Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Tsunoda

Hiroshi Tsunoda 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).

  • Patent number: 10683819
    Abstract: Provided is an internal combustion engine including a control device 40 configured to adjust fuel injection valves 12 and a resting mechanism 30 and thereby executing a control of switching between an all-cylinder operation Oa and a reduced-cylinder operation Or, the all-cylinder operation Oa being an operation in which a combustion cycle is always performed in all of the cylinders 11, and the reduced-cylinder operation Or being an operation in which a combustion cycle is always performed in some cylinders 11 less than a cylinder number Nc, wherein in the reduced-cylinder operation Or, all of the cylinders 11 perform a partial operation in which an operating state and a resting state thereof are repeated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 10655506
    Abstract: Multiple tubular members 40 that include multiple cam members 41 and 42 having cam parts 11 are connected to each other to form a single cam tube 12. Multiple female splines 45, which are partially arranged on an inner tube surface 44 of the tubular members which include the cam members 41 and 42, mate with male splines 47 formed on the outer tube surface 46 of a drive shaft 13, and the cam tube 12 rotates integrally with the drive shaft 13, and is capable of moving freely in the axial direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 10480363
    Abstract: A cam-switching device switches between first and second cams provided so as to correspond to intake exhaust valves of an engine. In a case of switching from the first cam to the second cam, a cylinder resting unit stops the opening and closing operations of the intake and exhaust valves in the same combustion cycle, and a cam shaft moving unit starts sliding the cam shaft in a first cam angle range. In a case of switching from the second cam to the first cam, the cylinder resting unit stops the opening and closing operations of the intake and exhaust valves in the same combustion cycle, and the cam shaft moving unit starts sliding the cam shaft in a second cam angle range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tsunoda
  • Publication number: 20190010839
    Abstract: A cam-switching device switches between first and second cams provided so as to correspond to intake exhaust valves of an engine. In a case of switching from the first cam to the second cam, a cylinder resting unit stops the opening and closing operations of the intake and exhaust valves in the same combustion cycle, and a cam shaft moving unit starts sliding the cam shaft in a first cam angle range. In a case of switching from the second cam to the first cam, the cylinder resting unit stops the opening and closing operations of the intake and exhaust valves in the same combustion cycle, and the cam shaft moving unit starts sliding the cam shaft in a second cam angle range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiroshi TSUNODA
  • Publication number: 20190003410
    Abstract: Provided is an internal combustion engine including a control device 40 configured to adjust fuel injection valves 12 and a resting mechanism 30 and thereby executing a control of switching between an all-cylinder operation Oa and a reduced-cylinder operation Or, the all-cylinder operation Oa being an operation in which a combustion cycle is always performed in all of the cylinders 11, and the reduced-cylinder operation Or being an operation in which a combustion cycle is always performed in some cylinders 11 less than a cylinder number Nc, wherein in the reduced-cylinder operation Or, all of the cylinders 11 perform a partial operation in which an operating state and a resting state thereof are repeated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiroshi TSUNODA
  • Publication number: 20180371960
    Abstract: Multiple tubular members 40 that include multiple cam members 41 and 42 having cam parts 11 are connected to each other to form a single cam tube 12. Multiple female splines 45, which are partially arranged on an inner tube surface 44 of the tubular members which include the cam members 41 and 42, mate with male splines 47 formed on the outer tube surface 46 of a drive shaft 13, and the cam tube 12 rotates integrally with the drive shaft 13, and is capable of moving freely in the axial direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroshi TSUNODA
  • Patent number: 9641746
    Abstract: A mobile phone includes a display, a capturing module configured to obtain a photographed image, a touch detection module configured to receive a touch operation, a main storage module and an auxiliary storage module, and a control module. The control module temporarily stores in the main storage module successively photographed images photographed at a predetermined time interval by the capturing module, and displays a postview screen for allowing a user to select a predetermined photographed image from a successively photographed image group stored in the main storage module when the touch detection module receives a touch operation with respect to a shutter icon. The control module stores a selected photographed image in the auxiliary storage module when the touch detection module receives a touch operation with respect to a photographed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tsunoda
  • Publication number: 20160277656
    Abstract: A controller is configured to perform a first image capturing operation and a second image capturing operation based on a shutter operation, in the first image capturing operation a first image capturing unit capturing an image without light emission from a light emitter, in the second image capturing operation the first image capturing unit capturing an image with light emission from the light emitter, and divide an area of a first image captured by the first image capturing operation into an area of a subject and an area of a background based on a difference in state between corresponding portions of the first image and a second image captured by the second image capturing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroshi TSUNODA
  • Patent number: 9342682
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a display unit; an input detection unit that detects an input to the display unit, and a lock control unit that sets or releases a locked state for a part or all of functions of the portable electronic device when a predetermined input is detected by the input detection unit, wherein the predetermined input includes inputs, in which a preset screen operation is continuously performed by a predetermined number of times in an area of the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tsunoda
  • Publication number: 20160014331
    Abstract: A mobile phone includes a display, a capturing module configured to obtain a photographed image, a touch detection module configured to receive a touch operation, a main storage module and an auxiliary storage module, and a control module. The control module temporarily stores in the main storage module successively photographed images photographed at a predetermined time interval by the capturing module, and displays a postview screen for allowing a user to select a predetermined photographed image from a successively photographed image group stored in the main storage module when the touch detection module receives a touch operation with respect to a shutter icon. The control module stores a selected photographed image in the auxiliary storage module when the touch detection module receives a touch operation with respect to a photographed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroshi TSUNODA
  • Patent number: 9217366
    Abstract: An engine including: a primary balancer driven by a crankshaft via a gear drive device and rotates in a direction reverse to a direction of the crankshaft; an electric motor driven by the primary balancer via a belt drive device to rotate in a direction reverse to the direction of the crankshaft; an auxiliary flywheel provided to a rotary shaft of the electric motor via a clutch. An engine control unit including a first device for increasing and decreasing effective moment of inertia around the crankshaft by engaging or disengaging the clutch in accordance with an operating condition of the engine, and a second device for controlling torque to be transmitted to the gear drive device via the belt drive device by power-driving or regeneratively driving the electric motor in accordance with a crank angular acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tsunoda
  • Publication number: 20150363059
    Abstract: A mobile phone includes a storage module configured to store a correspondence table which associates notification information and a plurality of applications used for a response to the notification information, and a notification control module configured to display notification information on a display surface, display on the display surface a menu dialog for selecting an application to be launched from among a plurality of applications associated with notification when an operation to designate notification information is received by a touch detection module, and launch the selected application when an operation to select an application is received by the touch detection module. The notification control module is configured to change an arrangement of a plurality of applications in the menu dialog in accordance with a priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi TSUNODA, Rie KANAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20150178491
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a display unit; an input detection unit that detects an input to the display unit, and a lock control unit that sets or releases a locked state for a part or all of functions of the portable electronic device when a predetermined input is detected by the input detection unit, wherein the predetermined input includes inputs, in which a preset screen operation is continuously performed by a predetermined number of times in an area of the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi TSUNODA
  • Patent number: 8948820
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a display unit; an input detection unit that detects an input to the display unit, and a lock control unit that sets or releases a locked state for a part or all of functions of the portable electronic device when a predetermined input is detected by the input detection unit, wherein the predetermined input includes inputs, in which a preset screen operation is continuously performed by a predetermined number of times in an area of the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tsunoda
  • Publication number: 20140366832
    Abstract: An engine including: a primary balancer driven by a crankshaft via a gear drive device and rotates in a direction reverse to a direction of the crankshaft; an electric motor driven by the primary balancer via a belt drive device to rotate in a direction reverse to the direction of the crankshaft; an auxiliary flywheel provided to a rotary shaft of the electric motor via a clutch. An engine control unit including a first device for increasing and decreasing effective moment of inertia around the crankshaft by engaging or disengaging the clutch in accordance with an operating condition of the engine, and a second device for controlling torque to be transmitted to the gear drive device via the belt drive device by power-driving or regeneratively driving the electric motor in accordance with a crank angular acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 8644891
    Abstract: In order to reduce power consumption while an incoming call is detected by each of a plurality of communication methods, a mobile phone includes a radio circuit, a wireless LAN circuit, and a control portion to control power supply to them. The control portion cuts off power supply to the radio circuit when communication for a call by the wireless LAN circuit is established when power is supplied to both the radio circuit and the wireless LAN circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiaki Matsumoto, Mitsuhiro Sugimori, Hiroshi Tsunoda, Hideto Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20130260836
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device and methods are disclosed. A display module is disposed on a first surface of a housing. A sound output module generates vibrations based on received sounds and transfers the vibrations to a second surface of the housing opposed to the first surface. A touch detection module detects a touch operation performed by a user on the display module. An operation determination module determines the kind of the touch operation during the telephone communications with another device. A function execution module executes a function assigned to the determined kind of the touch operation. The function relates to the telephone communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi TSUNODA, Masaki IZAWA, Takashi OSANAI
  • Patent number: 8009647
    Abstract: In order to simplify the operation during a call, a communication terminal includes: a radio circuit and a wireless LAN circuit; a flash ROM storing user identification information for identifying a target to communicate and telephone book data in which the user identification information and multiple pieces of access information respectively corresponding to the radio circuit and the wireless LAN circuit are associated with each other; and a control portion to search the telephone book data, if the wireless LAN circuit becomes incommunicable with the other party's mobile phone during communication, to extract a mobile phone number which is related with the user identification information of the user of the other party's mobile phone and corresponds to the radio circuit, and to originate a call to the other party's mobile phone by the radio circuit using the extracted mobile phone number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiaki Matsumoto, Mitsuhiro Sugimori, Hiroshi Tsunoda, Hideto Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 8001583
    Abstract: A system provides definitions of network states, and identifies a cause for the anomaly upon detection. A traffic measuring portion (characteristic quantity generating portion) counts the number of packets/time slot classified by traffic type with respect to network traffic, generating a characteristic quantity; a memory portion stores information about the characteristic quantity; a portion calculates correlation coefficients between each pair of characteristic quantities classified by traffic type; a portion generates a histogram from correlation coefficients; a portion for determining the severity of an anomaly based on the histogram; a portion evaluates the similarity of an anomaly of interest to a reference anomaly using the occurrence probabilities of correlation coefficients; and a portion assigns a color to each pixel according to its occurrence probability value, generating an n×n picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Tohoku University
    Inventors: Yuji Waizumi, Hiroshi Tsunoda, Yoshiaki Nemoto
  • Publication number: 20090265784
    Abstract: A system provides definitions of network states, and identifies a cause for the anomaly upon detection. A traffic measuring portion (characteristic quantity generating portion) counts the number of packets/time slot classified by traffic type with respect to network traffic, generating a characteristic quantity; a memory portion stores information about the characteristic quantity; a portion calculates correlation coefficients between each pair of characteristic quantities classified by traffic type; a portion generates a histogram from correlation coefficients; a portion for determining the severity of an anomaly based on the histogram; a portion evaluates the similarity of an anomaly of interest to a reference anomaly using the occurrence probabilities of correlation coefficients; and a portion assigns a color to each pixel according to its occurrence probability value, generating an n×n picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yuji Waizumi, Hiroshi Tsunoda, Yoshiaki Nemoto