Patents by Inventor Hiroki Yonekawa
Hiroki Yonekawa 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: 20240149727Abstract: A power generation support system for a vehicle in which a plurality of solar cell panels are attached to a vehicle body, the power generation support system including: a estimation unit configured to estimate an amount of power generated per unit hour by the plurality of solar cell panels when the vehicle is to be parked in a scheduled parking area so that the front of the vehicle faces a first direction and estimate an amount of power generated per unit hour by the plurality of solar cell panels when the vehicle is to be parked in the scheduled parking area so that the front of the vehicle faces a second direction that is opposite to the first direction; and an output unit configured to output information about a direction in which the vehicle faces when it is to be parked in the scheduled parking area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Taizo MASUDA, Yasunobu SEKI, Hiroki AWANO, Tomoko NAKAMURA, Tsuyoshi KANEKO, Kosuke YONEKAWA
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Publication number: 20240103502Abstract: A recycling support system for a production facility performing a plurality of types of recycling processing using marine plants includes a measurement unit configured to measure an amount of remaining energy used to operate the production facility, and a control unit configured to control a proportion of each of the plurality of types of recycling processing carried out in the production facility according to the amount of remaining energy used to operate the production facility measured by the measurement unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tadayoshi SUMIYA, Yasunobu SEKI, Koseki SUGIYAMA, Yuto KAWATA, Hiroki AWANO, Kosuke YONEKAWA
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Publication number: 20240086935Abstract: The information processing system includes: a data acquisition unit that acquires component data of a reusable product related to environmental contribution of the reusable product including at least the number of times of reuse of the reusable product; a selection unit that selects a candidate of the reusable product that is a replacement component candidate when the user replaces the component; a calculation unit that calculates an environmental contribution degree of the candidate of the reusable product selected by the selection unit based on the component data of the reusable product acquired by the data acquisition unit; and a presentation unit that presents, to the user, the environmental contribution degree of the candidate of the reusable product calculated by the calculation unit together with the candidate of the reusable product selected by the selection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masashi MATSUMOTO, Masayuki NAKA, Yasunobu SEKI, Hiroki AWANO, Tsuyoshi KANEKO, Kosuke YONEKAWA
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Publication number: 20240088704Abstract: A charge support system including: a detection unit configured to detect that a vehicle is scheduled to be parked for a predetermined period or longer; an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a charging of a storage battery when the detection unit detects that the vehicle is scheduled to be parked for a predetermined period or longer; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit, whether or not it is necessary to keep storing electricity generated by a solar cell panel in the storage battery; and a notification unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that it is not necessary to keep storing the electricity generated by the solar cell panel in the storage battery, send a notification prompting a driver to connect a charging cable to a storage apparatus outside the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Taizo MASUDA, Yasunobu SEKI, Hiroki AWANO, Tomoko NAKAMURA, Tsuyoshi KANEKO, Kosuke YONEKAWA
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Publication number: 20240086868Abstract: The awareness of users regarding uses of reused products are raised, and their awareness regarding the environment is thereby increased. An information processing system includes information acquisition means for acquiring reuse information, the reuse information being information about an operating status of a reused product; storage means for storing association information associating the reused product with information about a terminal of a previous owner of the product before the product is reused as the reused product; and transmission processing means for transmitting, based on the association information stored in the storage means, the reuse information of the reused product acquired by the information acquisition means to a terminal associated with the reused product.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masashi MATSUMOTO, Masayuki NAKA, Yasunobu SEKI, Hiroki AWANO, Tsuyoshi KANEKO, Kosuke YONEKAWA
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Publication number: 20240078910Abstract: A charge support system for a plurality of vehicles capable of traveling autonomously, each of the vehicles including a solar cell panel attached to a vehicle body and a storage battery configured to store electricity generated by the solar cell panel, the charge support system including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, regarding the plurality of vehicles parked in a predetermined parking area, at least information about charging efficiencies of a plurality of the storage batteries of the respective vehicles by the electricity generated by a plurality of the solar cell panels of the respective vehicles and information about charging rates of the plurality of the storage batteries of the respective vehicles; and a traveling control unit configured to move the plurality of vehicles within a range of the predetermined parking area based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Taizo MASUDA, Yasunobu SEKI, Hiroki AWANO, Tomoko NAKAMURA, Tsuyoshi KANEKO, Kosuke YONEKAWA
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Publication number: 20240071152Abstract: Primary information relating to generation or use of electrical energy generated by the solar power generation apparatus (23) mounted in the vehicle (5) and secondary information relating to the vehicle (5) mounting the solar power generation apparatus (23) are acquired, and natural energy utilization information tying the acquired secondary information with the acquired primary information is prepared.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Taizo MASUDA, Yasunobu SEKI, Hiroki AWANO, Tomoko NAKAMURA, Tsuyoshi KANEKO, Kosuke YONEKAWA
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Publication number: 20230249533Abstract: There are provided a battery frame that is attached to a structural member on a floor back of an automobile body and accommodates a battery, and a rear suspension member assembly that is attached to rear floor side members and supports a rear suspension. The rear suspension member assembly is attached to the rear floor side members at least at right and left front-side attachment parts and right and left rear-side attachment parts. The rear suspension member assembly is attached to the battery frame at a first attachment part that is closer to a vehicle front than the right and left front-side attachment parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2019Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Satou, Yoichi Yamamoto, Hiroki Yonekawa, Takuya Yamashita, Shinya Akizuki, Yuuji Okamoto, Yuusuke Handa
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Patent number: 10770284Abstract: A substrate processing method according to an embodiment includes an etching process, a temperature-difference forming process, and a rinsing process. The etching process supplies an etchant onto a first surface of a substrate on which a pattern is formed to etch the pattern. The temperature-difference forming process makes, in parallel with the etching process, a temperature in a lower portion of the pattern lower than a temperature in an upper portion of the pattern. The rinsing process supplies rinse liquid onto the first surface after the etching process to replace the etchant remaining on the pattern with the rinse liquid.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Hiroki Yonekawa, Shuhei Takahashi, Kouzou Tachibana, Hideki Nishimura
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Publication number: 20180182616Abstract: A substrate processing method according to an embodiment includes an etching process, a temperature-difference forming process, and a rinsing process. The etching process supplies an etchant onto a first surface of a substrate on which a pattern is formed to etch the pattern. The temperature-difference forming process makes, in parallel with the etching process, a temperature in a lower portion of the pattern lower than a temperature in an upper portion of the pattern. The rinsing process supplies rinse liquid onto the first surface after the etching process to replace the etchant remaining on the pattern with the rinse liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Hiroki Yonekawa, Shuhei Takahashi, Kouzou Tachibana, Hideki Nishimura