Patents by Inventor Isao Honda

Isao Honda 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: 20160371899
    Abstract: A seat-occupancy state detection device includes: a seat occupancy sensor that forms a pressure sensitive portion on a seat occupancy surface of a seat; a load sensor that detects a load applied to the seat occupancy surface; a seat-occupancy state determination unit that determines a seat occupancy state of an occupant on the seat, based on an ON/OFF state of the seat occupancy sensor and the load which is detected by the load sensor; and an abnormality determination unit that determines an occurrence of a first abnormality in which the ON state of the seat occupancy sensor is maintained, in a case where the seat occupancy sensor is in the ON state, and the load, which is detected by the load sensor, is equal to or lower than a first threshold value indicating an unloaded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujii, Isao Honda, Takahiro Izuno
  • Patent number: 9440608
    Abstract: A seat passenger determination apparatus includes: a first determination processing unit configured to determine a passenger is not seated on a vehicle seat by having gotten out of the vehicle and transfer the mode to a not-seated recognition mode when a load variation width detected by a load detection apparatus falls within a first threshold value in a state in which a non-fastened state of a seatbelt is detected; and a second determination processing unit configured to determine the passenger is not seated on the vehicle seat by having gotten out of the vehicle and transfer the mode to the not-seated recognition mode when the load variation width detected by the load detection apparatus falls within a second threshold value which is larger than the first threshold value during a predetermined time when the fact that the seatbelt has changed from the fastened state to the non-fastened state is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujii, Takahiro Izuno, Isao Honda, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Yusuke Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9382649
    Abstract: A warp knitted fabric to be used for an epidermis material to avoid stickiness and dampness due to sweating when one is seated for a long time, and which is light-weight and provides superior functionality; has a denbigh stitch texture or a cord stitch textureformed by supplying a base yarn by a front guide bar of a warp knitting machine having at least two guide bars, supplying an insertion yarn by a guide bar rearward of the front guide bar to knit an insertion texture, and knitting the insertion yarn underlapping the insertion yarn in the same direction and by an amount corresponding to the same number of needles as the underlapping of the base yarn supplied by the front guide bar, whereby the insertion yarn is exposed at a sinker-loop-side surface of a warp knitted fabric intermittently in a warp direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Seiren Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoichi Yuikawa, Isao Honda, Fumio Shirasaki
  • Patent number: 9329075
    Abstract: A seat occupancy determination device configured to be provided at one of seating portions of a plural vehicle seats includes a pair of seat occupancy amount detection devices detecting a seat occupancy amount increasing and decreasing in response to a change of a load applied to each portion of the seating portion, a seat occupancy state determination device determining a seat occupancy state of the vehicle seat, an unbalanced load detection device detecting a degree of unbalance of the load applied to a right portion and a left portion of the seating portion, and a seat occupancy threshold value setting device setting a seat occupancy threshold value and correcting the seat occupancy threshold value in response to the degree of unbalance of the load applied to the right portion and the left portion of the seating portion based on a detected signal transmitted from the unbalanced load detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Honda, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Yusuke Takahashi, Tomomi Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 9302640
    Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a load detection device placed at a front and a rear of one of a right-left pair of the attachment members so as to be spaced apart from each other, the load detection device measuring a load applied to a seat to distinguish an existence of a passenger and a type of a passenger, a detection influence determination device determining an existence of an influence on a passenger determination performance of the load detection device in a case where a collision load value detected by the load detection device in the case of a collision of the vehicle corresponds to a detected value between a preset first collision load value and a preset second collision load value, and a collision influence alert device outputting an alert in a case where the detection influence determination device determines that the passenger determination performance is influenced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Honda, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Yusuke Takahashi, Tomomi Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 9132772
    Abstract: A seat passenger determination apparatus includes: a door closing timing detector configured to detect door closing timing after having gotten out of the vehicle directly or indirectly; a counter unit configured to start counting when the load detected by the load detector falls within a threshold value and reset the count when the load is deviated from the threshold value; a determination processing unit configured to determine that no passenger is seated on the vehicle seat because the passenger has gotten out, and transfer the mode to the not-seated recognition mode when the state in which the load within the predetermined threshold value continues for a predetermined time is detected by the counter unit; and a count restricting unit configured to stop the counting process performed by the counter unit temporarily when the door-closed state is detected by the door closing timing detector during the determination by the determination processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujii, Takahiro Izuno, Isao Honda, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Yusuke Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20150166000
    Abstract: A seat occupancy determination device includes first and second load sensors, a seatbelt attachment detection device, a vehicle motion determination portion, and a seat occupancy determination logic portion configured to determine a state of a vehicle seat whether the vehicle seat is in a child-safety-seat fixed state, in an adult-passenger seated state, and in a no passenger state; the seat occupancy determination logic portion including a stopped-state seat occupancy determination logic portion and a motion-state seat occupancy determination logic portion each being set with an availability of transition from a first state to a second state of the three states and the transition conditions from the first state to a second state of the three states individually in order to transition a determination of the state of the vehicle seat precisely when the vehicle is in the stopped state and when the vehicle is in motion, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao HONDA, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Yusuke Takahashi, Tomomi Tomizawa
  • Publication number: 20150122556
    Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a load detection device measuring a load applied to a seat, an offset amount detection portion adding an offset amount being offset from zero, the offset amount of the load detection device occurred by a collision of the vehicle to a value stored as an offset amount occurred before the collision of the vehicle, the offset amount detection portion storing the offset amount occurred by the collision of the vehicle and the offset amount occurred before the collision of the vehicle as the offset amount in a case where a collision load value occurred by the collision of the vehicle and detected by the load detection device exceeds a predetermined value, and a correction portion correcting a load value detected by the load detection device on the basis of the offset amount stored in the offset amount detection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao Honda, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Yusuke Takahashi, Tomomi Tomizawa
  • Publication number: 20150127225
    Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a load detection device placed at a front and a rear of one of a right-left pair of the attachment members so as to be spaced apart from each other, the load detection device measuring a load applied to a seat to distinguish an existence of a passenger and a type of a passenger, a detection influence determination device determining an existence of an influence on a passenger determination performance of the load detection device in a case where a collision load value detected by the load detection device in the case of a collision of the vehicle corresponds to a detected value between a preset first collision load value and a preset second collision load value, and a collision influence alert device outputting an alert in a case where the detection influence determination device determines that the passenger determination performance is influenced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao HONDA, Yoshiaki TOMATSU, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Tomomi TOMIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20150096810
    Abstract: A seat occupancy determination device configured to be provided at one of seating portions of a plural vehicle seats includes a pair of seat occupancy amount detection devices detecting a seat occupancy amount increasing and decreasing in response to a change of a load applied to each portion of the seating portion, a seat occupancy state determination device determining a seat occupancy state of the vehicle seat, an unbalanced load detection device detecting a degree of unbalance of the load applied to a right portion and a left portion of the seating portion, and a seat occupancy threshold value setting device setting a seat occupancy threshold value and correcting the seat occupancy threshold value in response to the degree of unbalance of the load applied to the right portion and the left portion of the seating portion based on a detected signal transmitted from the unbalanced load detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao HONDA, Yoshiaki TOMATSU, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Tomomi TOMIZAWA
  • Patent number: 8955908
    Abstract: A seat load detection apparatus includes: a load detector detecting part of a load acting on a vehicle seat which is capable of changing the posture of a seatback forward from the first stage position as a most upright position of a seatable position to the forwardly inclined position which is a forwardly inclined position on which the passenger cannot be seated; a load body determination unit determining a load body acting on the vehicle seat on the basis of a detected load detected by the load detector; a seat posture detector detecting the forwardly inclined position of the seatback; and a state determination unit determining the state change of the vehicle seat on the basis of the variation of the detected load and restrict the determination of the state change of the vehicle seat on the basis of an output from the seat posture detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujii, Takahiro Izuno, Isao Honda, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Yusuke Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8892313
    Abstract: In a seatbelt warning apparatus, a control unit performs a transition process configured to transfer the mode to a baggage recognition mode on the condition that a load detection unit detects a load larger than a first load and smaller than a second load continuously for a preset time in the not-seated recognition mode, and to the not-seated recognition mode on the condition that the load detection unit detects a load smaller than a predetermined load continuously for a preset time in the baggage recognition mode, and a transfer time t1 required to transferring to the baggage recognition mode in the transition process is set to be shorter than a time T required for increasing the load from the first load to the second load by the vehicle acceleration characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujii, Takahiro Izuno, Isao Honda, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Yusuke Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140266657
    Abstract: A seat passenger determination apparatus includes: a first determination processing unit configured to determine a passenger is not seated on a vehicle seat by having gotten out of the vehicle and transfer the mode to a not-seated recognition mode when a load variation width detected by a load detection apparatus falls within a first threshold value in a state in which a non-fastened state of a seatbelt is detected; and a second determination processing unit configured to determine the passenger is not seated on the vehicle seat by having gotten out of the vehicle and transfer the mode to the not-seated recognition mode when the load variation width detected by the load detection apparatus falls within a second threshold value which is larger than the first threshold value during a predetermined time when the fact that the seatbelt has changed from the fastened state to the non-fastened state is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki FUJII, Takahiro IZUNO, Isao HONDA, Yoshiaki TOMATSU, Yusuke TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20140277947
    Abstract: A seating determination apparatus includes a transition processing unit 29 configured to make a transition of the state between a first seating determination state in which an airbag apparatus is brought into an operation-permitted state and the second seating determination state in which the airbag apparatus is in the operation-prohibited state when a transition condition on the basis of a magnitude relationship between a seat load and a preset threshold value is satisfied, and configured to prohibit the transition of the state between the first seating determination state and the second eating determination state when the direction of variation of the seat load is determined to have inverted before a predetermined time set in advance has elapsed from a time point when the transition condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujii, Takahiro Izuno, Isao Honda, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Yusuke Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140277826
    Abstract: A seat passenger determination apparatus includes: a door closing timing detector configured to detect door closing timing after having gotten out of the vehicle directly or indirectly; a counter unit configured to start counting when the load detected by the load detector falls within a threshold value and reset the count when the load is deviated from the threshold value; a determination processing unit configured to determine that no passenger is seated on the vehicle seat because the passenger has gotten out, and transfer the mode to the not-seated recognition mode when the state in which the load within the predetermined threshold value continues for a predetermined time is detected by the counter unit; and a count restricting unit configured to stop the counting process performed by the counter unit temporarily when the door-closed state is detected by the door closing timing detector during the determination by the determination processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki FUJII, Takahiro Izuno, Isao Honda, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Yusuke Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8818644
    Abstract: A seating determination apparatus includes a transition processing unit 29 configured to make a transition of the state between a first seating determination state in which an airbag apparatus is brought into an operation-permitted state and the second seating determination state in which the airbag apparatus is in the operation-prohibited state when a transition condition on the basis of a magnitude relationship between a seat load and a preset threshold value is satisfied, and configured to prohibit the transition of the state between the first seating determination state and the second eating determination state when the direction of variation of the seat load is determined to have inverted before a predetermined time set in advance has elapsed from a time point when the transition condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujii, Takahiro Izuno, Isao Honda, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Yusuke Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20130298612
    Abstract: A warp knitted fabric to be used for an epidermis material to avoid stickiness and dampness due to sweating when one is seated for a long time, and which is light-weight and provides superior functionality; has a denbigh stitch texture or a cord stitch texture formed by supplying a base yarn by a front guide bar of a warp knitting machine having at least two guide bars, supplying an insertion yarn by a guide bar rearward of the front guide bar to knit an insertion texture, and knitting the insertion yarn underlapping the insertion yarn in the same direction and by an amount corresponding to the same number of needles as the underlapping of the base yarn supplied by the front guide bar, whereby the insertion yarn is exposed at a sinker-loop-side surface of a warp knitted fabric intermittently in a warp direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: SEIREN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoichi Yuikawa, Isao Honda, Fumio Shirasaki
  • Patent number: 8448529
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining a seat occupancy includes a load detecting portion provided between one of a front portion and a rear portion of a seating portion of a seat for a vehicle that includes a lifting function for changing a height position of the seating portion relative to a floor for the vehicle, the seat including a seat back at the rear portion of the seating portion of the seat, the load detecting portion detecting a seating load applied to the seating portion, and a seat occupancy determining portion comparing the seating load detected by the load detecting portion with a predetermined threshold value and determining a seat occupancy state of the seat, the seat occupancy determining portion changing the threshold value based on the height position of the seating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mutsuro Aoyama, Hideki Kawabata, Muneto Inayoshi, Kan Ichihara, Kazumasa Seo, Isao Honda, Takeshi Kuwabara, Hiroyuki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20110094317
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining a seat occupancy includes a load detecting portion provided between one of a front portion and a rear portion of a seating portion of a seat for a vehicle that includes a lifting function for changing a height position of the seating portion relative to a floor for the vehicle, the seat including a seat back at the rear portion of the seating portion of the seat, the load detecting portion detecting a seating load applied to the seating portion, and a seat occupancy determining portion comparing the seating load detected by the load detecting portion with a predetermined threshold value and determining a seat occupancy state of the seat, the seat occupancy determining portion changing the threshold value based on the height position of the seating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mutsuro AOYAMA, Hideki Kawabata, Muneto Inayoshi, Kan Ichihara, Kazumasa Seo, Isao Honda, Takeshi Kuwabara, Hiroyuki Fujii
  • Patent number: 5829983
    Abstract: The system for carrying out educational management for a plurality of students according to the present invention comprises a first processing device for managing a plurality of students and a plurality of second processing devices as a processing device for the student. The first processing device includes an objective reference defining unit for defining an objective reference list by inputting the reference of objectives of achievement of a plurality of educational items; and a communication unit for delivering the objective reference list defined by the objective reference defining unit and an educational item list consisting of a plurality of educational items, to the second processing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kozaburo Koyama, Isao Honda, Takayuki Hiraga, Tatsuo Kato, Takasi Ishikawa