Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Kato
Hirotaka Kato 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: 20240116427Abstract: A drawing processing unit generates multi-gradation light distribution image data that defines a light distribution. The image processing unit executes multiple software processes sequentially. The drawing processing unit self-diagnoses the presence or absence of an abnormality for each software process. The drawing processing unit transmits first diagnostic data that indicates the self-diagnosis results to the auxiliary processor. Furthermore, the drawing processing unit transmits first feedback data based on data generated for each software process to the auxiliary processor. The auxiliary processor diagnoses the presence or absence of an abnormality in the multiple software processes executed by the drawing processing unit based on the first feedback data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masashi KATO, Hirotaka SAWADA
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Patent number: 11955390Abstract: A semiconductor wafer evaluation method includes acquiring a reflection image as a bright-field image by receiving reflected light which is obtained when irradiating one surface side of a semiconductor wafer to be evaluated with light; acquiring a scattered image as a dark-field image by receiving scattered light which is obtained when irradiating the surface side of the semiconductor wafer with light; and obtaining a distance between a bright zone that is observed in the reflection image and a bright zone that is observed in the scattered image. The semiconductor wafer to be evaluated is a semiconductor wafer in which a chamfered surface is formed in a wafer outer peripheral edge section, and the method includes evaluating a shape of a boundary part between a main surface on the surface side irradiated with the light of the semiconductor wafer to be evaluated and a chamfered surface adjacent to the main surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SUMCO CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Nagasawa, Yasuyuki Hashimoto, Hirotaka Kato
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Patent number: 11946758Abstract: A route selection device includes a processor configured to identify a position of a lane on which a vehicle is traveling; search for candidate partial routes leading from a current position of the vehicle to a waypoint on a route leading from a start point to a destination, the waypoint being located between the current position and the destination; determine a lane change location where a lane change will be made for each of the candidate partial routes found by searching; and select, as a partial route, a candidate partial route having a minimum total score regarding the lane change location from the candidate partial routes found by searching. The score is weighted depending on the position of the determined lane change location or whether a lane change at the lane change location can be controlled by a travel controller.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takao Kashu, Yasutaka Teramae, Hirotaka Kato, Shuichi Morimoto, Ryo Masutani, Ichi Gi
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Patent number: 11926917Abstract: There is provided a composite plating material and a related technique thereof, the composite plating material including: a base material, and a composite plating layer on the base material, the composite plating layer comprising a composite material containing carbon particles and Sb in an Ag layer, with a carbon content of 6.0 mass % or more and a Sb content of 0.5 mass % or more.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: DOWA METALTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukiya Kato, Hirotaka Kotani, Tatsuhiro Doi, Takao Tomiya, Hiroto Narieda
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Patent number: 11920255Abstract: There are provided a composite plated product wherein a composite plating film of a composite material containing carbon particles in a silver layer is formed on a base material and wherein the amount of the carbon particles dropped out of the composite plating film is small, and a method for producing the same. After a composite plating film of a composite material containing carbon particles in a silver layer is formed on a base material (of preferably copper or a copper alloy) by electroplating using a silver-plating solution to which the carbon particles are added, a treatment for removing part of the carbon particles on the surface thereof is carried out.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Dowa Metaltech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotaka Kotani, Yukiya Kato, Tatsuhiro Doi, Takao Tomiya, Hiroto Narieda
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Patent number: 11915843Abstract: A multicore cable includes a plurality of covered wires having a lubricant powder provided on surfaces thereof, and an outer sheath layer covering outer surfaces of the plurality of covered wires. The outer surfaces of the plurality of covered wires, and the outer sheath layer, make contact with one another via the lubricant powder. A coverage of the outer surfaces of the plurality of covered wires by the lubricant powder is greater than or equal to 15%.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka Kato, Jo Yagisawa, Takumi Ooshima, Takaya Kohori
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Publication number: 20240062929Abstract: A cable includes a core including a plurality of electrical wires and a first resin layer configured to cover the core. The plurality of electrical wires is twisted together. The first resin layer includes a resin material and a filler. The content of the filler in the first resin layer is 10% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less. The filler is a chemical substance produced from a biological material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Kenji HORI, Takumi OOSHIMA, Hirotaka KATO, Shunya TASHIRO, Wei FU
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Publication number: 20240025505Abstract: A screen is attached to the saddle riding vehicle to face forward with respect to the saddle-riding vehicle, and permits passage of incoming air while preventing passage of foreign objects. The screen includes: a plurality of vertical fins extending in a vertical direction and arranged next to one another in a vehicle widthwise direction; and a lower fin connecting lower ends of the vertical fins and inclined downward towards a front. A first vertical fin located in an outermost position has a lower portion extending in an inwardly inclined manner in the vehicle widthwise direction towards a lower end thereof, and a front end portion extending in a downwardly inclined manner towards an outer end of the lower fin in the vehicle widthwise direction. The lower end of the first vertical fin and the outer end of the lower fin are connected by a connecting part.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka KATO, Kohei AKITA
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Publication number: 20230245799Abstract: A multicore cable includes a plurality of covered wires having a lubricant powder provided on surfaces thereof, and an outer sheath layer covering outer surfaces of the plurality of covered wires. The outer surfaces of the plurality of covered wires, and the outer sheath layer, make contact with one another via the lubricant powder. A coverage of the outer surfaces of the plurality of covered wires by the lubricant powder is greater than or equal to 15%.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Hirotaka KATO, Jo YAGISAWA, Takumi OOSHIMA, Takaya KOHORI
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Publication number: 20230027968Abstract: A fixing structure of a wiring member includes: a wiring member including at least one wire-like transmission member; a joint member including an adhesive layer, a heat generation layer, and a joint layer; and an adherend to which the wiring member is fixed, wherein the heat generation layer is a layer which can generate heat by induction heating and is provided between the adhesive layer and the joint layer, the joint layer is a layer having bond properties when heat is transmitted from the heat generation layer at a time of induction heating, the adhesive layer is fixed to one of the wiring member and the adherend, and the joint layer is fixed to another one of the wiring member and the adherend.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka KATO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kosuke SONE, Hirokazu KOMORI
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Publication number: 20230024015Abstract: A fixing structure of a wiring member includes: a wiring member including at least one wire-like transmission member; a heat generation layer provided to surround a periphery of the wiring member; an adherend to which the wiring member is fixed; and a joint layer provided on at least a portion between the heat generation layer and the adherend and a portion between the heat generation layer and the wiring member, wherein the heat generation layer is a layer which can generate heat by induction heating, the joint layer is a layer having bond properties by heat transmitted from the heat generation layer at a time of induction heating, and is joined to the heat generation layer and at least one of the adherend and the wiring member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka KATO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kosuke SONE
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Publication number: 20220355749Abstract: A wire harness routing apparatus includes a case and a wire harness accommodated in the case. An axial portion is provided inside the case, and the wire harness is wound around the axial portion, and the wire harness includes at least one wire and a protective member that protects the wire. The protective member includes an insertion path through which the wire is inserted, and the insertion path is formed between a sheet-shaped base sheet and a sheet-shaped cover sheet that overlaps the base sheet, and the protective member includes joining portions where the base sheet and the cover sheet are joined together at both lateral edges of the insertion path.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Masami ONO, Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Hirotaka KATO, Nahoko FURUHATA
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Publication number: 20220352701Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring member equipped-adherend includes: a step (a) providing at least one heat generation body generating heat by induction heating between a wiring member including at least one wire-like transmission member and a fixation surface of an adherend; a step (b) providing a magnetic field generation source on a side of the adherend with respect to the wiring member; a step (c) generating a magnetic field fluctuating by the magnetic field generation source; a step (d) making the heat generation body generate heat by induction heating caused by the magnetic field fluctuating by the magnetic field generation source; and a step (e) fixing the wiring member to the fixation surface of the adherend by heat generation in the heat generation body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2020Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka KATO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kosuke SONE
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Publication number: 20220294198Abstract: A fixing structure of a wiring member includes: an electrical wire bundle; an exterior member externally mounted to the electrical wire bundle; and an adherend having a main surface as a flat surface, wherein the exterior member has an outer surface as a flat surface, and the outer surface and the main surface have surface contact with and are bonded to each other while the electrical wire bundle is disposed on the main surface of the adherend.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka KATO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kosuke SONE, Hirokazu KOMORI
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Publication number: 20220219628Abstract: Provided is a wire harness routing device that includes a rail in which an insertion hole through which a wire harness is to be inserted is formed, and a slider that performs a sliding movement together with the wire harness with respect to the rail, the wire harness routing device including a harness regulating portion that is arranged along the wire harness in the insertion hole, and is configured to regulate the movement of the wire harness in a direction different from a direction of performing the sliding movement, and move in the insertion hole accompanying the sliding movement of the slider.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Hirotaka KATO, Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Kazuyoshi OHARA
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Publication number: 20220169190Abstract: A technology disclosed in the present specification is a wire harness unit 10 attached to a case 60, the wire harness unit being configured to comprise: a wire harness 30 in which a plurality of coated wires 11 are fixed to a sheet-like base substrate 20; a pair of clamping parts that clamp and hold a marginal portion 34 different from a portion to which the plurality of coated wires 11 are fixed in the base substrate 20; and a protector 40 that has a fitting part which is fitted, in the right-left direction, to a part-to-be-fitted provided to the case 60 and locks with the part-to-be-fitted in the front-rear direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Hirotaka KATO, Satoshi YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220134975Abstract: The wire harness 11 disclosed by the present specification includes: a sheet-shaped base member 12; and a plurality of covered electric wires W fixed side by side along the base member 12, in which the transverse cross-sectional area of at least one of the plurality of covered electric wires W is different from the transverse cross-sectional area of another covered electric wire W, and the thickness of the covered electric wire W is substantially the same as the thickness of the covered electric wire W adjacent thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Hidetoshi ISHIDA, Yasuyuki OTSUKA, Toyoki FURUKAWA, Hayato OOI, Hirotaka KATO
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Publication number: 20220063657Abstract: A travel controller identifies a current lane on which a vehicle is traveling in a first lane zone traveled by the vehicle and including lanes, and detects a non-lane zone within a predetermined distance ahead of a current position of the vehicle. The non-lane zone lacks lanes and lies between the first lane zone and a second lane zone including fewer lanes than the first lane zone. Of the lanes included in the second lane zone, the travel controller identifies a lane having a start point whose distance from an end point of the current lane is the shortest, and preferentially selects, as a route in the non-lane zone, a route connecting the end point of the current lane and the start point of the lane identified in the second lane zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takao KASHU, Yasutaka TERAMAE, Hirotaka KATO, Ryo MASUTANI, Ichi GI
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Publication number: 20220063721Abstract: A travel controller detects a non-lane zone within a predetermined distance ahead of a current position of a vehicle. The non-lane zone lacks lanes. The travel controller controls travel of the vehicle in the non-lane zone so as to keep the position of the vehicle relative to the width of a whole road. When an expected position of the vehicle at the end of the non-lane zone straddles a lane line, the travel controller controls travel of the vehicle so as to move to a lane having a larger overlap with the vehicle, prior to control of travel of the vehicle to keep the position of the vehicle relative to the width of the whole road.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Takao Kashu, Yasutaka Teramae, Hirotaka Kato, Ryo Masutani, Ichi Gi
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Publication number: 20210403028Abstract: A route selection device includes a processor configured to identify a position of a lane on which a vehicle is traveling; search for candidate partial routes leading from a current position of the vehicle to a waypoint on a route leading from a start point to a destination, the waypoint being located between the current position and the destination; determine a lane change location where a lane change will be made for each of the candidate partial routes found by searching; and select, as a partial route, a candidate partial route having a minimum total score regarding the lane change location from the candidate partial routes found by searching. The score is weighted depending on the position of the determined lane change location or whether a lane change at the lane change location can be controlled by a travel controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takao KASHU, Yasutaka TERAMAE, Hirotaka KATO, Shuichi MORIMOTO, Ryo MASUTANI, Ichi GI