Patents by Inventor Hideo Yanagisawa

Hideo Yanagisawa 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: 20230092793
    Abstract: The control unit includes a retrieval target article identification unit configured to identify a retrieval target article from among the articles stored in the storage unit on the basis of retrieval information indicating a retrieval completion state, a reverse sequential operation calculation unit configured to calculate a reverse sequential operation when it is assumed that the retrieval target article is moved to the storage position in the storage unit in a reverse sequence from the retrieval completion state, and a retrieval operation calculation unit configured to calculate a retrieval operation in which the retrieval target article is moved from the storage position in the storage unit and is in the retrieval completion state by reproducing the reverse sequential operation in reverse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Itsuki NODA, Akinori WAKABAYASHI, Kenji HASHIMOTO, Hideo YANAGISAWA, Ikumitsu KOHARA, Norihiko KATO
  • Publication number: 20210403236
    Abstract: A warehouse system includes a first moving unit configured to move articles in an extending direction of a storage rack on the storage rack; a second moving unit configured to be operated independently from the first moving unit and to move selected articles toward an exit side on a transfer rack; and a third moving unit configured to be operated independently from the first moving unit and the second moving unit and to transfer the selected articles from the storage rack to the transfer rack. The third moving unit includes a pushing device configured to push the selected articles toward the transfer rack; a guide device configured to guide the pushing device in the extending direction of the storage rack; and a control device configured to control the pushing device and the guide device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Hideo YANAGISAWA
  • Patent number: 8170752
    Abstract: A parking assistance apparatus makes it easy for a driver to grasp a relative positional relation between a vehicle and a target parking position and makes it possible to park the vehicle at the target parking position in a parking space with accuracy. An image of a mark M in a parking space S is taken by a vehicle-side camera 7. A relative position calculation portion 8 calculates a relative positional relation between the vehicle and a target parking position T based on the taken image of the mark M. A backward locus calculation portion 9 calculates an expected locus when the vehicle moves based on the relative positional relation and based on a steering angle detected by a steering angle sensor 15. An image of the parking space S is taken by a parking-space-side camera 3 and transmitted to a vehicle-side apparatus 1. An image composition portion 12 composes the image of the parking space S from the parking-space-side camera 3 and the expected locus calculated by the backward locus calculation portion 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Kazunori Shimazaki, Tomio Kimura, Yutaka Nakashima, Masami Tomioka, Hideo Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20110112386
    Abstract: The present invention provides a noninvasive alcohol sensor that measures ethanol concentration with high accuracy by suppressing error dependent on glucose concentration. An alcohol sensor 10 includes first light-emitting means 21, second light-emitting means 22 and third light-emitting means 23. The first light-emitting means 21 radiates light having a wavelength of 1185 nm. This wavelength of 1185 nm is a wavelength at which the light absorbance of water and the light absorbance of ethanol are equal. The second light-emitting means 22 radiates light having a wavelength of 1710 nm. The third light-emitting means 23 radiates light having a wavelength of 1750 nm. Light detection means 30 detects the intensity of each light, and control means 60 calculates ethanol concentration based on the detected light intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, Kyushu University Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Maki, Toshihisa Shimo, Kyoto Kumagai, Hidetaka Hayashi, Hideo Yanagisawa, Yusuke Tsutsui, Renshi Sawada, Wataru Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20100211267
    Abstract: A parking assistance apparatus makes it easy for a driver to grasp a relative positional relation between a vehicle and a target parking position and makes it possible to park the vehicle at the target parking position in a parking space with accuracy. An image of a mark M in a parking space S is taken by a vehicle-side camera 7. A relative position calculation portion 8 calculates a relative positional relation between the vehicle and a target parking position T based on the taken image of the mark M. A backward locus calculation portion 9 calculates an expected locus when the vehicle moves based on the relative positional relation and based on a steering angle detected by a steering angle sensor 15. An image of the parking space S is taken by a parking-space-side camera 3 and transmitted to a vehicle-side apparatus 1. An image composition portion 12 composes the image of the parking space S from the parking-space-side camera 3 and the expected locus calculated by the backward locus calculation portion 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazunori Shimazaki, Tomio Kimura, Yutaka Nakashima, Masami Tomioka, Hideo Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20100066515
    Abstract: An image of a mark M is taken by a camera (1) with positioning a vehicle at a location in the vicinity of a parking space, an image processing unit (2) extracts a characteristic point from the image of the mark M and recognizes two-dimensional coordinates on the image, a positional parameter calculation unit (3) calculates positional parameters including six parameters of the camera (1) with reference to the mark M, and a relative position identification unit (4) identifies a relative positional relation between the vehicle and the parking space. A parking locus calculation unit (5) calculates a parking locus for leading the vehicle to the parking space based on the relative positional relation between the vehicle and the parking space identified by the relative position identification unit (4), and a guide apparatus (6) outputs drive operation guide information for causing the vehicle to travel along the calculated parking locus to a driver of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazunori Shimazaki, Tomio Kimura, Masami Tomioka, Yutaka Nakashima, Hideo Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20090164069
    Abstract: A system for preventing operation of an object by an impaired operator is provided. The object has a drive source and is operated by an operator. The system includes an operator replacement recognition device, an operation prevention device, and a controller. The operator replacement recognition device recognizes operator replacement. The operation prevention device prevents operation by the impaired operator. The controller is communicable with the operator replacement recognition device and the operation prevention device. The controller instructs to perform the operation prevention device when the operator replacement is recognized by the operator replacement recognition device during operating the drive source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventor: Hideo Yanagisawa