Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Tomooka

Hiroyuki Tomooka 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: 12234850
    Abstract: The fastening structure is fastening one member and another member via a fastening member, and includes: a fitting portion having a fitting hole; a to-be-fitted portion having a to-be-fitted hole; and the fastening member inserted into the fitting hole. The fastening member has: a trunk portion, between one end and another end of the fastening member; a tool groove at the one end; a come-off prevention portion at the other end, the come-off prevention portion having a greater radius than a radius; and a helical protrusion at a part of the trunk portion. The fitting portion has a helical groove configured to be screwed with the helical protrusion. A radius of the fitting hole is less than the radius of the come-off prevention portion, and a radius of the to-be-fitted hole is not less than the radius of the come-off prevention portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: OPTEX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuko Sasaki, Hiroyuki Tomooka, Michinori Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20250044415
    Abstract: In order to make it possible for a sensing sensor to secure the appearance of the product while enabling detection of various masking materials, such as those with low reflectance or in sheet form, the sensing sensor comprises a sensor part that detects an object to be detected and a masking detection structure that detects a masking material that nullifies a detection function of the sensor part. The masking detection structure comprises a light source and a light receiver housed in a casing together with the sensor part, and a light transmission window that closes an opening formed in the casing. The light transmitting window has a concave portion recessed toward an inside of the casing, and light emitted from the light source is transmitted from the inside of the casing to the outside thereof through the concave portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: OPTEX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TOMOOKA, Michinori NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230036003
    Abstract: The fastening structure is fastening one member and another member via a fastening member, and includes: a fitting portion having a fitting hole; a to-be-fitted portion having a to-be-fitted hole; and the fastening member inserted into the fitting hole. The fastening member has: a trunk portion, between one end and another end of the fastening member; a tool groove at the one end; a come-off prevention portion at the other end, the come-off prevention portion having a greater radius than a radius; and a helical protrusion at a part of the trunk portion. The fitting portion has a helical groove configured to be screwed with the helical protrusion. A radius of the fitting hole is less than the radius of the come-off prevention portion, and a radius of the to-be-fitted hole is not less than the radius of the come-off prevention portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: OPTEX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuko SASAKI, Hiroyuki TOMOOKA, Michinori NOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8907781
    Abstract: To provide an intrusion detecting device of a type in which a battery for supplying an electric power to both of the main unit and the transmitter is provided in a unit holder for holding the main unit, including the detecting element, to thereby increase the overall electric power capacity needed in the intrusion detecting device as a whole and, also, replacement of those batteries can be accomplished easily, the intrusion detecting device includes a main unit (1) including a detecting element (30), a battery (Ba) detachably mounted on the main unit (1) for supplying an electric power to the main unit (1), and a power supply line (18) fitted to the main unit (1) for supplying an electric power to a wireless transmitter (11) for transmitting wireless an output signal of the main unit (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tomooka, Katsutoshi Tatsuoka
  • Publication number: 20110273285
    Abstract: To provide an intrusion detecting device of a type in which a battery for supplying an electric power to both of the main unit and the transmitter is provided in a unit holder for holding the main unit, including the detecting element, to thereby increase the overall electric power capacity needed in the intrusion detecting device as a whole and, also, replacement of those batteries can be accomplished easily, the intrusion detecting device includes a main unit (1) including a detecting element (30), a battery (Ba) detachably mounted on the main unit (1) for supplying an electric power to the main unit (1), and a power supply line (18) fitted to the main unit (1) for supplying an electric power to a wireless transmitter (11) for transmitting wireless an output signal of the main unit (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: OPTEX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TOMOOKA, Katsutoshi TATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20070279215
    Abstract: To provide a sensitivity adjustable intrusion detecting system capable of detecting the presence of a person assuredly even under the environment where the object such as a person is difficult to be detected, thereby avoiding an erroneous operation, the sensitivity adjustable intrusion detecting system is so designed that since the detecting sensitivity of the main detecting unit 1 is altered in response to detection by the auxiliary detecting unit 2 and when such detecting sensitivity of the main detecting unit is so increased at the time the necessity to detect the presence or absence of the human body H entering in one of the main detection areas encompassed within the supervised sector, the detecting sensitivity of the main detecting unit is increased to allow the human body to be assuredly detected under the environment where the human body is difficult to be detected, thereby avoiding an erroneous operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: OPTEX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TOMOOKA, Motohiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7250861
    Abstract: To provide a security lighting apparatus of a kind capable of easily optimizing the timing at which an alert is carried out, when a human body is detected by a human body detector 1 during the time zone determined by a time zone setting device (19), an alert is issued to an intruder entering within any one of detection zones (A1 to A4) and, accordingly, the timing at which the alert is initiated during the time zone can be easily and properly set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yukawa, Tadashi Sugimoto, Hiroyuki Tomooka, Hisato Takemura, Akihiko Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20050212443
    Abstract: To provide a security lighting apparatus of a kind capable of easily optimizing the timing at which an alert is carried out, when a human body is detected by a human body detector 1 during the time zone determined by a time zone setting device (19), an alert is issued to an intruder entering within any one of detection zones (A1 to A4) and, accordingly, the timing at which the alert is initiated during the time zone can be easily and properly set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Akira Yukawa, Tadashi Sugimoto, Hiroyuki Tomooka, Hisato Takemura, Akihiko Hayashi
  • Patent number: 6529129
    Abstract: A security sensor 1 having a disturbance detecting capability capable of detecting the presence of an obstacle purposefully applied to the sensor 1 in an attempt to fool or tamper the sensor 1 includes a carrier body A having an infrared sensor element 4, an incident side enclosure 5 mounted on the carrier body A, a light projecting element 11 for projecting a disturbance detecting beam L1, a light receiving element 12 for receiving disturbance detecting beam L1, first and second light guide members 8, 9 operatively associated with the light projecting element 11 and the light receiving element 12, respectively, said first and second light guide members 8, 9 being cooperative with each other to define an optical path L along and adjacent an outer surface of the incident side enclosure 5 or an outer surface of the carrier body A adjacent the incident side enclosure 5, a detecting circuit 15 for detecting a presence or absence of an obstacle, applied to at least one of the first and second light guide members 8
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tomooka
  • Patent number: 6469625
    Abstract: A security sensor 1 having a disturbance detecting capability capable of detecting the presence of an obstacle 8 purposefully applied to the sensor 1 in an attempt to fool or tamper the sensor 1 includes a carrier body A having an infrared sensor element 4, an incident side enclosure 5, such as a lens defining a detection area B, mounted on the carrier body A, a light projecting element 11 for projecting a disturbance detecting beam L1 from inside of the incident side enclosure 5 towards the incident side enclosure 5, a light receiving element 12 for receiving the disturbance detecting beam L1 reflected from the incident side enclosure 5, and a detecting circuit 15 for detecting a presence or absence of the obstacle 8 on the incident side enclosure 5, based on an amount of light received by the light receiving element 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Optex Co., LTD
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tomooka
  • Patent number: 5703368
    Abstract: A passive-type infrared sensor system includes first and second sensor units each including a first or second light receiving element and a first or second optical system. The first sensor unit has a "viewing" direction oriented towards an upper half of a human body so as to define a first watch area clear of a ground surface. The second sensor unit has a similar "viewing" direction oriented diagonally downwardly towards a point on the ground surface spaced a predetermined watch distance away from where it is installed so as to define a second predetermined watch area below the first watch area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tomooka, Tadashi Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 5489892
    Abstract: An intruder detection system for senses infrared radiated by an intruder through a window-pane and detecting the intrusion through the reception of an output from the infrared sensors. The system includes a light emitter for projecting infrared rays toward a detection area and a light acceptor for receiving at least part of the infrared rays projected by the light emitter through an obstruction detection optical path. The light emitter and the light acceptor are located on opposite sides of the window-pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: Optex Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Imuro, Hiroyuki Tomooka
  • Patent number: D890009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: OPTEX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Nishimura, Hiroyuki Tomooka