Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Ito
Hiroaki Ito 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: 20240038953Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a first surface, a side surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a display on the first surface, an electrode pad on the second surface and electrically connected to the display, an external connection terminal on the second surface, a first wire on the second surface and electrically connecting the electrode pad and the external connection terminal, and an inspection pad on the second surface and electrically connected to the electrode pad. At least a central portion of the inspection pad does not overlap the first wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Sho NAKAMITSU, Hiroaki ITO
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Patent number: 11884208Abstract: A danger detection system for detecting a danger on a road, the danger that changes over time and may not be a danger due to the change over time, the danger detection system including a vibration acquisition unit 11 configured to acquire an acoustic signal collected by a microphone mounted on a vehicle when the vehicle passes through a region on a predetermined road, a danger determination unit 12 configured to determine whether the acoustic signal is derived from the danger, a danger location detection unit 2 configured to determine whether the danger is present in the region on the predetermined road based on the number of times an acoustic signal acquired from each of the plurality of vehicles is determined to be derived from the danger, and a danger information notification unit 3 configured to notify a communication device that can pass through the region on the predetermined road of danger information that is information about a region on a road determined to have a danger.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunori Kobayashi, Hiroaki Ito, Shin Murata
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Patent number: 11878696Abstract: An abnormality detection device 1 includes: a vibration acquisition unit 11 configured to acquire an acoustic signal generated during passage of a vehicle on a road; a frequency domain conversion unit 12 configured to convert the acquired acoustic signal into a frequency domain signal; an unexpectedness determination unit 13 configured to determine whether there is unexpectedness at each predetermined frequency using the frequency domain signal; and an abnormality determination unit 14 configured to determine whether there is an abnormality in the road based on the number of frequencies at which it is determined that there is the unexpectedness.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunori Kobayashi, Hiroaki Ito, Shin Murata
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Publication number: 20230406980Abstract: Provided is a monomer composition comprising methyl methacrylate and ?-olefin, wherein a methacrylic resin obtained by polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising the monomer composition guarantees excellent heat resistance and has excellent weather resistance, in which yellowing is suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Yusuke Hirano, Kouichi Kanemori, Manabu Isomura, Issei Taniguchi, Tooru Kajiwara, Yusuke Morita, Hiroaki Ito
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Patent number: 11840240Abstract: A road condition estimation device 2 includes: a reception unit 21 that receives pieces of sensor information from automobiles respectively, each piece of sensor information including positional information that is information regarding a position at which an automobile travels, and spectral information obtained by converting an acoustic signal generated when the automobile travels at the position into information in a frequency domain; a first classification unit 22 that classifies the pieces of spectral information respectively for roads on which the automobiles travel, based on pieces of positional information included in the pieces of sensor information thus received; and an estimation unit 23 that estimates a condition of a road for each of the pieces of spectral information classified by the first classification unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunori Kobayashi, Hiroaki Ito, Shin Murata
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Publication number: 20230367993Abstract: A DNN contraction device (100) outputs a reduced DNN to a DNN computation unit (300) that performs a DNN computation using an internal memory. The DNN contraction device (100) includes an output data size measurement unit (110) and a data contraction unit (120). The output data size measurement unit (110) measures the output data size in the DNN layer from the DNN network information. The data contraction unit (120) sets a contraction number of the DNN layer based on the output data size and the memory size of the internal memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Sakie KOMATSU, Hiroaki ITO
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Patent number: 11814049Abstract: A vehicle driving support device performs driving support of supporting a driver's driving of a host vehicle based on traffic information. The vehicle driving support device performs a first process of acquiring traffic information associated with traveling of the host vehicle as first traffic information from forward information of the host vehicle detected by a forward information detecting device, performs a second process of acquiring traffic information associated with traveling of the host vehicle out of traffic information stored in a database as second traffic information by comparing a current position of the host vehicle with map data stored in the database, and performs the driving support based on the first traffic information even when the second traffic information is acquired until a predetermined first condition is satisfied when the first traffic information has been acquired.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kohsuke Fujii, Naoki Nishimura, Toshihiro Nakatani, Hiroaki Ito, Takeshi Matsumura
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Publication number: 20230322174Abstract: Information regarding an impact occurring in a vehicle is analyzed from an observed signal by a sensor installed in the vehicle. An acquisition unit (11) acquires an observed signal by a sensor (S) installed at a predetermined position of the vehicle. The analysis unit (12) analyzes the type of impact at each time from the observed signal with respect to the impact occurring on the vehicle at a position different from the position at which the sensor (S) is installed in the vehicle. The type of impact includes at least one type of impact among impact from collision of an obstacle with the vehicle, impact from the vehicle driving over a curb, impact from collision of a flying object with the vehicle, impact from the vehicle rubbing against an object other than the vehicle, and impact from an object other than the vehicle rubbing against the vehicle. An output unit (13) outputs a result obtained by analyzing a time at which the impact occurs and the type of impact.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki ITO, Shin MURATA
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Publication number: 20230252781Abstract: A work supporting apparatus includes: a visible light camera (visible light image photographing unit) configured to photograph a visible light image; a far-infrared camera (thermal image photographing unit) configured to photograph a thermal image; a work progress status determining unit configured to determine a work progress status from the visible light image photographed by the visible light camera and the thermal image photographed by the far-infrared camera; and a display configured to display a determination result of the work progress status.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Daisuke YOSHIDA, Hiroaki ITO
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Patent number: 11676379Abstract: A work supporting apparatus includes: a visible light camera (visible light image photographing unit) configured to photograph a visible light image; a far-infrared camera (thermal image photographing unit) configured to photograph a thermal image; a work progress status determining unit configured to determine a work progress status from the visible light image photographed by the visible light camera and the thermal image photographed by the far-infrared camera; and a display configured to display a determination result of the work progress status.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Yoshida, Hiroaki Ito
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Publication number: 20230178698Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a display, a first wiring pad, a first recess, a second wiring pad, and a side conductor. The substrate includes a first surface, a side surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The display is located on the first surface and includes a pixel unit. The first wiring pad is located on the first surface in an edge area and is electrically connected with the pixel unit. The first recess is located on a first outer surface of the first wiring pad. The second wiring pad is located on the second surface at a position corresponding to the first wiring pad in an edge area. The side conductor extends from the first surface to the second surface through the side surface and connects the first wiring pad with the second wiring pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Katsumi AOKI, Hiroaki ITO
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Publication number: 20230168554Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a first surface, a plurality of pixel units on the first surface, and a first side wiring pad located in a first outermost array adjacent to a first side on the first surface and located between adjacent pixel units of the plurality of pixel units in a direction along the first side. A plurality of pixel units in the first outermost array can be arranged in a portion adjacent to an edge on the first surface of the substrate. A joint pixel pitch can thus be easily equalized to a non-joint pixel pitch, although the non-joint pixel pitch is smaller.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Hiroaki ITO, Yasushi MIYAJIMA
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Publication number: 20230167815Abstract: An electric compressor includes: a compression mechanism; a motor mechanism; an inverter; a housing accommodating the compression mechanism, the motor mechanism, and the inverter; and a power supplier. The power supplier includes a connector and a cable extending toward an outside of the housing. The connector includes a first protrusion extending toward the outside of the housing. The first protrusion includes an end surface that has an insertion hole into which the cable is inserted, and a side surface that cylindrically extends and is connected to the end surface. A second protrusion is formed integrally with the side surface and extends downward from the side surface in a gravity direction corresponding to a direction in which the gravity is applied to the housing. A water droplet having reached the insertion hole along the cable is guided from the insertion hole to the second protrusion along the end surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Akio FUJII, Shumpei Yamakage, Hiroaki Ito
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Publication number: 20230159048Abstract: Provided is a resolution control device that suppresses a processing load of output data by dynamically controlling a resolution at time of processing the output data of an external-environment sensor based on a traveling status. The resolution control device processes output data of an external-environment sensor that recognizes a surrounding environment of a vehicle and outputs the processed output data to an automatic driving device. The resolution control device includes a traveling status determination unit that determines a traveling status of the vehicle, and a control unit that extracts an attention region of the output data based on the traveling status, reduces a resolution of a region other than the attention region, and then outputs the region to the automatic driving device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2021Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki MAEHAMA, Takeshi SETA, Hiroaki ITO
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Publication number: 20230143515Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus configured to provide driving assistance regarding a traffic light to a driver of a host vehicle when the traffic light in front of the host vehicle is in a passage prohibited state, wherein the driving assistance apparatus determines whether the driver is in a careless driving state, and suppresses driving assistance regarding the traffic light when the driver is determined to be in the careless driving state even when the traffic light in front of the host vehicle is in the passage prohibited state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroaki ITO, Yoshitaka KIJIMA
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Patent number: 11645916Abstract: The present invention improves the accuracy of predicting rarely occurring behavior of moving bodies, without reducing the accuracy of predicting commonly occurring behavior of moving bodies. A vehicle 101 is provided with a moving body behavior prediction device 10. The moving body behavior prediction device 10 is provided with a first behavior prediction unit 203 and a second behavior prediction unit 207. The first behavior prediction unit 203 learns first predicted behavior 204 so as to minimize the error between behavior prediction results for moving bodies and behavior recognition results for the moving bodies after a prediction time has elapsed. The second behavior prediction unit 207 learns future second predicted behavior 208 of the moving bodies around the vehicle 101 so that the vehicle 101 does not drive in an unsafe manner.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Masayoshi Ishikawa, Hiroaki Ito
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Publication number: 20230135174Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a traffic light determination unit that determines whether a traffic light state in front of a subject vehicle is in a passage prohibition state, a passage permission state, or a signal transition state, a driving assistance unit that provides driving assistance corresponding to the traffic light state when it is determined that the traffic light state is in the passage prohibition state, and a right or left turn operation determination unit that determines whether the subject vehicle is in the middle of a right or left turn operation. Even when it is determined that the traffic light state in front of the subject vehicle is in the passage prohibition state, when it is determined that the subject vehicle is in the middle of the right or left turn operation, the driving assistance unit does not provide the driving assistance corresponding to the traffic light state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroaki Ito, Yoshitaka Kijima, Yoshiki Tatebe
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Patent number: 11628768Abstract: A driving support device includes: a front camera configured to acquire image data; and a controller configured to execute driving support control for supporting driving by a driver of a vehicle when the controller determines that a specific display object exists in front of the vehicle based on the image data. The driving support control is control executed depending on the specific display object. The controller is configured to determine whether a conforming operation is being executed by the driver. The controller is also configured to execute, as the driving support control, control having a higher support level indicating a degree of influence on the driver when the controller determines that the conforming operation is not being executed, as compared with a case where the controller determines that the conforming operation is executed.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi Matsumura, Hiroaki Ito, Kohsuke Fujii
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Publication number: 20230097594Abstract: An information processing device executes a DNN computation by a neural network including a plurality of layers. The information processing device executes a computation process corresponding to a given layer in the neural network, on a first area and on a second area different from the first area, the first and second areas being included in a feature map inputted to the neural network. The information processing device synthesizes a result of the computation process on the first area and a result of the computation process on the second area, and outputs the synthesized computation process results, as a result of the computation process on the feature map.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Riu HIRAI, Hiroaki ITO, Hiroo UCHIDA, Goichi ONO, Tadashi KISHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20230077048Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a pixel unit located on the first surface and including a light emitter, a first connection pad located on the first surface adjacent to an edge of the substrate and connected to the pixel unit, a second connection pad on the second surface adjacent to the edge, and a connection conductor extending from the first surface to the second surface and connecting the first connection pad and the second connection pad. The first connection pad has a center at a position different from a center of the second connection pad as viewed in plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Fumiaki OSHIRO, Hiroaki ITO