Patents by Inventor Yoichi Toguchi

Yoichi Toguchi 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: 7084806
    Abstract: Provided are an intruding object detecting apparatus (a radio wave sensor) capable of setting an arbitrary detection region, an apparatus for setting the detection region and a setting processe. An intruding object detecting apparatus 51 is installed in a corner of a room 53, a coordinate system is defined in which a location of the intruding object detecting apparatus 51 is an origin thereof, and coordinates are a distance r from the intruding object detecting apparatus and a scanning angle ? of a transmission antenna/reception antenna of the intruding object detecting apparatus, and a state corresponding to the coordinate system is stored (b) in a storage means; thereby enabling the detection region 52 of the intruding object detecting apparatus can be arbitrarily set. Moreover, the setting can be performed with ease using a reflector or a transmitter, or alternatively, using a setting apparatus constituted of the reflector and the transmitter, combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Toguchi, Yui Tada, Shinichiro Okamura
  • Publication number: 20040082342
    Abstract: Provided are an intruding object detecting apparatus (a radio wave sensor) capable of setting an arbitrary detection region, an apparatus for setting the detection region and a setting processe. An intruding object detecting apparatus 51 is installed in a corner of a room 53, a coordinate system is defined in which a location of the intruding object detecting apparatus 51 is an origin thereof, and coordinates are a distance r from the intruding object detecting apparatus and a scanning angle &thgr; of a transmission antenna/reception antenna of the intruding object detecting apparatus, and a state corresponding to the coordinate system is stored (b) in a storage means; thereby enabling the detection region 52 of the intruding object detecting apparatus can be arbitrarily set. Moreover, the setting can be performed with ease using a reflector or a transmitter, or alternatively, using a setting apparatus constituted of the reflector and the transmitter, combined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Yoichi Toguchi, Yui Tada, Shinichiro Okamura
  • Patent number: 6679153
    Abstract: A mine detector is provided for detecting buried land mines safely and promptly. A sensor head (12) is connected to a detector body (1) through hinges (11-1 to 11-4) and arms (12-1 to 12-3). The sensor head (12) includes a transmitting and receiving means for emitting electromagnetic impulses to the ground within a range of detection of land mines. When the transmitting and receiving means receives electromagnetic waves reflected from a land mine, information on the three-dimensional structure of the land mine buried under the ground is generated on the basis of the time of arrival of the reflected wave, the level of the reflected wave and the x and y coordinates of the transmitting and receiving means, and the information is displayed on a display (1). The detector is also applicable to the inspection of steel rods and bars for concrete reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignees: Omron Corporation, Geo Search Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Inoue, Yoichi Toguchi, Hiroshi Tomita
  • Patent number: 6609451
    Abstract: A mine detector is provided for detecting buried land mines safely and promptly. A sensor head (12) is connected to a detector body (1) through hinges (11-1 to 11-4) and arms (12-1 to 12-3). The sensor head (12) includes a transmitting and receiving means for emitting electromagnetic impulses to the ground within a range of detection of land mines. When the transmitting and receiving means receives electromagnetic waves reflected from a land mine, information on the three-dimensional structure of the land mine buried under the ground is generated on the basis of the time of arrival of the reflected wave, the level of the reflected wave and the x and y coordinates of the transmitting and receiving means, and the information is displayed on a display (1). The detector is also applicable to the inspection of steel rods and bars for concrete reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignees: Omron Corporation, Geo Search Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Inoue, Yoichi Toguchi, Hiroshi Tomita
  • Publication number: 20030136249
    Abstract: A mine detector is provided for detecting buried land mines safely and promptly. A sensor head (12) is connected to a detector body (1) through hinges (11-1 to 11-4) and arms (12-1 to 12-3). The sensor head (12) includes a transmitting and receiving means for emitting electromagnetic impulses to the ground within a range of detection of land mines. When the transmitting and receiving means receives electromagnetic waves reflected from a land mine, information on the three-dimensional structure of the land mine buried under the ground is generated on the basis of the time of arrival of the reflected wave, the level of the reflected wave and the x and y coordinates of the transmitting and receiving means, and the information is displayed on a display (1). The detector is also applicable to the inspection of steel rods and bars for concrete reinforcement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Inoue, Yoichi Toguchi, Hiroshi Tomita
  • Patent number: 6389275
    Abstract: A signal receiver includes a superregenerative circuit for feeding back a part of an output signal to form part of an input signal through a feedback route to execute a superregeneration, a capacitance element disposed in the feedback route of the superregenerative circuit, a switch for switching the capacitance element, and a PLL circuit for generating a clock signal for switching the switch based on an output of the superregenerative circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Hidemitsu Kawashima, Akihiko Nakamura, Yoichi Toguchi