Patents by Inventor Osamu Mizuno
Osamu Mizuno 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: 12092563Abstract: A sensor includes three structures, a measurer to measure a resistance value, an analyzer to identify the type of a corrosive gas present in an environment based on the resistance value and corrosion resistance information of the three structures, and a notification device. The three structures include a first structure, a second structure, and a third structure. The magnitude relation in corrosion resistance between the three structures differs between a first environment, a second environment, and a third environment. The corrosive gas of the first type is present and the corrosive gas of the second type is not present in the first environment. The corrosive gas of the second type is present and the corrosive gas of the first type is not present in the second environment. The corrosive gas of the first type and the corrosive gas of the second type are both present in the third environment.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Raizo Maeda, Tetsuo Tanaka, Osamu Mizuno
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Publication number: 20240264070Abstract: A sensor includes three structures, a measurer to measure a resistance value, an analyzer to identify the type of a corrosive gas present in an environment based on the resistance value and corrosion resistance information of the three structures, and a notification device. The three structures include a first structure, a second structure, and a third structure. The magnitude relation in corrosion resistance between the three structures differs between a first environment, a second environment, and a third environment. The corrosive gas of the first type is present and the corrosive gas of the second type is not present in the first environment. The corrosive gas of the second type is present and the corrosive gas of the first type is not present in the second environment. The corrosive gas of the first type and the corrosive gas of the second type are both present in the third environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2021Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Raizo MAEDA, Tetsuo TANAKA, Osamu MIZUNO
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Patent number: 11827449Abstract: A mover according to the present disclosure includes: a body to move; a second member; a suction unit; a location detection unit; a first moving part, and a second moving part. The second member moves in a state where the second member is combined with a first member provided for an object, as the body is displaced relative to the object. The suction unit is sucked to the object in the state where the second member is combined with the first member. The location detection unit detects a location of the body with respect to the object by detecting movement of the second member. The first moving part moves the body until the state where the second member is combined with the first member is established. The second moving part displaces the body relative to the object in the state where the second member is combined with the first member.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Shirouzu, Osamu Mizuno
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Patent number: 11747264Abstract: The corrosion detection sensor detects corrosion to an electrical apparatus caused by a corrosive gas. The corrosion detection sensor includes a metal thin film to be corroded by the corrosive gas, a resistive element connected in series to the metal thin film, a resistance measuring instrument that measures a combined resistance of the metal thin film and the resistive element, and a notification unit that outputs a detection result indicating that the combined resistance measured by the resistance measuring unit is greater than a predetermined reference resistance. The reference resistance is determined according to a danger level indicating that the electrical apparatus is corrosively damaged by the corrosive gas.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hisakatsu Kawarai, Raizo Maeda, Tetsuo Tanaka, Osamu Mizuno
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Publication number: 20220307969Abstract: The corrosion detection sensor detects corrosion to an electrical apparatus caused by a corrosive gas. The corrosion detection sensor includes a metal thin film to be corroded by the corrosive gas, a resistive element connected in series to the metal thin film, a resistance measuring instrument that measures a combined resistance of the metal thin film and the resistive element, and a notification unit that outputs a detection result indicating that the combined resistance measured by the resistance measuring unit is greater than a predetermined reference resistance. The reference resistance is determined according to a danger level indicating that the electrical apparatus is corrosively damaged by the corrosive gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2019Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hisakatsu KAWARAI, Raizo MAEDA, Tetsuo TANAKA, Osamu MIZUNO
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Patent number: 11353883Abstract: A carrier includes a body, a sensor, and an output unit. The body has the ability to travel autonomously and includes a holding mechanism for holding a burden. The sensor is provided for the body and detects a situation surrounding the body. The output unit outputs detected information, collected by the sensor, about the situation to a management device that manages operation of another carrier.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Ikawa, Hiroshi Shirouzu, Osamu Mizuno
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Patent number: 11320831Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mover including an object detecting unit and either a masking processing unit or a transmission restricting unit as an additional processing unit. The object detecting unit detects an object based on a reception signal output from a receiver unit by having a transmitter unit transmit a scanning wave and by having the receiver unit receive a reflected wave, which is a component, reflected from the object, of the scanning wave. The masking processing unit performs masking processing of masking, in accordance with a timing at which, and/or a direction of incidence in which, a disturbance wave, not depending on the scanning wave, is incident on the receiver unit, a portion of the reception signal output from the receiver unit. The transmission restricting unit restricts a transmission range in which the transmitter unit transmits the scanning wave.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Shirouzu, Yoshihiro Ikawa, Osamu Mizuno
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Patent number: 11185979Abstract: A picking system including: a picking robot for gripping a target; an operation unit for an operator to perform a remote operation of the picking robot; a learning unit that learns a movement of the picking robot when the target is gripped by the remote operation; and an assisting unit that assists the remote operation based on a learning result of the learning unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Ishikawa, Yoshihiko Matsukawa, Osamu Mizuno
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Patent number: 11096618Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to accurately identify an appearance position of a desired waveform pattern. A signal feature extraction apparatus extracts a feature peak value of a waveform pattern from an output signal of a feature extraction filter that extracts a waveform pattern of an input signal. A local maximum value detection part 1 stores a time index and a value of the output signal when an absolute value of the output signal is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value and takes a local maximum value.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Suehiro Shimauchi, Kana Eguchi, Tsutomu Yabuuchi, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Osamu Mizuno
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Patent number: 10607631Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to reduce leakage of an output signal between band-pass filters and in the time axis direction. A signal input part 1 vectorizes an input signal x(n). An extended impulse response matrix generation part 2 generates an extended impulse response matrix He in which impulse response vectors using impulse response sequences of band-pass filters as elements are extended in the time axis direction. An expansion coefficient calculation part 3 calculates an expansion coefficient vector {circumflex over (?)}y(n) using an input signal vectors ?x(n) and the extended impulse response matrix He. A signal output part 4 outputs at least one of expansion coefficients corresponding to a center vector of the extended impulse response matrix He of the expansion coefficient vector {circumflex over (?)}y(n).Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Suehiro Shimauchi, Kana Eguchi, Tsutomu Yabuuchi, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Osamu Mizuno
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Publication number: 20200016742Abstract: A picking system including: a picking robot for gripping a target; an operation unit for an operator to perform a remote operation of the picking robot; a learning unit that learns a movement of the picking robot when the target is gripped by the remote operation; and an assisting unit that assists the remote operation based on a learning result of the learning unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2017Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Takeshi ISHIKAWA, Yoshihiko MATSUKAWA, Osamu MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20190389673Abstract: A mover according to the present disclosure includes: a body to move; a second member; a suction unit; a location detection unit; a first moving part, and a second moving part. The second member moves in a state where the second member is combined with a first member provided for an object, as the body is displaced relative to the object. The suction unit is sucked to the object in the state where the second member is combined with the first member. The location detection unit detects a location of the body with respect to the object by detecting movement of the second member. The first moving part moves the body until the state where the second member is combined with the first member is established. The second moving part displaces the body relative to the object in the state where the second member is combined with the first member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Hiroshi SHIROUZU, Osamu MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20190385631Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to reduce leakage of an output signal between band-pass filters and in the time axis direction. A signal input part 1 vectorizes an input signal x(n). An extended impulse response matrix generation part 2 generates an extended impulse response matrix He in which impulse response vectors using impulse response sequences of band-pass filters as elements are extended in the time axis direction. An expansion coefficient calculation part 3 calculates an expansion coefficient vector {circumflex over (?)}y(n) using an input signal vectors ?x(n) and the extended impulse response matrix He. A signal output part 4 outputs at least one of expansion coefficients corresponding to a center vector of the extended impulse response matrix He of the expansion coefficient vector {circumflex over (?)}y(n).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Suehiro SHIMAUCHI, Kana EGUCHI, Tsutomu YABUUCHI, Kazuhiro YOSHIDA, Osamu MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20190290156Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to accurately identify an appearance position of a desired waveform pattern. A signal feature extraction apparatus extracts a feature peak value of a waveform pattern from an output signal of a feature extraction filter that extracts a waveform pattern of an input signal. A local maximum value detection part 1 stores a time index and a value of the output signal when an absolute value of the output signal is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value and takes a local maximum value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Suehiro SHIMAUCHI, Kana EGUCHI, Tsutomu YABUUCHI, Kazuhiro YOSHIDA, Osamu MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20190243374Abstract: Disclosed herein is a carrier including a body, a sensor, and an output unit. The body has the ability to travel autonomously and includes a holding mechanism for holding a burden. The sensor is provided for the body and detects a situation surrounding the body. The output unit outputs detected information, collected by the sensor, about the situation to a management device that manages operation of another carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Yoshihiro IKAWA, Hiroshi SHIROUZU, Osamu MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20190227559Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mover including an object detecting unit and either a masking processing unit or a transmission restricting unit as an additional processing unit. The object detecting unit detects an object based on a reception signal output from a receiver unit by having a transmitter unit transmit a scanning wave and by having the receiver unit receive a reflected wave, which is a component, reflected from the object, of the scanning wave. The masking processing unit performs masking processing of masking, in accordance with a timing at which, and/or a direction of incidence in which, a disturbance wave, not depending on the scanning wave, is incident on the receiver unit, a portion of the reception signal output from the receiver unit. The transmission restricting unit restricts a transmission range in which the transmitter unit transmits the scanning wave.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Hiroshi SHIROUZU, Yoshihiro IKAWA, Osamu MIZUNO
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Patent number: 10207438Abstract: A composite member includes a metal sheet having a bent portion formed by bending, and a resin member joined to at least a part of the bent portion. The metal sheet includes an opening provided on an inner side of the bent portion, and a tapered recess that tapers off from an outer side of the bent portion toward the opening. The resin member includes an inner resin part filled in the recess, and an exposed resin part provided to be continuous with the inner resin part and to extend to an inner surface of the bent portion through an edge portion of the opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Taisuke Tsubota, Ryuichi Inoue, Masatada Numano, Osamu Mizuno, Motoyoshi Tanaka, Nozomu Kawabe, Katsuyuki Aoki
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Patent number: 10202576Abstract: An apparatus for culturing cells of the present invention is an apparatus for culturing cells using a culture medium in a culture vessel. The apparatus includes: pump connected to pipet held by first holder; first shifter configured to shift first holder; second holder configured to hold culture vessel; second shifter configured to grip and shift culture vessel; and controller. Controller is programmed to, when pipet draws a liquid in culture vessel or discharges a liquid into culture vessel, control second shifter to translationally shift lid of culture vessel in a horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Soichiro Fujioka, Takeshi Ando, Toshinori Hirose, Norihiro Shibata, Osamu Mizuno, Toshiaki Yamauchi
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Patent number: 9752220Abstract: There are provided a magnesium alloy coil stock having good flatness and a method for producing the magnesium alloy coil stock, and a magnesium alloy structural member that uses the coil stock and a method for producing the magnesium alloy structural member. The coil stock is obtained by coiling a sheet composed of a magnesium alloy in a cylindrical shape, and the internal diameter of the coil stock is 1000 mm or less. The coil stock can be produced by rolling a cast material obtained by subjecting a magnesium alloy to continuous casting, subjecting the rolled sheet to warm leveling, and coiling the worked sheet in a cylindrical shape while the temperature just before coiling is decreased to 100° C. or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2010Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takahiko Kitamura, Ryuichi Inoue, Nobuyuki Mori, Yukihiro Oishi, Osamu Mizuno, Nozomu Kawabe
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Patent number: 9650599Abstract: An apparatus for culturing cells using a culture medium, including: a replacer that replaces the culture medium in a culture vessel held by a holder; a measurer that measures a pH of the culture medium in the culture vessel; and an instructor that instructs the replacer to replace the culture medium in the culture vessel, wherein the instructor gives an instruction when the pH measured by the measurer is less than a predetermined pH threshold at a first replacement of the culture medium, and gives an instruction when the pH measured by the measurer is less than the predetermined pH threshold and the interval is less than an interval of a previous replacement of the culture medium at second and subsequent replacements of the culture medium.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Ando, Toshinori Hirose, Soichiro Fujioka, Norihiro Shibata, Osamu Mizuno, Toshiaki Yamauchi