Patents by Inventor Michiko Baba
Michiko Baba 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: 9612109Abstract: An inner diameter measuring device for measuring a shape of an inner surface of a cylindrical member, comprising an image pickup unit (2) disposed on a base end side of a frame unit (10) and for picking up an image of a forward end side, a cone mirror unit (30) provided on a forward end side of the frame unit and having a cone mirror (29) with a conical reflection surface at a forward end, and a laser beam emitting unit (14) for emitting a laser beam (17) toward a forward end of the cone mirror, wherein the cone mirror unit can be replaced by another cone mirror unit having a cone mirror with a different vertical angle to suit measuring condition.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Michiko Baba, Kiyofumi Fujimura, Toshihiro Hayashi, Norimasa Taga
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Patent number: 9518817Abstract: An inner diameter measuring device comprises an object to be measured supporting carriage, being arranged movably along a rail installed on an upper surface of a bed and used for holding a hollow pipe to be measured, a supporting shaft extended from a base end to a forward end of the bed, being insertable into the pipe to be measured and being cantilever-supported, and an inner diameter measuring unit installed on a forward end of the supporting shaft, being insertable into the pipe to be measured and for measuring the inner surface of the pipe to be measured. The inner diameter measuring unit is adapted to be inserted into the pipe to be measured, and is adapted to measure an inner diameter of the pipe to be measured in a process where the object to be measured supporting carriage is moved toward the base end of the supporting shaft.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Michiko Baba, Kouzou Hasegawa, Norimasa Taga
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Patent number: 9470509Abstract: An inner diameter measuring device, comprising a measurement carriage traveled in straight direction, pipe holding frames disposed at front and rear positions and for mounting a pipe to be measured, a measuring head supported at a forward end of a supporting member extended in a direction parallel to advancing direction of the measurement carriage, a first and second laser distance measuring unit disposed in traveling distance of the measurement carriage and for performing distance measurement in two directions perpendicularly crossing to each other, wherein the pipe holding frames can adjust a supporting position of the pipe to be measured, the measuring head measures an inner diameter of the pipe to be measured, the first and second laser distance measuring units measure distance with respect to each of the reference outer peripheral surfaces at the parts, and the supporting position of the pipe to be measured is adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Michiko Baba, Kouzou Hasegawa, Norimasa Taga
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Patent number: 9429409Abstract: An inner diameter measuring device (4) for measuring an inner diameter by inserting an inner diameter measuring unit into an inside of a hollow member to be measured, comprises a supporting shaft (18) having the inner diameter measuring unit supported at a forward end, and a supporting mechanism unit (30) for cantilever-supporting the supporting shaft, wherein the supporting mechanism unit has a frame (31), a spherical bearing (33) and a deflection adjusting unit (35), wherein the shaft is supported by the frame via the spherical bearing, an end portion (32) of the supporting shaft is passed through the spherical bearing and is extended, and a position of an end of the end portion in vertical direction is adjusted by the deflection adjusting unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Michiko Baba, Kouzou Hasegawa, Norimasa Taga
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Patent number: 9410795Abstract: An inner diameter measuring device, comprising an image pickup unit (2) provided at a base end of a frame unit (6) and for picking up an image of a forward end side, a centering unit (4) provided at a forward end of the frame unit, a laser beam diffusing unit (5) provided on the centering unit and at a forward end side of the centering unit via a light transmitting window, a laser beam emitting unit (3) provided on a base end side of the centering unit, and a cone mirror (51) provided on the laser beam diffusing unit and having a conical reflection surface at a forward end, wherein a center line of the cone mirror coincides with an optical axis of the image pickup unit, and the centering unit is adapted to adjust a posture of the image pickup unit so that a laser beam (17) projected from the laser beam emitting unit enters a vertex of the cone mirror.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Michiko Baba, Kouzou Hasegawa, Kiyofumi Fujimura, Toshihiro Hayashi, Norimasa Taga
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Patent number: 9372061Abstract: An inner diameter measuring device (50) for measuring an inner diameter of a hollow object to be measured, wherein the inner diameter measuring device comprises a circulation unit (1) and a measuring head (2) and is insertable into inside of an object to be measured, wherein the measuring head has a contact measuring unit (27) for measuring the inner diameter by contacting an inner surface of the object to be measured and an advancing/retreating unit (23) for making the contact measuring unit to advance and to retreat in a radial direction, and wherein the circulation unit can rotate the measuring head around a center line (51) of the inner diameter measuring device.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Michiko Baba, Kouzou Hasegawa, Yuuichi Miura, Norimasa Taga, Tooru Fujii
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Patent number: 9372073Abstract: The invention relates to an inner diameter measuring device, having a non-contact measuring unit (3) and a contact measuring unit (4) arranged along the same center line, wherein the non-contact measuring unit comprises an image pickup unit (6) arranged on the center line, a laser beam emitting unit (7), and a laser beam diffusing unit (9) having a cone mirror, wherein a laser beam projected from the laser beam emitting unit to the cone mirror is reflected over a total circumference by the cone mirror, the image pickup unit takes an optical ring which is formed by projecting the reflected laser beam to an inner surface of a hollow portion, at least one of an inner diameter or a shape of the inner surface is measured based on an image picked up, and wherein the contact measuring unit comprises a contact measuring head (42) and a circulation unit (41) for circulating the contact measuring head around the center line, wherein the contact measuring head has a contact measuring unit having a contact at a forward eType: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Michiko Baba, Kouzou Hasegawa, Norimasa Taga, Tooru Fujii
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Patent number: 9145924Abstract: A rotation restricting device for rotation machine comprises a rotation shaft supporting body (2), a rotation shaft (3) rotatably provided on the rotation shaft supporting body, a fixing rind (5) fixed on an end portion of the rotation shaft, a position finding dog (6) provided on the fixing ring, a rotary cam (7) rotatably provided on the rotation shaft and disposed as relatively rotatable with respect to the fixing ring, a cutaway portion (8) formed on the rotary cam, a rotary dog (9) disposed on the rotary cam, and a stopper (13) provided on the rotation shaft supporting body, wherein the position finding dog is accommodated in the cutaway portion and can be rotated within a range in space as formed by the cutaway portion, the stopper is positioned on a locus of rotation of the rotary dog, and the rotation of the rotary cam is restricted when the rotary dog comes in contact with the stopper.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Michiko Baba, Yuuichi Miura, Kouzou Hasegawa, Norimasa Taga
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Publication number: 20150131109Abstract: An inner diameter measuring device, comprising a measurement carriage (2) traveled in straight direction, pipe holding frames (3, 4) disposed at front and rear positions with respect to advancing direction of the measurement carriage and for mounting a pipe to be measured (7), a measuring head (11) supported at a forward end of a supporting member (9) extended in a direction parallel to advancing direction of the measurement carriage, a first laser distance measuring unit (12) and a second laser distance measuring unit (13) disposed in traveling distance of the measurement carriage and for performing distance measurement in two directions perpendicularly crossing to each other, wherein the pipe holding frames can adjust a supporting position of the pipe to be measured as mounted in horizontal direction and in vertical direction, the measuring head measures an inner diameter of the pipe to be measured on condition that the measuring head is inserted in the pipe to be measured, reference outer peripheral surfacType: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: Michiko Baba, Kouzou Hasegawa, Norimasa Taga
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Publication number: 20150020395Abstract: An inner diameter measuring device (4) for measuring an inner diameter by inserting an inner diameter measuring unit into an inside of a hollow member to be measured, comprises a supporting shaft (18) having the inner diameter measuring unit supported at a forward end, and a supporting mechanism unit (30) for cantilever-supporting the supporting shaft, wherein the supporting mechanism unit has a frame (31), a spherical bearing (33) and a deflection adjusting unit (35), wherein the shaft is supported by the frame via the spherical bearing, an end portion (32) of the supporting shaft is passed through the spherical bearing and is extended, and a position of an end of the end portion in vertical direction is adjusted by the deflection adjusting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Michiko Baba, Kouzou Hasegawa, Norimasa Taga
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Publication number: 20150015695Abstract: An inner diameter measuring device, which comprises an object to be measured supporting carriage (3), being arranged movably along a rail (2) installed on an upper surface of a bed (1) and used for holding a hollow pipe to be measured (13), a supporting shaft (18) extended from a base end to a forward end of the bed, being insertable into the pipe to be measured and being cantilever-supported, and an inner diameter measuring unit (19) installed on a forward end of the supporting shaft, being insertable into the pipe to be measured and for measuring the inner surface of the pipe to be measured under inserted condition, wherein the pipe to be measured and the inner diameter measuring unit are installed along a same reference line, the object to be measured supporting carriage is movable from a condition where the inner diameter measuring unit is withdrawn from the pipe to be measured to a condition where the inner measuring unit reaches a base part of the pipe to be measured, the inner diameter measuring unit iType: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Michiko Baba, Kouzou Hasegawa, Norimasa Taga
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Publication number: 20150015873Abstract: An inner diameter measuring device, comprising an image pickup unit (2) provided at a base end of a frame unit (6) and for picking up an image of a forward end side, a centering unit (4) provided at a forward end of the frame unit, a laser beam diffusing unit (5) provided on the centering unit and at a forward end side of the centering unit via a light transmitting window, a laser beam emitting unit (3) provided on a base end side of the centering unit, and a cone mirror (51) provided on the laser beam diffusing unit and having a conical reflection surface at a forward end, wherein a center line of the cone mirror coincides with an optical axis of the image pickup unit, and the centering unit is adapted to adjust a posture of the image pickup unit so that a laser beam (17) projected from the laser beam emitting unit enters a vertex of the cone mirror.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Michiko Baba, Kouzou Hasegawa, Kiyofumi Fujimura, Toshihiro Hayashi, Norimasa Taga
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Publication number: 20150009322Abstract: An inner diameter measuring device for measuring a shape of an inner surface of a cylindrical member, comprising an image pickup unit (2) disposed on a base end side of a frame unit (10) and for picking up an image of a forward end side, a cone mirror unit (30) provided on a forward end side of the frame unit and having a cone mirror (29) with a conical reflection surface at a forward end, and a laser beam emitting unit (14) for emitting a laser beam (17) toward a forward end of the cone mirror, wherein the cone mirror unit can be replaced by another cone mirror unit having a cone mirror with a different vertical angle to suit measuring condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: Michiko Baba, Kiyofumi Fujimura, Toshihiro Hayashi, Norimasa Taga
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Publication number: 20150007440Abstract: An inner diameter measuring device (50) for measuring an inner diameter of a hollow object to be measured, wherein the inner diameter measuring device comprises a circulation unit (1) and a measuring head (2) and is insertable into inside of an object to be measured, wherein the measuring head has a contact measuring unit (27) for measuring the inner diameter by contacting an inner surface of the object to be measured and an advancing/retreating unit (23) for making the contact measuring unit to advance and to retreat in a radial direction, and wherein the circulation unit can rotate the measuring head around a center line (51) of the inner diameter measuring device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Applicant: IHI CorporationInventors: Michiko Baba, Kouzou Hasegawa, Yuuichi Miura, Norimasa Taga, Tooru Fujii
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Publication number: 20150002836Abstract: The invention relates to an inner diameter measuring device, having a non-contact measuring unit (3) and a contact measuring unit (4) arranged along the same center line, wherein the non-contact measuring unit comprises an image pickup unit (6) arranged on the center line, a laser beam emitting unit (7), and a laser beam diffusing unit (9) having a cone mirror, wherein a laser beam projected from the laser beam emitting unit to the cone mirror is reflected over a total circumference by the cone mirror, the image pickup unit takes an optical ring which is formed by projecting the reflected laser beam to an inner surface of a hollow portion, at least one of an inner diameter or a shape of the inner surface is measured based on an image picked up, and wherein the contact measuring unit comprises a contact measuring head (42) and a circulation unit (41) for circulating the contact measuring head around the center line, wherein the contact measuring head has a contact measuring unit having a contact at a forward eType: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: IHI CorporationInventors: Michiko Baba, Kouzou Hasegawa, Norimasa Taga, Tooru Fujii
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Publication number: 20150000465Abstract: A rotation restricting device for rotation machine comprises a rotation shaft supporting body (2), a rotation shaft (3) rotatably provided on the rotation shaft supporting body, a fixing rind (5) fixed on an end portion of the rotation shaft, a position finding dog (6) provided on the fixing ring, a rotary cam (7) rotatably provided on the rotation shaft and disposed as relatively rotatable with respect to the fixing ring, a cutaway portion (8) formed on the rotary cam, a rotary dog (9) disposed on the rotary cam, and a stopper (13) provided on the rotation. shaft supporting body, wherein the position finding dog is accommodated in the cutaway portion and can be rotated within a range in space as formed by the cutaway portion, the stopper is positioned on a locus of rotation of the rotary dog, and the rotation of the rotary cam is restricted when the rotary dog comes in contact with the stopper.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: IHI CorporationInventors: Michiko Baba, Yuuichi Miura, Kouzou Hasegawa, Norimasa Taga
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Patent number: 6725088Abstract: Disclosed is a female physical condition managing apparatus comprising: a bioelectrical impedance-meter; a memory for storing the so determined values of bioelectrical impedance; a decision-making unit for making a decision about the physical or mental condition of a woman on the basis of the time series analysis, which is made on the variation of the determined values of bioelectrical impedance; and a display showing the physical or mental condition of the woman in the form of graphs. This permits women to realize quickly what physical or mental condition they are put in. The female physical condition includes the premenstrual syndrome.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2001Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Tanita CorporationInventors: Michiko Baba, Kazue Sato
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Patent number: 6665561Abstract: Disclosed is a female physical condition managing apparatus, which permits a female user to make a quick decision as to which physical phase of the monthly body condition she has presently in terms of how the value of BI is changing. Also, an advisory message appropriate for health care is given to her. For example, the degree of swelling appearing for the PMS period is determined, and a most appropriate advice is given to her. Likewise, she can be advised while continuously watching the difference between the present weight and the target weight. The values of BI measured every day are shown in the form of graph, accompanying pieces of information of physical condition as determined.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2001Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: Tanita CorporationInventors: Michiko Baba, Tamaki Shoji, Miyuki Kodama
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Patent number: 6656130Abstract: Disclosed is a female physical condition managing apparatus comprising: a bioelectrical impedance-meter for determining BI values; a memory for storing the so determined BI values; a decision-making unit for making a decision about the monthly physical condition of a woman on the basis of the time series analysis of the variation of the BI values; and a display showing the so made decision on the monthly physical condition of the woman and a BI transition symbolic curve. This permits women to realize quickly what stage has been reached in the monthly physical condition. Presentation of measurement in the display is so dynamic that the viewer may not feel bored while the measurement is being made.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2001Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Tanita CorporationInventors: Tomoko Takehara, Kazue Sato, Tamaki Shoji, Michiko Baba
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Publication number: 20030073923Abstract: Disclosed is a female physical condition managing apparatus comprising: a bioelectrical impedance-meter; a memory for storing the so determined values of bioelectrical impedance; a decision-making unit for making a decision about the physical or mental condition of a woman on the basis of the time series analysis, which is made on the variation of the determined values of bioelectrical impedance; and a display showing the physical or mental condition of the woman in the form of graphs. This permits women to realize quickly what physical or mental condition they are put in. The female physical condition includes the premenstrual syndrome.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2001Publication date: April 17, 2003Applicant: Tanita CorporationInventors: Michiko Baba, Kazue Sato