Patents by Inventor Kosuke Sugiyama
Kosuke Sugiyama 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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Publication number: 20240103502Abstract: A recycling support system for a production facility performing a plurality of types of recycling processing using marine plants includes a measurement unit configured to measure an amount of remaining energy used to operate the production facility, and a control unit configured to control a proportion of each of the plurality of types of recycling processing carried out in the production facility according to the amount of remaining energy used to operate the production facility measured by the measurement unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tadayoshi SUMIYA, Yasunobu SEKI, Koseki SUGIYAMA, Yuto KAWATA, Hiroki AWANO, Kosuke YONEKAWA
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Patent number: 10830587Abstract: Provided is an inclination measuring device with excellent convenience. An inclination measuring device includes: an optical system (sensor head) configured to irradiate a measurement object with an irradiated light ray from a light source and receive a reflected light ray from a measurement surface; a light receiving unit including at least one spectroscope configured to separate the reflected light ray into wavelength components, and a detector in which a plurality of light receiving elements are disposed; a light guide including a plurality of cores; and a processor configured to calculate an inclination angle of the measurement surface based on reflected light rays with respect to a plurality of irradiated light rays with which a plurality of positions on the measurement surface are irradiated.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke Sugiyama, Norihiro Tomago, Takahiro Suga, Hiroaki Takimasa, Kenichi Matoba
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Patent number: 10663285Abstract: Provided is a sensor head that can increase the flexibility of installation. The sensor head is a sensor head of a sensor for measuring displacement of a measurement object. The sensor head includes: a diffractive lens generating chromatic aberration along an optical axis direction on an incident light, a case part housing at least the diffractive lens inside, and fixing parts and used for fixing to a fixing object. The case part includes a cylindrical part having a cylindrical outer shape, and the outer shapes of the fixing parts and are within the outer shape of the cylindrical part when viewed in a central axis direction of the cylindrical part.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Mariko Marukawa, Takahiro Okuda, Kosuke Sugiyama
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Patent number: 10571247Abstract: Provided is a sensor head capable of reduction in size while securing measurement accuracy. A sensor head includes a first case section and a second case section each having a substantially cylindrical shape and an end portion of which is open, and a third case section configured to connect the first case section and the second case section, a diffraction lens is disposed in the first case section, an objective lens is disposed in the second case section, and a mirror member is disposed in the third case section and configured to bend light entering the diffraction lens side toward the objective lens side.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Mariko Marukawa, Takahiro Okuda, Kosuke Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20190285399Abstract: Provided is a sensor head capable of reduction in size while securing measurement accuracy. A sensor head includes a first case section and a second case section each having a substantially cylindrical shape and an end portion of which is open, and a third case section configured to connect the first case section and the second case section, a diffraction lens is disposed in the first case section, an objective lens is disposed in the second case section, and a mirror member is disposed in the third case section and configured to bend light entering the diffraction lens side toward the objective lens side.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Mariko MARUKAWA, Takahiro OKUDA, Kosuke SUGIYAMA
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Patent number: 10274309Abstract: Provided is a sensor head that can be miniaturized without compromising the measurement accuracy. A case of the sensor head includes a first case part and a second case part respectively having a substantially cylindrical shape with an axis, i.e., optical axis, as a central axis and being opened at an end part, and a connection member having a substantially annular shape with the axis as a central axis. The first case part and the second case part are connected to each other by screwing female thread parts and respectively formed on the inner circumferential surfaces thereof to a male thread part of the connection member.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Mariko Marukawa, Takahiro Okuda, Kosuke Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20190101378Abstract: Provided is a sensor head that can be miniaturized without compromising the measurement accuracy. A case of the sensor head includes a first case part and a second case part respectively having a substantially cylindrical shape with an axis, i.e., optical axis, as a central axis and being opened at an end part, and a connection member having a substantially annular shape with the axis as a central axis. The first case part and the second case part are connected to each other by screwing female thread parts and respectively formed on the inner circumferential surfaces thereof to a male thread part of the connection member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Mariko MARUKAWA, Takahiro OKUDA, Kosuke SUGIYAMA
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Publication number: 20190101374Abstract: Provided is a sensor head that can increase the flexibility of installation. The sensor head is a sensor head of a sensor for measuring displacement of a measurement object. The sensor head includes: a diffractive lens generating chromatic aberration along an optical axis direction on an incident light, a case part housing at least the diffractive lens inside, and fixing parts and used for fixing to a fixing object. The case part includes a cylindrical part having a cylindrical outer shape, and the outer shapes of the fixing parts and are within the outer shape of the cylindrical part when viewed in a central axis direction of the cylindrical part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Mariko MARUKAWA, Takahiro OKUDA, Kosuke SUGIYAMA
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Publication number: 20180216933Abstract: Provided is an inclination measuring device with excellent convenience. An inclination measuring device includes: an optical system (sensor head) configured to irradiate a measurement object with an irradiated light ray from a light source and receive a reflected light ray from a measurement surface; a light receiving unit including at least one spectroscope configured to separate the reflected light ray into wavelength components, and a detector in which a plurality of light receiving elements are disposed; a light guide including a plurality of cores; and a processor configured to calculate an inclination angle of the measurement surface based on reflected light rays with respect to a plurality of irradiated light rays with which a plurality of positions on the measurement surface are irradiated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke SUGIYAMA, Norihiro TOMAGO, Takahiro SUGA, Hiroaki TAKIMASA, Kenichi MATOBA
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Patent number: 8491157Abstract: To provide a method for manufacturing a plurality of types of illuminating devices having different specifications while reducing cost. A substrate includes a common flexible portion and a plurality of units bendable with respect to the common portion, where the common portion includes a pad that is extended in the horizontal direction in the plane of the drawing and that is arranged for every predefined interval. In the present manufacturing method, a substrate piece is created by cutting the substrate mounted with the light emitting element in a first direction, the common portion in the substrate piece is formed according to the illuminating device to be manufactured, the relative position of the individual portion with respect to the formed common portion is respectively positioned, and the wiring for supplying power to the pad in the substrate piece is formed.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2011Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Oba, Naoki Nishimori, Akira Matsui, Nobuharu Ishikawa, Yoshihiro Yamashita, Takahiro Suga, Kosuke Sugiyama
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Patent number: 8482662Abstract: An imaging device has a housing made of a first material having an open region, a first substrate for illumination arranged to cover the open region inside the housing, a second substrate for imaging arranged in parallel to the first substrate inside the housing, and a heat dissipating member made of a second material having a higher heat conductivity than the first material and being attached to a side surface of the housing so as to surround the open region of the housing. A concave is provided at the side surface of the housing, and the heat dissipating member includes a projection that fits to the concave.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Kosuke Sugiyama, Naoki Nishimori
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Patent number: 8348463Abstract: An illumination device has a board, a plurality of light emitting elements that are mounted on the board, the plurality of light emitting elements being disposed such that a light irradiation direction of each light emitting element becomes substantially perpendicular to the board, and a plurality of lenses. Each of the plurality of lens is paired with one of the plurality of light emitting elements. A relative positional relationship between the light emitting element and the lens in each pair varies according to a position on the board in which the corresponding light emitting element is disposed.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Hideyuki Murai, Naoki Nishimori, Kosuke Sugiyama, Akira Matsui, Kenji Homma, Jun Ota, Sayuki Nakada, Rie Masuda
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Publication number: 20110254999Abstract: An imaging device has a housing made of a first material having an open region, a first substrate for illumination arranged to cover the open region inside the housing, a second substrate for imaging arranged in parallel to the first substrate inside the housing, and a heat dissipating member made of a second material having a higher heat conductivity than the first material and being attached to a side surface of the housing so as to surround the open region of the housing. A concave is provided at the side surface of the housing, and the heat dissipating member includes a projection that fits to the concave.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2011Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke Sugiyama, Naoki Nishimori
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Publication number: 20110222286Abstract: To provide a method for manufacturing a plurality of types of illuminating devices having different specifications while reducing cost. A substrate includes a common flexible portion and a plurality of units bendable with respect to the common portion, where the common portion includes a pad that is extended in the horizontal direction in the plane of the drawing and that is arranged for every predefined interval. In the present manufacturing method, a substrate piece is created by cutting the substrate mounted with the light emitting element in a first direction, the common portion in the substrate piece is formed according to the illuminating device to be manufactured, the relative position of the individual portion with respect to the formed common portion is respectively positioned, and the wiring for supplying power to the pad in the substrate piece is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Hitoshi OBA, Naoki NISHIMORI, Akira MATSUI, Nobuharu ISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro YAMASHITA, Takahiro SUGA, Kosuke SUGIYAMA
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Publication number: 20110170293Abstract: An illumination device has a board, a plurality of light emitting elements that are mounted on the board, the plurality of light emitting elements being disposed such that a light irradiation direction of each light emitting element becomes substantially perpendicular to the board, and a plurality of lenses. Each of the plurality of lens is paired with one of the plurality of light emitting elements. A relative positional relationship between the light emitting element and the lens in each pair varies according to a position on the board in which the corresponding light emitting element is disposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Hideyuki Murai, Naoki Nishimori, Kosuke Sugiyama, Akira Matsui, Kenji Homma, Jun Ota, Sayuki Nakada, Rie Masuda
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Patent number: D574737Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2007Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Koji Shimada, Takashi Kamei, Masahiro Kurokawa, Gaku Shiramizu, Kosuke Sugiyama, Mai Takami, Yuki Taniyasu, Kazumi Tsuchimichi, Yuichi Doi, Seitaro Hirano, Kenji Horie, Takuya Murata, Koyuru Nakano