Patents by Inventor Ryosuke Tsuzuki
Ryosuke Tsuzuki 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: 11506787Abstract: A sensor device measuring a distance to an object includes: a light projection unit repeatedly emitting detection light toward the object; a light reception unit receiving reflected light of the detection light and outputting a binarized light reception signal (RT); a light projection oscillation unit controlling the emission of the detection light and outputting a start signal synchronized with the emission of the detection light; a counter measurement unit starting counting of the RT when receiving the RT and the start signal, and outputting a stop signal corresponding to a feature point of the RT; a delay line measurement unit outputting a delay line output signal corresponding to the delay time of the RT near the feature point of the RT when receiving the RT and the stop signal; and a distance calculation unit calculating the distance to the object based on the delay line output signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Shoichi Ohnaka, Yusuke Iida, Ryosuke Tsuzuki, Koji Iguchi, Osamu Harada
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Patent number: 11385330Abstract: A photoelectric sensor including a light emitter and a light receiver is provided. The light emitter includes a light emitting unit configured to emit a light beam, and a power supply circuit configured to receive supply of electric power through a first power supply line leading to an outside of the light emitter and to supply required electric power to the light emitting unit. The light receiver includes: a first switching element, the first switching element serving to output a first output signal; a second switching element serving to output a second output signal; and a detection circuit. A third power supply line is provided such that one end of the third power supply line is electrically connected to the first power supply line inside the light emitter, and the other end is electrically connected to the second power supply line outside the light receiver.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignees: OMRON Corporation, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryosuke Tsuzuki, Takuya Okamoto, Yukiharu Tomita
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Patent number: 11294057Abstract: A displacement sensor includes an emitting unit periodically emitting pulse signals; a receiving unit receiving reflection signals generated from the pulse signals and reflected by an object and outputs binary signals that indicate signal intensity of the received reflection signals; a waveform summation unit generating a summation waveform by accumulating temporal waveforms of the binary signals for the respective corresponding periods of time with reference to emission timings of the corresponding pulse signals; a distance calculation unit calculating a value that indicates a distance to the object on the basis of waveform features corresponding to waveform features of the pulse signals that appear in the summation waveform; and a reception signal amount calculation unit calculating a reception signal amount that is intensity of the reflection signals received by the receiving unit on the basis of feature amounts indicated by cumulative values that appear in the summation waveform.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yusuke Iida, Ryosuke Tsuzuki, Shoichi Ohnaka, Koji Iguchi, Osamu Harada
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Publication number: 20210389458Abstract: Provided are a sensor device and a detection method. The sensor device includes: a light emitting unit transmitting a transmission signal toward a target; a light receiving unit receiving a reflected signal of the transmission signal and generating a binarized signal; a TDC delay line measurement unit and a waveform integration unit generating waveform data indicating temporal changes in the binarized signal and integrating the waveform data to generate integrated waveform data; a stage number calculation unit and a distance conversion unit calculating a near-side distance value and a far-side distance value from intersections of the integrated waveform data and a high threshold value and a low threshold value, respectively; and a determination unit determining whether the target is present on the basis of a distance value calculated from the near-side distance value and the far-side distance value and on the basis of a predetermined distance threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Shoichi OHNAKA, Kiyoshi IMAI, Yusuke IIDA, Ryosuke TSUZUKI
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Publication number: 20210286052Abstract: A photoelectric sensor including a light emitter and a light receiver is provided. The light emitter includes a light emitting unit configured to emit a light beam, and a power supply circuit configured to receive supply of electric power through a first power supply line leading to an outside of the light emitter and to supply required electric power to the light emitting unit. The light receiver includes: a first switching element, the first switching element serving to output a first output signal; a second switching element serving to output a second output signal; and a detection circuit. A third power supply line is provided such that one end of the third power supply line is electrically connected to the first power supply line inside the light emitter, and the other end is electrically connected to the second power supply line outside the light receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2017Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicants: OMRON Corporation, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryosuke TSUZUKI, Takuya OKAMOTO, Yukiharu TOMITA
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Publication number: 20200209395Abstract: A sensor device measuring a distance to an object includes: a light projection unit repeatedly emitting detection light toward the object; a light reception unit receiving reflected light of the detection light and outputting a binarized light reception signal (RT); a light projection oscillation unit controlling the emission of the detection light and outputting a start signal synchronized with the emission of the detection light; a counter measurement unit starting counting of the RT when receiving the RT and the start signal, and outputting a stop signal corresponding to a feature point of the RT; a delay line measurement unit outputting a delay line output signal corresponding to the delay time of the RT near the feature point of the RT when receiving the RT and the stop signal; and a distance calculation unit calculating the distance to the object based on the delay line output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Shoichi OHNAKA, Yusuke IIDA, Ryosuke TSUZUKI, Koji IGUCHI, Osamu HARADA
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Patent number: 10598772Abstract: The present invention achieves a sensor that can be used more efficiently than before. The sensor (1) includes: an operator (11) that accepts a mechanical operation of a user, and generates an operation input value corresponding to the operation; a communication portion (12) that receives a communication input value; and a CPU (14) that changes sensitivity of the sensor (1) according to a later input one of the operation input value and the communication input value.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Ryosuke Tsuzuki, Koyo Ozaki, Shoichi Ohnaka, Hikaru Arita
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Patent number: 10524207Abstract: One communication apparatus may include a first wireless interface and a controller. The controller is configured to perform: changing the operating state of the first wireless interface from a first state to a second state when the controller is to start a predetermined process during a first period in which the controller is not performing a predetermined process; performing the predetermined process during a second period in which the operating state of the first wireless interface is the second state, the second period being a period after the operating state of the first wireless interface has been changed to the second state; and changing the operating state of the first wireless interface from the second state to the first state in response to the predetermined process being completed.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Ryosuke Tsuzuki
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Patent number: 10386535Abstract: A photoelectric sensor capable of preventing a malfunction caused by mutual interference is provided. The photoelectric sensor includes: a light projecting unit that repetitively emits a set of pulse light, which follows a projected light pattern in which a light projecting period is made different by a fixed time, as signal light; a light receiving element that receives the signal light; and a light receiving controller that distinguishes a light incident state and a light blocked state based on a received light signal from the light receiving element. The light projecting unit has a first pattern having the light projecting period increased by a fixed time and a second pattern having the light projecting period reduced by a fixed time as the projected light pattern, and in the first and second patterns, a pulse indicating a shortest period is included in the light projecting period other than the shortest period.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Mingke Yu, Kuniharu Shibata, Motoharu Okuno, Ryosuke Tsuzuki, Masanobu Horino, Yuki Matsui
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Publication number: 20190129033Abstract: A displacement sensor includes an emitting unit periodically emitting pulse signals; a receiving unit receiving reflection signals generated from the pulse signals and reflected by an object and outputs binary signals that indicate signal intensity of the received reflection signals; a waveform summation unit generating a summation waveform by accumulating temporal waveforms of the binary signals for the respective corresponding periods of time with reference to emission timings of the corresponding pulse signals; a distance calculation unit calculating a value that indicates a distance to the object on the basis of waveform features corresponding to waveform features of the pulse signals that appear in the summation waveform; and a reception signal amount calculation unit calculating a reception signal amount that is intensity of the reflection signals received by the receiving unit on the basis of feature amounts indicated by cumulative values that appear in the summation waveform.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yusuke IIDA, Ryosuke TSUZUKI, Shoichi OHNAKA, Koji IGUCHI, Osamu HARADA
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Patent number: 10129132Abstract: An IO-Link master includes: an IO-Link communication port that communicates with an IO-Link device according to a predetermined communication protocol; a digital input port that receives a first signal value output from the IO-Link device; and a determiner that determines whether abnormality is generated in a digital input line connecting the digital input port to the IO-Link device based on a second signal value received with the IO-Link communication port and the first signal value.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Ozaki, Hiroyuki Tsuchida, Koyo Ozaki, Ryosuke Tsuzuki, Ryota Hasegawa, Shoichi Ohnaka
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Publication number: 20180267202Abstract: A photoelectric sensor capable of preventing a malfunction caused by mutual interference is provided. The photoelectric sensor includes: a light projecting unit that repetitively emits a set of pulse light, which follows a projected light pattern in which a light projecting period is made different by a fixed time, as signal light; a light receiving element that receives the signal light; and a light receiving controller that distinguishes a light incident state and a light blocked state based on a received light signal from the light receiving element. The light projecting unit has a first pattern having the light projecting period increased by a fixed time and a second pattern having the light projecting period reduced by a fixed time as the projected light pattern, and in the first and second patterns, a pulse indicating a shortest period is included in the light projecting period other than the shortest period.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Mingke YU, Kuniharu SHIBATA, Motoharu OKUNO, Ryosuke TSUZUKI, Masanobu HORINO, Yuki MATSUI
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Patent number: 9906672Abstract: A communication apparatus may include a first wireless interface and a controller. The controller may include a setting information memory configured to store setting information indicating a selected result selected by a user among a first setting and a second setting, the first setting indicating that target data is to be sent to an external apparatus via the first wireless interface, and the second setting indicating that the target data is not sent to the external apparatus. The controller is configured to maintain an operation state of the communication apparatus in a power saving state, in a case where a predetermined notice is obtained from the first wireless interface under a situation where the operation state of the communication apparatus is the power saving state and the setting information memory stores the setting information indicating the second setting.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Ryosuke Tsuzuki
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Publication number: 20170317916Abstract: An IO-Link master includes: an IO-Link communication port that communicates with an IO-Link device according to a predetermined communication protocol; a digital input port that receives a first signal value output from the IO-Link device; and a determiner that determines whether abnormality is generated in a digital input line connecting the digital input port to the IO-Link device based on a second signal value received with the IO-Link communication port and the first signal value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki OZAKI, Hiroyuki TSUCHIDA, Koyo OZAKI, Ryosuke TSUZUKI, Ryota HASEGAWA, Shoichi OHNAKA
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Publication number: 20170212227Abstract: The present invention achieves a sensor that can be used more efficiently than before. The sensor (1) includes: an operator (11) that accepts a mechanical operation of a user, and generates an operation input value corresponding to the operation; a communication portion (12) that receives a communication input value; and a CPU (14) that changes sensitivity of the sensor (1) according to a later input one of the operation input value and the communication input value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2016Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Ryosuke TSUZUKI, Koyo OZAKI, Shoichi OHNAKA, Hikaru ARITA
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Publication number: 20170111534Abstract: A function performing apparatus may include a first wireless interface and a controller. The controller may include a setting information memory configured to store setting information indicating a selected result selected by a user among a first setting and a second setting, the first setting indicating that target data is to be sent to an external apparatus via the first wireless interface, and the second setting indicating that the target data is not sent to the external apparatus. The controller is configured to maintain an operation state of the function performing apparatus in a power saving state, in a case where a predetermined notice is obtained from the first wireless interface under a situation where the operation state of the function performing apparatus is the power saving state and the setting information memory stores the setting information indicating the second setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventor: Ryosuke Tsuzuki
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Patent number: 9621232Abstract: A communication device may comprise a first interface used by executing a wireless communication. The communication device may perform: in a case where a first connection via the first interface is established with the portable terminal under a circumstance where the communication device is in an error state, sending related information to the portable terminal by using the first connection via the first interface, the related information being related to the error state; and in a case where a second connection via the first interface is established with the portable terminal under a circumstance where the communication device is in a non-error state, sending different information to the portable terminal by using the second connection via the first interface, the different information being different from the related information.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Ryosuke Tsuzuki
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Patent number: 9538472Abstract: An apparatus includes a first wireless interface and a controller. The controller includes a setting information memory configured to store setting information indicating a selected result selected by a user among a first setting and a second setting, the first setting indicating that target data is to be sent to an external apparatus via the first wireless interface, and the second setting indicating that the target data is not sent to the external apparatus. The controller is configured to perform: maintaining an operation state of the function performing apparatus in a power saving state, in a case where a predetermined notice is obtained from the first wireless interface under a situation where the operation state of the function performing apparatus is the power saving state and the setting information memory stores the setting information indicating the second setting.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Ryosuke Tsuzuki
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Publication number: 20160073348Abstract: A function performing apparatus may comprise a first wireless interface and a controller. The controller may comprise a setting information memory configured to store setting information indicating a selected result selected by a user among a first setting and a second setting, the first setting indicating that target data is to be sent to an external apparatus via the first wireless interface, and the second setting indicating that the target data is not sent to the external apparatus. The controller is configured to perform: maintaining an operation state of the function performing apparatus in a power saving state, in a case where a predetermined notice is obtained from the first wireless interface under a situation where the operation state of the function performing apparatus is the power saving state and the setting information memory stores the setting information indicating the second setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventor: Ryosuke Tsuzuki
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Publication number: 20160066275Abstract: One communication apparatus may include a first wireless interface and a controller. The controller is configured to perform: changing the operating state of the first wireless interface from a first state to a second state when the controller is to start a predetermined process during a first period in which the controller is not performing a predetermines process; performing the predetermined process during a second period in which the operating state of the first wireless interface is the second state, the second period being a period after the operating state of the first wireless interface has been changed to the second state; and changing the operating state of the first wireless interface from the second state to the first state in response to the predetermined process being completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventor: Ryosuke Tsuzuki