Patents by Inventor Saki KOBAKO

Saki KOBAKO 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: 20240361236
    Abstract: Various characteristics in laser absorption spectroscopy using multiple reflections are improved. A gas measurement apparatus 1 according to the present disclosure measures a gas concentration by laser absorption spectroscopy. The gas measurement apparatus 1 includes a first corner cube 10, a second corner cube 20 disposed opposite the first corner cube 10, a laser source 30 that emits a laser beam to the first corner cube 10, and a light receiving element 40 that receives the laser beam that has been reflected multiple times through a target gas between the first and second corner cubes 10 and 20. The second corner cube 20 is disposed so that a centerline parallel to incident and exit light centering at incident and exit positions of the first corner cube 10 is displaced from a centerline parallel to incident and exit light centering at incident and exit positions of the second corner cube 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Sakamaki, Yumiko Sugiyama, Kentaro Tezuka, Shigeo Uneme, Saki Kobako
  • Patent number: 12066466
    Abstract: A current measurement device includes: four or more triaxial magnetic sensors arranged to have predefined positional relationships such that magnetism-sensing directions thereof are parallel to each other; and a calculator configured to calculate currents flowing through a pair of conductors to be measured, which are arranged in proximity to each other, based on detection results of the four or more triaxial magnetic sensors and the positional relationships between the four or more triaxial magnetic sensors, the currents flowing in mutually opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma Takenaka, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Minako Terao, Kotaro Ogawa, Saki Kobako, Naoki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11988691
    Abstract: The current measurement device (1, 2) includes a first sensor (SE1) configured to detect a direct current magnetic field and a low-frequency alternating current magnetic field generated due to the current (1) flowing through the conductor (MC) to be measured, a second sensor (SE2) configured to detect alternating current magnetic fields from a low frequency to a high frequency generated due to the current (I) flowing through the conductor to be measured, a first calculator (21, 21A) configured to calculate the current flowing through the conductor to be measured from a detection result of the first sensor using distance information indicating a distance (r) between the first sensor (SE1) and the conductor (MC) to be measured, a second calculator (22) configured to calculate the current flowing through the conductor to be measured from a detection result of the second sensor, and a synthesizer (23) configured to synthesize a calculation result of the first calculator with a calculation result of the second cal
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma Takenaka, Kotaro Ogawa, Minako Terao, Naoki Noguchi, Saki Kobako, Fumitake Terao, Satoshi Yoshitake
  • Patent number: 11927647
    Abstract: A current measurement device (1 and 2) is for measuring a current (I) flowing through measurement target conductors (MC1 and MC2), and the current measurement device includes: a plurality of triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12, and 13) disposed so that a magnetic sensing direction and a relative position have a prescribed relationship; a noise remover (25a) configured to remove noise components included in detection results of the plurality of triaxial magnetic sensors; a sign adder (25b) configured to add a sign to the detection results from which the noise components have been removed, based on sign information of each of the detection results of the plurality of triaxial magnetic sensors obtained at a specific point in time; and a current calculator (25c and 25d) configured to calculate a current flowing through the measurement target conductors by using the detection results to which the sign has been added by the sign adder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma Takenaka, Minako Terao, Kotaro Ogawa, Saki Kobako, Naoki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20220283247
    Abstract: A current measurement device (1 and 2) is for measuring a current (I) flowing through measurement target conductors (MC1 and MC2), and the current measurement device includes: a plurality of triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12, and 13) disposed so that a magnetic sensing direction and a relative position have a prescribed relationship; a noise remover (25a) configured to remove noise components included in detection results of the plurality of triaxial magnetic sensors; a sign adder (25b) configured to add a sign to the detection results from which the noise components have been removed, based on sign information of each of the detection results of the plurality of triaxial magnetic sensors obtained at a specific point in time; and a current calculator (25c and 25d) configured to calculate a current flowing through the measurement target conductors by using the detection results to which the sign has been added by the sign adder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuma TAKENAKA, Minako TERAO, Kotaro OGAWA, Saki KOBAKO, Naoki NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220244295
    Abstract: The current measurement device (1, 2) includes a first sensor (SE1) configured to detect a direct current magnetic field and a low-frequency alternating current magnetic field generated due to the current (1) flowing through the conductor (MC) to be measured, a second sensor (SE2) configured to detect alternating current magnetic fields from a low frequency to a high frequency generated due to the current (1) flowing through the conductor to be measured, a first calculator (21, 21A) configured to calculate the current flowing through the conductor to be measured from a detection result of the first sensor using distance information indicating a distance (r) between the first sensor (SE1) and the conductor (MC) to be measured, a second calculator (22) configured to calculate the current flowing through the conductor to be measured from a detection result of the second sensor, and a synthesizer (23) configured to synthesize a calculation result of the first calculator with a calculation result of the second cal
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuma TAKENAKA, Kotaro OGAWA, Minako TERAO, Naoki NOGUCHI, Saki KOBAKO, Fumitake TERAO, Satoshi YOSHITAKE
  • Publication number: 20220214383
    Abstract: A current measurement device includes: four or more triaxial magnetic sensors arranged to have predefined positional relationships such that magnetism-sensing directions thereof are parallel to each other; and a calculator configured to calculate currents flowing through a pair of conductors to be measured, which are arranged in proximity to each other, based on detection results of the four or more triaxial magnetic sensors and the positional relationships between the four or more triaxial magnetic sensors, the currents flowing in mutually opposite directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuma TAKENAKA, Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Minako TERAO, Kotaro OGAWA, Saki KOBAKO, Naoki NOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11360124
    Abstract: A current measuring device (1) includes two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12) that are arranged with a prescribed gap between the two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12) such that magnetic-sensing directions of the two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12) are parallel to each other, and a calculator configured to calculate a current (I) flowing in a measurement-object conductor (MC) based on detection results from the two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12) and a gap between the two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma Takenaka, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Minako Terao, Kotaro Ogawa, Saki Kobako
  • Publication number: 20210088557
    Abstract: A current measuring device (1) includes two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12) that are arranged with a prescribed gap between the the two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12) such that magnetic-sensing directions of the two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12) are parallel to each other, and a calculator configured to calculate a current (I) flowing in a measurement-object conductor (MC) based on detection results from the two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12) and a gap between the two triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuma TAKENAKA, Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Minako TERAO, Kotaro OGAWA, Saki KOBAKO