Patents by Inventor Takahiro Yoshino
Takahiro Yoshino 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: 20170066127Abstract: The present invention provides a system that facilitates positioning operations and also improves throughput in transferring a substrate in a transfer device that can transfer a pair of transfer objects simultaneously. The present invention includes first and second extension/contraction drive shafts disposed concentrically with a rotating axis as a center, each provided in an independently rotatable manner in a horizontal plane, and first and second turning drive shafts. First and second transfer mechanisms are disposed on both sides of a transfer object transfer direction with the rotating axis being disposed therebetween, are driven to extend and contract by the first and second extension/contraction drive shafts, and transfer a transfer object along the transfer object transfer direction. The first and second transfer mechanisms are configured to turn at a small angle with the rotating axis as a center by first and second turning drive members.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicant: ULVAC, Inc.Inventor: Takahiro YOSHINO
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Patent number: 9493165Abstract: A drive force control method for a vehicle, the vehicle having an accelerator pedal, a motive force source that outputs a driving force in the form of a rotation according to an accelerator opening of the accelerator pedal, a drive wheel, and a transmission that transmits the rotation output from the motive force source to the drive wheel after changing a rotation speed thereof, the method including detecting the accelerator opening, detecting a vehicle running condition, calculating a target vehicle drive force based on the accelerator opening, calculating a target input rotation speed of the transmission based on the target vehicle drive force, calculating a target input torque of the transmission based on the target vehicle drive force, and calculating a target vehicle drive force in a vehicle deceleration state that is a variable value depending on the vehicle running condition.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2013Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Yoshino, Masahiro Iriyama
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Publication number: 20160314648Abstract: A gaming machine comprises: a gaming machine body; a recessed portion formed on the gaming machine body, being recessed from a front side to a back side of the gaming machine body, and having an inner side surface, the inner side surface being a reflective surface; and a reflective object at least partially positioned in a space defined by the recessed portion, and formed with a reflected image by means of the reflective surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukie TAKAHASHI, Takahiro YOSHINO, Koichi TOMITA
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Patent number: 9441549Abstract: A control device for internal combustion engine mounted in a vehicle includes a throttle valve provided in an intake passage of the internal combustion engine and capable of changing a cross-sectional area of the intake passage, a variable valve capable of changing opening and closing timings of an intake valve of the internal combustion engine, basic target torque calculation means for calculating a basic target torque of the internal combustion engine according to an operating state of the internal combustion engine, vibration control target torque calculation means for calculating a vibration control target torque of the internal combustion engine to suppress vehicle vibration according to a vibration component of the vehicle, and cylinder intake air amount control means for controlling a cylinder intake air amount by controlling one of the throttle valve and the variable valve according to the vibration control target torque and controlling the other of the throttle valve and the variable valve accordingType: GrantFiled: May 1, 2013Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoya Onozato, Masahiro Iriyama, Takahiro Yoshino, Masahiro Arai, Kenji Suzuki
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Publication number: 20160236345Abstract: The present invention provides a system that facilitates positioning operations and also improves throughput in transferring a substrate in a transfer device that can transfer a pair of transfer objects simultaneously. The present invention includes first and second extension/contraction drive shafts disposed concentrically with a rotating axis as a center, each provided in an independently rotatable manner in a horizontal plane, and first and second turning drive shafts. First and second transfer mechanisms are disposed on both sides of a transfer object transfer direction with the rotating axis being disposed therebetween, are driven to extend and contract by the first and second extension/contraction drive shafts, and transfer a transfer object along the transfer object transfer direction. The first and second transfer mechanisms are configured to turn at a small angle with the rotating axis as a center by first and second turning drive members.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: ULVAC KIKO, Inc.Inventor: Takahiro YOSHINO
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Patent number: 9403535Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a target drive force setting unit configured to set a target drive force based on an operating state, a target speed ratio setting unit configured to set a target speed ratio of a continuously variable transmission to achieve the target drive force and a target torque setting unit configured to set a target torque of a drive source to achieve the target drive force. The target drive force setting unit is configured to set a target drive force reduced in a stepwise manner at the time of upshifting in the continuously variable transmission.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2013Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Ono, Takahiro Yoshino, Masahiro Iriyama
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Publication number: 20160185254Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a drive source controller configured to control a drive source on the basis of a creep drive force set so that a vehicle does not slip down when being stopped on a gradient road, and a braking force calculator configured to calculate a braking force generated on the basis of a braking operation of a driver. The drive source controller reduces a drive force generated by the drive source when the braking force is larger than the creep drive force when the vehicle is stopped. The creep drive force is a force not smaller than a force balanced with a force acting in a slip-down direction of the vehicle at a minimum gradient at which a hill hold function is activated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Ariyoshi, Takahiro Yoshino, Masashi Ono
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Patent number: 9376113Abstract: A vehicle control device that sets a target drive force based on a vehicle speed and an accelerator opening degree, in which if a running mode is switched from a normal mode to an acceleration requirement mode, the target drive force is set based on the accelerator opening degree and the vehicle speed at the time of mode switching.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2013Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Ono, Masahiro Iriyama, Takahiro Yoshino
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Patent number: 9325239Abstract: A power supply device that includes a switch circuit to which an input voltage is supplied, a coil coupled between the switch circuit and an output terminal from which an output voltage is outputted. A voltage adding circuit adds a slope voltage to a reference voltage. A control unit compares a feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage and the reference voltage and switches the switch circuit at a timing corresponding to a comparison result of the feedback voltage and the reference voltage. A slope adjustment circuit differentiates a current flowing in the coil and adjusts a slope amount of the slope based on a differentiation result of the current.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Shinichiro Suga, Kenta Ido, Tomohiro Suzuki, Hiroaki Sumiya, Katsuyuki Yasukouchi, Takahiro Yoshino
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Patent number: 9260116Abstract: A target drive force is computed according to an accelerator pedal opening. A target input rotation speed lower limit basic value to an automatic transmission is computed based on a vehicle speed and a shift range of the automatic transmission. A target drive force lower limit correction value is computed based on the target input rotation speed lower limit basic value. The target drive force is corrected based on the target drive force lower limit correction value. A target input torque of the automatic transmission is computed based on the target drive force after correction. An input torque to the automatic transmission is controlled to the target input torque. By this control, an arbitrary drive force characteristic can be obtained in a PTD control.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2013Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Yoshino, Masahiro Iriyama
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Patent number: 9252038Abstract: To provide a drive device rigid enough to endure a stress due to a reaction during driving of an arm unit, and to provide a conveyance device including the same. A drive device includes a frame and an actuator installed in the frame. The frame is formed by integral molding by casting. The frame includes a connecting portion connectable to a division wall of a conveyance chamber, a bottom plate portion serving as an opposed portion provided to be opposed to the connecting portion, and a plurality of coupling portions that couple the connecting portion and the bottom plate portion to each other. The actuator includes three coaxial shafts (two rotating shafts and single turning shaft), three motors, and a transmission mechanism that transmits a rotational driving force by the three motors to the three shafts. The frame is formed by the integral molding, and hence it is possible to realize a drive device having a high rigidity.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Ulvac, Inc.Inventors: Hirotoshi Nakao, Muneyoshi Nishitsuji, Takahiro Yoshino, Takuya Kuriyama, Taiji Chiba, Daisuke Kawakubo, Kiyotaka Yamada
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Publication number: 20150353089Abstract: A drive force control method for a vehicle, the vehicle having an accelerator pedal, a motive force source that outputs a driving force in the form of a rotation according to an accelerator opening of the accelerator pedal, a drive wheel, and a transmission that transmits the rotation output from the motive force source to the drive wheel after changing a rotation speed thereof, the method including detecting the accelerator opening, detecting a vehicle running condition, calculating a target vehicle drive force based on the accelerator opening, calculating a target input rotation speed of the transmission based on the target vehicle drive force, calculating a target input torque of the transmission based on the target vehicle drive force, and calculating a target vehicle drive force in a vehicle deceleration state that is a variable value depending on the vehicle running condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2013Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Yoshino, Masahiro Iriyama
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Publication number: 20150353090Abstract: A drive force control device for a vehicle having a continuously variable transmission that varies an output rotation of a motive force source and transmits a rotation after variation to a drive wheel includes an accelerator pedal opening sensor that detects an accelerator opening of an accelerator pedal with which the vehicle is provided, and a programmable controller programmed to calculate a target drive force on the basis of the accelerator opening, calculate a target transmission input rotation speed on the basis of the target drive force, calculate a target transmission input torque on the basis of the target drive force, control a speed ratio of the continuously variable transmission to realize the target transmission input rotation speed, and control an output torque of the motive force source to realize the target transmission input torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Takahiro Yoshino
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Publication number: 20150314787Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes: a first target driving force calculation unit that calculates a first target driving force based on an accelerator pedal opening; a target speed ratio calculation unit that calculates a target speed ratio of a continuously variable transmission based on the first target driving force; a target torque calculation unit that calculates a target torque of a driving source based on the first target driving force; an air density detection unit that detects air density; and a first correction unit that corrects only the target torque, out of the target speed ratio and the target torque, in accordance with the air density.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2013Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masashi Ono, Takahiro Yoshino, Yuuzou Kageyama
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Publication number: 20150247213Abstract: After molten metal has been poured from a ladle 6 into a converter, metal 6b adhering to the ladle 6 is dropped into the ladle 6 on-line, and molten metal is poured from an electric furnace into the ladle 6 into which the metal 6b has been dropped. As a result, the metal 6b is melted and is recovered as a material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Yoshino, Masayuki Sugiura, Masakazu Mori, Shintarou Tada
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Publication number: 20150224993Abstract: A vehicle control device that sets a target drive force based on a vehicle speed and an accelerator opening degree, in which if a running mode is switched from a normal mode to an acceleration requirement mode, the target drive force is set based on the accelerator opening degree and the vehicle speed at the time of mode switching.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2013Publication date: August 13, 2015Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Ono, Masahiro Iriyama, Takahiro Yoshino
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Publication number: 20150217772Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a target drive force setting unit configured to set a target drive force based on an operating state, a target speed ratio setting unit configured to set a target speed ratio of a continuously variable transmission to achieve the target drive force and a target torque setting unit configured to set a target torque of a drive source to achieve the target drive force. The target drive force setting unit is configured to set a target drive force reduced in a stepwise manner at the time of upshifting in the continuously variable transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2013Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Ono, Takahiro Yoshino, Masahiro Iriyama
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Publication number: 20150204254Abstract: A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle with an engine includes a target engine output calculation unit configured to calculate a target engine output based on a target drive force, a vehicle speed and an air density, and a target engine torque calculation unit configured to calculate a target engine torque based on the target engine output and the air density. The target engine output calculation unit is configured to set a smaller target engine output when the air density is low than when the air density is high, and the target engine torque calculation unit is configured to set a larger target engine torque when the air density is low than when the air density is high.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuzo Kageyama, Takahiro Yoshino, Masashi Ono, Masahiro Iriyama
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Publication number: 20150167559Abstract: A control device for internal combustion engine mounted in a vehicle includes a throttle valve provided in an intake passage of the internal combustion engine and capable of changing a cross-sectional area of the intake passage, a variable valve capable of changing opening and closing timings of an intake valve of the internal combustion engine, basic target torque calculation means for calculating a basic target torque of the internal combustion engine according to an operating state of the internal combustion engine, vibration control target torque calculation means for calculating a vibration control target torque of the internal combustion engine to suppress vehicle vibration according to a vibration component of the vehicle, and cylinder intake air amount control means for controlling a cylinder intake air amount by controlling one of the throttle valve and the variable valve according to the vibration control target torque and controlling the other of the throttle valve and the variable valve accordingType: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoya Onozato, Masahiro Iriyama, Takahiro Yoshino, Masahiro Arai, Kenji Suzuki
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Publication number: 20150151758Abstract: A target drive force is computed according to an accelerator pedal opening. A target input rotation speed lower limit basic value to an automatic transmission is computed based on a vehicle speed and a shift range of the automatic transmission. A target drive force lower limit correction value is computed based on the target input rotation speed lower limit basic value. The target drive force is corrected based on the target drive force lower limit correction value. A target input torque of the automatic transmission is computed based on the target drive force after correction. An input torque to the automatic transmission is controlled to the target input torque. By this control, an arbitrary drive force characteristic can be obtained in a PTD control.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: Takahiro Yoshino, Masahiro Iriyama