Patents by Inventor Hideto SAWATA

Hideto SAWATA 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: 11402346
    Abstract: An electrical conductivity detector includes a cell through which a liquid flows, a measurement part for obtaining an electrical conductivity signal which is a current corresponding to an electrical conductivity of the liquid flowing through the cell, a phase adjustment value holder that holds a phase adjustment value which is a predetermined shift amount between a phase of the electrical conductivity signal and a phase of a measurement voltage applied to the cell by the measurement part, a BG subtraction signal generator configured to generate a BG subtraction signal for removing a background component included in the electrical conductivity signal obtained by the measurement part, the BG subtraction signal being adjusted to have a phase substantially identical to the phase of the electrical conductivity signal using the phase adjustment value held in the phase adjustment value holder, an addition part configured to add the electrical conductivity signal and the BG subtraction signal with each other, and a c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Hideto Sawata
  • Patent number: 11293907
    Abstract: An electric conductivity detector includes at least a cell part having a cell through which liquid flows therein and measurement electrodes measuring a current of liquid flowing through the liquid in the cell, a detection circuit electrically connected to the measurement electrodes and configured to detect a current value flowing between the measurement electrodes, and to output a signal based on the detected value, and a processing unit configured to take in a signal output from the detection circuit and perform signal processing, in which the cell part and the detection circuit are configured to be accommodated in a column oven regulating a temperature of an analytical column of an ion chromatograph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideto Sawata
  • Patent number: 11204341
    Abstract: A measuring instrument including: a sensor unit outputting an alternating current signal having an amplitude corresponding to a physical amount of a measurement target; a reference signal output unit outputting a reference signal having the same frequency and the same phase as those of the alternating current signal; a multiplication unit multiplying the alternating current signal and the reference signal together; an A/D conversion unit disposed before or after the multiplication unit; and an integration unit integrating a digital signal which is output of the multiplication unit, for a predetermined time. It is possible to measure a value of the physical amount of the measurement target only with a delay of one cycle of the alternating current signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Hideto Sawata
  • Patent number: 11022587
    Abstract: An electrical conductivity detector includes a cell, a pair of electrodes, a voltage application part, an amplification circuit, a phase adjustment value holding part, and a signal processing circuit. The amplification circuit has multiple gains, and amplifies a current flowing between the pair of electrodes using any one of the gains to obtain an amplified signal. The phase adjustment value holding part holds a phase adjustment value determined in advance for each of the gains for canceling a phase difference between amplified signals determined using each of the gains of the amplification circuit. The signal processing circuit calculates electrical conductivity of the liquid flowing through the cell using an amplified signal obtained by being amplified by the amplification circuit and the phase adjustment value which is for the gain used to obtain the amplified signal and is held in the phase adjustment value holding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Hideto Sawata
  • Publication number: 20210055242
    Abstract: An electrical conductivity detector includes a cell through which a liquid flows, a measurement part for obtaining an electrical conductivity signal which is a current corresponding to an electrical conductivity of the liquid flowing through the cell, a phase adjustment value holder that holds a phase adjustment value which is a predetermined shift amount between a phase of the electrical conductivity signal and a phase of a measurement voltage applied to the cell by the measurement part, a BG subtraction signal generator configured to generate a BG subtraction signal for removing a background component included in the electrical conductivity signal obtained by the measurement part, the BG subtraction signal being adjusted to have a phase substantially identical to the phase of the electrical conductivity signal using the phase adjustment value held in the phase adjustment value holder, an addition part configured to add the electrical conductivity signal and the BG subtraction signal with each other, and a c
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Hideto SAWATA
  • Publication number: 20200319147
    Abstract: A measuring instrument including: a sensor unit outputting an alternating current signal having an amplitude corresponding to a physical amount of a measurement target; a reference signal output unit outputting a reference signal having the same frequency and the same phase as those of the alternating current signal; a multiplication unit multiplying the alternating current signal and the reference signal together; an A/D conversion unit disposed before or after the multiplication unit; and an integration unit integrating a digital signal which is output of the multiplication unit, for a predetermined time. It is possible to measure a value of the physical amount of the measurement target only with a delay of one cycle of the alternating current signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Hideto SAWATA
  • Publication number: 20200209202
    Abstract: An electrical conductivity detector includes a cell, a pair of electrodes, a voltage application part, an amplification circuit, a phase adjustment value holding part, and a signal processing circuit. The amplification circuit has multiple gains, and amplifies a current flowing between the pair of electrodes using any one of the gains to obtain an amplified signal. The phase adjustment value holding part holds a phase adjustment value determined in advance for each of the gains for canceling a phase difference between amplified signals determined using each of the gains of the amplification circuit. The signal processing circuit calculates electrical conductivity of the liquid flowing through the cell using an amplified signal obtained by being amplified by the amplification circuit and the phase adjustment value which is for the gain used to obtain the amplified signal and is held in the phase adjustment value holding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Hideto SAWATA
  • Publication number: 20190369066
    Abstract: An electric conductivity detector includes at least a cell part having a cell through which liquid flows therein and measurement electrodes measuring a current of liquid flowing through the liquid in the cell, a detection circuit electrically connected to the measurement electrodes and configured to detect a current value flowing between the measurement electrodes, and to output a signal based on the detected value, and a processing unit configured to take in a signal output from the detection circuit and perform signal processing, in which the cell part and the detection circuit are configured to be accommodated in a column oven regulating a temperature of an analytical column of an ion chromatograph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Hideto SAWATA