Patents by Inventor Makoto Tabata

Makoto Tabata 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: 20230311333
    Abstract: A painting robot includes a base, a swivel base, a lower arm, an upper arm, and a wrist unit. The upper arm includes a first upper arm on a base end side and a second upper arm on a tip end side. The second upper arm is supported, on a base end side, by a tip end side of the first upper arm, the first upper arm being supported by the lower arm on an inner surface that is a side surface of the first upper arm, and pivots about a fourth axis parallel to a third axis. The first upper arm is equipped with a pump for an end effector on an inner surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi KONNO, Makoto TABATA, Yuta MATSUDA
  • Patent number: 11648641
    Abstract: Provided are a method for polishing a silicon substrate according to which PID can be reduced and a polishing composition set usable in the polishing method. The silicon substrate polishing method provided by this invention comprises a stock polishing step and a final polishing step. The stock polishing step comprises several stock polishing sub-steps carried out on one same platen. The several stock polishing sub-steps comprise a final stock polishing sub-step carried out while supplying a final stock polishing slurry PF to the silicon substrate. The total amount of the final stock polishing slurry PF supplied to the silicon substrate during the final stock polishing sub-step has a total weight of Cu and a total weight of Ni, at least one of which being 1 ?g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Makoto Tabata
  • Patent number: 11364643
    Abstract: An installing device includes a connection member and a linear motion support. The connection member is disposed at a base end portion of a hollow arm which extends in an extension direction and which has a hollow extending in the extension direction. A linear object passing through the hollow is connectable to the connection member. The linear motion support supports the connection member slidably with respect to the hollow arm in the extension direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Kensei Ishizu, Makoto Tabata, Hisayoshi Tsujibayashi, Tsuyoshi Ito
  • Publication number: 20220097232
    Abstract: A control system including a discharge control circuit configured to control an application device such that a coating is discharged from a discharge circuit; a robot control circuit configured to cause an articulated robot to change a position and an orientation of the discharge circuit such that the coating is applied to a workpiece; an application abnormality detection circuit configured to detect an abnormality in an application state of the coating on the basis of at least one of a state of the device or of the robot; an application position calculation circuit configured to calculate an application position of the coating; and an abnormality notification circuit configured to send a notification of a site of an abnormality in the application state on the workpiece on the basis of a detection result of the abnormality in the application state and a calculation result of the application position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Kensei ISHIZU, Makoto TABATA, Tatsuya NAKATA, Kenta KIKUCHI, Tsuyoshi ITO
  • Patent number: 11124675
    Abstract: A substrate polishing method includes a stock polishing step comprising a plurality of stock polishing sub-steps in which a first polishing solution, a second polishing solution, and a third polishing solution are applied, in that order, to a substrate. A content COMP1 of water-soluble polymer P1 in the first polishing solution, a content COMP2 of water-soluble polymer P2 in the second polishing solution, and a content COMP3 of water-soluble polymer P3 in the third polishing solution satisfy COMP1<COMP2<COMP3, and any one of the following conditions is satisfied: (1) average primary particle diameter DA3 of abrasive A3 in the third polishing solution is smaller than average primary particle diameter DA1 of abrasive A1 in the first polishing solution and average primary particle diameter DA2 of abrasive A2 in the second polishing solution; and (2) the third polishing solution does not contain abrasive A3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Makoto Tabata
  • Patent number: 11110267
    Abstract: An electrical treatment apparatus includes an electrode contactable with a body part, a voltage regulator to regulate a voltage applied to the electrode to provide electrical stimulation to the body part, and a control circuit to control the electrical treatment apparatus. While the control circuit is performing the treatment mode in which the voltage regulator is controlled to apply a voltage at a first voltage value corresponding to the treatment mode to the electrode, the control circuit controls the voltage regulator to switch a value of the voltage applied to the electrode from the first voltage value to a second voltage value and to thereafter switch the voltage value from the second voltage value to the first voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Samejima, Yui Watanabe, Makoto Tabata, Shozo Takamatsu, Tetsuya Sato
  • Patent number: 11097072
    Abstract: With a nebulizer mesh selection method it is possible to achieve optimal treatment which fits a medicine and a patient. A nebulizer mesh selection method includes a step of acquiring a medicine attribute, by a computer, a step of acquiring a patient breathing ability, a step of selecting a mesh that corresponds to the acquired medicine attribute and patient breathing ability based on a mesh selection table in which a predetermined mesh corresponds to a combination of a medicine attribute and a patient breathing ability, and a step of outputting the selected mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Tabata, Takao Terada, Kei Asai, Masao Maeda, Yusuke Kato
  • Patent number: 10960205
    Abstract: An electric treatment device includes an impedance detector to measure bioelectrical impedance at a site of a body of a user by using electrodes in contact with the site, a voltage controller to perform treatment of the site by controlling a voltage applied to the electrodes, and a timer to set a target time from when treatment of the site is started by the voltage controller to when the voltage value of the applied voltage reaches the target voltage value, based on the measured bioelectrical impedance. The greater the measured bioelectrical impedance is, the shorter the timer sets the target time. The voltage controller increases the voltage value of the applied voltage to the target voltage value based on the set target time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Samejima, Yui Watanabe, Makoto Tabata, Tetsuya Sato, Shozo Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 10899000
    Abstract: A robot includes a robot body and a feeding cable. The robot body is disposed in an explosion-proof region. The feeding cable is disposed in the explosion-proof region, and power is supplied to the robot body through the feeding cable. The feeding cable includes a plurality of wires and a cover. Each of the plurality of wires includes a conductor and an insulator covering the conductor. The cover covers the plurality of wires and has a thickness of equal to or greater than 10 percent of an outer diameter of the feeding cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Kensei Ishizu, Makoto Tabata, Kazunori Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Ito
  • Patent number: 10799902
    Abstract: An ultrasonic nebulizer includes a tank unit configured to be detachable with respect to a main body. The tank unit includes a working tank in which an ultrasonic vibrator is incorporated, a medicine tank, and a medicine tank cover, which are arranged overlaid in the stated order. The output of an oscillation circuit in the main body is applied to the ultrasonic vibrator through a main body-side contact electrode and a tank-side contact electrode when the tank unit is mounted on the main body. The main body includes an air fan that blows air into the medicine tank through an air duct of the medicine tank cover, and a medicine tank cover detection unit that detects whether or not the air duct of the medicine tank cover is adjacent to the main body so as to detect whether or not the tank unit is mounted on the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masao Maeda, Takaaki Okanishi, Makoto Tabata
  • Patent number: 10758685
    Abstract: An ultrasonic nebulizer includes a working tank configured to be detachable with respect to a main body. The working tank includes a rod-shaped tank-side contact electrode that extends in a vertical direction along an outer wall of the working tank. A specific portion that corresponds to a portion in a circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface of the tank-side contact electrode is exposed from the outer wall, and the remaining portion of the outer circumferential surface of the tank-side contact electrode is embedded inside of the outer wall and is connected to an electrode of an ultrasonic vibrator. A main body-side contact electrode comes into contact with the specific portion of the outer circumferential surface of the tank-side contact electrode when the working tank is mounted on the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeo Kinoshita, Takaaki Okanishi, Makoto Tabata, Hiroshi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10744279
    Abstract: An ultrasonic nebulizer includes: a working tank in which an ultrasonic vibrator is incorporated and in which a working liquid is stored facing the ultrasonic vibrator; a medicine tank that stores a medicinal liquid, at least a bottom portion thereof being dipped in the working liquid; and a main body that includes an oscillation circuit that is to drive the ultrasonic vibrator. The medicine tank is configured to be detachable with respect to the working tank. The working tank is configured to be detachable with respect to the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Tabata, Takaaki Okanishi, Shigeo Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20200181453
    Abstract: Provided is a method of polishing a substrate in which a surface with high flatness and few defects can be realized with high efficiency. The method of polishing a substrate provided according to the present invention includes a plurality of stock polishing sub-steps that are performed by supplying a first polishing solution, a second polishing solution, and a third polishing solution in this order in a stock polishing step of a substrate. The relationships between a content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Makoto TABATA
  • Publication number: 20200139116
    Abstract: An electrical treatment device (200) includes an input unit (402) that receives an input of body information relating to a body of a user; a load calculation unit (406) that calculates a load on a knee region of the user on the basis of sensor information and the body information, the sensor information being detected by one or more sensors attached to the knee region of the user; a walking performance calculation unit (408) that calculates a walking performance of the user on the basis of at least acceleration information detected by an acceleration sensor, the acceleration sensor being one of the one or more sensors; and a treatment control unit (410) that controls a voltage applied to a plurality of electrodes that come into contact with the knee region of the user to perform treatment on the knee region. The treatment control unit (410) performs treatment on the knee region at an electrical stimulation intensity appropriate for the user on the basis of the load and the walking performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Mitsuru SAMEJIMA, Yui WATANABE, Makoto TABATA, Tetsuya SATO, Shozo TAKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20200086508
    Abstract: An installing device includes a connection member and a linear motion support. The connection member is disposed at a base end portion of a hollow arm which extends in an extension direction and which has a hollow extending in the extension direction. A linear object passing through the hollow is connectable to the connection member. The linear motion support supports the connection member slidably with respect to the hollow arm in the extension direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Kensei ISHIZU, Makoto TABATA, Hisayoshi TSUJIBAYASHI, Tsuyoshi ITO
  • Patent number: 10525658
    Abstract: A method for producing a mesh including a resin mesh main body, and a resin reinforcing member configured to reinforce the mesh main body includes: a step of forming a plurality of through-holes using a laser beam in a mesh formation region of a first film material made of resin; a step of forming an opening portion in a second film material made of resin; a step of layering the first film material and the second film material so that the mesh formation region and the opening portion are arranged at positions that conform to each other; and a step of joining the first film material and the second film material to each other through laser welding at a portion surrounding the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: OMRON Corporation, OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirono, Yuka Tanioka, Junji Kawamoto, Makoto Tabata, Akio Sumiya
  • Publication number: 20190388681
    Abstract: An information processing device that determines a treatment content to be performed from a behavior tendency of a user itself of an electrical treatment device. The information processing device includes a control unit configured to control the information processing device, wherein the control unit includes a storage processing unit configured to acquire behavior information indicating a content of a behavior of a user of an electrical treatment device and store the behavior information in a storage unit, a tendency determination unit configured to determine a behavior tendency on the basis of the behavior information indicating the content of the behavior of the user stored in the storage unit, and a program determination unit configured to determine a treatment program for causing the electrical treatment device to perform a treatment content corresponding to the behavior tendency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru SAMEJIMA, Yui WATANABE, Makoto TABATA, Tetsuya SATO, Shozo TAKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20190321622
    Abstract: An electrical treatment apparatus includes an electrode contactable with a body part, a voltage regulator to regulate a voltage applied to the electrode to provide electrical stimulation to the body part, and a control circuit to control the electrical treatment apparatus. While the control circuit is performing the treatment mode in which the voltage regulator is controlled to apply a voltage at a first voltage value corresponding to the treatment mode to the electrode, the control circuit controls the voltage regulator to switch a value of the voltage applied to the electrode from the first voltage value to a second voltage value and to thereafter switch the voltage value from the second voltage value to the first voltage value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Mitsuru SAMEJIMA, Yui WATANABE, Makoto TABATA, Shozo TAKAMATSU, Tetsuya SATO
  • Publication number: 20190247646
    Abstract: An electric treatment device includes an impedance detector to measure bioelectrical impedance at a site of a body of a user by using electrodes in contact with the site, a voltage controller to perform treatment of the site by controlling a voltage applied to the electrodes, and a timer to set a target time from when treatment of the site is started by the voltage controller to when the voltage value of the applied voltage reaches the target voltage value, based on the measured bioelectrical impedance. The greater the measured bioelectrical impedance is, the shorter the timer sets the target time. The voltage controller increases the voltage value of the applied voltage to the target voltage value based on the set target time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Mitsuru SAMEJIMA, Yui WATANABE, Makoto TABATA, Tetsuya SATO, Shozo TAKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20190247647
    Abstract: An electric treatment device includes an impedance detector to measure bioelectrical impedance at a site of a body of a user, using electrodes in contact with the site, a voltage controller to perform treatment of the site by controlling a voltage applied to the electrodes, a storage to store a current value corresponding to an electric stimulation intensity provided to the site and desired by the user, and a voltage controller to set a target voltage value of the applied voltage based on the measured bioelectrical impedance and the current value stored in the storage. The voltage controller increases the voltage value of the applied voltage until the target voltage value set by the voltage controller is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Mitsuru SAMEJIMA, Yui WATANABE, Makoto TABATA, Tetsuya SATO, Shozo TAKAMATSU