Patents by Inventor Yukio Otake

Yukio Otake 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: 20120116635
    Abstract: A control target processing system includes: a first generating unit that generates first time-series data that are time-series data of an input value; a second generating unit that is formed of a plurality of processing units, that exchanges time-series data among the plurality of processing units, and that calculates intermediate computation values corresponding to the respective input values contained in the input time-series data in the respective processing units to thereby generate second time-series data that are time-series data of the intermediate computation value; a selecting unit that selects a selection value from among the second time-series data in accordance with a first selection condition; and an output unit that calculates and outputs a control variable for controlling a controlled object on the basis of the selection value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ohkuwa, Yukio Otake
  • Patent number: 8027762
    Abstract: A driving assist apparatus 1 that performs driving assist on the basis of a traffic rule of a mobile object includes a traffic rule acquisition unit 11, 12, and 13 acquiring a traffic rule which a mobile object is highly likely to observe in an arbitrary region, and performs driving assist on the basis of the traffic rule acquired by the traffic rule acquisition unit. In particular, the driving assist apparatus includes a region acquisition unit 13 acquiring a traffic rule deviation region where a defined traffic rule in an arbitrary region does not conform to the traffic rule acquired by the traffic rule acquisition unit, or a traffic rule correction unit correcting the traffic rule acquired by the traffic rule acquisition unit when a defined traffic rule in an arbitrary region does not conform to the traffic rule acquired by the traffic rule acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukio Otake, Toshiki Kindo
  • Publication number: 20090326751
    Abstract: A driving assist apparatus 1 that performs driving assist on the basis of a traffic rule of a mobile object includes a traffic rule acquisition unit 11, 12, and 13 acquiring a traffic rule which a mobile object is highly likely to observe in an arbitrary region, and performs driving assist on the basis of the traffic rule acquired by the traffic rule acquisition unit. In particular, the driving assist apparatus includes a region acquisition unit 13 acquiring a traffic rule deviation region where a defined traffic rule in an arbitrary region does not conform to the traffic rule acquired by the traffic rule acquisition unit, or a traffic rule correction unit correcting the traffic rule acquired by the traffic rule acquisition unit when a defined traffic rule in an arbitrary region does not conform to the traffic rule acquired by the traffic rule acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukio OTAKE, Toshiki Kindo
  • Patent number: 6883316
    Abstract: In the control system for a turbo-charged diesel aircraft engine, a target value for a fuel injection amount is determined by the stroke of a throttle lever. A boost compensator determines the maximum limit for the fuel injection amount in accordance with the boost pressure of the engine in order to suppress the formation of exhaust smoke. The actual fuel injection amount is set at the target value or the maximum limit whichever is smaller. An electronic control unit (ECU) calculates an increase rate of the stroke of the throttle lever based on an output of the stroke sensor disposed near the throttle lever. The ECU determines that the current operating condition of the aircraft requires a rapid increase in the engine output power when the increase rate of the stroke is larger than a predetermined value and increases the maximum limit determined by the boost compensator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Toyota Uidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yukio Otake
  • Publication number: 20040255583
    Abstract: In the control system for a turbo-charged diesel aircraft engine, a target value for a fuel injection amount is determined by the stroke of a throttle lever. A boost compensator determines the maximum limit for the fuel injection amount in accordance with the boost pressure of the engine in order to suppress the formation of exhaust smoke. The actual fuel injection amount is set at the target value or the maximum limit whichever is smaller. An electronic control unit (ECU) calculates an increase rate of the stroke of the throttle lever based on an output of the stroke sensor disposed near the throttle lever. The ECU determines that the current operating condition of the aircraft requires a rapid increase in the engine output power when the increase rate of the stroke is larger than a predetermined value and increases the maximum limit determined by the boost compensator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yukio Otake
  • Patent number: 6732521
    Abstract: In the control system for a turbo-charged diesel aircraft engine, the engine speed and the fuel injection amount are controlled by a single control lever in such a manner that the engine speed and the fuel injection amount maintain a predetermined fixed relationship in which the fuel injection amount is always smaller than a smoke limit amount. The control system further includes a boost compensator, that restricts the fuel injection amount to a value less than a boost pressure fuel limit determined by the boost pressure of the engine, and an altitude compensator that restricts the fuel injection amount to the value less than an altitude fuel limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yukio Otake
  • Publication number: 20040031267
    Abstract: In the control system for a turbo-charged diesel aircraft engine, the engine speed and the fuel injection amount are controlled by a single control lever in such a manner that the engine speed and the fuel injection amount maintain a predetermined fixed relationship in which the fuel injection amount is always smaller than a smoke limit amount. The control system further includes a boost compensator, that restricts the fuel injection amount to a value less than a boost pressure fuel limit determined by the boost pressure of the engine, and an altitude compensator that restricts the fuel injection amount to the value less than an altitude fuel limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yukio Otake
  • Patent number: 6671588
    Abstract: The present invention is structured such that, as for travelling on the ground, there is provided a braking mechanism capable of braking wheels by the use of a single brake pedal or a braking mechanism capable of braking the wheels by flare out operation of a control stick, while automatic control of traveling direction is performed in flight using a yaw damper. In addition, a larger braking force is automatically generated, without manual operations by a pilot, for landing gear mounted on the side of an airframe toward which direction of an aircraft is to be changed as compared with the braking force applied to landing gear on the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukio Otake, Kazuya Arakawa
  • Patent number: 6652233
    Abstract: In the control system for a turbo-charged diesel aircraft engine, the engine speed and the fuel injection amount are controlled by a single control lever. However, when the control lever is operated to accelerate the engine, the fuel injection amount immediately increases to the value set by the control lever while the actual speed of the engine requires a relatively long time to reach the set speed. This may cause the actual fuel injection amount to become excessively larger than a value matching the engine speed and to produce exhaust smoke. In order to prevent this problem, the control system includes a delay control device which restricts the rate of increase in the fuel injection amount to a value less than a predetermined maximum value. By restricting the rate of increase in the fuel injection amount, the actual fuel injection amount is maintained at a value matching the actual engine speed during acceleration, and the generation of the exhaust smoke does not occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yukio Otake
  • Publication number: 20030133794
    Abstract: In the control system for a turbo-charged diesel aircraft engine, the engine speed and the fuel injection amount are controlled by a single control lever. However, when the control lever is operated to accelerate the engine, the fuel injection amount immediately increases to the value set by the control lever while the actual speed of the engine requires a relatively long time to reach the set speed. This may cause the actual fuel injection amount to become excessively larger than a value matching the engine speed and to produce exhaust smoke. In order to prevent this problem, the control system includes a delay control device which restricts the rate of increase in the fuel injection amount to a value less than a predetermined maximum value. By restricting the rate of increase in the fuel injection amount, the actual fuel injection amount is maintained at a value matching the actual engine speed during acceleration, and the generation of the exhaust smoke does not occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yukio Otake
  • Publication number: 20030125848
    Abstract: The present invention is structured such that, as for travelling on the ground, there is provided a braking mechanism capable of braking wheels by the use of a single brake pedal or a braking mechanism capable of braking the wheels by flare out operation of a control stick, while automatic control of traveling direction is performed in flight using a yaw damper. In addition, a larger braking force is automatically generated, without manual operations by a pilot, for landing gear mounted on the side of an airframe toward which direction of an aircraft is to be changed as compared with the braking force applied to landing gear on the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukio Otake, Kazuya Arakawa
  • Patent number: 6468035
    Abstract: An airplane engine control method and apparatus are provided which form an engine control system easy to operate, which set a reciprocating engine of an airplane in such an operating condition in a partial power mode as to maximize the efficiency of the airframe and the engine as a whole, and which enable setting of suitable partial power in a reciprocating engine with a variable-pitch propeller in such a manner that, when predetermined partial power is set, a relationship expressed by Te ∝ &rgr;N2 is established with respect to the engine torque (Te), the number of engine revolutions (N) and the atmospheric density (&rgr;).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukio Otake, Shinichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6247455
    Abstract: An injection quantity control apparatus provided to an internal combustion engine having an injection nozzle which continuously injects fuel is provided. The apparatus includes a fuel quantity adjustment mechanism which has a static pressure chamber and a total pressure chamber to which a static pressure and a total pressure of an intake pipe of said engine are supplied, respectively, and adjusts an amount of fuel supplied to said injection nozzle in accordance with a dynamic pressure between a pressure of said static pressure chamber and a pressure of said total pressure chamber. The apparatus also includes a dynamic pressure corrector which corrects said dynamic pressure so that an air-fuel ratio of the engine is controlled to be substantially a target value. Thus, a desired air-fuel ratio can be achieved without a necessity of a manual operation by an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukio Otake, Takashi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 4319505
    Abstract: A pendulum-type flying shear having a speed range of a high speed to a low speed for shearing a hot rolled material having a large cross section in which there are provided vertically movable upper and lower cutting blades within a frame mounted on a crank shaft and the blades are moved towards and away from each other to shear the material while the frame is oscillated. Particularly, while the crank shaft is rotated at a constant speed, the oscillating speed of the frame is synchronized with the speed of movement of the material to be sheared and speed synchronizing apparatus including a gear device and the like is interposed between the oscillating device and the driving device so that a good shearing performance can be obtained with a small capacity of the driving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1982
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Otake, Yuji Kikuchi, Tsuneo Nakanishi, Keiji Miyakozawa