Patents by Inventor Takashi Kono

Takashi Kono 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).

  • Patent number: 11964620
    Abstract: A vehicular power supply device to be equipped in a vehicle includes an electric storage unit group, an inverter, a driving motor, a converter, an electric device group, a first switch, and a second switch. The electric storage unit group includes first and second electric storage units. The driving motor is to be coupled to the electric storage unit group via the inverter. The electric device group is to be coupled to the electric storage unit group via the converter. The first switch is to be controlled between a state where the first electric storage unit is coupled to the inverter and a state where the first electric storage unit is coupled to the converter. The second switch is to be controlled between a state where the second electric storage unit is coupled to the inverter and a state where the second electric storage unit is coupled to the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Itaru Seta, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Yosuke Ohtomo, Masaki Komuro, Takashi Kono, Shinya Sagawa, Kazuki Makino
  • Publication number: 20240077214
    Abstract: An indoor unit includes: a casing that has an air outlet and an air inlet, and inside which an air passage is formed; a cross flow fan disposed in the air passage and configured to blow out, through the air outlet, air sucked in from the air inlet; a stabilizer configured to stabilize vortex of air caused by circulation of air and generated inside the cross flow fan upon rotation thereof; and a guide wall having a surface defining an outlet side air passage being a part of the air passage, the part being in downstream of the cross flow fan, wherein the stabilizer has a first surface that defines a surface opposite to the guide wall in the outlet side air passage, and a part of the outlet side air passage is formed such that a distance in a vertical direction from the first surface to the guide wall gradually decreases toward the downstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Atsushi KONO, Takuya TERAMOTO, Yuki UGAJIN, Koji YAMAGUCHI, Tetsuo YAMASHITA, Takashi IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11891000
    Abstract: A vehicular power supply device includes an inverter, a converter, a driving motor, an electric device group, a first electric storage unit to be coupled to the driving motor via the inverter, a second electric storage unit to be coupled to an electric device group via the converter, an electric power converter, first and second switches, and a switch controller. The electric power converter is provided between the two electric storage units and couples them in parallel with each other. The first switch is provided between the first electric storage unit and the electric power converter and is controllable between on and off states. The second switch is provided between the second electric storage unit and the electric power converter and is controllable between on and off states. The switch controller controls the first and second switches based on a state of charge of the first electric storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Itaru Seta, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Yosuke Ohtomo, Masaki Komuro, Takashi Kono, Kazuki Makino, Shinya Sagawa
  • Publication number: 20230360298
    Abstract: An endoscope processor includes a processor. The processor discriminates, in first image information acquired by applying first illumination light, between first region image information constituted of an object of an interest subject and second region image information constituted of an object of a non-interest subject, generates third region image information of a region in second image information acquired by applying second illumination light, the region including at least a part of a region of the second region image information, the second illumination light having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the first illumination light and passing through the object of the non-interest subject, and combines the first region image information and the third region image information, to generate a partial transparent image in which the object of the non-interest subject of the first image information is made transparent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Akihiro KUBOTA, Yamato KANDA, Yasunori MORITA, Naohisa TAKABATAKE, Takashi KONO, Hiroki TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11747278
    Abstract: A deposit detection device according to an embodiment includes a calculation module, a detection module, an interpolation module, and a state management module. The calculation module calculates a region feature amount based on an edge vector of each pixel, for each unit region composed of a predetermined number of pixels included in a captured image. The detection module detects the unit region corresponding to a partial covering location and the unit region corresponding to a diffuse reflection location based on a detection condition and a second detection condition, respectively, the first detection condition and the second detection condition being based on the region feature amount. The interpolation module interpolates the area ratio of the partial covering location reduced due to the diffuse reflection location. The state management module controls state transitions of states related to interpolation of the area ratio, based on increase and decrease of the diffuse reflection location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Tomokazu Oki, Nobunori Asayama, Takashi Kono, Yasushi Tani, Daisuke Yamamoto, Nobuhisa Ikeda, Teruhiko Kamibayashi
  • Patent number: 11654881
    Abstract: A control apparatus is configured to control a vehicle. The vehicle includes an engine, a generator configured to generate electric power by using motive power outputted from the engine, and a drive motor coupled to a drive wheel. The engine, the generator, and the drive motor are coupled to each other via a planetary gear mechanism. The control apparatus includes a processor configured to diagnose a state of at least one of the engine, the generator, or the drive motor on the basis of a relationship between a rotational speed of the engine, a rotational speed of the generator, and a rotational speed of the drive motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Suzuki, Itaru Seta, Yosuke Ohtomo, Masaki Komuro, Shinya Sagawa, Takashi Kono, Kazuki Makino
  • Patent number: 11643060
    Abstract: A brake controlling apparatus includes a gradient sensor, an operation unit, a brake controlling unit, and a storage unit. The gradient sensor is configured to detect a road gradient. The operation unit is configured to switch a constant speed downhill traveling function to become effective. The brake controlling unit is configured to control first and second regenerating units configured to generate regenerative electric power from braking torques of front and rear wheels, respectively. The storage unit is configured to hold an efficiency map. In a case where the constant speed downhill traveling function is caused to become effective, the brake controlling unit is configured to calculate braking torque distribution between the front and rear wheels based on the road gradient and the efficiency map to cause total regeneration efficiency to satisfy a first condition, and control the first and second regenerating units on a basis of the braking torque distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Kono
  • Patent number: 11641125
    Abstract: A vehicular power supply device to be applied to a vehicle includes an electric storage unit group, a charger, first and second switches, and a switch controller. The electric storage unit group includes a first electric storage unit and a second electric storage unit having higher internal resistance than the first electric storage unit. The charger is coupled to the electric storage unit group and charges one or both of the first electric storage unit and second electric storage unit. The first switch is provided between the first electric storage unit and the charger and controlled between an on state and an off state. The second switch is provided between the second electric storage unit and the charger and controlled between an on state and an off state. The switch controller controls the first and second switches based on a temperature of the electric storage unit group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Itaru Seta, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Yosuke Ohtomo, Masaki Komura, Takashi Kono, Kazuki Makino, Shinya Sagawa
  • Publication number: 20230100147
    Abstract: A diagnosis support system includes a processor. The processor is connected to a plurality of classifiers that are different in performance. The processor displays performance information of each of the classifiers side by side, receives a user's selection of the performance information displayed side by side, and inputs an input image to the classifier associated with the performance information selected by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro KUBOTA, Yamato KANDA, Katsuyoshi TANIGUCHI, Naohisa TAKABATAKE, Takashi KONO
  • Patent number: 11564560
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: estimate, based on image information from a medical device that includes at least an endoscope, a plurality of procedure actions of an operator of the endoscope; perform different supports respectively for procedures by the operator, according to an estimation result of the procedure actions; and output a display for the supports to a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehito Hayami, Yamato Kanda, Takashi Kono
  • Patent number: 11568547
    Abstract: A deposit detection device according to an embodiment includes an adhesion detection module, a moving adhesion detection module, and a determination module. The adhesion detection module detects a deposit region corresponding to a deposit adhering to an imaging device, based on brightness information of an image captured by the imaging device. The moving adhesion detection module detects the deposit region detected during moving of the vehicle as a moving deposit region, from among the deposit regions detected by the adhesion detection module. When the area of the moving deposit region detected by the moving adhesion detection module is equal to or larger than a first threshold value, the determination module determines that there is a deposit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Ikeda, Nobunori Asayama, Takashi Kono, Yasushi Tani, Daisuke Yamamoto, Daisuke Shiota, Teruhiko Kamibayashi
  • Patent number: 11553828
    Abstract: A diagnosis support apparatus performs identification for a plurality of support items, which are identification classifications about diagnosis support, and the diagnosis support apparatus is provided with a processor. The processor performs analysis processing for acquiring analysis results including an analysis result about an observation mode by analyzing at least one of an input signal specifying the observation mode and an observation image obtained by observing an inside of a subject with an endoscope; performs support item setting processing for setting a support item corresponding to the analysis results obtained by the analysis processing, among the plurality of support items, which are the identification classifications; and generates diagnosis support information, which is information used for diagnosis of a legion candidate area included in the observation image, based on an identification index corresponding to the set support item and the observation image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kono, Makoto Kitamura, Hirokazu Godo, Toshiya Kamiyama, Katsuyoshi Taniguchi, Yamato Kanda
  • Patent number: 11541767
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply includes an electric accumulator pack, an electric motor, first and second switches, an output determiner, and a switch controller. The electric accumulator pack includes first and second electric accumulators. The first and second switches are controlled between on- and off-states. The output determiner determines whether the first electric accumulator is in a first output state or a second output state, and whether the second electric accumulator is in the first output state or the second output state. If at least one of the first electric accumulator or the second electric accumulator is in the first output state, the switch controller controls either one of the first and second switches to the on-state, and the other switch to the off-state. If both the first and second electric accumulators are in the second output state, the switch controller controls both the first and second switches to the on-state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Makino, Itaru Seta, Yosuke Ohtomo, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Takashi Kono, Shinya Sagawa, Masaki Komuro, Masakazu Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11530993
    Abstract: A deposit detection device according to an embodiment includes a detection module and an identification module. The detection module detects a small region as a candidate region for a deposit region corresponding to a deposit adhering to an imaging device, based on brightness information for each of small regions into which a predetermined region in an image captured by the imaging device is divided. The identification module identifies the candidate region as the deposit region when undulation change in brightness distribution of pixels included in the candidate region detected by the detection module is within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Nobunori Asayama, Nobuhisa Ikeda, Takashi Kono, Yasushi Tani, Daisuke Yamamoto, Tomokazu Oki, Teruhiko Kamibayashi
  • Patent number: 11472286
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a front-wheel motor, a rear-wheel motor, a temperature detector, and a distribution ratio controller. The front-wheel motor drives a front wheel. The rear-wheel motor drives a rear wheel. The temperature detector detects a temperature of the front-wheel motor and a temperature of the rear-wheel motor. If one of the temperature of the front-wheel motor and the temperature of the rear-wheel motor exceeds a second temperature, the distribution ratio controller decreases a torque of one of the front-wheel motor and the rear-wheel motor the temperature of which is higher than the other and increase a torque of the other. The second temperature is a value set lower than a first temperature that is a threshold used for determination as to whether output of the front-wheel motor or output of the rear-wheel motor is to be restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kono, Ayumu Yanagita, Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11457876
    Abstract: A diagnosis assisting apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to detect at least one target region from an acquired image and output position information of the target region. The processor is also configured to classify the target region based on predetermined classification conditions corresponding to diagnosis indices and output diagnosis assisting information indicating a degree of seriousness of the target region. The processor is then configured to control a display image such that a first period, during which the diagnosis assisting information is displayed in a first region, is different from a second period, during which the position information is superimposed on the image in a second region and is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kono, Yamato Kanda, Katsuyoshi Taniguchi, Makoto Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20220255089
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of producing a separator for a fuel cell in which layers having corrosion resistance and conductivity are formed on a stainless steel base material, the method including (i) a process of removing a passive layer on a surface of a stainless steel base material to obtain a stainless steel base material from which the passive layer has been removed, (ii) a process of forming layers having corrosion resistance and conductivity on the surface of the stainless steel base material from which the passive layer has been removed to obtain a corrosion-resistant conductive layer-deposited stainless steel base material, and (iii) a process of annealing the corrosion-resistant conductive layer-deposited stainless steel base material in a temperature range of 250° C. or higher and lower than 550° C. under conditions of oxygen being contained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi AISAKA, Takashi KONO
  • Patent number: 11393128
    Abstract: An adhered substance detection apparatus of an embodiment includes a calculator and a determiner. The calculator calculates an edge feature for each cell based on edge vectors of pixels within the cell in a captured image, and further calculates a region feature for each unit region based on the calculated edge features of the cells within the unit region. The determiner determines an adherence state of an adhered substance on a lens of a camera based on the region feature. The calculator calculates, as the region feature, number of the cells having an edge strength of zero. When the number of the cells having the zero edge strength is equal to or greater than a predetermined number in a predetermined attention area in the captured image, the determiner determines not to perform a determination for detecting whether the lens of the camera is entirely covered by the adhered substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Daisuke Yamamoto, Nobunori Asayama, Nobuhisa Ikeda, Yasushi Tani, Takashi Kono, Daisuke Shiota, Teruhiko Kamibayashi
  • Patent number: 11354794
    Abstract: A deposit detection device according to an embodiment includes an extraction module and an exclusion module. The extraction module extracts a candidate region for a deposit from a captured image captured by an imaging device. The exclusion module excludes from the candidate region a region that satisfies a predetermined exception condition. The exclusion module excludes from the candidate region a region that satisfies a first exception region when adhesion of a deposit to the imaging device is not detected, and excludes from the candidate region a region that satisfies a second exception condition different from the first exception condition when adhesion of the deposit to the imaging device is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Ikeda, Nobunori Asayama, Takashi Kono, Yasushi Tani, Daisuke Yamamoto, Daisuke Shiota, Teruhiko Kamibayashi
  • Patent number: 11354795
    Abstract: A deposit detection device according to an embodiment includes a detection module and a storage processing module. The detection module detects a deposit region corresponding to a deposit adhering to an imaging device, based on brightness information of an image captured by the imaging device. The storage processing module stores deposit information on the deposit region in a storage unit that is nonvolatile, when an ignition power of a vehicle is turned off in a state in which the deposit region is detected. For an initial detection process after the ignition power is turned on, the detection module detects the deposit region based on the deposit information stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Nobunori Asayama, Nobuhisa Ikeda, Takashi Kono, Yasushi Tani, Daisuke Yamamoto, Tomokazu Oki, Teruhiko Kamibayashi