Patents by Inventor Kayo NAKAMURA

Kayo NAKAMURA 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: 11549834
    Abstract: A multifunctional environmental sensor device is connectable to a terminal of an electronic device for use. The sensor device includes a substrate, a plurality of different types of components mounted on the substrate and including at least a light emitter and an illuminance sensor, and a wiring pattern located on a surface of the substrate and including a contact to be in contact with the terminal of the electronic device. The light emitter is mounted on a surface of the substrate opposite to a surface of the substrate on which the illuminance sensor is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mino, Kayo Nakamura, Ryusuke Sakai, Yuhei Motoki, Naotsugu Ueda
  • Patent number: 11255733
    Abstract: An environment sensor includes a heat generation component, a first sensor and a second sensor disposed such that conductive heat resistances between the first sensor and the heat generation component and between the second sensor and the heat generation component are different from each other, and a controller. The first sensor and the second sensor are capable of measuring a predetermined physical quantity. The first sensor and the second sensor obtain a measured value from the predetermined physical quantity. The measured value fluctuates depending on ambient temperature. The controller is configured to correct the measurement value of one of the first sensor and the second sensor based on the measurement value of the first sensor and the measurement value of the second sensor when the predetermined physical quantity is measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Kayo Nakamura, Naotsugu Ueda, Ryusuke Sakai, Hiroyuki Mino, Yuhei Motoki, Shuichi Misumi
  • Patent number: 11231301
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a housing and a sensor component mounted in the housing. The housing has two or more vents. The sensor component is located on a path connecting two of the vents. The sensor component may include a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, or a microphone. The sensor component may be located on a path connecting two vents in substantially facing surfaces of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Naotsugu Ueda, Kayo Nakamura, Ryusuke Sakai
  • Publication number: 20210174974
    Abstract: A data generating apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first virtual sensing data representative of a first determination result with respect to a situation in a surrounding of a physical sensor; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a first calculation criterion; and a first calculator configured to calculate a reliability of sensing data, based on the acquired first virtual sensing data, by using the acquired first calculation criterion, and to generate first reliability data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MINO, Ryusuke SAKAI, Naotsugu UEDA, Yuhei MOTOKI, Kayo NAKAMURA, Toshihiro MORI
  • Patent number: 11022624
    Abstract: An environmental sensor including a plurality of sensor elements that measure a plurality of physical quantities associated with a surrounding environment detects moving of an environmental sensor based on an illuminance and a change in the illuminance among the plurality of physical quantities, and transmits an alert signal to a user when the moving of the environmental sensor is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Kayo Nakamura, Naotsugu Ueda, Ryusuke Sakai, Takanobu Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20210088366
    Abstract: A multifunctional environmental sensor device is connectable to a terminal of an electronic device for use. The sensor device includes a substrate, a plurality of different types of components mounted on the substrate and including at least a light emitter and an illuminance sensor, and a wiring pattern located on a surface of the substrate and including a contact to be in contact with the terminal of the electronic device. The light emitter is mounted on a surface of the substrate opposite to a surface of the substrate on which the illuminance sensor is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MINO, Kayo NAKAMURA, Ryusuke SAKAI, Yuhei MOTOKI, Naotsugu UEDA
  • Patent number: 10823590
    Abstract: An environmental sensor for measuring physical quantities associated with a surrounding environment includes one or more sensor elements that detect the physical quantities, and a communication unit that transmits, when a physical quantity detected by at least one of the sensor elements included in the environmental sensor changes in accordance with a predetermined rule, a predetermined maintenance signal including unit identification information identifying at least the environmental sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Ryusuke Sakai, Naotsugu Ueda, Kayo Nakamura, Takanobu Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 10775232
    Abstract: An environmental sensor for measuring physical quantities associated with a surrounding environment includes one or more sensor elements that detect the physical quantities, and a user recognition unit that recognizes a change in a physical quantity detected by at least one of the sensor elements as being caused by a user when the physical quantity changes in accordance with a predetermined rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Naotsugu Ueda, Kayo Nakamura, Ryusuke Sakai, Takanobu Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 10554440
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire different types of measurement data from a plurality of sensors that measure the measurement data, an event determination unit configured to determine that an event occurs when the measurement data satisfies an event condition corresponding to the occurrence of the event, and a transmission controller configured to transmit transmission data in which the measurement data is stored in a predetermined data format. The transmission controller varies the data format of the transmission data in a case where the event does not occur and in a case where the event occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mino, Ryusuke Sakai, Naotsugu Ueda, Kayo Nakamura, Yuhei Motoki
  • Patent number: 10416007
    Abstract: An environmental sensor including sensor elements to measure multiple physical quantities associated with a surrounding environment, and includes a state determination unit that determines whether the environmental sensor is in a first state in which the sensor is fixed at a predetermined installation location or in a second state in which the sensor is away from an installation location, and an operation switch unit that switches an operation of each sensor element that measures the physical quantities based on whether a state determined by the determination unit is the first state or the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takanobu Yamauchi, Naotsugu Ueda, Kayo Nakamura, Ryusuke Sakai
  • Publication number: 20190149355
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire different types of measurement data from a plurality of sensors that measure the measurement data, an event determination unit configured to determine that an event occurs when the measurement data satisfies an event condition corresponding to the occurrence of the event, and a transmission controller configured to transmit transmission data in which the measurement data is stored in a predetermined data format. The transmission controller varies the data format of the transmission data in a case where the event does not occur and in a case where the event occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mino, Ryusuke Sakai, Naotsugu Ueda, Kayo Nakamura, Yuhei Motoki
  • Publication number: 20190145834
    Abstract: An environment sensor includes a heat generation component, a first sensor and a second sensor disposed such that conductive heat resistances between the first sensor and the heat generation component and between the second sensor and the heat generation component are different from each other, and a controller. The first sensor and the second sensor are capable of measuring a predetermined physical quantity. The first sensor and the second sensor obtain a measured value from the predetermined physical quantity. The measured value fluctuates depending on ambient temperature. The controller is configured to correct the measurement value of one of the first sensor and the second sensor based on the measurement value of the first sensor and the measurement value of the second sensor when the predetermined physical quantity is measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Kayo Nakamura, Naotsugu Ueda, Ryusuke Sakai, Hiroyuki Mino, Yuhei Motoki, Shuichi Misumi
  • Publication number: 20180259386
    Abstract: An environmental sensor for measuring physical quantities associated with a surrounding environment includes one or more sensor elements that detect the physical quantities, and a user recognition unit that recognizes a change in a physical quantity detected by at least one of the sensor elements as being caused by a user when the physical quantity changes in accordance with a predetermined rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Naotsugu UEDA, Kayo NAKAMURA, Ryusuke SAKAI, Takanobu YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180259550
    Abstract: An environmental sensor including a plurality of sensor elements that measure a plurality of physical quantities associated with a surrounding environment detects moving of an environmental sensor based on an illuminance and a change in the illuminance among the plurality of physical quantities, and transmits an alert signal to a user when the moving of the environmental sensor is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Kayo NAKAMURA, Naotsugu UEDA, Ryusuke SAKAI, Takanobu YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180259377
    Abstract: An environmental sensor for measuring physical quantities associated with a surrounding environment includes one or more sensor elements that detect the physical quantities, and a communication unit that transmits, when a physical quantity detected by at least one of the sensor elements included in the environmental sensor changes in accordance with a predetermined rule, a predetermined maintenance signal including unit identification information identifying at least the environmental sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Ryusuke SAKAI, Naotsugu UEDA, Kayo NAKAMURA, Takanobu YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180259376
    Abstract: An environmental sensor including sensor elements to measure multiple physical quantities associated with a surrounding environment, and includes a state determination unit that determines whether the environmental sensor is in a first state in which the sensor is fixed at a predetermined installation location or in a second state in which the sensor is away from an installation location, and an operation switch unit that switches an operation of each sensor element that measures the physical quantities based on whether a state determined by the determination unit is the first state or the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takanobu YAMAUCHI, Naotsugu UEDA, Kayo NAKAMURA, Ryusuke SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20180252558
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a housing and a sensor component mounted in the housing. The housing has two or more vents. The sensor component is located on a path connecting two of the vents. The sensor component may include a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, or a microphone. The sensor component may be located on a path connecting two vents in substantially facing surfaces of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Naotsugu Ueda, Kayo Nakamura, Ryusuke Sakai
  • Patent number: D833304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Kawahara, Kayo Nakamura, Naotsugu Ueda
  • Patent number: D851506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Kawahara, Kayo Nakamura, Naotsugu Ueda
  • Patent number: D1001364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TAIKI CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Kayo Nakamura, Misa Kamiya, Megumi Hongo