Patents by Inventor Minako TERAO

Minako TERAO 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).

  • Patent number: 11927647
    Abstract: A current measurement device (1 and 2) is for measuring a current (I) flowing through measurement target conductors (MC1 and MC2), and the current measurement device includes: a plurality of triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12, and 13) disposed so that a magnetic sensing direction and a relative position have a prescribed relationship; a noise remover (25a) configured to remove noise components included in detection results of the plurality of triaxial magnetic sensors; a sign adder (25b) configured to add a sign to the detection results from which the noise components have been removed, based on sign information of each of the detection results of the plurality of triaxial magnetic sensors obtained at a specific point in time; and a current calculator (25c and 25d) configured to calculate a current flowing through the measurement target conductors by using the detection results to which the sign has been added by the sign adder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma Takenaka, Minako Terao, Kotaro Ogawa, Saki Kobako, Naoki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20230273243
    Abstract: A current measurement device (1 to 3) includes a first sensor (SE1) configured to detect a direct current magnetic field and a low-frequency alternating current magnetic field generated by a current (I) flowing through a measurement target conductor (MC), a hollow magnetic shielding member (12) that includes a cutout portion (CP2) into which the measurement target conductor is inserted and in which the first sensor is accommodated, a fixing mechanism (13) configured to fix the measurement target conductor such that a distance between a center of the measurement target conductor inserted into the cutout portion of the magnetic shielding member and the first sensor is a predetermined reference distance (r), and a first calculator (21) configured to calculate a current flowing through the measurement target conductor based on a detection result of the first sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuma TAKENAKA, Kotaro OGAWA, Minako TERAO, Naoki NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220299502
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting a target substance that is useful for detection of a glycoprotein and the like comprising a specific sugar chain, a reagent for detecting a target substance, a carrier and a method for manufacturing the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chikayuki TSURUNO, Shinya NAGAI, Minako TERAO, Chika MIZUTA, Takuya KYOUTOU
  • Publication number: 20220283247
    Abstract: A current measurement device (1 and 2) is for measuring a current (I) flowing through measurement target conductors (MC1 and MC2), and the current measurement device includes: a plurality of triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12, and 13) disposed so that a magnetic sensing direction and a relative position have a prescribed relationship; a noise remover (25a) configured to remove noise components included in detection results of the plurality of triaxial magnetic sensors; a sign adder (25b) configured to add a sign to the detection results from which the noise components have been removed, based on sign information of each of the detection results of the plurality of triaxial magnetic sensors obtained at a specific point in time; and a current calculator (25c and 25d) configured to calculate a current flowing through the measurement target conductors by using the detection results to which the sign has been added by the sign adder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuma TAKENAKA, Minako TERAO, Kotaro OGAWA, Saki KOBAKO, Naoki NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220244295
    Abstract: The current measurement device (1, 2) includes a first sensor (SE1) configured to detect a direct current magnetic field and a low-frequency alternating current magnetic field generated due to the current (1) flowing through the conductor (MC) to be measured, a second sensor (SE2) configured to detect alternating current magnetic fields from a low frequency to a high frequency generated due to the current (1) flowing through the conductor to be measured, a first calculator (21, 21A) configured to calculate the current flowing through the conductor to be measured from a detection result of the first sensor using distance information indicating a distance (r) between the first sensor (SE1) and the conductor (MC) to be measured, a second calculator (22) configured to calculate the current flowing through the conductor to be measured from a detection result of the second sensor, and a synthesizer (23) configured to synthesize a calculation result of the first calculator with a calculation result of the second cal
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuma TAKENAKA, Kotaro OGAWA, Minako TERAO, Naoki NOGUCHI, Saki KOBAKO, Fumitake TERAO, Satoshi YOSHITAKE
  • Publication number: 20220214383
    Abstract: A current measurement device includes: four or more triaxial magnetic sensors arranged to have predefined positional relationships such that magnetism-sensing directions thereof are parallel to each other; and a calculator configured to calculate currents flowing through a pair of conductors to be measured, which are arranged in proximity to each other, based on detection results of the four or more triaxial magnetic sensors and the positional relationships between the four or more triaxial magnetic sensors, the currents flowing in mutually opposite directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuma TAKENAKA, Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Minako TERAO, Kotaro OGAWA, Saki KOBAKO, Naoki NOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11378574
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting a target substance that is useful for detection of a glycoprotein and the like comprising a specific sugar chain, a reagent for detecting a target substance, a carrier and a method for manufacturing the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chikayuki Tsuruno, Shinya Nagai, Minako Terao, Chika Mizuta, Takuya Kyoutou
  • Patent number: 11360124
    Abstract: A current measuring device (1) includes two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12) that are arranged with a prescribed gap between the two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12) such that magnetic-sensing directions of the two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12) are parallel to each other, and a calculator configured to calculate a current (I) flowing in a measurement-object conductor (MC) based on detection results from the two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12) and a gap between the two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma Takenaka, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Minako Terao, Kotaro Ogawa, Saki Kobako
  • Publication number: 20210088557
    Abstract: A current measuring device (1) includes two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12) that are arranged with a prescribed gap between the the two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12) such that magnetic-sensing directions of the two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12) are parallel to each other, and a calculator configured to calculate a current (I) flowing in a measurement-object conductor (MC) based on detection results from the two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12) and a gap between the two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuma TAKENAKA, Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Minako TERAO, Kotaro OGAWA, Saki KOBAKO
  • Patent number: 9632062
    Abstract: An ultrasonic pipe measurement apparatus includes: a plurality of ultrasonic transceivers discretely disposed on a pipe wall of a pipe; and a control unit configured to control the plurality of ultrasonic transceivers and detect a generation point of damage caused in the pipe based on an ultrasonic signal exchanged between the ultrasonic transceivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Tanaka, Kazunori Miyazawa, Ken'ichi Kamada, Satoshi Kato, Yosuke Ishii, Sho Fujita, Yukiyo Akisada, Nobuo Okabe, Hiroaki Tanaka, Minako Terao
  • Patent number: 9581480
    Abstract: A micro flow sensor includes: a flow path through which a fluid to be measured flows; a detection unit having a heater configured to heat the fluid to be measured in the flow path and temperature sensors configured to measure temperature of a fluid to be measured in the flow path; an arithmetic unit configured to measure a flow rate of the fluid to be measured flowing through the flow path based on the temperature of the fluid to be measured, measured by the temperature sensors; and a narrowed portion disposed on an upstream side of the detection unit in the flow path for narrowing the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Tanaka, Minako Terao, Hiroaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160363586
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting a target substance that is useful for detection of a glycoprotein and the like comprising a specific sugar chain, a reagent for detecting a target substance, a carrier and a method for manufacturing the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chikayuki TSURUNO, Shinya NAGAI, Minako TERAO, Chika MIZUTA, Takuya KYOUTOU
  • Patent number: 9279708
    Abstract: An ultrasonic flowmeter includes a plurality of ultrasonic wave elements attached to an outer wall of a pipeline through which a measurement target fluid flows, and configured to transmit and receive an ultrasonic signal, wherein at least one of the ultrasonic wave elements is an ultrasonic wave transmission element and is attached to the outer wall of the pipeline so that an ultrasonic wave transmission surface thereof is in parallel to a pipe axis direction of the pipeline, and another at least one of the ultrasonic wave elements is an ultrasonic wave reception element and is attached to the outer wall of the pipeline so that an ultrasonic wave reception surface thereof is in parallel to the pipe axis direction of the pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Tanaka, Minako Terao, Yoshiaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150068311
    Abstract: An ultrasonic pipe measurement apparatus includes: a plurality of ultrasonic transceivers discretely disposed on a pipe wall of a pipe; and a control unit configured to control the plurality of ultrasonic transceivers and detect a generation point of damage caused in the pipe based on an ultrasonic signal exchanged between the ultrasonic transceivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki TANAKA, Kazunori MIYAZAWA, Ken'ichi KAMADA, Satoshi KATO, Yosuke ISHII, Sho FUJITA, Yukiyo AKISADA, Nobuo OKABE, Hiroaki TANAKA, Minako TERAO
  • Publication number: 20140366642
    Abstract: An ultrasonic flowmeter includes a plurality of ultrasonic wave elements attached to an outer wall of a pipeline through which a measurement target fluid flows, and configured to transmit and receive an ultrasonic signal, wherein at least one of the ultrasonic wave elements is an ultrasonic wave transmission element and is attached to the outer wall of the pipeline so that an ultrasonic wave transmission surface thereof is in parallel to a pipe axis direction of the pipeline, and another at least one of the ultrasonic wave elements is an ultrasonic wave reception element and is attached to the outer wall of the pipeline so that an ultrasonic wave reception surface thereof is in parallel to the pipe axis direction of the pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki TANAKA, Minako TERAO, Yoshiaki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20130319105
    Abstract: A micro flow sensor includes: a flow path through which a fluid to be measured flows; a detection unit having a heater configured to heat the fluid to be measured in the flow path and temperature sensors configured to measure temperature of a fluid to be measured in the flow path; an arithmetic unit configured to measure a flow rate of the fluid to be measured flowing through the flow path based on the temperature of the fluid to be measured, measured by the temperature sensors; and a narrowed portion disposed on an upstream side of the detection unit in the flow path for narrowing the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Yoshiaki TANAKA, Minako TERAO, Hiroaki TANAKA