Patents by Inventor Wataru ARAI
Wataru ARAI 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).
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Publication number: 20240123229Abstract: Provided is an electrostimulation device that outputs an electrical signal, the electrical signal obtained by repeatedly outputting a fifth electrical signal comprising a first electrical signal whose amplitude in a first time becomes larger from a first amplitude, a second electrical signal whose amplitude in a second time is maintained to a second amplitude, a third electrical signal whose amplitude in a third time becomes smaller to a third amplitude, and a fourth electrical signal whose amplitude in a fourth time is maintained to a fourth amplitude; and the first electrical signal output in a sixth time, that is obtained by repeatedly outputting an eighth electrical signal comprising a sixth electrical signal having a first frequency, the sixth electrical signal that is off in a seventh time, wherein the first frequency is controlled via first frequency control of changing from a second frequency to a third frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: ITO CO., LTD.Inventors: Daigo YOSHIDA, Ryoichi TAKASU, Wataru ORITO, Osamu ITO, Hideki ARAI
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Publication number: 20230214194Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes a program causing one or more processors to execute disposing one or more program components and one or more comments on a screen of a visual programming editor based on acceptance of an operation, determining whether to associate a specific comment with a specific program component based on a positional relationship between the specific comment included in the one or more comments and the specific program component included in the one or more program components, and generating a text-based code in which a text of the specific comment and a text of the specific program component are disposed nearby based on determination that the specific comment is associated with the specific program component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventor: Wataru ARAI
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Patent number: 11642834Abstract: A manufacturing method for manufacturing a colored product, where using inkjet heads which are a plurality of color ink heads, and an inkjet head, which is a colorless ink head, a plurality of coloring regions are formed in an overlapping manner in a normal direction, a surface side colored region, which is a region located closest to the surface of the colored product is formed using at least the color ink ejected from any of the inkjet heads, and an inner colored region, which is a region located farther from the surface of the colored product than the surface side colored region is formed using at least the color ink ejected from any of the inkjet heads and the colorless ink ejected from the inkjet head.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignees: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITYInventors: Wataru Arai, Kunio Hakkaku, Norimichi Tsumura, Keita Hirai, Junki Yoshii
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Patent number: 11573538Abstract: A layer configuration prediction method is provided and includes: a specimen production step of producing multiple specimens by depositing layers of a material in configurations different from each other; a specimen measurement step of performing, on each specimen, measurement to acquire a texture parameter corresponding to a texture; a learning step of causing a computer to perform machine learning of a relation between each of the specimens and the texture parameter; a setting parameter calculation step of calculating a setting parameter corresponding to the texture set to a computer graphics image; and a layer configuration acquisition step of providing the setting parameter as an input to the computer having been caused to perform the machine learning, and acquiring an output representing the layering pattern of layers of the material corresponding to the setting parameter.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignees: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITYInventors: Norimichi Tsumura, Junki Yoshii, Keita Hirai, Wataru Arai
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Publication number: 20220164750Abstract: This invention forecasts a more accurate productivity. A production management device (1) comprises: a producible quantity computing unit (101) that computes the producible quantity forecast in a unit period specified by a predetermined time zone and/or a predetermined day of the week based on production history information of a predetermined product; and a production-completed quantity computing unit (102) that computes the production-completed quantity forecast from a first time point to a second time point in the future, based on the producible quantity forecast.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventor: Wataru ARAI
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Patent number: 11226814Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to prevent a conflict between variable names and unintended overwriting of data when a plurality of programs that define shared variables exist. A compiler device (12) includes: an identifier acquisition part (121a) for acquiring an identifier of a first user program; a shared variable name generation part (121b) for generating a shared variable name that includes a variable name of a shared variable and the identifier; a conversion part (121c) for converting the first user program to machine language; and an address determination part (122a) for determining an address of the shared variable. The address determination part (122a) associates the shared variable name and the address of the shared variable with each other and embeds these in the first user program that has been converted to machine language.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventor: Wataru Arai
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Publication number: 20210398044Abstract: A production assistance system which generates steps for producing a product on the basis of an order including information which should specify the product to be produced, a quantity or count by which the product is to be produced, and a due date by which the production is to be completed is provided with an input unit for inputting the order; a schedule computation unit for generating, on the basis of the order input by the input unit, a schedule including information relating to a plurality of operation machines required to produce a product specified by the order, steps assigned to the respective operation machines, and a time required to execute each of the steps; a step division information providing unit for dividing the steps of the generated schedule into a plurality of tasks as information which can be interpreted and executed by the operation machines; and a step instruction unit for outputting instructions to the operation machines on the basis of the tasks from the step division information proviType: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshikazu HATTORI, Shinji IGARI, Takumi KODAMA, Wataru ARAI
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Patent number: 11157297Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to prevent a conflict between variable names and consequently the unintentional overwriting of data when a plurality of programs that define a shared variable exist. A control device (1) is equipped with a program management part (11), a data storage part (13a), and a shared variable symbol table (13b). The program management part (11) acquires an identifier for a first user program, generates a shared variable name that includes the identifier and a variable name of a shared variable defined in the first user program, associates the shared variable name and an address of the shared variable with each other, and records these in the shared variable symbol table (13b).Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventor: Wataru Arai
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Publication number: 20210255881Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to prevent a conflict between variable names and consequently the unintentional overwriting of data when a plurality of programs that define a shared variable exist. A control device (1) is equipped with a program management part (11), a data storage part (13a), and a shared variable symbol table (13b). The program management part (11) acquires an identifier for a first user program, generates a shared variable name that includes the identifier and a variable name of a shared variable defined in the first user program, associates the shared variable name and an address of the shared variable with each other, and records these in the shared variable symbol table (13b).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventor: Wataru ARAI
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Patent number: 11084299Abstract: A printing system is provided and includes an image processing portion that generates a generated image by image processing, and a printing portion that performs printing on a medium based on the generated image. The image processing portion generates the generated image by performing a quantization processing that performs quantization by comparing the pixel value of each pixel in the input image with a threshold, and in the quantization processing, calculates a dot influence value indicating to what extent a position corresponding to a selected pixel is covered by the ink dots formed at the position set on the medium in correspondence with the peripheral pixels of the selected pixel, performs adjustment of reflecting the dot influence value on at least one of the pixel value of the selected pixel or the threshold, and compares the pixel value and the threshold based on a value after adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Wataru Arai
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Publication number: 20210229341Abstract: A manufacturing method for manufacturing a colored product, where using inkjet heads which are a plurality of color ink heads, and an inkjet head, which is a colorless ink head, a plurality of coloring regions are formed in an overlapping manner in a normal direction, a surface side colored region, which is a region located closest to the surface of the colored product is formed using at least the color ink ejected from any of the inkjet heads, and an inner colored region, which is a region located farther from the surface of the colored product than the surface side colored region is formed using at least the color ink ejected from any of the inkjet heads and the colorless ink ejected from the inkjet head.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicants: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITYInventors: Wataru ARAI, Kunio Hakkaku, Norimichi Tsumura, Keita Hirai, Junki Yoshii
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Publication number: 20210216309Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to prevent a conflict between variable names and unintended overwriting of data when a plurality of programs that define shared variables exist. A compiler device (12) includes: an identifier acquisition part (121a) for acquiring an identifier of a first user program; a shared variable name generation part (121b) for generating a shared variable name that includes a variable name of a shared variable and the identifier; a conversion part (121c) for converting the first user program to machine language; and an address determination part (122a) for determining an address of the shared variable. The address determination part (122a) associates the shared variable name and the address of the shared variable with each other and embeds these in the first user program that has been converted to machine language.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2019Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventor: Wataru ARAI
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Publication number: 20200310366Abstract: A layer configuration prediction method is provided and includes: a specimen production step of producing multiple specimens by depositing layers of a material in configurations different from each other; a specimen measurement step of performing, on each specimen, measurement to acquire a texture parameter corresponding to a texture; a learning step of causing a computer to perform machine learning of a relation between each of the specimens and the texture parameter; a setting parameter calculation step of calculating a setting parameter corresponding to the texture set to a computer graphics image; and a layer configuration acquisition step of providing the setting parameter as an input to the computer having been caused to perform the machine learning, and acquiring an output representing the layering pattern of layers of the material corresponding to the setting parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicants: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITYInventors: Norimichi Tsumura, Junki Yoshii, Keita Hirai, Wataru Arai
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Publication number: 20200230974Abstract: A printing system is provided and includes an image processing portion that generates a generated image by image processing, and a printing portion that performs printing on a medium based on the generated image. The image processing portion generates the generated image by performing a quantization processing that performs quantization by comparing the pixel value of each pixel in the input image with a threshold, and in the quantization processing, calculates a dot influence value indicating to what extent a position corresponding to a selected pixel is covered by the ink dots formed at the position set on the medium in correspondence with the peripheral pixels of the selected pixel, performs adjustment of reflecting the dot influence value on at least one of the pixel value of the selected pixel or the threshold, and compares the pixel value and the threshold based on a value after adjustment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2019Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Wataru Arai
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Patent number: 9982710Abstract: A crankshaft of an in-line, four-cylinder internal combustion engine has five journal portions. The journal portions are each supported by a main bearing unit. Each of the main bearing units includes a cylinder block side bearing part and a bearing cap. The No. 1, No. 2, No. 4 and No. 5 main bearing units employ an iron-based bearing cap, and the No. 3 main bearing unit at the center employs a bearing cap made of an aluminum alloy having a relatively high thermal expansion coefficient. At high temperatures, the bearing clearance of the No. 3 main bearing unit is configured to expand so as to reduce bearing load.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2014Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Kobayashi, Shinya Oohira, Hiroaki Mochida, Kensuke Ikehara, Wataru Arai
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Publication number: 20170268563Abstract: A crankshaft of an in-line, four-cylinder internal combustion engine has five journal portions. The journal portions are each supported by a main bearing unit. Each of the main bearing units includes a cylinder block side bearing part and a bearing cap. The No. 1, No. 2, No. 4 and No. 5 main bearing units employ an iron-based bearing cap, and the No. 3 main bearing unit at the center employs a bearing cap made of an aluminum alloy having a relatively high thermal expansion coefficient. At high temperatures, the bearing clearance of the No. 3 main bearing unit is configured to expand so as to reduce bearing load.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2014Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Makoto KOBAYASHI, Shinya OOHIRA, Hiroaki MOCHIDA, Kensuke IKEHARA, Wataru ARAI