Patents by Inventor Kenichi Takenaka
Kenichi Takenaka 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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Patent number: 10744846Abstract: A vehicular manipulation apparatus, which manipulates a different apparatus, includes a manipulation unit, a communication unit, a display unit, and a controller. The manipulation unit accepts a manipulation and inputs a set value step-by-step for controlling the different apparatus. The communication unit communicates with the different apparatus, transmits manipulation information to the different apparatus, and receives a set value of the different apparatus. The display unit digitally displays the set value. The controller controls an image on the display unit using the set value. In displaying change due to the manipulation step-by-step, the controller broadens a change width between steps in cases where the manipulation amount within a threshold period of time is equal to or greater than a threshold manipulation amount, as compared with cases where the manipulation amount within the threshold period of time is less than the threshold manipulation amount.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Takenaka, Yukihide Ota
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Publication number: 20190255909Abstract: A vehicular manipulation apparatus, which manipulates a different apparatus, includes a manipulation unit, a communication unit, a display unit, and a controller. The manipulation unit accepts a manipulation and inputs a set value step-by-step for controlling the different apparatus. The communication unit communicates with the different apparatus, transmits manipulation information to the different apparatus, and receives a set value of the different apparatus. The display unit digitally displays the set value. The controller controls an image on the display unit using the set value. In displaying change due to the manipulation step-by-step, the controller broadens a change width between steps in cases where the manipulation amount within a threshold period of time is equal to or greater than a threshold manipulation amount, as compared with cases where the manipulation amount within the threshold period of time is less than the threshold manipulation amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: Denso CorporationInventors: Kenichi TAKENAKA, Yukihide OTA
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Publication number: 20160375899Abstract: The invention is provided with airbag control means for deploying an external airbag in a case where a magnitude of a collision detected by a first collision detection sensor satisfies a deployment condition for the external airbag and deploying an internal airbag in a case where a magnitude of a collision detected by a second collision detection sensor satisfies a deployment condition for the internal airbag, and braking control means for performing automatic brake control when the internal airbag is deployed. The braking control means performs the automatic brake control when the external airbag is deployed even in a case where the deployment condition for the external airbag is satisfied but the deployment condition for the internal airbag is not satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenichi TAKENAKA
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Patent number: 9489500Abstract: A remote manipulation apparatus includes a touch sensor and a manipulation control circuit to detect manipulation on a manipulation surface using a manipulator's finger. The touch sensor and the manipulation control circuit can acquire a manipulation entity distance between the manipulation surface and the finger. When the manipulation entity distance is shorter than a first threshold distance, the manipulation control circuit associates the finger manipulation with a pointer control to move a pointer on a display screen. When the distance exceeds the first threshold distance, the manipulation control circuit associates the finger manipulation with a map control to move a map on the display screen. The manipulation control circuit stores a specified finger manipulation as an authorization manipulation. The association between the finger manipulation and the map control is inhibited until the authorization manipulation using the finger is performed.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Takenaka, Kazunori Takemura
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Patent number: 9457763Abstract: A collision detection apparatus includes: an impact force detector configured to detect an impact force generated on a vehicle; a collision detector configured to detect collision with an obstacle outside of the vehicle at the time the impact force detector detects the impact force exceeding a threshold value; a collision predictor configured to predict that a bicycle being operated by a bicycle rider will collide with the vehicle before the collision with the obstacle outside of the vehicle is detected by the collision detector; and a colliding direction predictor configured to predict that the collision of the bicycle with the vehicle predicted collision with a front surface or a rear surface of the bicycle.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenichi Takenaka
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Publication number: 20150224956Abstract: A collision detection apparatus includes: an impact force detector configured to detect an impact force generated on a vehicle; a collision detector configured to detect collision with an obstacle outside of the vehicle at the time the impact force detector detects the impact force exceeding a threshold value; a collision predictor configured to predict that a bicycle being operated by a bicycle rider will collide with the vehicle before the collision with the obstacle outside of the vehicle is detected by the collision detector; and a colliding direction predictor configured to predict that the collision of the bicycle with the vehicle predicted collision with a front surface or a rear surface of the bicycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenichi TAKENAKA
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Publication number: 20150205943Abstract: A remote manipulation apparatus includes a touch sensor and a manipulation control circuit to detect manipulation on a manipulation surface using a manipulator's finger. The touch sensor and the manipulation control circuit can acquire a manipulation entity distance between the manipulation surface and the finger. When the manipulation entity distance is shorter than a first threshold distance, the manipulation control circuit associates the finger manipulation with a pointer control to move a pointer on a display screen. When the distance exceeds the first threshold distance, the manipulation control circuit associates the finger manipulation with a map control to move a map on the display screen. The manipulation control circuit stores a specified finger manipulation as an authorization manipulation. The association between the finger manipulation and the map control is inhibited until the authorization manipulation using the finger is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Takenaka, Kazunori Takemura
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Patent number: 9043721Abstract: A remote manipulation apparatus includes a main body and a manipulating handle manipulated by a user to move to cover all the orientations from a manipulation basis position defined on a basis of the main body. Movement of the manipulating handle relative to the manipulation basis position corresponds to movement of a pointer image relative to a screen basis position on a screen of a display apparatus. An auxiliary navigational display window includes a specified button image assigned with pointer-pulling information. When the auxiliary navigational display window appears on the screen, the manipulating handle is automatically driven to a position that corresponds to a position of the specified button image on the screen so that the pointer image is moved onto the specified button image that is assigned with the pointer-pulling information.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Takenaka, Shigeaki Nishihashi
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Patent number: 8555660Abstract: An operation unit for a vehicle air conditioner includes a display device, a setting input portion of a control parameter of the air conditioner other than a set temperature, an obtaining portion configured to obtain a present set value of the control parameter, and an operating state identification portion configured to identify whether an air-conditioning operating state is in a plurality of predetermined operating states of the air conditioner. In the operation unit, a moving pattern of a pointer of the display device is changed according to the operating state of the air conditioner. For example, a pointer operation control portion can be configured to control an operation of a pointer driving motor such that the pointer moves on a dial of the display device at different moving speeds according to the air-conditioning operating state.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2008Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignees: Denso Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichi Takenaka, Kuniharu Kutsuna, Kazumutsu Azuma, Hiroki Iwashita, Yuji Kawamoto
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Patent number: 8378969Abstract: A remote control apparatus mountable on a vehicle includes an operation input device operable to point a position in a predetermined operation area, a lighting device for illuminating the operation input device, and a controller for controlling a brightness of the lighting device. The remote control apparatus has a self-diagnostic mode for diagnosing a fault in the operation input device. The controller controls the brightness of the lighting device such that the lighting device produces a illumination pattern corresponding to the position pointed by the operation input device, when the self-diagnostic mode is set.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Kenichi Takenaka, Shouji Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20120056811Abstract: In a vehicle display device equipped with a display on which a plurality of display zones is displayed, a user inputs through an operation lever a pointer moving request to move a pointer and a zone selection request to select another display zone as a selected display zone. An interface control part selects a reaction force map corresponding to the selected display zone after completion of the zone selection request from reaction force maps generated every display zone and stored in advance. Each reaction force map corresponds to each display zone and contains information of a reaction force corresponding to the position information of the button on the display zone. A reaction force supplying part supplies the reaction force to the operation lever on the basis of the selected reaction force map when the position of the pointer is overlapped with the button by the pointer moving request.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Tottori, Kenichi Takenaka
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Patent number: 7980113Abstract: An onboard electronic device operating unit enables a needle calibration mode by performing a specified needle calibration enabling operation on part of multiple setup operation sections. The setup operation sections can change setting states of control contents for an onboard electronic device. In the needle calibration mode, part of the setup operation sections functions as a needle calibration section. Operating the needle calibration section can calibrate a needle position of a needle-type display apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2008Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Kenichi Takenaka, Manabu Ushida
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Patent number: 7793975Abstract: A passenger-seat airbag (32) includes a pair of left and right airbags (44, 46), and a root portion (48) that is connected to both of the left and right airbags (44, 46). When the passenger-seat airbag (32) is provided in a vehicle, an airbag folded portion (62) that forms the left and right airbags (44, 46) is positioned closer to the rear of the vehicle than the root portion (48) is, and a slack portion (49) that forms the root portion (48) is made upright along the airbag folded portion (62), and is positioned closer to the front of the vehicle than the airbag folded portion (62) is. Thus, the slack portion (49) is expanded and deployed toward a windshield earlier to form “a wall”. Then, the left and right airbags (44, 46) are stably deployed toward a passenger seat (toward the rear of the vehicle).Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2006Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kanto Auto Works, Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Seiji Yamada, Kenichi Takenaka, Shinya Suzuki, Satoru Hirai
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Patent number: 7766385Abstract: A passenger-seat airbag (32) includes a left airbag (44), a right airbag (46), and a root portion (48). A strap (70) is provided in the root portion (48) that is inflated by gas injected from an inflator (28) when a passenger-seat airbag device (10) operates. The strap (70) connects the base-end portion (48B) of the root portion (48) to a connection root portion (48C). Further, the strap (70) is provided such that a peripheral length (L2) on a front side is longer than or equal to a peripheral length (L1) on a rear side in a lateral view showing the inflated root portion (48).Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2006Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kanto Auto Works, Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Seiji Yamada, Kenichi Takenaka, Shinya Suzuki, Satoru Hirai
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Patent number: 7766373Abstract: A passenger-seat airbag includes a left airbag and a right airbag. A root portion connects a left-airbag root portion and a right-airbag root portion. An accordion-folded portion with relatively small folding widths is formed by accordion-folding both side portions of the root portion, whereby at least a gas-injection hole closest to each of both ends of an inflator in a longitudinal direction among a plurality of the gas-injection holes of the inflator is prevented from being closed by the root portion when the passenger-seat airbag is provided in a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2006Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kanto Auto Works, Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Seiji Yamada, Kenichi Takenaka, Shinya Suzuki, Satoru Hirai
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Publication number: 20100117957Abstract: A remote control apparatus mountable on a vehicle includes an operation input device operable to point a position in a predetermined operation area, a lighting device for illuminating the operation input device, and a controller for controlling a brightness of the lighting device. The remote control apparatus has a self-diagnostic mode for diagnosing a fault in the operation input device. The controller controls the brightness of the lighting device such that the lighting device produces a illumination pattern corresponding to the position pointed by the operation input device, when the self-diagnostic mode is set.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Takenaka, Shouji Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20090146403Abstract: A passenger-seat airbag (32) includes a left airbag (44), a right airbag (46), and a root portion (48). A strap (70) is provided in the root portion (48) that is inflated by gas injected from an inflator (28) when a passenger-seat airbag device (10) operates. The strap (70) connects the base-end portion (48B) of the root portion (48) to a connection root portion (48C). Further, the strap (70) is provided such that a peripheral length (L2) on a front side is longer than or equal to a peripheral length (L1) on a rear side in a lateral view showing the inflated root portion (48).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2006Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Seiji Yamada, Kenichi Takenaka, Shinya Suzuki, Satoru Hirai
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Publication number: 20090071393Abstract: An onboard electronic device operating unit enables a needle calibration mode by performing a specified needle calibration enabling operation on part of multiple setup operation sections. The setup operation sections can change setting states of control contents for an onboard electronic device. In the needle calibration mode, part of the setup operation sections functions as a needle calibration section. Operating the needle calibration section can calibrate a needle position of a needle-type display apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi TAKENAKA, Manabu Ushida
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Publication number: 20080264079Abstract: An operation unit for a vehicle air conditioner includes a display device, a setting input portion of a control parameter of the air conditioner other than a set temperature, an obtaining portion configured to obtain a present set value of the control parameter, and an operating state identification portion configured to identify whether an air-conditioning operating state is in a plurality of predetermined operating states of the air conditioner. In the operation unit, a moving pattern of a pointer of the display device is changed according to the operating state of the air conditioner. For example, a pointer operation control portion can be configured to control an operation of a pointer driving motor such that the pointer moves on a dial of the display device at different moving speeds according to the air-conditioning operating state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Kenichi Takenaka, Kuniharu Kutsuna, Kazumutsu Azuma, Hiroki Iwashita, Yuji Kawamoto
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Publication number: 20080122208Abstract: A passenger-seat airbag (32) includes a pair of left and right airbags (44, 46), and a root portion (48) that is connected to both of the left and right airbags (44, 46). When the passenger-seat airbag (32) is provided in a vehicle, an airbag folded portion (62) that forms the left and right airbags (44, 46) is positioned closer to the rear of the vehicle than the root portion (48) is, and a slack portion (49) that forms the root portion (48) is made upright along the airbag folded portion (62), and is positioned closer to the front of the vehicle than the airbag folded portion (62) is. Thus, the slack portion (49) is expanded and deployed toward a windshield earlier to form “a wall”. Then, the left and right airbags (44, 46) are stably deployed toward a passenger seat (toward the rear of the vehicle).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2006Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Seiji Yamada, Kenichi Takenaka, Shinya Suzuki, Satoru Hirai