Patents by Inventor Atsushi Kawakubo
Atsushi Kawakubo 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).
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Patent number: 9682637Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for providing charging services to mobile client devices. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: estimate a departure time for a mobile client device; determine a target state of charge at the departure time for a battery system in the mobile client device; determine one or more available charging periods and one or more demand response event periods; determine one or more amounts of power to be discharged from the battery system during the one or more demand response event periods; determine one or more charging time slots within the one or more available charging periods based on the target state of charge and the one or more amounts of power to be discharged; and charge the battery system using the one or more charging time slots.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Inventors: Takayuki Shimizu, Akihisa Yokoyama, Atsushi Kawakubo
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Patent number: 9582950Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for charging a target object wirelessly. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the system to: receive data describing a code from a target object, the code being stored on a tagging device and configured to be read wirelessly by a reading device associated with the target object; verify the code; determine that a location associated with the target object satisfies a safe charging range responsive to the verification of the code, the verification of the code indicating a charging distance between a power transmitter and a power receiver associated with the target object satisfies a safe charging distance; and instruct the power transmitter to wirelessly transmit power to the power receiver associated with the target object responsive to determining that the location of the target object satisfies the safe charging range.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2013Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Shimizu, Akihisa Yokoyama, Atsushi Kawakubo
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Publication number: 20150283912Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for providing charging services to mobile client devices. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: estimate a departure time for a mobile client device; determine a target state of charge at the departure time for a battery system in the mobile client device; determine one or more available charging periods and one or more demand response event periods; determine one or more amounts of power to be discharged from the battery system during the one or more demand response event periods; determine one or more charging time slots within the one or more available charging periods based on the target state of charge and the one or more amounts of power to be discharged; and charge the battery system using the one or more charging time slots.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki SHIMIZU, Akihisa YOKOYAMA, Atsushi KAWAKUBO
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Patent number: 9121934Abstract: A radar system includes an arithmetic processing unit, which calculates the second derivative of the intensity of a reflected wave and determines whether a target is an upper structure or a vehicle, based on the second derivative. Alternatively, the arithmetic processing unit decomposes the waveform of the intensity of the reflected wave into frequency components and determines whether the target is an upper structure or a vehicle, based on the intensity of a predetermined frequency component.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Ohkado, Masaru Ogawa, Isahiko Tanaka, Koji Suzuki, Atsushi Kawakubo
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Patent number: 9046607Abstract: A radar system includes an arithmetic processing unit, which sends a warning command to a warning device when a local minimum point of the intensity of the reflected wave from a target within a predetermined detection range is detected. By determining whether it is necessary to send a warning command based on whether there is a local minimum point of the intensity within the detection range, it is made possible to determine whether it is necessary to send a warning command more quickly as compared to the conventional system.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2011Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Makoto Ohkado, Masaru Ogawa, Isahiko Tanaka, Koji Suzuki, Atsushi Kawakubo
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Publication number: 20140325218Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for charging a target object wirelessly. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the system to: receive data describing a charging request from a target object; generate a challenge responsive to the charging request; send the challenge to the target object; receive a response from the target object; verify the response to determine that the response matches the challenge and a first set of secret data shared with a tagging device; determine that a location associated with the target object satisfies a safe charging range responsive to the verification of the response; and instruct a power transmitter associated with the target object to transmit power wirelessly to a power receiver associated with the target object responsive to the verification of the response and the determination that the location satisfies the safe charging range.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2013Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takayuki Shimizu, Akihisa Yokoyama, Atsushi Kawakubo
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Publication number: 20140285317Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for charging a target object wirelessly. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the system to: receive data describing a code from a target object, the code being stored on a tagging device and configured to be read wirelessly by a reading device associated with the target object; verify the code; determine that a location associated with the target object satisfies a safe charging range responsive to the verification of the code, the verification of the code indicating a charging distance between a power transmitter and a power receiver associated with the target object satisfies a safe charging distance; and instruct the power transmitter to wirelessly transmit power to the power receiver associated with the target object responsive to determining that the location of the target object satisfies the safe charging range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2013Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicants: Toyota Info Technology Center Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takayuki Shimizu, Akihisa Yokoyama, Atsushi Kawakubo
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Patent number: 8724858Abstract: An imaging mechanism captures an image of a face of a driver of a vehicle. A first image processor performs image processing on a wide portion of the face of the driver in a first image using a first image captured by the imaging mechanism. A second image processor performs image processing on a part of the face of the driver in a second image captured by the imaging mechanism at a higher exposure than the exposure of the first image, using the second image.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2009Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Atsushi Kawakubo
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Publication number: 20130088379Abstract: A radar system includes an arithmetic processing unit, which sends a warning command to a warning device when a local minimum point of the intensity of the reflected wave from a target within a predetermined detection range is detected. By determining whether it is necessary to send a warning command based on whether there is a local minimum point of the intensity within the detection range, it is made possible to determine whether it is necessary to send a warning command more quickly as compared to the conventional system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Inventors: Makoto Ohkado, Masaru Ogawa, Isahiko Tanaka, Koji Suzuki, Atsushi Kawakubo
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Publication number: 20130082868Abstract: A radar system includes an arithmetic processing unit, which calculates the second derivative of the intensity of a reflected wave and determines whether a target is an upper structure or a vehicle, based on the second derivative. Alternatively, the arithmetic processing unit decomposes the waveform of the intensity of the reflected wave into frequency components and determines whether the target is an upper structure or a vehicle, based on the intensity of a predetermined frequency component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Ohkado, Masaru Ogawa, Isahiko Tanaka, Koji Suzuki, Atsushi Kawakubo
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Patent number: 8091014Abstract: In an electronic apparatus, a first microcomputer is monitored by a second microcomputer, which periodically transmits data relating to a main function to the first microcomputer to be processed. The first microcomputer periodically updates a variable value, performs a predetermined calculation operation whose final result should be a specific fixed value, adds that final result to the updated variable value to obtain a sum value, and transmits the sum value and updated variable value concurrently to the second microcomputer. The second microcomputer determines that the first microcomputer is operating abnormally if the difference between the received sum value and variable value is not equal to the specific fixed value.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2008Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignees: Denso Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kentaro Mochida, Takahito Nishii, Yasuhiko Satoh, Masayuki Usami, Atsushi Kawakubo
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Publication number: 20100220892Abstract: An imaging mechanism captures an image of a face of a driver of a vehicle. A first image processor performs image processing on a wide portion of the face of the driver in a first image using a first image captured by the imaging mechanism. A second image processor performs image processing on a part of the face of the driver in a second image captured by the imaging mechanism at a higher exposure than the exposure of the first image, using the second image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2009Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Atsushi Kawakubo
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Patent number: 7755534Abstract: A radar sensor receives a radar wave signal through a radome in each of antennas while judging existence of an attenuating thing in a detecting unit. This unit extracts a maximum level channel from receiving channels assigned to the antennas every modulation period, calculates a difference in signal level between the maximum level channel and each receiving channel every modulation period, sets each receiving channel corresponding to large level differences in one measuring period including plural modulation periods as a candidate channel every measuring period, increments a preliminary variable of each candidate channel every measuring period, increases a final variable each time the preliminary variable of at least one receiving channel reaches or exceeds a preliminary value in one measuring period, and judges in response to the final variable reaching a final value that the attenuating thing attenuates the radar wave directed toward the random.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2009Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignees: Denso Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshie Samukawa, Yoshihiro Abe, Atsushi Kawakubo
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Publication number: 20090207079Abstract: A radar sensor receives a radar wave signal through a radome in each of antennas while judging existence of an attenuating thing in a detecting unit. This unit extracts a maximum level channel from receiving channels assigned to the antennas every modulation period, calculates a difference in signal level between the maximum level channel and each receiving channel every modulation period, sets each receiving channel corresponding to large level differences in one measuring period including plural modulation periods as a candidate channel every measuring period, increments a preliminary variable of each candidate channel every measuring period, increases a final variable each time the preliminary variable of at least one receiving channel reaches or exceeds a preliminary value in one measuring period, and judges in response to the final variable reaching a final value that the attenuating thing attenuates the radar wave directed toward the radome.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshie Samukawa, Yoshihiro Abe, Atsushi Kawakubo
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Publication number: 20090055685Abstract: In an electronic apparatus, a first microcomputer is monitored by a second microcomputer, which periodically transmits data relating to a main function to the first microcomputer to be processed. The first microcomputer periodically updates a variable value, performs a predetermined calculation operation whose final result should be a specific fixed value, adds that final result to the updated variable value to obtain a sum value, and transmits the sum value and updated variable value concurrently to the second microcomputer. The second microcomputer determines that the first microcomputer is operating abnormally if the difference between the received sum value and variable value is not equal to the specific fixed value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kentaro Mochida, Takahito Nishii, Yasuhiko Satoh, Masayuki Usami, Atsushi Kawakubo
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Publication number: 20050024258Abstract: An on-vehicle apparatus for recognizing objects is provided. The apparatus comprises a transmission/reception unit, detection unit, estimation unit, and specification unit. The transmission/reception unit transmits a medium wave toward a desired directional range from the vehicle and receives reflected waves of the medium wave and the detection unit detects objects existing in the desired directional range on the basis of the reflected wave. The estimation unit estimates a possibility that each detected object has been detected based on a reflected wave from a first part (e.g., cabin) of a further vehicle other than a second part (e.g., rear part) of the further vehicle, the first part being other than the second part that is the closest in distance to the apparatus-mounted vehicle. The specification unit specifies the second part as an object to finally be recognized of the apparatus-mounted vehicle depending on an estimated result by the estimation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2004Publication date: February 3, 2005Inventors: Keiji Matsuoka, Hideki Kitagawa, Hirofumi Anma, Atsushi Kawakubo, Tomoya Kawasaki
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Patent number: 5955991Abstract: An object is to provide a cheap digital beamforming radar apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1998Date of Patent: September 21, 1999Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Atsushi Kawakubo