Patents by Inventor Atsushi Nomura

Atsushi Nomura 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: 11927706
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a radiation detector includes a base body, a first radiation detection element, and a second radiation detection element. The base body includes a first surface. The first surface includes first and second partial regions. A first direction from the first partial region toward the second partial region is along the first surface. The first radiation detection element is fixable to the first partial region. The second radiation detection element includes a first detecting part fixable to the second partial region. The first detecting part includes first and second end portions. A second direction from the first end portion toward the second end portion crosses the first surface. The second end portion is between the first end portion and the second partial region in the second direction. The first radiation detection element does not overlap the first end portion in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Isao Takasu, Kohei Nakayama, Atsushi Wada, Fumihiko Aiga, Yuko Nomura
  • Patent number: 11786131
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for diagnosing and treating a patient having lesions in both arteries of left and right lower limbs. By determining that a lower stenosis rate lesion to be treated first, catheters and an operation time can be reduced is to be treated first on a priority basis based on diagnostic data, deciding that a higher stenosis rate lesion is to be treated next, then treating the lesions substantially continuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Nomura, Kohtaroh Kusu, Mitsuteru Yasunaga, Yusuke Sekine, Haruhiko Kamijo
  • Publication number: 20230275461
    Abstract: A wireless power supply system supplies power to an electrical device by wireless power supply. The electrical device is equipped with a power receiving unit including a power receiving coil. The wireless power supply system includes a flat surface, a power transmitting unit, and a standing portion. The electrical device is placed on the flat surface. The power transmitting unit includes a power transmitting coil disposed below the flat surface. The power transmitting unit supplies power to the power receiving unit by the wireless power supply. The standing portion defines, on the flat surface, a boundary between the outside and the inside of a placement area for the electrical device for supplying power from the power transmitting unit to the power receiving unit by the wireless power supply. The standing portion protrudes from the flat surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Katsumi MATSUSHITA, Hiroyuki MINO, Atsushi NOMURA, Takuto OHZAWA
  • Patent number: 11723541
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for diagnosing and treating a patient having lesions in both arteries of left and right lower limbs. By determining that a lesion distal to an aortailiac bifurcation is to be treated first, catheters and an operation time can be reduced is to be treated first on a priority basis based on diagnostic data, deciding that a lesion proximal to the bifurcation is to be treated next, then treating the lesions substantially continuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuteru Yasunaga, Atsushi Nomura, Kohtaroh Kusu, Yusuke Sekine, Haruhiko Kamijo
  • Patent number: 11723615
    Abstract: In a method for diagnosing, validating and treating a patient having lesions in both arteries of left and right lower limbs. By determining that a smaller curvature of lesion to be treated first, catheters and an operation time can be reduced is to be treated first on a priority basis based on diagnostic data, deciding that a larger lesion curvature is to be treated next, then treating the lesions substantially continuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Sekine, Atsushi Nomura, Mitsuteru Yasunaga, Kohtaroh Kusu, Haruhiko Kamijo
  • Publication number: 20230182610
    Abstract: A system for charging an electric vehicle including a battery includes a management computer and a charging station. The management computer stores multiple charging profiles for different battery types. The charging station includes a power transmission device and a charging controller. The power transmission device supplies electric power to the electric vehicle. The charging controller controls charging of the battery with the electric power from the power transmission device. The charging controller stores identification information about the battery. The charging controller transmits the identification information to the management computer. The charging controller acquires the charging profile corresponding to the identification information from the management computer. The charging controller controls charging of the battery according to the charging profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Katsumi MATSUSHITA, Hiroyuki MINO, Atsushi NOMURA, Ryoji OKAZAKI, Kenichi TABATA, Daiki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20230182606
    Abstract: A system for charging an electric vehicle including a battery includes a charging station, a management computer, and a charging controller. The charging station includes a power transmission device that supplies electric power to the electric vehicle. The management computer stores multiple charging profiles for different battery types. The charging controller is mounted on the electric vehicle and controls charging of the battery with the electric power from the power transmission device. The charging controller stores identification information about the battery. The charging controller transmits the identification information to the management computer. The charging controller acquires the charging profile corresponding to the identification information from the management computer. The charging controller controls charging of the battery according to the charging profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Katsumi MATSUSHITA, Hiroyuki MINO, Atsushi NOMURA, Ryoji OKAZAKI, Kenichi TABATA, Daiki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20230187983
    Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus included in the contactless power feeding apparatus includes a power supply circuit that supplies AC power having a predetermined drive frequency to a transmission coil for supplying power to a power receiving apparatus, a first coil and a first capacitor that are connected between the power supply circuit and the transmission coil, a second capacitor that is connected at first end to the first capacitor and is connected at a second end to the second end of the transmission coil, and a control circuit. Also, the power receiving apparatus includes a receiver coil for receiving power, and a resonant circuit that includes a resonance capacitor that resonates together with the receiver coil. Also, the control circuit of the power transmitting apparatus controls the power supply circuit such that the predetermined drive frequency falls within a predetermined frequency range including a resonance frequency of the resonant circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Goro NAKAO, Hiroaki OTA, Yuki ITO, Kenichi TABATA, Atsushi NOMURA, Daiki ANDO, Ken ONOZAKA, Yusuke KAWAI, Mitsunori SUGIURA
  • Patent number: 11652368
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes a transmission coil that supplies power to a power reception device, a power supply circuit that converts DC power supplied from a DC power source via a plurality of switching elements connected in a full bridge shape or a half bridge shape between DC power sources and the transmission coil into AC power and supplies the AC power to the transmission coil, a phase adjustment circuit having an LC series circuit connected in parallel with the transmission coil and a switching element connected in series with the LC series circuit, and a control circuit that controls switching on and off of the switching element of the phase adjustment circuit in accordance with a measured value of an amount of current when any of the plurality of switching elements of the power supply circuit is turned off by a current detection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Goro Nakao, Atsushi Nomura, Yusuke Kawai, Masanobu Nakajo
  • Publication number: 20230147563
    Abstract: A power feeding station according to one or more embodiments may include a feeder including a feeder coil that feeds power to a receiver in an electric mobility vehicle, a power supply circuit that supplies AC power to the feeder coil, and a control circuit that controls a frequency and a voltage of the AC power. The control circuit provides, through a notification source a notification of guidance about a stop position of the electric mobility vehicle relative to a housing to increase power transmission efficiency from the feeder to the receiver in accordance with the frequency of the AC power supplied to the feeder coil with which the receiver outputs a constant voltage or in accordance with the voltage of the AC power supplied to the feeder coil with which the receiver outputs a constant and predetermined voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi MATSUSHITA, Hiroyuki MINO, Atsushi NOMURA, Kenichi TABATA, Daiki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20230127130
    Abstract: A power supply station includes a power supply device that is accommodated in a housing. The power supply device includes a power supply coil that supplies electric power to a power reception device via a power reception coil, and an electric power supply circuit that supplies AC power to the power supply coil. The housing is provided with an accommodating section that accommodates the power supply coil and is provided at a position facing the power reception coil in a state in which the two-wheeled vehicle is parked at a predetermined position, and a cover section that is formed to surround at least a part including an upper end of an outer periphery of the accommodating section and to protrude toward the two-wheeled vehicle from a surface of the accommodating section on a side facing the power reception coil of the parked two-wheeled vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi MATSUSHITA, Hiroyuki MINO, Atsushi NOMURA, Ryoji OKAZAKI, Eiji YASUDA
  • Patent number: 11637451
    Abstract: A power transmitter device of a non-contact power feeding device includes a transmitter coil configured to supply power to the power receiver device, a power supply circuit including a plurality of switching elements connected between a DC power supply and the transmitter coil in a full-bridge configuration or a half-bridge configuration. The power supply circuit may be configured to switch the plurality of switching elements to an on or off state at a switching frequency to convert DC power supplied from the DC power supply into AC power having the switching frequency and supply the AC power to the transmitter coil, and a phase control circuit including at least one LC series circuit connected to both ends of the transmitter coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Goro Nakao, Kenichi Tabata, Yusuke Kawai, Atsushi Nomura, Takahiro Takeyama, Masanobu Nakajo
  • Patent number: 11529496
    Abstract: A medical assistance device capable of improving handling or an operation of a medical device. The medical assistance device is connected to the medical device which is inserted into a biological lumen and is used in a procedure in the biological lumen. The medical assistance device includes a support, a winding unit which is rotatably provided about a support shaft with respect to the support and winds the medical device, and a connection section which is provided in the winding unit and is connected to an end portion of the medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuteru Yasunaga, Kohtaroh Kusu, Atsushi Nomura, Yusuke Sekine
  • Patent number: 11456626
    Abstract: A power transfer device includes a power transfer coil that transfers power to another device in a non-contact manner, a power transmission and reception circuit that supplies power to the power transfer coil or outputs power received by the power transfer coil to a load circuit, and a protection coil disposed between the power transfer coil and the power transmission and reception circuit to prevent a magnetic flux generated by the power transfer coil from reaching the power transmission and reception circuit. The protection coil includes an air-core coil formed of a wiring pattern of a conductor provided on a board disposed between the power transfer coil and the power transmission and reception circuit, and at least one core coil connected in series to the air-core coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Tabata, Goro Nakao, Yusuke Kawai, Atsushi Nomura, Masanobu Nakajo, Takahiro Takeyama
  • Patent number: 11456624
    Abstract: A power reception device of a non-contact power feeding device has: a resonant circuit having a reception coil configured to receive electric power from a power transmission device and a resonant capacitor connected in series with the reception coil; a first rectifier circuit configured to rectify electric power received via the resonant circuit; a smoothing capacitor connected to the first rectifier circuit and configured to smooth a voltage outputted from the first rectifier circuit; a sub-coil arranged to be capable of being electromagnetically coupled to the reception coil; and a second rectifier circuit connected between the sub-coil and the smoothing capacitor, and configured to output electric power according to a voltage generated in the sub-coil to the smoothing capacitor in response to a voltage obtained by rectifying a voltage generated in the sub-coil being higher than a voltage between both terminals of the smoothing capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON OORPORATION
    Inventors: Goro Nakao, Kenichi Tabata, Yusuke Kawai, Atsushi Nomura, Takahiro Takeyama, Masanobu Nakajo
  • Patent number: 11444490
    Abstract: A power transmission device of a non-contact power feeding device according one or more embodiments may include a control circuit configured to control at least one of a switching frequency or a voltage of AC power supplied from a power supply circuit to a transmission coil, on the basis of a change over time in a strength of a magnetic field detected by a magnetic field detection element configured to detect a strength of a magnetic field generated from the transmission coil of the power transmission device. Whereas, a power reception device has a resonant circuit having a reception coil configured to receive electric power from the power transmission device and a resonance suppression coil arranged to be capable of being electromagnetically coupled to the reception coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Goro Nakao, Yusuke Kawai, Kenichi Tabata, Atsushi Nomura, Takahiro Takeyama, Masanobu Nakajo
  • Publication number: 20220216736
    Abstract: A power transfer device includes a power transfer coil that transfers power to another device in a non-contact manner, a power transmission and reception circuit that supplies power to the power transfer coil or outputs power received by the power transfer coil to a load circuit, and a protection coil disposed between the power transfer coil and the power transmission and reception circuit to prevent a magnetic flux generated by the power transfer coil from reaching the power transmission and reception circuit. The protection coil includes an air-core coil formed of a wiring pattern of a conductor provided on a board disposed between the power transfer coil and the power transmission and reception circuit, and at least one core coil connected in series to the air-core coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi TABATA, Goro NAKAO, Yusuke KAWAI, Atsushi NOMURA, Masanobu NAKAJO, Takahiro TAKEYAMA
  • Patent number: 11346864
    Abstract: A flexible sensor configured to detect a physical amount of a measurement target in a state surrounding the measurement target includes a sensor cable configured to detect the physical amount of the measurement target and a holding portion on which a base end portion of the sensor cable is mounted, the holding portion having a groove portion in which a distal end portion of the sensor cable is fitted from a side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: HIOKI E.E. Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Nomura, Yutaka Ashida, Shunsuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11329513
    Abstract: A contactless power transmission apparatus includes a transmitter that includes a transmitter coil that supplies electric power to a receiver and a power supply circuit that supplies alternating current power to the transmitter coil. The receiver includes a resonant circuit including a receiver coil that receives electric power from the transmitter and a resonant capacitor connected in series to the receiver coil, a rectifier circuit that rectifies electric power output from the resonant circuit, and a coil connected in parallel to the resonant circuit between the resonant circuit and the rectifier circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Goro Nakao, Yusuke Kawai, Atsushi Nomura, Toshiyuki Zaitsu, Takeshi Uematsu
  • Publication number: 20220123592
    Abstract: A power transmission device of a non-contact power feeding device according one or more embodiments may include a control circuit configured to control at least one of a switching frequency or a voltage of AC power supplied from a power supply circuit to a transmission coil, on the basis of a change over time in a strength of a magnetic field detected by a magnetic field detection element configured to detect a strength of a magnetic field generated from the transmission coil of the power transmission device. Whereas, a power reception device has a resonant circuit having a reception coil configured to receive electric power from the power transmission device and a resonance suppression coil arranged to be capable of being electromagnetically coupled to the reception coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Goro NAKAO, Yusuke KAWAI, Kenichi TABATA, Atsushi NOMURA, Takahiro TAKEYAMA, Masanobu NAKAJO