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).

  • Patent number: 11827449
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shirouzu, Osamu Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11747264
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisakatsu Kawarai, Raizo Maeda, Tetsuo Tanaka, Osamu Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20220307969
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hisakatsu KAWARAI, Raizo MAEDA, Tetsuo TANAKA, Osamu MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 11353883
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ikawa, Hiroshi Shirouzu, Osamu Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11320831
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shirouzu, Yoshihiro Ikawa, Osamu Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11185979
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ishikawa, Yoshihiko Matsukawa, Osamu Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11096618
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suehiro Shimauchi, Kana Eguchi, Tsutomu Yabuuchi, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Osamu Mizuno
  • Patent number: 10607631
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suehiro Shimauchi, Kana Eguchi, Tsutomu Yabuuchi, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Osamu Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20200016742
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Takeshi ISHIKAWA, Yoshihiko MATSUKAWA, Osamu MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20190389673
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIROUZU, Osamu MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20190385631
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suehiro SHIMAUCHI, Kana EGUCHI, Tsutomu YABUUCHI, Kazuhiro YOSHIDA, Osamu MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20190290156
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suehiro SHIMAUCHI, Kana EGUCHI, Tsutomu YABUUCHI, Kazuhiro YOSHIDA, Osamu MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20190243374
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshihiro IKAWA, Hiroshi SHIROUZU, Osamu MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20190227559
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIROUZU, Yoshihiro IKAWA, Osamu MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 10207438
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Taisuke Tsubota, Ryuichi Inoue, Masatada Numano, Osamu Mizuno, Motoyoshi Tanaka, Nozomu Kawabe, Katsuyuki Aoki
  • Patent number: 10202576
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soichiro Fujioka, Takeshi Ando, Toshinori Hirose, Norihiro Shibata, Osamu Mizuno, Toshiaki Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9752220
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiko Kitamura, Ryuichi Inoue, Nobuyuki Mori, Yukihiro Oishi, Osamu Mizuno, Nozomu Kawabe
  • Patent number: 9650599
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ando, Toshinori Hirose, Soichiro Fujioka, Norihiro Shibata, Osamu Mizuno, Toshiaki Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20160207236
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Taisuke TSUBOTA, Ryuichi INOUE, Masatada NUMANO, Osamu MIZUNO, Motoyoshi TANAKA, Nozomu KAWABE, Katsuyuki AOKI
  • Patent number: 9386833
    Abstract: A head care apparatus includes a unit base having independently rotatable first and second rotating shafts, a first link fixed on the first rotating shaft, a second link pivotally connected to the fist link, a third link fixed to the second rotating shaft, a fourth link pivotally connected to the third link, a support shaft pivotally connecting between the second and fourth links, an actuator supported by the support shaft, and an adjustment mechanism adjusting a posture of the actuator relative to person's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Hirose, Osamu Mizuno, Soichiro Fujioka, Tohru Nakamura