Patents by Inventor Daiki Fukushima
Daiki Fukushima 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: 20240125746Abstract: A GC assistance device includes a saving amount evaluator, a consumption amount evaluator and an outputter, and is used together with a gas chromatograph. The saving amount evaluator evaluates a saving amount of a resource caused by stopping of the gas chromatograph. The consumption amount evaluator evaluates a consumption amount of the resource caused by recovery of the gas chromatograph from a stop state. The outputter presents an evaluation value in regard to the saving amount and the consumption amount to a user. Alternatively, the outputter controls an operation state of the gas chromatograph based on the evaluation value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventor: Daiki FUKUSHIMA
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Patent number: 11933799Abstract: An automatic sample injection device includes: an; and a management device. The injector includes: a turret; and a vial sensor. The management device includes: a condition setting unit configured to set a condition relating to a type of a vial to be used in the sample injection operation, based on information input by a user; and a vial determination unit configured to determine, before the injector initiates the sample injection operation, whether or not there is a missing vial on the turret out of the vials of the plurality of types set to be used in the sample injection operation under a condition set by the condition setting unit, by using a detection result of the vial sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Daiki Fukushima
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Patent number: 11921092Abstract: A vial supply system is provided with: a sampler configured to supply a vial to a predetermined supply destination by a transport arm; a management device communicatively connected to the sampler, the management device being configured to manage a supply operation of the vial by the sampler; and a display device provided so as to be able to communicate with the management device. When a teaching mode for performing teaching for setting a position of a transport arm at the time when a transport arm of the sampler transports the vial to and from the supply destination is started, the management device is configured to cause the display device to display an operation to be performed by a user in the teaching.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Shimadzu CorporationInventors: Shori Kinoshita, Shinichi Yuki, Shingo Masuda, Yuki Komori, Daiki Fukushima
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Patent number: 11885775Abstract: In a sample injection device (100), a controller (23) is configured or programmed to control a syringe drive (21) such that in a penetration operation in which a syringe (10) is moved to a side of a sample introduction portion (910) and a needle (11) penetrates a lid member (911), a moving speed at a time when a tip (11b) of the needle contacts the lid member is a second moving speed that is low.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Daiki Fukushima
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Patent number: 11802853Abstract: A sample injection device is provided with a syringe for injecting a sample and an arrangement unit in which plural kinds of cleaning solvents are arranged to clean the syringe. The device is configured to be able to set a cleaning order of the syringe by the plural kinds of cleaning solvents.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Shimadzu CorporationInventors: Daiki Fukushima, Gregory King
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Publication number: 20230280315Abstract: An automatic sample injection device is configured to perform an injection operation of a sample to an analyzer by a sampling mechanism (2) for sucking and dispensing a solvent. The automatic sample injection device is provided with solvent arrangement locations (14) at which a plurality of solvents each accommodated in a vial is arranged, a method setting unit (16) configured to set a method of a predetermined operation using a solvent based on information input by a user, a solvent arrangement setting unit (20) configured to set the number or types of solvents to be arranged at the solvent arrangement locations; and a control unit (6) configured to control the sampling mechanism to execute the predetermined operation with a method set by the method setting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2020Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventor: Daiki FUKUSHIMA
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Publication number: 20230236213Abstract: An automatic sample injection device is provided with a vial placement unit (2) configured to place a vial (10) thereon, a sampler (6) provided at a position different from a position of the vial placement unit (2), the sampler being configured to collect a liquid from the vial (10), a conveyance unit (4) provided with a gripper (14) for gripping the vial (10) from above, the conveyance unit being configured to convey the vial (10) between the vial placement unit (2) and the sampler (6), a target position setting unit (22) configured to execute a teaching mode for setting a target position at which the gripper (14) is to be placed when placing the vial (10) at a predetermined position, cause a user to perform positioning of the gripper (14) to a position to be the target position in the teaching mode, and set a position of the gripper (14) positioned by the user as the target position, and a control unit (20) configured to position the gripper (14) at the target position set by the target position setting uniType: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2020Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: Shimadzu CorporationInventor: Daiki FUKUSHIMA
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Publication number: 20230152281Abstract: Provided is a gas chromatograph device capable of appropriately determining that a temperature of an entirety of a heating target has stabilized after cooling the heating target in a column oven to a target temperature after a temperature-rising analysis. A gas chromatograph device capable of performing a temperature-rising analysis cools an inside of a column oven by a cooling mechanism. When a detection temperature by a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the heating target has reached a target temperature after the inside of the column oven has been cooled, the heating target is heated by a heater. Upon reaching of the detection temperature of the temperature sensor to the target temperature, it is determined whether or not the temperature of the entirety of the heating target has stabilized based on power consumption of the heater.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORAITONInventors: Daiki FUKUSHIMA, Shingo MASUDA
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Patent number: 11650218Abstract: An automatic sample injection system (1) includes at least an injector (2). The injector (2) includes a turret (10) comprising a plurality of vial receiving holes (30) that are corresponding to a plurality of types of vials having different sizes, the plurality of vial receiving holes (30) being provided on the same circumference on an upper surface of the turret, the turret being configured to rotate so that the plurality of the vial receiving holes (30) are each moved along a circumferential track, and a controller (22) configured, in a case where a sampler (4) for supplying a vial to the injector (2) is provided, to recognize a size of a target vial to be supplied at the time when the target vial is supplied from the sampler (4) and to arrange the vial receiving hole (30) corresponding to the target vial at a delivery position (P) set on the circumferential track.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Daiki Fukushima
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Patent number: 11460479Abstract: This sample injection device is provided with a plunger drive unit for driving a plunger by a pulse motor, an encoder for detecting an operating position of the pulse motor, and a control unit for adjusting a reference position of the tip end of the plunger with respect to the syringe based on the operating position detected by the encoder when the tip end of the plunger is brought into contact with the end portion in the syringe on the tip end side.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Shimadzu CorporationInventor: Daiki Fukushima
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Patent number: 11454639Abstract: At least one of method information representing an analysis execution method to be used for analysis of a sample and device information for specifying the configuration of an analysis device is acquired as analysis information by an analysis information acquirer. Syringe information for specifying the configuration of a syringe is acquired by a syringe information acquirer. Based on the analysis information and the syringe information, whether the syringe is suitable for analysis of the sample is judged by a judge. The result of judgement by the judge is presented by a presenter.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Gregory King, Daiki Fukushima
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Publication number: 20220155264Abstract: A vial supply system is provided with: a sampler configured to supply a vial to a predetermined supply destination by a transport arm; a management device communicatively connected to the sampler, the management device being configured to manage a supply operation of the vial by the sampler; and a display device provided so as to be able to communicate with the management device. When a teaching mode for performing teaching for setting a position of a transport arm at the time when a transport arm of the sampler transports the vial to and from the supply destination is started, the management device is configured to cause the display device to display an operation to be performed by a user in the teaching.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Shori KINOSHITA, Shinichi YUKI, Shingo MASUDA, Yuki KOMORI, Daiki FUKUSHIMA
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Publication number: 20220128584Abstract: An automatic sample injection device includes: an; and a management device. The injector includes: a turret; and a vial sensor. The management device includes: a condition setting unit configured to set a condition relating to a type of a vial to be used in the sample injection operation, based on information input by a user; and a vial determination unit configured to determine, before the injector initiates the sample injection operation, whether or not there is a missing vial on the turret out of the vials of the plurality of types set to be used in the sample injection operation under a condition set by the condition setting unit, by using a detection result of the vial sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventor: Daiki FUKUSHIMA
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Publication number: 20220120776Abstract: An automatic sample injection system (1) includes at least an injector (2). The injector (2) includes a turret (10) comprising a plurality of vial receiving holes (30) that are corresponding to a plurality of types of vials having different sizes, the plurality of vial receiving holes (30) being provided on the same circumference on an upper surface of the turret, the turret being configured to rotate so that the plurality of the vial receiving holes (30) are each moved along a circumferential track, and a controller (22) configured, in a case where a sampler (4) for supplying a vial to the injector (2) is provided, to recognize a size of a target vial to be supplied at the time when the target vial is supplied from the sampler (4) and to arrange the vial receiving hole (30) corresponding to the target vial at a delivery position (P) set on the circumferential track.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Daiki FUKUSHIMA
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Publication number: 20210072271Abstract: At least one of method information representing an analysis execution method to be used for analysis of a sample and device information for specifying the configuration of an analysis device is acquired as analysis information by an analysis information acquirer. Syringe information for specifying the configuration of a syringe is acquired by a syringe information acquirer. Based on the analysis information and the syringe information, whether the syringe is suitable for analysis of the sample is judged by a judge. The result of judgement by the judge is presented by a presenter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Gregory KING, Daiki FUKUSHIMA
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Publication number: 20200393425Abstract: In a sample injection device (100), a controller (23) is configured or programmed to control a syringe drive (21) such that in a penetration operation in which a syringe (10) is moved to a side of a sample introduction portion (910) and a needle (11) penetrates a lid member (911), a moving speed at a time when a tip (11b) of the needle contacts the lid member is a second moving speed that is low.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2018Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Daiki FUKUSHIMA
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Patent number: 10761070Abstract: A flow controller including a flow channel resistance disposed in a carrier gas supply flow channel, a control valve, pressure detecting portion 22 and a pressure difference detecting portion, a storage part storing a first calibration curve indicating a correlation between a pressure difference ?p and a total flow volume ftemp1 at the first set supply pressure Pin, ref1 and a second calibration curve indicating a correlation between a pressure difference ?p and the total flow volume ftemp2 at a second set supply pressure Pin,ref2 larger than the first set supply pressure Pin,ref1 is provided. A total flow volume f of the carrier gas is calculated based on the supply pressure pin detected by the pressure detecting portion, pressure difference ?p information detected by the pressure difference detecting portion, the first calibration curve and the second calibration curve.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Shimadzu CorporationInventors: Shingo Masuda, Kiyonori Koga, Daiki Fukushima
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Publication number: 20200110063Abstract: A sample injection device is provided with a syringe for injecting a sample and an arrangement unit in which plural kinds of cleaning solvents are arranged to clean the syringe. The device is configured to be able to set a cleaning order of the syringe by the plural kinds of cleaning solvents.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Daiki FUKUSHIMA, Gregory KING
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Publication number: 20200110107Abstract: This sample injection device is provided with a plunger drive unit for driving a plunger by a pulse motor, an encoder for detecting an operating position of the pulse motor, and a control unit for adjusting a reference position of the tip end of the plunger with respect to the syringe based on the operating position detected by the encoder when the tip end of the plunger is brought into contact with the end portion in the syringe on the tip end side.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventor: Daiki FUKUSHIMA
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Publication number: 20190195839Abstract: A flow controller including a flow channel resistance disposed in a carrier gas supply flow channel, a control valve, pressure detecting portion 22 and a pressure difference detecting portion, a storage part storing a first calibration curve indicating a correlation between a pressure difference ?p and a total flow volume ftemp1 at the first set supply pressure Pin, ref1 and a second calibration curve indicating a correlation between a pressure difference ?p and the total flow volume ftemp2 at a second set supply pressure Pin,ref2 larger than the first set supply pressure Pin,ref1 is provided. A total flow volume f of the carrier gas is calculated based on the supply pressure pin detected by the pressure detecting portion, pressure difference ?p information detected by the pressure difference detecting portion, the first calibration curve and the second calibration curve.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: Shimadzu CorporationInventors: Shingo MASUDA, Kiyonori KOGA, Daiki FUKUSHIMA