Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Kitagawa

Tsuyoshi Kitagawa 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: 20170224226
    Abstract: The embodiment provides a blood pressure measurement device equipped with an air bag drive unit, a pressing surface formed with pressure sensors, and a control unit which calculates first blood pressure values on the basis of a first pressure pulse wave that was detected by the pressure sensors, generates calibration data using the first blood pressure values, and calculates second blood pressure values by calibrating, using the calibration data, a second pressure pulse wave that is detected by the pressure sensors in a state that the pressing force is set at an optimum pressing force. The control unit performs the processing of calculating second blood pressure values by calibrating the second pressure pulse wave if detection conditions of the second pressure pulse wave coincide with detection conditions of a pressure pulse wave used for generation of the calibration data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicants: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Shingo Yamashita, Toshihiko Ogura, Masayuki Fukutsuka, Daizo Oka, Naomi Matsumura, Kentaro Mori, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Masayuki Wakamiya
  • Publication number: 20170224229
    Abstract: The embodiment provides a blood pressure measurement device equipped with a pressing surface having plural pressure sensors arranged in one direction, an air bag for pressing the pressing surface against a living body part in a state that the one direction crosses a direction in which the radius artery T runs, an air bag drive unit, a rotational drive unit for driving the pressing surface rotationally about at least one of axes X and Y, and a control unit which performs a rotation control on the basis of pressure pulse waves that were detected by the pressure sensors in a process that the pressing force was increased and calculates blood pressure values on the basis of pressure pulse waves that were detected by the pressure sensors after the rotation control in a process that the pressing force was decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicants: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Shingo Yamashita, Toshihiko Ogura, Masayuki Fukutsuka, Daizo Oka, Naomi Matsumura, Kentaro Mori, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Masayuki Wakamiya
  • Publication number: 20170224227
    Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device is equipped with a pressing surface which is formed with pressure sensors, an air bag for pressing the pressing surface toward a radius artery that runs under a skin of a living body; an air bag drive unit for controlling the pressing force of the air bag, and a control unit for calculating blood pressure values in the radius artery on the basis of pressure pulse waves that were detected by all of the pressure sensors in a process that the pressing force was increased or decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicants: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Shingo Yamashita, Toshihiko Ogura, Masayuki Fukutsuka, Daizo Oka, Naomi Matsumura, Kentaro Mori, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Masayuki Wakamiya
  • Patent number: 9716350
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connector including a thermal protection circuit which detects abnormal heating to cut off the power supply. The connector (200) of the invention has: a cover portion (21); a plug portion (22); and a printed circuit board (27). The thermal protection circuit includes: an FET (34) which is inserted in a power supply line of a printed circuit board; and a temperature switch IC (33) which detects a temperature, and which, when the detected temperature exceeds a predetermined temperature, outputs an abnormal heating signal for causing the FET to cut off the power supply line. The connector includes a metal bonding member (360) which thermally couples a metal shell (25) to the temperature switch IC (33). The connector in which power supply can be cut off with high sensitivity with respect to abnormal heating in a plug portion is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: HOSIDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Hiroyuki Kaibara
  • Publication number: 20150310590
    Abstract: An electronic device can include an input configured to receive video data, at least one region of interest (ROI) block configured to identify an ROI within the video data, and at least one rasterizing block coupled with the at least one ROI block and configured to rasterize an image based on the ROI within the video data as identified by the at least one ROI block. A display processor can be configured to provide as output an overlay display in which the image rasterized by the at least one rasterizing block is overlaid a rasterized image corresponding to the video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20150288110
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connector including a thermal protection circuit which detects abnormal heating to cut off the power supply. The connector (200) of the invention has: a cover portion (21); a plug portion (22); and a printed circuit board (27). The thermal protection circuit includes: an FET (34) which is inserted in a power supply line of a printed circuit board; and a temperature switch IC (33) which detects a temperature, and which, when the detected temperature exceeds a predetermined temperature, outputs an abnormal heating signal for causing the FET to cut off the power supply line. The connector includes a metal bonding member (360) which thermally couples a metal shell (25) to the temperature switch IC (33). The connector in which power supply can be cut off with high sensitivity with respect to abnormal heating in a plug portion is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Keiichi Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Hiroyuki Kaibara
  • Patent number: 8713083
    Abstract: Digital fine delay processing provides an accurate and continuous delay for an analog signal generated from source digital data. A digital processor generates processed digital data corresponding to a delayed analog signal having a desired delay relative to the analog signal represented by the source digital data. The processed digital data is directly derived from the source digital data by digital processing, and both digital data are processed by a reference clock, or by the same phase and cycle of the reference clock. The processed digital data is converted into a the delayed analog signal. Modifying coefficients in a convolution function performed by the digital processor changes the desired delay so that the delay is accurately controlled and is continuous. Since the entire process is digital, degradation of the delayed analog signal is minimal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Tektronix International Sales GmbH
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20130190576
    Abstract: A blood pressure and pulse measurement device includes a cuff including a first air bladder, a pressure sensor, a pressing member, a pulse wave sensor, and an operation unit. When measurement of the blood pressure is instructed by the operation unit, the first air bladder of the cuff is inflated to increase inner pressure to a sufficient level such that the blood pressure of the patient can be measured by the pressure sensor and then deflated. When measurement of the blood pressure is not instructed by the operation unit, air of the first air bladder of the cuff is released such that the measurement location of the patient is not substantially pressed by the first air bladder, and the measurement location of the patient is pressed by the pressing member with sufficient pressure such that pulse of the patient can be detected by the pulse wave sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Naomi Matsumura, Yukiya Sawanoi, Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Shota Umeda
  • Publication number: 20130190629
    Abstract: An electronic sphygmomanometer includes a cuff including an air bladder, a pressure sensor, an artery volume sensor, and a computation device. The computation device includes an inner pressure control section, a volume sensor signal receive section for receiving a pulse wave signal detected by the artery volume sensor, a pressure sensor signal receive section for receiving a pressure pulse wave signal superimposed on the inner pressure of the air bladder and detected by the pressure sensor, a judgment section for choosing either the pulse wave signal or the pressure pulse wave signal as a signal for calculating pulse rate of the patient during a period when the inner pressure of the air bladder is increased and/or decreased by the inner pressure control section, and a pulse rate calculation section for calculating pulse rate of the patient based on the pulse wave signal and the signal chosen by the judgment section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Shota Umeda, Yukiya Sawanoi, Naomi Matsumura, Tsuyoshi Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 7817765
    Abstract: PCR jitter is improved when writing an input stream TS having a packet with a PCR in a memory 10 and reading it at a high speed. An oscillator 44 oscillates a local clock signal having a frequency of a reference clock for the input TS and a counter 46 counts the local clock signal. When a PCR detection section 38 detects the PCR in the input TS, a latch circuit 42 latches a counted value of the counter and a PCR exchange section 40 exchanges the original PCR with a result of subtracting the latched count value from the PCR of the input TS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20080152064
    Abstract: PCR jitter is improved when writing an input stream TS having a packet with a PCR in a memory 10 and reading it at a high speed. An oscillator 44 oscillates a local clock signal having a frequency of a reference clock for the input TS and a counter 46 counts the local clock signal. When a PCR detection section 38 detects the PCR in the input TS, a latch circuit 42 latches a counted value of the counter and a PCR exchange section 40 exchanges the original PCR with a result of subtracting the latched count value from the PCR of the input TS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: TEKTRONIX JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 7364820
    Abstract: The invention relates to a card connector. On one side of a housing 11 into which a card 1 having a cutaway portion 2 on one end side of a tip end is to be inserted, the card connector has a sliding member 50 which has a projecting portion 51 to be fitted into the cutaway portion 2 of the card 1, and which is movable in a card insertion/extraction direction. Erroneous insertion preventing means into which, when the card 1 is erroneously inserted in an inverted surface and rear face relationship and inclined so as to eliminate a gap which is formed by the cutaway portion 2 of the card 1 positioned in a side in the housing 11 opposite to the sliding member 50, an edge of a tip end portion of the card 1 on the side of the cutaway portion 2 is fitted to block insertion of the card 1 is disposed at a position on a side face portion 33 of the housing 11 opposite to the sliding member 50, the position being close toward a card insertion port 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Tanaka, Yasuo Nakai, Tsuyoshi Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20070128943
    Abstract: The invention relates to a card connector. On one side of a housing 11 into which a card 1 having a cutaway portion 2 on one end side of a tip end is to be inserted, the card connector has a sliding member 50 which has a projecting portion 51 to be fitted into the cutaway portion 2 of the card 1, and which is movable in a card insertion/extraction direction. Erroneous insertion preventing means into which, when the card 1 is erroneously inserted in an inverted surface and rear face relationship and inclined so as to eliminate a gap which is formed by the cutaway portion 2 of the card 1 positioned in a side in the housing 11 opposite to the sliding member 50, an edge of a tip end portion of the card 1 on the side of the cutaway portion 2 is fitted to block insertion of the card 1 is disposed at a position on a side face portion 33 of the housing 11 opposite to the sliding member 50, the position being close toward a card insertion port 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: Hosiden Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Tanaka, Yasuo Nakai, Tsuyoshi Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 7094067
    Abstract: The present invention provides a connection structure between a printed circuit board and a flexible circuit board that enables the number of assembly steps including steps using soldering to be reduced and enables detachment of the flexible circuit board to be prevented. Printed-side conductive patterns formed on a printed circuit board is connected with flexible-side conductive patterns formed on a flexible circuit board. The connection structure comprises: two printed-side openings provided in the printed-side conductive patterns of the printed circuit board; two flexible-side openings provided in the flexible circuit board to align with the printed-side openings when the flexible-side conductive patterns are brought into contact with the printed-side conductive patterns; a frame having two leg parts that are inserted through the both openings; and an elastic pressing member interposed between the frame and the flexible circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 6946606
    Abstract: A depression switch 700 in a multidirectional input device A comprises a key top 710 which is provided below an operating member 400 so as to penetrate a bottom plate portion 211 of a lower case 220 and to be movable in a vertical direction, an elastically deformable dome-shaped movable contact piece 720 abutting the key top 710 moved downward, one fixed electrode 731 provided below an end portion 721 of the movable contact piece 720 on a substrate 100, the other fixed electrode 732 provided at the position of contacting a central portion 722 of the elastically deformed movable contact piece 720 on the substrate 100 and a spacer 740 for electrically connecting the end portion 721 of the movable contact piece 720 to the one fixed electrode 731.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20050168366
    Abstract: Digital fine delay processing provides an accurate and continuous delay for an analog signal generated from source digital data. A digital processor generates processed digital data corresponding to a delayed analog signal having a desired delay relative to the analog signal represented by the source digital data. The processed digital data is directly derived from the source digital data by digital processing, and both digital data are processed by a reference clock, or by the same phase and cycle of the reference clock. The processed digital data is converted into a the delayed analog signal. Modifying coefficients in a convolution function performed by the digital processor changes the desired delay so that the delay is accurately controlled and is continuous. Since the entire process is digital, degradation of the delayed analog signal is minimal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 6866893
    Abstract: A conductive cap for use in an electronic component, has an opening at a bottom portion thereof, and is constructed to be fixed to the upper surface of a substrate of the electronic component at the opening portion of the cap so as to cover at least an electronic component element mounted on the upper surface of the substrate having terminal electrodes provided thereon. The end surface of the opening and the inner and outer surfaces thereof in connection to and in the vicinity of the end surface are provided with an insulating film disposed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Baba, Toshio Nishimura, Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Jiro Inoue, Shoichi Kawabata
  • Patent number: 6800189
    Abstract: A conductive cap for use in an electronic component, has an opening at a bottom portion thereof, and is constructed to be fixed to the upper surface of a substrate of the electronic component at the opening portion of the cap so as to cover at least an electronic component element mounted on the upper surface of the substrate having terminal electrodes provided thereon. The end surface of the opening and the inner and outer surfaces thereof in connection to and in the vicinity of the end surface are provided with an insulating film disposed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Baba, Toshio Nishimura, Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Jiro Inoue, Shoichi Kawabata
  • Patent number: D498758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Kitagawa
  • Patent number: D781800
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Kluser, Alan Wickstrom, Tsuyoshi Kitagawa