Patents by Inventor Keiichi Yanai

Keiichi Yanai 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: 20230193684
    Abstract: An operation detection device for a vehicle including a camera that captures an image of a periphery of an opening portion of a vehicle body includes a position determination unit configured to determine whether a first body part and a second body part of a user in the image captured by the camera are present in a user determination area set in the image, a gesture determination unit configured to determine, based on the image captured after it is determined that the first body part and the second body part are present in the user determination area, whether at least one of a first gesture using the first body part and a second gesture using the second body part is made, and an output unit configured to output the trigger signal when it is determined that at least one of the first gesture and the second gesture is made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya TAMURA, Keiichi YANAI, Eiji ITAMI
  • Patent number: 10640009
    Abstract: A seat occupancy sensor includes: a first sensor group having a plurality of first sensor cells that are arrayed in a front-rear direction of a seat and become conductive as a load is applied thereto; a second sensor group having a plurality of second sensor cells that are arrayed in the front-rear direction, farther on a front side of the seat and closer to an end of the seat in a width direction than the first sensor group, and that become conductive as a load is applied thereto; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit determines that someone is sitting on the seat when both of at least one of the first sensor cells and at least one of the second sensor cells become conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Mizokawa, Keiichi Yanai, Atsushi Kobayashi, Keiichi Kondo, Shunsuke Nagai
  • Publication number: 20180257513
    Abstract: A seat occupancy sensor includes: a first sensor group having a plurality of first sensor cells that are arrayed in a front-rear direction of a seat and become conductive as a load is applied thereto; a second sensor group having a plurality of second sensor cells that are arrayed in the front-rear direction, farther on a front side of the seat and closer to an end of the seat in a width direction than the first sensor group, and that become conductive as a load is applied thereto; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit determines that someone is sitting on the seat when both of at least one of the first sensor cells and at least one of the second sensor cells become conductive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Mizokawa, Keiichi Yanai, Atsushi Kobayashi, Keiichi Kondo, Shunsuke Nagai