Patents by Inventor Norimoto Hirayama

Norimoto Hirayama 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: 20070220995
    Abstract: A flowmeter includes: a transit time method unit having a sensor and a reception signal amplification control unit and a flow rate calculation unit which are connected to the sensor via a sensor selector switch; a pulse Doppler method having a reception signal amplification control unit and an integration calculation unit which are connected to the sensor; a transmission/reception timing control unit common to them; a measurement method selection control unit for controlling switching between the transit time method unit and the pulse Doppler method unit, and parallel operation; and a measurement value output selector switch for selecting the output of the transit time method unit and the pulse Doppler method unit. That is, the single flowmeter can perform flow rate measurement by the transit time method having no restriction on the measurement range as well as by the pulse Doppler method having an upper limit of the measurement range but enabling a highly accurate measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Masami Kishiro, Kouji Hagiwara, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Hironobu Yao, Yoshinori Ohmuro, Norimoto Hirayama