Patents by Inventor Haruki Inoue
Haruki Inoue 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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Publication number: 20240149824Abstract: A gas generator includes a housing main body made of metal, a holder assembly, and an igniter. The holder assembly includes a holder portion made of metal and a connector portion made of resin. The holder portion includes a first barrel portion and an annular projection. The connector portion includes a second barrel portion and a cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion is inserted in the housing main body and externally attached to the first barrel portion. As a portion of the housing main body corresponding to the cylindrical portion is decreased in diameter, the cylindrical portion is compressed by being sandwiched between the portion of the housing main body decreased in diameter and the first barrel portion so as to seal a gap between the housing main body and the first barrel portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoya SHIMIZU, Shinya UEDA, Haruki TAKIZAWA, Yuji INOUE
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Publication number: 20240142900Abstract: An electrophotographic belt comprising: a substrate and an elastic layer on an outer peripheral surface of the substrate, the elastic layer comprising a cured rubber product including a cured silicone rubber product, an elastic modulus of the elastic layer at a temperature of 23° C. being 1.00 MPa or less, wherein when 1 g sample collected from the elastic layer is immersed in 50 ml of toluene at a temperature of 23° C. for 24 hours in accordance with Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) K6258:2016, an extract of 3% by mass to 20% by mass with respect to the sample is extracted, and a burning time of the elastic layer in a burn test in accordance with UL94 VTM standard is 30 seconds or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: YUSUKE BABA, TAKESHI SUZUKI, MATSUTAKA MAEDA, ATSUSHI HORI, MASAHIRO TAKENAGA, HARUKI MORI, SHOTA INOUE
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Patent number: 11840231Abstract: A vehicle dispatch support system includes a recording section at which comparison vehicle sensitivity information and candidate vehicle sensitivity information are recorded, the comparison vehicle sensitivity information being information relating to a driving sensitivity of a comparison vehicle that is a vehicle that a user has ridden in the past, and the candidate vehicle sensitivity information being information relating to a driving sensitivity of each of a plurality of candidate vehicles, a processor coupled to the recording section and configured to compute a sensitivity difference, which is a difference between the driving sensitivity expressed by the comparison vehicle sensitivity information and the driving sensitivity expressed by the candidate vehicle sensitivity information, and a display section configured to display sensitivity difference-related information, which is information based on the sensitivity difference.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Haruki Inoue
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Patent number: 11830343Abstract: A control apparatus includes a living body presence/absence determination unit configured to determine whether a predetermined living body is left in a vehicle cabin, a cabin camera configured to acquire image data containing a face of the predetermined living body left in the cabin, a facial expression analysis information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on facial expression of the predetermined living body based on the image data, a determination unit configured to determine whether a safety of a life of the predetermined living body is a predetermined reference or lower based on the information on the facial expression, and a control unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that the safety of the life of the predetermined living body is the predetermined reference or lower, activate a safety function for ensuring the safety of the life of the predetermined living body.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Haruki Inoue
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Publication number: 20230314023Abstract: A combination determination system determines a combination of a plurality of targets. The combination determination system includes a first combination selection unit, an index calculation unit, an evaluation unit, a storage unit, a selection criterion update unit, and a combination determination unit. The first combination selection unit selects a first combination based on a selection criterion. The index calculation unit calculates a predetermined index yielded from the first combination selected. The evaluation unit evaluates the first combination selected, based on the index calculated. The storage unit stores the first combination selected, the index calculated, and an evaluation result obtained by the evaluation unit. The selection criterion update unit updates the selection criterion based on the evaluation result stored by the storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Yuuta IZUMI, Tadafumi NISHIMURA, Hiroshi MORITA, Haruki INOUE
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Patent number: 11568108Abstract: A combinatorial solution determination system includes a candidate solution generation unit that generates candidate combinatorial solutions, a simulation unit, an evaluation index calculation unit, a solution determination unit, and a necessary-series-data extraction unit. The simulation unit calculates simulation data using information related to the candidate combinatorial solutions, and series data to evaluate a combinatorial solution. The evaluation index calculation unit calculates evaluation indices based on the simulation data. The solution determination unit determines a combinatorial solution having high evaluation from the candidate combinatorial solutions based on the evaluation indices each calculated by the evaluation index calculation unit from a corresponding one of the candidate combinatorial solutions.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yuuta Izumi, Tadafumi Nishimura, Hiroshi Morita, Haruki Inoue
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Publication number: 20220253572Abstract: A combinatorial solution determination system includes a candidate solution generation unit that generates candidate combinatorial solutions, a simulation unit, an evaluation index calculation unit, a solution determination unit, and a necessary-series-data extraction unit. The simulation unit calculates simulation data using information related to the candidate combinatorial solutions, and series data to evaluate a combinatorial solution. The evaluation index calculation unit calculates evaluation indices based on the simulation data. The solution determination unit determines a combinatorial solution having high evaluation from the candidate combinatorial solutions based on the evaluation indices each calculated by the evaluation index calculation unit from a corresponding one of the candidate combinatorial solutions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Yuuta IZUMI, Tadafumi NISHIMURA, Hiroshi MORITA, Haruki INOUE
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Publication number: 20220234584Abstract: A vehicle dispatch support system includes a recording section at which comparison vehicle sensitivity information and candidate vehicle sensitivity information are recorded, the comparison vehicle sensitivity information being information relating to a driving sensitivity of a comparison vehicle that is a vehicle that a user has ridden in the past, and the candidate vehicle sensitivity information being information relating to a driving sensitivity of each of a plurality of candidate vehicles, a processor coupled to the recording section and configured to compute a sensitivity difference, which is a difference between the driving sensitivity expressed by the comparison vehicle sensitivity information and the driving sensitivity expressed by the candidate vehicle sensitivity information, and a display section configured to display sensitivity difference-related information, which is information based on the sensitivity difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventor: Haruki Inoue
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Publication number: 20220198909Abstract: A control apparatus includes a living body presence/absence determination unit configured to determine whether a predetermined living body is left in a vehicle cabin, a cabin camera configured to acquire image data containing a face of the predetermined living body left in the cabin, a facial expression analysis information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on facial expression of the predetermined living body based on the image data, a determination unit configured to determine whether a safety of a life of the predetermined living body is a predetermined reference or lower based on the information on the facial expression, and a control unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that the safety of the life of the predetermined living body is the predetermined reference or lower, activate a safety function for ensuring the safety of the life of the predetermined living body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Haruki INOUE
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Patent number: 11299029Abstract: A power transmission apparatus is used in a vehicle and mounted on a vehicle member via a mount. The power transmission apparatus includes a case. The case includes a motor provided inside the case. The case includes a mount fastening portion for fastening the mount with a plurality of bolts. The mount fastening portion has a plurality of bolt tightening holes. The plurality of bolt tightening holes are provided so that the plurality of bolts are tightened into the plurality of bolt tightening holes. The bolt tightening holes have axial directions parallel to each other. A space isolated from an inside of the case is formed by a wall of the case in a region connecting two adjacent bolt tightening holes when the mount fastening portion is viewed in the axial directions of the plurality of bolt tightening holes.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Aida, Hiroaki Kiyokami, Kazuki Iwakura, Yukinobu Nishikawa, Takafumi Sakuda, Haruki Inoue
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Publication number: 20200130496Abstract: A power transmission apparatus is used in a vehicle and mounted on a vehicle member via a mount. The power transmission apparatus includes a case. The case includes a motor provided inside the case. The case includes a mount fastening portion for fastening the mount with a plurality of bolts. The mount fastening portion has a plurality of bolt tightening holes. The plurality of bolt tightening holes are provided so that the plurality of bolts are tightened into the plurality of bolt tightening holes. The bolt tightening holes have axial directions parallel to each other. A space isolated from an inside of the case is formed by a wall of the case in a region connecting two adjacent bolt tightening holes when the mount fastening portion is viewed in the axial directions of the plurality of bolt tightening holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke AIDA, Hiroaki KIYOKAMI, Kazuki IWAKURA, Yukinobu NISHIKAWA, Takafumi SAKUDA, Haruki INOUE
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Patent number: 10240785Abstract: A solenoid valve driving apparatus includes switching means for ON/OFF-controlling application of a direct current voltage to a solenoid of a solenoid valve, and signal outputting means. A first period and a consecutive second period are set as a valve opening operation period of the solenoid valve. When the signal outputting means outputs the PWM signal to the switching means, a duty ratio of the output signal is set to be higher in the second period than in the first period so that a power supplied to the solenoid is larger in the second period than in the first period. As a result, a valve opening operation is performed in the solenoid valve reliably, and loud noise generation during the valve opening operation is suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Noritz CorporationInventors: Daisuke Konishi, Akira Ohta, Yoshihisa Kitano, Tomoya Nakano, Yoshifumi Atobe, Haruki Inoue, Yoshitaka Kimura, Ryo Ikeda, Tomoki Kishimoto, Yasuhide Ikeuchi, Tomoko Ikeuchi
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Patent number: 9983560Abstract: A positioning device and a programmable logic controller (PLC) system including the positioning device are provided. The positioning device includes a computing unit that analyzes a positioning start instruction that includes an operation pattern, a storage unit that stores therein an operation pattern and an analysis result obtained by the computing unit analyzing the operation pattern stored in the storage unit in association with each other, and an instruction generating unit including a processor that, when it is verified that the operation pattern stored in the storage unit corresponds to the operation pattern included in the positioning start instruction, reads the analysis result associated with the operation pattern stored in the storage unit and generates positioning instruction data for positioning a control target by using the read analysis result.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2012Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tetsushi Narui, Haruki Inoue
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Publication number: 20140249672Abstract: A positioning device includes a computing unit that analyzes a positioning start instruction that includes an operation pattern; a storage unit that stores therein an operation pattern and an analysis result obtained by the computing unit in association with each other; and an instruction generating unit that, when it is verified that an operation pattern corresponding to an operation pattern included in the positioning start instruction is stored in the storage unit, reads an analysis result associated with the corresponding operation pattern and generates positioning instruction data for positioning a control target by using a read analysis result.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tetsushi Narui, Haruki Inoue
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Publication number: 20110183277Abstract: A solenoid valve driving apparatus includes switching means for ON/OFF-controlling application of a direct current voltage to a solenoid of a solenoid valve, and signal outputting means. A first period and a consecutive second period are set as a valve opening operation period of the solenoid valve. When the signal outputting means outputs the PWM signal to the switching means, a duty ratio of the output signal is set to be higher in the second period than in the first period so that a power supplied to the solenoid is larger in the second period than in the first period. As a result, a valve opening operation is performed in the solenoid valve reliably, and loud noise generation during the valve opening operation is suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2011Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: NORITZ CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Konishi, Akira Ohta, Yoshihisa Kitano, Tomoya Nakano, Yoshifumi Atobe, Haruki Inoue, Yoshitaka Kimura, Ryo Ikeda, Tomoki Kishimoto, Yasuhide Ikeuchi, Tomoko Ikeuchi
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Patent number: 6317732Abstract: A planning system includes an input device which accepts at least a given planning problem and values of variables required to solve the given planning problem; a display device which provides a visual display of an optimum plan obtained for the given planning problem; and a planner device which prepares an objective function representing items to be averaged and designs a plan to minimize a value of the objective function.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1997Date of Patent: November 13, 2001Assignee: Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haruki Inoue, Mayumi Mizutani, Masami Shiozawa, Satoru Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 5757287Abstract: An object recognition system using the image processing in which an area having a unique feature is extracted from an input image of an object, the unique image is registered in a shade template memory circuit as a shade template, the input image is searched for an image similar to the shade template registered by a shade pattern matching circuit, the position of an object is determined for each template, the speed and direction of movement of the object is determined from the positional information, and the results thereof are integrated by a separation/integration circuit, thereby recognizing the whole of the moving object.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1996Date of Patent: May 26, 1998Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tadaaki Kitamura, Yoshiki Kobayashi, Kunio Nakanishi, Masakazu Yahiro, Yoshiyuki Satoh, Toshiro Shibata, Takeshi Horie, Katsuyuki Yamamoto, Masao Takatoo, Haruki Inoue, Kazuyoshi Asada
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Patent number: 5651098Abstract: A system for making an optimum plan for a given problem at high speed. The system sets a planning problem, etc., prepares an objective function and finalizes a plan for minimizing or maximizing the objective function value, and then stores necessary variables. The system prepares as many parent plans of a first generation as a given number (population), calculates objective function values, sorts plans in descending or ascending order of the objective function values of the plans, when selection numbers are assigned to plans in order of a ratio of the objective function value of each plan to the total of the objective function values of the plans, selects parent plans by using numbers indicated by as many constants as the population determined for each generation as the selection numbers, and replaces two elements, arranged at order positions specified by random numbers, with each other for each of the selected parent plans, to prepare child plans.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1994Date of Patent: July 22, 1997Assignee: Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haruki Inoue, Mayumi Mizutani, Hideo Yoshida, Hitoshi Onizawa, Kenichi Nakamura, Yukio Hamaguchi, Masami Shiozawa
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Patent number: 5623580Abstract: A planning system for quickly forming the optimum plan for a given planning problem, includes a setting unit for accepting the given planning problem; an optimization unit for creating an objective function which expresses an item intended to be minimized or maximized in the planning problem, and for executing a process which minimizes or maximizes a value of the created objective function; a storage unit for storing therein, at least, constant values which are required for the optimizing process; and a display unit for displaying a processed result of the optimization unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1994Date of Patent: April 22, 1997Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haruki Inoue, Hiroyuki Ichikawa, Hideo Yoshida, Yasuhiro Terada, Noboru Abe, Yoshiyuki Satoh, Masakazu Yahiro, Akemi Ohtsuki
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Patent number: 5554983Abstract: An object recognition system using the image processing in which an area having a unique feature is extracted from an input image of an object, the unique image is registered in a shade template memory circuit as a shade template, the input image is searched for an image similar to the shade template registered by a shade pattern matching circuit, the position of an object is determined for each template, the speed and direction of movement of the object is determined from the positional information, and the results thereof are integrated by a separation/integration circuit, thereby recognizing the whole of the moving object.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1993Date of Patent: September 10, 1996Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tadaaki Kitamura, Yoshiki Kobayashi, Kunio Nakanishi, Masakazu Yahiro, Yoshiyuki Satoh, Toshiro Shibata, Takeshi Horie, Katsuyuki Yamamoto, Masao Takatoo, Haruki Inoue, Kazuyoshi Asada