Patents by Inventor Hideki Shimada
Hideki Shimada 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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Patent number: 9335167Abstract: Provided is a body measurement device capable of carrying out a body measurement, such as of abdominal girth or chest girth, with a simple configuration which eliminates moving components. In particular, the body measurement device includes computing device that converts two-dimensional coordinates of images of linear light beams included in images having been captured by a plurality of image capturing devices into two-dimensional coordinates on a certain plane in accordance with a relation stored in a database, and computes a peripheral length of a body of a target person within the certain plane.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Marinex CorporationInventors: Toshiro Fukuda, Toshinobu Shigematsu, Hideki Shimada, Yoshio Nakamura
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Patent number: 8725432Abstract: A signal processing method for a Coriolis flowmeter including: performing frequency conversion to combine an oscillation frequency to each of two flow rate signals obtained by A/D conversion on input signals of the phase difference and/or the vibration frequency proportional to the Coriolis force acting on the at least one flow tube; measuring a frequency of a composite waveform associated with at least one of the vibration detection sensors; transmitting a control signal based on the measured frequency; controlling so that a sum frequency component or a difference frequency component of a composite component of a composite frequency signal is constant; and measuring phases from a sum signal or a difference signal of each of controlled converted composite frequencies, to thereby obtain a phase difference signal component.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Oval CorporationInventors: Hirokazu Kitami, Hideki Shimada
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Patent number: 8725433Abstract: A signal processing method, a signal processing apparatus, and a Coriolis flowmeter are capable of always performing measurement with constant precision and performing phase measurement with high filtering performance and a small amount of computation even when a temperature of a fluid to be measured changes, air bubbles are mixed into the fluid to be measured, or the fluid to be measured rapidly changes from a gas to a liquid. The Coriolis flowmeter detects at least one of a phase difference and a vibration frequency proportional to a Coriolis force acting on at least one flow tube or a pair of flow tubes.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Oval CorporationInventors: Hirokazu Kitami, Hideki Shimada
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Patent number: 8700343Abstract: A signal processing method for a Coriolis flowmeter including: performing frequency conversion to combine an oscillation frequency to each of two flow rate signals obtained by A/D conversion on input signals of the phase difference and/or the vibration frequency proportional to the Coriolis force acting on the at least one flow tube; measuring a frequency of a composite waveform associated with at least one of the vibration detection sensors; transmitting a control signal based on the measured frequency; controlling so that a sum frequency component or a difference frequency component of a composite component of a composite frequency signal is constant; and measuring phases from a sum signal or a difference signal of each of controlled converted composite frequencies, to thereby obtain a phase difference signal component.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Oval CorporationInventors: Hirokazu Kitami, Hideki Shimada
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Patent number: 8676517Abstract: A signal processing method for a Coriolis flowmeter including: performing frequency conversion of a first digital signal, the frequency conversion performed on the first digital signal modulating the frequency of the first digital signal so that the frequency of the first digital signal after the frequency conversion is 1/Nth of the frequency of the first digital signal before the frequency conversion, where N is an integer; performing frequency conversion of a second digital signal, the frequency conversion performed on the second digital signal modulating the frequency of the second digital signal so that the frequency of the second digital signal after the frequency conversion is 1/Nth of the frequency of the second digital signal before the frequency conversion; and measuring a phase difference between (i) the frequency converted first digital signal and (ii) the frequency converted second digital signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2009Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Oval CorporationInventors: Hirokazu Kitami, Hideki Shimada
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Patent number: 8676518Abstract: A signal processing method for a Coriolis flowmeter, the signal processing method including: measuring a frequency of a first digital signal obtained by converting a first input signal from one of a pair of vibration detection sensors into the first digital signal; transmitting a modulatable frequency signal based on the measured frequency of the first digital signal; performing frequency conversion to add or subtract the frequency of the modulatable frequency signal to or from the frequency of the first digital signal; performing frequency conversion to add or subtract the frequency of the modulatable frequency signal to or from the frequency of a second digital signal obtained by converting a second input signal from the other one of the pair of vibration detection sensors into the second digital signal; and measuring a phase difference between (i) the frequency converted first digital signal and (ii) the frequency converted second digital signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2009Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Oval CorporationInventors: Hirokazu Kitami, Hideki Shimada
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Publication number: 20130250082Abstract: An objective is to provide a body measurement device capable of carrying out a body measurement, such as of abdominal girth or chest girth, with a simple configuration which eliminates moving components.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: September 26, 2013Inventors: Toshiro Fukuda, Toshinobu Shigematsu, Hideki Shimada, Yoshio Nakamura
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Patent number: 8442781Abstract: A drive device for operating an electromagnetic oscillator includes an OP amplifier for amplifying an analog input signal from an electromagnetic pick-off and an A/D converter for converting an analog signal output from the OP amplifier into a digital signal. The drive device also includes a D/A converter for converting, after digital processing performed by a DSP on the digital signal output from the A/D converter based on phase detection, a digital signal having a processed data amount into an analog signal, and a D/A converter for converting, after the digital processing performed by the DSP on the digital signal output from the D/A converter based on the phase detection, a digital signal having a processed data amount into an analog signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Oval CorporationInventor: Hideki Shimada
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Patent number: 8184017Abstract: A processing method for an operation system which performs operation processing in accordance with a detection amount detected by detection means and pulse output processing in which an operation result from the operation processing is transmitted as a pulse output, including: controlling transmission of the pulse output performed in the pulse output processing to make the transmission of the pulse output asynchronous with a timing of an end of the operation processing; and transmitting, by repeating the controlling, a pulse train having time-series continuity.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2007Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Oval CorporationInventors: Hirokazu Kitami, Shunji Saitoh, Hideki Shimada
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Publication number: 20120059601Abstract: [Object] To provide a signal processing apparatus which may always perform measurement with constant precision and performs phase measurement with high filtering performance and a small amount of computation even when a temperature of a fluid to be measured changes, air bubbles are mixed into the fluid to be measured, or the fluid to be measured rapidly changes from a gas to a liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2009Publication date: March 8, 2012Inventors: Hirokazu Kitami, Hideki Shimada
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Patent number: 8051708Abstract: A value of a line-to-line resistor (24) is determined by subtracting a resistance value determined as a product of a voltage ratio based on divided voltages and a value of a reference resistor in a non-conductive state between a second electric wire (26) and a third electric wire (27) from a resistance value determined as a product of a voltage ratio based on the divided voltages and the value of the reference resistor in a conductive state therebetween. Once the value of the line-to-line resistor (24) is determined, it becomes possible to determine a compensated resistance value related to temperature.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Oval CorporationInventor: Hideki Shimada
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Publication number: 20110203388Abstract: [Object] To provide a signal processing apparatus with which, even when a temperature of a fluid to be measured changes, even when air bubbles are mixed into the fluid, to be measured, or even when the fluid to be measured rapidly changes from gas to liquid, measurement may be always performed with constant precision and phase and density measurements may be performed with a small computing amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2010Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Hirokazu KITAMI, Hideki Shimada
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Publication number: 20110203389Abstract: A signal processing method, a signal processing apparatus, and a Coriolis flowmeter are capable of always performing measurement with constant precision and performing phase measurement with high filtering performance and a small amount of computation even when a temperature of a fluid to be measured changes, air bubbles are mixed into the fluid to be measured, or the fluid to be measured rapidly changes from a gas to a liquid. The Coriolis flowmeter detects at least one of a phase difference and a vibration frequency proportional to a Coriolis force acting on at least one flow tube or a pair of flow tubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2010Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Hirokazu KITAMI, Hideki Shimada
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Publication number: 20110016989Abstract: [Summary] [Object] To provide a signal processing method, a signal processing apparatus, and a Coriolis flowmeter, which may always perform measurement with constant precision and performs phase measurement with high filtering performance and a small amount of computation even when a temperature of a fluid to be measured changes, air bubbles are mixed into the fluid to be measured, or the fluid to be measured rapidly changes from a gas to a liquid. [Solving Means] In a Coriolis flowmeter, a phase difference and/or a vibration frequency proportional to a Coriolis force acting on at least one flow tube or a pair of flow tubes are/is detected, to thereby obtain a mass flow rate and/or density of the fluid to be measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2009Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventors: Hirokazu Kitami, Hideki Shimada
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Publication number: 20110011187Abstract: [Object] To provide a signal processing apparatus which may always perform measurement with constant precision and performs phase measurement with high filtering performance and a small amount of computation even when a temperature of a fluid to be measured changes, air bubbles are mixed into the fluid to be measured, or the fluid to be measured rapidly changes from a gas to a liquid. [Solving Means] In a Coriolis flowmeter, a vibrator is operated to vibrate at least one flow tube or a pair of flow tubes (2 and 3). A phase difference and/or a vibration frequency proportional to a Coriolis force acting on the flow tubes (2 and 3) are/is detected by vibration detection sensors to obtain a mass flow rate and/or density of the fluid to be measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2009Publication date: January 20, 2011Inventors: Hirokazu Kitami, Hideki Shimada
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Publication number: 20100330554Abstract: The present invention provides novel solid cancer antigenic proteins, and diagnostic kits for solid cancer and therapeutic agents for solid cancer based on the antigenic proteins. Specifically, the present invention provides a human solid cancer antigenic polypeptide having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, and 75.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicants: MEDICAL & BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES CO., LTD., HIDEAKI SHIMADAInventors: HIDEKI SHIMADA, TAKESHI TOMONAGA, TAKAKI HIWASA, KAZUYUKI MATSUSHITA, TAKENORI OCHIAI, FUMIO NOMURA, MASAKI TAKIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20100326185Abstract: A value of a line-to-line resistor (24) is determined by subtracting a resistance value determined as a product of a voltage ratio based on divided voltages and a value of a reference resistor in a non-conductive state between a second electric wire (26) and a third electric wire (27) from a resistance value determined as a product of a voltage ratio based on the divided voltages and the value of the reference resistor in a conductive state therebetween. Once the value of the line-to-line resistor (24) is determined, it becomes possible to determine a compensated resistance value related to temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2008Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventor: Hideki Shimada
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Publication number: 20100268484Abstract: A drive device for operating an electromagnetic oscillator includes: an OP amplifier for amplifying an analog input signal from an electromagnetic pick-off; an A/D converter for converting an analog signal output from the OP amplifier into a digital signal; a D/A converter for converting, after digital processing performed by a DSP on the digital signal output from the A/D converter based on phase detection, a digital signal having a processed data amount into an analog signal; and a D/A converter for converting, after the digital processing performed by the DSP on the digital signal output from the D/A converter based on the phase detection, a digital signal having a processed data amount into an analog signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventor: Hideki Shimada
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Publication number: 20090289810Abstract: Provided is a processing method for an operation system which performs operation processing in accordance with a detection amount detected by detection means and pulse output processing in which an operation result from the operation processing is transmitted as a pulse output, including: controlling transmission of the pulse output performed in the pulse output processing to make the transmission of the pulse output asynchronous with a timing of an end of the operation processing; and transmitting, by repeating the controlling, a pulse train having time-series continuity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2007Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: OVAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hirokazu Kitami, Shunji Saitoh, Hideki Shimada
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Publication number: 20080219981Abstract: The present invention provides novel solid cancer antigenic proteins, and diagnostic kits for solid cancer and therapeutic agents for solid cancer based on the antigenic proteins. Specifically, the present invention provides a human solid cancer antigenic polypeptide having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, and 75.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2005Publication date: September 11, 2008Inventors: Hideki Shimada, Takeshi Tomonaga, Takaki Hiwasa, Kazuyuki Matsushita, Takenori Ochiai, Fumio Nomura, Masaki Takiguchi