Patents by Inventor Ryoji Shimizu
Ryoji Shimizu 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: 12206311Abstract: An outer diameter side magnet field pole piece assembly for a magnetic gear which is disposed on an outer circumferential side of a plurality of magnetic pole pieces disposed on an outer circumferential side of the outer diameter side magnet field pole piece assembly along a circumferential direction, includes: a plurality of magnetic pole pairs disposed on the outer circumferential side of the plurality of magnetic pole pieces along the circumferential direction; and a support member for supporting the plurality of magnetic pole pairs from the outer circumferential side. A space along an axial direction is formed in at least a part between an outer circumferential surface of each of the plurality of magnetic pole pairs and an opposite surface of an inner circumferential surface of the support member opposite to the outer circumferential surface of each of the plurality of magnetic pole pairs.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Sakai, Yasutaka Aoki, Takayuki Shimizu, Ryoji Okabe, Akihiko Umeda, Takatoshi Matsushita, Mikito Sasaki
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Patent number: 12189076Abstract: A buried object scanning device includes a capacitance sensor, a search image conversion processing unit, a memory unit, a display unit, an operation input unit, and a display control unit. The capacitance sensor detects a buried object. The search image conversion processing unit converts the detection result of the capacitance sensor into a search image. The memory unit stores search images and a grid layer including grid lines corresponding to a specific scale. The display unit displays the search images and the grid layer. The display control unit controls the display unit to display the search image superimposed with the grid layer and to display the search image in a state of being movable relative to the grid layer, in response to input to the operation input unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Tetsuro Tsurusu, Shingo Kawamoto, Ryoji Shimizu, Kohei Fujio, Yuji Makita, Akihiro Ishii, Mitsunori Sugiura
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Patent number: 12163943Abstract: A plant biosensor includes a solar radiation sensor that measures a solar radiation amount with which the plant is irradiated, a sap flow sensor that measures a flow rate of sap flowing in a body of the plant, and an absorbed nutrient sensor that measures a nutritional state of the plant.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Sho Sasaki, Ryoji Shimizu, Muneharu Miyakoshi, Takaaki Miyaji
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Publication number: 20240230903Abstract: A transport possibility determination device comprises a distance measurement unit and a control unit. The distance measurement unit acquires information about the distance to an object. The control unit determines the state of a load when the object is a transport platform on which the load has been placed, on the basis of the information about the distance to the object acquired by the distance measurement unit. The control unit determines whether or not a transportable condition, which is a condition for permitting a forklift to transport the load, is met on the basis of the determined state of the load.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Benika INOUE, Masahiro KINOSHITA, Akihiro ISHII, Mitsunori SUGIURA, Ryoji SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 12002633Abstract: A switch according to one or more embodiments may include a movable unit movable in response to an operation. A drive unit is drivable in response to movement of the movable unit. The switch may include an operation-linked unit movable in response to the movement of the movable unit and an operation follower unit spaced from the operation-linked unit to move in response to movement of the operation-linked unit with a magnetic force between the operation follower unit and the operation-linked unit. At least one of the operation-linked unit or the operation follower unit is magnetic. The drive unit is drivable in response to movement of the operation follower unit. The operation follower unit accommodated in a chamber is spaced from the operation-linked unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takumi Fujihara, Ryoji Shimizu, Kohei Fujio, Akihiro Ishii, Taiki Koyama, Kazushi Maeta, Yohei Tsukanaka, Kohei Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20240134047Abstract: A transport possibility determination device comprises a distance measurement unit and a control unit. The distance measurement unit acquires information about the distance to an object. The control unit determines the state of a load when the object is a transport platform on which the load has been placed, on the basis of the information about the distance to the object acquired by the distance measurement unit. The control unit determines whether or not a transportable condition, which is a condition for permitting a forklift to transport the load, is met on the basis of the determined state of the load.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Benika INOUE, Masahiro KINOSHITA, Akihiro ISHII, Mitsunori SUGIURA, Ryoji SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11923154Abstract: A trigger switch according to one or more embodiments may include a first conductive plate (movable electrode) movable in response to movement of a trigger receiving a depressing operation, and a second fixed electrode (fixed electrode) located adjacent to a movable range of the first conductive plate with a space in between. The second fixed electrode forms a capacitor together with the first conductive plate. The capacitor formed by the first conductive plate and the second fixed electrode has a capacitance that changes as the first conductive plate moves.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takumi Fujihara, Ryoji Shimizu, Kohei Fujio, Akihiro Ishii, Taiki Koyama, Kazushi Maeta
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Publication number: 20230005677Abstract: A switch according to one or more embodiments may include a movable unit movable in response to an operation. A drive unit is drivable in response to movement of the movable unit. The switch may include an operation-linked unit movable in response to the movement of the movable unit and an operation follower unit spaced from the operation-linked unit to move in response to movement of the operation-linked unit with a magnetic force between the operation follower unit and the operation-linked unit. At least one of the operation-linked unit or the operation follower unit is magnetic. The drive unit is drivable in response to movement of the operation follower unit. The operation follower unit accommodated in a chamber is spaced from the operation-linked unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takumi FUJIHARA, Ryoji SHIMIZU, Kohei FUJIO, Akihiro ISHII, Taiki KOYAMA, Kazushi MAETA, Yohei TSUKANAKA, Kohei SUGIYAMA
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Publication number: 20220377991Abstract: A plant biosensor includes a solar radiation sensor that measures a solar radiation amount with which the plant is irradiated, a sap flow sensor that measures a flow rate of sap flowing in a body of the plant, and an absorbed nutrient sensor that measures a nutritional state of the plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Sho SASAKI, Ryoji SHIMIZU, Muneharu MIYAKOSHI, Takaaki MIYAJI
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Publication number: 20220246370Abstract: A trigger switch according to one or more embodiments may include a first conductive plate (movable electrode) movable in response to movement of a trigger receiving a depressing operation, and a second fixed electrode (fixed electrode) located adjacent to a movable range of the first conductive plate with a space in between. The second fixed electrode forms a capacitor together with the first conductive plate. The capacitor formed by the first conductive plate and the second fixed electrode has a capacitance that changes as the first conductive plate moves.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takumi FUJIHARA, Ryoji SHIMIZU, Kohei FUJIO, Akihiro ISHII, Taiki KOYAMA, Kazushi MAETA
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Publication number: 20220128725Abstract: A buried object scanning device 10 includes a capacitance sensor 13, a search image conversion processing unit 25, a memory unit 22, a display unit 12, an operation input unit 15, and a display control unit 30. The capacitance sensor 13 detects a buried object 51. The search image conversion processing unit 25 converts the detection result of the capacitance sensor 13 into a search image. The memory unit 22 stores search images and a grid layer including grid lines corresponding to a specific scale. The display unit 12 displays the search images and the grid layer. The display control unit 30 controls the display unit 12 so as to display the search image superimposed with the grid layer and to display the search image in a state of being movable relative to the grid layer, in response to input to the operation input unit 15.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuro TSURUSU, Shingo KAWAMOTO, Ryoji SHIMIZU, Kohei FUJIO, Yuji MAKITA, Akihiro ISHII, Mitsunori SUGIURA
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Patent number: 10501137Abstract: The present invention provides a handlebar lock system which (i) can be used for a moving body whose traveling direction is changed with a handlebar and (ii) includes a handlebar locking device which makes it difficult to unlock the handlebar by a forcible method such as breaking. The handlebar lock system includes: a handlebar locking device (20); and a user interface (8) which notifies a user of an operation state of the handlebar locking device (20), which operation state includes at least a lock state of the handlebar (5). The handlebar locking device (20) is provided in a frame of a bicycle so as to be not viewable from outside of the bicycle. The control section (100) identifies the operation state, and then outputs, via a communication section (101), information indicative of the operation state thus identified. A control section (8a) of the user interface (8) receives, from the handlebar locking device (20), the information indicative of the operation state.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Shunji Mori, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Hiroaki Takeya, Ryoji Shimizu, Masashi Sato, Hideaki Kojima
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Patent number: 10464622Abstract: The present invention provides a handlebar lock system which (i) can be used for a moving body whose traveling direction is changed with a handlebar and (ii) includes a handlebar locking device which makes it difficult to unlock the handlebar by a forcible method such as breaking. The handlebar lock system includes: a handlebar locking device (20); and a user interface (8) which notifies a user of an operation state of the handlebar locking device (20), which operation state includes at least a lock state of the handlebar (5). The handlebar locking device (20) is provided in a frame of a bicycle so as to be not viewable from outside of the bicycle. The control section (100) identifies the operation state, and then outputs, via a communication section (101), information indicative of the operation state thus identified. A control section (8a) of the user interface (8) receives, from the handlebar locking device (20), the information indicative of the operation state.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Shunji Mori, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Hiroaki Takeya, Ryoji Shimizu, Masashi Sato, Hideaki Kojima
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Publication number: 20180354570Abstract: The present invention provides a handlebar lock system which (i) can be used for a moving body whose traveling direction is changed with a handlebar and (ii) includes a handlebar locking device which makes it difficult to unlock the handlebar by a forcible method such as breaking. The handlebar lock system includes: a handlebar locking device (20); and a user interface (8) which notifies a user of an operation state of the handlebar locking device (20), which operation state includes at least a lock state of the handlebar (5). The handlebar locking device (20) is provided in a frame of a bicycle so as to be not viewable from outside of the bicycle. The control section (100) identifies the operation state, and then outputs, via a communication section (101), information indicative of the operation state thus identified. A control section (8a) of the user interface (8) receives, from the handlebar locking device (20), the information indicative of the operation state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2017Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Shunji MORI, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Hiroaki TAKEYA, Ryoji SHIMIZU, Masashi SATO, Hideaki KOJIMA
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Publication number: 20140155158Abstract: A game machine including a body, a motion sensor for detecting a predetermined motion of an object, a controller, and a display section, where the motion sensor includes first and second light sources for illuminating the object, a light source controller for alternately turning on the light sources, a photographing section for photographing the object while the light sources are on to respectively generate first and second images, a storage section for storing first and second reference images generated respectively by photographing a predetermined range where the light sources are turned on and the object is not present, a difference image generation section configured to generate first and second difference images based on, respectively, differences between the first image and the first reference image and between the second image and the second reference image, a synthesis section for synthesizing the first and second difference images to generate a synthetic image, and a motion detection section configurType: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya ADACHI, Ryoji SHIMIZU, Masashi SATO
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Publication number: 20140152876Abstract: An image synthesis device and a corresponding method, including first and second illumination light sources configured to illuminate an object to be detected, a light source controller configured to alternately turn on the light sources, a photographing section configured to photograph the object while the first and second illumination light sources are turned on to generate first and second images, respectively, a storage section configured to store first and second reference images generated by photographing a range of the photographing section where the illumination light sources are turned on and where the object is not present, a difference image generation section configured to generate a first difference image based on a difference between the first image and first reference image and a second difference image based on a difference between the second image and second reference image, and a synthesis section configured to synthesize the first and second difference images to generate a synthetic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya ADACHI, Ryoji SHIMIZU, Masashi SATO
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Publication number: 20130335194Abstract: A key managed by a key management device has an operation detecting unit configured to detect an operating state thereof, and a transmitter configured to transmit information of the operating state detected by the operation detecting unit to receiving devices through wireless communication. The operation detecting unit includes an acceleration sensor, and detects information of acceleration measured by the acceleration sensor as the operating state thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Ryoji Shimizu, Masashi Sato, Hiroaki Takeya, Takanori Oka, Mitsunori Sugiura
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Publication number: 20120081835Abstract: So as to allow a high capacitance electrolytic capacitor to be surface-mounted and replaced by a new one and thereby increases an effectiveness of repetitive use of an electric circuit used therewith, a socket for a surface-mounting of an electrolytic capacitor, the capacitor having a housing and leads extending from a bottom surface of the housing, includes a support for receiving the bottom surface of the capacitor. The support has a holder for releasably holding a portion of the housing of the capacitor adjacent to the leads; connecting terminals for electrically connecting the leads to a circuit substrate; a recess defined in a top surface of the support for accommodating a deformation of a seal rubber provided at a bottom portion of the housing of the capacitor; and grooves defined in a bottom surface of the support for drawing the connecting terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Ryoji Shimizu, Makoto Sato
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Publication number: 20120077356Abstract: So as to prevent any reduction of a force for holding an electrolytic capacitor even when an internal pressure is increased and increase an effectiveness of repetitive use of an electric circuit used therewith a socket for electrolytic capacitors has a support for supporting a bottom surface of the capacitor having a housing and leads provided at the bottom surface thereof, the support surface comprising connecting terminals for electrically connecting the leads to a circuit substrate. The support comprises a holder formed therewith for releasably holding a portion of capacitor, adjacent the leads, and a recess formed therein for accommodating deformations of seal rubber provided at the housing of the capacitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Ryoji Shimizu, Makoto Sato