Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Kureha Corporation

Aisin Seiki K.k.

Chiba Institute of Technology

Aisin Seiki Kabushiki

Witz Corporation

Mitsuhiro Ando

Koji Ito

Tomohito Mizuno

Yoshihiro Naruse

Toshihiro Kobayashi

Shunsuke Kogure

Tomokimi Mizuno

Naomasa Nakajima

Katsuyoshi Shirai

Wataru Takayanagi

Takayuki Furuta

Noboru Nagamine

Hitoshi Takayanagi

Takahiro Yamada

Hiroshi Touge

Masaharu Shimizu

Eiji Fujioka

Hiroyuki Tanaka

Hideaki Yamato

Kinji Tsukahara

Nobuhiro Moriyama

Iwao Fujimasa

Tsutomu Sakakibara

Katsuya Tsuchimoto

Katsuhiro Sano

Sadao Mikami

Iwao Matsunaga

Takeharu Ooumi

Eiji Horiba

Seongjun Yang

Ryuichi Sudo

Takashi Kodachi

Hirotoshi Ochiai

Ayako Imamura

Kazuhiko Oshima

Jyouji Moriyama

Kengo Toda

Tetsuaki Matsumoto

A moving body includes: a first detection unit configured to detect three-dimensional information on a space in which the moving body travels; a second detection unit configured to detect a state of the moving body; and a control unit configured to predict a possibility of overturning of a virtual moving body by allowing the virtual moving body corresponding to the moving body to travel on a virtual road surface in a virtual space prior to a travel of the moving body on a road surface based on a shape of the virtual road surface in the virtual space corresponding to the detected three-dimensional information and based on the detected state of the moving body, and performs control depending on the predicted possibility of overturning.

Moving body

A single passenger carrying mobile robot, includes a single operated member that is operated by a passenger to instruct both a moving direction and a moving speed of the passenger carrying mobile robot, a moving member configured to move the passenger carrying mobile robot and a controller configured to control the moving member based on input information input to the operated member by the passenger, wherein the passenger carrying mobile robot further includes a sensor that acquires obstacle information of a surrounding of the passenger carrying mobile robot, and the controller predicts an expected course of the passenger carrying mobile robot based on the input information and determines based on the obstacle information whether or not an obstacle is located in the expected course, and changes a control of the moving member when determining that the obstacle is located.

Passenger carrying mobile robot

An inexpensive piezoelectric sensor where noise unlikely occurs and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A piezoelectric body () made of polymeric material, a first electrode-supporting portion () disposed at one side of the piezoelectric body () and supporting a signal electrode () on a first insulator (), and a second electrode-supporting portion () disposed at the other side of the piezoelectric body () and supporting a ground electrode () on a second insulator () are included, and the first electrode-supporting portion () and the second electrode-supporting portion () are arranged so that the signal electrode () and the ground electrode () overlap each other in a layering direction.

Piezoelectric sensor and method for manufacturing the same

A heart beat sensor () comprises signal processing means () for performing frequency analysis of the output signal of a piezoelectric sensor () installed in a seat () and judging means () judges on the basis of the results of the frequency analysis that if the amplitude of the signal component in a first preset frequency range included in the output signal is in a preset amplitude range, the signal component includes a human body seating waveform indicating a person is seated in the seat ().

Heartbeat detecting apparatus

The present invention provides a load detecting apparatus capable of detecting load and vibration applied to a support supporting a body of a human or an animal by a load sensor provided in the support, in particular such a load detecting apparatus capable of detecting micro vibration applied to the support, with a high noise immunity. The load detecting apparatus includes a plurality of load sensorsdisposed in distribution within a detection target area of a support, a selecting meansfor selecting one or some of the plurality of load sensor(s), a detecting meanscapable of detecting load and vibration applied to the support, based on the output from the selected load sensor(s). The selecting meanseffects the selection, based on either the outputs S from the respective load sensors or the outputs S from the respective load sensors, plus disposing positions of the respective load sensors.

Load detecting apparatus and load detecting method

A load detection device includes a piezoelectric body unit adapted to be deformed by receiving an electric voltage, the piezoelectric body unit generating an electric charge by receiving an external load, a drive portion applying the electric voltage to the piezoelectric body unit for vibrating thereof, a detection portion detecting the electric charge generated at the piezoelectric body unit, and an adjusting member adjusting a pressure applied to at least one pressure sensing surface provided at the piezoelectric body unit to restrain the vibration of the piezoelectric body unit.

Load detection device

A biosignal intensity distribution measuring apparatus, includes a supporting member for supporting a human body, a plurality of detecting portions arranged in two dimensions within a target detection area of the supporting member, the detecting portions detecting pressure fluctuations and outputting signals corresponding to the pressure fluctuations respectively, a filter extracting a biosignal having a predetermined frequency band based from the signal outputted from each of the detecting portions, an intensity calculating portion calculating an intensity value of the biosignal, and an intensity distribution producing portion producing intensity distribution in which the intensity value corresponds to a position of the detecting portion.

Biosignal intensity distribution measuring apparatus and biosignal intensity distribution measuring method

A biological information pressure sensor having a planer shape disposed on an elastic support element for supporting a human body, for detecting an external force due to one or both of a load variation caused by the human body and vibration generated by the human body. The sensor includes a sensing portion having sensitivity with respect to the external force, wherein the sensing portion is configured by using a piezoelectric material, and is configured to have flexibility and anisotropy.

Biological information pressure sensor and biological information pressure detector

A load detecting device includes a sensor element including a function for generating and detecting a vibration within a single element, the sensor element converting a load or an acceleration into a detection signal, a driving portion for outputting a driving signal for vibrating the sensor element, a vibration detecting portion for extracting the detection signal from the sensor element and for detecting a vibration characteristic value of the sensor element, a wiring for electrically connecting the sensor element, the driving portion and the vibration detecting portion to one another, and for transmitting a superimposed signal constituted by superposition of the driving signal from the driving portion and the detection signal from the sensor element, and a calculating portion for calculating one of or both of a load and an acceleration applied to the sensor element based on the vibration characteristic value from the vibration detecting portion.

Load detecting device

A thermoelectric converting device includes a P type thermoelectric element, an N type thermoelectric element, the N type thermoelectric element connected with the P type thermoelectric element alternately to be electrically in series, an electrode circuit contacting the P type thermoelectric element and the N type thermoelectric element, an insulation substrate, at least one electric circuit forming a layer with the electrode circuit via the insulation substrate, and a conduction member for electrically conducting the electrode circuit and the electric circuit.

Thermoelectric converter and manufacturing method thereof

An angular rate sensor comprises an oscillator excited for oscillation in x-direction, a movable electrode disposed in opposing relationship with a stationary electrode along z-direction, and a movable electrode support for transmitting the oscillation of the oscillator in the z-direction to the movable electrode while interrupting the transmission of the oscillation in the x-direction, and is formed by a micromachining operation. The movable electrode support includes an oscillator support beam continuing from the oscillator and extending in y-direction, an electrode support beam continuing from the oscillator support beam and extending in the x-direction, and a connector stem extending in the x-direction form the electrode support beam and connected to the movable electrode at a position which represents the center of gravity of the movable electrode. When a turning force about the y-axis is applied to the oscillator, Coriolis force is produced and causes the oscillator to undergo an elliptical motion, depicting an ellipse on an x-z plane. The electrode support beam and the oscillator support beam interrupt the x-component of the elliptical oscillation while transmitting only the z-component to the movable electrode. An electrical circuit connected to the movable electrode produces an electrical signal representing the z-component of the oscillation.

Angular rate sensor

A seismic mass 41 is supported by a beam 37 which has opposite ends secured to a housing 11 so that its gravity center G is positioned away from a straight line connecting the opposite ends the beam 37. Thus, a rotating force is given to the seismic mass 41 in response to an acceleration. The rotating force given to the seismic mass 41 causes displacement of the beam 37. Then, a capacitance between a movable electrode 43, 45 and a fixed electrode 21, 23, 25, 31, 33, 35 changes, and such a change defines a magnitude of the acceleration.

Capacitive acceleration sensor

A micropump is disclosed including an input port, an output port, a fluid channel space located therebetween, a first oscillating member for opening or closing between the fluid channel space and the input port, a second oscillating member for opening or closing between the fluid channel space and the output port, and at least one third oscillating member for reducing/enlarging the volume of the fluid channel space. The micropump is provided with pressure correcting means which applies a pressure, substantially equal to a fluid pressure at the input port, to a space located outside the fluid channel space and in which the first oscillating member oscillates.

Micropump

A fluid-flow regulating device is comprised of (a) a plurality of driving mechanisms each of which has a chamber, a diaphragm disposed at an opening of the chamber, a light-heat conversion substance accommodated in the chamber, and an operating fluid stored in the chamber, (b) a fluid-flow passage along which the plurality of driving mechanisms are arranged in such a manner that each of the diaphragm is opposed to the fluid-flow passage, (c) a plurality of optical fibers corresponding to the plurality of the chambers, and (d) a controller having a plurality of optical sources corresponding to the plurality of optical fibers which are set to be turned on and turned off in order to move an amount of fluid through the fluid-flow passage in any one of the normal and the reverse directions.

Fluid flow regulating device

A vibration motor comprises a first member for receiving an external vibration, a second member set to be brought into collision with the first member as a result of the receipt of the external vibration, and a converting mechanism provided at the first member and/or the second member and having an asymmetric configuration for establishing a relative movement of the second member upon collision of the first member thereto.

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Toyohashi, Japan

Mitsuhiro Ando