Patents by Inventor Azumi Kamata

Azumi Kamata 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: 20220397921
    Abstract: Provided is a hot and cold water mixer capable of performing stable temperature control, including a cold water supply pipe, a hot water supply pipe, a mixing pipe, flow rate adjustment valves, temperature sensors, flow rate sensors, a setting unit, and a control unit. When the control unit determines that either one of the flow rate adjustment valves cannot increase the flow rate, and also determines, by comparing the target flow rate for the one flow rate adjustment valve with the flow rate of water flowing through the one flow rate adjustment valve, that the target flow rate for the one flow rate adjustment valve is higher, the control unit calculates and updates the target flow rate for the other flow rate adjustment valve and controls the other flow rate adjustment valve based on the updated target flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki MIZUNO, Kenji OZEKI, Azumi KAMATA, Masaaki NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20220023464
    Abstract: An ultraviolet irradiator irradiates eyewear with an ultraviolet ray. The ultraviolet irradiator includes a base stored in an eyewear case that accommodates the eyewear, an irradiation element fixed to the base and irradiating the eyewear accommodated in the eyewear case with the ultraviolet ray, and a switch for turning on the irradiation element. The base is attachable to and detachable from the eyewear case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke KANEDA, Azumi KAMATA
  • Patent number: 10392787
    Abstract: A detachment sensor detects attachment and detachment of a water discharger to and from a retainer. An object sensor detects presence of an object. A controller causes water discharge triggered by detection of an object by the object sensor while the water discharger is attached to the retainer and suppresses water discharge triggered by detection of an object by the object sensor while the water discharger is detached from the retainer. The controller suppresses water discharge triggered by detection of an object by the object sensor after attachment of the water discharger to the retainer until a non-detection state of an object by the object sensor continues for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: LIXIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Azumi Kamata, Yuki Shirai, Mamoru Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10072403
    Abstract: A human body sensor has a light emitting portion to emit light to an object, a light reception portion to receive the light reflected from the object, a light reception amount determiner, a distance measurement determiner, a moving object determiner, and a detection determiner. When an amount of the reflected light is a threshold or more under the detection state, the detection determiner determines to switch the determination from the detection state to the non-detection state under a condition that the distance measurement determiner determines that the detection target does not exist, and when an amount of the reflected light is less than the predetermined threshold under the detection state, the detection determiner determines to switch the determination from the detection state to the non-detection state under a condition that the moving object determiner determines that the object does not exist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Lixil Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Shirai, Azumi Kamata
  • Publication number: 20170247866
    Abstract: An automatic water faucet includes a spout pipe; a spout port member having a spout port, the spout port member being housed at a leading end of the spout pipe such that the spout port member can be freely pulled out; and a sensor provided in the vicinity of the spout port for causing water to start being discharged upon detecting an object underneath the spout port. The spout port member is configured to be pulled out from a side behind the sensor in an axial direction of the spout pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Sachiko KESSOKU, Nobuaki ITAZU, Yuki SHIRAI, Yuichiro KOMATSU, Azumi KAMATA
  • Publication number: 20170198460
    Abstract: A detachment sensor detects attachment and detachment of a water discharger to and from a retainer. An object sensor detects presence of an object. A controller causes water discharge triggered by detection of an object by the object sensor while the water discharger is attached to the retainer and suppresses water discharge triggered by detection of an object by the object sensor while the water discharger is detached from the retainer. The controller suppresses water discharge triggered by detection of an object by the object sensor after attachment of the water discharger to the retainer until a non-detection state of an object by the object sensor continues for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Azumi KAMATA, Yuki SHIRAI, Mamoru HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9598846
    Abstract: An automatic water faucet includes: a water faucet; an imaging unit provided in a water discharge port of the water faucet and that images light reflected from a measure-distance target; a distance measurement unit that measures a distance from the imaging unit to the measure-distance target based on image data; a threshold setting unit that sets a threshold for distance; a detection unit that detects the measure-distance target as a detection object if the distance is shorter than the threshold set by the threshold setting unit; and a water supply control unit that causes the water faucet to discharge water in response to the detection unit detecting a detection object and causes the water faucet to stop supplying water in response to the detection unit not detecting a detection object. The threshold setting unit increases the threshold setting in response to the detection unit detecting a detection object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: LIXIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Shirai, Azumi Kamata
  • Publication number: 20160201306
    Abstract: An automatic water faucet includes: a water faucet; an imaging unit provided in a water discharge port of the water faucet and that images light reflected from a measure-distance target; a distance measurement unit that measures a distance from the imaging unit to the measure-distance target based on image data; a threshold setting unit that sets a threshold for distance; a detection unit that detects the measure-distance target as a detection object if the distance is shorter than the threshold set by the threshold setting unit; and a water supply control unit that causes the water faucet to discharge water in response to the detection unit detecting a detection object and causes the water faucet to stop supplying water in response to the detection unit not detecting a detection object. The threshold setting unit increases the threshold setting in response to the detection unit detecting a detection object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Yuki SHIRAI, Azumi KAMATA
  • Publication number: 20150259890
    Abstract: A human body detection sensor having a high detection performance and an automatic faucet having high operational reliability are provided. The human body sensor 1 includes a distance measurement determiner 321 which determines the existence of the detection target depending on whether or not the distance index representing a distance to the detection target or a degree of the distance is included in a predetermined range, and a moving object determiner 322 which detects a temporal change of the reflected light entering the light reception portion 26 and determines whether or not the moving object exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Yuki Shirai, Azumi Kamata