Patents Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
  • Publication number: 20220239385
    Abstract: A communication device controls wireless communication depending on radio propagation environments. The communication device includes a wireless communication section configured to receive wireless signals from another communication device, and a control section configured to control a repetition process of repeatedly executing a measurement process on a basis of a reliability parameter calculated through the measurement process. The measurement process including reception of the wireless signals and calculation of the reliability parameter serving as an indicator that indicates whether a first incoming wave is an appropriate process target, the first incoming wave being a signal detected as a signal that meets a predetermined detection standard among the received wireless signals, wherein the reliability parameter includes a fourth reliability parameter serving as an indicator that indicates suitability of a situation of receiving the wireless signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yoshiki OISHI, Satoshi MORI, Kenichi KOGA, Tatsuya KOIKE, Kazuki NAIKI
  • Publication number: 20220239387
    Abstract: A communication device controls wireless communications dependent on radio propagation environments. The communication device includes a wireless communication section configured to receive wireless signals from another communication device, and a control section configured to control a repetition process of repeatedly executing a measurement process on a basis of a reliability parameter calculated through the measurement process. The measurement process includes reception of the wireless signals and calculation of the reliability parameter serving as an indicator that indicates whether a first incoming wave is an appropriate process target, the first incoming wave being a signal detected as a signal that meets a predetermined detection standard among the received wireless signals, wherein the reliability parameter includes a third reliability parameter serving as an indicator that indicates unsuitability of a combined wave for the first incoming wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yoshiki OISHI, Satoshi MORI, Kenichi KOGA, Tatsuya KOIKE, Kazuki NAIKI
  • Patent number: 11397224
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor includes a radial magnetoresistance element including plural magnetic sensing parts arranged radially from one point, an annular or polygonal magnetoresistance element arranged so as to surround the radial magnetoresistance elements, and at least one half-bridge circuit including the radial magnetoresistance element and the annular or polygonal magnetoresistance element. The radial magnetoresistance element may include a first magnetoresistance element including plural first magnetic sensing parts and a second magnetoresistance element including plural second magnetic sensing parts. The annular or polygonal magnetoresistance element may include an annular or polygonal third magnetoresistance element surrounding the first and second magnetoresistance elements and an annular or polygonal fourth magnetoresistance element surrounding the third magnetoresistance element. Two half-bridge circuits including the first to fourth magnetoresistance elements may be installed in the magnetic sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Naoki Isobe
  • Publication number: 20220229629
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a structure capable of further improving entertainingness of content. [Solution] A content providing system comprising: an output unit; and a control unit configured to control the output unit such that an output is performed in accordance with content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yuji MITSUI, Shinobu SASAKI, Kenji IWATA, Takeshi OHNISHI, Yuka TAKAGI, Fumiaki HIROSE, Toshihito TAKAI, Takao ARAYA, Keiji NOMURA, Keita NAKANE, Takakazu SENGOKU, Tomomi IMAI
  • Publication number: 20220219605
    Abstract: Provided is a control device including a control section configured to control provision of information by a provision section that provides information. The control section causes the provision section to provide the information regardless of whether or not a user has issued a request in a case where a situation that should be understood by the user is detected. Provided is a provision system including: a provision section configured to provide information to a user; and a control section configured to control the provision of the information by the provision section. The control section causes the provision section to provide the information regardless of whether or not the user has issued a request in a case where a situation that should be understood by the user is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yuji MITSUI, Kazuhito YARAGAMI, Toshihito TAKAI, Takao ARAYA, Takeshi OHNISHI, Keiji NOMURA, Keita NAKANE, Takakazu SENGOKU, Tomomi IMAI
  • Patent number: 11383677
    Abstract: A switch device includes a push button to be displaced in a direction toward a main body by a push operation performed on an operation surface thereof, a light source to emit an illumination light from an internal portion of the push button toward the operation surface, and a first substrate that is arranged in the push button in a state of mounting the light source so as to be displaced integrally with the push button upon the push operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Hironori Mimura
  • Patent number: 11385756
    Abstract: An input device includes an operation unit to receive an operation, the operation unit including a magnetic member having a magnetic property, at least one load detection unit to detect a load on the operation unit and detect the load according to capacitance between a pair of conductors, a substrate on which an electrode as one of the pair of conductors of the load detection unit is arranged, and a drive unit including a coil to generate a magnetic field for driving the magnetic member. The coil is arranged on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Tomomi Shimizu, Kenji Murata, Keita Nakane
  • Publication number: 20220217534
    Abstract: An authentication system includes a first controller that performs wireless communication with a mobile terminal and a first authentication unit that executes authentication of the mobile terminal including ID authentication and code authentication through the wireless communication performed between the first controller and the mobile terminal. The first authentication unit executes the code authentication by determining whether a terminal-side calculation result obtained by the mobile terminal matches a controller-side calculation result obtained by the first controller. The authentication system further includes a second controller that communicates with the mobile terminal and a second authentication unit that applies encryption communication using a portion of the terminal-side calculation result and a portion of the controller-side calculation result to communication performed between the second controller and the mobile terminal and authenticates the encryption communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Masanori KOSUGI, Satoshi MORI, Kenichi KOGA, Kazuki NAIKI
  • Publication number: 20220215080
    Abstract: To achieve authentication without impairing the appearance of an installation target. There is provided an authentication device including an authentication unit configured to perform authentication based on input identification information, in which the authentication unit specifies, on the basis of the coordinates of an operation subject detected on an operation surface, input information corresponding to such coordinates, and performs authentication using the specified input information as the identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Kenji NARUMI, Mitsuo MORI
  • Patent number: 11377067
    Abstract: Entanglement of bush main bodies is suppressed. At a bush, a shaft portion of a bush main body, which extends in a circumferential direction of a mounting hole of an outer anchor, covers a peripheral surface of the mounting hole. A first flange portion and a second flange portion of the bush main body are placed on an front and back sides of the outer anchor, respectively. Moreover, a connection portion connects both circumferential direction sides of the bush main body. The connection portion allows elastic deformation of a diameter of the bush main body, and the second flange portion can pass-through the mounting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Kaoru Yuasa, Giko Makino
  • Patent number: 11379310
    Abstract: An anomaly detector includes a writing unit that writes anomaly detection data readable by an external diagnostic device to an external memory when an anomaly is detected in an on-board device. Further, the anomaly detector includes a determination unit that determines whether a failure is occurring in a memory, which is used when a processor is operated during the writing unit performs the writing. Also, the anomaly detector includes a resetting unit that resets the memory by activating a specified one of reset functions of the processor when the determination unit determines that a failure is occurring in the memory. When the determination unit determines that a failure is occurring in the memory, the writing unit writes the anomaly detection data after the memory is reset by the specified one of the reset functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Akira Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20220205800
    Abstract: A user is allowed to intuitively visually recognize information that is beneficial to the user. There is provided a control device including a control unit configured to control presentation of information using a presentation unit, in which the control unit causes the presentation unit to present beneficial information that is beneficial to a user as the information. In addition, there is provided a presentation system including: a presentation unit configured to perform presentation of information to a user; and a control unit configured to control of the presentation of information using the presentation unit, in which the control unit causes the presentation unit to present beneficial information that is beneficial to the user as the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ONO, Takeshi OHNISHI, Shinobu SASAKI, Kenji IWATA, Yuka TAKAGI, Fumiaki HIROSE, Yuji MITSUI, Toshihito TAKAI, Takao ARAYA, Keiji NOMURA, Keita NAKANE, Takakazu SENGOKU, Tomomi IMAI
  • Publication number: 20220204069
    Abstract: An input device is adapted to be installed in an operation control device equipped with a shaft portion and a grip portion. The shaft portion is configured to be rotatable about an axis extending in a reference direction. The grip portion is adapted to be gripped by a hand of a user and configured to rotate the shaft portion about the axis in accordance with a movement along with a travelling path to perform a steering operation. An operation receiving section is adapted to be disposed between the shaft portion and the grip portion when viewed from the reference direction, and configured to receive an operation with the hand for performing a controlled operation that is different from the steering operation. At least a part of the operation receiving section is adapted to be disposed ahead of a point located rearmost of the grip portion relative to the reference direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Yasutaka MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20220210641
    Abstract: An unauthorized communication prevention system includes a communication device that is arranged in an operation subject and configured to wirelessly communicate with a terminal. The system further includes a notification unit that transmits unique authentication information of the operation subject when the terminal and the communication device establish communication; a checking unit that checks, with the authentication information, whether the terminal and the operation subject are a proper pair; and an actuation unit that performs a process for determining a positional relationship of the terminal relative to the operation subject in accordance with a check result of the checking unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Yosuke OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220207970
    Abstract: Information presentation that enables a subject to recognize information more easily is performed. A control system includes a control unit that controls presentation of information in a presentation unit that presents the information, in which the control unit controls a mode of the presentation in the presentation unit according to the information to be reported to a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yuji MITSUI, Shinobu SASAKI, Kenji IWATA, Takeshi OHNISHI, Yuka TAKAGI, Fumiaki HIROSE, Toshihito TAKAI, Takao ARAYA, Keiji NOMURA, Keita NAKANE, Takakazu SENGOKU, Tomomi IMAI
  • Patent number: 11372166
    Abstract: A structure for fixing a light guiding member includes a light guiding member that guides light emitted from a light source to a prescribed position, a holder that holds the light guiding member, and a fixed member fixed to the light guiding member. The holder includes an insertion hole through which the light guiding member is inserted. The light guiding member includes a flange larger in outer geometry than the insertion hole and a shaft portion connected to the flange and inserted through the insertion hole. The fixed member is fixed to a portion of the shaft portion that projects from the insertion hole and larger in outer geometry than the insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Satoshi Yokoi, Kenichi Kawaguchi, Yasuo Takada, Tatsuya Nakayama, Kiyotaka Kinoshita, Atsushi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20220194307
    Abstract: This electronic device, which is used while being assembled at a mounting position of an assembling target , includes: a plurality of terminals configured to receive a plurality of input signals and a mounting position registration unit that determines and registers a mounting position on the basis of a combination of input states of the plurality of terminals including the plurality of input signals received through the plurality of terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yosuke OHASHI, Shigenori NITTA, Satoshi MORI, Tetsuya KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220194179
    Abstract: A state of a subject is led to a target state more reliably. A control system includes a sensation presentation unit that performs sensation presentation to a subject, and a control unit that causes the sensation presentation unit to perform sensation presentation corresponding to a target state that is a state desired to be realized in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Toshihito TAKAI, Shinobu SASAKI, Kenji IWATA, Yuka TAKAGI, Fumiaki HIROSE, Takeshi OHNISHI
  • Publication number: 20220193563
    Abstract: Provided is a control device which includes a control unit that controls a presentation by a presentation unit on the basis of an action of a user with respect to a device including the presentation unit, wherein the device is a predetermined object that shows a reaction to the action of the user, and the control unit causes the presentation unit to present the presentation imitating the reaction of the predetermined object with respect to the action of the user. Also provided is a presentation system which includes a presentation unit that presents a presentation to a user and a control unit that controls the presentation by the presentation unit on the basis of an action of a user with respect to a device including the presentation unit, wherein the device is a predetermined object that shows a reaction to the action of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Yuji MITSUI
  • Publication number: 20220198856
    Abstract: A communication control system includes an acquisition unit that obtains setting information when the setting information is input by a user. The setting information is related to a restriction on actuation of an operation subject that is actuated or allowed to be actuated through authentication communication performed with a terminal. The communication control system further includes a restriction unit that restricts actuation of the operation subject when a condition in the setting information is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Keita SOBUE, Hiroaki KOJIMA, Masayuki KAWAMURA