Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Onitsuka
Hiroyuki Onitsuka 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: 12165461Abstract: There is provided a push button device with which a support plate can be disposed close to a display screen without providing the support plate with a latching mechanism, and which can be easily attached and detached. The invention comprises a push button device that is inserted into the opening of a transparent plate from the front side, and an annular lock plate that is disposed on the back side of the transparent plate and is fitted to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part of the push button device from the back side. A snap-fit structure that is fixed to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part by rotating the lock plate is provided to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part of the push button device and to the inner peripheral portion of the lock plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takuya Kudo, Masaaki Sumi, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takehiro Agata
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Patent number: 12112913Abstract: A support plate can be disposed close to a display screen without having to provide a latching mechanism to the support plate, a push button device can be easily attached and detached, and the fixing of the push button device can be carried out simultaneously with the locking of the flexible wiring. There are provided a push button device that is inserted into an opening in a transparent plate 50 from the front side, and an annular lock plate that is disposed on the back side of the transparent plate and is fitted to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part of the push button device from the back side. The outer peripheral portion of the bottom part of the push button device and the inner peripheral portion of the lock plate have snap-fit structures that are fixed to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part by rotating the lock plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Kudo, Masaaki Sumi, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takehiro Agata
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Publication number: 20240324983Abstract: A PC (20) comprises a communication unit (21) and a calculation and determination unit (28). The communication unit (21) acquires heart sound data from a stethoscope (10). The calculation and determination unit (28) analyzes the waveform including a sound I, a sound II, a sound III, and a sound IV included in one heartbeat of the heart sound acquired by the communication unit (21). The calculation and determination unit (28) determines whether there is any abnormality in the heart sound on the basis of the analysis result for the waveform including the analyzed sound I, sound II, sound III, and sound IV.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Koji MORITA, Tatsuya ADACHI, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA
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Publication number: 20240248417Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a first transfer path that is a transfer path for a substrate after MOR film formation and before exposure, and a second transfer path that is a transfer path for the substrate after exposure; and one or a plurality of nitrogen atmosphere placement stages provided on at least one of the first transfer path and the second transfer path and configured to place the substrate in an environment with a nitrogen concentration of an atmosphere set higher than that of air.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Yoji SAKATA, Shingo KATSUKI, Ryohei FUJISE, Kenichirou MATSUYAMA, Shinsuke TAKAKI, Hiroyuki IWAKI, Hiroki TADATOMO, Tomoya ONITSUKA
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Patent number: 11960112Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a decorative lighting device and a game machine, with which the brightness of a light presentation can be increased and a light presentation with a more dramatic effect can be given even if the number of light sources is limited. A decorative lighting device (1), which has an elongated shape in the vertical direction and is installed on both sides of a game machine, comprises a case (2) in which at least the front and side surfaces of the device are open; a transparent cover (3) that covers the open portion of the case (2); a plurality of light guide plates (4S, 4M, 4L) that are housed inside the case (2) and are disposed spaced apart in the front-rear direction of the device, with each light emitting surface (4a) facing the front surface of the device; and a plurality of light sources provided corresponding to the plurality of light guide plates (4S, 4M, 4L).Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventor: Hiroyuki Onitsuka
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Patent number: 11901150Abstract: A support plate can be disposed close to a display screen without having to provide a latching mechanism to the support plate, a push button device can be easily attached and detached, and the fixing of the push button device can be carried out simultaneously with the locking of the flexible wiring. There are provided a push button device that is inserted into an opening in a transparent plate 50 from the front side, and an annular lock plate that is disposed on the back side of the transparent plate and is fitted to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part of the push button device from the back side. The outer peripheral portion of the bottom part of the push button device and the inner peripheral portion of the lock plate have snap-fit structures that are fixed to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part by rotating the lock plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Kudo, Masaaki Sumi, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takehiro Agata
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Patent number: 11879631Abstract: A right side portion, which is a light emitting device, comprises a side light guide plate and a front light guide plate as a plurality of light guide plates in which light is reflected by a prism and emitted from a light emitting surface. The side light guide plate and the front light guide plate are disposed in a row in a state in which the angles of the light emitting surfaces differ between adjacent light guide plates and the ends of adjacent light guide plates are butted against each other. An LED board is disposed at the end of the side light guide plate, and the end surface of one of the ends of the side light guide plate and the front light guide plate that are abutted against each other is formed as an inclined surface with a reflection function that changes the angle at which the light is guided and causes the light to be incident on the adjacent light guide plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takahiro Ono, Junya Fujita, Jun Kishimoto, Takehiro Agata
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Patent number: 11874492Abstract: An illumination device (10) is attached to a gaming machine island including a plurality of gaming machines (40), and comprises LEDs (21a) that emit light, light guide plates (20), a rotating body (23), a plate-shaped member (24), a motor (31), a lower case (13), and a control unit 17. A plurality of light guide plates 20 are attached to the plate-shaped member 24. The light guide plates 20 each have an end surface 20a on which the light emitted from the LEDs 21a is incident, and a flat surface 20b from which the incident light is emitted. The rotating body 23 and the plate-shaped member 24 hold an LED board 21 and the light guide plates 20. The motor 31 rotates the rotating body 23 in the desired direction. The lower case 13 is provided with the motor 31, is connected to the rotating body 23 and the plate-shaped member 24 in a relatively rotatable state, and is installed on a gaming machine island that includes gaming machines 40.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki Sumi, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takahiro Ono
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Patent number: 11792562Abstract: A set of headphones (1) comprises a pair of speaker units (3); a pair of ear pad portions (4); a plurality of temperature change modules (24) that are provided inside the pair of ear pad portions (4), and that heat and/or cool electrically so as to convey a temperature other than normal temperature to the user; and a temperature control unit (31) that drives the plurality of temperature change modules (24) on a rotating basis while shifting the phase of operation individually or in groups.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki Sumi, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Junya Fujita, Takehiro Agata, Kazuma Matsui, Mitsunori Sugiura
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Publication number: 20230194772Abstract: A illumination device 10 is attached to a housing 41 of a gaming machine 40, and comprises LEDs 21a that emit light, light guide plates 20, a rotating body 23, a plate-shaped member 24, a motor 31, a lower case 13, and a control unit 44. A plurality of light guide plates 20 are attached to the plate-shaped member 24. The light guide plates 20 each have an end surface 20a on which the light emitted from the LEDs 21a is incident, and a flat surface 20b from which the incident light is emitted. The plate-shaped member 24 holds the light guide plate 20. The motor 31 rotates the rotating body 23 in the desired direction. The lower case 13 is provided with the motor 31, the rotating body 23 and the like are connected thereto in a state of being incapable of relative rotation, and the lower case 13 is installed in the housing 41 of the gaming machine 40.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki SUMI, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Takahiro ONO
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Publication number: 20230186718Abstract: A control deck 10 is provided to a gaming machine 1, and comprises a top plate 11, a non-contact power supply unit 26, an LED board 24, a decorative plate 21, and a control unit 25. The non-contact power supply unit 26 is provided directly below a specific charging position P1 on the upper surface of the top plate 11, and performs non-contact charging of a device placed in the charging position P1. The LED board 24 is provided to the lower part of the charging position, and emits light toward the charging position P1. The decorative plate 21 displays a pattern indicating the charging position P1 in a state of being visible from the front side of the top plate 11, using light emitted from the LED board 24. The control unit 25 performs lighting control for turning on or off the light emitted from the LED board 24.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya KUDO, Masaaki SUMI, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA
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Publication number: 20230186714Abstract: An operation switch 30 is a gaming machine operation button that receives operation inputs to a gaming machine 1, and comprises a base plate 50, an operation button unit 36, and a touch switch 31. The operation button unit 36 is supported by the base plate 50, and is used by a player to input a first operation. The touch switch 31 is provided around the outer periphery of the operation button unit 36, and is used by the player to input a second operation that is different from the first operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya KUDO, Masaaki SUMI, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA
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Publication number: 20230168426Abstract: An illumination device (10) is attached to a gaming machine island including a plurality of gaming machines (40), and comprises LEDs (21a) that emit light, light guide plates (20), a rotating body (23), a plate-shaped member (24), a motor (31), a lower case (13), and a control unit 17. A plurality of light guide plates 20 are attached to the plate-shaped member 24. The light guide plates 20 each have an end surface 20a on which the light emitted from the LEDs 21a is incident, and a flat surface 20b from which the incident light is emitted. The rotating body 23 and the plate-shaped member 24 hold an LED board 21 and the light guide plates 20. The motor 31 rotates the rotating body 23 in the desired direction. The lower case 13 is provided with the motor 31, is connected to the rotating body 23 and the plate-shaped member 24 in a relatively rotatable state, and is installed on a gaming machine island that includes gaming machines 40.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki SUMI, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Takahiro ONO
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Publication number: 20230135839Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro ONO, Hiroyuki IBUKI, Yoshihisa ISHIKAWA, Che Cheng NEO, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Masaaki SUMI, Junya FUJITA, Masanori MORI
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Publication number: 20230096531Abstract: A temperature stimulation unit according to one or more embodiments may include a cover, a case with an opening through which the cover is exposed, a temperature changer located on a back surface of the cover, and a coil spring that urges the cover and the temperature changer in a direction to cause the cover and the temperature changer to protrude outside the case through the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Hitoshi SAKAMOTO, Eiji YASUDA
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Publication number: 20230103134Abstract: A temperature stimulation unit according to one or more embodiments may include a cover, a case including a top portion with an opening, and a control board. The case may include a bottom portion and a side portion having a through-hole. The bottom portion and the side portion may define a clearance at least with the control board.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Hitoshi SAKAMOTO, Eiji YASUDA
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Patent number: 11471758Abstract: An illumination device according to one or more embodiments may include: a light guide plate unit having a front light guide plate and a rear light guide plate; a light projecting unit having an LED configured to supply light to the front light guide plate and the rear light guide plate; a moving mechanism configured to cause the light guide plate unit to reciprocate in a depth direction; and a detector having a detection region in front of the light guide plate unit in the depth direction and configured to detect the presence or absence of an object without contacting. The moving mechanism may move the light guide plate unit in accordance with a detection result of the detector.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takahiro Ono, Tatsuya Adachi, Rei Asai, Takehiro Agata
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Publication number: 20220308282Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a decorative lighting device and a game machine, with which the brightness of a light presentation can be increased and a light presentation with a more dramatic effect can be given even if the number of light sources is limited. A decorative lighting device (1), which has an elongated shape in the vertical direction and is installed on both sides of a game machine, comprises a case (2) in which at least the front and side surfaces of the device are open; a transparent cover (3) that covers the open portion of the case (2); a plurality of light guide plates (4S, 4M, 4L) that are housed inside the case (2) and are disposed spaced apart in the front-rear direction of the device, with each light emitting surface (4a) facing the front surface of the device; and a plurality of light sources provided corresponding to the plurality of light guide plates (4S, 4M, 4L).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroyuki ONITSUKA
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Patent number: 11426653Abstract: A long decorative illumination device which is long in the vertical direction and for being installed in the sides of a game machine may be provided with a plurality of light guide plates that can be individually illuminated. The plurality of light guide plates may be arranged in the vertical direction with gaps therebetween and in a slanted state so that the light emitting surfaces thereof are oriented toward a window part which is open from at least two directions of the front surface and the side surfaces of the decorative illumination device. A controller may control the light emission of the plurality of light guide plates to perform visual effect lighting having an impactful visual effect, while controlling the light emission from the plurality of light guide plates to convey predetermined information.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Junya Fujita, Takehiro Agata
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Publication number: 20220272434Abstract: A set of headphones (1) comprises a pair of speaker units (3); a pair of ear pad portions (4); a plurality of temperature change modules (24) that are provided inside the pair of ear pad portions (4), and that heat and/or cool electrically so as to convey a temperature other than normal temperature to the user; and a temperature control unit (31) that drives the plurality of temperature change modules (24) on a rotating basis while shifting the phase of operation individually or in groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki SUMI, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Junya FUJITA, Takehiro AGATA, Kazuma MATSUI, Mitsunori SUGIURA