Patents by Inventor Toru Suda

Toru Suda 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: 11993205
    Abstract: A remote driving taxi system provides a mobility service using remote driving taxis that are driven by remote drivers. Each of the remote driving taxis includes a display lamp configured to indicate whether the remote driving taxi is currently available. Management information includes use states of the remote driving taxis and assignment states between the remote driving taxis and the remote drivers. The remote driving taxi system puts on the display lamp of the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has already been assigned and that is currently available, based on the management information. Further, the remote driving taxi system puts off the display lamp of the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has already been assigned and that is currently unavailable, based on the management information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Nishitani, Rio Suda, Hiroshi Yonenaga, Hidekazu Sasaki, Tatsushi Takenaka, Shun Ota, Akihiro Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 11935700
    Abstract: A laminated electronic component includes an element body formed by laminating an insulating layer and having a bottom surface used as a mounting surface, and a bottom surface electrode formed on the bottom surface of the element body and containing glass and a sintered metal. The bottom surface electrode includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer formed on the element body side from the first electrode layer, an edge portion of the second electrode layer is covered with an overcoat layer which is a part of the element body, the first electrode layer is laminated on the second electrode layer with the overcoat layer interposed therebetween, and a content of glass in the first electrode layer is larger than a content of glass in the second electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Saito, Osamu Hirose, Toru Yoshida, Yoshinori Sato, Akira Suda, Akira Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240085905
    Abstract: The vehicle includes a driving operation member that is operated by an operator to perform steering, acceleration, and deceleration, a stop maintaining device that maintains a stop state, and a control device. In the remote control mode, the control device communicates with the remote operation target vehicle, transmits information reflecting the operation amount of the driving operation member to the remote operation target vehicle, and presents information received from the remote operation target vehicle to the operator. When the stop state of the vehicle is not maintained by the stop maintaining device, the control device prohibits the remote control mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke AKATSUKA, Rio SUDA, Toru TAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10895216
    Abstract: A controller of a control device of an internal combustion engine includes: a storage configured to store fuel pressure detected during injection of one port injection valve of port injection valves in association with another port injection valve, of the port injection valves, scheduled to inject fuel after one or two cycles of the fuel pressure pulsation elapsing from injection of the one port injection valve; and a calculator configured to calculate an energization period of the another port injection valve based on the stored fuel pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Suda, Rintarou Tachibana, Tetsuji Nagata
  • Patent number: 10443532
    Abstract: A fuel injection control device includes processing circuitry, which executes an estimating process to estimate pressure in first and second fuel storage members connected to first and second fuel injection valves. The estimating process includes: estimating the pressure in the first fuel storage member based on a detection value of a pressure sensor that detects the pressure in the first fuel storage member and a cycle of pulsation in the first fuel storage member, which is determined in accordance with an interval of fuel injections in a first bank; and estimating the pressure in the second fuel storage member by assuming that a phase of a periodic fluctuation of the pressure in the second fuel storage member and a phase of a periodic fluctuation of the pressure in the first fuel storage member are in antiphase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Suda
  • Publication number: 20180216565
    Abstract: A fuel injection control device includes processing circuitry, which executes an estimating process to estimate pressure in first and second fuel storage members connected to first and second fuel injection valves. The estimating process includes: estimating the pressure in the first fuel storage member based on a detection value of a pressure sensor that detects the pressure in the first fuel storage member and a cycle of pulsation in the first fuel storage member, which is determined in accordance with an interval of fuel injections in a first bank; and estimating the pressure in the second fuel storage member by assuming that a phase of a periodic fluctuation of the pressure in the second fuel storage member and a phase of a periodic fluctuation of the pressure in the first fuel storage member are in antiphase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru SUDA
  • Publication number: 20180171927
    Abstract: A controller of a control device of an internal combustion engine includes: a storage configured to store fuel pressure detected during injection of one port injection valve of port injection valves in association with another port injection valve, of the port injection valves, scheduled to inject fuel after one or two cycles of the fuel pressure pulsation elapsing from injection of the one port injection valve; and a calculator configured to calculate an energization period of the another port injection valve based on the stored fuel pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru SUDA, Rintarou TACHIBANA, Tetsuji NAGATA
  • Patent number: 9093393
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a rectangular lower semiconductor element; a plurality of external electrodes located in a pattern on the lower semiconductor element along sides thereof; a plurality of internal electrodes electrically connected to the plurality of external electrodes via a plurality of line patterns respectively and located on the lower semiconductor element in a pattern; dams provided in such a pattern that each of the dams encloses one or at least two external electrodes among the plurality of external electrodes; an upper semiconductor element mounted on the lower semiconductor element such that a plurality of terminals on the upper semiconductor element are electrically connected to the plurality of internal electrodes respectively; and a resin potted to flow to a space between the lower semiconductor element and the upper semiconductor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: J-DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toru Suda
  • Patent number: 8944030
    Abstract: The fuel supply apparatus optimizes the timing of performing the fuel pressure change indication and the fuel injection timing to suppress the real fuel injection amount from being differentiated from the target fuel injection amount even at the time of the fuel pressure being changed, thereby improving fuel consumption. The ECU judges that the fuel pressure change request is generated (“YES” in Step S11), and calculates the change retarding time t1 (Step S12) when the fuel pressure is at the low pressure side, and the ECU determines that the vehicle is in the warming-up state, or that the fuel is at the high temperature. The ECU sets the change timing to avoid the timing of injecting the fuel from overlapping the changing timing of the fuel pressure with reference to the injection timing of the fuel injection control (Step S13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Suda, Koji Yoshida, Katsunori Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20140138852
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a rectangular lower semiconductor element; a plurality of external electrodes located in a pattern on the lower semiconductor element along sides thereof; a plurality of internal electrodes electrically connected to the plurality of external electrodes via a plurality of line patterns respectively and located on the lower semiconductor element in a pattern; dams provided in such a pattern that each of the dams encloses one or at least two external electrodes among the plurality of external electrodes; an upper semiconductor element mounted on the lower semiconductor element such that a plurality of terminals on the upper semiconductor element are electrically connected to the plurality of internal electrodes respectively; and a resin potted to flow to a space between the lower semiconductor element and the upper semiconductor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: J-DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toru SUDA
  • Publication number: 20130340721
    Abstract: Provided is an abnormality detection apparatus for a fuel supply system that can reliably detect an abnormality of the fuel pressure changing operation of the fuel supply system, comprising a fuel pump unit (11) to supply a fuel to an injector (3), a pressure regulator (20) capable of regulating a pressure of the fuel to a desired one set pressure and a set pressure changing operation mechanism (40) to change the set pressure, a state change detection section (51a) to change the set pressure to a high set pressure in response to a fuel supply amount to the injector (3) being substantially constant and to detect a variation of an energization state of the pump drive motor (11m) after changing the set pressure, and an abnormality determination section (51b) to determine whether or not there is an abnormality occurred in changing the set pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Suda
  • Patent number: 8567373
    Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus is designed to secure a high fuel pressure to enhance starting operation efficiency and to respond the requirements of low fuel consumption and power saving at the time of starting operation of a fuel consumption unit such as an internal combustion engine, and comprises a fuel pump for supplying fuel reserved in a fuel tank to an engine, a pressure regulator for introducing therein the fuel to be supplied to the engine from the fuel pump and regulating the fuel at a set pressure, the pressure regulator being operative to change the set pressure of the fuel to a high set pressure and a low set pressure, and a set pressure changing unit for changing the set pressure of the pressure regulator into a desired set pressure selected from among the high set pressure and the low set pressure, the set pressure changing unit being operative to allow the set pressure of the pressure regulator at the time of the fuel pump being stopped to be higher than the set pressure of the pressure regulator at
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Suda
  • Publication number: 20130032126
    Abstract: The fuel supplied apparatus disclosed is capable of optimizing the timing of performing the fuel pressure change indication and the fuel injection timing to suppress the real fuel injection amount from being differentiated from the target fuel injection amount even at the time of the fuel pressure being changed, thereby making it possible to accomplish the improvement of the fuel consumption. The ECU judges whether or not the fuel pressure change request is generated (Step S11). The ECU judges that the fuel pressure change request is generated (“YES” in Step S11), and calculates the change retarding time t1 (Step S12) when the fuel pressure is at the low pressure side, and the ECU determines that the vehicle is in the warming-up state, or that the fuel is at the high temperature. The ECU sets the change timing to avoid the timing of injecting the fuel from overlapping the changing timing of the fuel pressure with reference to the injection timing of the fuel injection control (Step S13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Suda, Koji Yoshida, Katsunori Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20120097132
    Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus is designed to secure a high fuel pressure to enhance starting operation efficiency and to respond the requirements of low fuel consumption and power saving at the time of starting operation of a fuel consumption unit such as an internal combustion engine, and comprises a fuel pump for supplying fuel reserved in a fuel tank to an engine, a pressure regulator for introducing therein the fuel to be supplied to the engine from the fuel pump and regulating the fuel at a set pressure, the pressure regulator being operative to change the set pressure of the fuel to a high set pressure and a low set pressure, and a set pressure changing unit for changing the set pressure of the pressure regulator into a desired set pressure selected from among the high set pressure and the low set pressure, the set pressure changing unit being operative to allow the set pressure of the pressure regulator at the time of the fuel pump being stopped to be higher than the set pressure of the pressure regulator at
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Suda
  • Patent number: 7570924
    Abstract: A high frequency signal receiving device includes a reference frequency signal generating section operable to generate a reference frequency signal; a high frequency signal processing section operable to obtain a signal of a desired channel from a high frequency signal using the reference frequency signal, the high frequency signal being obtained by receiving a broadcast wave; an analog demodulating section operable to subject the signal of the desired channel to an analog demodulation process; and a digital demodulating section operable to subject the signal of the desired channel to a digital demodulation process using the reference frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Suda, Kazuhiko Maejima, Yasuhiro Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20070279533
    Abstract: A receiver apparatus for a television broadcasting wave includes a channel selection decision section configured to decide channel selection based on an intermediate frequency signal of a television broadcasting wave of a selected channel obtained by frequency conversion using a local oscillation signal. The channel selection decision section includes a frequency component extraction circuit and a decision section. The frequency component extraction circuit is configured to extract a frequency component to be used for the decision of channel selection including a frequency component within a band of the intermediate frequency signal. The decision section is configured to decide the presence/absence of a television broadcasting wave of the selected channel based on the level value of the frequency component extracted by the frequency component extraction circuit to perform decision of channel selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kasashima, Toru Suda, Tsuyoshi Sakuma, Hitoshi Masumura
  • Publication number: 20070042723
    Abstract: A mobile terminal apparatus is disclosed which includes: a tuner device configured to perform frequency conversion upon selecting a signal on a desired channel from a receiver signal derived from a received broadcast signal; a communication device configured to conduct wireless communications; and a control device configured to control the tuner device and the communication device in operation; wherein the tuner device has an input stage including a signal path on which the receiver signal is amplified before being forwarded downstream, and a signal path on which the receiver signal is not amplified when forwarded downstream; and wherein the control device selects one of the signal paths in the input stage depending on communication status of the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kasashima, Toru Suda, Hitoshi Masumura
  • Publication number: 20060170827
    Abstract: A high frequency signal receiving device includes a reference frequency signal generating section operable to generate a reference frequency signal; a high frequency signal processing section operable to obtain a signal of a desired channel from a high frequency signal using the reference frequency signal, the high frequency signal being obtained by receiving a broadcast wave; an analog demodulating section operable to subject the signal of the desired channel to an analog demodulation process; and a digital demodulating section operable to subject the signal of the desired channel to a digital demodulation process using the reference frequency signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Suda, Kazuhiko Maejima, Yasuhiro Shimizu
  • Patent number: 6011966
    Abstract: A mixer input circuit for converting a signal from a tuning section of an unbalanced type into a balanced signal and outputting the signal. In the mixer input circuit, an RF signal from an input terminal amplified by an RF amplifier is transmitted to a tuning circuit section employing a distributed constant line. A central conductor of the distributed constant line in the tuning circuit section is electromagnetically combined with a second central conductor, thereby constituting an imbalance-balance conversion section. A middle point of the second central conductor on an output side of the imbalance-balance conversion section is grounded, and a balanced output signal from both ends is transmitted to a mixer, so as to be converted into an IF signal and then to be output from an output terminal. With the present mixer input circuit, imbalance-balance conversion can be carried out without using a transformer, and a reduction in size can be realized due to the absence of deterioration of performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Ono, Toru Suda
  • Patent number: 5767566
    Abstract: The semiconductor device according to the present invention can prevent the peeling-off of the chip from the die pad or the crack in the package by improving the efficiency of discharging of the moisture in the device even if the pitch of the inner leads is small, and can improve the reliability of the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises a die pad holding a semiconductor chip, leads, bonding wires, and a plastic package containing the semiconductor chip, the die pad, a part of each of the leads, and the bonding wires. The bonding wires connected to the die pad extend to the outside of the plastic package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Toru Suda