Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Okazaki
Hiroshi Okazaki 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: 11914396Abstract: When a non-operable notification is output from any of a plurality of operating vehicles, an operation schedule creator creates a substitute vehicle introduction operation schedule based on planned stopping times and a target velocity determined by a normal operation schedule, as an operation schedule to be provided, to each of operating vehicles other than a non-operable vehicle which has output the non-operable notification, when the operating vehicle passes an operation schedule updating location for a first time after the non-operable notification is output.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Higashide, Kenji Okazaki, Keiichi Uno
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Publication number: 20220320662Abstract: Each of left and right side frames of a battery case enabling enhanced tolerance to a side-impact collision includes a side wall part being provided on a side on which the side frames face each other and an EA part being provided on the opposite side. The EA part includes an EA upper plate part and an EA lower plate part being vertically separated from each other. Top surfaces and bottom surfaces of the plate parts are plate-shaped parts perpendicular to the vertical direction. The side wall part includes a first rib-like part and a second rib-like part being vertically separated from each other. Top surfaces and bottom surfaces of the rib-like parts are plate-shaped parts perpendicular to the vertical direction. Extensions of center lines of the EA upper and lower plate parts in a thickness direction pass through insides of the first and second rib-like parts, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Masato OISHI, Hiroshi OKAZAKI, Kanna NAGATSUKA
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Publication number: 20220320653Abstract: A vehicular battery case includes inner and outer bottom plate portions, a lower frame, and a frame body. The outer bottom plate portion is on a lower side of the inner bottom plate portion. The lower frame is between the inner and outer bottom plate portions. The frame body stands upward from outer peripheral portions of the inner and outer bottom plate portions. The frame body includes a lower portion including a first joint surface joined to the inner bottom plate portion and a second joint surface on an outer side of the first joint surface and joined to the outer bottom plate portion. The lower frame includes an upper end portion including a first flange portion including an upper surface facing a lower surface of the inner bottom plate portion. The first flange portion is joined to the lower surface of the inner bottom plate portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi OKAZAKI, Masato OISHI, Kanna NAGATSUKA
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Publication number: 20220320654Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first communication interface configured to be able to acquire failure diagnosis information for a vehicle. A first memory is configured to store information on a plurality of services. A first controller is configured to select one or more services from the plurality of services stored in the first memory, based on the failure diagnosis information and on a priority evaluation category indicating an evaluation category for the plurality of services that is prioritized by a user of the vehicle, and transmit information on the selected one or more services to the user via the first communication interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Kanna NAGATSUKA, Naoyuki OTA, Masato OISHI, Hiroshi OKAZAKI
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Publication number: 20210408622Abstract: A battery device includes a case and a plurality of batter cells. The case includes a base portion and a cover portion. The base portion includes: a base plate on which the battery cells are placed; a bottom wall portion provided on a side of the base plate, the side being opposite to a surface on which the battery cells are placed, such that the bottom wall portion is provided at a position distanced from the base plate, and a plurality of vertical wall portions having a band-plate shape, the vertical wall portions extending in a predetermined direction between the base plate and the bottom wall portion. The opposite ends of the vertical wall portions in a width direction are connected to the bottom wall portion and the base plate, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, AISIN KEIKINZOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi OKAZAKI, Takumi GONOJI
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Patent number: 10994593Abstract: A mounting structure for a doorframe molding includes an upper edge part that defines an upper side of a window frame of a vehicle door. The mounting structure further includes an engaging part that includes a shaft part and a rib part extending from a lower end of the shaft part in a vehicle front-rear direction or a vehicle width direction, a body part of the doorframe molding, and a bracket that projects from the body part and is engaged with the engaging part. The bracket has a cut-out part that is made by cutting out the bracket. The shaft part is inserted into the cut-out part, and a peripheral part of the cut-out part is engaged with the rib part.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Okazaki, Naoki Tsutsumi, Ryuta Yamasaki
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Patent number: 10456918Abstract: A technique is provided, with which, even for an object which has a shape prone to be erroneously recognized and for which it is difficult to generate an initial value expected to produce a true value through fitting, it is possible to generate an appropriate initial value candidate through intuitive input and reduce erroneous recognition. An information processing apparatus includes a model acquiring unit configured to acquire a three-dimensional shape model of a target object, a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the three-dimensional shape model, a setting unit configured to set first and second orientations different from each other on the basis of the three-dimensional shape model displayed in the display unit, a parameter deriving unit configured to derive a transformation parameter that transforms the first orientation into the second orientation, and a storage unit configured to store the transformation parameter.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Daisuke Watanabe, Hiroshi Okazaki, Yutaka Niwayama
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Publication number: 20180208037Abstract: A mounting structure for a doorframe molding includes an upper edge part that structures an upper side of a window frame of a vehicle door, an engaging part that includes a shaft part and a rib part extending from a lower end of the shaft part in a vehicle front-rear direction or a vehicle width direction, a body part of the doorframe molding, and a bracket that projects from the body part to an interior side, and is engaged with the engaging part. The bracket has a cut-out part that is made by cutting out the bracket from an end part on the interior side into an exterior side. The shaft part is inserted into the cut-out part, and a peripheral part of the cut-out part is engaged with the rib part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi OKAZAKI, Naoki TSUTSUMI, Ryuta YAMASAKI
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Patent number: 9984291Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a distance information acquisition unit configured to acquire distance information with respect to a measurement target object to determine interference between the object and a container for storing the object when the object is to be gripped, a derivation unit configured to derive a position and an orientation of the measurement target object based on the distance information and a partial model representing a partial shape of the measurement target object, and an interference determination unit configured, based on the position and the orientation derived by the derivation unit and a whole model representing a whole shape of the measurement target object, to determine whether interference has occurred between the measurement target object and the container for storing the measurement target object.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroshi Okazaki
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Publication number: 20170106540Abstract: A technique is provided, with which, even for an object which has a shape prone to be erroneously recognized and for which it is difficult to generate an initial value expected to produce a true value through fitting, it is possible to generate an appropriate initial value candidate through intuitive input and reduce erroneous recognition. An information processing apparatus includes a model acquiring unit configured to acquire a three-dimensional shape model of a target object, a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the three-dimensional shape model, a setting unit configured to set first and second orientations different from each other on the basis of the three-dimensional shape model displayed in the display unit, a parameter deriving unit configured to derive a transformation parameter that transforms the first orientation into the second orientation, and a storage unit configured to store the transformation parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicants: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Watanabe, Hiroshi Okazaki, Yutaka Niwayama
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Patent number: 9475412Abstract: A vehicle includes a seat that comprises a seat bottom, a seat back, a first biasing member, and a second biasing member. The seat back is pivotable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The first biasing member is coupled to each of the seat back and the bed frame. The second biasing member is coupled to each of the seat back and the bed frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignees: TS Tech Americas, Inc., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Casey Heit, Hiroshi Okazaki, Darin D. King, Tsuyoshi Kumasaka, Takayuki Inoue, Jacob Zachary Sorrell
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Publication number: 20160283792Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a distance information acquisition unit configured to acquire distance information with respect to a measurement target object to determine interference between the object and a container for storing the object when the object is to be gripped, a derivation unit configured to derive a position and an orientation of the measurement target object based on the distance information and a partial model representing a partial shape of the measurement target object, and an interference determination unit configured, based on the position and the orientation derived by the derivation unit and a whole model representing a whole shape of the measurement target object, to determine whether interference has occurred between the measurement target object and the container for storing the measurement target object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventor: Hiroshi Okazaki
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Patent number: 9356644Abstract: A wireless circuit that can be used in a plurality of frequency bands even if its duplexer is formed of current variable frequency filters is provided. The circuit includes a transmission-reception antenna 911, a variable frequency duplexer 131, a double-pole six-throw switch 923, an RFIC 180, and a controller 190 which executes switching operations in accordance with control signals. The RFIC 180 determines a pair of frequency bands for transmission and reception signals input to the variable frequency duplexer 131 and generates and sends the control signals to perform switching control operations to connect a transmission port corresponding to the determined transmission frequency band with the transmission terminal of the variable frequency duplexer 131 and to connect a reception port corresponding to the determined reception frequency band with the reception terminal of the variable frequency duplexer 131 and to perform a frequency switching operation of the variable frequency duplexer 131.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Hiroshi Okazaki, Kunihiro Kawai, Shoichi Narahashi, Yuta Takagi, Takayuki Furuta
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Patent number: 9334144Abstract: A winch bracket assembly and method of mounting same on an associated vehicle includes a winch bracket extending from an end of a frame of the vehicle. A mounting arrangement secures the winch bracket to the frame of the associated vehicle and allows the winch bracket to have high rigidity relative to the frame in a first direction and a different, low rigidity relative to the frame in a second direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Adam J. Upah, Matthew Lee Taracko, Kurt Robert Blankemeyer, Dakota D. Kirtland, Prince Rodriguez, Jeremy T. McGuire, Hiroshi Okazaki, Hidemi Minami
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Patent number: 9337990Abstract: A front-end circuit includes an RFIC, an antenna, N duplexers, N variable impedance adjustment circuits, a switch for selecting any two of the N variable impedance adjustment circuits, and a control unit which receives a control signal from the RFIC, where 2?N. The control unit executes switching operations of the N variable impedance adjustment circuits and the switch in accordance with control information. The control signal indicates to 1) control the switch to select two variable impedance adjustment circuits corresponding to a p-th frequency band and a q-th frequency band respectively, 2) control a variable impedance adjustment circuit corresponding to the p-th frequency band to increase input impedance in the q-th frequency band as viewed from the antenna side and 3) control a variable impedance adjustment circuit corresponding to the q-th frequency band to increase input impedance in the p-th frequency band as viewed from the side.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Shoichi Narahashi, Hiroshi Okazaki, Kunihiro Kawai, Yuta Takagi, Takayuki Furuta
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Publication number: 20150232306Abstract: A winch bracket assembly and method of mounting same on an associated vehicle includes a winch bracket extending from an end of a frame of the vehicle. A mounting arrangement secures the winch bracket to the frame of the associated vehicle and allows the winch bracket to have high rigidity relative to the frame in a first direction and a different, low rigidity relative to the frame in a second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2014Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Adam J. Upah, Matthew Lee Taracko, Kurt Robert Blankemeyer, Dakota D. Kirtland, Prince Rodriguez, Jeremy T. McGuire, Hiroshi Okazaki, Hidemi Minami
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Patent number: 8970319Abstract: A first line stub SB1 and one end of each of two switches SW1 and SW2 are connected to a transmission line 11L at spacings L1, L2 and L3 in order from the input end of the transmission line 11L, the other ends of the two switches are connected to a second line stub SB2, the first and second line stubs have an open end or short-circuit end, and matching at any of four frequency bands can be selected by combining on and off of the two switches SW1 and SW2.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2011Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Takayuki Furuta, Atsushi Fukuda, Hiroshi Okazaki, Shoichi Narahashi
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Publication number: 20140349592Abstract: A wireless circuit that can be used in a plurality of frequency bands even if its duplexer is formed of current variable frequency filters is provided. The circuit includes a transmission-reception antenna 911, a variable frequency duplexer 131, a double-pole six-throw switch 923, an RFIC 180, and a controller 190 which executes switching operations in accordance with control signals. The RFIC 180 determines a pair of frequency bands for transmission and reception signals input to the variable frequency duplexer 131 and generates and sends the control signals to perform switching control operations to connect a transmission port corresponding to the determined transmission frequency band with the transmission terminal of the variable frequency duplexer 131 and to connect a reception port corresponding to the determined reception frequency band with the reception terminal of the variable frequency duplexer 131 and to perform a frequency switching operation of the variable frequency duplexer 131.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2013Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Hiroshi Okazaki, Kunihiro Kawai, Shoichi Narahashi, Yuta Takagi, Takayuki Furuta
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Publication number: 20140321312Abstract: Provided is a front-end circuit which can prevent a signal from leaking into another circuit even when signals are sent and received simultaneously in multiple frequency bands in carrier aggregation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2013Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Shoichi Narahashi, Hiroshi Okazaki, Kunihiro Kawai, Yuta Takagi, Takayuki Furuta
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Publication number: 20140217767Abstract: A vehicle includes a seat that comprises a seat bottom, a seat back, a first biasing member, and a second biasing member. The seat back is pivotable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The first biasing member is coupled to each of the seat back and the bed frame. The second biasing member is coupled to each of the seat back and the bed frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicants: TS Tech Americas, Inc., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Casey Heit, Hiroshi Okazaki, Darin D. King, Tsuyoshi Kumasaka, Takayuki Inoue, Jacob Zachary Sorrell