Patents by Inventor Kazunori SOBUE

Kazunori SOBUE 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: 20230097758
    Abstract: A control system comprising: a sensor configured to measure a distance to an object, and obtain a distance measurement value, the object existing in a measurement target space that is a space in which a position of an upper limb of a user who tries to operate a target object that is an object controlled by the control system is assumed to be found, and the distance measurement value being a value that indicates the measured distance; and a control section configured to execute a process related to the target object based on the distance measurement value obtained by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Kazunori SOBUE, Hideki KAWAI, Masanori KOSUGI
  • Publication number: 20230088363
    Abstract: A sensor outputs distance information indicating a distance to an object located in a detection area. A control device controls an operation of a device to be controlled based on a fact that the distance information satisfies prescribed conditions that include: i) a condition that the distance exhibits a change corresponding to an entry of the object into the detection area; ii) a condition that the distance maintains a first value for at least a first time length; and iii) a condition that a change of the distance including a monotonic decrease from the first value and a subsequent monotonic increase to a second value is finished within a second time length, wherein a difference between the first value and the second value is no greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Masanori KOSUGI, Hideki KAWAI, Kazunori SOBUE
  • Patent number: 10527641
    Abstract: A mobile device possessed by a user is equipped with: a motion sensor which is capable of detecting the motion of the mobile device; a receiver which is capable of receiving a polling signal transmitted from equipment; and a control unit which is configured so as to set, in response to whether or not the polling signal has been received by the receiver, the sampling speed with which the motion sensor detects the motion of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Masahiro Arakawa, Daisuke Kawamura, Hidenobu Hanaki, Kazunori Sobue, Tetsuya Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20190178907
    Abstract: A mobile device possessed by a user is equipped with: a motion sensor which is capable of detecting the motion of the mobile device; a receiver which is capable of receiving a polling signal transmitted from equipment; and a control unit which is configured so as to set, in response to whether or not the polling signal has been received by the receiver, the sampling speed with which the motion sensor detects the motion of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro ARAKAWA, Daisuke KAWAMURA, Hidenobu HANAKI, Kazunori SOBUE, Tetsuya KAWAMURA