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).

  • Patent number: 10501137
    Abstract: The present invention provides a handlebar lock system which (i) can be used for a moving body whose traveling direction is changed with a handlebar and (ii) includes a handlebar locking device which makes it difficult to unlock the handlebar by a forcible method such as breaking. The handlebar lock system includes: a handlebar locking device (20); and a user interface (8) which notifies a user of an operation state of the handlebar locking device (20), which operation state includes at least a lock state of the handlebar (5). The handlebar locking device (20) is provided in a frame of a bicycle so as to be not viewable from outside of the bicycle. The control section (100) identifies the operation state, and then outputs, via a communication section (101), information indicative of the operation state thus identified. A control section (8a) of the user interface (8) receives, from the handlebar locking device (20), the information indicative of the operation state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunji Mori, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Hiroaki Takeya, Ryoji Shimizu, Masashi Sato, Hideaki Kojima
  • Patent number: 10464622
    Abstract: The present invention provides a handlebar lock system which (i) can be used for a moving body whose traveling direction is changed with a handlebar and (ii) includes a handlebar locking device which makes it difficult to unlock the handlebar by a forcible method such as breaking. The handlebar lock system includes: a handlebar locking device (20); and a user interface (8) which notifies a user of an operation state of the handlebar locking device (20), which operation state includes at least a lock state of the handlebar (5). The handlebar locking device (20) is provided in a frame of a bicycle so as to be not viewable from outside of the bicycle. The control section (100) identifies the operation state, and then outputs, via a communication section (101), information indicative of the operation state thus identified. A control section (8a) of the user interface (8) receives, from the handlebar locking device (20), the information indicative of the operation state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunji Mori, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Hiroaki Takeya, Ryoji Shimizu, Masashi Sato, Hideaki Kojima
  • Publication number: 20190147690
    Abstract: A push-button for a game machine which is mounted on the game machine includes an operation key configured to accept a press, a side surface portion having translucency and provided in a direction vertical to a pressing direction of the operation key as viewed from the operation key, a light source configured to apply light in a direction parallel to the pressing direction, and a light guiding portion configured to guide light applied from the light source. The light guiding portion includes a first reflective structure configured to reflect at least a part of the light applied from the light source, and a second reflective structure configured to reflect at least a part of the light reflected by the first reflective structure toward the side surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Sumi, Takehiro Agata, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Junya Fujita
  • Publication number: 20190122493
    Abstract: A game machine that can discriminate between two states of an occupied state and an unoccupied state includes a credit function. The game machine includes the credit function configured to determine presence or absence of a credit and a timer part configured to measure a lapse of time, and transitions to the occupied state in which a game is determined to be interrupted or the unoccupied state in which the game machine is determined to be idle according to a determination of the presence or absence of the credit in the credit function when the timer part measures a lapse of a first time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takuma Ikeda, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takahiro Ono, Masaaki Sumi
  • Publication number: 20190122489
    Abstract: An operation unit includes, as an operation base part in which a push button part is disposed, a light emitting part having at least one transparent substrate on a front surface of which a plurality of LEDs are mounted, an LED control board configured to control light emission of the plurality of LEDs, a half mirror part disposed on a light launching side of the light emitting part and having a light reflection function and a light transmission function, and a mirror part disposed on a rear surface side of the light emitting part and having at least the light reflecting function out of the light reflecting function and the light transmission function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Taichi Onoyama, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takahiro Ono, Takehiro Agata
  • Publication number: 20190122486
    Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting part having at least one transparent substrate on a front surface of which a plurality of light emitting devices (LEDs) are mounted, an LED control board configured to control light emission of the plurality of LEDs, a half mirror part disposed on a light launching side of the light emitting part and having a light reflection function and a light transmission function, and a mirror part disposed on a rear surface side of the light emitting part and having at least the light reflecting function out of the light reflecting function and the light transmission function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Taichi Onoyama, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takahiro Ono, Takehiro Agata
  • Publication number: 20190114872
    Abstract: An operation switch unit attached to a game machine includes a spin button that receives an input operation of an operator, an input detector that detects that the input operation of the operator is performed, and a controller that controls a directional speaker such that the directional speaker emits a directional sound, which does not spread uniformly but has directionality, to the operator as a notification that an operation input is performed based on a detection signal from the input detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takuma Ikeda, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takahiro Ono, Masaaki Sumi
  • Patent number: 10258872
    Abstract: An operating apparatus includes a touch panel, an LED board, and a display panel. The LED board is arranged below the touch panel. A plurality of LEDs is mounted on the LED board. The display panel is arranged below the LED board. The display panel is configured to change an image displayed in the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Ono, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Masataka Kimura, Masaaki Sumi, Takehiro Agata
  • Patent number: 10262581
    Abstract: An operating apparatus includes a touch panel, a fluid holder, a display panel, and a fan. The fluid holder is arranged below the touch panel. The fluid holder holds a transparent fluid. The display panel is arranged below the fluid holder. The fan is configured to produce ripples in the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Ono, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Masataka Kimura, Masaaki Sumi, Takehiro Agata
  • Patent number: 10210698
    Abstract: A pushbutton includes a key top, including a light-transmissive display part, the key top configured to be depressed; and LEDs configured to emit light toward the display part. The display part includes a bottom surface and a sloped surface, the sloped surface being continuous with an outer edge of the bottom surface and broadening outward as the sloped surface progresses upward from the bottom surface. The light emitted from the LEDs toward the display part is reflected by the sloped surface and emitted toward the exterior from a top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Sumi, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takehiro Agata
  • Publication number: 20180362105
    Abstract: The present invention provides a handlebar locking mechanism and a handlebar locking device, each of which (i) can be used for a moving body whose traveling direction is changed with a handlebar and (ii) which makes it difficult to unlock the handlebar by a forcible method such as breaking. The handlebar locking device (20) includes an engagement hole (11c) made in a steering column (11a), a lock pin (31) which locks a handlebar (5) in a case where a pin tip part (31a) of the lock pin (31) is engaged with the engagement hole (11c), and a lock pin drive mechanism which (i) moves, in a case where the handlebar (5) is to be locked, the lock pin (31) so that the pin tip part (31a) is engaged with the engagement hole (11c) and (ii) moves, in a case where the handlebar (5) is to be unlocked, the lock pin (31) so that the pin tip part (31a) is removed from the engagement hole (11c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunji MORI, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Hiroaki TAKEYA
  • Publication number: 20180354570
    Abstract: The present invention provides a handlebar lock system which (i) can be used for a moving body whose traveling direction is changed with a handlebar and (ii) includes a handlebar locking device which makes it difficult to unlock the handlebar by a forcible method such as breaking. The handlebar lock system includes: a handlebar locking device (20); and a user interface (8) which notifies a user of an operation state of the handlebar locking device (20), which operation state includes at least a lock state of the handlebar (5). The handlebar locking device (20) is provided in a frame of a bicycle so as to be not viewable from outside of the bicycle. The control section (100) identifies the operation state, and then outputs, via a communication section (101), information indicative of the operation state thus identified. A control section (8a) of the user interface (8) receives, from the handlebar locking device (20), the information indicative of the operation state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunji MORI, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Hiroaki TAKEYA, Ryoji SHIMIZU, Masashi SATO, Hideaki KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20180244329
    Abstract: The present invention provides a handlebar locking device which (i) can be used for a moving body whose traveling direction is changed with a handlebar and (ii) makes it difficult to unlock the handlebar by a forcible method such as breaking. The handlebar locking device (20) includes (i) a lock unit (30) which is fixed in a steering column (11) that rotates along with a handlebar (5) and (ii) a fixed bracket (70) which is fixed in a head tube (12). The lock unit (30) includes (i) a lock pin (31) having a tip part (31a) that protrudes from a guiding long hole (11a) of the steering column (11) and (ii) a lock pin drive mechanism which controls the lock pin (31) to axially move back and forth. The fixed bracket (70) has an engagement groove (71) with which the lock pin (31) is to be engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunji MORI, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Hiroaki TAKEYA
  • Patent number: 10058780
    Abstract: An operating apparatus operating apparatus includes a touch panel, a first projection portion, a fluid holder, and a second projection portion. The first projection portion is arranged below the touch panel. The fluid holder is arranged below the first projection portion. The fluid holder holds a transparent fluid. The second projection portion is arranged below the fluid holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Ono, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Masataka Kimura, Masaaki Sumi, Takehiro Agata
  • Patent number: 9995478
    Abstract: A switch unit has a display part configured to display an image, and an operation part provided on the display part in a stacked manner. The operation part includes a plurality of press buttons each having a pressable top surface formed to be transparent, a transparent base having a plurality of openings formed so as to be spaced from each other in positions corresponding to a display region of the display part, while avoiding a peripheral edge of the display region, and a transparent substrate provided below the base and having a light source in a position corresponding to the outer periphery of the top surface. Each of the press buttons includes, and forms into a unit, a button body having the top surface, and a frame-like light guiding body provided in a flange shape below the button body and provided so as to cover the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Taichi Onoyama, Masaaki Sumi, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takehiro Agata, Masataka Kimura
  • Patent number: 9978545
    Abstract: A switch unit has a display part configured to display an image, and an operation part provided on the display part in a stacked manner. The operation part includes a plurality of press buttons each having a pressable top surface formed to be transparent, a transparent base having a plurality of openings which are formed so as to be spaced from each other in positions corresponding to a display region of the display part, while avoiding a peripheral edge of the display region, a transparent substrate provided below the base and mounted with an electronic component, and a top plate having openings in positions corresponding to the press buttons and provided on the base, with the press buttons mounted thereon, so as to cover the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Taichi Onoyama, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Masaaki Sumi, Takehiro Agata, Masataka Kimura
  • Publication number: 20180075799
    Abstract: An operating apparatus includes a touch panel, a fluid holder, a display panel, and a fan. The fluid holder is arranged below the touch panel. The fluid holder holds a transparent fluid. The display panel is arranged below the fluid holder. The fan is configured to produce ripples in the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro ONO, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Masataka KIMURA, Masaaki SUMI, Takehiro AGATA
  • Publication number: 20180075691
    Abstract: A pushbutton includes a key top, including a light-transmissive display part, the key top configured to be depressed; and LEDs configured to emit light toward the display part. The display part includes a bottom surface and a sloped surface, the sloped surface being continuous with an outer edge of the bottom surface and broadening outward as the sloped surface progresses upward from the bottom surface. The light emitted from the LEDs toward the display part is reflected by the sloped surface and emitted toward the exterior from a top surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki SUMI, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Takehiro AGATA
  • Publication number: 20180071627
    Abstract: An operating apparatus operating apparatus includes a touch panel, a first projection portion, a fluid holder, and a second projection portion. The first projection portion is arranged below the touch panel. The fluid holder is arranged below the first projection portion. The fluid holder holds a transparent fluid. The second projection portion is arranged below the fluid holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro ONO, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Masataka KIMURA, Masaaki SUMI, Takehiro AGATA
  • Publication number: 20180071620
    Abstract: An operating apparatus includes a touch panel, an LED board, and a display panel. The LED board is arranged below the touch panel. A plurality of LEDs is mounted on the LED board. The display panel is arranged below the LED board. The display panel is configured to change an image displayed in the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro ONO, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Masataka KIMURA, Masaaki SUMI, Takehiro AGATA