Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Endo
Yasuhiro Endo 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: 20240129686Abstract: A display control apparatus for controlling display of a display device that a user can wear acquires speech collected by a plurality of microphones, estimates a sound-arrival direction of the acquired speech, and generates a text image corresponding to the acquired speech. The display control apparatus determines an adjustment amount of a display position of the text image on the display unit of the display device based on a detection result of at least one of an operation by the user and a state of the display device. Then, the display control apparatus displays the generated text image at a display position in the display unit, the display position being determined in accordance with the estimated sound-arrival direction and the determined adjustment amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc., Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.Inventors: Megumi TABATA, Haruki NISHIMURA, Akira ENDO, Yasuhiro HABARA, Masaki GOMI, Yudai TAIRA
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Publication number: 20240119684Abstract: A display control apparatus for controlling display of a display device acquires speech collected by a plurality of microphones and estimates a sound-arrival direction of the acquired speech. Then, the display control apparatus causes a text image corresponding to the acquired speech to be displayed in a predetermined text display area in a display unit of the display device, and causes a symbol image associated with the text image to be displayed at a display position in the display unit, the display position corresponding to the estimated sound-arrival direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicants: Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc., Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.Inventors: Megumi TABATA, Haruki NISHIMURA, Akira ENDO, Yasuhiro HABARA, Masaki GOMI, Yudai TAIRA
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Patent number: 11952675Abstract: Provided is a surface-treated copper foil in which in order to avoid failures of electronic parts by corrosion, a high bond strength between an electrolytic copper foil and a resin base material can be maintained even when the surface-treated copper foil is exposed to corrosive gases and microparticles, and a method for manufacturing the same. The surface-treated copper foil of the present invention comprises an electrolytic copper foil, a roughened layer covering at least one surface side of the electrolytic copper foil, and a rust preventive layer further covering the roughened layer, wherein the rust preventive layer is at least one surface of the surface-treated copper foil; the rust preventive layer comprises at least a nickel layer; and the thickness of the nickel layer is 0.8 to 4.4 g/m2 in terms of mass per unit area of nickel; and the noncontact roughness Spd of the rust preventive layer is 1.4 to 2.6 peaks/?m2 and the surface roughness RzJIS of the rust preventive layer is 1.0 to 2.5 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: NIPPON DENKAI, LTD.Inventors: Toshio Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Endo
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Patent number: 11946764Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes: a map information acquisition unit that acquires map data around a vehicle; and an item display unit that overlaps a virtual item on a predetermined travel road on the map data and that displays the virtual item in a display area in a vehicle cabin. The item display unit overlaps and displays the virtual item on the map data, thereby guiding a driver of the vehicle toward the travel road on which the virtual item is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato Endo, Yasuyuki Kamezaki, Yasuhiro Murata, Takeo Moriai, Kosuke Sakakibara, Kenta Miyahara, Takashi Hayashi
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Patent number: 11941921Abstract: A maintenance information management device includes an information registration unit configured to register vehicle identification information and maintenance information in a memory for each vehicle, an information update unit configured to update the maintenance information after the maintenance of the vehicle by adding maintenance contents to the maintenance information registered in the memory, and an information providing unit configured to provide the maintenance information when a provision request for the maintenance information is accepted.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato Endo, Yasuyuki Kamezaki, Yasuhiro Murata, Takeo Moriai, Kosuke Sakakibara, Kenta Miyahara, Takashi Hayashi
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Publication number: 20240084753Abstract: A control device and method controls a vehicle having an internal combustion engine connected to an automatic transmission via a torque converter with a lockup device. The torque of the internal combustion engine is limited the by a torque limit value based on a speed difference between an input rotational speed and an output rotational speed of the torque converter during acceleration in a non-lockup state. The torque-limiting of the internal combustion engine is prohibited torque-limiting upon a prescribed condition being met. The prescribed condition is met by a heating request, during hill climbing/towing, during travel at high vehicle speeds, when the accelerator pedal opening angle exceeds or is equal to a prescribed opening angle, when the torque limit value is greater than a target torque, in a range other than a D range, or in a mode other than normal mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Tetsuya NISHIYAMA, Daigo KISHI, Tatsuo NAKANO, Seiichirou TAKAHASHI, Koji SAITO, Yukiyoshi INUTA, Takao ARIMATSU, Yasuhiro ENDO
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Patent number: 11765283Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: when receiving an image forming instruction issued to an image forming apparatus, transmit image data and processing information to a server, the processing information including access information regarding access to the information processing apparatus and information for forming an image represented by the image data, and store the image data into the information processing apparatus; and perform control for transmitting the image data to the image forming apparatus in response to transmission of the image data being requested from the image forming apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Yasuhiro Endo
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Publication number: 20230291212Abstract: A power supply system includes a forcible disconnecting unit configured to forcibly disconnect a battery in a battery module from series regardless of a gate drive signal. The power supply system obtains the number of batteries included in the battery modules which can be forcibly disconnected from the series according to the maximum voltage of the batteries that can be connected in the series and a voltage command value indicating a voltage to be output, and forcibly disconnects the obtained number of the batteries from the series by the forcible disconnecting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya MIZUNO, Shuji TOMURA, Naoki YANAGIZAWA, Kazuo OOTSUKA, Hiroshi TSUKADA, Junta IZUMI, Masakazu HABU, Kenji KIMURA, Hironori MIKI, Yasuhiro ENDO, Takayuki BAN
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Publication number: 20230291848Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: when receiving an image forming instruction issued to an image forming apparatus, transmit image data and processing information to a server, the processing information including access information regarding access to the information processing apparatus and information for forming an image represented by the image data, and store the image data into the information processing apparatus; when there is a change in the access information, acquire the changed access information and transmits the acquired changed access information to the server; and perform control for transmitting the image data to the image forming apparatus in response to a request from the image forming apparatus for transmission of the image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Yasuhiro ENDO
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Publication number: 20230043755Abstract: Provided is a surface-treated copper foil in which in order to avoid failures of electronic parts by corrosion, a high bond strength between an electrolytic copper foil and a resin base material can be maintained even when the surface-treated copper foil is exposed to corrosive gases and microparticles, and a method for manufacturing the same. The surface-treated copper foil of the present invention comprises an electrolytic copper foil, a roughened layer covering at least one surface side of the electrolytic copper foil, and a rust preventive layer further covering the roughened layer, wherein the rust preventive layer is at least one surface of the surface-treated copper foil; the rust preventive layer comprises at least a nickel layer; and the thickness of the nickel layer is 0.8 to 4.4 g/m2 in terms of mass per unit area of nickel; and the noncontact roughness Spd of the rust preventive layer is 1.4 to 2.6 peaks/?m2 and the surface roughness RzJIS of the rust preventive layer is 1.0 to 2.5 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Toshio KAWASAKI, Yasuhiro ENDO
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Publication number: 20220182500Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: when receiving an image forming instruction issued to an image forming apparatus, transmit image data and processing information to a server, the processing information including access information regarding access to the information processing apparatus and information for forming an image represented by the image data, and store the image data into the information processing apparatus; and perform control for transmitting the image data to the image forming apparatus in response to transmission of the image data being requested from the image forming apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Yasuhiro ENDO
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Publication number: 20220112618Abstract: An electrolytic copper foil having higher electrical conductivity, and a method for producing the same are provided. The electrolytic copper foil according the present invention has a carbon content of 5 ppm or less, a sulfur content of 3 ppm or less, an oxygen content of 5 ppm or less, and a nitrogen content of 0.5 ppm or less; has a total content of carbon, sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen of 15 ppm or less; and has a number of grains of 8.0 to 12.0/?m2, the number of grains changing to 0.6 to 1.0/?m2 by heating the electrolytic copper foil at 150° C. for 1 hour. A method for producing this electrolytic copper foil includes cleaning a copper raw material; dissolving the copper raw material after the cleaning to obtain an electrolytic solution having a total organic carbon (TOC) of 10 ppm or less; and electrolyzing the electrolytic solution to obtain the electrolytic copper foil.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2019Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Toshio KAWASAKI, Tsuyoshi ONUMA, Yasuhiro ENDO
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Patent number: 11149845Abstract: A continuously variable transmission (2) has a torque convertor (3) having a lock-up clutch (30) and a continuously variable transmission mechanism (5). A control unit (10) has a shift control unit (10C) configured to be able to perform a pseudo stepwise up-shift control that varies a transmission ratio of the continuously variable transmission mechanism (5) stepwise, a lock-up control unit (10A) configured to control an engagement state of the lock-up clutch (30), and a torque control command unit (10D) configured to perform a torque-down control of a driving source (1). When the engagement control of the lock-up clutch (30) and the pseudo stepwise up-shift control are performed at the same time, the torque control command unit (10D) configured to perform the torque-down control with a greater torque reduction amount.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Endo, Akihiro Tanabe, Takahiro Yamada, Shohei Imaji, Masayuki Mannen
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Patent number: 11086435Abstract: A drive control device being configured to provide a signal to an electronic device, the electronic device including a top panel having an operation surface, and a position detection circuit configured to detect a position of an operational input performed on the operation surface, and a vibrating element configured to generate vibration in the operation surface, the drive control device comprising: processor circuitry configured to execute a drive control processing that includes driving the vibrating element of the electronic device with a drive signal, the drive signal being configured to cause the vibrating element to generate natural vibration in the operation surface and being obtained by modulating a waveform signal of a first frequency in an ultrasonic band with a modulation signal of a second frequency having a difference from the first frequency, the difference being able to be sensed by a tactile receptor of a human.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Kiyoshi Taninaka, Akinori Miyamoto, Sachihiro Youoku, Yuichi Kamata, Yasuhiro Endo
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Patent number: 11077852Abstract: A shift control device for a vehicle includes: an engine; a shift mechanism disposed between the engine and driving wheels; a shift control section configured to control a transmission gear ratio of the shift mechanism; and a fuel cut control section configured to stop a fuel supply to the engine, at least when an accelerator pedal is in a release state, and when an engine speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined rotation speed, the shift control section being configured to perform a minimum rotation speed restriction control to control the transmission gear ratio of the shift mechanism so that the minimum rotation speed of the engine is equal to or greater than the predetermined rotation speed regardless of a vehicle front condition and an accelerator operation condition.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshimitsu Araki, Tomoaki Honma, Yasuhiro Endo, Hiroshi Kuroiwa
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Patent number: 11003250Abstract: An electronic device includes a top panel configured to have an operation surface; a detection circuit configured to detect a position of an operation input on the operation surface; a vibrating circuit configured to be attached to the top panel to generate vibration on the operation surface; a control circuit configured to drive the vibrating circuit by a driving signal for generating natural vibration of an ultrasonic wave band on the operation surface, in which the driving of the vibrating circuit is performed such that an intensity of the natural vibration changes in accordance with the position of the operation input to the operation surface and a temporal change degree of the position; and a damping member configured to abut against a position that corresponds to a node of a standing wave generated by the natural vibration on a surface opposite to the operation surface of the top panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Akinori Miyamoto, Kiyoshi Taninaka, Yuichi Kamata, Yasuhiro Endo
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Patent number: 10963058Abstract: A drive controller includes a pulse generator configured to generate a pulse width modulation signal by modifying a period of at least one cycle of a plurality of cycles of the pulse width modulation signal for synchronizing the plurality of cycles of the pulse width modulation signal with one cycle of a drive signal, and a drive circuit configured to generate the drive signal based on the pulse width modulation signal generated by the pulse generator, and drive a vibration element coupled to a panel of an electronic device on a basis of the generated drive signal for generating vibration in an ultrasonic band on the panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Akinori Miyamoto, Kiyoshi Taninaka, Yuichi Kamata, Sachihiro Youoku, yasuhiro endo
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Publication number: 20210082572Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an association unit and an output control unit. The association unit associates a scheduled operation described in an operation-plan document with a scheduled operation of the same. The operation-plan document is an electronic document describing one or more scheduled operations that are to be performed during a predetermined period. The document describes one or more scheduled operations that are extracted to be performed during a period shorter than the predetermined period and one or more handwritten operation records each of which corresponds to scheduled operations described in the document. The output control unit performs control to output a scheduled operation that is associated with the scheduled operation by the association unit and an operation record that relates to the scheduled operation. The scheduled operation described in the document and the operation record are read and converted to an electronic form by an image reading apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidetoshi KAKOI, Yasuhiro ENDO, Toshio FUJI
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Publication number: 20210062914Abstract: A continuously variable transmission (2) has a torque convertor (3) having a lock-up clutch (30) and a continuously variable transmission mechanism (5). A control unit (10) has a shift control unit (10C) configured to be able to perform a pseudo stepwise up-shift control that varies a transmission ratio of the continuously variable transmission mechanism (5) stepwise, a lock-up control unit (10A) configured to control an engagement state of the lock-up clutch (30), and a torque control command unit (10D) configured to perform a torque-down control of a driving source (1). When the engagement control of the lock-up clutch (30) and the pseudo stepwise up-shift control are performed at the same time, the torque control command unit (10D) configured to perform the torque-down control with a greater torque reduction mount.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro ENDO, Akihiro TANABE, Takahiro YAMADA, Shohei IMAJI, Masayuki MANNEN
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Patent number: 10659632Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display, a detection unit that detects an operation position of a user on the display, and a controller that displays an entire menu corresponding to the detected operation position at a position corresponding to the operation position, and displays a balloon indicating the operation position.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Yasuhiro Endo