Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Watanabe

Hirotaka Watanabe 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: 12217535
    Abstract: A biological information acquisition device includes a detection-value acquisition unit to acquire a detection value from a non-contact biometric sensor, a vital measurement unit to measure a vital sign of a target person (TP) using the detection value, an image-data acquisition unit to acquire image data indicating an image captured by a camera, an image processing unit to perform at least one of a state estimation process of estimating a state of the target person, an attribute estimation process of estimating an attribute of the target person, or a personal identification process of identifying the target person by performing image processing on the image captured including the target person, and a parameter setting unit to set a parameter in measuring the vital sign in accordance with a result of the image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Chihiro Kishi, Hirotaka Sakamoto, Atsushi Matsumoto, Shintaro Watanabe, Jun Ishii
  • Publication number: 20250036359
    Abstract: A data processing device including: a memory storing a plurality of values at a first time point, which include: values of state variables at the first time point and included in an evaluation function of a combinatorial optimization problem with a constraint condition; values of first local fields at the first time point and used to specify a change amount of values of the evaluation function by a change in the values of the state variables; and values of second local fields at the first time point and used to specify an amount to be added to the values of the evaluation function when the constraint condition is not satisfied; and a control circuit configured to return the plurality of state variables, the first local fields, and the second local fields to the values at the first time point when the determination circuit has determined not to accept the change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Fang YIN, Yasuhiro WATANABE, Hirotaka TAMURA
  • Patent number: 12202549
    Abstract: Instrument panel side parts are provided integrally with an instrument panel main body part. Vehicle-mounted components are housed in the instrument panel side parts. Thus, even in a vehicle in which an engine compartment is not provided on a vehicle front side in a vehicle cabin it is possible to ensure a housing space for these vehicle mounting parts. Further, the instrument panel side parts are provided integrally with the instrument panel main body part. Thus, compared to a case in which the instrument panel side parts are separated from the instrument panel main body part, a space around the driver's seat can be expanded by the reduced amount of dead space, and the comfortability of the driver can be ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Norimasa Koreishi, Jumpei Watanabe, Hirotaka Ishioka
  • Publication number: 20250016956
    Abstract: A refrigerant circulation device includes a primary flow path serving as a flow path of a primary refrigerant, a secondary flow path serving as a flow path of a secondary refrigerant, a heat exchanger connected to the primary flow path and the secondary flow path, a pump connected to the secondary flow path, and a housing including an accommodation region extending in a first direction and a second direction intersecting each other and having a dimension longer in the first direction than in the second direction. The housing accommodates the primary flow path, the secondary flow path, the heat exchanger, and the pump in the accommodation region. An entirety of the heat exchanger is positioned on one side in the second direction relative to the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Toshihiko TOKESHI, Takehito TAMAOKA, Shinsuke HAMANO, Taku MURAKAMI, Tomoaki ANDO, Hirotaka WATANABE, Naoya NONOMURA
  • Publication number: 20250003656
    Abstract: A coupling device includes a first connection portion, a second connection portion, a tube portion, and a sealing portion. The first connection portion is connectable to an external socket or plug, and includes a first flow path through which a fluid flows. The second connection portion includes a first inner surface defining a second flow path continuous with the first flow path, and a first outer surface positioned farther outward than the first inner surface. The tube portion includes an end portion to be inserted into the second connection portion, and a second inner surface positioned outside the first outer surface and defining a third flow path. The sealing portion is interposed between the first outer surface and the second inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Taku MURAKAMI, Hirotaka WATANABE, Naoya NONOMURA
  • Publication number: 20240334664
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a conductive panel including a first opening, a display to display an image, and an electrically insulating spacer fixed to the panel. The spacer supports the display at a position away from the first opening in an intersecting direction intersecting with the first opening, and electrically isolates the display from the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Shinsuke HAMANO, Tomoaki ANDO, Taku MURAKAMI, Hirotaka WATANABE, Naoya NONOMURA
  • Publication number: 20240309322
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing microglia, including: Step (S1) of inducing differentiation of hemangioblasts to obtain microglial progenitor cells; and Step (S2) of inducing differentiation of the microglial progenitor cells to obtain microglia, in which, in the step of obtaining microglial progenitor cells, expression of PU.1 transcription factor encoded by an exogenous gene is induced, and culture is carried out in the presence of FGF2, SCF, IL-3, IL-6, VEGF, and Wnt inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Iki SONN, Hideyuki OKANO, Hirotaka WATANABE, Satoru MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240172394
    Abstract: A refrigerant circulation device includes a housing including an opening, a protrusion protruding from the housing, and a pump movable in a first direction in an internal space of the housing through the opening and mounted at a mounting position on one side in the first direction relative to the opening. The pump includes a stopper movable between a first position that does not overlap with the protrusion and a second position that overlaps with the protrusion and is on one side in the first direction relative to the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Toshihiko TOKESHI, Shinsuke HAMANO, Tomoaki ANDO, Taku MURAKAMI, Hirotaka WATANABE, Naoya NONOMURA
  • Publication number: 20240128571
    Abstract: The battery pack includes a tray having a bottom wall, a cell module disposed on the tray and having at least one battery cell, a high voltage connection portion provided on the bottom surface of the cell module and electrically connected to the at least one battery cell, a high voltage busbar connected to the high voltage connection portion, and a water absorbing sheet disposed between the bottom wall of the tray and the bottom surface of the cell module. A first opening portion is defined in the water absorbing sheet at a position opposite the high voltage connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka WATANABE, Masahiro YAMADA, Akiya KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 11915496
    Abstract: A body information acquisition device includes: a skeleton point detection unit configured to detect a skeleton point of a person included in a captured image; a body information acquisition unit configured to acquire body information of the person based on detection of the skeleton point; and an imaging state determination unit configured to determine whether an imaging state of the person reflected in the captured image corresponds to a specific imaging state specified based on a predetermined evaluation index value, in which the body information acquisition unit does not acquire the body information based on the detection of the skeleton point when the imaging state corresponds to the specific imaging state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Godai Tanaka, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Hirotaka Watanabe, Takahisa Hayakawa, Kazumichi Hara
  • Publication number: 20230282917
    Abstract: A waterproof structure for a battery pack includes: a waterproof tray on which a battery module included in a battery pack is placed; and a waterproof cover that covers the battery pack. The waterproof tray includes a bottom portion including an edge and housing the battery module, and a side wall portion extending from the edge. The waterproof cover includes an edge. The edge is located outside the side wall portion in a bottom view of the waterproof structure for the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirotaka WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230059324
    Abstract: A battery pack according to a first aspect of the present disclosure is configured to be installed in a vehicle, and includes a battery stack including a plurality of battery modules stacked in a first direction, an air supply member of which a position with respect to the battery stack is fixed, and that defines an internal space extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction along a first side face of the battery stack, and a partition member that divides the internal space of the air supply member in the first direction, into a plurality of air supply passages configured to each extend in the second direction and be connected to a blower device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka WATANABE, Kenji BABA, Masahiro YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220284716
    Abstract: A body information acquisition device includes: a skeleton point detection unit configured to detect a skeleton point of a person included in a captured image; a body information acquisition unit configured to acquire body information of the person based on detection of the skeleton point; and an imaging state determination unit configured to determine whether an imaging state of the person reflected in the captured image corresponds to a specific imaging state specified based on a predetermined evaluation index value, in which the body information acquisition unit does not acquire the body information based on the detection of the skeleton point when the imaging state corresponds to the specific imaging state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Godai TANAKA, Yoshiaki TOMATSU, Hirotaka WATANABE, Takahisa HAYAKAWA, Kazumichi HARA
  • Patent number: 11239508
    Abstract: A battery pack includes: a cell stack; a first duct and a second duct configured to feed cooling air toward the cell stack; and a housing case. The first duct and the second duct extend in a first direction and are spaced apart from each other in a second direction, the first direction being parallel to a front-back direction of a vehicle in a mounted state in which the battery pack is mounted on the vehicle, the second direction being parallel to a width direction of the vehicle in the mounted state. The first duct is arranged on an outer side of the cell stack on one side in the second direction, and the second duct is arranged on an outer side of the cell stack on the other side in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuma Asakura, Shigeyuki Inoue, Hirotaka Watanabe, Yasuyuki Takei, Yusuke Kuruma
  • Patent number: 11199124
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a pump, a radiator, a flow rate adjustment valve, a bypass passage, and a controller. The flow rate adjustment valve includes a valve member that rotates to change an open degree of the flow rate adjustment valve and a valve member biasing component that biases the valve member in a valve-closing direction in which the open degree decreases. The valve member rotates in a valve-opening direction in which the open degree increases when a pressure difference increases between positions upstream and downstream of the valve member in a flow direction of coolant in the circulation circuit and rotate in the valve-closing direction when the pressure difference decreases. The controller increases the pump discharge amount as a target radiator flow rate that is a target of an amount of coolant passing through the radiator increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noboru Takagi, Hirokazu Kato, Rihito Kaneko, Naoto Hisaminato, Hirokazu Ando, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Hirotaka Watanabe, Masahiro Yoshida, Koji Nunami, Naoto Yumisashi, Masafumi Yoshida, Takahiko Aoyagi
  • Patent number: 11143327
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes a circulation circuit, a pump, a flow rate adjustment valve, and a controller. The flow rate adjustment valve includes a valve member that rotates to change an open degree of the flow rate adjustment valve and a stopper that moves between a restriction position and a retraction position. The controller is configured to execute, when maintaining the open degree of the flow rate adjustment, a preparatory process of moving the stopper to the restriction position after arranging the stopper at the retraction position and arranging the valve member further in the valve-closing direction than the stopper through control of the pump discharge amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noboru Takagi, Hirokazu Kato, Rihito Kaneko, Naoto Hisaminato, Hirokazu Ando, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Hirotaka Watanabe, Takahiko Aoyagi, Masahiro Yoshida, Koji Nunami, Naoto Yumisashi, Masafumi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11105992
    Abstract: Provided is an optical fiber ribbon and an optical fiber cable, which are adaptable to manufacture at a high velocity, in the intermittent connecting type optical fiber ribbon obtained by adhering and connecting adjacent colored optical fibers by intermittent connecting portions. In an optical fiber ribbon 2 of the present invention, since, in addition to polyol having a weight average molecular weight in a specific range, rheology control agent is contained in a specific range in a material forming an intermittent connecting portion 3, the Newtonian region between a low shear rate region and a high shear rate region of the material forming the intermittent connecting portion 3 can be adjusted. Thus, scattering of the material due to a centrifugal force generated by rotation of an application roll that applies the material at the time of manufacture and the like can be suppressed, and the application amount to colored optical fiber 1 can be stabilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Kenji Yokomizo, Tomohiro Ishimura, Hirotaka Watanabe, Yoshihiro Arashitani
  • Patent number: 10968791
    Abstract: A control device for an onboard engine is configured to control the oil discharge pressure of an oil pump and execute, when determining that there may be an abnormality in the control of the oil discharge pressure, a change process that increases the target discharge pressure to a value that is greater than that before it is determined that there may be an abnormality in the control. When a discharge pressure sensor value in a situation in which the discharge pressure is being controlled based on the target discharge pressure increased through execution of the change process does not become greater than or equal to a discharge pressure threshold, the control device sets an upper limit for the engine rotation speed and increases the upper limit as the discharge pressure sensor value increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Hosogi, Hisayuki Ito, Noboru Takagi, Kazuyoshi Shimatani, Takahiko Aoyagi, Masahiro Yoshida, Yoshinobu Uchiyama, Toshiki Sato, Hirotaka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10961898
    Abstract: A cooling device includes an inner passage, an outer passage, an engine-driven pump, an electromagnetic control valve, and a driving circuit that regulates current flowing through the electromagnetic control valve by activating and deactivating a switching element. A cooling controller for the cooling device includes a processing circuit configured to execute an operation process for operating, when the engine-driven pump is driven, the switching element by setting a duty cycle of an activation time to a switching cycle, which is a reciprocal of a switching frequency of the switching element, to be a larger value when a temperature of the internal combustion engine is low than when the temperature is high and a cycle varying process for setting a longer switching cycle when the temperature of the internal combustion engine is less than a preset temperature than when the temperature is greater than or equal to the preset temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Rihito Kaneko, Noboru Takagi, Naoto Hisaminato, Mitsuru Yamaguchi, Hirokazu Ando, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Takahiko Aoyagi, Hirotaka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10927748
    Abstract: A flow passage device includes a circulation flow passage, a swing valve provided in the circulation flow passage, an energizing part, and a lock mechanism including a lock pin. The lock pin is configured so as to hinder the swing valve from opening, and to allow the swing valve to open. The swing valve is configured so as to rotate from a first valve position to a second valve position. The lock mechanism is configured so as to set a locked state and to set an unlocked state. The lock pin is configured so as to protrude as being energized by pressure of the fluid on an upstream side of the swing valve, and to retract as being energized by pressure of the fluid on a downstream side of the swing valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi Yoshida, Naoto Yumisashi, Koji Nunami, Masahiro Yoshida, Hirotaka Watanabe, Takahiko Aoyagi, Noboru Takagi, Hirokazu Kato, Rihito Kaneko, Masaaki Yamaguchi