Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Inoue

Hiroshi 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).

  • Posture control system for hull and marine vessel
    Patent number: 11511833
    Abstract: A posture control system for a hull includes a movable posture control plate. An outboard motor is attached to the hull and is movable with respect to the hull. A controller is configured or programmed to control movement of the posture control plate and movement of the outboard motor so as to control the posture of the hull.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Jun Nakatani, Satoru Hamada
  • POWER CONTROL APPARATUS, POWER CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220376507
    Abstract: A power control device for controlling one or more secondary batteries for charging or discharging includes: a monitor unit configured to obtain an amount of power storage of each of the one or more secondary batteries; a secondary battery selection unit configured to select a secondary battery to be controlled from the one or more secondary batteries based on a target amount of power storage and an amount of power storage; and a secondary battery control unit configured to control a selected secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi INOUE, Hidetoshi TAKADA
  • RANGING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220373650
    Abstract: A light emitting element (151) is configured to emit detecting light (L1). A first lens (152) is configured to allow passage of the detecting light (L1). A first optical fiber (153) is configured to guide the detecting light (L1) to the first lens (152). A second lens (154) is configured to allow passage of reflected light (L2) that is the detecting light (L1) reflected by an object (200). A second optical fiber (155) is configured to guide the reflected light (L2) having passed the second lens (154) to a light receiving element (156). A processor (157) is configured to calculate a distance to the object (200) based on a time length from time when the detecting light (L1) is emitted from the light emitting element (151) to time when the reflected light (L2) is incident on the light receiving element (156).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi INOUE
  • MARINE VESSEL MANEUVERING SYSTEM AND MARINE VESSEL
    Publication number: 20220363362
    Abstract: A marine vessel maneuvering system includes a controller configured or programmed to perform a propulsion reverse direction control to change a direction of a propulsive force of a propulsion generator to a reverse direction when a user operates an operator to turn a marine vessel either counterclockwise or clockwise and the marine vessel has been previously turned either clockwise or counterclockwise, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroshi INOUE
  • MARINE VESSEL MANEUVERING SYSTEM AND MARINE VESSEL
    Publication number: 20220355912
    Abstract: A marine vessel maneuvering system includes a marine propulsion unit including an electric motor, an input to input a neutral command to stop the electric motor and to input a drive command to drive the electric motor, a start switch to switch a stopped state in which the electric motor is not driven to a ready-to-be-driven state in which the electric motor is ready to be driven, and a controller configured or programmed to perform a control to switch the stopped state to the ready-to-be-driven state upon a user operating the start switch when a main power supply that controls a power supply to an on-board device of a hull is in an on state, the neutral command is being input to the input, and a marine vessel is in the stopped state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroshi INOUE
  • Ship maneuvering system and ship maneuvering method
    Patent number: 11485466
    Abstract: A ship maneuvering system includes a propulsion unit to steer a ship body, a trim adjuster disposed on the ship body, and a controller. The controller is configured or programmed to correct a change in the traveling state of the ship body due to operation of the trim adjuster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Takeshi Ohata
  • Technique of determining first, second, and third potentials at communication terminal of battery pack
    Patent number: 11482764
    Abstract: A battery pack in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a communication terminal and a detector, and supplies electric power to an external device. The communication terminal receives a first signal, a second signal, and a third signal. The first signal has a first potential, the second signal has a second potential, and the third signal has a third potential. The first potential, the second potential, and the third potential are different from one another. The detector determines a potential at the communication terminal, to thereby detect the first signal, the second signal, or the third signal in accordance with the determined potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Suzuki, Minoru Gyoda, Nobuyuki Oyama, Hiroshi Inoue
  • System for performing flushing through cooling water pathway in marine propulsion device
    Patent number: 11473487
    Abstract: A system for flushing a cooling water pathway of a marine propulsion device with water supplied from a water source includes a water control device and a controller. The water control device is connected to the water source and the cooling water pathway of the marine propulsion device. The controller controls and causes the water control device to supply the water from the water source to the cooling water pathway so as to perform the flushing. The controller obtains propulsion device data including at least one of a pressure of the water, a flow rate of the water and a concentration of salt contained in the water in the cooling water pathway. The controller determines whether or not to stop a supply of the water by the water control device based on the propulsion device data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Inoue
  • Ship maneuvering system and ship maneuvering method
    Patent number: 11472530
    Abstract: A ship maneuvering system includes a propulsion unit to steer the ship body, a trim adjuster on the ship body, a detector to detect a traveling state of the ship, and a controller. The controller operates the trim adjuster in a state in which the steering angle of the propulsion unit is set to a first steering angle. The controller sets the steering angle of the propulsion unit to a second steering angle different from the first steering angle to correct a change of the traveling state of the ship due to an operation of the trim adjuster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Takeshi Ohata
  • System control apparatus, system control method and program
    Patent number: 11463745
    Abstract: A system control device that transmits a manifest file describing information necessary for acquiring video data to a viewing client in a system that performs distribution of the video data via a network includes: generation means for generating the manifest file on the basis of at least one of identification information indicating a viewer attribute, a time zone, and a state of the system according to a prescribed control policy; and transmission means for transmitting the manifest file generated by the generation means to the viewing client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Okuyama, Hiroyuki Kitada, Hiroshi Inoue, Kenichi Endo, Toshiaki Tsuchiya, Seisho Yasukawa
  • Control system for posture control tabs of marine vessel, marine vessel, and method for controlling posture control tabs, capable of avoiding contact of posture control tabs with foreign object
    Patent number: 11453467
    Abstract: A control system for posture control tabs of a marine vessel prevents posture control tabs from coming into contact with a foreign object. The posture control tabs are mounted on a stern to control a posture of a hull. Actuators actuate the respective posture control tabs. When it is judged that that the hull is being loaded onto a trailer or it is detected that the hull has entered a speed restriction zone, a controller controls the actuators to position the posture control tabs at retracted positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Inoue
  • CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220299960
    Abstract: A selection unit configured to select, when receiving a first request in which a first power amount requested to be supplied and a timing when the first power amount is needed are specified, a group with a supply characteristic that enables power supply at the timing, among a plurality of groups into which a plurality of power supply sources are classified in accordance with power supply characteristics, and a request unit configured to transmit, to each of one or more of the power supply sources classified into the group selected by the selection unit or a device that controls power supply of the power supply source, a second request in which a second power amount to be supplied by the power supply source and the timing are specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi INOUE, Hidetoshi TAKADA
  • Control system for marine vessel, marine vessel, and control method for marine vessel
    Patent number: 11414162
    Abstract: A control system for a marine vessel that has a propulsion device including an engine. The control system has an opening angle adjustment device configured to adjust a throttle opening angle of the engine, and a controller including a computing device and a non-transitory storage medium containing program instructions. The execution of the program instructions by the computing device causes the controller to judge whether or not a hull of the marine vessel has entered a planing state, set a predetermined mode in which the planing state is maintained, and upon determining that the predetermined mode is set and that the hull has entered the planing state, control the opening angle adjustment device to keep the hull in the planing state even when the hull has decelerated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Jun Nakatani
  • Trim tab control system for a ship and a ship with the trim tab control system
    Patent number: 11383802
    Abstract: A trim tab control system for a ship includes a trim tab and a controller. The trim tab is able to swing on a ship body. The controller is configured or programmed to swing the trim tab at a first swing speed when the trim tab is not at a time of landing based on operation state data indicating the operation state of the ship. The controller is configured or programmed to swing the trim tab at a second swing speed less than the first swing speed when the trim tab is at the time of landing based on the operation state data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Inoue
  • Sorting an array consisting of a large number of elements
    Patent number: 11372929
    Abstract: Sorting an array consisting of large number of elements. The present invention provides an apparatus for executing a multiway merging process which generates one output sequence from N input sequences on an array consisting of a large number of elements. The apparatus includes: an execution unit configured to execute the multiway merging process on N input sequences without rearranging the elements based on a plurality of input sequences; and a generation unit configured to rearrange the elements constituting the input sequences according to an output sequence that has been generated by the multiway merging process in the execution unit so as to generate a sorted array of elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Inoue
  • FLEXIBLE EXTERIOR MEMBER FOR WIRE GUIDE AND WIRE GUIDE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220190568
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a flexible exterior member for wire guide 12 including a hollow tubular portion 34 to be sheathed on a wire guide 10 bendable and deformable into a predetermined shape, a slit 36 provided over an entire length in an axial direction of the tubular portion 34, and a pair of joining portions 48, 48 respectively provided on a pair of circumferential end surfaces 50, 50 of the tubular portion 34 divided by the slit 36, the pair of joining portions 48, 48 being put together and joined to each other, and a wire guide device G using this flexible exterior member for wire guide 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Kousuke YOSHIDA, Hiroki UNO, Hiroshi INOUE
  • PROTECTOR FOR WIRE HARNESS AND WIRE HARNESS APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220173582
    Abstract: A cable guide includes a plurality of link frame bodies arranged in a row and pivotably joined together, each of the link frame bodies including a pair of link plates 18 that are spaced apart from and opposed to each other in an orthogonal direction B that is orthogonal to an arrangement direction A, a first plate portion that joins together end portions of the pair of link plates on one side in a height direction C, and a second plate portion that joins together end portions on another side in the direction C, and at least one of two side edge portions of the first plate portion is provided with a notch portion 16 due to which a width of the first plate portion is smaller in a central portion in the direction B thereof than two end portions in the direction B of the first plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuma ISODA, Hiroshi INOUE, Hiroki UNO
  • SENSOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220161762
    Abstract: A sensor is configured to output a signal corresponding to information in an outside area of the vehicle. A defogging device is configured to supply at least one of water, a compound, hot air, charged particles, ultrasonic waves, and infrared radiations to at least a portion of a detection area of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Inoue
  • PROTECTOR FOR WIRE HARNESS AND WIRE HARNESS APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220144190
    Abstract: Provided is a wire harness apparatus 80 that uses a protector 10 for a wire harness that includes a body portion 16 into which a wire harness W is to be inserted; a cover body 18 that covers an opening portion 56 of the body portion 16; a joining portion 20 with flexibility that is formed thinner than the body portion 16 and the cover body 18 and rotatably joins the cover body 18 to a first side wall 22a of the body portion 16; a body contact portion 40 provided on the first side wall 22a of the body portion 16; and a cover body contact portion 58 provided on the cover body 18 that transfers a load applied to the cover body 18 to the body portion 16 by the cover body contact portion 58 coming into contact with the body contact portion 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuma ISODA, Hiroki UNO, Hiroshi INOUE
  • Navigation server and navigation system
    Patent number: 11313692
    Abstract: Provided is a navigation server or the like capable of promoting enhancement of convenience in traffic of moving bodies with a comprehensive consideration of various factors of each link. There is found a server route R configured by link groups that connect a starting point p1 and a destination point p2 of a navigation client 2 of interest, the server route R having a minimum total value ?C2 of second moving costs C2 in the link groups. The second costs C2 result from first moving costs C1 corrected based on various factors, such as combinations of “static factors” and “dynamic factors”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aiko Sugawara, Takuro Masuda, Hiroshi Inoue