state from plural kinds of driving pulses having different energies. An analog display unit announces that the voltage of the secondary cell becomes a predetermined reference voltage when the voltage detection circuit detects that the voltage of the secondary cell becomes the predetermined reference voltage. When the control unit selects a predetermined main driving pulse before the voltage detection circuit detects that the voltage of the secondary cell becomes a current reference voltage, the control unit sets the reference voltage to the predetermined reference voltage higher than the current reference voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventors: Kenji OGASAWARA, Toshitaka Fukushim, Saburo Manaka, Akira Takakura, Hiroshi Shimizu, Kazumi Sakumoto, Keishi Honmura, Kosuke Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20120275276Abstract: A power generation unit generates electric power depending on light to be irradiated to a light receiving surface. An electricity storage unit stores the electric power generated by the power generation unit and outputs the stored electric power. A voltage detection unit detects a voltage of the electric power that is output from the electricity storage unit. A processing unit performs time measurement. A chronograph indicator points a time counted by the processing unit and is fixed by a mechanism while the time measurement is stopped. A second driving circuit drives the chronograph indicator by the use of the electric power that is output from the electricity storage unit. The processing unit drives the second driving circuit when the voltage of the electric power which is output from the electricity storage unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Kenji Ogasawara, Kazumi Sakumoto, Akira Takakura, Keishi Honmura, Saburo Manaka, Kosuke Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8295131Abstract: In a chronograph timepiece in which the chronograph hands are electrically rotated by a motor drive pulse and are mechanically zero-restoring-controlled, a basic drive control unit controls a motor so as to drive the chronograph hands when it is detected by a contact portion and a setting releasing detection portion that the setting of the chronograph hands by a setting mechanism has been released.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.Inventors: Kazuo Kato, Akira Takakura, Kenji Ogasawara, Saburo Manaka, Kazumi Sakumoto, Hiroshi Shimizu, Tomohiro Ihashi, Keishi Honmura, Takanori Hasegawa, Kosuke Yamamoto, Eriko Noguchi
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Patent number: 8289816Abstract: Disclosed is a chronograph timepiece whose chronograph hands are electrically drive-controlled and mechanically zero-restoring-controlled, wherein it possible to perform a normal operation at the time of start operation and reset operation. After a mechanical control unit releases the setting of chronograph hands in response to the start operation of a start/stop button, a contact portion is placed in a start state, and an electrical control unit starts a time measurement operation to electrically hand-movement-drive the chronograph hands, and, after a contact portion is placed in a reset state in response to a reset operation of a reset button and the electrical control unit electrically resets the time measurement operation, the mechanical control unit mechanically zero-restores and sets the chronograph hands.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.Inventors: Kazuo Kato, Akira Takakura, Kenji Ogasawara, Saburo Manaka, Kazumi Sakumoto, Hiroshi Shimizu, Tomohiro Ihashi, Keishi Honmura, Takanori Hasegawa, Kosuke Yamamoto, Eriko Noguchi
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Patent number: 8274863Abstract: Disclosed is a chronograph timepiece in which it is possible to prevent the battery reliability service life time from being exceeded even when the period of time that the chronograph function is used is short, making it possible to prevent failure generation in the chronograph timepiece due to liquid leakage. A 24-hour counter down-counts a period of time that has elapsed starting from 24 hours, and a chronograph counter down-counts the period of time that chronograph measurement operation is performed from a predetermined time; when the count values of the 24-hour counter and the chronograph counter become equal to each other, a processing unit consumes a battery for the residual period of time of the two counters by a battery power consuming unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2010Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.Inventors: Tomohiro Ihashi, Kenji Ogasawara, Kazuo Kato, Kazumi Sakumoto, Hiroshi Shimizu, Akira Takakura, Eriko Noguchi, Takanori Hasegawa, Keishi Honmura, Saburo Manaka, Kosuke Yamamoto