Patents by Inventor Akira Umemoto
Akira Umemoto 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: 20240052987Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a housing attached to a vehicle and including an opening, an outer lens covering the opening of the housing and including an inner surface subjected to an anti-fogging treatment, and a light source disposed in an internal space defined by the housing and the outer lens. The inner surface of the outer lens includes a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region and positioned below the first region. The inner surface of the outer lens is provided with a protrusion, a step, or a groove along a boundary between the first region and the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Akira UMEMOTO
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Patent number: 11901146Abstract: A relay drive control device is configured to control drive of a relay for connecting a battery mounted on a vehicle and an external power supply. The relay drive control device includes a controller configured to, when driving the relay, supply an output voltage of the battery to the relay after increasing the output voltage to a voltage value at which the relay is drivable.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohiro Narematsu, Akira Umemoto, Takuya Itoh, Yasuyuki Morishita, Yu Shimizu, Fumiyoshi Kuribara, Ippei Takesue, Daiki Takayama, Tomoya Aoki, Daisuke Kamikihara
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Publication number: 20230331178Abstract: An electric power supply device installed in a vehicle includes a relay provided between a high-voltage battery and one or more pieces of in-vehicle equipment, and a processor. The processor is configured to, based on a state of a main switch configured to operate a traveling system of the vehicle, switch on or off of the relay, and is configured to control electric power supply from the high-voltage battery to the one or more pieces of in-vehicle equipment. The processor is configured to supply electric power from the high-voltage battery to particular in-vehicle equipment during maintaining the relay on when the main switch is turned off during the relay being on and the one or more pieces of in-vehicle equipment include the particular in-vehicle equipment. The particular in-vehicle equipment is configured to operate after the main switch is turned off.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION, DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Akira UMEMOTO, Shinichi INOUE, Shoya SHIMOSAKA, Yukihiko MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20230298837Abstract: A relay drive control device is configured to control drive of a relay for connecting a battery mounted on a vehicle and an external power supply. The relay drive control device includes a controller configured to, when driving the relay, supply an output voltage of the battery to the relay after increasing the output voltage to a voltage value at which the relay is drivable.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohiro NAREMATSU, Akira UMEMOTO, Takuya ITOH, Yasuyuki MORISHITA, Yu SHIMIZU, Fumiyoshi KURIBARA, Ippei TAKESUE, Daiki TAKAYAMA, Tomoya AOKI, Daisuke KAMIKIHARA
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Patent number: 11721999Abstract: A charging control device includes: a determination section configured to make a determination as to whether an auxiliary device battery that supplies electric power to auxiliary devices of a vehicle is within a predetermined first temperature range; and a control section configured to, in a case in which the auxiliary device battery is within the first temperature range, cause a charging section to charge the auxiliary device battery.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toru Ono, Akira Umemoto, Takuya Itoh, Tomoyuki Kato, Makoto Fujii
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Publication number: 20220302741Abstract: A charging control device includes: a determination section configured to make a determination as to whether an auxiliary device battery that supplies electric power to auxiliary devices of a vehicle is within a predetermined first temperature range; and a control section configured to, in a case in which the auxiliary device battery is within the first temperature range, cause a charging section to charge the auxiliary device battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Toru ONO, Akira UMEMOTO, Takuya ITOH, Tomoyuki KATO, Makoto FUJII
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Publication number: 20220294253Abstract: A control device for controlling a first DC-DC converter and a second DC-DC converter that supply power to equipment, the control device comprising a processor configured to fix an output of the first DC-DC converter at a maximum and perform feedback control such that an output of the second DC-DC converter satisfies a predetermined condition in a case in which the output of the first DC-DC converter has reached the maximum.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Taiki TAKEMOTO, Akira UMEMOTO, Eiji KITANO, Yuji OMIYA
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Patent number: 11411426Abstract: A charging control device includes: a determination section configured to make a determination as to whether an auxiliary device battery that supplies electric power to auxiliary devices of a vehicle is within a predetermined first temperature range; and a control section configured to, in a case in which the auxiliary device battery is within the first temperature range, cause a charging section to charge the auxiliary device battery.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toru Ono, Akira Umemoto, Takuya Itoh, Tomoyuki Kato, Makoto Fujii
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Patent number: 11325549Abstract: There is provided an arbitration device that arbitrates operation requests from a plurality of first power loads in a vehicle, the arbitration device including: a reception section; a memory section; a calculation section that calculates a total power consumption combining the first power consumption and the second power consumption; and a control section at which priorities of the plurality of first power loads are specified, when the total power consumption exceeds a threshold, the control section selecting which of the first power loads to approve based on the priorities and causing each operating first power load that is not approved to pause operation, and, when the total power consumption is less than or equal to the threshold, the control section allowing each operating first power load to continue operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toru Ono, Akira Umemoto, Takuya Itoh, Tomoyuki Kato, Makoto Fujii
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Publication number: 20200262310Abstract: A charging control device includes: a determination section configured to make a determination as to whether an auxiliary device battery that supplies electric power to auxiliary devices of a vehicle is within a predetermined first temperature range; and a control section configured to, in a case in which the auxiliary device battery is within the first temperature range, cause a charging section to charge the auxiliary device battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toru ONO, Akira UMEMOTO, Takuya ITOH, Tomoyuki KATO, Makoto FUJII
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Publication number: 20200254946Abstract: There is provided an arbitration device that arbitrates operation requests from a plurality of first power loads in a vehicle, the arbitration device including: a reception section; a memory section; a calculation section that calculates a total power consumption combining the first power consumption and the second power consumption; and a control section at which priorities of the plurality of first power loads are specified, when the total power consumption exceeds a threshold, the control section selecting which of the first power loads to approve based on the priorities and causing each operating first power load that is not approved to pause operation, and, when the total power consumption is less than or equal to the threshold, the control section allowing each operating first power load to continue operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toru ONO, Akira UMEMOTO, Takuya ITOH, Tomoyuki KATO, Makoto FUJII
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Patent number: 10023241Abstract: An air flow adjusting structure for a vehicle includes: a fender liner provided above a tire in a vehicle vertical direction, the fender liner including an arch such that an air flow passage is formed between the arch and the tire; and an adjusting rib projecting from the arch in a vehicle-downward direction, the adjusting rib being inclined relative to a vehicle-width direction, and extending in a direction that intersects with a vehicle-longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Akira Umemoto
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Patent number: 9680315Abstract: An on-board control apparatus has a power generation means that has a communication part; a storage battery that is chargeable by receiving electric power from the power generation means; a control means that is configured to be communicatable with the communication part and controls charging of the storage battery; and a state-of-charge measurement means that measures a state of charge of the storage battery. The control means transmits a signal that is to prohibit charging the storage battery to the communication part when an ignition of a vehicle is turned off, and the state-of-charge measurement means measures the state of charge of the storage battery, during a period of time in which charging the storage battery is prohibited, after the ignition of the vehicle is turned off.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryota Misumi, Akira Umemoto
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Publication number: 20170073024Abstract: An air flow adjusting structure for a vehicle includes: a fender liner provided above a tire in a vehicle vertical direction, the fender liner including an arch such that an air flow passage is formed between the arch and the tire; and an adjusting rib projecting from the arch in a vehicle-downward direction, the adjusting rib being inclined relative to a vehicle-width direction, and extending in a direction that intersects with a vehicle-longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Akira UMEMOTO
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Publication number: 20150326042Abstract: An on-board control apparatus has a power generation means that has a communication part; a storage battery that is chargeable by receiving electric power from the power generation means; a control means that is configured to be communicatable with the communication part and controls charging of the storage battery; and a state-of-charge measurement means that measures a state of charge of the storage battery. The control means transmits a signal that is to prohibit charging the storage battery to the communication part when an ignition of a vehicle is turned off, and the state-of-charge measurement means measures the state of charge of the storage battery, during a period of time in which charging the storage battery is prohibited, after the ignition of the vehicle is turned off.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryota MISUMI, Akira UMEMOTO
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Patent number: 5256621Abstract: A thermal transfer image-receiving sheet for recording thermally transferred dye images having a uniform color density (darkness) and a high clarity at a high resolution, without curling, comprises an image-receiving resinous layer formed on a front surface of a substrate sheet and comprising a dye-receiving resinous material, for example, a polyester resin, in which the image-receiving resinous layer surface has a surface roughness wave form having a maximum wave height (R.sub.max) of 1.0 .mu.m or less at a wave length of 0.1 to 2 .mu.m.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1991Date of Patent: October 26, 1993Assignee: Oji Paper Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Yasuda, Toshihiro Minato, Masaru Kato, Akira Umemoto, Toshie Uriu, Norio Yamamura