Patents by Inventor Hiroki Hattori
Hiroki Hattori 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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Patent number: 11941549Abstract: The management device of an autonomous driving vehicle includes a congestion rate calculation unit and a waiting place setting unit. The congestion rate calculation unit is able to calculate the congestion rate of a parking lot adjoining each of a plurality of commercial facilities. In a case where the congestion rate of a neighbor parking lot, or a parking lot in the neighborhood of a boarding place contained in reservation information for an autonomous driving vehicle reserved for dispatch, during a waiting time period before the scheduled boarding time, is less than a congestion threshold, the waiting place setting unit sets the neighbor parking lot as a waiting place for the autonomous driving vehicle to wait during the waiting time period.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shin Sakurada, Katsuya Hoshi, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Masahisa Sawada, Hiroyuki Ito, Makoto Segi, Hiroki Hattori
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Patent number: 11912308Abstract: An autonomous vehicle allows passengers to transfer from a passenger vehicle, which is a relatively large vehicle, to the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle is provided with an autonomous travel control unit (steering control unit) configured to, when the passenger vehicle is stopped, cause the autonomous vehicle to pull up alongside the passenger vehicle such that an entrance (second entrance) of the autonomous vehicle is placed next to an entrance (first entrance) of the passenger vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shin Sakurada, Katsuya Hoshi, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Masahisa Sawada, Hiroyuki Ito, Makoto Segi, Hiroki Hattori
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Patent number: 11834075Abstract: A mass transportation vehicle includes a stop selector and a dispatcher. The stop selector is configured to enable a passenger on the mass transportation vehicle to select a destination stop at which the passenger plans to get off. The dispatcher is configured to book dispatch of an autonomous vehicle to which the passenger transfers after getting off the mass transportation vehicle at the destination stop. The dispatcher sends information about the destination stop to a dispatch management device of the autonomous vehicle as information about a waiting point of the autonomous vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shin Sakurada, Katsuya Hoshi, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Masahisa Sawada, Hiroyuki Ito, Makoto Segi, Hiroki Hattori
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Publication number: 20220394990Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to protein granules containing a whey protein as a main component, the protein granules having an average particle diameter of 207 ?m to 570 ?m, a homogeneity U of 0.58 or less, a content ratio (volume ratio) of coarse powder having a particle diameter of 500 ?m or more of 22% or less, and a content ratio (volume ratio) of fine powder having a particle diameter of 150 ?m or less of 31% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki HATTORI, Koji YAMAMURA, Takashi OSADA, Keisuke KADOYAMA, Toshiaki TOCHIGI
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Publication number: 20220378080Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to protein granules containing a soy protein as a main component, the protein granules having an average particle diameter of 150 ?m to 220 ?m, a homogeneity U of 0.58 or less, a content ratio (volume ratio) of a coarse powder having a particle diameter of 300 ?m or more of 27% or less, and a content ratio (volume ratio) of a fine powder having a particle diameter of 100 ?m or less of 30% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki HATTORI, Koji YAMAMURA, Takashi OSADA, Keisuke KADOYAMA, Toshiaki TOCHIGI
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Publication number: 20220281481Abstract: An autonomous vehicle allows passengers to transfer from a passenger vehicle, which is a relatively large vehicle, to the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle is provided with an autonomous travel control unit (steering control unit) configured to, when the passenger vehicle is stopped, cause the autonomous vehicle to pull up alongside the passenger vehicle such that an entrance (second entrance) of the autonomous vehicle is placed next to an entrance (first entrance) of the passenger vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Katsuya HOSHI, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Masahisa SAWADA, Hiroyuki ITO, Makoto SEGI, Hiroki HATTORI
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Publication number: 20220281486Abstract: An automated driving vehicle includes an analysis unit, an autonomous travel control unit, and a passenger ascertaining unit configured to transmit a notification to an interested person's contact-number device set in a reservation for vehicle allocation in at least one of (1) a case in which a passenger set in the reservation for vehicle allocation has boarded at a boarding point set in the reservation for vehicle allocation, (2) a case in which the passenger has not been recognized by the analysis unit within a predetermined waiting time from a target boarding point arrival time set in the reservation for vehicle allocation, and (3) a case in which the passenger has alighted at a destination set in the reservation for vehicle allocation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2021Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Katsuya HOSHI, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Masahisa SAWADA, Hiroyuki ITO, Makoto SEGI, Hiroki HATTORI
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Publication number: 20220270165Abstract: When a rental user schedule management unit (general user schedule management unit) receives, from a general user (rental user) different from the priority user that is a lease contractor, a general usage request for a predetermined autonomous vehicle in which a time zone excluding a priority usage time zone is specified, the rental user schedule management unit set the time zone specified by the general usage request as a general usage time zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Katsuya HOSHI, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Masahisa SAWADA, Hiroyuki ITO, Makoto SEGI, Hiroki HATTORI
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Publication number: 20220270490Abstract: A mobile terminal includes an input unit that is capable of receiving input of a dispatch request and a destination and a position determiner that is capable of obtaining a terminal position which is its own current position. In accordance with the dispatch request, an autonomous vehicle is designated as a vehicle that is to be dispatched. The autonomous vehicle includes an autonomous driving controller that performs driving control so as to track the mobile terminal based on the terminal position while on its way to pick up the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Katsuya HOSHI, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Masahisa SAWADA, Hiroyuki ITO, Makoto SEGI, Hiroki HATTORI
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Publication number: 20220266872Abstract: A mass transportation vehicle includes a stop selector and a dispatcher. The stop selector is configured to enable a passenger on the mass transportation vehicle to select a destination stop at which the passenger plans to get off. The dispatcher is configured to book dispatch of an autonomous vehicle to which the passenger transfers after getting off the mass transportation vehicle at the destination stop. The dispatcher sends information about the destination stop to a dispatch management device of the autonomous vehicle as information about a waiting point of the autonomous vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Katsuya HOSHI, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Masahisa SAWADA, Hiroyuki ITO, Makoto SEGI, Hiroki HATTORI
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Publication number: 20220261707Abstract: The management device of an autonomous driving vehicle includes a congestion rate calculation unit and a waiting place setting unit. The congestion rate calculation unit is able to calculate the congestion rate of a parking lot adjoining each of a plurality of commercial facilities. In a case where the congestion rate of a neighbor parking lot, or a parking lot in the neighborhood of a boarding place contained in reservation information for an autonomous driving vehicle reserved for dispatch, during a waiting time period before the scheduled boarding time, is less than a congestion threshold, the waiting place setting unit sets the neighbor parking lot as a waiting place for the autonomous driving vehicle to wait during the waiting time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Katsuya HOSHI, Hiroaki SUGIYAMA, Masahisa SAWADA, Hiroyuki ITO, Makoto SEGI, Hiroki HATTORI
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Patent number: 11403897Abstract: A vehicle entry system that comprises a portable terminal and an onboard device that wirelessly communicates with the portable terminal. The onboard device has: a door opening and closing unit that can lock a vehicle door in a closed state and open the vehicle door to a prescribed angle; and an onboard control unit that, on the basis of commands from a portable terminal, controls a vehicle drive system and the door opening and closing unit. The portable terminal has a touch panel and a terminal control unit that outputs commands to the onboard control unit. A plurality of icons on the touch panel include an advance-and-open-door icon to advance to a location at which the door can open and, after advancing, to open the door; and a reverse-and-open-door icon to reverse to a location at which the door can open and, after reversing, to open the door.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Mikio Ichinose, Hiroki Hattori
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Patent number: 10940831Abstract: A vehicle entry system that comprises a portable terminal and an onboard device that wirelessly communicates with the portable terminal. The onboard device has a door opening/closing unit that can lock a vehicle door in a closed state and open the vehicle door to a prescribed angle; and an onboard control unit that, on the basis of commands transmitted from an authenticated portable terminal, controls a vehicle drive system and the door opening/closing unit. The portable terminal has a touch panel and a terminal control unit that outputs commands to the onboard control unit. A plurality of icons are displayed on the touch panel includes an advance-and-open-door icon for giving a command to advance the vehicle door and then open the vehicle door; and a reverse-and-open-door icon for giving a command to reverse the vehicle door and, after reversing, to open the vehicle door.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Mikio Ichinose, Hiroki Hattori
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Patent number: 10767541Abstract: A particulate sensor (1) having a sensor-side positioning portion (11k) for determining the circumferential position of a sensor main body (5) with respect to a sensor attachment portion (120) when the particulate sensor (1) is attached to the sensor attachment portion (120). The sensor attachment portion (120) has a pipe-side positioning portion (121) which conforms to the sensor-side positioning portion (11k) and is configured such that, when the particulate sensor (1) is attached to the sensor attachment portion (120), the circumferential position of the sensor main body (5) with respect to the sensor attachment portion (120) is always set to a fixed circumferential position.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Hattori, Ryosuke Noda
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Publication number: 20200090437Abstract: A vehicle entry system that comprises a portable terminal and an onboard device that wirelessly communicates with the portable terminal. The onboard device has: a door opening and closing unit that can lock a vehicle door in a closed state and open the vehicle door to a prescribed angle; and an onboard control unit that, on the basis of commands from a portable terminal, controls a vehicle drive system and the door opening and closing unit. The portable terminal has a touch panel and a terminal control unit that outputs commands to the onboard control unit. A plurality of icons on the touch panel include an advance-and-open-door icon to advance to a location at which the door can open and, after advancing, to open the door; and a reverse-and-open-door icon to reverse to a location at which the door can open and, after reversing, to open the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2016Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Mikio ICHINOSE, Hiroki HATTORI
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Publication number: 20200086830Abstract: A vehicle entry system that comprises a portable terminal and an onboard device that wirelessly communicates with the portable terminal. The onboard device has a door opening/closing unit that can lock a vehicle door in a closed state and open the vehicle door to a prescribed angle; and an onboard control unit that, on the basis of commands transmitted from an authenticated portable terminal, controls a vehicle drive system and the door opening/closing unit. The portable terminal has a touch panel and a terminal control unit that outputs commands to the onboard control unit. A plurality of icons are displayed on the touch panel includes an advance-and-open-door icon for giving a command to advance the vehicle door and then open the vehicle door; and a reverse-and-open-door icon for giving a command to reverse the vehicle door and, after reversing, to open the vehicle door.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2016Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Mikio ICHINOSE, Hiroki HATTORI
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Patent number: 10471810Abstract: A vehicle door lock device includes a lock/unlock unit including a lock/unlock mechanism switching whether to transmit a door opening operation to a latch mechanism; and a transmission unit transmitting a lock/unlock operation to the lock/unlock unit. Further, the lock/unlock unit includes a main case housing the lock/unlock mechanism and supporting the latch mechanism, an input member having a rotation shaft passing through the main case, being coupled to the lock/unlock mechanism in the main case, and having an external coupling part outside the main case; and a cover closing an opening of the main case, the transmission unit includes a coupling member coupling a turned member to the external coupling part, and a sub case housing the coupling member, and the external coupling part protrudes from the main case in a vehicle outside direction in a state where the main case is attached to the door.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignees: Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation, Gecom CorporationInventors: Aaron Martin, Brian Kepler, Janani Viswanathan, Bryan Farris, Hiroki Hattori
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Patent number: 10450788Abstract: A vehicle door control system comprises a door that is supported to a vehicle body; an electric door opening device that can open and close the door electrically; a touch panel display that can display an image like the door; a loudspeaker that can create a voice; and a control device that controls the electric door opening device. The control device performs opening control by which the electric door opening device opens the door by touching an image on the touch panel display and performs voice control by which it is reported through the voice from the loudspeaker that the door opens.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act CorporationInventors: Mikio Ichinose, Hiroki Hattori
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Publication number: 20190292967Abstract: A particulate sensor (1) having a sensor-side positioning portion (11k) for determining the circumferential position of a sensor main body (5) with respect to a sensor attachment portion (120) when the particulate sensor (1) is attached to the sensor attachment portion (120). The sensor attachment portion (120) has a pipe-side positioning portion (121) which conforms to the sensor-side positioning portion (11k) and is configured such that, when the particulate sensor (1) is attached to the sensor attachment portion (120), the circumferential position of the sensor main body (5) with respect to the sensor attachment portion (120) is always set to a fixed circumferential position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki HATTORI, Ryosuke NODA
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Publication number: 20190256955Abstract: Provided is a hard particle powder for a sintered body, consisting of: 0.01?C?3.5 mass %, 0.5?Si?4.0 mass %, 0.1?Mn?10.0 mass %, 0.1?Ni?35.0 mass %, 0.1?Cr?40.0 mass %, 5.0?Mo?50.0 mass %, 0.1?Fe?30.0 mass %, and 0.01?REM?0.5 mass %, with a balance being Co and inevitable impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Iwane NAGASE, Tomomi YAMAMOTO, Takahisa ENDO, Syunsuke KONO, Hiroki HATTORI