Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Ozaki

Tomohiro Ozaki 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: 20250046896
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a storage battery recycling method including: a step of disassembling into each constituent component based on a disassembly method in accordance with a type of storage battery; a step of cutting an electrode component among the constituent components to generate cut pieces; a step of arranging the cut pieces on a mounting member provided in a container containing water; a step of separating the cut pieces into a plurality of elements made of different materials by performing electric pulse discharge in water in the container; and a step of sorting and recovering by type the plurality of elements made of different materials and separated from the cut pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Ryoichi OZAKI, Tomohiro MORIYAMA, Yuta SAKURAI, Koshi TADA, Takuji YOSHIDA, Shingo TERAKADO, Kazuhito UCHIDA, Masaru HEMMI
  • Publication number: 20250046897
    Abstract: A storage battery recycling device includes a container which can store water, a sieve-like placement member provided in the container, and a discharge part configured to perform electric pulse discharge in water in the container in which water is stored, wherein the discharge part is configured to perform the electric pulse discharge a predetermined number of times on an electrode component of a storage battery placed on an upper surface of the placement member, and to separate the electrode component into a plurality of elements made of different materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Ryoichi OZAKI, Tomohiro MORIYAMA, Yuta SAKURAI, Koshi TADA, Takuji YOSHIDA, Shingo TERAKADO, Kazuhito UCHIDA, Masaru HEMMI, Takao NAMIHIRA
  • Patent number: 10222245
    Abstract: A controller switches a measurement unit from a non-measurement state to a measurement state to start measurement processing of the measurement target physical amount when a trigger condition having a lowest variation level for a steady state is satisfied in plural trigger conditions set according to a trigger physical amount detected by a trigger detector, and the controller interrupts currently-performed measurement processing to start measurement processing corresponding to a trigger condition having a higher variation level when the trigger condition having the variation level for the steady state higher than that of the trigger condition corresponding to the currently-performed measurement processing is satisfied during performance of the measurement processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sameshima, Yasuhiro Kawabata, Tomohiro Ozaki, Ryota Akai, Teruki Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 10142912
    Abstract: A sink node forming a sensor network system with one or more sensor nodes includes a communication time period allocation means for allocating, to a target sensor node, a communication time period for measurement information transmission by the target sensor node, to not overlap a communication time period for measurement information transmission by a node related to a wireless communication environment between the target sensor node and sink node, concerning measurement information transmission by a sensor target sensor node other than the target sensor node among the one or more sensor nodes. The communication time period allocation means adjusts a communication time period allocated for subsequent measurement information to be transmitted by the target sensor node, based on a predetermined wireless communication parameter related to the wireless communication environment between the target sensor node and sink node, concerning measurement information transmission by the target sensor node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Inoue, Hiroshi Sameshima, Ryota Akai, Tomohiro Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20170359767
    Abstract: A sink node forming a sensor network system with one or more sensor nodes includes a communication time period allocation means for allocating, to a target sensor node, a communication time period for measurement information transmission by the target sensor node, to not overlap a communication time period for measurement information transmission by a node related to a wireless communication environment between the target sensor node and sink node, concerning measurement information transmission by a sensor target sensor node other than the target sensor node among the one or more sensor nodes. The communication time period allocation means adjusts a communication time period allocated for subsequent measurement information to be transmitted by the target sensor node, based on a predetermined wireless communication parameter related to the wireless communication environment between the target sensor node and sink node, concerning measurement information transmission by the target sensor node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki INOUE, Hiroshi SAMESHIMA, Ryota AKAI, Tomohiro OZAKI
  • Patent number: 9787181
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a first sensor unit, a control IC configured to switch a power supply route, a power supply, a DC converter, and a regulator configured to regulate the voltage. A power supply route A and a power supply route B is provided as a power supply route from the power supply to the sensor unit and the control IC. In the power supply route A, the sensor unit is not electrically conducted to the power supply, and the control IC is directly connected to the power supply. In the power supply route B, the power supply, the DC converter, and the regulator are connected in series, output of the regulator is supplied to the sensor unit, and output of the DC converter is supplied to the control IC. The control IC switches between the power supply route A and the power supply route B according to an operating state of the sensor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Teruki Hasegawa, Hiroshi Imai, Hiroshi Sameshima, Tomohiro Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20160056718
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a first sensor unit, a control IC configured to switch a power supply route, a power supply, a DC converter, and a regulator configured to regulate the voltage. A power supply route A and a power supply route B is provided as a power supply route from the power supply to the sensor unit and the control IC. In the power supply route A, the sensor unit is not electrically conducted to the power supply, and the control IC is directly connected to the power supply. In the power supply route B, the power supply, the DC converter, and the regulator are connected in series, output of the regulator is supplied to the sensor unit, and output of the DC converter is supplied to the control IC. The control IC switches between the power supply route A and the power supply route B according to an operating state of the sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Teruki Hasegawa, Hiroshi Imai, Hiroshi Sameshima, Tomohiro Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20160041014
    Abstract: A controller switches a measurement unit from a non-measurement state to a measurement state to start measurement processing of the measurement target physical amount when a trigger condition having a lowest variation level for a steady state is satisfied in plural trigger conditions set according to a trigger physical amount detected by a trigger detector, and the controller interrupts currently-performed measurement processing to start measurement processing corresponding to a trigger condition having a higher variation level when the trigger condition having the variation level for the steady state higher than that of the trigger condition corresponding to the currently-performed measurement processing is satisfied during performance of the measurement processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sameshima, Yasuhiro Kawabata, Tomohiro Ozaki, Ryota Akai, Teruki Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7714773
    Abstract: An RFID tag distance measuring system includes a reader that outputs a predetermined carrier signal to a tag and receives a reflected signal of the carrier signal from the tag. The reader has signal output means for outputting signals at multiple frequencies, which are different from each other, as the carrier signal, a transmitting section that transmits a signal output by the signal output means to the tag, a receiving section that receives reflected signals of the signals at multiple frequencies, which are different from each other, from the tag and estimating means for estimating the distance between the tag and the reader based on the amount of change in phase between the reflected signals received by the receiving section and the carrier signals and the frequencies of the carrier signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ozaki, Hideyuki Ohara, Takehiro Kawai, Keisuke Saito
  • Publication number: 20070241904
    Abstract: An RFID tag distance measuring system includes a reader that outputs a predetermined carrier signal to a tag and receives a reflected signal of the carrier signal from the tag. The reader has signal output means for outputting signals at multiple frequencies, which are different from each other, as the carrier signal, a transmitting section that transmits a signal output by the signal output means to the tag, a receiving section that receives reflected signals of the signals at multiple frequencies, which are different from each other, from the tag and estimating means for estimating the distance between the tag and the reader based on the amount of change in phase between the reflected signals received by the receiving section and the carrier signals and the frequencies of the carrier signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ozaki, Hideyuki Ohara, Takehiro Kawai, Keisuke Saito