Patents by Inventor Naohiko Fukaya

Naohiko Fukaya 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: 11719714
    Abstract: The automatic analyzer includes: a liquid dispensing mechanism that performs suction of a liquid; a pressure sensor that measures a change of an internal pressure of a probe provided at the liquid dispensing mechanism; a determination section that determines whether the suction of the liquid by the probe is normal suction or air suction abnormality; an analysis section; a storage section that stores a cumulative number of times of air suction abnormality per liquid and an allowable cumulative number for the cumulative number of times of air suction abnormality; and a controller that exercises operation control over the liquid dispensing mechanism, the determination section, and the analysis section. The controller exercises control such that the cumulative number of times of air suction abnormality is updated and the updated cumulative number is stored in the storage section even if the air suction abnormality occurs non-consecutively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION, ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Sayaka Sarwar, Masaharu Nishida, Yoko Inoue, Masafumi Shimada, Kenichi Yagi, Naohiko Fukaya, Andrew McCaughey
  • Patent number: 11156624
    Abstract: The present invention has been made to solve the above problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic analyzer that enables control related to a search screen display of an automatic analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naohiko Fukaya
  • Publication number: 20200264206
    Abstract: The automatic analyzer includes: a liquid dispensing mechanism that performs suction of a liquid; a pressure sensor that measures a change of an internal pressure of a probe provided at the liquid dispensing mechanism; a determination section that determines whether the suction of the liquid by the probe is normal suction or air suction abnormality; an analysis section; a storage section that stores a cumulative number of times of air suction abnormality per liquid and an allowable cumulative number for the cumulative number of times of air suction abnormality; and a controller that exercises operation control over the liquid dispensing mechanism, the determination section, and the analysis section. The controller exercises control such that the cumulative number of times of air suction abnormality is updated and the updated cumulative number is stored in the storage section even if the air suction abnormality occurs non-consecutively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Sayaka SARWAR, Masaharu NISHIDA, Yoko INOUE, Masafumi SHIMADA, Kenichi YAGI, Naohiko FUKAYA, Andrew MCCAUGHEY
  • Publication number: 20190187164
    Abstract: The present invention has been made to solve the above problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic analyzer that enables control related to a search screen display of an automatic analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: Naohiko FUKAYA
  • Publication number: 20150124077
    Abstract: A charged particle beam adjustment assistance device that can assist work to adjust a charged particle beam apparatus having a three-dimensional observing function and reduce human labor and man-hours required for adjustment value inputting is provided. An adjustment value acquiring unit generates optimal three-dimensional adjustment value information on the basis of two-dimensional adjustment value information and two/three-dimensional adjustment value correspondence information generated according to information inputted from a charged particle beam adjuster terminal, transmits the three-dimensional adjustment value information to the charged particle beam apparatus, and sets the three-dimensional adjustment value information therein. Therefore, the charged particle beam adjuster can reduce adjusting work required for three-dimensional observation and facilitate the work of observing three-dimensional images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Naohiko Fukaya, Kenji Kitagawa, Masakazu Yagi, Yukie Hiratsuka, Wataru Kotake
  • Publication number: 20080040677
    Abstract: A HMI (Human Machine Interface) development support apparatus that has at least a CPU, memory devices, a display unit and an input device and supports development of a display screen regarding a HMI of an information processing system includes a layout editing means that creates a layout of the display screen regarding the HMI of the information processing system in such a manner that the layout editing means lays out at least either a graphic component having graphic data or an image component having image data based on operational information input from the input device; an image editing means that creates an image for either the graphical component or the image component based on the operational information input from the input device; and data storage means that stores layout data of the layout created by the layout editing means, component data of components included in the layout and image data of the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Atarashi, Toshihiro Kujirai, Keiji Doi, Naohiko Fukaya
  • Publication number: 20080034322
    Abstract: An image design support tool for designing a display image of an information terminal, which includes: storage means for storing a plurality of display images and an image group to which the display images belong; first setting means for setting a first display rule on each image group for displaying an interruption screen on an interruption event occurring; second setting means for setting a second display rule on each display image for the interruption screen on an interruption event occurring as an exception of the first display rule; and guidance means for generating and outputting guidance information on an image group to which the display image, to which the second display rule is applied, is transferred by using a difference between the first display rule and the second display rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Kujirai, Naohiko Fukaya, Yoshitaka Atarashi, Keiji Doi