Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Ibuki

Hiroyuki Ibuki 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: 20240136102
    Abstract: A winding of a transmission coil included in a power transmission device of a contactless power feed apparatus and serving to transmit AC power to a power reception device contactlessly is formed of a wiring pattern provided on a substrate. The transmission coil is divided into partial coils arranged coaxially. Each of the partial coils is formed such that, among the partial coils, a number of turns of a winding included in a partial coil is larger as the partial coil is located more outwardly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Goro NAKAO, Yuki ITO, Taichi MISHIMA, Yusuke KAWAI, Hiroyuki IBUKI, Yoshihisa ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230135839
    Abstract: A mask 10 comprises a main body portion 11, a fixing member 12, a display panel 13, an LED 14a, and a display control unit 15. The main body portion 11 is disposed at a shield position that covers the user's mouth and nostrils. The fixing member 12 fixes the main body portion 11 to the face so that the main body portion 11 is held at the shield position. The display panel 13 is provided at a position of the main body portion 11 opposite the front of the user's face, and performs a desired display with light emitted in a specific direction. The LED 14a irradiates the display panel 13 with light in a specific direction. The display control unit 15 controls the LED 14a so as to perform a desired display on the display panel 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro ONO, Hiroyuki IBUKI, Yoshihisa ISHIKAWA, Che Cheng NEO, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Masaaki SUMI, Junya FUJITA, Masanori MORI
  • Patent number: 10741095
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a first detector (A) which detects, as an application result, whether a user could implement, as instructed, teaching content according to a program selected from a training menu; a second detector (B) which detects, as a compatibility result, whether effects of the teaching content were exhibited; a recording part (14) which cumulatively records the application result and the compatibility result as an execution result together with program identifying information; and a calculation part (13) which, on the basis of one or more than one execution results recorded in the recording part, calculates for each program, as a compatibility ratio, the ratio of the number of execution results having positive compatibility results to the number of execution results having positive application results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ibuki, Tatsuya Adachi
  • Patent number: 10614654
    Abstract: In order to control driving a moving body back and forth a driving-device control apparatus including a communication unit and a control unit receives a control command from a host controller and controls a driving device to drive a moving body back and forth based on the control command. The communication unit receives the control command including a round-trip instruction for causing the moving body to operate back and forth from the host controller. The control unit controls the driving device to operate the moving body back and forth based on instructions in the control command when the control command includes the round-trip instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ibuki
  • Patent number: 10469009
    Abstract: Disclosed are an evaluation system, an evaluation device, a game machine, and an evaluation method for being able to evaluate a drive motor that drives various movable bodies called an accessory attached to a game machine such as a pachinko game machine. The game machine includes an accessory mechanism and a motor control mechanism that controls the drive motor of the accessory mechanism. The evaluation device is connectable to the game machine. The motor control mechanism controls the drive motor by outputting a control signal based on input from the evaluation device, and the motor control mechanism outputs a rotational position and a rotational speed of the controlled drive motor and the control signal to the evaluation device. The evaluation device evaluates the drive motor based on the input rotational position, rotational speed, and control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ibuki
  • Patent number: 10372094
    Abstract: A motor control device configured to control a motor, includes a first memory; a second memory different from the first memory; a communication interface circuit configured to receive a control command from an external device; a command parser configured to store control information in the first memory and in the second memory when the control command includes control information defining an operation of the motor, and to generate a response signal including the control information stored in the first memory when the control command includes a command for verifying a communication state and transmit the response signal to the external device via the communication interface circuit; a control unit configured to read the control information from the second memory; and a drive signal generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ibuki, Akihiro Ishii
  • Patent number: 10333442
    Abstract: In a motor control device, a communication interface receives a control command defining a target rotation amount and a target rotation speed of a motor. A sensor interface receives a detection signal from a rotation angle sensor outputting a detection signal in every rotation of the motor at a predetermined angle. A controller decides a set value of a rotation speed of the motor. A drive signal generator generates and outputs a drive signal for rotating the motor. The controller calculates a difference between the target rotation amount and a total rotation amount of the motor from start of execution of the control command, based on the number of received detection signals, and determines whether an abnormality occurs in operation of the motor based on an update frequency of a minimum value of the difference or a non-update period when the minimum value of the difference is not updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ibuki, Akihiro Ishii
  • Publication number: 20180211557
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a first detector (A) which detects, as an application result, whether a user could implement, as instructed, teaching content according to a program selected from a training menu; a second detector (B) which detects, as a compatibility result, whether effects of the teaching content were exhibited; a recording part (14) which cumulatively records the application result and the compatibility result as an execution result together with program identifying information; and a calculation part (13) which, on the basis of one or more than one execution results recorded in the recording part, calculates for each program, as a compatibility ratio, the ratio of the number of execution results having positive compatibility results to the number of execution results having positive application results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki IBUKI, Tatsuya ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20180197367
    Abstract: A driving-device control apparatus includes a communication unit and a control unit and is configured to receive a control command from a host controller and to control a driving device configured to drive a moving body. The communication unit is configured to receive a control command including a round-trip instruction that causes the moving body to operate back and forth. The control unit is configured to control the driving device so that the driving device operates the moving body back and forth in a predetermined manner when the control command includes the round-trip instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ibuki
  • Patent number: 10008964
    Abstract: A motor control device includes: a communication interface receiving from an external device a control command for defining a target rotation amount and a target rotation speed of the motor; a sensor interface connected with a first rotation angle sensor outputting a first detection signal in every rotation of the motor at a first angle or a second rotation angle sensor outputting a second detection signal in every rotation of the motor at a second angle larger than the first angle; a controller obtaining a measured value of a rotation speed of the motor based on a reception interval of the first or second detection signal, to decide a set value of the rotation speed to bring the measured value close to the target rotation speed; and a drive signal generator generating a drive signal for rotating the motor according to the set value, and outputting the drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ibuki, Akihiro Ishii
  • Patent number: 9991831
    Abstract: A DC motor control device includes a communication circuit configured to receive a control command specifying a target rotation amount for a DC motor, a sensor interface configured to receive a detection signal from a rotational angle sensor that outputs the detection signal every time the DC motor rotates by a certain rotational angle, a step counter that outputs a count signal every time the detection signal has been received a certain number of times, a controller that, based on the number of times the count signal received, determines a step count representing the total amount of rotation, and generates a control signal that controls the DC motor in accordance with the step count and the target rotation amount, and a drive signal generation circuit that generates a drive signal that rotates the DC motor in accordance with the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Matsushita, Hiroyuki Ibuki
  • Publication number: 20180046157
    Abstract: A motor control device configured to control a motor, includes a first memory; a second memory different from the first memory; a communication interface circuit configured to receive a control command from an external device; a command parser configured to store control information in the first memory and in the second memory when the control command includes control information defining an operation of the motor, and to generate a response signal including the control information stored in the first memory when the control command includes a command for verifying a communication state and transmit the response signal to the external device via the communication interface circuit; a control unit configured to read the control information from the second memory; and a drive signal generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki IBUKI, Akihiro ISHII
  • Publication number: 20180041149
    Abstract: Disclosed are an evaluation system, an evaluation device, a game machine, and an evaluation method for being able to evaluate a drive motor that drives various movable bodies called an accessory attached to a game machine such as a pachinko game machine. The game machine includes an accessory mechanism and a motor control mechanism that controls the drive motor of the accessory mechanism. The evaluation device is connectable to the game machine. The motor control mechanism controls the drive motor by outputting a control signal based on input from the evaluation device, and the motor control mechanism outputs a rotational position and a rotational speed of the controlled drive motor and the control signal to the evaluation device. The evaluation device evaluates the drive motor based on the input rotational position, rotational speed, and control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki IBUKI
  • Publication number: 20180026560
    Abstract: In a motor control device, a communication interface receives a control command defining a target rotation amount and a target rotation speed of a motor. A sensor interface receives a detection signal from a rotation angle sensor outputting a detection signal in every rotation of the motor at a predetermined angle. A controller decides a set value of a rotation speed of the motor. A drive signal generator generates and outputs a drive signal for rotating the motor. The controller calculates a difference between the target rotation amount and a total rotation amount of the motor from start of execution of the control command, based on the number of received detection signals, and determines whether an abnormality occurs in operation of the motor based on an update frequency of a minimum value of the difference or a non-update period when the minimum value of the difference is not updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki IBUKI, Akihiro ISHII
  • Publication number: 20180013362
    Abstract: A motor control device includes: a communication interface receiving from an external device a control command for defining a target rotation amount and a target rotation speed of the motor; a sensor interface connected with a first rotation angle sensor outputting a first detection signal in every rotation of the motor at a first angle or a second rotation angle sensor outputting a second detection signal in every rotation of the motor at a second angle larger than the first angle; a controller obtaining a measured value of a rotation speed of the motor based on a reception interval of the first or second detection signal, to decide a set value of the rotation speed to bring the measured value close to the target rotation speed; and a drive signal generator generating a drive signal for rotating the motor according to the set value, and outputting the drive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki IBUKI, Akihiro ISHII
  • Patent number: 9787233
    Abstract: A movable body drive device that controls a drive unit configured to drive a movable body arranged on a game machine has a communication unit that receives a control command for regulating a destination position of the movable body, a storage unit that stores a current position of the movable body, and a control unit that determines, based on a difference between the destination position and the current position or a moving direction in an immediately previous action of the movable body, a moving direction in the next action of the movable body and to control the drive unit such that the movable body is moved along the moving direction in the next action until the movable body reaches the destination position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Norihisa Takahashi, Katsumi Matsushita, Yasuyuki Ohba, Hiroyuki Ibuki
  • Publication number: 20170279388
    Abstract: A DC motor control device includes a communication circuit configured to receive a control command specifying a target rotation amount for a DC motor, a sensor interface configured to receive a detection signal from a rotational angle sensor that outputs the detection signal every time the DC motor rotates by a certain rotational angle, a step counter that outputs a count signal every time the detection signal has been received a certain number of times, a controller that, based on the number of times the count signal received, determines a step count representing the total amount of rotation, and generates a control signal that controls the DC motor in accordance with the step count and the target rotation amount, and a drive signal generation circuit that generates a drive signal that rotates the DC motor in accordance with the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Matsushita, Hiroyuki Ibuki
  • Patent number: 9672683
    Abstract: A drive control system has: a plurality of drive control devices; and an upper-level control device to which each of the drive control devices is connected in parallel with each other via a common signal line. The upper-level control device transmits a common information acquirement request signal to each of the drive control devices. Upon receiving the information acquirement request signal, each of the drive control devices determines transmission start timing for a response signal based on transmission sequence information indicating its transmission sequence and a length of the response signal such that the response signal does not temporally overlap with a response signal being transmitted from another drive control device to the upper-level control device. Each of the drive control devices transmits the response signal to the upper-level control device via the signal line at its transmission starting timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsumi Matsushita, Hiroyuki Ibuki, Yasuyuki Ohba
  • Patent number: 9494927
    Abstract: A motor control device has a communication unit that receives a control command comprising a motor type identification signal and a rotation signal, wherein the motor type identification signal indicates whether a control object motor is a stepping motor or a DC motor, and wherein the rotation signal designates a target rotation amount and a target rotation speed of the motor, a sensor interface that receives a detection signal from a rotation angle sensor when the control object motor is the DC motor, wherein the rotation angle sensor outputs the detection signal every time the motor rotates by a first rotation angle, a DC motor drive signal generator that generates and outputs a first drive signal rotating the DC motor at the target rotation speed, and a stepping motor drive signal generator that generates and outputs a second drive signal rotating the stepping motor at the target rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Matsushita, Yasuyuki Oba, Hiroyuki Ibuki
  • Patent number: 9295122
    Abstract: A light source control device configured to control a plurality of light sources provided in a game machine, an anode of each of the plurality of light sources being connected to one of at least one first signal wire, a cathode being connected to one of a plurality of second signal wires, the light sources differing from each other in a set of the connected first signal wire and second signal wire, has a plurality of first output pins, a plurality of second output pins, an interface, a storage, a dynamic controller, a period-setting unit, and a gradation controller. Each of the plurality of first output pins is provided in corresponding one of the at least one first signal wire. The plurality of first output pins connect to a drive circuit that switches whether power is supplied to the first signal wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Matsushita, Hiroyuki Ibuki, Yasuyuki Ooba, Norihisa Takahashi