Patents by Inventor Toru Okada

Toru Okada 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: 12601656
    Abstract: A rolling bearing abnormality detection device of the present invention detects a vibration generated in a rolling bearing as vibration data, obtains a frequency spectrum thereof, identifies a frequency indicating a peak as a peak frequency from the frequency spectrum within a predetermined frequency range including a theoretical frequency that brings about a peak on the frequency spectrum during occurrence of an abnormality, sets the peak frequency as a monitoring peak frequency of a monitoring target in a case where the peak frequency changes with time, and determines whether an abnormality is present, based on a peak value of a peak corresponding to the monitoring peak frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Keita Kanai, Toru Okada, Kazuo Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20260096742
    Abstract: A breathing rate estimation system includes at least one radar type sensor installed in a monitoring area, an information processing device configured to execute person detection processing of acquiring sensor data output from the sensor and detecting a person present in the monitoring area using the acquired sensor data and breathing rate estimation processing of estimating a breathing rate of the person, and a display device configured to display the breathing rate of the person estimated in the breathing rate estimation processing. The information processing device determines whether the person is in a specific state based on a detection result of the person by the person detection processing, and executes the breathing rate estimation processing when it is determined that the person is in the specific state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeo UETA, Makoto YASUGI, Hiroshi NOGUCHI, Toru OKADA, Kosuke ONO
  • Publication number: 20260029307
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a rolling-bearing replacement-timing prediction device and method enabling a more accurate replacement-timing prediction. A frequency spectrum of vibration data indicating vibration of a rolling bearing is determined for every sampling period and is stored in association with the sampling period into a storage unit. A specific peak not appearing during a normal state is detected from the frequency spectrum within a first frequency range including a theoretical frequency at which a peak occurs during an abnormality. When the specific peak is detected, a specific peak is detected as a re-detection specific peak within a second frequency range, which includes the specific peak and is smaller than the first frequency range, from at least one frequency spectrum stored in the storage unit prior to this sampling period, and the replacement timing of the rolling bearing is predicted based on the specific peak and the re-detection specific peak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Toru OKADA, Kazuo YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20260029026
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a rolling-bearing monitoring device and method enabling more proper peak detection. The present disclosure includes determining a frequency spectrum of vibration data indicating vibration of a rolling bearing for every sampling period, storing the frequency spectrum in association with the sampling period into a storage unit, and detecting, from the frequency spectrum, a specific peak not appearing during a normal state within a first frequency range including a theoretical frequency at which a peak occurs during an abnormality. When a specific peak is detected, the present disclosure includes detecting a specific peak as a re-detection specific peak within a second frequency range, which includes the specific peak and is smaller than the first frequency range, from at least one frequency spectrum stored in the storage unit prior to this sampling period, and causing a display unit to display the specific peak and the re-detection specific peak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Toru OKADA, Kazuo YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20250060279
    Abstract: A bearing abnormality detection device and a bearing abnormality detection method in the present invention include: obtaining a frequency spectrum of vibration data of a vibration in a rolling bearing; detecting, from the obtained frequency spectrum, a peak frequency within a predetermined frequency range including a theoretical frequency showing a peak on the frequency spectrum in an occurrence of an abnormality; and determining whether an abnormality is present on the basis of a chronological frequency change amount that is a difference between a preset reference frequency being a reference of the peak frequency and the detected peak frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Keita KANAI, Toru OKADA, Kazuo YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20250000388
    Abstract: A detection system includes at least one radar type sensor installed in a predetermined area, a biological information detection device configured to detect biological information of a person in the area based on sensor data output from the sensor, and a terminal device configured to generate and display support information for supporting installation of the sensor using the detected biological information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto YASUGI, Takeo UETA, Toru OKADA, Hiroshi NOGUCHI, Kosuke ONO
  • Publication number: 20240210278
    Abstract: A rolling bearing abnormality detection device of the present invention detects a vibration generated in a rolling bearing as vibration data, obtains a frequency spectrum thereof, identifies a frequency indicating a peak as a peak frequency from the frequency spectrum within a predetermined frequency range including a theoretical frequency that brings about a peak on the frequency spectrum during occurrence of an abnormality, sets the peak frequency as a monitoring peak frequency of a monitoring target in a case where the peak frequency changes with time, and determines whether an abnormality is present, based on a peak value of a peak corresponding to the monitoring peak frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Keita KANAI, Toru OKADA, Kazuo YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240183944
    Abstract: The present invention contributes to the provision of an information processing device and an information processing method with which it is possible to improve accuracy in the assessment of information on a subject to be sensed by a radar device. This information processing device comprises: a combination unit for, on the basis of a time-series change in sensing information produced by a radar device, combining a plurality of items of sensing information that were sensed at a given clock time as sensing information pertaining to a specific sensing subject; a discrimination unit for discriminating an attribute of the sensing subject on the basis of the combined sensing information; and an output unit for outputting the result of discrimination pertaining to the attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Takeo UETA, Hiroshi NOGUCHI, Toru OKADA, Makoto YASUGI, Kosuke ONO
  • Publication number: 20230343208
    Abstract: A device includes a camera for capturing shot images of road surfaces; a sensor for detecting a pedestrian’s movement; a memory for storing record information including a shot image at a preset record point in association with position data of the record point; and a processor for performing an image-based positioning operation by predicting a next record point to be reached by the pedestrian based on the pedestrian’s movement status from detection results of the sensor; extracting a shot image(s) from the shot images stored in the memory based on the predicted record point; comparing the extracted shot image with a real time image captured by the camera for matching; and acquiring the position data of the record point associated with the matching shot image as the position data of the pedestrian’s current position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi UENO, Hiroaki SUDO, Toru OKADA, Toshiteru HAYASHI, Yangping SHEN
  • Patent number: 11721889
    Abstract: Object: A plurality of problems of an electromagnetic wave transmissive cover to be installed in an electromagnetic wave irradiation direction of a sensor using an electromagnetic wave are simultaneously eliminated. Resolution means: An electromagnetic wave transmissive cover 1 is a member to be installed in an electromagnetic wave irradiation direction of a millimeter wave radar 100 using an electromagnetic wave, and includes a colored resin member 3, a transparent resin member 5, and a transparent heater film 7. The transparent resin member 5 is provided on an opposite side to the millimeter wave radar 100 of the colored resin member 3. The transparent heater film 7 is provided on the opposite side to the millimeter wave radar 100 of the colored resin member 3, includes a wiring pattern formed by copper plating or etching, and has electromagnetic wave transmissivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: NISSHA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Kawashima, Hiroyuki Konishi, Yasuhide Fukada, Toshitsugu Fujimura, Toru Okada
  • Patent number: 11668394
    Abstract: In a piston including a plurality of piston rings, a state where a difference in differential pressure between the piston rings is eased is maintained even after passage of time, and the life of the piston rings is extended. A piston includes a piston body in which a plurality of ring grooves is formed, and a plurality of piston rings respectively arranged in the ring grooves. In the piston, a leakage groove is formed on a low-pressure side surface of the ring groove, and in a state where the piston ring is abutted with the low-pressure side surface while being abutted with a cylinder, the leakage groove ensures communication between a high-pressure side space and a low-pressure side space with respect to the piston ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: KOBE STEEL, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Morinaka, Toru Okada, Tomohiro Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20230034137
    Abstract: In a piston including a plurality of piston rings, a state where a difference in differential pressure between the piston rings is eased is maintained even after passage of time, and the life of the piston rings is extended. A piston includes a piston body in which a plurality of ring grooves is formed, and a plurality of piston rings respectively arranged in the ring grooves. In the piston, a leakage groove is formed on a low-pressure side surface of the ring groove, and in a state where the piston ring is abutted with the low-pressure side surface while being abutted with a cylinder, the leakage groove ensures communication between a high-pressure side space and a low-pressure side space with respect to the piston ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Shunsuke MORINAKA, Toru OKADA, Tomohiro OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20220196151
    Abstract: The piston ring unit includes a plurality of piston rings and an inner contact ring. A plurality of piston rings are disposed adjacent to each other in an axial direction of the piston such that joints of plurality of the piston rings do not overlap with each other in the axial direction. An inner contact ring is interposed between an outer circumferential surface of the piston and an inner circumferential surface of the piston ring in a state where the inner contact ring extends over all of the plurality of piston rings in the axial direction, and is disposed such that an opening of the inner contact ring does not overlap with the joint of the at least one piston ring as viewed in a radial direction of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Toru OKADA, Tomohiro OTSUKA
  • Patent number: 11268594
    Abstract: Provided is a reduction gear comprising a bearing state detection device capable of detecting the state of a rolling bearing that rotates integrally with an output shaft and an output gear during power transmission. The bearing state detection device comprises: a plurality of displacement sensors (1, 2, 11, 12), which are disposed in mutually differing positions at the sides of output gears (26, 27) having helical threads (35a, 37a) formed in the outer peripheral surfaces, and which detect the amount of axial displacement of the side surfaces of the output gears; and a processing unit (5), which determines the amount of tilt of the gears (26, 27) on the basis of the amount of displacement detected by the plurality of displacement sensors (1, 2, 11, 12) during rotation of the output gears (26, 27) when the output gears are linked to an output shaft (25) by a linking mechanism (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Okada, Kazuo Yamaguchi, Keita Kanai
  • Patent number: 11162872
    Abstract: A device for evaluating tire rolling resistance, the device includes: load rolls having surfaces that simulate a road surface on which a tire is to travel; a moving mechanism; a load sensor; a position sensor; a phase difference calculation unit; and a rolling resistance evaluation unit. The load rolls are two or more load rolls disposed side by side and are smaller in diameter than the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Okada
  • Publication number: 20210159592
    Abstract: Object: A plurality of problems of an electromagnetic wave transmissive cover to be installed in an electromagnetic wave irradiation direction of a sensor using an electromagnetic wave are simultaneously eliminated. Resolution means: An electromagnetic wave transmissive cover 1 is a member to be installed in an electromagnetic wave irradiation direction of a millimeter wave radar 100 using an electromagnetic wave, and includes a colored resin member 3, a transparent resin member 5, and a transparent heater film 7. The transparent resin member 5 is provided on an opposite side to the millimeter wave radar 100 of the colored resin member 3. The transparent heater film 7 is provided on the opposite side to the millimeter wave radar 100 of the colored resin member 3, includes a wiring pattern formed by copper plating or etching, and has electromagnetic wave transmissivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: NISSHA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji KAWASHIMA, Hiroyuki KONISHI, Yasuhide FUKADA, Toshitsugu FUJIMURA, Toru OKADA
  • Publication number: 20200355577
    Abstract: A load transfer function of a uniformity measuring apparatus in a second state, in which a tire to be measured is attached, is obtained using at least either a load transfer function or an acceleration transfer function measured in a step of measuring reference transfer functions and a natural frequency measured in a step of measuring a natural frequency. The obtained load transfer function is used to correct tire uniformity data obtained by performing a certain type of signal processing on a tire uniformity waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Toru OKADA, Keita KANAI
  • Publication number: 20200332861
    Abstract: Provided is a reduction gear comprising a bearing state detection device capable of detecting the state of a rolling bearing that rotates integrally with an output shaft and an output gear during power transmission. The bearing state detection device comprises: a plurality of displacement sensors (1, 2, 11, 12), which are disposed in mutually differing positions at the sides of output gears (26, 27) having helical threads (35a, 37a) formed in the outer peripheral surfaces, and which detect the amount of axial displacement of the side surfaces of the output gears; and a processing unit (5), which determines the amount of tilt of the gears (26, 27) on the basis of the amount of displacement detected by the plurality of displacement sensors (1, 2, 11, 12) during rotation of the output gears (26, 27) when the output gears are linked to an output shaft (25) by a linking mechanism (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Toru OKADA, Kazuo YAMAGUCHI, Keita KANAI
  • Patent number: 10805770
    Abstract: A positioning system includes a receiver that receives a positioning signal from a positioning satellite and generates carrier phase information, a base station that receives the carrier phase information from the receiver, and a communication terminal that performs wireless communication with the base station. The base station transmits information including the carrier phase information and the position information of the receiver as a carrier positioning signal to the communication terminal and the communication terminal performs carrier positioning using the carrier positioning signal transmitted by the base station. Here, the base station encrypts the position information of the receiver, in the carrier positioning signal to be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sakaibara, Jun Shibata, Toru Okada, Yasuhisa Yamazaki, Kazuyuki Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20200292418
    Abstract: A device for evaluating tire rolling resistance, the device includes: load rolls having surfaces that simulate a road surface on which a tire is to travel; a moving mechanism; a load sensor; a position sensor; a phase difference calculation unit; and a rolling resistance evaluation unit. The load rolls are two or more load rolls disposed side by side and are smaller in diameter than the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventor: Toru OKADA