Patents by Inventor Tomoaki SHIMOZAWA

Tomoaki SHIMOZAWA 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: 20240169738
    Abstract: A load factor estimation device with which it is possible to improve the accuracy of estimating a load factor. The load factor estimation device comprises: a recognition unit for acquiring a first image in which the inside of a loading platform is photographed and/or a second image in which a range within a prescribed distance from the entrance of the loading platform is photographed, recognizing and tracking an object other than a person and freight in the acquired image, thereby guessing whether or not an object other than the person and the freight exists in the loading platform; and an estimation unit for estimating the load factor of a vehicle provided with the loading platform when an object other than the person and the freight does exist in the loading platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Maya MATSUSHITA, Tomoaki SHIMOZAWA, Yuka MIZUSHI
  • Publication number: 20240161509
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sensing device and a loading rate estimation system that has a high durability, enables stable sensing of the opening angle of a load compartment door, and makes it possible to minimize a decrease in the freedom of design around the load compartment door. In the present invention, a sensing device has: a recognition unit for acquiring an image obtained by imaging a part of the load compartment door in an open state, and recognising a door-corresponding portion, which is a portion corresponding to the load compartment door in the image; and a calculation unit for calculating, as the opening angle of the load compartment door, the angle between the door-corresponding portion and a reference portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Maya MATSUSHITA, Tomoaki SHIMOZAWA, Yuka MIZUSHI
  • Publication number: 20240135345
    Abstract: A platooning assistance device and a program with which it is possible to distribute the effect of platooning, and make payment. The platooning assistance device lets each of a plurality of vehicles forming a platoon have: a transaction data generation unit that generates platoon identification information identifying the platoon, vehicle identification information identifying the vehicle, and fuel consumption of the vehicle during platooning as transaction data; and a communication unit that transmits the generated transaction data to a network, and receives, from the network, data is the transaction data of each of the plurality of vehicles, and approved by a blockchain function. Any one of the plurality of vehicles has: a storage unit that stores smart contract data having a programmed, process for distributing the effect of platooning and making payment; and an execution unit that executes the process, on the basis of the approved data, in the blockchain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoaki SHIMOZAWA, Maya MATSUSHITA, Yuka MIZUSHI, Atsushi SHITANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240046662
    Abstract: Provided are a detecting device and a loading ratio estimating system which are highly durable, with which it is possible for an open or closed state of a luggage compartment door to be stably detected, and with which a decrease in design freedom in the vicinity of the luggage compartment door can be suppressed. This detecting device includes: a calculating unit which acquires a color image of the interior of a luggage compartment provided with a door that is free to open and close, and which calculates a determination value on the basis of color information relating to a plurality of pixels included in the color image; and a determining unit which determines that the door is open if the determination value is greater than a predetermined threshold, and determines that the door is closed if the determination value is at most equal to the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Maya MATSUSHITA, Tomoaki SHIMOZAWA, Yuka MIZUSHI
  • Patent number: 10837503
    Abstract: Hydraulic-oil control devices are provided herein that perform hydraulic-oil supply control in a dual clutch device having a first clutch and a second clutch. A hydraulic-oil control device according to embodiments herein includes a first linear solenoid valve that adjusts hydraulic oil having a line pressure for a first hydraulic chamber and supplies the hydraulic oil thereto, a second linear solenoid valve that adjusts hydraulic oil having a line pressure for a second hydraulic chamber and supplies the hydraulic oil thereto, a shuttle valve that outputs the hydraulic oil having a higher pressure between the pressure of the hydraulic oil in the first hydraulic chamber and the pressure of the hydraulic oil in the second hydraulic chamber, and a switch valve that adjusts the amount of hydraulic oil supplied to a first space and a second space, according to the pressure of the hydraulic oil output from the shuttle valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomoaki Shimozawa
  • Patent number: 10683932
    Abstract: Provided is a hydraulic oil control device having a shifting control unit configured to, in a case where, when upshifting is performed, a number of revolutions of an input shaft connected to a to-be-engaged clutch is higher than a number of revolutions of the engine, or a case where, when downshifting is performed, the number of revolutions of the input shaft is lower than the number of revolutions of the engine, supply the to-be-engaged clutch with a hydraulic oil having a pressure equal to or higher than a predetermined standby pressure, and then to supply the to-be-engaged clutch with the hydraulic oil having the standby pressure, and then configured to cause the to-be-engaged clutch to be engaged by supplying the to-be-engaged clutch with the hydraulic oil having a pressure higher than the standby pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomoaki Shimozawa
  • Patent number: 10451173
    Abstract: Provided is a shifting control device having a shifting control unit configured to, in a case where, when upshifting which involves switching of a clutch and changing of a shift main gear is performed, a number of revolutions of an input shaft connected to a to-be-engaged clutch is higher than a number of revolutions of the engine, or a case where, when downshifting which involves the switching of the clutch and the changing of the shift main gear is performed, the number of revolutions of the input shaft connected to the to-be-engaged clutch is lower than the number of revolutions of the engine, increase an amount of an hydraulic oil to a maximum lubrication amount during a period of time from when gear disconnecting is completed until the number of revolutions of the input shaft becomes equal to the number of revolutions of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomoaki Shimozawa
  • Patent number: 10400835
    Abstract: A dual clutch device includes a first piston applying a first clutch by a hydraulic pressure supplied into a first hydraulic pressure chamber and releasing the first clutch by a first spring, a second piston applying a second clutch by a hydraulic pressure supplied into a second hydraulic pressure chamber and releasing the second clutch by a second spring, a first supply line supplying a hydraulic pressure into the first hydraulic pressure chamber and a second hydraulic pressure canceling chamber, a second supply line supplying a hydraulic pressure into the second hydraulic pressure chamber and a first hydraulic pressure canceling chamber, a first valve allowing or cutting the supply of hydraulic pressure into the first hydraulic pressure chamber and the second hydraulic pressure canceling chamber, and a second valve allowing or cutting the supply of hydraulic pressure into the second hydraulic pressure chamber and the first hydraulic pressure canceling chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasushi Yamamoto, Koji Terashima, Shou Ozaki, Taku Honda, Toshitaka Minbu, Yusuke Takahashi, Tomoaki Shimozawa, Nobuyuki Iwao
  • Patent number: 10274024
    Abstract: A dual clutch device is provided with a first piston for engaging a first clutch by using hydraulic pressure supplied to a first hydraulic chamber and disengaging the first clutch by using a first spring, a second piston for engaging a second clutch by using hydraulic pressure supplied to a second hydraulic chamber and disengaging the second clutch by using a second spring, first supply lines for supplying hydraulic pressure to the first hydraulic chamber and a second hydraulic canceling chamber, second supply lines for supplying hydraulic pressure to the second hydraulic chamber and a first hydraulic canceling chamber, a first valve for allowing or blocking the hydraulic pressure supply to the first hydraulic chamber and the second hydraulic canceling chamber, and a second valve for allowing or blocking the hydraulic pressure supply to the second hydraulic chamber and the first hydraulic canceling chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomoaki Shimozawa
  • Publication number: 20180363776
    Abstract: Provided is a hydraulic oil control device having a shifting control unit configured to, in a case where, when upshifting is performed, a number of revolutions of an input shaft connected to a to-be-engaged clutch is higher than a number of revolutions of the engine, or a case where, when downshifting is performed, the number of revolutions of the input shaft is lower than the number of revolutions of the engine, supply the to-be-engaged clutch with a hydraulic oil having a pressure equal to or higher than a predetermined standby pressure, and then to supply the to-be-engaged clutch with the hydraulic oil having the standby pressure, and then configured to cause the to-be-engaged clutch to be engaged by supplying the to-be-engaged clutch with the hydraulic oil having a pressure higher than the standby pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventor: Tomoaki SHIMOZAWA
  • Patent number: 10145468
    Abstract: A dual clutch-type transmission control device is provided which improves the accuracy with which transmission torque is learned. A dual-clutch transmission includes a clutch apparatus having a first clutch and a second clutch, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, a counter shaft, an output shaft, an auxiliary transmission portion including a first input gear pair and a second input gear pair, a main transmission portion including an output gear pair, and learning modules and the learning modules shift the main transmission portion into a neutral state, disengage both the first and second clutched generate a torque change in an engine by keeping the engine running at a predetermined revolution number, engaging partially one of the first and second clutches and thereafter engaging the other clutch gradually partially and learn an amount of change of torque associated with the torque change as transmission torque of the other clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Tomoaki Shimozawa
  • Publication number: 20180335129
    Abstract: Provided is a shifting control device having a shifting control unit configured to, in a case where, when upshifting which involves switching of a clutch and changing of a shift main gear is performed, a number of revolutions of an input shaft connected to a to-be-engaged clutch is higher than a number of revolutions of the engine, or a case where, when downshifting which involves the switching of the clutch and the changing of the shift main gear is performed, the number of revolutions of the input shaft connected to the to-be-engaged clutch is lower than the number of revolutions of the engine, increase an amount of an hydraulic oil to a maximum lubrication amount during a period of time from when gear disconnecting is completed until the number of revolutions of the input shaft becomes equal to the number of revolutions of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventor: Tomoaki SHIMOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180259013
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydraulic-oil control device that performs hydraulic-oil supply control in a dual clutch device having a first clutch and a second clutch. The hydraulic-oil control device includes a first linear solenoid valve that adjusts hydraulic oil having a line pressure for a first hydraulic chamber and supplies the hydraulic oil thereto, a second linear solenoid valve that adjusts hydraulic oil having a line pressure for a second hydraulic chamber and supplies the hydraulic oil thereto, a shuttle valve that outputs the hydraulic oil having a higher pressure between the pressure of the hydraulic oil in the first hydraulic chamber and the pressure of the hydraulic oil in the second hydraulic chamber, and a switch valve that adjusts the amount of hydraulic oil supplied to a first space and a second space, according to the pressure of the hydraulic oil output from the shuttle valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventor: Tomoaki SHIMOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170321764
    Abstract: A dual clutch device is provided with a first piston for engaging a first clutch by using hydraulic pressure supplied to a first hydraulic chamber and disengaging the first clutch by using a first spring, a second piston for engaging a second clutch by using hydraulic pressure supplied to a second hydraulic chamber and disengaging the second clutch by using a second spring, first supply lines for supplying hydraulic pressure to the first hydraulic chamber and a second hydraulic canceling chamber, second supply lines for supplying hydraulic pressure to the second hydraulic chamber and a first hydraulic canceling chamber, a first valve for allowing or blocking the hydraulic pressure supply to the first hydraulic chamber and the second hydraulic canceling chamber, and a second valve for allowing or blocking the hydraulic pressure supply to the second hydraulic chamber and the first hydraulic canceling chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Tomoaki SHIMOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170307068
    Abstract: A dual clutch-type transmission control device is provided which improves the accuracy with which transmission torque is learned. A dual-clutch transmission includes a clutch apparatus having a first clutch and a second clutch, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, a counter shaft, an output shaft, an auxiliary transmission portion including a first input gear pair and a second input gear pair, a main transmission portion including an output gear pair, and learning modules and the learning modules shift the main transmission portion into a neutral state, disengage both the first and second clutched generate a torque change in an engine by keeping the engine running at a predetermined revolution number, engaging partially one of the first and second clutches and thereafter engaging the other clutch gradually partially and learn an amount of change of torque associated with the torque change as transmission torque of the other clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Tomoaki SHIMOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170184160
    Abstract: A dual clutch device includes a first piston applying a first clutch by a hydraulic pressure supplied into a first hydraulic pressure chamber and releasing the first clutch by a first spring, a second piston applying a second clutch by a hydraulic pressure supplied into a second hydraulic pressure chamber and releasing the second clutch by a second spring, a first supply line supplying a hydraulic pressure into the first hydraulic pressure chamber and a second hydraulic pressure canceling chamber, a second supply line supplying a hydraulic pressure into the second hydraulic pressure chamber and a first hydraulic pressure canceling chamber, a first valve allowing or cutting the supply of hydraulic pressure into the first hydraulic pressure chamber and the second hydraulic pressure canceling chamber, and a second valve allowing or cutting the supply of hydraulic pressure into the second hydraulic pressure chamber and the first hydraulic pressure canceling chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Yasushi YAMAMOTO, Koji TERASHIMA, Shou OZAKI, Taku HONDA, Toshitaka MINBU, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Tomoaki SHIMOZAWA, Nobuyuki IWAO