Patents by Inventor Atsushi Yokoyama

Atsushi Yokoyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20190152455
    Abstract: Provided is a novel pressure pulsation reducing device of a hydraulic system that reduces a stress generated in a metal diaphragm and is excellent in durability. A plurality of concentric recess portions projecting toward an interior space of a pulsation damping member is formed on one of metal diaphragms, and a plurality of concentric recess portions projecting toward the interior space of the pulsation damping member is formed on the other metal diaphragm likewise. When a predetermined pressure is applied to the metal diaphragms, at least one recess portion of one of the metal diaphragms and at least one recess portion of the other metal diaphragm are in contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Ryu KAI, Takahiro ITO, Shinji SETO, Atsushi YOKOYAMA, Satoru KURAGAKI, Toshihiro KOIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20190134885
    Abstract: A core metal includes, on an outer circumference thereof, a plurality of attachment surfaces to which a plurality of strings are attached, and a plurality of guided portions are formed along an axial direction of the core metal and disposed between two of the attachment surfaces. A string supply device includes a string supply unit that supplies the strings to the outer circumference of the core metal, an attaching unit that arranges and attaches the strings on the attachment surfaces of the core metal in a circumferential direction of the core metal, and a plurality of guiding units, in contact with the guided portions of the core metal, which guides the core metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Seijiro Masaki, Atsushi Yokoyama, Kazuhiro Taneda, Hiroshi Kiyomoto, Nobuhiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20190047553
    Abstract: Example implementations involve systems and methods to control the ego vehicle to trace connected plural curved paths, which are calculated as the movement of the vehicle against vertical repulsive force from straight or curved walls, and connected continuously at the joints, and differentiable by position at the joints. Further, the repulsion force acts as deceleration force and lateral force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventor: Atsushi YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10163005
    Abstract: A mail processing apparatus includes a data retrieving section for retrieving sample data from e-mail and/or a network NW, a signalizing section for converting the sample data form the data retrieving section into n-value, a sample storage section for storing n-value data converted by the signalizing section, a signal processing section for comparing the n-value sample data stored in the sample storage section with an inputted e-mail to judge whether or not the e-mail is spam mail based on the degree of similarity, and a spam storing section for storing the spam mail based on the judgment result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: IMatrix Corp.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kojima, Atsushi Yokoyama, Tatsuo Suzuki, Shohei Numata
  • Patent number: 10155447
    Abstract: To provide a drive control device of a moving body capable of increasing a regeneration amount without hindering a driver's brake operation and causing too much deceleration. A drive control device of a moving body that updates a regenerative pattern of a driving motor of the moving body including a brake that generates a braking force by being linked to an operation amount of a brake pedal, the drive control device including an external world information acquisition unit that acquires external world information and a brake detector that detects ON/OFF of the brake, wherein when the brake detector detects ON, the regenerative pattern is changed based on the external world information acquired by the external world information acquisition unit such that a braking distance only decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuto Imanishi, Atsushi Yokoyama, Taisetsu Tanimichi
  • Publication number: 20180297594
    Abstract: Provided are a vehicular motion control device and method such that, even when a vehicle is turning, the target trajectory can be followed while maintaining traveling stability, with a reduced sense of incongruity felt by the driver. This vehicular motion control device is equipped with: a target trajectory acquisition unit that acquires a target trajectory for a vehicle to travel; and a speed control unit that increases or decreases the longitudinal acceleration generated in the vehicle, the longitudinal acceleration being positive in the vehicle travel direction. If the vehicle deviates from the target trajectory during turning, the speed control unit performs longitudinal acceleration control to increase or decrease the longitudinal acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Junya TAKAHASHI, Atsushi YOKOYAMA, Masamichi IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180276459
    Abstract: A mail processing apparatus includes a data retrieving section for retrieving sample data from e-mail and/or a network NW, a signalizing section for converting the sample data form the data retrieving section into n-value, a sample storage section for storing n-value data converted by the signalizing section, a signal processing section for comparing the n-value sample data stored in the sample storage section with an inputted e-mail to judge whether or not the e-mail is spam mail based on the degree of similarity, and a spam storing section for storing the spam mail based on the judgment result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kojima, Atsushi Yokoyama, Tatsuo Suzuki, Shohei Numata
  • Publication number: 20180222167
    Abstract: A shaft-like composite member made by laminating the 0 degree layer which is a base layer wherein an alignment direction of a carbon fiber (long fiber) is parallel to an axis of the shaft-like composite member; the +/?45 degrees layer which is placed on the inner diameter side of the 0 degree layer wherein an alignment direction of a carbon fiber (long fiber) is oblique to the axis of the shaft-like composite member; an inner glass fiber reinforced plastic layer which is interposed between the 0 degree layer on the outer diameter side and the +/?45 degrees layer on the inner diameter side so as to serve as a stress relaxation layer; and the outer glass fiber reinforced plastic layer which is placed on the outer diameter side of the 0 degree layer is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Nobuhiro YAMADA, Kazuhiro TANEDA, Hiroshi KIYOMOTO, Seijiro MASAKI, Atsushi YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10026318
    Abstract: A vehicle drive control apparatus includes: an object detection unit which detects positions, speeds, and sizes of objects around an own vehicle; and a speed control unit which detects a moving object existing in a place adjacent to a scheduled travelling path of the own vehicle and a speed change induction obstacle inducing a future speed vector change of the moving object from the objects detected by the object detection unit and changes a speed of the own vehicle, on the basis of a relative position relation of the own vehicle and the detected moving object and the speed change induction obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta Maeda, Atsushi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 9969391
    Abstract: A vehicle travel control apparatus is provided that is capable of improving fuel economy by exerting control so as to attain a specified speed without starting the engine during acceleration, and by increasing the regenerative energy recovery amount during deceleration, during the travel control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomonori Kawakami, Atsushi Yokoyama, Taisetsu Tanimichi, Takaharu Abe
  • Publication number: 20170327112
    Abstract: In the present invention, it is possible to accurately predict, at an earlier timing, that a pedestrian will perform constant speed movement or a route change that is more complex than the constant speed movement. Provided is a travel control device that can accurately determine a change in the route of the pedestrian according to a change in the pedestrian's posture and, in particular, a change in the orientation of the body or a change in an inverted angle, and that can appropriately control the travel of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi YOKOYAMA, Kenta MAEDA
  • Patent number: 9768668
    Abstract: A cooling system includes a cooling circuit that has a circulation pump circulating a coolant containing antifreeze solution and cools down, by means of the coolant, a power element mounted in a power converter for an on-vehicle rotary electric machine; a control signal calculation unit that calculates heat quantity generated by the power element; a power element temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the power element; and a coolant temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the coolant. The control signal calculation unit calculates, on the basis of the heat quantity, the temperature of the power element, and the coolant temperature, power element cooling performance that is the amount of heat transferred from the power element to the coolant per unit temperature difference, and lowers the driving power of the circulation pump when the calculated power element cooling performance is greater than a predetermined criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuto Imanishi, Atsushi Yokoyama, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 9729724
    Abstract: A communication system includes: a relay device including: a storage unit configured to store terminal specification information for specifying the third terminal associated with the second terminal, and a first communication control unit configured to connect the third terminal to the first network if an authentication control unit authenticates the terminal authentication information; one or more first terminals connected to a first network; a second terminal connectable to the first network and including a second communication control unit configured to transmit the relay-device specification information and the terminal authentication information to the third terminal through the second network if receiving the relay-device specification information and the terminal authentication information from the relay device; and a third terminal connectable to a second network and including a third communication control unit configured to transmit the terminal authentication information to the relay device through
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 9573473
    Abstract: In a vehicle control device, a slip ratio in which front and rear wheels are averaged, and a braking force in which the front and rear wheels are averaged, can be calculated. The vehicle control device is provided with: friction braking devices placed on each wheel; a motor that acts as a regenerative braking mechanism and is placed on the rear wheels; a vehicle slip stiffness calculation unit; a front and rear braking force ratio calculation unit; a vehicle slip stiffness correction unit; and a regenerative braking arithmetic unit. The regenerative braking arithmetic unit operates the friction braking device and the motor so as to make the vehicle slip stiffness reach a vehicle slip stiffness threshold value. Also, the vehicle slip stiffness correction unit corrects the vehicle slip stiffness threshold value in accordance with the ratio of the front wheel braking force and the rear wheel braking force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Akiyama, Toshiya Oosawa, Atsushi Yokoyama, Makoto Yamakado
  • Publication number: 20170041468
    Abstract: A communication system includes: a relay device including: a storage unit configured to store terminal specification information for specifying the third terminal associated with the second terminal, and a first communication control unit configured to connect the third terminal to the first network if an authentication control unit authenticates the terminal authentication information; one or more first terminals connected to a first network; a second terminal connectable to the first network and including a second communication control unit configured to transmit the relay-device specification information and the terminal authentication information to the third terminal through the second network if receiving the relay-device specification information and the terminal authentication information from the relay device; and a third terminal connectable to a second network and including a third communication control unit configured to transmit the terminal authentication information to the relay device through
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170039855
    Abstract: A vehicle drive control apparatus includes: an object detection unit which detects positions, speeds, and sizes of objects around an own vehicle; and a speed control unit which detects a moving object existing in a place adjacent to a scheduled travelling path of the own vehicle and a speed change induction obstacle inducing a future speed vector change of the moving object from the objects detected by the object detection unit and changes a speed of the own vehicle, on the basis of a relative position relation of the own vehicle and the detected moving object and the speed change induction obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kenta MAEDA, Atsushi YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160375775
    Abstract: To provide a drive control device of a moving body capable of increasing a regeneration amount without hindering a driver's brake operation and causing too much deceleration. A drive control device of a moving body that updates a regenerative pattern of a driving motor of the moving body including a brake that generates a braking force by being linked to an operation amount of a brake pedal, the drive control device including an external world information acquisition unit that acquires external world information and a brake detector that detects ON/OFF of the brake, wherein when the brake detector detects ON, the regenerative pattern is changed based on the external world information acquired by the external world information acquisition unit such that a braking distance only decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuto IMANISHI, Atsushi YOKOYAMA, Taisetsu TANIMICHI
  • Patent number: 9457669
    Abstract: A brake control device mounted to a vehicle that comprises a pair of driving wheels and a pair of non-driving wheels controls an upstream brake pressure generated by a master cylinder and downstream brake pressures generated by brake actuators so that, during regenerative braking, the downstream brake pressures to brake devices corresponding to the driving wheels are reduced to be lower than the upstream brake pressure, and the downstream brake pressures to brake devices corresponding to the non-driving wheels are increased to be higher than the upstream brake pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Sato, Atsushi Yokoyama, Hitoshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160264003
    Abstract: When a regenerative braking force is controlled based on a target stop position or a target following distance, a driver may have an uncomfortable feeling if a vehicle is stopped or a following distance is secured by the regenerative braking force only and thus, the driver is prompted to perform a brake pedal operation and the driver adjusts deceleration by himself to reduce the driver's uncomfortable feeling. Regenerative deceleration by a motor when the driver operates neither accelerator pedal nor brake pedal is controlled to be smaller than deceleration needed to stop in the target stop position or deceleration needed to reduce a relative speed to the preceding vehicle to zero at the target following distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Atsushi YOKOYAMA, Yuto IMANISHI, Taisetsu TANIMICHI
  • Publication number: 20150303860
    Abstract: In order to provide a motor capable of detecting a temperature of a magnet 21 embedded in a rotor 20 with a high degree of accuracy, the motor includes: a stator 25 equipped with a coil 24, a case 22 that secures the stator 25, the rotor 20 supported by the case 22 via bearings 23, and an internal air temperature sensor 17 that is attached to an inner surface of the case 22 via an internal-air-temperature-detection-point support member 18 and measures a temperature of internal air 27 which is air filling the inside of the case 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Yuto IMANISHI, Toshisada MITSUI, Katsuhiro HOSHINO, Atsushi YOKOYAMA, Hiroyuki YAMADA