Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Shimada
Hiroshi Shimada 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: 20240145112Abstract: Conductive polymer fibers 10, in which a conductor 12 containing a conductive polymer impregnates and/or adheres to base fibers 11, and the aforementioned conductive polymer is PEDOT-PSS.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo TSUKADA, Hiroshi NAKASHIMA, Akiyoshi SHIMADA, Koji SUMITOMO, Keiichi TORIMITSU
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Publication number: 20240111195Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel including in the following order an active matrix substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a counter substrate. The active matrix substrate includes in the following order a first electrode and a second electrode including a first linear electrode portion extending in a first direction. The counter substrate includes a third electrode including second linear electrode portions extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a fourth electrode including an island-shaped electrode portion as a floating electrode. The island-shaped electrode portion is disposed between the second linear electrode portions in a plan view, overlaps an optical aperture of one of two pixels adjacent to each other along the second direction, and does not overlap an optical aperture of the other of the two pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Koji MURATA, Akira HIRAI, Hiroshi TSUCHIYA, Takashi SATOH, Akira SAKAI, Shinji SHIMADA
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Patent number: 11914236Abstract: The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes an active matrix substrate including a first electrode, a first insulating layer, and second electrodes including a first linear electrode; a color filter substrate including a black matrix, a color filter layer, a third electrode including second linear electrodes, and a fourth electrode which is a floating electrode. The third electrode and the fourth electrode are disposed between the black matrix and the liquid crystal layer. The second linear electrodes extend in a second direction and each overlap a portion of the black matrix extending in the second direction. The fourth electrode is disposed between the second linear electrodes and overlaps the black matrix in a plan view. The control circuit switches between application of driving voltage and application of constant voltage to the third electrode.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Sharp Display Technology CorporationInventors: Koji Murata, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Shinpei Higashida, Takahiro Sasaki, Takashi Satoh, Shinji Shimada
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Publication number: 20240033576Abstract: An exercise community formation apparatus includes an exercise-related information acquisition unit configured to acquire exercise-related information for each of a plurality of members belonging to a specific community, an extraction unit configured to extract at least two or more members from the plurality of members based on the exercise-related information for each of the plurality of members, and an output unit configured to output a result of the extraction. The exercise-related information indicates a proficiency level for each of at least one or more exercise subjects of the corresponding member and a time period to which the corresponding member can assign an exercise.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Toru MIYAGAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Makoto ASO, Takatoshi MORIMITSU, Aya ISHIHARA, Hiroshi SHIMADA
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Publication number: 20240033605Abstract: A server includes a detection signal reception unit that receives a detection signal related to a detection of an exercise of a user A, an exercise schedule reception unit that acquires an exercise schedule of the user A, and a message request transmission unit that transmits a message request to a UEN of a user N before the exercise schedule. The server further includes a message reception unit that receives a message corresponding to the message request from the UEN of the user N, a determination unit that determines whether or not the user A is exercising according to the exercise schedule based on the exercise schedule and the detection signal, and a mess age transmission unit that provides the user A with the message when the determination unit determines that the user A is exercising according to the exercise schedule.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Toru MIYAGAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Makoto ASO, Takatoshi MORIMITSU, Aya ISHIHARA, Hiroshi SHIMADA
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Publication number: 20230410001Abstract: A schedule management system includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a target exercise amount of a first user for each predetermined period; a place assignment unit configured to extract at least one working place from a database and assign the extracted at least one working place to the first user as a working place for the predetermined period, the working place being a place with which the first user achieves an exercise amount corresponding to his/her target exercise amount for each predetermined period, and in the database, information about, for each of a plurality of predetermined working places, an exercise amount that is achieved when the first user moves from his/her residence place to that working place or information necessary to determine this exercise amount being registered; and an output unit configured to output information about the working place assigned to the first user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Toru MIYAGAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Hiroshi SHIMADA
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Publication number: 20230405436Abstract: A body shape management system includes: a predicted body shape calculation unit configured to calculate, for each set period, a predicted body shape of a first user according to a first schedule of the first user stored in a database, the predicted body shape being a body shape estimated by predicting a change from a reference body shape of the first user; and a display control unit configured to display an avatar of the first user along with the first schedule on a monitor, the avatar representing the predicted body shape of the first user calculated for each set period by the predicted body shape calculation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Toru MIYAGAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Hiroshi SHIMADA, Atsushi HATANO, Yumi KOYAMA
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Patent number: 11780307Abstract: To reduce splash of water that has entered a gap between an upper end of a door and a vehicle body onto a locked portion. A part of a vertical side sealing portion 4 from a part including a water inlet 71 to at least a part above a hollow portion R3 is a die-molded portion. In the die-molded portion, a core removing hole 79 for removing a core used in molding is open at a cabin outer side relative to an attachment plate 80. A guide portion 90 for guiding water that has entered from the water inlet 71 to a cabin inner side relative to the core removing hole 79 is provided above the core removing hole 79 on the inner surface of the hollow portion R3.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignees: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Shimada, Toshifumi Matsuura, Masaki Soda
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Publication number: 20220401286Abstract: A walking training system includes: a tension unit that pulls a leg of a trainee upward and forward; a sensor provided for determining a start timing of a swinging end phase of the leg; and a control unit that reduces a tensile force of the tension unit from the start timing of the swinging end phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi SHIMADA, Taiga MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20220363160Abstract: A working vehicle includes a vehicle body, a traveling device which supports the vehicle body such that the vehicle body is allowed to travel, an electric motor to drive the traveling device, the electric motor being provided on the vehicle body, and a plurality of batteries to store electric power to be supplied to the electric motor, wherein the plurality of batteries include an on-board battery fixed to the vehicle body and a mobile battery detachably attached to the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuto OKAZAKI, Shinichi KAWABATA, Hiroshi SHIMADA
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Publication number: 20220363127Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: an electric motor; a wheel that is driven by the electric motor; a power transmission mechanism that defines at least a part of a power transmission path between the electric motor and the wheel and that transmits rotational power of the electric motor to the wheel; a wheel brake that is provided on the wheel; an electromagnetic brake that stops rotation of the electric motor; and a controller that maintains a control value of a rotation speed of the electric motor at 0 and activates the electromagnetic brake when a vehicle speed becomes lower than or equal to a predetermined value close to 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuto OKAZAKI, Shinichi KAWABATA, Hiroshi SHIMADA
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Publication number: 20220234431Abstract: In an upper side sealing portion, an upper side water guide groove is formed between an outer sealing lip and an inner sealing lip. In a vertical side sealing portion, a vertical side water guide groove extending to a position below a door opening/closing device is formed between a vertical side attachment portion and a vertical side sealing lip. The upper side water guide groove is disposed at a cabin inner side of an outer panel of a frame. An upper end of the vertical side water guide groove is disposed at the cabin inner side of the outer panel. A portion of the vertical side water guide groove located above the door opening/closing device extends downward from an upper end, and extends to a cabin outer side relative to an inner panel of a frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMADA, Toshifumi MATSUURA, Yoshimitsu IIDA, Sotaro HASHIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20220080814Abstract: To reduce splash of water that has entered a gap between an upper end of a door and a vehicle body onto a locked portion. A part of a vertical side sealing portion 4 from a part including a water inlet 71 to at least a part above a hollow portion R3 is a die-molded portion. In the die-molded portion, a core removing hole 79 for removing a core used in molding is open at a cabin outer side relative to an attachment plate 80. A guide portion 90 for guiding water that has entered from the water inlet 71 to a cabin inner side relative to the core removing hole 79 is provided above the core removing hole 79 on the inner surface of the hollow portion R3.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMADA, Toshifumi MATSUURA, Masaki SODA
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Patent number: 10982977Abstract: A pulse signal generator suitable for generating a two-phase pulse signal required as information of a rotation angle of a motor from a motor control device is provided. According to an embodiment, the pulse signal generator includes: a compensation unit that outputs a compensation signal for compensating for the deviation between the angle information representing the rotation angle of the rotor provided in the resolver and the fed back angle information; a counter pulse output unit that outputs a counter pulse having a frequency corresponding to the compensation amount of the compensation signal and code information representing the sign of the compensation signal, and a pulse processing unit that outputs a count value by a counter as the angle information, which counts the pulse according to the code information, the pulse processing unit generating two-phase pulse signals PA and PB using the values of the counter.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Shimada, Yuji Shimizu, Yutaka Ono
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Patent number: 10830617Abstract: A control device capable of accurately detecting a rotor rotation angle is provided. The control device includes variable resistors R1 to R4 for converting the currents flowing in the four-phase coils of the current detection resolver into voltages, two differential amplifiers for a first phase signal of the voltage difference between the detection voltages of the variable resistors R1 and R3, and a second phase signal of the voltage difference between the detection voltages of the variable resistors R2 and R4 respectively, two phase shifters for shifting the phase of the first phase signal and the second phase signal respectively, a synthesizer for a phase modulation signal by synthesizing the phase shifted first phase signal and the phase shifted second phase signal, and an adjuster for adjusting the resistance values of the variable resistors R1 to R4 based on the width of the envelope of the phase modulation signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Shimada, Akane Abe
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Patent number: 10720805Abstract: An embedded permanent magnet type motor, which has one pole configured of two permanent magnets and has a plurality of poles of permanent magnets embedded in a rotor, includes a rotor whose magnet embedding holes communicate with a rotor outer periphery. The rotor has between adjacent poles a q-axis projection projecting in a direction away from a rotor rotation center. The magnet embedding holes are disposed so as to form an inverted V shape. An outer peripheral edge portion on the outer side of the permanent magnets has a curvature radius smaller than the distance from a rotation center axis to a rotor outermost peripheral portion. The outer peripheral edge portion is provided with permanent magnet positioning projections which restrain a movement of the permanent magnets toward between adjacent poles.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiharu Mochida, Akio Toba, Hideki Ohguchi, Hiroshi Shimada, Takeyuki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20200116531Abstract: A control device capable of accurately detecting a rotor rotation angle is provided. The control device includes variable resistors R1 to R4 for converting the currents flowing in the four-phase coils of the current detection resolver into voltages, two differential amplifiers for a first phase signal of the voltage difference between the detection voltages of the variable resistors R1 and R3, and a second phase signal of the voltage difference between the detection voltages of the variable resistors R2 and R4 respectively, two phase shifters for shifting the phase of the first phase signal and the second phase signal respectively, a synthesizer for a phase modulation signal by synthesizing the phase shifted first phase signal and the phase shifted second phase signal, and an adjuster for adjusting the resistance values of the variable resistors R1 to R4 based on the width of the envelope of the phase modulation signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMADA, Akane ABE
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Publication number: 20190368899Abstract: A pulse signal generator suitable for generating a two-phase pulse signal required as information of a rotation angle of a motor from a motor control device is provided. According to an embodiment, the pulse signal generator includes: a compensation unit that outputs a compensation signal for compensating for the deviation between the angle information representing the rotation angle of the rotor provided in the resolver and the fed back angle information; a counter pulse output unit that outputs a counter pulse having a frequency corresponding to the compensation amount of the compensation signal and code information representing the sign of the compensation signal, and a pulse processing unit that outputs a count value by a counter as the angle information, which counts the pulse according to the code information, the pulse processing unit generating two-phase pulse signals PA and PB using the values of the counter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMADA, Yuji SHIMIZU, Yutaka ONO
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Patent number: 10449107Abstract: A gait training apparatus includes a wire configured to directly or indirectly pull a trainee's leg fitted with a gait assist device from a position above the trainee's head; a control unit configured to control a motor that applies a pulling force to the wire, thereby adjusting the pulling force; and a housing mechanism configured to retract or release the wire in response to a motion of the leg. The control unit controls the motor such that the pulling force is adjusted to a predetermined pulling force that is independent of the speed, when a speed at which the housing mechanism retracts or releases the wire is within a prescribed range defined in advance and including zero. The control unit controls the motor such that the pulling force is adjusted to a pulling force calculated based on the speed, when the speed is out of the prescribed range.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoe Maekita, Hiroshi Shimada
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Patent number: 10350131Abstract: A walk training apparatus includes a walking assist device, a first tensile portion, and a second tensile portion. The walking assist device is configured to be attached to a leg of a user so as to assist the user in walking. The first tensile portion pulls at least one of the walking assist device and the leg of the user toward a vertically upper side and toward a front side. The second tensile portion pulls at least one of the walking assist device and the leg of the user toward the vertically upper side and toward a rear side.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Shimada, Masayuki Imaida, Hitoshi Konosu, Yoshinori Fujikake, Eiichi Saitoh