Patents by Inventor Eiji Irie

Eiji Irie 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).

  • Patent number: 11518306
    Abstract: A warning control device provided in a vehicle is disclosed. The warning control device includes a hardware processor to: determine whether a section in which the vehicle is travelling is a section prohibited from overtaking; determine whether the vehicle is attempting an overtaking action; and, in response to determining that the vehicle is travelling in the section prohibited from overtaking and that the vehicle is attempting the overtaking action, control a warning device connected to the warning control device to warn a driver of the vehicle when the overtaking by the vehicle is not permitted in accordance with driving rules, and control the warning device not to warn the driver when the overtaking by the vehicle is permitted in accordance with the driving rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuya Yamamoto, Kenichi Yadani, Yoshiteru Kawasaki, Eiji Irie
  • Publication number: 20210276582
    Abstract: A warning control device includes a hardware processor connected to a warning device issuing warning to a driver of a vehicle in which the warning control device is provided. The hardware processor executes a first determination to determine whether the vehicle is traveling in an overtaking prohibited section, and executes a second determination to determine whether the vehicle is attempting an overtaking action. The hardware processor executes a third determination to determine a risk degree of the vehicle on a basis of a result of the first determination and a result of the second determination, and output, to the warning device, a signal for controlling contents of warning to be issued by the warning device, the signal being based on a result of the third determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuya YAMAMOTO, Yoshiteru KAWASAKI, Kenichi YADANI, Eiji IRIE
  • Publication number: 20210188166
    Abstract: A warning control device provided in a vehicle is disclosed. The warning control device includes a hardware processor to: determine whether a section in which the vehicle is travelling is a section prohibited from overtaking; determine whether the vehicle is attempting an overtaking action; and, in response to determining that the vehicle is travelling in the section prohibited from overtaking and that the vehicle is attempting the overtaking action, control a warning device connected to the warning control device to warn a driver of the vehicle when the overtaking by the vehicle is not permitted in accordance with driving rules, and control the warning device not to warn the driver when the overtaking by the vehicle is permitted in accordance with the driving rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuya YAMAMOTO, Kenichi YADANI, Yoshiteru KAWASAKI, Eiji IRIE
  • Patent number: 8269366
    Abstract: A handy terminal for a wind turbine generator which the maintenance of the wind turbine generator, especially the maintenance work inside the nacelle, can be simplified while considering the safety of the maintenance operator. The handy terminal comprises a tower provided to stand on land or off-shore, a nacelle supported on the tower to be controlled to rotate in the yaw direction and a plurality of rotatable blades attached to the nacelle to be controlled to move their pitch, whereby the handy terminal is connectable to connecting ends respectively provided on the lower portion of the tower and the nacelle so as to perform various control of the wind turbine generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Minami, Eiji Irie
  • Patent number: 8271145
    Abstract: A handy terminal for a wind turbine generator, includes a connecting portion connectable to a connector provided in the wind turbine generator, an operating ends group including an operating button to generate an operating signal which selectively validates a control logic within a control circuit provided in the wind turbine generator, and a display portion for displaying the operating state of the operating ends group. The operating ends group includes a mode selecting button for selectively validates one of a maintenance mode and an operating mode of the wind turbine generator; and a rotor turning button for switching to the blades pitch control state in which blades of the wind turbine generator side are driven in the predetermined low speed with adjusting the pitch angle of the blades according to the rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Minami, Eiji Irie
  • Publication number: 20110298213
    Abstract: A handy terminal for a wind turbine generator that can prevent management of control logics of control devices for controlling operation of the wind turbine generator from becoming cumbersome. The handy terminal for the wind turbine generator comprises, a connecting portion that connects to a connecting end provided on the wind turbine generator, an operating ends group that generate operation signals to selectively enable control logics included in a control circuit that is incorporated in the wind turbine generator, and a display portion that displays the operating state of the operating ends, wherein the operation signals generated by the operating ends group are operation signals that selectively enables the operating or maintenance control logics of the control circuit of the corresponding wind turbine generator connected via the connecting portion, that are common to the other wind turbine generators in the same site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru Minami, Eiji Irie
  • Patent number: 8063500
    Abstract: The present invention provides a maintenance operation method for a wind turbine generator and a wind turbine generator, which can effectively utilize a phase advance capacitor equipped in the wind turbine generator and contribute to the phase factor improvement of the system side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Minami, Mitsuyoshi Fukuda, Eiji Irie
  • Publication number: 20110204631
    Abstract: A handy terminal for a wind turbine generator which the maintenance of the wind turbine generator, especially the maintenance work inside the nacelle, can be simplified while considering the safety of the maintenance operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.,
    Inventors: Tohru Minami, Eiji Irie
  • Publication number: 20110198854
    Abstract: The present invention provides a handy terminal for a wind turbine generator and a wind turbine generator being able to improve the safety and the work efficiency in a maintenance work such as greasing work with rotating a rotational shaft. A handy terminal for a wind turbine generator, comprises a connecting portion connectable to a connector provided in the wind turbine generator, an operating ends group including an operating button to generate an operating signal which selectively validates a control logic within a control circuit provided in the wind turbine generator, and a display portion for displaying the operating state of the operating ends group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru Minami, Eiji Irie
  • Publication number: 20110187105
    Abstract: The present invention provides a maintenance operation method for a wind turbine generator and a wind turbine generator, which can effectively utilize a phase advance capacitor equipped in the wind turbine generator and contribute to the phase factor improvement of the system side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru Minami, Mitsuyoshi Fukuda, Eiji Irie