Patents by Inventor Koukichi Shimada

Koukichi Shimada 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: 20120285787
    Abstract: A bill depositing-and-dispensing device has: a customer-interface unit including a customer-interface-opening for performing a transaction of a bill with a user, a conveying-path connecting the customer-interface-opening and a storage-destination of a bill, a switching mechanism switching a traveling-path of a bill in accordance with a storage-destination of a bill conveyed on the conveying-path, and a discriminating section discriminating a bill conveyed on the conveying-path; at least one storage-cassette including a storage portion storing a bill, a first conveying-path connecting to the customer-interface unit or an adjacent storage-cassette, a second conveying-path conveying a bill in both directions between the first conveying-path and the storage portion, a switching mechanism switching a traveling-path of a bill, and a thickness sensor identifying a thickness of a bill drawn-out from the storage portion; and a reject take-in unit storing a bill that is not held at the customer-interface unit and the s
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro HOSOKAWA, Yukihiro NEMOTO, Katsuyoshi TOMIZAWA, Koukichi SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 8311671
    Abstract: In a robot for training a rehabilitator, the driving of actuators is controlled to generate the forces acting in six directions at the distal end of a bi-articular arm device to reproduce the relationship between the muscular output of the upper or lower limb of the human body and the output direction at the distal end of the limb. The rehabilitator can experience the relationship between the outputs of his or her limb muscles and the output direction at the distal end of the limb. Thus, the six actuators are run in operation along a predetermined sequence. One or more of the actuators, selected so that the direction of the force generated at the distal end of the first link will be the selected direction, is run in operation. The rehabilitator holding the distal end of the first link may physically experience the direction of that force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Tokita, Koukichi Shimada
  • Publication number: 20080288107
    Abstract: In a robot for training a rehabilitator, the driving of actuators is controlled to generate the forces acting in six directions at the distal end of a bi-articular arm device to reproduce the relationship between the muscular output of the upper or lower limb of the human body and the output direction at the distal end of the limb. The rehabilitator can experience the relationship between the outputs of his or her limb muscles and the output direction at the distal end of the limb. Thus, the six actuators are run in operation along a predetermined sequence. One or more of the actuators, selected so that the direction of the force generated at the distal end of the first link will be the selected direction, is run in operation. The rehabilitator holding the distal end of the first link may physically experience the direction of that force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mamoru TOKITA, Koukichi SHIMADA