Patents by Inventor Yuji Funasaka

Yuji Funasaka 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: 11499994
    Abstract: A power distribution network monitoring system includes a plurality of measuring instruments that are installed at predetermined positions on power lines constituting a power distribution network and configured to perform electrical measurement of the power lines; a data collection relay configured to receive data related to measurement results from the plurality of measuring instruments; an imaging unit that is disposed near the data collection relay and configured to capture an image including the data collection relay; an abnormality detector configured to use the image captured by the imaging unit to detect an abnormality in the data collection relay; and a storage unit configured to store image data taken by the imaging unit. The image data consists of a single image previously captured by the imaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Adachi, Hiroaki Takeya, Mitsunori Sugiura, Yuji Funasaka
  • Patent number: 11125798
    Abstract: A power distribution network monitoring system detects abnormalities that occur in a power distribution network using measuring instruments installed in the power distribution network. The power distribution network monitoring system includes a plurality of measuring instruments that are installed at predetermined positions on power lines on an upstream side of the downmost-stream power demander, among the power lines constituting the power distribution network and configured to perform electrical measurement of the power lines; and an abnormality detector configured to determine whether or not data related to the measurement result measured by the measuring instrument has been received a predetermined number of times within a predetermined length of time, and detect the abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Adachi, Hiroaki Takeya, Mitsunori Sugiura, Yuji Funasaka
  • Publication number: 20210011071
    Abstract: A power distribution network monitoring system detects abnormalities that occur in a power distribution network using measuring instruments installed in the power distribution network. The power distribution network monitoring system includes a plurality of measuring instruments that are installed at predetermined positions on power lines on an upstream side of the downmost-stream power demander, among the power lines constituting the power distribution network and configured to perform electrical measurement of the power lines; and an abnormality detector configured to determine whether or not data related to the measurement result measured by the measuring instrument has been received a predetermined number of times within a predetermined length of time, and detect the abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Adachi, Hiroaki Takeya, Mitsunori Sugiura, Yuji Funasaka
  • Publication number: 20190391184
    Abstract: A power distribution network monitoring system, comprising: a plurality of measuring instruments that are installed at predetermined positions on the power lines constituting a power distribution network and configured to perform electrical measurement of the power lines; a data collection relay configured to receive data related to measurement results from the plurality of measuring instruments; an imaging unit that is disposed near the data collection relay and configured to capture an image including the data collection relay; and an abnormality detector configured to use the image captured by the imaging unit to detect an abnormality in the data collection relay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Adachi, Hiroaki Takeya, Mitsunori Sugiura, Yuji Funasaka
  • Publication number: 20140364235
    Abstract: A pushbutton device has a button section that is movable along a predetermined direction, and having a first member located on an opposite side to a depression side, a support section that movably supports the button section along the predetermined direction, a plurality of first magnets opposed to the first member by the support section, the plurality of first magnets being fixed so as to surround a center of the button section, the plurality of first magnets having a first magnetic pole on a side opposed to the first member, and a plurality of second magnets arranged at a position farther away from the center of the button section by a predetermined distance than each of the plurality of first magnets or at a position closer to the center of the button section by the predetermined distance than the first magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sugiyama, Syunji Mori, Atsushi Tanaka, Yuji Funasaka