Patents Assigned to Yamaha
  • Patent number: 12384255
    Abstract: An electric vehicle for a race, including a drive wheel, an electric motor linked to the drive wheel, a battery that supplies power to the electric motor, a remaining battery level detection unit that detects a remaining level of the battery, a control unit that controls the electric motor, and a throttle operator that is connected to the control unit and is operated by a rider when the rider adjusts an output of the electric motor. The control unit includes a motor control section that controls the output of the electric motor based on an amount of operation of the throttle operator, a power consumption rate calculation section that calculates a power consumption rate of the electric motor after a start of the race, and a travelable time estimation section that estimates a travelable time based on the remaining level and the power consumption rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshinori Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 12384634
    Abstract: A conveyance device includes a magnetic scale including linear movement magnetic scales formed linearly along a linear direction, and curvilinear movement magnetic scales formed curvilinearly along a curvilinear direction. The linear movement magnetic scales and the curvilinear movement magnetic scales are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hayashi, Hideaki Kouda
  • Patent number: 12382221
    Abstract: A signal processing system is a system in which a plurality of devices including at least a first terminal device and a second terminal device that receive streaming data are connected to a communication system capable of communicating with the plurality of devices. The signal processing system includes: a receiving unit that receives a designation of first sound data from the first terminal device that received the streaming data and a designation of second sound data from the second terminal device that received the streaming data; a signal processing unit that obtains first sound data corresponding to the received designation of first sound data and second sound data corresponding to the received designation of second sound data, and generates a third sound signal in which a first sound signal corresponding to the first sound data and a second sound signal corresponding to the second sound data are mixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya Iriyama
  • Patent number: 12375847
    Abstract: A panel combination includes a panel, a directional speaker mounted to the panel, and a controller that receives a trigger signal and controls an output of the directional speaker according to the trigger signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Kato, Yoshifumi Oizumi
  • Patent number: 12371119
    Abstract: A straddled vehicle, including a head pipe, a main frame extending rearward from the head pipe, a fuel tank supported by the main frame, an air cleaner arranged in front of the fuel tank, a side cover formed on a lateral side of the fuel tank to partially overlap the fuel tank in a side view of the straddled vehicle, an intake port provided at an edge of the side cover and opening toward an outside of the straddled vehicle, an air cleaner chamber in which at least a part of the air cleaner is arranged, and an intake passage including a first passage between the side cover and a side surface of the fuel tank, the intake port communicating with the air cleaner chamber through the intake passage. The side cover includes a front portion located forward of the air cleaner, and the intake port is arranged rearward of the air cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiro Nakajima, Takehiro Shimizu, Shogo Ishida, Kazuhiko Isayama, Katsutoshi Satoh, Tatsuya Kamo
  • Patent number: 12368395
    Abstract: A vibration power generation device that further improves power generation efficiency includes a vibration exciting body in which vibration is caused by a flowing fluid, a vibrated body that is oscillatable and connected to the vibration exciting body, and a power generator to generate electricity by oscillation of the vibrated body. The vibration exciting body is in proximity to a wall surface, and vibration is caused in the vibration exciting body by a fluid flowing along the wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignees: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takahiro Kiwata, Toshiyuki Ueno, Kazuyuki Kitajima, Manabu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12367855
    Abstract: A stringed musical instrument includes: a musical instrument body configured such that a string is attached thereto; a pickup configured to: i) detect vibration of the string and ii) output a string vibration signal according to the vibration; a detection sensor that is: i) attached to the musical instrument body and ii) configured to output a detection signal according to a force applied to the musical instrument body; and a controller that is attached to the musical instrument body, and is configured to output, based on the detection signal, a control signal configured to control an operation of an effector configured to impart an effect to the string vibration signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Lupini, Glen Rutledge, Norm Campbell, Dan Godlovitch, Satsuki Kawahashi, Motoi Nishio, Hidenari Kim, Shingo Ekuni, Kenta Hori, Kenji Iwamoto, Hidehisa Yasuno, Max Lettau
  • Patent number: 12365437
    Abstract: A marine vessel propulsion control system that smoothly performs propulsion control of a marine vessel includes a controller configured or programmed to control a propulsion device that applies a thrust to a marine vessel. The controller is configured or programmed to adjust the thrust based on position information of the marine vessel and map information that includes an avoidance target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Makoto Ito
  • Patent number: 12367854
    Abstract: A performance agent training method realized by at least one computer includes observing a first performance of a musical piece by a performer, generating, by a performance agent, performance data of a second performance to be performed in parallel with the first performance, outputting the performance data such that the second performance is performed in parallel with the first performance of the performer, acquiring a degree of satisfaction of the performer with respect to the second performance performed based on the output performance data, and training the performance agent by reinforcement learning, using the degree of satisfaction as a reward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Maezawa
  • Patent number: 12365435
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes a steering mechanism switchable between a state in which a pinion is rotated by a first drive source such that an outboard motor body is steerable within a first steering angle range, and a state in which the pinion is rotated by a second drive source such that the outboard motor body is steerable within a second steering angle range different from the first steering angle range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimitaka Saruwatari, Tomohiro Hagi
  • Patent number: 12366189
    Abstract: A marine vessel includes a hull, an engine, and an exhaust manifold including four upstream exhaust channels connected to four exhaust ports, respectively, one downstream central exhaust channel defined by two central upstream exhaust channels of the four upstream exhaust channels, two downstream side exhaust channels located downstream of the four upstream exhaust channels in an exhaust flow direction and spaced from and adjacent to the downstream central exhaust channel on both sides of the downstream central exhaust channel, and a water jacket. The water jacket is located in the exhaust manifold such that cooling water flows between the downstream central exhaust channel and the downstream side exhaust channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 12365426
    Abstract: A collision information providing system provides information about a collision with a marine vessel, and includes a controller configured or programmed to function as a judging unit to judge whether or not there has been a collision of an object with a marine vessel, an information obtaining unit to obtain information about the collision when the judging unit judges that there has been the collision, and a providing unit to provide the information obtained by the information obtaining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Yuuta Mori, Shintaro Aoyagi
  • Patent number: 12358586
    Abstract: A headlight device includes a headlight and a control device. The headlight includes a plurality of light sources that is configured to light one or more left oblique areas located in the ahead-driving direction of the leaning vehicle on the left, one or more right oblique areas located in the ahead-driving direction of the leaning vehicle on the right, and one or more lower areas located in the ahead-driving direction of the leaning vehicle. The control device controls the headlight to light at least the left oblique areas and the right oblique areas based on adaptive lighting control. At least one of the left oblique areas and at least one of the right oblique areas that are lit based on the adaptive lighting control spread more outwardly in a left-right direction than any of the lower areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takehiro Inoue, Atsushi Kamo, Takahiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 12358589
    Abstract: A system for an electric motor-assisted bicycle includes a driver including a motor driven by electric power from a battery to generate an assist force, and an electrical component connected to the driver to receive a supply of power from the driver for operation. The electrical component includes a power input to receive power output from the driver, an outbound power output terminal to supply some of the power received by the power input to an outside of the electrical component, and an outbound supply power controller to control an upper limit of power to be supplied to the outside through the outbound power output terminal based on an amount of power suppliable by the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yutaka Saruwatari
  • Patent number: 12363493
    Abstract: The audio signal processing method in accordance with one embodiment receives an audio signal, obtains a first image, estimates room information based on the obtained first image, sets an acoustic parameter according to the estimated room information, applies sound processing to the audio signal according to the set acoustic parameter, and outputs the audio signal subjected to the sound processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Ukai, Masashi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12363496
    Abstract: An audio signal processing method obtains a plurality of audio signals, determines a type of each audio signal of the plurality of audio signals, sets positions of a plurality of virtual speakers, generates, in a case where an audio signal among the plurality of audio signals is determined to be a first type, a first audio signal by performing localization processing on the audio signal determined to be the first type to localize an acoustic image of the first audio signal at a position of any one virtual speaker of the plurality of virtual speakers, generates, in a case where an audio signal among the plurality of audio signals is determined to be a second type, a second audio signal by performing distributed processing on the audio signal determined to be the second type to distribute and localize an acoustic image of the second audio signal at positions of two or more virtual speakers of the plurality of virtual speakers, generates an addition signal by adding the first audio signal and the second audio si
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiraku Okumura
  • Patent number: D1085042
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Marco Pereira
  • Patent number: D1085059
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sena Tanaka
  • Patent number: D1085212
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wojciech Michal Tomaszewski
  • Patent number: D1087064
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Terazaki