Patents by Inventor Hiroki Murata
Hiroki Murata 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: 20230081930Abstract: A data collection apparatus collects data used for a process, based on image data representing a group of consecutive images received from an imaging device. A processor of the data collection apparatus is configured to: control transmission of image data to the data collection apparatus; detect an object included in each image of an image group represented by the image data; track a detected object between consecutive images; store object image data relating to each object tracked; and calculate a number of objects included in an image represented by the image data. The control of transmission of the image data or the detection of the objects is performed such that an amount of data per unit number of objects is smaller when the calculated number of objects is relatively larger, as compared to when the number is relatively smaller.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Akihito Ito, Ryo Nakabayashi, Tatsuya Imamura, Tomohiro Kaneko, Hiroki Murata
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Publication number: 20230008923Abstract: A processor of a control device of a server for machine learning a plurality of models with different output parameters, comprising a receiving part for receiving information from a plurality of equipment connected to be able to communicate, a learning use data set preparing part for using information which the receiving part receives to prepare a learning use data set for each model, and a learning part for machine learning with priority a model with a high priority order in models for which the number of data sets required for learning have been prepared based on the priority orders of learning among models if the number of data sets required for learning have been prepared for a plurality of models.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Akihito Ito, Ryo Nakabayashi, Tatsuya Imamura, Tomohiro Kaneko, Hiroki Murata
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Publication number: 20220410733Abstract: A power transfer system includes: a compact mobility; a ground unit disposed on a second lane which is a driving lane for the compact mobility, the ground unit being capable of wireless power transfer; and a controller that controls the ground unit. The compact mobility has an amount of electric power that can be stored less than a predetermined amount, and travels at a speed dependent on electric power wirelessly received from the ground unit. When a pedestrian is sensed in the second lane, the controller forces the compact mobility to decelerate by reducing transmission power from the ground unit to the compact mobility, as compared to when the pedestrian is not sensed in the second lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihiro Nakamura, Katsuya Kobayashi, Hiroki Murata, Hiroshi Matsumori, Naohiro Seo, Akihiro Kusumoto
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Publication number: 20220402383Abstract: A vehicle is capable of receiving electric power supplied from a charger and capable of receiving electric power supplied from a charging mat. The charging mat is movable and capable of wireless power transfer. A method for providing a vehicle charging service includes a first step and a second step. The first step is giving, by a server, an instruction for installing the charging mat on a lane at which charging congestion is detected or predicted to occur, the charging congestion being traffic congestion for charging the electric power supplied from the charger. The second step is transmitting the electric power from the charging mat when the vehicle is detected above the charging mat installed on the lane in accordance with the instruction, and transmitting no electric power from the charging mat when the vehicle is not detected above the charging mat.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihiro Nakamura, Katsuya Kobayashi, Hiroki Murata, Hiroshi Matsumori, Naohiro Seo, Akihiro Kusumoto
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Publication number: 20220233603Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for preparing a recombinant cell and a fusion cell for a dendritic cell-based cancer vaccine, wherein the recombinant cell and the fusion cell comprise DNA of a cancer cell. The present invention is also directed to the fusion cells comprising genomic DNA of a tumor cell, a method for fusing human dendritic cells and fibroblast cells, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the fusion cell, and a method of preventing cancer comprising administering to a cancer patient an effective amount of the fusion cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2019Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Sadatoshi SAKUMA, Michiyo OSONO, Futoshi ISHIKAWA, Toshiki UOZUMI, Eriko OKA, Hiroki MURATA, Hui Yu YANG
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Patent number: 11319856Abstract: A vehicle includes a battery and a CO2 recovery device using electric power of the battery to recover CO2 contained in inflowing gas. A control device mounted in the vehicle controls the CO2 recovery device. The control device permits operation of the CO2 recovery device in the case where a high efficiency recovery condition, at which it is predicted that the efficiency of recovery of CO2, showing a ratio of the amount of recovery of CO2 in the CO2 recovery device with respect to the electric power consumed by the battery, will become equal to or greater than a preset predetermined efficiency, is satisfied, and prohibits operation of the CO2 recovery device in the case where the high efficiency recovery condition is not satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaki Ito, Sakiko Yoshida, Hiroki Murata, Kazumasa Okamura, Toshihiro Nakamura, Kohei Watanabe
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Publication number: 20220041206Abstract: A steering system including a plurality of steering devices respectively provided for a plurality of steerable wheels that belong to at least one of a front-wheel side and a rear-wheel side of a vehicle, wherein the plurality of steering devices respectively include a plurality of steering actuators, and wherein each of at least one of the plurality of steering actuators is disposed on an inner side of a corresponding one of side members of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki TOYODA, Hiroki Murata
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Publication number: 20210253159Abstract: A steering operation apparatus is configured to turn one of a plurality of tire-wheel assemblies of a vehicle independently of the other tire-wheel assemblies. The steering operation apparatus includes: an electric motor serving as a drive source; an action conversion mechanism configured to convert an action of the electric motor into a turning action of the tire-wheel assembly; and a controller configured to control a supply current to the electric motor to turn the tire-wheel assembly based on an action position of the electric motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki TOYODA, Hiroki Murata
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Patent number: 11060472Abstract: There is provided an engine working machine capable of suppressing functional disorder of an exhaust catalyst and decline of engine performance. If, during input of a dummy load to an engine, fuel supply volume of a fuel supply device reaches a predetermined dummy load cutoff determination value as a result of elevation of a total load for an engine including the dummy load and a work load, then an electronic control device switches a load switching device to cut off the dummy load; and if, during input of the work load without including the dummy load to the engine, the fuel supply volume of the fuel supply device reaches a predetermined dummy load re-input determination value as a result of decline of the work load, then the electronic control device switches the load switching device to re-input the dummy load.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Hideo Shimoji, Yuki Ishii, Tatsuya Ueshima, Hiroki Murata
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Publication number: 20210108549Abstract: A vehicle includes a battery and a CO2 recovery device using electric power of the battery to recover CO2 contained in inflowing gas. A control device mounted in the vehicle controls the CO2 recovery device. The control device permits operation of the CO2 recovery device in the case where a high efficiency recovery condition, at which it is predicted that the efficiency of recovery of CO2, showing a ratio of the amount of recovery of CO2 in the CO2 recovery device with respect to the electric power consumed by the battery, will become equal to or greater than a preset predetermined efficiency, is satisfied, and prohibits operation of the CO2 recovery device in the case where the high efficiency recovery condition is not satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaki ITO, Sakiko YOSHIDA, Hiroki MURATA, Kazumasa OKAMURA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA, Kohei WATANABE
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Patent number: 10975778Abstract: A control device for controlling an internal combustion engine equipped with an engine body, a variable compression ratio mechanism A configured to be able to change a mechanical compression ratio of the engine body, and an intake system configured to be able to make exhaust discharged from combustion chambers of the engine body be recirculated to an intake passage of the engine body. The control device is provided with a compression ratio control part controlling the variable compression ratio mechanism A so that the mechanical compression ratio becomes the target compression ratio. The compression ratio control part sets the target compression ratio at a lower value when exhaust is being recirculated at a predetermined operating region at an engine low load side than when exhaust is not being recirculated.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Yukihiro Nakasaka, Hiroki Murata
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Patent number: 10794298Abstract: An engine promoting activation of a catalyst is provided, including an exhaust manifold, an exhaust lead-out path led out from a manifold exit of the exhaust manifold, a catalyst case provided on the exhaust lead-out path, and a catalyst housed in the catalyst case. The exhaust manifold and the catalyst case are extended in the front-back direction of crankshaft extension and disposed side by side orthogonally to the front-back direction. The engine may further include a supercharger attached to the exit of the exhaust manifold, and the catalyst case is attached to a turbine exit of the supercharger. The engine may further include an exhaust relay pipe attached to the exit of the exhaust manifold, and the catalyst case is attached to a relay pipe exit of the exhaust relay pipe. The engine may further include an exhaust throttle device provided on an exhaust downstream side of the catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: KUBOTA CorporationInventors: Akihiko Kai, Katsushi Inoue, Masahiko Sugimoto, Kentaro Kita, Hideo Shimoji, Hiroki Murata, Gen Nakamura
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Patent number: 10648388Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust system component having excellent properties to be located in an exhaust flow path from an internal combustion engine, particularly, an exhaust system component having an extended use-life. The exhaust system component of the present invention for an internal combustion engine has a self-healing ceramic material and an electric heater for heating the self-healing ceramic material. In particular, the exhaust system component of the present invention is an oxygen sensor having a detection element and an electric heater, wherein the detection element has a solid electrolyte layer, a reference-side electrode layer, an exhaust-side electrode layer, and a diffusion layer and/or a trap layer each composed of a self-healing ceramic material.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Takeuchi, Noriaki Kumagai, Go Hayashita, Masakazu Tabata, Hirokazu Ito, Kazuhiro Sugimoto, Hiroki Murata
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Publication number: 20200003140Abstract: There is provided an engine working machine capable of suppressing functional disorder of an exhaust catalyst and decline of engine performance. If, during input of a dummy load to an engine, fuel supply volume of a fuel supply device reaches a predetermined dummy load cutoff determination value as a result of elevation of a total load for an engine including the dummy load and a work load, then an electronic control device switches a load switching device to cut off the dummy load; and if, during input of the work load without including the dummy load to the engine, the fuel supply volume of the fuel supply device reaches a predetermined dummy load re-input determination value as a result of decline of the work load, then the electronic control device switches the load switching device to re-input the dummy load.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Hideo SHIMOJI, Yuki ISHII, Tatsuya UESHIMA, Hiroki MURATA
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Patent number: 10479403Abstract: A vehicle driving assistance system, including: a forward information acquirer; a turning intention receiver; a steering-force applying device; and an assistance processing executing device including an identifying portion for identifying a traveling track of a preceding vehicle, a recognizing portion for recognizing turning of the preceding vehicle to the right or the left, a recognizing portion for recognizing turning of an own vehicle and a direction of the turning, and a steering-force control portion for executing a steering-force control in turning in which the applying device applies a steering force for assisting the turning of the own vehicle along an identified traveling track, when the recognized turning of the preceding vehicle is turning at an intersection present on a traveling path of the own vehicle and a direction of the turning of the preceding vehicle at the intersection coincides with the recognized direction of the turning of the own vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Risa Kawashima, Akihiko Shimizu, Hiroki Murata
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Patent number: 10371115Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine includes a knock control system, a cooling system, and an electronic control unit. The knock control system is configured to ignite a spark plug an ignition crank angle obtained by retarding the ignition crank angle in response to an occurrence of the knocking. The electronic control unit is configured to supply a command value corresponding to a target value of a cooling parameter to the cooling system such that the cooling system performs cooling of the internal combustion engine according to the command value. The electronic control unit is configured to correct the command value based on a KCS learned value such that as the KCS learned value increases, a correction amount for correcting the command value increases in correction amount in a direction in which a cooling capacity of the cooling system increases.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi Kitayama, Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Yoshihiro Furuya, Hiroki Murata
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Publication number: 20190186384Abstract: An engine promoting activation of a catalyst is provided, including an exhaust manifold, an exhaust lead-out path led out from a manifold exit of the exhaust manifold, a catalyst case provided on the exhaust lead-out path, and a catalyst housed in the catalyst case. The exhaust manifold and the catalyst case are extended in the front-back direction of crankshaft extension and disposed side by side orthogonally to the front-back direction. The engine may further include a supercharger attached to the exit of the exhaust manifold, and the catalyst case is attached to a turbine exit of the supercharger. The engine may further include an exhaust relay pipe attached to the exit of the exhaust manifold, and the catalyst case is attached to a relay pipe exit of the exhaust relay pipe. The engine may further include an exhaust throttle device provided on an exhaust downstream side of the catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Akihiko KAI, Katsushi INOUE, Masahiko SUGIMOTO, Kentaro KITA, Hideo SHIMOJI, Hiroki MURATA, Gen NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20180252142Abstract: An exhaust passage structure for an engine includes an exhaust-gas catalyst, a bypass passage, a waste gate valve. The exhaust-gas catalyst is disposed in the exhaust passage at downstream of the turbine of the turbocharger. The waste gate valve is disposed in an inlet of the bypass passage. The bypass passage includes a straight port portion disposed such that an axial line of at least a continuous portion including an outlet of the bypass passage is located on the same straight line, and an extended line of the axial line of the straight port portion intersects an upstream-side end surface of the exhaust-gas catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hirofumi Kubota, Takashi Tsunooka, Takanobu Hosoya, Hiroki Murata
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Publication number: 20180251066Abstract: An alert system includes a first alert unit that alerts a driver to at least one of a state relating to driving support and a state relating to steering in a tactile manner through a steering wheel, and a second alert unit that alerts the driver to at least one of the states either in a tactile manner through a member other than the steering wheel or in an audible or visual manner. Of these alert units, the second alert unit is activated when the driver is in a hands-off state in which the driver's hands are inferred to be off the steering wheel. Thus, it is possible to appropriately alert the driver to at least one of the states even when the driver is in the hands-off state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki MURATA, Akihiko SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20180245522Abstract: A control device for controlling an internal combustion engine equipped with an engine body, a variable compression ratio mechanism A configured to be able to change a mechanical compression ratio of the engine body, and an intake system configured to be able to make exhaust discharged from combustion chambers of the engine body be recirculated to an intake passage of the engine body. The control device is provided with a compression ratio control part controlling the variable compression ratio mechanism A so that the mechanical compression ratio becomes the target compression ratio. The compression ratio control part sets the target compression ratio at a lower value when exhaust is being recirculated at a predetermined operating region at an engine low load side than when exhaust is not being recirculated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiyuki YAMASHITA, Yukihiro NAKASAKA, Hiroki MURATA