Patents by Inventor Sota Mizuno

Sota 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).

  • Publication number: 20240132285
    Abstract: When an article is delivered between a first electric conveyor of an automated guided vehicle and a second electric conveyor of a storage section, a first communication module of the automated guided vehicle and a second communication module of the storage section exchange signals, power supply to the first electric conveyor is shut off in response to a first emergency stop switch of the automated guided vehicle, a first signal from the first communication module changes, and power supply to the second electric conveyor is shut off in response to a change in the first signal, and the power supply to the second electric conveyor is shut off in response to a second emergency stop switch of the storage section, a second signal from the second communication module changes, and the power supply to the second electric conveyor is shut off in response to the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sota MIZUNO, Yoshihiro FUJITA
  • Patent number: 11751374
    Abstract: An automated replacement device moves in a right-left direction along a front surface of production line including multiple machines. The automated replacement device moves to a front side of an instructed machine among the multiple machines to perform an automated replacement operation on the machine. A periphery monitoring device monitors a safety area set in a periphery of the automated replacement device to stop an operation of the automated replacement device in an emergency manner when a person or an obstacle is detected in the safety area and alarm device sounds an alarm to notify that the automated replacement device is moving, in which the periphery monitoring device is switched such that a range of the safety area during the movement of the automated replacement device is smaller than a range of the safety area during the automated replacement operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sota Mizuno, Masashi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20230114864
    Abstract: A power supply shutoff device includes a movable section, a driving section, a power supply device, a power distribution section, an electric power supply circuit, and a supply control section. The movable section is configured to travel on a traveling path provided along a board production line in which multiple board work machines, which perform a predetermined board work on a board, are installed side by side. The driving section is provided in the movable section and configured to cause the movable section to travel by using supply electric power supplied from the board work machine with non-contact power feeding. The supply control section is configured to stop a supply of the electric power to the electric power supply circuit when drive electric power for driving the board work machine is shut off in at least one board work machine among the multiple board work machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo FUJIMURA, Sota MIZUNO, Yusuke SAITO, Takeshi AOKI, Masato YAMAGIWA, Takashi HIRANO, Shigenori TANAKAMARU
  • Publication number: 20220338396
    Abstract: An automated replacement device moves in a right-left direction along a front surface of production line including multiple machines. The automated replacement device moves to a front side of an instructed machine among the multiple machines to perform an automated replacement operation on the machine. A periphery monitoring device monitors a safety area set in a periphery of the automated replacement device to stop an operation of the automated replacement device in an emergency manner when a person or an obstacle is detected in the safety area and alarm device sounds an alarm to notify that the automated replacement device is moving, in which the periphery monitoring device is switched such that a range of the safety area during the movement of the automated replacement device is smaller than a range of the safety area during the automated replacement operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sota MIZUNO, Masashi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220295680
    Abstract: A periphery monitoring device includes monitoring areas in at least three directions of moving body. Safety laser scanners are mounted to the moving body for each of the monitoring areas in the directions. A monitoring area in at least one direction is a three-dimensional monitoring area, and a monitoring area in the other direction is a horizontal monitoring area to be monitored in two dimensions in a horizontal direction. The safety laser scanner configured to monitor the three-dimensional monitoring area is mounted to an upper portion of the moving body, and the three-dimensional monitoring area forms an inclined plane-like monitoring area. A safety laser scanner configured to monitor the horizontal monitoring area is mounted to the lower portion of the moving body, and the horizontal monitoring area forms a horizontal plane-like monitoring area from the lower portion of the moving body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi KIMURA, Sota MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 8782718
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication system includes a transmitter and a switch. The transmitter transmits, to a television receiver, an address used to access a server on a network used by a mobile terminal. The switch automatically switches, after the address is transmitted, the display of the mobile terminal to an operation display that displays an operation element suitable for the operation state of the television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Junichi Nagata, Sota Mizuno, Tatsuro Saitou
  • Publication number: 20130179928
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a mobile terminal and a television receiver, and a communication system which includes the mobile terminal and the television receiver are provided. In the communication system, the mobile terminal and the television receiver are configured to be interactively communicable with each other. The mobile terminal which uses a first address on a network, converts the first address into a second address suitable for the performance of the television receiver and usable by the television receiver. The television receiver automatically activates an application for displaying the data acquired using the second address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Junichi Nagata, Sota Mizuno, Tatsuro Saitou
  • Publication number: 20130176502
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication system includes a transmitter and a switch. The transmitter transmits, to a television receiver, an address used to access a server on a network used by a mobile terminal. The switch automatically switches, after the address is transmitted, the display of the mobile terminal to an operation display that displays an operation element suitable for the operation state of the television receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Junichi Nagata, Sota Mizuno, Tatsuro Saitou
  • Publication number: 20130176500
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication system includes a transmitter, a power-on unit and an activating unit. The transmitter transmits, to a television receiver, an address on a network used by a mobile terminal. If the transmitter transmits the address, the power-on unit causes the television receiver to be in a power-on state. The activating unit automatically activates an application for displaying content acquired by the television receiver using the address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Junichi Nagata, Sota Mizuno, Tatsuro Saitou