Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Takahashi

Hirotaka Takahashi 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).

  • Patent number: 8683855
    Abstract: A competence diagnosis system for a urea water temperature sensor that can limit a diagnosis during a cold start. The system includes a cold start condition determination unit that obtains a difference between an engine cooling water temperature and an ambient temperature, a difference between an engine cooling water temperature and a fuel temperature, and a difference between an ambient temperature and a fuel temperature by using an engine cooling water temperature, an ambient temperature, and a fuel temperature measured immediately after engine starting, and allows a diagnosis by the competence diagnosis unit when the temperature differences are less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Yoshinori Hamaguchi, Takanobu Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20130311236
    Abstract: Energy demand in an entire community including multiple demanders is properly predicted and energy consumption thereof is properly controlled. Every day, some demanders are selected from the community and a request to adjust energy consumption for the following day is sent to the selected demanders. To decide a content of the request, energy demand for the following day is predicted. In this case, demanders which did not receive a request on past days are specified, and demand in the community for the following day is predicted based on the actual energy consumption by those demanders on the past days.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Yasushi Tomita, Hideyuki Kawamura, Jumpei Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20130289785
    Abstract: A power demand regulating apparatus is provided which can efficiently achieve the purpose of peak shift in a power system and which can reduce the total incentive which an operator of a demand regulation server distributes to consumers having cooperated with a request for regulating an amount of energy to be used. A demand regulation server (0101) is provided with a cooperation level determining function (0111) of calculating a cooperation level which is obtained by quantifying the height of a cooperation sense of a consumer with a request for regulating an amount of energy to be used. The operator of the demand regulation server observes consumers or consumer appliances responding to the request for regulating an amount of energy to be used on the basis of the magnitude of the cooperation level and transmits the request to only the consumers or the consumer appliances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Yasushi Tomita, Hideyuki Kawamura, Jumpei Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20130104638
    Abstract: A NOx sensor diagnosis device which can diagnose validity of a NOx sensor by considering an environmental condition and can prevent erroneous diagnosis, and a selective catalytic reduction system are provided. The device provided in an exhaust pipe of an engine E and diagnosing a NOx sensor that detects NOx concentration in an exhaust gas, a diagnosis prohibition determination unit is provided that prohibits diagnosis of the NOx sensor during diesel particulate filter regeneration, during power take-off operation or during exhaust brake operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Masashi Mizutani, Takanobu Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8418798
    Abstract: In a work vehicle, a controller controls the displacement of a hydraulic motor by electronically controlling a motor displacement control part. When an inching operation member is being operated, the controller performs inching control for setting the minimum displacement of the hydraulic motor to a greater value in correspondence with a lower pilot pressure detected by a pilot pressure detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Mori, Hirotaka Takahashi, Toru Shiina, Masanori Ikari, Atsushi Shirao
  • Publication number: 20130064716
    Abstract: A selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system that can detect whether or not a float is stuck even where a water level sensor that detects a liquid level in a stepwise manner is used, including: an urea injection quantity integrating unit that integrates an injected quantity of urea to calculate an urea injection quantity integrated value; an integrated value resetting unit that, if a detected value from detection means changes, resets the urea injection quantity integrated value; and an abnormality determination unit that, if the urea injection quantity integrated value exceeds a predetermined threshold value for determination, determines a level sensor as having an abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukuoka, Hirotaka Takahashi, Tomoo Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20130055803
    Abstract: A competence diagnosis system for a urea water temperature sensor that can prevent a misdiagnosis when urea water is replenished in a urea tank. The system includes a urea water level condition determination unit that stores a urea water level, which is measured by a level sensor provided in the urea tank, in a storage unit immediately before key-off, obtains a level difference between the urea water level stored in the storage unit and a current urea water level after key-on, and allows a diagnosis by the competence diagnosis unit through temperature comparison when the level difference is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Yoshinori Hamaguchi, Masashi Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20130060486
    Abstract: An NOx sensor diagnosis apparatus, which diagnoses an NOx sensor provided in an exhaust pipe to detect a concentration of NOx in exhaust gas, includes a calculation value operating unit to acquire a calculation value of the concentration of NOx in the exhaust gas based on an actuation state of an engine, an error determining unit to determine that the sensor is erroneous when a difference between the calculation value and the detection value of the concentration of NOx detected by the sensor is larger than a determination threshold value, and a determination threshold value setting unit to set the determination threshold value based on a temperature of water for cooling the engine, an atmospheric pressure, and an outdoor temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Masashi Mizutani, Takanobu Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20130055802
    Abstract: A competence diagnosis system for a urea water temperature sensor that can limit a diagnosis during a cold start. The system includes a cold start condition determination unit that obtains a difference between an engine cooling water temperature and an ambient temperature, a difference between an engine cooling water temperature and a fuel temperature, and a difference between an ambient temperature and a fuel temperature by using an engine cooling water temperature, an ambient temperature, and a fuel temperature measured immediately after engine starting, and allows a diagnosis by the competence diagnosis unit when the temperature differences are less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Yoshinori Hamaguchi, Takanobu Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20130054040
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a load leveling system of a power system capable of attaining load leveling in a distribution substation unit and a method thereof. Disclosed is a load leveling system of a power system with a controller having a major customer and lower transforming apparatus, and with a customer connected to the lower transforming apparatus via a low-voltage line. The system also has a communication unit between the customer and its own system, and control use time zones of devices within the customer; an electric demand prediction unit, and a first load leveling processing unit. By employing such an arranged system, it becomes possible to provide a load leveling system of a power system capable of realizing load leveling of both a distribution substation unit and a pole transformer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicants: Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Yasushi Tomita, Takashi Oda, Eri Isozaki, Tsukasa Onishi, Kazuhiro Horikoshi, Katsuhiro Matsuda
  • Patent number: 8342284
    Abstract: In a work vehicle, a cutoff-pressure-setting part sets cutoff pressure at a predetermined first pressure value when vehicle speed is greater than a predetermined first speed threshold, and at a second pressure value greater than the first pressure value when vehicle speed is equal to or less than a second speed threshold less than the first speed threshold. When the vehicle is moving forward and the forward/backward switch lever is in forward motion position, or when the vehicle is moving backward and the forward/backward switch lever is in backward motion position, the second speed threshold is set to a predetermined first value. When the vehicle is moving forward and the forward/backward switch lever is in backward motion position or when the vehicle is moving backward and the forward/backward switch lever is in forward motion position, the second speed threshold is set to a second value lower than the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Toru Shiina
  • Publication number: 20120304744
    Abstract: A urea quality diagnosis system capable of accurately diagnosing a quality of an aqueous urea solution in a urea tank. A concentration and a level L of an aqueous urea solution inside a urea tank 16 are detected, and the quality of the aqueous urea solution is diagnosed based on a detected value of the concentration of the aqueous urea solution when the level L is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Takeshi Fukuoka, Tomoyuki Itou, Yasuo Okamoto, Tatsuo Mashiko
  • Patent number: 8286748
    Abstract: In the work vehicle, a controller is configured to control a motor displacement control part via feedback control so that the driving hydraulic pressure detected by a driving hydraulic pressure detector approaches a predetermined target driving hydraulic pressure. The controller is configured to perform low temperature motor displacement limitation control, which reduces the maximum displacement of a hydraulic motor, when the temperature of the hydraulic fluid detected by the fluid temperature detector is lower than a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Toru Shiina
  • Publication number: 20120216148
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit that displays a list screen of thumbnails associated with content, an execution unit that executes any application using the content associated with the thumbnails, and an image generation unit that generates an execution state image showing an execution state of the application by the execution unit, wherein the display control unit displays the execution state image generated by the image generation unit in at least a portion of an area where the list screen is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Kenji Ozawa, Maki Yamamoto, Pieter Coenen
  • Patent number: 8209722
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a program information display controller configured to display recommendation information which relates to a recorded program, which is obtained in advance, and which is introduced in the program, and configured to display, when the recommendation information is searchable by web searching, a notification describing that the recommendation information is searchable by the web searching along with the recommendation information, and a search display controller configured to determine at least one search site in accordance with a type of the recommendation information when a user selects the searchable recommendation information and display a search dialog including the determined at least one search site as at least one candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagatani, Yuki Murata, Kenji Ozawa, Maki Kato, Hirotaka Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20120152642
    Abstract: In the work vehicle, a controller is configured to control a motor displacement control part via feedback control so that the driving hydraulic pressure detected by a driving hydraulic pressure detector approaches a predetermined target driving hydraulic pressure. The controller is configured to perform low temperature motor displacement limitation control, which reduces the maximum displacement of a hydraulic motor, when the temperature of the hydraulic fluid detected by the fluid temperature detector is lower than a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Toru Shiina
  • Publication number: 20120152641
    Abstract: In a work vehicle, a cutoff-pressure-setting part sets cutoff pressure at a predetermined first pressure value when vehicle speed is greater than a predetermined first speed threshold, and at a second pressure value greater than the first pressure value when vehicle speed is equal to or less than a second speed threshold less than the first speed threshold. When the vehicle is moving forward and the forward/backward switch lever is in forward motion position, or when he vehicle is moving backward and the forward/backward switch lever is in backward motion position, the second speed threshold is set to a predetermined first value. When the vehicle is moving forward and the forward/backward switch lever is in backward motion position or when the vehicle is moving backward and the forward/backward switch lever is in forward motion position, the second speed threshold is set to a second value lower than the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Toru Shiina
  • Publication number: 20120152640
    Abstract: In a work vehicle, a controller controls the displacement of a hydraulic motor by electronically controlling a motor displacement control part. When an inching operation member is being operated, the controller performs inching control for setting the minimum displacement of the hydraulic motor to a greater value in correspondence with a lower pilot pressure detected by a pilot pressure detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Mori, Hirotaka Takahashi, Toru Shiina, Masanori Ikari, Atsushi Shirao
  • Patent number: 8191014
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit that displays a list screen of thumbnails associated with content, an execution unit that executes any application using the content associated with the thumbnails, and an image generation unit that generates an execution state image showing an execution state of the application by the execution unit, wherein the display control unit displays the execution state image generated by the image generation unit in at least a portion of an area where the list screen is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Kenji Ozawa, Maki Yamamoto, Pieter Coenen
  • Patent number: 8180557
    Abstract: A traffic state predicting apparatus, which predicts congestion states of parts of a link based on limited information (the travel time for the link), comprises storage means that stores link data including a link length of each link forming part of a road on a map and parameters including, for each link, a smooth traffic speed indicting being smooth, a congested traffic speed indicating being congested, and a congestion reference position which is a reference position for a congested section; means that acquires a predicted travel time for the link; and congestion degree classified section calculating means that obtains sections classified according to their level of congestion in the link with use of the predicted travel time and the parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Xanavi Informatics Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Yamane, Hirotaka Takahashi, Mariko Okude