Patents by Inventor Akira Miyoshi

Akira Miyoshi 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: 20240319271
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor integrated circuit device including a pseudo-random pattern generator configured to output a pseudo-random pattern, a terminal for externally outputting an output of the pseudo-random pattern generator or an evaluation result of noise tolerance evaluated on the basis of the pseudo-random pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Hideki Miyoshi, Akira Uryu
  • Publication number: 20240308341
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a housing that includes an opening and a first wall, in which the housing is attached to a vehicle in an orientation in which the opening faces an upper side in a vertical direction of the vehicle, and the first wall faces a rear side in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, an image display device, and a transparent cover. The first wall includes a pinch part pinched by one hand of an operator. The pinch part includes a first recessed portion and a second recessed portion, which are spaced apart from each other. The first recessed portion is recessed toward the second recessed portion. The second recessed portion is recessed toward the first recessed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Hiroshi Sano, Yoshihide Takada, Takahiro Osawa, Tetsuya Suganuma, Yu Kobayashi, Makoto Fujii, Koichi Kase, Shuhei Yamaguchi, Tadashi Okubo, Ryosuke Tsuchite
  • Patent number: 12076639
    Abstract: A seat experience system that allows an occupant to grasp the state of the system and feel secure about using the system is provided. In the seat experience system, a seat includes a seat body, and a sensor provided at the seat body and configured to acquire a measurement value for detection of a motion of the occupant seated on the seat body. A controller is connected to the sensor and capable of acquiring the measurement value from the sensor, and a seat experience device is connected to the controller and operable based on the measurement value. The seat experience device may be capable of communicating with a server. If the seat experience device detects a malfunction of the seat experience system, the seat experience device notifies the occupant of the malfunction and limits at least a subset of functions of the seat experience system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Atsushi Kusano, Akira Miyoshi, Satoshi Suzuki, Munetaka Kowa, Yousuke Higashi, Yoshikazu Ito
  • Publication number: 20240278698
    Abstract: A conveyance seat includes a seat cushion including a cushion frame serving as a skeleton. The cushion frame includes a body frame made of a frame-shaped body, and a support member bridging one portion and the other portion of the body frame in a predetermined direction and supporting a seated occupant. The support member is provided with a central support portion supporting the seated occupant, side support portions provided at positions outside the central support portion in a seat width direction and extending outward in the seat width direction while inclining, and a shape-holding member extending along outer edge portions of the side support portions and bridging the one portion and the other position of the body frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Kensuke MIZOI, Hiroshi TAKANOHASHI, Akira MIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20240270129
    Abstract: A rotating device for a vehicle interior item is provided with latching means that is provided on a side of a base member having a rotation support part, and engagement means that is provided on a side of a rotating member supporting a vehicle interior item and being rotatably supported by the rotation support part, and can be switched between a state in which the engagement means engages with the latching means so as to suppress detachment of the rotating member from the base member and a state in which the engagement with the latching means is released when the rotating member attains the rotatable state, wherein the latching means and the engagement means are disposed further outside than the rotating member in plan view at least when the rotating member is in the non-rotating state. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress an increase in the height while suppressing detachment when the vehicle interior item is not rotating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Haruki MOCHIZUKI, Akira MIYOSHI, Takuji KANEDA, Hirohisa ABE
  • Publication number: 20240226660
    Abstract: A service providing apparatus includes a detector provided on a seat and configured to detect a motion of a user seated on the seat; a control device including a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, having a plurality of service functions and configured to determine a service content in the plurality of service functions based on the motion detected by the detector and a presentation unit configured to present the service content determined by the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAKU, Munetaka KOWA, Akira MIYOSHI, Michinobu WAKU
  • Patent number: 12012019
    Abstract: A rotating device for a vehicle interior item is provided with latching means that is provided on a side of a base member having a rotation support part, and engagement means that is provided on a side of a rotating member supporting a vehicle interior item and being rotatably supported by the rotation support part, and can be switched between a state in which the engagement means engages with the latching means so as to suppress detachment of the rotating member from the base member and a state in which the engagement with the latching means is released when the rotating member attains the rotatable state, wherein the latching means and the engagement means are disposed further outside than the rotating member in plan view at least when the rotating member is in the non-rotating state. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress an increase in the height while suppressing detachment when the vehicle interior item is not rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruki Mochizuki, Akira Miyoshi, Takuji Kaneda, Hirohisa Abe
  • Publication number: 20240181939
    Abstract: A car seat includes an actuator capable of changing an orientation of a rest surface of a seat back laterally by turning and moving at least a side portion frame that is part of the car seat frontward and rearward, and a controller configured to exercise control over the actuator. The controller includes a run-time posture support unit configured to execute a run-time posture support control under which when a car makes a turn, the actuator is regulated to cause the rest surface of the seat back to be oriented in a direction of the turn. The run-time posture support unit is configured to regulate the actuator in accordance with a placement of the seat in the car, when the run-time posture support unit executes the run-time posture support control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Shinji SUGIYAMA, Akira MIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20240166104
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a support leg connected to a floor to be pivotable about a first axis extending in a horizontal direction; a seat cushion connected to the support leg to be pivotable about a second axis which is parallel to the first axis; a first coupling device provided on the support leg and configured to be detachably coupled with a first coupling part provided on the floor; and a second coupling device provided on the seat cushion and configured to be detachably coupled with a second coupling part provided on the floor. The seat cushion is movable between a stowed position in which the seat cushion is in a lowest position, a first use position in which the first coupling device is coupled with the first coupling part, and a second use position in which the second coupling device is coupled with the second coupling part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Kohei TAGUCHI, Takako MIYOSHI, Takayoshi ITO, Kazuya MIYAWAKI, Kazuaki MIMA, Yuki YOSHIOKA, Akira MIYOSHI, Tomoyuki KURIMOTO, Keiichi KITAYAMA, Yasuhiro FURUICHI
  • Patent number: 11970091
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle seat in which the rotation device is disposed without compromising the passenger comfort in the cabin, a vehicle seat includes: a floor panel which has a sheet shape, constitutes a floor surface of a cabin, and has an elongated hole extending linearly; a slide device provided below the floor panel to be slidable along the elongated hole; a rotation device provided on the slide device to be rotatable about a rotation axis below the floor panel, the rotation axis extending vertically and overlapping with the elongated hole; a support leg which is columnar in shape, is provided on the rotation device along the rotation axis, and extends to above the floor panel by passing through the elongated hole; and a seat main body which is joined to an upper end of the support leg and on which an occupant can be seated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Numajiri, Nobuyuki Tezuka, Akihito Kobayashi, Tadashi So, Akira Miyoshi, Tomoyuki Kurimoto
  • Publication number: 20240131397
    Abstract: A service providing apparatus includes a detector provided on a seat and configured to detect a motion of a user seated on the seat; a control device including a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, having a plurality of service functions and configured to determine a service content in the plurality of service functions based on the motion detected by the detector and a presentation unit configured to present the service content determined by the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAKU, Munetaka KOWA, Akira MIYOSHI, Michinobu WAKU
  • Patent number: 11945343
    Abstract: A car seat includes an actuator capable of changing an orientation of a rest surface of a seat back laterally by turning and moving at least a side portion frame that is part of the car seat frontward and rearward, and a controller configured to exercise control over the actuator. The controller includes a run-time posture support unit configured to execute a run-time posture support control under which when a car makes a turn, the actuator is regulated to cause the rest surface of the seat back to be oriented in a direction of the turn. The run-time posture support unit is configured to regulate the actuator in accordance with a placement of the seat in the car, when the run-time posture support unit executes the run-time posture support control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Sugiyama, Akira Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20240059191
    Abstract: Provided is a seat system which can change a surrounding environment of a user including illumination according to the movement of the user's body. A seat system comprises a seat body on which a user can be seated; a plurality of sensors provided on or in the seat body or on a structure arranged around the seat body and configured to detect a touch operation by the user seated on the seat body; an output device configured to output at least one of sound, light, and vibration; and a control device configured to control the output device such that, when one or more of the sensors detect a touch operation, the control device causes the output device to generate a corresponding predetermined output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAKU, Akira MIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20240010111
    Abstract: A conveyance seat includes a seat cushion having a urethane pad member, a bead foam molding member harder than the urethane pad member, a skin material, and a seating sensor sensing a seated occupant's seating load, in which the urethane pad member is formed with a first through hole penetrating the urethane pad member in a height direction, the bead foam molding member is formed with a second through hole penetrating the bead foam molding member in the height direction and at least a part of the second through hole is at a position overlapping the first through hole in a top view, the seating sensor includes at least a sensor main body portion and a cable portion energizing the sensor main body portion or transmitting a signal of the sensor main body portion, and the cable portion is inserted through the first through hole and the second through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Akira MIYOSHI, Munetaka KOWA, Yoichi TACHIKAWA, Kohei TAGUCHI, Tomoyuki KURIMOTO, Hiroaki HASHIZUME, Keisuke MIZUNO, Hiroyuki KAKU
  • Publication number: 20230415614
    Abstract: A seat includes a seat frame, a pad body, and a power generation device. The pad body covers the seat frame. The power generation device is arranged on an occupant-side of the pad body and generates electric power from vibrations. The seat may further include an outer covering that covers the pad body. The power generation device may be located between the pad body and the outer covering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Takayoshi ITO, Minako OYA, Akira MIYOSHI, Hiroki ITO
  • Patent number: 11845362
    Abstract: Provided is a seat system which can change a surrounding environment of a user including illumination according to the movement of the user's body. A seat system comprises a seat body on which a user can be seated; a plurality of sensors provided on or in the seat body or on a structure arranged around the seat body and configured to detect a touch operation by the user seated on the seat body; an output device configured to output at least one of sound, light, and vibration; and a control device configured to control the output device such that, when one or more of the sensors detect a touch operation, the control device causes the output device to generate a corresponding predetermined output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Akira Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20230365032
    Abstract: A rotating device for a vehicle interior item is provided with latching means that is provided on a side of a base member having a rotation support part, and engagement means that is provided on a side of a rotating member supporting a vehicle interior item and being rotatably supported by the rotation support part, and can be switched between a state in which the engagement means engages with the latching means so as to suppress detachment of the rotating member from the base member and a state in which the engagement with the latching means is released when the rotating member attains the rotatable state, wherein the latching means and the engagement means are disposed further outside than the rotating member in plan view at least when the rotating member is in the non-rotating state. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress an increase in the height while suppressing detachment when the vehicle interior item is not rotating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Haruki MOCHIZUKI, Akira MIYOSHI, Takuji KANEDA, Hirohisa ABE
  • Publication number: 20230311732
    Abstract: Provided is a headrest in which devices can be placed and which is easy to manufacture. A headrest comprises a pillar supported by a seat back on which the headrest is provided; a core supported by the pillar and having one or more receiving recesses recessed inward from an outer surface of the core; one or more devices, each device received in a corresponding receiving recess; and a skin material covering the core and the devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jinichi TANABE, Takayoshi ITO, Kazumasa NARITA, Kazuhiro OSHIMA, Nobuyuki TEZUKA, Yasuo INOSE, Atsushi YAMABE, Takashi TAKAHARA, Akihiro MATSUMOTO, Akihito KOBAYASHI, Akira KODAMA, Takako MIYOSHI, Akira MIYOSHI, Yoshitomo SATO
  • Publication number: 20230311720
    Abstract: A vehicle seat provided in a vehicle includes: a seat body including a seat cushion and a seatback; an occupant support device displaceably provided on the seat body to press an occupant seated on the seat body; a notification device provided on the seat body to make notification to the occupant; an information acquisition device that acquires information including at least one of a surrounding environment of the vehicle and a driving state of the vehicle; and a control device that controls the occupant support device and the notification device based on the information. The notification device may be provided on the occupant support device. When the vehicle turns, the control device may cause the vibrator disposed on a side opposite from the turning direction to vibrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jinichi TANABE, Akira MIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20230119407
    Abstract: A car seat includes an actuator capable of changing an orientation of a rest surface of a seat back laterally by turning and moving at least a side portion frame that is part of the car seat frontward and rearward, and a controller configured to exercise control over the actuator. The controller includes a run-time posture support unit configured to execute a run-time posture support control under which when a car makes a turn, the actuator is regulated to cause the rest surface of the seat back to be oriented in a direction of the turn. The run-time posture support unit is configured to regulate the actuator in accordance with a placement of the seat in the car, when the run-time posture support unit executes the run-time posture support control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Shinji SUGIYAMA, Akira MIYOSHI