Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Otsuki

Yoshiyuki Otsuki 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: 8884912
    Abstract: An electrostatic capacitance type input device includes: first electrodes arranged in a first direction and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; second electrodes arranged in the second direction and extending in the first direction; a storage unit storing first direction detection values obtained through the first electrodes resulting from the change in capacitance between a first conductor and the electrodes, and storing second direction detection values obtained through the second electrodes resulting from the change in capacitance between the first conductor and the electrodes; and a calculation unit, which generates first map values from a first value and a second value obtained, respectively, by processing at least one of the first direction detection values and at least one of the second direction detection values. The calculation unit determines whether the first conductor has approached the first electrodes and second electrodes using the first map values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Otsuki, Yasushi Kasajima
  • Publication number: 20120289127
    Abstract: A spherical core type lens grinding device (1) performs an operation wherein a dish-shaped grindstone (8) provided with a spherical grindstone surface (8a) which is equipped with diamond abrasive grains, is pressed against a surface-to-be-ground (7a) of a lens blank (7) to be ground, and wherein the dish-shaped grindstone (8) is rotated and is simultaneously swung, resulting in said surface-to-be-ground (7a) being ground to a spherical surface. In an initial-stage grinding process, grinding is performed at first processing pressure and first rotational speed. In an intermediate-stage grinding process, grinding is performed at second processing pressure and second rotational speed. In a last-stage grinding process, grinding is performed at third processing pressure and third rotational speed. The second processing pressure is a pressure at which the spherical grindstone surface (8a) can bite into the lens blank (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: KOJIMA ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Kojima, Hiroshi Fukuzawa, Yoshiyuki Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20110276291
    Abstract: An electrostatic capacitance type input device includes: first electrodes arranged in a first direction and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; second electrodes arranged in the second direction and extending in the first direction; a storage unit storing first direction detection values obtained through the first electrodes resulting from the change in capacitance between a first conductor and the electrodes, and storing second direction detection values obtained through the second electrodes resulting from the change in capacitance between the first conductor and the electrodes; and a calculation unit, which generates first map values from a first value and a second value obtained, respectively, by processing at least one of the first direction detection values and at least one of the second direction detection values. The calculation unit determines whether the first conductor has approached the first electrodes and second electrodes using the first map values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki OTSUKI, Yasushi KASAJIMA
  • Patent number: 7536255
    Abstract: An information processing device (central apparatus (2)) in a sensor network system is arranged so as to include an input-output processing section (101); an information converting section (103) and a resource specification information recognizing section (104) for dividing target information which is requested with the information request signal into a combination of information elements which appropriately compose the target information; a data acquiring section (107) for acquiring data of sensing results; and an input-output processing section (101) for outputting information based on the data acquired by said data acquiring section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Otsuki, Shunji Ota, Masayuki Oyagi, Masaki Yamato
  • Patent number: 7406401
    Abstract: A sensor network controller (4) includes: a sensor interface (44) receiving sensing data transmitted from sensors (5); a data write section (150) writing the received sensing data and sensing time information indicating a sensing time of the sensing data in association with each other to a memory section (42); the memory section (42) storing the sensing data and the sensing time information; a first data processing section (144) generating sensing data which is at the timing designated by a client on the basis of the sensing data and the sensing time information stored in the memory section (42); and a data output section (148) outputting the generated sensing data to the client. The client is enabled to acquire sensing data in accordance with a request even if the scheme by which the sensors convey sensing data does not match with the scheme by which the client makes a request for sensing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Shunji Ota, Yoshiyuki Otsuki, Masayuki Oyagi, Yoshihiko Fukushima
  • Patent number: 7109875
    Abstract: In a sensor network system, a communications network connects a set of sensors to a server collectively managing the set of sensors. First, the sensor-managing server acquires remaining drive times of batteries in the sensors, and specifies a target remaining drive time. The server then controls the operation of the sensors so that the remaining drive times of the batteries in the sensors are substantially equal to the target remaining drive time. This reduces the maintenance workload for a system manager, especially, in the recharging of the sensor batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Shunji Ota, Yoshiyuki Otsuki, Masayuki Oyagi, Masaki Yamato
  • Patent number: 7102535
    Abstract: A mobile communication device (3) can be disconnected form a vehicle monitoring apparatus (1) arranged on vehicle for sensing the state of the vehicle as a monitoring object and transmitting sensing data representing the sensing result. The mobile communication device (3) can also be connected via a communication network (4) to a report destination. The mobile communication device (3) includes a judgment unit (41a) for judging the state of the vehicle according to the sensing data, a decision unit (41b) for deciding a report destination to be connected according to the judgment result of the judgment unit (41a), and a communication unit (42) for receiving the sensing data and establishing a connection with the report destination decided by the decision unit (41b). Thus, it is possible to report the abnormal state of the vehicle sensed to an appropriate report destination in a short time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Otsuki, Yoshihiko Fukushima, Masayuki Oyagi
  • Patent number: 7095332
    Abstract: An alarm device including a sensor having sufficiently high detection sensitivity. The sensor 51 in the alarm device 41 is disposed such that a plane M perpendicular to the detection direction P of the sensor 51 is aligned at a specified angle ? with respect to a plane V perpendicular to the sun visor 72 (the lower surface 61a), were the specified angle ? should be set to be an approximately mean value of the expected minimum angle ?=0° and the expected maximum angle ?=40° (in this case, ?=20°). In other words, the plane M perpendicular to the detection direction P of the sensor 51 should be aligned at an angle ?(?=90°??) of less than 90° with respect to the sun visor 72 (the lower surface 61a). The alarm device may be mounted onto a vehicle for preventing the vehicle theft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimamto, Yoshiyuki Otsuki
  • Patent number: 6950020
    Abstract: A vehicle surveillance system includes a vehicle-installed sensor apparatus for transmitting by radio, sensor information acquired by a sensor, a communication adapter for receiving by radio the sensor information from the vehicle-installed sensor apparatus and transmitting the received sensor information onto a public network, and a surveillance server for receiving the sensor information from the communication adapter. The vehicle surveillance system further includes at least one portable surveillance remote for relaying transmission of the sensor information from the vehicle-installed sensor apparatus to the communication adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimamoto, Masayuki Oyagi, Yoshiyuki Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20040254652
    Abstract: In a sensor network system, a communications network connects a set of sensors to a server collectively managing the set of sensors. First, the sensor-managing server acquires remaining drive times of batteries in the sensors, and specifies a target remaining drive time. The server then controls the operation of the sensors so that the remaining drive times of the batteries in the sensors are substantially equal to the target remaining drive time. This reduces the maintenance workload for a system manager, especially, in the recharging of the sensor batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Shunji Ota, Yoshiyuki Otsuki, Masayuki Oyagi, Masaki Yamato
  • Publication number: 20040249563
    Abstract: An information processing device (central apparatus (2)) in a sensor network system is arranged so as to include an input-output processing section (101); an information converting section (103) and a resource specification information recognizing section (104) for dividing target information which is requested with the information request signal into a combination of information elements which appropriately compose the target information; a data acquiring section (107) for acquiring data of sensing results; and an input-output processing section (101) for outputting information based on the data acquired by said data acquiring section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Otsuki, Shunji Ota, Masayuki Oyagi, Masaki Yamato
  • Publication number: 20040249590
    Abstract: A sensor network controller (4) includes: a sensor interface (44) receiving sensing data transmitted from sensors (5); a data write section (150) writing the received sensing data and sensing time information indicating a sensing time of the sensing data in association with each other to a memory section (42); the memory section (42) storing the sensing data and the sensing time information; a first data processing section (144) generating sensing data which is at the timing designated by a client on the basis of the sensing data and the sensing time information stored in the memory section (42); and a data output section (148) outputting the generated sensing data to the client. The client is enabled to acquire sensing data in accordance with a request even if the scheme by which the sensors convey sensing data does not match with the scheme by which the client makes a request for sensing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Shunji Ota, Yoshiyuki Otsuki, Masayuki Oyagi, Yoshihiko Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20040235516
    Abstract: A mobile communication device (3) can be disconnected form a vehicle monitoring apparatus (1) arranged on vehicle for sensing the state of the vehicle as a monitoring object and transmitting sensing data representing the sensing result. The mobile communication device (3) can also be connected via a communication network (4) to a report destination. The mobile communication device (3) includes a judgment unit (41a) for judging the state of the vehicle according to the sensing data, a decision unit (41b) for deciding a report destination to be connected according to the judgment result of the judgment unit (41a), and a communication unit (42) for receiving the sensing data and establishing a connection with the report destination decided by the decision unit (41b). Thus, it is possible to report the abnormal state of the vehicle sensed to an appropriate report destination in a short time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Otsuki, Yoshihiko Fukushima, Masayuki Oyagi
  • Publication number: 20040189482
    Abstract: An alarm device including a sensor having sufficiently high detection sensitivity is provided. The sensor 51 in the alarm device 41 is disposed such that a plan M perpendicular to the detection direction P of the sensor 51 is aligned at a specified angle &thgr; with respect to a plane V perpendicular to the sun visor 72 (the lower surface 61a), where the specified angle &thgr; should be set to be an approximately mean value of the expected minimum angle &ggr;=0° and the expected maximum angle &ggr;=40° (in this case, &thgr;=20°). In other words, the plane M perpendicular to the detection direction P of the sensor 51 should be aligned at an angle &agr; (&agr;=90° −&thgr;) of less than 90° with respect to the sun visor 72 (the lower surface 61a). The present invention is applicable to such an alarm device mounted onto a vehicle for preventing the vehicle theft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimamto, Yoshiyuki Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20030222787
    Abstract: A vehicle surveillance system includes a vehicle-installed sensor apparatus for transmitting by radio, sensor information acquired by a sensor, a communication adapter for receiving by radio the sensor information from the vehicle-installed sensor apparatus and transmitting the received sensor information onto a public network, and a surveillance server for receiving the sensor information from the communication adapter. The vehicle surveillance system further includes at least one portable surveillance remote for relaying transmission of the sensor information from the vehicle-installed sensor apparatus to the communication adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimamoto, Masayuki Oyagi, Yoshiyuki Otsuki