Patents by Inventor Masahiro Akamatsu
Masahiro Akamatsu 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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Patent number: 11243546Abstract: A management system manages travel of at least one vehicle, and includes a vehicle and a travel management apparatus. The vehicle includes motors, a drive unit to move the vehicle by controlling the motors, a first communication circuit, and a control circuit. The travel management apparatus includes a signal processing circuit to generate an nth command for causing the vehicle to move from an n (n: a positive integer)th location to an (n+1)th location and a second communication circuit. When the vehicle arrives in a region defined for the (n+1)th location while moving from the nth location toward the (n+1)th location, the vehicle transmits a notification of arrival-in-region to the travel management apparatus. Upon receiving the notification of arrival-in-region, the travel management apparatus generates an (n+1)th command for causing the vehicle to move from the (n+1)th location to an (n+2)th location, and transmits it to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: NIDEC-SHIMPO CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Akamatsu, Noriyuki Murai
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Patent number: 11148697Abstract: An automatic guided vehicle according to one aspect of the present invention moves a trolley including a trolley body, wheels attached to the trolley body, and a section to be connected which is provided on the lower surface of the trolley body. The automatic guided vehicle is provided with: a vehicle body; drive wheels attached to the vehicle body; and a connection mechanism which is connected to the trolley, wherein the connection mechanism includes a connecting section disposed on an upper side of the upper surface of the vehicle body so as to be movable horizontally in a first direction, and includes a drive apparatus which moves the connecting section in the first direction and connects the connecting section to the section to be connected.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: NIDEC-SHIMPO CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Akamatsu, Hiroki Akamatsu, Norio Deguchi, Syunta Sato, Hitoshi Inoue
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Patent number: 10866587Abstract: There is provided a management system for vehicles which can make it easier to introduce changes in the traveling path on the field. A management system 1 manages travel of a vehicle by using a travel management apparatus. The vehicle includes a plurality of driving wheels to be driven by a plurality of motors, a drive unit to rotate the driving wheels, a first communication circuit which receives data representing a traveling path from the travel management apparatus, and a control circuit which causes the vehicle to travel along the traveling path.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: NIDEC SHIMPO CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Akamatsu, Syunta Sato
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Publication number: 20200264631Abstract: A management system manages travel of at least one vehicle, and includes a vehicle and a travel management apparatus. The vehicle includes motors, a drive unit to move the vehicle by controlling the motors, a first communication circuit, and a control circuit. The travel management apparatus includes a signal processing circuit to generate an nth command for causing the vehicle to move from an n (n: a positive integer)th location to an (n+1)th location and a second communication circuit. When the vehicle arrives in a region defined for the (n+1)th location while moving from the nth location toward the (n+1)th location, the vehicle transmits a notification of arrival-in-region to the travel management apparatus. Upon receiving the notification of arrival-in-region, the travel management apparatus generates an (n+1)th command for causing the vehicle to move from the (n+1)th location to an (n+2)th location, and transmits it to the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2018Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Masahiro AKAMATSU, Noriyuki MURAI
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Publication number: 20190270472Abstract: An automatic guided vehicle according to one aspect of the present invention moves a trolley including a trolley body, wheels attached to the trolley body, and a section to be connected which is provided on the lower surface of the trolley body. The automatic guided vehicle is provided with: a vehicle body; drive wheels attached to the vehicle body; and a connection mechanism which is connected to the trolley, wherein the connection mechanism includes a connecting section disposed on an upper side of the upper surface of the vehicle body so as to be movable horizontally in a first direction, and includes a drive apparatus which moves the connecting section in the first direction and connects the connecting section to the section to be connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2017Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: NIDEC-SHIMPO CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro AKAMATSU, Hiroki AKAMATSU, Norio DEGUCHI, Syunta SATO, Hitoshi INOUE
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Patent number: 10379541Abstract: A mobile unit control device includes an imaging unit, an identification unit, and a control unit. When installed on a mobile unit, the imaging unit captures at least a portion of the surroundings of the mobile unit to obtain an image thereof. When the image captured by the imaging unit includes a figure of a person, the identification unit determines a trunk of the person in the figure of the person as a representative point. The control unit controls a movement of the mobile unit on the basis of the position of the representative point determined by the identification unit in the image.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Ousmane Monzon Sangare, Masahiro Akamatsu, Masayuki Otani
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Publication number: 20190155275Abstract: There is provided a management system for vehicles which can make it easier to introduce changes in the traveling path on the field. A management system 1 manages travel of a vehicle by using a travel management apparatus. The vehicle includes a plurality of driving wheels to be driven by a plurality of motors, a drive unit to rotate the driving wheels, a first communication circuit which receives data representing a traveling path from the travel management apparatus, and a control circuit which causes the vehicle to travel along the traveling path.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Masahiro AKAMATSU, Syunta SATO
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Publication number: 20180231983Abstract: A mobile unit control device includes an imaging unit, an identification unit, and a control unit. When installed on a mobile unit, the imaging unit captures at least a portion of the surroundings of the mobile unit to obtain an image thereof. When the image captured by the imaging unit includes a figure of a person, the identification unit determines a trunk of the person in the figure of the person as a representative point. The control unit controls a movement of the mobile unit on the basis of the position of the representative point determined by the identification unit in the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2015Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Ousmane Monzon SANGARE, Masahiro AKAMATSU, Masayuki OTANI
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Patent number: 8553306Abstract: An optical deflector includes a plurality of piezoelectric unimorph oscillating bodies (210a to 210d) that cause a reflecting plate (1) to oscillate rotationally, centering upon a pair of flexible support units (2a and 2b). The optical deflector forms a single structure of the oscillating plates (23a to 23b), the reflecting plate (1), the flexible support units (2a and 2b), and a support body (9), by connecting one set of the terminals of the oscillating plates (23a to 23d) of the suite of piezoelectric unimorph oscillating bodies (210a to 210d) to the flexible support units (2a and 2b), and connecting the other set of terminals to the support body (9). Furthermore, the plurality of piezoelectric unimorph oscillating bodies (210a to 210d) each respectively comprise a plurality of parallel oscillating bodies (23a1 to 23a-3, 23b-1 to 23b-3, 23c-1 to 23c-3), and (23d-1 to 23d-3), and a suite of parallel actuators (28a-1 to 28a-3, 28c-1 to 28c-3, and 28d-1 to 28d-3).Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2008Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsurou Saitoh, Eiji Mochizuki, Yukito Sato, Yoshiaki Yasuda, Masahiro Akamatsu, Masanao Tani
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Patent number: 7773282Abstract: An optical deflector includes a mirror having a reflective plane; a torsion bar extending outwardly from a side of said mirror; a support surrounding said mirror; a piezoelectric cantilever including a supporting body and a piezoelectric body formed on the supporting body, one end of said piezoelectric cantilever being connected to said torsion bar, the other end of the piezoelectric cantilever being connected to said support, said piezoelectric cantilever, upon application of a driving voltage to the piezoelectric body, exhibiting a bending deformation due to piezoelectricity so as to rotate said torsion bar, thereby rotarily driving said mirror through said torsion bar; and an impact attenuator connected to said support, the impact attenuator being disposed in a gap between said mirror and said support.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2009Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanao Tani, Yoshiaki Yasuda, Masahiro Akamatsu, Takanori Aimono
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Method for producing transparent polypropylene based sheet and transparent polypropylene based sheet
Patent number: 7691306Abstract: The present invention relates to a transparent polypropylene based sheet and its manufacturing method capable of: providing proper properties as a transparent sheet such as tensile characteristic, impact resistance, rigidity and little generation of whitening when being folded as well as maintaining transparency; preventing generation of a gum-like material in molding; and realizing continuous production. A manufacturing machine 1 includes: an extruding unit 11 for melting and kneading a raw material and extruding the material into a sheet-like shape; a first cooling unit 12 for cooling the melted sheet-like resin composition 20a to obtain a sheet (sheet-like article) 20; a preheating unit 13 for reheating the sheet 20; a heat treatment unit 14 for heat-treating the sheet-like resin composition 20; and a second cooling unit 15 for cooling the heat-treated sheet 20. The raw material of a resulting sheet 21 contains a polypropylene resin (a) and a metallocene-type ethylene-?-olefin copolymer (b).Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2005Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Idemitsu Unitech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Funaki, Masahiro Akamatsu, Shigeki Yamaguchi, Kenichi Mori, Tomoyuki Kitajima -
Publication number: 20090323151Abstract: An optical deflector includes a mirror having a reflective plane; a torsion bar extending outwardly from a side of said mirror; a support surrounding said mirror; a piezoelectric cantilever including a supporting body and a piezoelectric body formed on the supporting body, one end of said piezoelectric cantilever being connected to said torsion bar, the other end of the piezoelectric cantilever being connected to said support, said piezoelectric cantilever, upon application of a driving voltage to the piezoelectric body, exhibiting a bending deformation due to piezoelectricity so as to rotate said torsion bar, thereby rotarily driving said mirror through said torsion bar; and an impact attenuator connected to said support, the impact attenuator being disposed in a gap between said mirror and said support.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2009Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanao Tani, Yoshiaki Yasuda, Masahiro Akamatsu, Takanori Aimono
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Patent number: 7605966Abstract: An optical deflector includes a mirror having a reflective plane; a torsion bar extending outwardly from an end of said mirror; a support surrounding said mirror; a first piezoelectric element, one end of said first piezoelectric element being connected to said torsion bar, the other end of the first piezoelectric element being connected to and supported by said support, said first piezoelectric element having at least one piezoelectric cantilever, the cantilever including a supporting body and a piezoelectric body formed on the supporting body to exhibit bending deformation due to piezoelectricity when a driving voltage is applied to the piezoelectric body, said piezoelectric element rotarily driving said mirror through said torsion bar when said driving voltage is applied; and a second piezoelectric element, one end of said second piezoelectric element being connected to said torsion bar, the other end of the second piezoelectric element being connected to and supported by said mirror.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2009Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanao Tani, Yoshiaki Yasuda, Masahiro Akamatsu, Takanori Aimono
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Patent number: 7605965Abstract: An optical deflector includes a mirror having a reflective plane; a torsion bar extending outwardly from a side of said mirror; a support surrounding said mirror; a piezoelectric cantilever including a supporting body and a piezoelectric body formed on the supporting body, one end of said piezoelectric cantilever being connected to said torsion bar, the other end of the piezoelectric cantilever being connected to said support, said piezoelectric cantilever, upon application of a driving voltage to the piezoelectric body, exhibiting a bending deformation due to piezoelectricity so as to rotate said torsion bar, thereby rotarily driving said mirror through said torsion bar; and an impact attenuator connected to said support, the impact attenuator being disposed in a gap between said mirror and said support.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2009Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanao Tani, Yoshiaki Yasuda, Masahiro Akamatsu, Takanori Aimono
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Publication number: 20090185253Abstract: An optical deflector includes a mirror having a reflective plane; a torsion bar extending outwardly from an end of said mirror; a support surrounding said mirror; a first piezoelectric element, one end of said first piezoelectric element being connected to said torsion bar, the other end of the first piezoelectric element being connected to and supported by said support, said first piezoelectric element having at least one piezoelectric cantilever, the cantilever including a supporting body and a piezoelectric body formed on the supporting body to exhibit bending deformation due to piezoelectricity when a driving voltage is applied to the piezoelectric body, said piezoelectric element rotarily driving said mirror through said torsion bar when said driving voltage is applied; and a second piezoelectric element, one end of said second piezoelectric element being connected to said torsion bar, the other end of the second piezoelectric element being connected to and supported by said mirror.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2009Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanao Tani, Yoshiaki Yasuda, Masahiro Akamatsu, Takanori Aimono
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Publication number: 20090180167Abstract: An optical deflector includes a mirror having a reflective plane; a torsion bar extending outwardly from a side of said mirror; a support surrounding said mirror; a piezoelectric cantilever including a supporting body and a piezoelectric body formed on the supporting body, one end of said piezoelectric cantilever being connected to said torsion bar, the other end of the piezoelectric cantilever being connected to said support, said piezoelectric cantilever, upon application of a driving voltage to the piezoelectric body, exhibiting a bending deformation due to piezoelectricity so as to rotate said torsion bar, thereby rotarily driving said mirror through said torsion bar; and an impact attenuator connected to said support, the impact attenuator being disposed in a gap between said mirror and said support.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2009Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanao Tani, Yoshiaki Yasuda, Masahiro Akamatsu, Takanori Aimono
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Patent number: D810799Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: NIDEC SHIMPO CORPORATIONInventors: Masashi Sokuza, Masahiro Akamatsu, Norio Deguchi
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Patent number: D860230Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: NIDEC-SHIMPO CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Adachi, Masahiro Akamatsu
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Patent number: D876278Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: NIDEC-SHIMPO CORPORATIONInventors: Masashi Sokuza, Masahiro Akamatsu
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Patent number: D907655Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: NIDEC-SHIMPO CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Adachi, Maiko Ryu, Yuhei Kakumiya, Masahiro Akamatsu