Patents by Inventor Tohru Nakamura

Tohru Nakamura 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).

  • ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110313604
    Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing an electric vehicle which makes an assisting movement based on an operation by an operator without making a movement when an operator is not operating the electric vehicle or a movement which widely differs from a movement intended by the operator in direction or distance, and a method of controlling the electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Yohei Kume, Hideo Kawakami, Tohru Nakamura
  • TRANSFER SUPPORTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20110238217
    Abstract: A transfer supporting apparatus is provided with actuators for actuating supporting members and a controller for controlling the actuators based on the operation of operating units. The controller includes a movement path setting unit for setting movement paths of the supporting members and an operation correcting unit for correcting movements of the supporting members based on the operation of the operating units by driving the actuators so that the supporting members move along the movement paths set by the movement path setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Yohei Kume, Hideo Kawakami, Soichiro Fujioka, Tohru Nakamura
  • TRAVELING VEHICLE AND BED
    Publication number: 20110196562
    Abstract: A traveling vehicle (12) is self-propelled and docked in a quadrilateral docking area (20) having an entrance (55) on one side thereof, and includes: a docking point obtainment unit which obtains first to fourth points indicating positions of four corners of the docking area and represented in relative coordinates with respect to a position of the traveling vehicle (12); a reference distance detection unit (35) which obtains a reference distance indicating a distance between the traveling vehicle (12) and the docking area (20); and a movement control unit (33) which controls movement of the traveling vehicle (12) moving to the docking area (20), based on the first and second points when the reference distance Ls is not shorter than a first correction distance N1, and based on at least the third and fourth points when the reference distance Ls is shorter than the first correction distance N1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Yohei Kume, Hideo Kawakami, Shohei Tsukada, Tohru Nakamura
  • MEDICINE EXAMINATION SUPPORT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110125523
    Abstract: A medicine inspection support system, which provides a reliable inspection of medicine preparation, includes a person authentication unit, a preliminary inspection unit, an inspection unit, and an inspector check unit. The person authentication unit identifies a preliminary inspector who performs a preliminary inspection of medicine preparation, and an inspector who performs an inspection of the medicine preparation. The preliminary inspection unit certifies that the preliminary inspector has performed the preliminary inspection of the medicine preparation. The inspection unit certifies that the inspector has performed the inspection of the medicine preparation. The inspector check unit permits the inspection unit to certify completion of the inspection when determined that the inspector is a different person from the preliminary inspector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanobu Tanimoto, Makoto Gotou, Yoshihiko Matsukawa, Tohru Nakamura, Rie Takahashi
  • MEDICINE SELECTION SUPPORT SYSTEM, MEDICINE SELECTION SUPPORT METHOD, MEDICINE DISPENSING DEVICE, AND DUMMY BODY
    Publication number: 20110112682
    Abstract: A medicine selection support system of the invention includes an automatic dispensing device for dispensing a general medicine and a dummy body for a managed medicine based on the pharmacy information, a management terminal for reading medicine information of the managed medicine from the dummy body, and an exchange support section for supporting exchange between the managed medicine and the dummy body from the medicine information read by the terminal. With the automatic dispensing device, a dummy body corresponding to the managed medicine can be dispensed at the same timing as that of a general medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Matsukawa, Makoto Gotou, Takanobu Tanimoto, Tohru Nakamura, Soichiro Fujioka
  • MEDICATION MIXING DEVICE AND MEDICATION MIXING METHOD
    Publication number: 20110100501
    Abstract: A medicine mixing device includes a pedestal, a main rotating-base, a sub rotating-base, and a control unit. The pedestal is used to place medicine containers thereon. The main rotating-base includes a holding portion and a main rotating shaft, and rotates around the main rotating shaft. The holding portion holds a syringe for sucking a medicine at its center on its vertical plane. The main rotating shaft is orthogonal to the vertical plane. The sub rotating-base is disposed close to a part of the circumference of the main-rotating base and rotates relatively with respect to the main rotating-base. The sub rotating-base includes a fixing unit and a sub rotating shaft parallel to the main rotating shaft. The fixing unit fixes thereto one medicine container selected from the medicine containers on the pedestal. The control unit controls a medicine to be sucked out of the medicine container into the syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Osamu Mizuno, Akinobu Okuda, Tohru Nakamura
  • Optical head and data processing apparatus including the same
    Patent number: 7911908
    Abstract: An optical data processing apparatus reads and/or writes data from/on a data storage medium, in which first and second data storage layer are stacked. The apparatus includes: a light detector including at least one photodetector for generating a light quantity signal; a detecting optical system for guiding reflected light beams from a storage layer; and a signal processor for generating a layer sensing signal from the light quantity signal and determining, by the layer sensing signal, the type of data storage medium. The light detector includes a layer sensing photodetector arranged in view of an of an area of the light detector, and further includes a photodetector which is different from the layer sensing photodetector which receives the reflected light beam to generate a focus signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitomo Yamasaki, Tohru Nakamura
  • MEDICINE MANAGEMENT METHOD
    Publication number: 20110060448
    Abstract: A medicine management method includes: a prescription generating step of generating a prescription direction; and a dispensation operation step of making dispensation information regarding dispensation correspond to a medicine container and a prescription code, to update management information of a dispensation managing section. The medicine management method includes a withdrawal operation step of specifying the medicine container that corresponds to a prescription code cancelled in accordance with the management information at the time of a cancellation of the prescription direction in the dispensation operation step, to direct a withdrawal process on the medicine container based upon cancellation information. An accurate medicine withdrawal is performed on the medicine container cancelled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Makoto Gotou, Yoshihiko Matsukawa, Takanobu Tanimoto, Tohru Nakamura, Rie Takahashi
  • ROBOT ARM
    Publication number: 20110036188
    Abstract: A robot arm has: a drive gear that has a shaft; a gear frame being capable of turning about the shaft of the drive gear; a first follower gear being capable of turning, in synchronization with the drive gear, about a shaft fixed to the gear frame, in a direction opposite to the turning direction of the drive gear; a transmission control mechanism that is capable of locking the first follower gear to the drive gear; an arm that moves in synchronization with the first follower gear; and a collision detection unit that is capable of detecting a collision between the arm and an obstacle. The transmission control mechanism unlocks the follower gear from the drive gear in response to detection, by the collision detection unit, of collision between the arm and the obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Soichiro Fujioka, Osamu Mizuno, Yoshihiko Matsukawa, Akinobu Okuda, Tsuyoshi Tojo, Rie Takahashi, Tohru Nakamura
  • Operation switch
    Patent number: D638803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mizuho Sakakibara, Shoichi Kobayashi, Yohei Kume, Shohei Tsukada, Hideo Kawakami, Tohru Nakamura
  • Syringe drive device
    Patent number: D640368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Fujioka, Mizuho Sakakibara, Tohru Nakamura
  • Syringe drive device
    Patent number: D640369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Fujioka, Mizuho Sakakibara, Tohru Nakamura
  • Syringe drive device
    Patent number: D640370
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Fujioka, Mizuho Sakakibara, Tohru Nakamura
  • Convertible bed
    Patent number: D644850
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mizuho Sakakibara, Hideo Kawakami, Yohei Kume, Tohru Nakamura
  • Convertible bed
    Patent number: D645273
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mizuho Sakakibara, Hideo Kawakami, Yohei Kume, Tohru Nakamura
  • Operation switch
    Patent number: D645415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mizuho Sakakibara, Shoichi Kobayashi, Yohei Kume, Shohei Tsukada, Hideo Kawakami, Tohru Nakamura
  • Convertible bed
    Patent number: D645674
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mizuho Sakakibara, Hideo Kawakami, Yohei Kume, Tohru Nakamura
  • Syringe drive device
    Patent number: D650068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Fujioka, Mizuho Sakakibara, Shoichi Kobayashi, Tohru Nakamura
  • Chair bed
    Patent number: D650205
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mizuho Sakakibara, Hideo Kawakami, Yohei Kume, Tohru Nakamura
  • Operation switch
    Patent number: D650338
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mizuho Sakakibara, Shoichi Kobayashi, Yohei Kume, Shohei Tsukada, Hideo Kawakami, Tohru Nakamura