Patents by Inventor Kazuhisa Maeda
Kazuhisa Maeda 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: 20240067270Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes: a rocker configuring a portion at an outer side, in a vehicle width direction, of a vehicle body lower section, the rocker extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; and a metal center pillar, which is a separate component from the rocker, a lower section in a vehicle up-down direction of the center pillar being detachably attached to the rocker by an attachment member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Kazuhisa MAEDA
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Publication number: 20240067273Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes: a front pillar lower member configuring a portion, at a vehicle lower side, of a front pillar that configures a portion, at a vehicle front side, of a vehicle body, a cross-section of the front pillar lower member seen from a vehicle up-down direction having a closed cross-section; a front pillar upper member disposed at a vehicle upper side of the front pillar lower member, and the front pillar upper member configuring a portion at a vehicle upper side of the front pillar; and a pillar reinforcing section provided with respect to the front pillar upper member, the pillar reinforcing section being partially insertable into the front pillar lower member, and the pillar reinforcing section being detachably attached to the front pillar lower member by an attachment member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Kazuhisa MAEDA
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Publication number: 20240051616Abstract: A vehicle body structure including: rockers structuring portions of vehicle transverse direction outer sides of a vehicle body lower portion; center pillars, whose lower portion at a vehicle lower side being structured to include an outer side wall portion positioned at vehicle transverse direction outer side of the rocker, and an inner side wall portion positioned at vehicle transverse direction inner side of the rocker; transverse direction supporting portions disposed at interiors of the rockers, at each of the transverse direction supporting portions being formed a transverse direction through-portion that extends in a vehicle transverse direction; and transverse direction mounting portions that are inserted, in the vehicle transverse direction, through outer side inserted-through portions provided in the outer side wall portions, inner side inserted-through portions provided in the inner side wall portions, and the transverse direction through-portions, and that detachably connect the rockers and the lowType: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazuhisa MAEDA
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Patent number: 11822347Abstract: A delivery system includes a cooking station, a meal serving station, a drone, a meal conveying device configured to convey a meal from the cooking station to the meal serving station, and a controlling portion. A character of a theme park is displayed on the drone. The controlling portion causes the drone to fly from the cooking station to the meal serving station and causes the meal conveying device to convey the meal from the cooking station to the meal serving station such that, just after the drone has arrived at the meal serving station, the meal conveyed by the meal conveying device is served to a visitor from the meal serving station.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideyuki Sakurai, Nobuhiro Nakano, Kazuhisa Maeda, Yohei Tanigawa, Keisuke Itou, Kantarou Shinma, Nobuki Hayashi, Tetsuro Sakaguchi, Yukari Ogawa
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Patent number: 11794581Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes: an acceleration prediction section that predicts a direction of an acceleration acting on a vehicle based on information including at least one of: information regarding a planned travel path of the vehicle, information acquired from a periphery information detection sensor that detects information regarding a vehicle periphery, or information acquired from an acceleration sensor that detects an acceleration of the vehicle; and a display control section that, in a case in which an acceleration predicted by the acceleration prediction section is greater than a predetermined threshold, displays a direction of the predicted acceleration at a display portion in a vehicle cabin.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideyuki Sakurai, Yoshimi Kobayashi, Kazuhisa Maeda, Nobuhiro Nakano
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Publication number: 20230249621Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a first display unit disposed in front of and above a driver's seat and including a display screen configured to be deployed from an interior member into the vehicle cabin and be withdrawn from the vehicle cabin into an inside of the interior member, a drive unit configured to drive the display screen, and a control unit configured to control the first display unit and the drive unit. The control unit includes a driving status acquisition unit configured to acquire a driving status of a vehicle, a drive control unit configured to change a deployment amount of the display screen based on the acquired driving status, and a display control unit configured to cause the display screen to display a rear seat image captured by an in-vehicle camera for a rear seat to fit with the deployment amount of the display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Kazuhisa MAEDA, Tatsuya SHIMIZU, Takanobu TABATA, Yasuyuki ANDOU, Takahiro SUZUKI, Fumihiro ONOGI
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Publication number: 20230249551Abstract: A vehicle display device includes: a display unit in a shape of a rectangular film, the display unit being configured to be advanced from and withdrawn into a ceiling of a vehicle cabin; a lower edge reinforcing portion located at a lower edge of the display unit, the lower edge reinforcing portion reinforcing the lower edge of the display unit; and a support mechanism configured to be extended and retracted according to an amount by which the display unit protrudes beyond the ceiling, and configured to support the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Kazuhisa MAEDA, Tatsuya SHIMIZU, Takanobu TABATA, Yasuyuki ANDOU, Takahiro SUZUKI, Fumihiro ONOGI
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Publication number: 20230202677Abstract: A drawing apparatus draws an illumination image by illuminating visible light onto a landing point on which a flight vehicle is to land. The drawing apparatus includes a focusing mechanism that executes focusing of the illumination image according to an altitude of the flight vehicle, and an illumination angle adjustment mechanism that adjusts an illumination angle of the visible light toward the landing point.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazuhisa MAEDA
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Publication number: 20230167668Abstract: An on-vehicle device controller controls operation of an on-vehicle device in a vehicle. The on-vehicle device controller acquires vehicle positional information regarding a position of the vehicle and user positional information regarding a position of a user who is to board the vehicle, and controls operation of the on-vehicle device based on a user arriving time of the user arriving at the vehicle, that is calculated from the vehicle positional information, the user positional information, and a moving speed of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya SHIMIZU, Kazuhisa Maeda
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Publication number: 20230112816Abstract: The present invention provides a separation membrane suitable for separating water from a liquid mixture containing an alcohol and water. The separation membrane of the present invention includes a metal organic framework. On the separation membrane, at least one of requirements (i) and (ii) below holds: (i) a ratio R1 of a number N2 of molecules satisfying a specified condition (b) with respect to a number N1 of molecules satisfying a specified condition (a) is less than 0.29; (ii) a ratio R2 of an adsorption amount of water adsorbed by the metal organic framework under water vapor at 25° C. and 3.2 kPa with respect to an adsorption amount of ethanol adsorbed by the metal organic framework under an ethanol atmosphere at 25° C. and 7.4 kPa is more than 4.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Akira SHIMAZU, Makoto KATAGIRI, Tooru SUGITANI, Shinya NISHIYAMA, Kazuhisa MAEDA
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Patent number: 11600052Abstract: In an image display system that is equipped with a camera that images a figure of a visitor of a theme park in front of a mirror device and a background, a server that processes an image of the visitor imaged by the camera and that generates display data, and a display device that displays the display data generated by the server on the mirror device, the server includes a database that stores image data on a character, and generates the display data after replacing part of the image of the visitor imaged by the camera with part of an image of the character selected by the visitor with reference to the database.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideyuki Sakurai, Nobuhiro Nakano, Kazuhisa Maeda, Yohei Tanigawa, Keisuke Itou, Kantarou Shinma, Nobuki Hayashi, Tetsuro Sakaguchi, Yukari Ogawa
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Publication number: 20220314799Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes: a display unit including a display surface that is configured to display information to an occupant of a vehicle; a display control unit that is configured to set the information displayed at the display surface and a display area in which the information is displayed at the display surface; a drive unit that is configured to drive the display unit in and out of an interior member that is disposed in a vehicle cabin; and a drive control unit that is configured to control the drive unit such that the display area and an exposed area, of the display surface, which is exposed from the interior member are proportional to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Kazuhisa MAEDA, Tatsuya SHIMIZU, Takanobu TABATA, Yasuyuki ANDOU, Takahiro SUZUKI, Norifumi SUZUKI, Fumihiro ONOGI
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Publication number: 20220198540Abstract: An information providing system includes a first portable terminal of a first visitor who visits a theme park and a server that communicates with the first portable terminal, in which the information providing system provides information on food provided in the theme park, the server includes a database in which an image of the food is associated with the information on the food, and when the first visitor takes a picture of food eaten by a second visitor and uploads the taken picture, the server specifies the food in the picture with reference to the database, and transmits the information on the specified food to the first portable terminal of the first visitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideyuki SAKURAI, Nobuhiro NAKANO, Kazuhisa MAEDA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Keisuke ITOU, Kantarou SHINMA, Nobuki HAYASHI, Tetsuro SAKAGUCHI, Yukari OGAWA
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Publication number: 20220198759Abstract: In an image display system that is equipped with a camera that images a figure of a visitor of a theme park in front of a mirror device and a background, a server that processes an image of the visitor imaged by the camera and that generates display data, and a display device that displays the display data generated by the server on the mirror device, the server includes a database that stores image data on a character, and generates the display data after replacing part of the image of the visitor imaged by the camera with part of an image of the character selected by the visitor with reference to the database.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideyuki SAKURAI, Nobuhiro NAKANO, Kazuhisa MAEDA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Keisuke ITOU, Kantarou SHINMA, Nobuki HAYASHI, Tetsuro SAKAGUCHI, Yukari OGAWA
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Publication number: 20220197310Abstract: A delivery system includes a cooking station, a meal serving station, a drone, a meal conveying device configured to convey a meal from the cooking station to the meal serving station, and a controlling portion. A character of a theme park is displayed on the drone. The controlling portion causes the drone to fly from the cooking station to the meal serving station and causes the meal conveying device to convey the meal from the cooking station to the meal serving station such that, just after the drone has arrived at the meal serving station, the meal conveyed by the meal conveying device is served to a visitor from the meal serving station.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideyuki SAKURAI, Nobuhiro NAKANO, Kazuhisa MAEDA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Keisuke ITOU, Kantarou SHINMA, Nobuki HAYASHI, Tetsuro SAKAGUCHI, Yukari OGAWA
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Publication number: 20220161195Abstract: The present invention relates to an ionic liquid-containing structure including an ionic liquid composed of a pair of a cation and an anion, in which a HOMO energy level of the anion is higher than an LUMO energy level of the cation, and a difference between the HOMO energy level of the anion and the LUMO energy level of the cation is 0.2 a.u. or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Akira SHIMAZU, Kazuhisa MAEDA, Terukazu IHARA, Naomichi KIMURA, Yuri ITO
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Publication number: 20220144086Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes: an acceleration prediction section that predicts a direction of an acceleration acting on a vehicle based on information including at least one of: information regarding a planned travel path of the vehicle, information acquired from a periphery information detection sensor that detects information regarding a vehicle periphery, or information acquired from an acceleration sensor that detects an acceleration of the vehicle; and a display control section that, in a case in which an acceleration predicted by the acceleration prediction section is greater than a predetermined threshold, displays a direction of the predicted acceleration at a display portion in a vehicle cabin.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Hideyuki SAKURAI, Yoshimi KOBAYASHI, Kazuhisa MAEDA, Nobuhiro NAKANO
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Patent number: 11319854Abstract: A catalytic device that can increase the durability of a catalyst support with holes is provided. A flat plate and a corrugated plate have a plurality of holes, a joint area between the flat plate and the corrugated plate is provided in a first upstream area including one end of a catalyst support, and a joint area between the catalyst support and an outer cylinder is provided in a second upstream area that includes the first upstream area and is wider than the first upstream area in the direction of an axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Hiroyuki Horimura, Kosaku Ito, Francois Jayat, Daiji Kawaguchi, Kazuhisa Maeda, Sven Seifert, Michael Voit
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Patent number: 11273409Abstract: Provided is a catalyst device that makes it possible to efficiently purify exhaust gas. A catalyst device that comprises: a carrier that is formed by stacking and rolling a metal-foil-shaped flat plate and a metal-foil-shaped corrugated plate and that carries a catalyst; and an outer cylinder that houses the carrier and supports the carrier such that one end part of the carrier is oriented toward an exhaust gas upstream side and another end part of the carrier is oriented toward an exhaust gas downstream side. The flat plate and the corrugated plate have a plurality of holes and are covered by a coating film that includes a catalyst substance. The coating film that covers the downstream side of the holes is thicker than the coating film that covers the upstream side of the holes.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhisa Maeda, Hiromitsu Takeda, Hiroyuki Horimura
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Patent number: 11214311Abstract: There is provided a vehicle structure including: left and right side members; left and right impact absorbing members; and mounting members that have: first tubular portions, which are fastened to the side members and the impact absorbing members for a vehicle by first fastening members that are inserted through interiors of the first tubular portions, second tubular portions, which are fastened to the side members and the impact absorbing members for a vehicle by second fastening members that are inserted through interiors of the second tubular portions, and connecting portions, which connect the first tubular portions and the second tubular portions in the vehicle vertical direction and which include vertical wall portions that are plate-shaped and project out further toward an insertion direction side than insertion direction side end surfaces of the impact absorbing members for a vehicle and face or abut end portions of the reinforcing ribs.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN KEIKINZOKU CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI BUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhisa Maeda, Kazutaka Mori, Shiho Sugimoto