Patents by Inventor Hideo Okano

Hideo Okano 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: 20220047863
    Abstract: An electrical stimulator is provided that is capable of easily detecting an electrical connection defect. An electrical stimulator 1 includes an electrode group 10 having three or more electrodes and a driving means 20 that gives energy to the electrode group 10. Under the condition that one electrode of the electrode group 10 is set as a first polarity and that the remaining plurality of electrodes are each set as a second polarity, the driving means 20 is configured to give energy to the electrode group 10 while performing switching among the electrodes each of which is set as the first polarity in turn. The electrical stimulator 1 additionally includes a connection-defect detection means 30 that detects an electrical connection defect by detecting whether electrical stimulation has been applied to a user when energy is given to the electrode group 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: AI SILK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Okano, Shinya Meguro
  • Publication number: 20210027908
    Abstract: To provide a conductive polymer conductor that enables improvement of wash durability and conductivity and a method for manufacturing the same. A conductive polymer conductor has a conductive polymer adhered to a substrate and can be used, for example, as a conductive polymer electrode. Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) can be cited as a preferable example of the conductive polymer. The conductive polymer is low-crystalline with low crystallinity and is thereby made capable of being adhered uniformly to the substrate and improving adhesion to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: AI SILK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Okano, Asuka Oikawa
  • Publication number: 20170283646
    Abstract: A problem is to provide a method and a device for producing a conductive polymer conductor according to which a conductive polymer cm be easily adhered to a base material with high accuracy. A solution is a production device 10 equipped with a heating means 11 for heating a base material 22, a raw material application means 12 for applying, to the base material 22, a raw material solution containing a monomer of the conductive polymer, and a producing solution application means 13 for applying, to the base material 22, a producing solution containing an oxidizing agent for promoting polymerization of the monomer, a dopant for developing electrical conductivity in the conductive polymer, and a viscosity improver for improving viscosity. The raw material solution is applied thereto after heating the base material 22 or while heating the base material 22, and then the producing solution is applied thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: AI SILK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Okano, Satoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9178566
    Abstract: A wireless communication terminal may include a first interface that receives urgency data indicating urgency of an event detected by an implantable medical device and being transmitted from the implantable medical device using a first wireless communication protocol, and detailed data indicating details of the event and having a greater data size than the urgency data and being transmitted from the implantable medical device using a second wireless communication protocol, a second interface that transmits the detailed data to an external device using the second wireless communication protocol, a display unit that displays information, and a control unit that performs control to cause the display unit to display summary information based on the urgency of the event, and the second interface to transmit the detailed data received by the first interface to the external device based on the urgency data received by the first interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Okano, Yasuhiro Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 9019098
    Abstract: A wireless communication system may include a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly receive vital data from a sensing terminal, a storage unit configured to store comparison vital data, a comparison unit configured to compare the wirelessly received vital data with the comparison vital data, and a control unit configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit an instruction for stopping wireless transmission of the vital data to the sensing terminal that has wirelessly transmitted the vital data based on a comparison result of the comparison unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Okano
  • Patent number: 8976020
    Abstract: A wireless communication system may include a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly receive vital data from a sensing terminal, a storage unit configured to store comparison vital data, a comparison unit configured to compare the wirelessly received vital data with the comparison vital data, and a control unit configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit an instruction for stopping wireless transmission of the vital data to the sensing terminal that has wirelessly transmitted the vital data based on a comparison result of the comparison unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Okano
  • Patent number: 8843072
    Abstract: A sensing wireless terminal may include a sensor unit having at least two sensing modes, a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit sensing data corresponding to a signal sensed by the sensor unit to another terminal, the wireless communication unit receiving control data transmitted from the other terminal, and a control unit configured to determine whether or not to change a mode from a first mode to a second mode based on the signal sensed by the sensor unit, the control unit determining whether or not to change the mode from the second mode to the first mode based on the control data received by the wireless communication unit, wherein, comparing the two sensing modes of the sensor unit, a mode having a relatively long sensing interval is defined as the first mode and a mode having a relatively short sensing interval is defined as the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Okano
  • Publication number: 20120315862
    Abstract: A sensing wireless terminal may include a sensor unit having at least two sensing modes, a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit sensing data corresponding to a signal sensed by the sensor unit to another terminal, the wireless communication unit receiving control data transmitted from the other terminal, and a control unit configured to determine whether or not to change a mode from a first mode to a second mode based on the signal sensed by the sensor unit, the control unit determining whether or not to change the mode from the second mode to the first mode based on the control data received by the wireless communication unit, wherein, comparing the two sensing modes of the sensor unit, a mode having a relatively long sensing interval is defined as the first mode and a mode having a relatively short sensing interval is defined as the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo Okano
  • Publication number: 20120313760
    Abstract: A wireless communication system may include a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly receive vital data from a sensing terminal, a storage unit configured to store comparison vital data, a comparison unit configured to compare the wirelessly received vital data with the comparison vital data, and a control unit configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit an instruction for stopping wireless transmission of the vital data to the sensing terminal that has wirelessly transmitted the vital data based on a comparison result of the comparison unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo Okano
  • Publication number: 20120220232
    Abstract: A wireless communication terminal may include a first interface that receives urgency data indicating urgency of an event detected by an implantable medical device and being transmitted from the implantable medical device using a first wireless communication protocol, and detailed data indicating details of the event and having a greater data size than the urgency data and being transmitted from the implantable medical device using a second wireless communication protocol, a second interface that transmits the detailed data to an external device using the second wireless communication protocol, a display unit that displays information, and a control unit that performs control to cause the display unit to display summary information based on the urgency of the event, and the second interface to transmit the detailed data received by the first interface to the external device based on the urgency data received by the first interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Okano, Yasuhiro Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7979583
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a server function configured to provide one or more services to a client apparatus via a communication network. The information processing apparatus includes a service ID generation unit configured to generate service IDs for each of the services and to associate the service IDs with the services for identifying the services, a service ID transmission unit configured to transmit the service ID to at least one of the client apparatus and a discovery proxy server connected to the communication network via the communication network, and a service connection unit configured to connect a service to be specified by the service ID included a service connection inquiry with one of the client apparatus and the discovery proxy server that is an inquiry origin when the service connection inquiry has been made from the one of the client apparatus and the discovery proxy server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Okano
  • Publication number: 20100253788
    Abstract: A storage is configured to store wireless connection setting information for making wireless connection to a predetermined communication terminal. A wireless connection setting unit is configured to set wireless connection to the predetermined communication terminal based on wireless connection setting information stored in the storage. A detector is configured to determine whether a state of connection to the predetermined terminal, a state of connection to other terminal connected to the predetermined communication terminal, a state of connection to service provided by the predetermined communication terminal, a state of connection to service provided by other terminal connected to the predetermined communication terminal, and/or a state of using the service conforms to of predetermined conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo Okano
  • Publication number: 20100254285
    Abstract: A receiver is configured to receive a wireless connection request from a predetermined external terminal. A wireless connection information generator is configured to generate wireless connection setting information, based on the wireless connection request. A storage is configured to store the generated wireless connection setting information. A transmitter is configured to transmit the generated wireless connection setting information to the predetermined external terminal. A connector is configured to make wireless connection to the predetermined external terminal, based on the wireless connection setting information. A detector is configured to determine whether a communication state of the predetermined external terminal confirms to one of predetermined conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo Okano
  • Publication number: 20090201377
    Abstract: An information terminal device such as a digital camera has one or more services, and is configured to connect to a communication network. The information terminal device has a UUID generation unit configured to generate and associate a unique UUID for each of the services, a connection unit configured to connect an external terminal device such as a kiosk terminal connected to the communication network, and a service information sending unit configured to send the external terminal device a UUID of a service permitted to connect to the external terminal device, and service information related to the permitted service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo OKANO
  • Publication number: 20080294718
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a server function configured to provide one or more services to a client apparatus via a communication network. The information processing apparatus includes a service ID generation unit configured to generate service IDs for each of the services and to associate the service IDs with the services for identifying the services, a service ID transmission unit configured to transmit the service ID to at least one of the client apparatus and a discovery proxy server connected to the communication network via the communication network, and a service connection unit configured to connect a service to be specified by the service ID included a service connection inquiry with one of the client apparatus and the discovery proxy server that is an inquiry origin when the service connection inquiry has been made from the one of the client apparatus and the discovery proxy server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo Okano
  • Patent number: 7124086
    Abstract: A data reproducing apparatus according to the present invention enables a recorder to rewrite recorded contents of a memory card. A digital signal processing section (DSP) detects a compression system for compressed data recorded in the memory card. A central processing unit (CPU) detects whether or not the memory card records a decoding file corresponding to the detected compression system. When such decoding file is not detected, internal memory stores data indicating the undetected decoding file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Okano
  • Patent number: 7027978
    Abstract: A system control portion of a voice data recording and reproducing apparatus converts inputted voice signals into digitized voice data, adds header information stored in a table composed of a rewritable nonvolatile storage medium to the converted voice data and records them in a semiconductor memory as a recording medium. A PC to which such a voice data recording and reproducing apparatus can be connected acquires header information stored in the data table, and, when the changing of the header information is designated, sends the changed header information to the voice data recording and reproducing apparatus. Based upon the sent header information, the system control portion of the voice recording and reproducing apparatus rewrites the header information in the data table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideo Okano
  • Patent number: 6994531
    Abstract: A high-speed fluidic device has a friction roller type speed-increasing mechanism, an electric motor, and a high-speed fluidic machine, wherein: the friction roller type speed-increasing mechanism includes a housing, a low-speed side member having an outer ring provided at one end portion thereof, a high-speed side shaft rotatably supported by the housing so as to be eccentric to the low-speed side member and the outer ring, at least one guide roller rotatably supported between the outer ring and the high-speed side shaft, and at least one movable roller rotatably supported between the outer ring and the high-speed side shaft; the electric motor drives the friction roller type speed-increasing mechanism; and the high-speed fluidic machine is connected to the high-speed side shaft so as to be driven by the high-speed side shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Dairokuno, Taikou Nawamoto, Hiroyuki Itoh, Hideo Okano, Takashi Baba
  • Patent number: 6989618
    Abstract: The rolling bearing with a built-in motor includes a bearing part including an inner ring, an outer ring and a plurality of rolling elements, and a motor part including a stator and a rotor for driving and rotating the inner and outer rings of the bearing part with respect to each other. In the rolling bearing, the bearing part includes a first bearing ring having a cylindrical-shaped inner fixing portion formed in one end face of the inner ring so as to be coaxial therewith, and a second bearing ring having a cylindrical-shaped outer fixing portion formed in one end face of the outer ring so as to be coaxial therewith. When viewed in the radial direction of the rolling bearing, the stator and rotor are interposed between the inner fixing portion of the first bearing ring and the outer fixing portion of the second bearing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Fukuyama, Hideo Okano, Yoshio Shoda, Ikunori Sakatani
  • Publication number: 20050074341
    Abstract: A high-speed fluidic device has a friction roller type speed-increasing mechanism, an electric motor, and a high-speed fluidic machine, wherein: the friction roller type speed-increasing mechanism includes a housing, a low-speed side member having an outer ring provided at one end portion thereof, a high-speed side shaft rotatably supported by the housing so as to be eccentric to the low-speed side member and the outer ring, at least one guide roller rotatably supported between the outer ring and the high-speed side shaft, and at least one movable roller rotatably supported between the outer ring and the high-speed side shaft; the electric motor drives the friction roller type speed-increasing mechanism; and the high-speed fluidic machine is connected to the high-speed side shaft so as to be driven by the high-speed side shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Satoshi Dairokuno, Taikou Nawamoto, Hiroyuki Itoh, Hideo Okano, Takashi Baba