Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Goto
Hirotaka Goto 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: 20240128808Abstract: A stator for a rotating electric machine includes a stator core and a stator coil. The stator core is formed of a band-shaped steel sheet that is helically bent and laminated. The stator core has slots each opening at an inner periphery of the stator core and spaced from one another in a circumferential direction. The stator coil is formed of electrical conductor segments that are inserted in the slots of the stator core and connected with one another. The band-shaped steel sheet has slits each of which is formed, at a position corresponding to one of the slots, to be open to the corresponding slot. Each of the electrical conductor segments is substantially U-shaped and has a pair of leg portions respectively inserted in corresponding two of the slots of the stator core; the corresponding two slots are circumferentially apart from each other by two or more slot-pitches.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, DENSO PRESSTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiji KONDO, Yuichi KUDOSE, Hirotaka KUROZAKI, Masaki OHIRA, Ryosuke MATSUMOTO, Shinji TAKESHITA, Takashi KURAMITSU, Tomohiro HASHIMOTO, Koji YOSHIDA, Katsuhiko GOTO
-
Patent number: 11919986Abstract: The present invention provides an antifouling ability-imparting agent that adheres well to a variety of water treatment membranes such as reverse osmosis membranes and imparts excellent antifouling ability to the water treatment membranes.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignees: Nanyang Technological University, Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Goto, Rong Wang, Miao Tian, Yasuyuki Miyoshi, Hirotaka Mizoguchi
-
Patent number: 11606496Abstract: An apparatus and a method are achieved in which guide information for enabling a high-quality composite image to be captured is output. Included are a composite image generation unit that performs a process of combining a color image and a black-and-white image captured from different viewpoints, to generate a composite image, and a display information control unit that performs control such that auxiliary information regarding the composite image is displayed on a display unit. In a case where a subject is too close or in a case where a high-quality composite image cannot be generated due to an obstacle, the display information control unit outputs a proximity alert or an obstacle alert as warning information, and also displays a composite image adaptation level. Moreover, a composite image, a color image, and the like are displayed in parallel so that a user can select an image to be recorded.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Goshi Watanabe, Hirotaka Goto
-
Publication number: 20210409597Abstract: An apparatus and a method are achieved in which guide information for enabling a high-quality composite image to be captured is output. Included are a composite image generation unit that performs a process of combining a color image and a black-and-white image captured from different viewpoints, to generate a composite image, and a display information control unit that performs control such that auxiliary information regarding the composite image is displayed on a display unit. In a case where a subject is too close or in a case where a high-quality composite image cannot be generated due to an obstacle, the display information control unit outputs a proximity alert or an obstacle alert as warning information, and also displays a composite image adaptation level. Moreover, a composite image, a color image, and the like are displayed in parallel so that a user can select an image to be recorded.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: GOSHI WATANABE, HIROTAKA GOTO
-
Patent number: 11159719Abstract: An apparatus and a method are achieved in which guide information for enabling a high-quality composite image to be captured is output. Included are a composite image generation unit that performs a process of combining a color image and a black-and-white image captured from different viewpoints, to generate a composite image, and a display information control unit that performs control such that auxiliary information regarding the composite image is displayed on a display unit. In a case where a subject is too close or in a case where a high-quality composite image cannot be generated due to an obstacle, the display information control unit outputs a proximity alert or an obstacle alert as warning information, and also displays a composite image adaptation level. Moreover, a composite image, a color image, and the like are displayed in parallel so that a user can select an image to be recorded.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Goshi Watanabe, Hirotaka Goto
-
Publication number: 20210067695Abstract: An apparatus and a method are achieved in which guide information for enabling a high-quality composite image to be captured is output and in addition, a composite image, a color image, and the like are displayed in parallel to enable a user to select an image to be recorded. Included are a composite image generation unit that performs a process of combining a color image and a black-and-white image captured from different viewpoints, to generate a composite image; and a display information control unit that performs control such that auxiliary information regarding the composite image is displayed on a display unit. In a case where a subject is too close or in a case where a high-quality composite image cannot be generated due to an obstacle, the display information control unit outputs a proximity alert or an obstacle alert as warning information, and also displays a composite image adaptation level.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: GOSHI WATANABE, HIROTAKA GOTO
-
Publication number: 20190126942Abstract: An assistance system includes: an vehicular device for a vehicle that performs an autonomous driving operation, and allows a driver action during the autonomous driving operation; and a portable terminal that is carried by the driver of the vehicle and connected to the vehicular device to communicate with the vehicular device. The vehicular device or the portable terminal includes an operation determination section that determines whether the portable terminal is being operated. The portable terminal includes a display unit that performs an assistance display for assisting an execution of the driver action which is required during the autonomous driving operation when the driver action is required during the autonomous driving operation, and the operation determination section determines that the portable terminal is being operated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Hirotaka GOTO, Akihiro HAYASHI
-
Publication number: 20190077419Abstract: An autonomous driving control apparatus that controls the driving operation of a vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation of the vehicle and achieves autonomous driving is provided. The autonomous driving control apparatus is provided with: a driving operation decision portion that determines a content of the driving operation of the vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation of the vehicle; a driving operation control portion that controls the driving operation of the vehicle according to the decided content of the driving operation; and a driving information output portion that drives a driving portion provided on a seat of the vehicle to output the decided content of the driving operation as driving information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Norio SAMMA, Sei IGUCHI, Hirotaka GOTO, Yukihiro KATO
-
Patent number: 9785845Abstract: A drive support display device supporting a drive of a self-vehicle based on a detection result by an object detector regarding a nearby area of the self-vehicle. The device receives object information from an external source, the object information identifying a nearby object existing in the nearby area of the self-vehicle, determines whether the nearby object is detected by the object detector, and provides a warning indicator when the determination section determines that the nearby object is an undetected nearby object that is not detected by the object detector. As a result, the undetected nearby object, which is already identified as existing somewhere nearby the self-vehicle but is invisible therefrom, may be emphasized in an image provided by the drive support display device.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Morikawa, Toshiaki Nakayama, Hirotaka Goto, Yasutsugu Nagatomi
-
Patent number: 9744901Abstract: An apparatus mountable on a vehicle includes a movable device, a sensor, and a drive controller. The movable device is mountable on the vehicle so that a person around the vehicle sees the movable device. The movable device has at least one light emitter and is capable of rotating around an imaginary line extending in a height direction of the vehicle. The sensor detects a positional relationship between the vehicle and the person. The drive controller rotates the movable device toward the person based on the positional relationship detected by the sensor. The number of the light emitters shining steadily is increased after the drive controller rotates the movable device toward the person.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hirotaka Goto, Hiroaki Tanaka, Katsuyoshi Nishii, Toshiaki Nakayama, Shohei Morikawa, Yasutsugu Nagatomi
-
Patent number: 9493072Abstract: In a driver's safety confirmation support system, a moving object detection section detects a moving object approaching to a vehicle in any of detection areas around a vehicle. When the moving object detection section detects the moving object in the detection area on a left side of the vehicle, a display control section controls a right display section provided in a right area relative to a driver's seat to display information regarding the moving object detected. When the moving object detection section detects the moving object in the detection area on a right side of the vehicle, the display control section controls a left display section provided in a left area relative to the driver's seat to display information regarding the moving object.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hirotaka Goto, Katsuyoshi Nishii, Toshiaki Nakayama, Shohei Morikawa, Yasutsugu Nagatomi
-
Patent number: 9323419Abstract: An input apparatus includes a display unit, an input unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays function items on a display window. The input unit selects and determines one function item with a pointer. The control unit controls a movement of the pointer by setting coordinates of the pointer based on position information transmitted from the input unit. Each function item includes a button region and a selection region. When the pointer moves to one of the button region and the selection region, the function item is selected. When the pointer is set to an equivalent stop state in the selection region, coordinates of the pointer are set as coordinates of a stop state position. When the pointer is set to the equivalent stop state in the button region, the coordinates of the pointer are set as coordinates of a predetermined position of the button region.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Morikawa, Takeshi Kawashima, Hirotaka Goto
-
Publication number: 20150360565Abstract: In a driver's safety confirmation support system, a moving object detection section detects a moving object approaching to a vehicle in any of detection areas around a vehicle. When the moving object detection section detects the moving object in the detection area on a left side of the vehicle, a display control section controls a right display section provided in a right area relative to a driver's seat to display information regarding the moving object detected. When the moving object detection section detects the moving object in the detection area on a right side of the vehicle, the display control section controls a left display section provided in a left area relative to the driver's seat to display information regarding the moving object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Hirotaka GOTO, Katsuyoshi NISHII, Toshiaki NAKAYAMA, Shohei MORIKAWA, Yasutsugu NAGATOMI
-
Publication number: 20150339534Abstract: A drive support display device supporting a drive of a self-vehicle based on a detection result by an object detector regarding a nearby area of the self-vehicle. The device receives object Information from an external source, the object information identifying a nearby object existing in the nearby area of the self-vehicle, determines whether the nearby object is detected by the object detector, and provides a warning indicator when the determination section determines that the nearby object is an undetected nearby object that is not detected by the object detector. As a result, the undetected nearby object, which Is already identified as existing somewhere nearby the self-vehicle but is invisible therefrom, may be emphasized in an image provided by the drive support display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: Shohei MORIKAWA, Toshiaki NAKAYAMA, Hirotaka GOTO, Yasutsugu NAGATOMI
-
Patent number: 9189094Abstract: A display control apparatus controls a plurality of buttons displayed on a screen of a display unit. The apparatus, via a detection unit and position calculation unit, calculates a pointer position on the screen that corresponds to a contact position on an input screen that is touched by a fingertip of user. A button selection unit selects one button, as a desired button, from among the plurality of buttons on the screen based on the pointer position. A selected button display control unit displays the desired button on the screen in a display mode different from the buttons not selected. A position correction unit corrects a current pointer position to be at a reference line when the reference line extends in a specific direction from a previous pointer position and the current pointer position is within a specific range that is set to include the reference line.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Morikawa, Takeshi Kawashima, Hirotaka Goto
-
Publication number: 20150258928Abstract: An apparatus mountable on a vehicle includes a movable device, a sensor, and a drive controller. The movable device is mountable on the vehicle so that a person around the vehicle sees the movable device. The movable device has at least one light emitter and is capable of rotating around an imaginary line extending in a height direction of the vehicle. The sensor detects a positional relationship between the vehicle and the person. The drive controller rotates the movable device toward the person based on the positional relationship detected by the sensor. The number of the light emitters shining steadily is increased after the drive controller rotates the movable device toward the person.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Hirotaka GOTO, Hiroaki TANAKA, Katsuyoshi NISHII, Toshiaki NAKAYAMA, Shohei MORIKAWA, Yasutsugu NAGATOMI
-
Patent number: 9134831Abstract: An input apparatus for, in response to a user's sliding operation on an operation surface, inputting a coordinate point in the operation surface to move a pointing image to a target button image is disclosed. The apparatus acquires the coordinate point in the operation surface and sets, as a characteristic line, a tendency of trace of the coordinate point in the user's sliding operation directed to a lateral direction or a longitudinal direction of the operation surface. The apparatus corrects the coordinate point with reference to the set characteristic line so that the trace of the coordinate point is corrected to be a horizontal line or a vertical line. The apparatus outputs the corrected coordinate point for moving the pointing image.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Morikawa, Takeshi Kawashima, Hirotaka Goto
-
Patent number: 8732622Abstract: In an input apparatus, a display portion displays a plurality of function items on a screen to form a plurality of rows that are parallel in a predetermined row direction. The function items are provided with selection regions, respectively. One of the selection regions is selected, using a pointer according to a predetermined selection manipulation, and is determined according to a predetermined determination manipulation. When a first function item in a first row of the plurality of rows is selected, a selection region of the first row is enlarged in a direction directing at a row next to the first row.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Morikawa, Takeshi Kawashima, Hirotaka Goto
-
Patent number: 8334621Abstract: An electronic equipment includes: a data transmission unit that transmits or receives content data to or from an external equipment; a power supply turned-on information acquisition unit that acquires power supply turned-on information concerning the external equipment; an information-on-manipulation acquisition unit that acquires information on a power supply turning-on manipulation; and a power supply state control unit that controls a power supply state into any of an off state, a standby state, and an on state, wherein when the power supply turned-on information concerning the external equipment with the power supply state set to the off state is acquired, the power supply state control unit changes the power supply state to the standby state; and when the information on the power supply turning-on manipulation with the power supply state set to the standby state is acquired, the power supply state control unit changes the power supply state to the on state.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hirotaka Goto, Yuko Uchiumi
-
Publication number: 20100033026Abstract: An electronic equipment includes: a data transmission unit that transmits or receives content data to or from an external equipment; a power supply turned-on information acquisition unit that acquires power supply turned-on information concerning the external equipment; an information-on-manipulation acquisition unit that acquires information on a power supply turning-on manipulation; and a power supply state control unit that controls a power supply state into any of an off state, a standby state, and an on state, wherein when the power supply turned-on information concerning the external equipment with the power supply state set to the off state is acquired, the power supply state control unit changes the power supply state to the standby state; and when the information on the power supply turning-on manipulation with the power supply state set to the standby state is acquired, the power supply state control unit changes the power supply state to the on state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2009Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hirotaka Goto, Yuko Uchiumi