Patents by Inventor Yoshinori ONUMA

Yoshinori ONUMA 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).

  • State determination method and state determination device
    Patent number: 10281449
    Abstract: In a method of determining a deterioration state of an object, the deterioration state of the object is determined by determining whether a calculated value reaches a state determination threshold value or not, the calculated value utilizing at least one of brightness and a color component value calculated from a detection value detected by an optical sensor. The optical sensor includes an examination section containing liquid, a light emitting element emitting detection light toward the examination section, and a light receiving element detecting color information of the detection light traveled through the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Onuma, Takuya Shirata, Yasuhito Ida
  • STATE DETERMINATION METHOD AND STATE DETERMINATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160161463
    Abstract: In a method of determining a deterioration state of an object, the deterioration state of the object is determined by determining whether a calculated value reaches a state determination threshold value or not, the calculated value utilizing at least one of brightness and a color component value calculated from a detection value detected by an optical sensor. The optical sensor includes an examination section containing liquid, a light emitting element emitting detection light toward the examination section, and a light receiving element detecting color information of the detection light traveled through the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshinori ONUMA, Takuya SHIRATA, Yasuhito IDA