Patents Assigned to DENSO TEN LIMITED
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Patent number: 11979052Abstract: A power source device includes a step-up circuit, a diode for backflow prevention, and an electrolytic capacitor. The step-up circuit is connected to a power source on an input side thereof and is connected to a first load and a second load in parallel on an output side thereof. The diode for backflow prevention is connected between the step-up circuit and the first load. The electrolytic capacitor is connected between the diode for backflow prevention and the first load.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventor: Tomoyuki Minami
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Patent number: 11980002Abstract: A holding device, includes: a holding portion configured to hold a shunt resistor; a spacer portion extending from the holding portion and abutting on a front surface of a substrate on which a monitoring unit configured to monitor a current value of a current flowing through the shunt resistor is mounted; and an engaging portion extending from the holding portion and having an engaging claw to be engaged with a back surface of the substrate. The spacer portion separates the holding portion and the substrate from each other such that a connection portion which electrically connects the shunt resistor and the monitoring unit is visible.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Kazuya Hashimoto, Hitoshi Enomoto
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Patent number: 11972051Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a control unit that generates a vibration stimulation signal to be provided to a user based on a sound signal in a content, wherein the control unit is configured to: acquire data of a content including a sound signal; execute an analysis process on the sound signal; and generate a vibration stimulation signal to be provided to a user in a conversion process of the sound signal according to a result of the analysis process.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Rei Hiromi, Shinichi Shiotsu, Yoshikuni Miki, Akio Arai, Yohei Kakee
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Patent number: 11972835Abstract: A latch circuit device includes: a latch circuit configured to latch an input signal to a microcomputer; a detection circuit configured to detect that the input signal is input to the latch circuit during a sleep period in which the microcomputer is in a sleep state; a wake-up circuit configured to transmit a wake-up signal to the microcomputer when an input of the input signal is detected during the sleep period; a sampling circuit configured to read the input signal from the latch circuit; a transmission circuit configured to transmit the input signal read by the sampling circuit to the microcomputer returned from the sleep state based on the wake-up signal; and a release circuit configured to release a latch state of the latch circuit after the input signal is read.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventor: Kazuo Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20240133974Abstract: A battery monitoring system includes measurement devices and a battery monitoring device. Each measurement device measures a cell state of a corresponding cell constituting a battery. The battery monitoring device sequentially communicates, by using wireless communication, with the measurement devices during a communication period; and acquires state information indicating the cell state from each measurement device. In a case where transmitting a measurement instruction of the cell state to each of the measurement devices, the battery monitoring device transmits, to each of the plurality of measurement devices, a corresponding stand-by time interval such that measurement timings of the measurement devices synchronize, the stand-by time interval being a time interval from reception of the measurement instruction until the measurement timing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicants: DENSO TEN Limited, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi OHTANI, Shogo SHIGEMORI
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Publication number: 20240137708Abstract: A panel speaker includes: a single vibration panel formed by adhering one surface of a first panel and one surface of a second panel; a first vibration actuator configured to drive and vibrate the single vibration panel; and a second vibration actuator configured to drive and vibrate the single vibration panel, the single vibration panel has, in a plan view, a first non-adhesive region and a second non-adhesive region in both of which the first panel and the second panel are not bonded to each other, and the first vibration actuator is coupled to other surface of the second panel to drive the first non-adhesive region, and the second vibration actuator is coupled to the other surface of the second panel to drive the second non-adhesive region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: DENSO TEN LimitedInventor: Kazuki MATSUI
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Patent number: 11964562Abstract: An operation panel of an electronic equipment includes a panel body having at least two openings that have identical shapes and sizes, at least one dummy cover having a shape and a size that fits to any of the at least two openings that have identical shapes and sizes, and an electronic component that is mounted on the dummy cover.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Masataka Sakata, Shohei Yoshii, Tomoaki Ishikawa
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Patent number: 11958028Abstract: A preparation apparatus includes a first tank, a second tank, a preparation tank, and a computer having a hardware processor. The first tank contains a first liquid. The second tank contains a second liquid having a lower viscosity than the first liquid. The preparation tank stirs the first liquid supplied from the first tank and the second liquid supplied from the second tank to prepare a preparation liquid. The hardware processor measures a viscosity of the first liquid based on a supply time required to supply a specified amount of the first liquid at a constant pressure from the first tank to the preparation tank, and supplies an amount of the second liquid to the preparation tank based on the measured viscosity of the first liquid so as to cause the preparation liquid to have a target viscosity.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventor: Hisaki Hayashi
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Patent number: 11959766Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus includes: a selection unit configured to select at least one candidate camera from plural cameras based on position information of each of the plural cameras; a reception unit configured to establish communication connection with the candidate camera selected by the selection unit and to start to receive video captured by the candidate camera; and a display control unit configured to display the video received by the reception unit in response to a predetermined display condition being satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Shinichi Shiotsu, Tomoe Ohtsuki, Toshiyuki Moribayashi, Motoki Kojima, Hiroshi Yanagi
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Publication number: 20240113440Abstract: The invention is directed to a slot antenna including; a slot, that is an opening having a slit shape, formed at a plane metal sheet which is a part of a vehicle body; an electric power supply portion that is disposed at a vicinity of the slot, and that supplies electric power to the slot; and a cover that is provided to cover the opening or a slot antenna including; a cover that is provided to cover an opening provided at a metal sheet constituting an outer plate of a vehicle, wherein the cover is made of a dielectric material; and a conductor pattern formed on the cover, wherein the conductor pattern forms a slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Shota OGAWA, Toshihiro SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11947639Abstract: The invention is directed to a computer readable medium storing a display control program for causing a computer to execute: a setting procedure of setting display control information of protected content to be protected based on authentication information; and a determination procedure of determining whether to permit display of the protected content and whether to cancel an authenticated state of the protected content based on the display control information set by the setting procedure.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventor: Kazuo Murakami
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Publication number: 20240104759Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to execute a posture estimation processing by extracting a pair group of line segments based on an optical flow of a feature point on a road surface from a processing target region set in a camera image captured by an in-vehicle camera and by estimating a posture of the in-vehicle camera based on an angle estimation value at which the in-vehicle camera is attached, the angle estimation value being estimated from each pair data included in the pair group. The controller is configured to determine that an attachment state of the in-vehicle camera is abnormal in response to at least one of a data accumulation number of the pair data, a standard deviation of the angle estimation value, or a deviation amount from a given calibration value relating to the posture in the posture estimation processing being out of a preset range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Koji OHNISHI, Naoshi KAKITA, Takayuki OZASA
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Publication number: 20240098419Abstract: A sound device for controlling a panel speaker configured to output sound by vibrating a single panel with a plurality of vibration actuators, the sound device includes a controller configured to select a stereo mode in which each of the plurality of vibration actuators is vibrated by a sound signal of each channel included in a content, and a monaural mode in which the plurality of vibration actuators are vibrated by a same sound signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Yutaka MATSUNAMI, Junji AMAYA, Toshio NAKAMICHI
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Publication number: 20240081004Abstract: A housing that houses a display panel includes a first wall and a second wall. A protrusion is formed on the first wall. A through hole is formed in the second wall. The protrusion passes through the through hole. A tip of the protrusion that has been passed through the through hole is expanded to fasten the first wall to the second wall. A clearance between the protrusion and the through hole is divided into a first part and a second part. The first and second parts are unequally allocated so that when a force from a front side to a back side of the display panel is applied to the first wall/second wall, the first wall/second wall is suppressed from being displaced relative to the second wall/first wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: DENSO TEN LimitedInventor: Akira SHINYASHIKI
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Publication number: 20240062551Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a controller. The controller is configured to estimate an attitude of an onboard camera, sequentially perform a first calibration process and a second calibration process of the onboard camera, and change a detection accuracy of an image recognition process of a captured image captured by the onboard camera depending on completion statuses of the first calibration process and the second calibration process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Koji OHNISHI, Naoshi KAKITA, Takayuki OZASA
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Publication number: 20240062420Abstract: An information processing device includes: a controller configured to execute a posture estimation processing by estimating a posture of an in-vehicle camera based on an optical flow of a feature point in a processing target region set in a camera image captured by the in-vehicle camera. The controller is configured to set a position of the processing target region in a vertical direction based on a horizontal line position which is a position of a horizontal line derived from a point where two parallel lines intersect with each other in a real space observed in the camera image, an attachment height of the in-vehicle camera, and a horizontal line deviation amount which is a deviation amount between the horizontal line position and an optical axis center of the in-vehicle camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Naoshi KAKITA, Koji OHNISHI, Takayuki OZASA
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Patent number: 11910570Abstract: A heat sink structure that is used for audio equipment includes a base and a plurality of heat dissipation fins. The heat dissipation fins extend from a predetermined surface of the base in a first direction orthogonal to the predetermined surface. The heat dissipation fins are arranged side by side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. In a cross-section in a plane parallel to the first and second directions, (i) each of the heat dissipation fins has a first side surface and a second side surface, the first and second surfaces facing oppositely from each other in the second direction, and (ii) inclinations, relative to the predetermined surface, of the first and second side surfaces of adjacent ones of the heat dissipation fins are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventor: Noboru Hidaka
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Patent number: 11909233Abstract: A disconnection detection device includes CR filters, discharge circuits, and a detection unit. The CR filters are provided for respective battery cells of a battery pack in which the battery cells are connected in series. Each of the discharge circuits is connected between the battery cell and the CR filter and discharging the battery cell when cell voltages of the battery cells are made balanced. The detection unit successively discharges two of the battery cells connected in series, successively detects voltages of detection lines detecting contact voltages of the two battery cells after a predetermined time has passed from finish of discharge of each of the battery cells, and detects disconnection of each of the detection lines on the basis of a difference between the two detected voltages.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Shigeyuki Tanaka, Toyoshige Nakamura
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Patent number: 11902487Abstract: An image processing device includes: a recognition unit configured to recognize a part of a confidential target from a captured image; a processing unit configured to process the captured image such that the part recognized by the recognition unit is concealed; an encryption unit configured to encrypt data relating to the part recognized by the recognition unit; and a merging unit configured to merge data of the image processed by the processing unit and the data encrypted by the encryption unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Noriaki Inoue, Tatsuya Hamaoka
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Patent number: 11895481Abstract: A sound control apparatus includes: a display panel that is supported by a base provided in a vehicle in a manner in which an angle of the display panel relative to the base is variable; an angle detector configured to detect the angle; and a controller configured to change sound setting in a cabin of the vehicle in accordance with the angle.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Nobuaki Kajimoto, Shizuka Ishigaki