Patents by Inventor Takeshi Akiba

Takeshi Akiba 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: 10786778
    Abstract: A power supply control device of a nitrogen gas generator includes: a pipe having a nitrogen gas inlet for receiving input of nitrogen gas from a nitrogen gas generator that compresses air by a compressor to separate the nitrogen gas from the air, and a nitrogen gas outlet for outputting, to outside, the nitrogen gas received by the nitrogen gas inlet; a pressure gauge that measures pressure inside the pipe; a flowmeter that measures a flow rate of the nitrogen gas flowing inside the pipe; and a control unit that controls supply of power to the compressor and shut-off of the supply of the power in accordance with a measurement result of at least one of the pressure gauge and the flowmeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SYSTEM INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yamamoto, Yoshihisa Ujima, Takeshi Akiba
  • Patent number: 10302638
    Abstract: An automatic analyzing apparatus 10 includes a chip rack 11 that stores a pipette chip, a pipette 12 into which a specimen is injected, a conveyance unit that conveys the pipette 12 by parallel translation, a reagent rack 14, a reaction unit 15, a detection unit 16, and a detection block unit 17. The pipette chip stored by the chip rack 11 has a planar structure to directly and optically detect the specimen. The chip rack 11 includes, in a hole that receives the pipette chip, a guide corresponding to the structure of the pipette chip. The pipette 12 sucks or discharges the specimen via the pipette chip mounted onto the tip thereof by a drive of a pump. In the detection unit 16, a measurement is carried out with the pipette chip arranged so that the plane that receives light is vertical to an optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: SYSTEM INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD., HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hamada, Takeshi Akiba, Chikara Ohyama, Tohru Yoneyama, Yuki Tobisawa, Toshifumi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10258794
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical stimulation device including a first to fourth electrodes, and an electrical stimulation generation section which supplies an electrical stimulation signal to each of the first to fourth electrodes. The electrical stimulation generation section supplies, to the first and second electrodes, an electrical stimulation signal according to a first stimulation pattern, and supplies, to the third and fourth electrodes, an electrical stimulation signal according to a second stimulation pattern. The first stimulation pattern is set so that an electrical stimulation signal for changing stimulation intensity according to a first waveform is supplied to the first electrode, and an electrical stimulation signal for changing stimulation intensity according to a second waveform is supplied to the second electrode, the second waveform being increased and decreased in conjunction with the first waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: SYSTEM INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO-COMMUNICATIONS
    Inventors: Takeshi Akiba, Hiroshi Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20180353897
    Abstract: A power supply control device of a nitrogen gas generator includes: a pipe having a nitrogen gas inlet for receiving input of nitrogen gas from a nitrogen gas generator that compresses air by a compressor to separate the nitrogen gas from the air, and a nitrogen gas outlet for outputting, to outside, the nitrogen gas received by the nitrogen gas inlet; a pressure gauge that measures pressure inside the pipe; a flowmeter that measures a flow rate of the nitrogen gas flowing inside the pipe; and a control unit that controls supply of power to the compressor and shut-off of the supply of the power in accordance with a measurement result of at least one of the pressure gauge and the flowmeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: SYSTEM INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi YAMAMOTO, Yoshihisa UJIMA, Takeshi AKIBA
  • Patent number: 9754158
    Abstract: A training device includes an information outputter, an exercise status detector, an arithmetic processor, and a stimulus signal generator. The information outputter includes at least one of an image output unit and an audio output unit. The exercise status detector includes a body portion, a first grip portion and a second grip portion provided on the body portion, and sensors that detect a motion of the body portion. The arithmetic processor issues training action instruction information through the information outputter, and evaluates a matching degree between the contents of the training action instruction information and the motion of the body portion, based on output signals from the sensors of the exercise status detector. The stimulus signal generator applies a stimulus signal to the arm of a trainee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: SYSTEM INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hamada, Takeshi Akiba, Junichi Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20170100586
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical stimulation device including a first to fourth electrodes, and an electrical stimulation generation section which supplies an electrical stimulation signal to each of the first to fourth electrodes. The electrical stimulation generation section supplies, to the first and second electrodes, an electrical stimulation signal according to a first stimulation pattern, and supplies, to the third and fourth electrodes, an electrical stimulation signal according to a second stimulation pattern. The first stimulation pattern is set so that an electrical stimulation signal for changing stimulation intensity according to a first waveform is supplied to the first electrode, and an electrical stimulation signal for changing stimulation intensity according to a second waveform is supplied to the second electrode, the second waveform being increased and decreased in conjunction with the first waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicants: SYSTEM INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD., The University of Electro-Communications
    Inventors: Takeshi AKIBA, Hiroshi YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20160341725
    Abstract: An automatic analyzing apparatus 10 includes a chip rack 11 that stores a pipette chip, a pipette 12 into which a specimen is injected, a conveyance unit that conveys the pipette 12 by parallel translation, a reagent rack 14, a reaction unit 15, a detection unit 16, and a detection block unit 17. The pipette chip stored by the chip rack 11 has a planar structure to directly and optically detect the specimen. The chip rack 11 includes, in a hole that receives the pipette chip, a guide corresponding to the structure of the pipette chip. The pipette 12 sucks or discharges the specimen via the pipette chip mounted onto the tip thereof by a drive of a pump. In the detection unit 16, a measurement is carried out with the pipette chip arranged so that the plane that receives light is vertical to an optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hamada, Takeshi Akiba, Chikara Ohyama, Tohru Yoneyama, Yuki Tobisawa, Toshifumi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 9251718
    Abstract: The training apparatus includes a training machine, a detection means, and an arithmetic means. The training machine has a displacement unit displaced according to a training action and a load generation unit that imparts a load to a trainee. The detection means detects displacement of the displacement unit. The arithmetic means acquires at least one characteristic value possessed by a waveform corresponding to one unit of a training action which waveform is included in the displacement detected in the detection unit on a time axis, for each waveform, and to evaluate the acquired characteristic values for at least one of variation, transition tendency, and deviation from a predetermined value. The arithmetic means executes, based on the evaluation, at least one of control of the load generation unit, calculation of a load value set in the load generation unit, and notification of a result of the evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SYSTEM INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Akiba
  • Patent number: 8992384
    Abstract: A training apparatus includes a training machine, a detecting unit, a signal generating unit, and a control unit. The training machine includes a displaceable part that is movable in response to exercise motions performed by the exerciser during training exercise. The detecting unit detects the displacement of the displaceable part or detects the displacement of the target training area of the exerciser resulting from the exercise motions. The signal generating unit generates a stimulus signal to be applied to the exerciser during the training exercise. The control unit corrects a content of processing relating to stimulus signal performed by the signal generating unit based on the displacement detected by the detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: System Instruments Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hamada, Takeshi Akiba, Hiroshi Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20150081057
    Abstract: A training device includes an information outputter, an exercise status detector, an arithmetic processor, and a stimulus signal generator. The information outputter includes at least one of an image output unit and an audio output unit. The exercise status detector includes a body portion, a first grip portion and a second grip portion provided on the body portion, and sensors that detect a motion of the body portion. The arithmetic processor issues training action instruction information through the information outputter, and evaluates a matching degree between the contents of the training action instruction information and the motion of the body portion, based on output signals from the sensors of the exercise status detector. The stimulus signal generator applies a stimulus signal to the arm of a trainee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: SYSTEM INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hamada, Takeshi Akiba, Junichi Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20140113261
    Abstract: The training apparatus includes a training machine, a detection means, and an arithmetic means. The training machine has a displacement unit displaced according to a training action and a load generation unit that imparts a load to a trainee. The detection means detects displacement of the displacement unit. The arithmetic means acquires at least one characteristic value possessed by a waveform corresponding to one unit of a training action which waveform is included in the displacement detected in the detection unit on a time axis, for each waveform, and to evaluate the acquired characteristic values for at least one of variation, transition tendency, and deviation from a predetermined value. The arithmetic means executes, based on the evaluation, at least one of control of the load generation unit, calculation of a load value set in the load generation unit, and notification of a result of the evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: SYSTEM INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Akiba
  • Publication number: 20130137549
    Abstract: A training apparatus includes a training machine, a detecting unit, a signal generating unit, and a control unit. The training machine includes a displaceable part that is movable in response to exercise motions performed by the exerciser during training exercise. The detecting unit detects the displacement of the displaceable part or detects the displacement of the target training area of the exerciser resulting from the exercise motions. The signal generating unit generates a stimulus signal to be applied to the exerciser during the training exercise. The control unit corrects a content of processing relating to stimulus signal performed by the signal generating unit based on the displacement detected by the detecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: SYSTEM INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hamada, Takeshi Akiba, Hiroshi Yokoi