Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kaku

Hiroyuki Kaku 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).

  • Publication number: 20220111765
    Abstract: To propose a new value for a seat, a seat system which can make notification of advertising information fit for an occupant seated on the seat with a sensor included therein is provided. The seat system includes: a seat which includes a seat body, and a sensor provided in the seat body and configured to acquire information for use in identifying a physical state of an occupant seated on the seat body; a server having pieces of advertising information stored therein; and a terminal capable of acquiring the information from the sensor and communicating with the server. The terminal or the server is configured to choose, based on the information or an evaluation value based on the information, a piece of advertising information related to the information or the evaluation value from among the pieces of advertising information, and notify the occupant of the piece of advertising information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAKU, Atsushi KUSANO, Satoru KANEDA, Satoshi SUZUKI, Munetaka KOWA, Yoshikazu ITO, Yasuharu OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20220111296
    Abstract: A seat system includes a seat including a sensor configured to acquire information for detection of a motion of an occupant seated on a seat body, a terminal device configured to acquire the information from the sensor, and a server capable of communicating with the terminal device. The terminal device executes a game using the sensor based on the information, and acquires an execution result corresponding to the occupant for a game played by the occupant. The server generates integrated data by integrating execution results of the game acquired from another terminal device, and computes a reference value for execution results of the game based on the integrated data. The terminal device or the server assigns a difficulty level of the game for the terminal device based on the execution result corresponding to the occupant and the reference value. The terminal device reflects the difficulty level on the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAKU, Hiroyuki NUMAJIRI, Takako MIYOSHI, Munetaka KOWA, Atsushi KUSANO, Ryuichiro HIROSE, Yoshikazu ITO, Yosuke HIGASHI, Satoshi SUZUKI, Ryosuke SATO, Satoru KANEDA
  • Publication number: 20220047197
    Abstract: Provided are a seat system and a computer program product by which an occupant seated on a seat can grasp his/her own reflexes or the like. The seat system includes a seat which includes a seat body, and a sensor configured to acquire information for use in detecting motion of an occupant seated on the seat body, and a terminal configured to acquire the information from the sensor. The terminal outputs an instruction to prompt the occupant to make a predetermined motion, makes a determination based on the information acquired from the sensor as to whether or not the occupant has made the predetermined motion, and notifies the occupant of a response time elapsed between outputting the instruction and making the predetermined motion, and/or a performance level evaluated based on the response time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAKU, Takako MIYOSHI, Ryosuke SATO, Yoshikazu ITO, Satoshi SUZUKI, Munetaka KOWA
  • Publication number: 20220024352
    Abstract: To provide a sensor unit that can be easily attached to and detached from a seat in which a seated occupant is seated, and a seat equipped with a sensor unit. A sensor unit includes a sensor module including a biological sensor that detects a biological signal of a seated occupant, and a wireless communication unit that is connected to the biological sensor to wirelessly transmit the detected biological signal to an outside; and a sensor holder that holds the sensor module. The sensor holder includes a seat attachment portion detachably attached to an attached portion that is provided in a front surface of a seat cushion at a position at which the seated occupant is abuttable against the attached portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAKU, Rvuichiro HlROSE, Atsushi KUSANO, Munetaka KOWA
  • Publication number: 20210237617
    Abstract: An in-seat experience system includes: a seat which includes a seat body, a sensor, and a seat controller allowed to acquire a measurement value from the sensor; an experience instruction device connected to the seat controller, configured to notify an occupant seated on the seat body a motion instruction and to store user identification information; and a server capable of communicating with the experience instruction device. The experience instruction device makes a determination based upon a measurement value of the sensor as to whether or not a first condition is satisfied, and to transmit a result of the determination to the server when at least the first condition is satisfied, and the server is allowed to increase a point score stored for the corresponding user identification information with a condition that the result of the determination that the first condition is satisfied is received from the experience instruction device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAKU, Satoru KANEDA, Munetaka KOWA, Hiroyuki NUMAJIRI, Satoshi FUJITA, Takako MIYOSHI, Atsushi KUSANO, Ryuichiro HIROSE, Yoshikazu ITO, Yousuke HIGASHI, Satoshi SUZUKI, Ryosuke SATO, Kento UETAKE
  • Publication number: 20210188131
    Abstract: In a physical state sharable seat, a sensor is configured to acquire a measurement value specific to a physical state of an occupant seated on the seat body; and a controller connected to the sensor and thereby allowed to acquire the measurement value from the sensor is configured to be capable of communicating with other equipment. The controller includes: an evaluation unit configured to compute an evaluation value on the physical state, based on the measurement value; an evaluation value presentation unit configured to present the evaluation value at a terminal to be used by the occupant; a shared data acquisition unit configured to acquire an other-occupant evaluation value that is an evaluation value on a physical state of another person, acquired either by the evaluation unit or from another physical state sharable seat; and a shared data presentation unit configured to present the other-occupant evaluation value at the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KAKU
  • Publication number: 20210178933
    Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises a frame member provided on a floor of a vehicle, a seat part such as a seat cushion detachably attached to the frame member, a mechanical connector device provided on the frame member and the seat part for detachably attaching the seat part to the frame member; and an electric connector device provided on the frame member and the seat part for electrically connecting an electric component provided on the seat part to an electric component provided on the frame member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Hitomi Kobayashi, Takako Miyoshi, Satoshi Fujita, Katsuhiko Abe, Hajime Yoshida, Takahiro Mitsui, Tomoyuki Kurimoto
  • Patent number: 10974619
    Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises a frame member provided on a floor of a vehicle, a seat part such as a seat cushion detachably attached to the frame member, a mechanical connector device provided on the frame member and the seat part for detachably attaching the seat part to the frame member; and an electric connector device provided on the frame member and the seat part for electrically connecting an electric component provided on the seat part to an electric component provided on the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Hitomi Kobayashi, Takako Miyoshi, Satoshi Fujita, Katsuhiko Abe, Hajime Yoshida, Takahiro Mitsui, Tomoyuki Kurimoto
  • Publication number: 20210078448
    Abstract: A seat includes a seat body and a sensor configured to acquired information on an occupant seated on the seat body. The seat includes a coating as a location marker that marks a location of the sensor to render the location visually recognizable from outside the seat body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAKU, Ryuichiro HIROSE, Hiroyuki NUMAJIRI, Satoshi FUJITA, Takako MIYOSHI, Munetaka KOWA, Atsushi KUSANO, Yoshikazu ITO, Yousuke HIGASHI, Satoshi SUZUKI, Ryosuke SATO, Kento UETAKE, Yasuharu OTSUKA, Satoru KANEDA
  • Patent number: 10940772
    Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises a frame member provided on a floor of a vehicle, a seat part such as a seat cushion detachably attached to the frame member, a mechanical connector device provided on the frame member and the seat part for detachably attaching the seat part to the frame member; and an electric connector device provided on the frame member and the seat part for electrically connecting an electric component provided on the seat part to an electric component provided on the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Hitomi Kobayashi, Takako Miyoshi, Satoshi Fujita, Katsuhiko Abe, Hajime Yoshida, Takahiro Mitsui, Tomoyuki Kurimoto
  • Publication number: 20210039537
    Abstract: Disclosed is a seat including: sensors which includes a first cushion sensor provided at a seat cushion in a position corresponding to buttocks of an occupant, a second cushion sensor provided at the seat cushion and located farther frontward than the first cushion sensor, a first back sensor provided at a seat back and located in a lower position thereof, and a second back sensor provided at the seat back and located above the first back sensor; and a controller connected to the sensors and thereby allowed to acquire pressure values from the respective sensors. The controller is configured to identify the motion of the occupant based on outputs of at least two sensors of the first cushion sensor, the second cushion sensor, the first back sensor, and the second back sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAKU, Atsushi KUSANO, Hiroyuki NUMAJIRI, Satoshi FUJITA, Takako MIYOSHI, Munetaka KOWA, Ryuichiro HIROSE, Yoshikazu ITO, Yosuke HIGASHI, Satoshi SUZUKI, Ryosuke SATO, Kento UETAKE, Yasuharu OTSUKA, Satoru KANEDA
  • Patent number: 10428882
    Abstract: A brake device comprises: an outer race having a cylindrical inner peripheral surface; a plurality of brake shoes disposed at a radially inner side of the outer race and arranged in a circumferential direction, each brake shoe having a pair of brake surfaces facing the inner peripheral surface and configured to be contactable with the inner peripheral surface and an inside surface facing radially inward; an output-side rotary member disposed at a radially inner side of the brake shoes, having an opposed surface provided at an outer periphery thereof and facing the inside surface; and an input-side rotary member configured to contact the brake shoes in the circumferential direction and thereby capable of imparting a rotary torque to the brake shoes. The brake shoe has a support surface disposed between the brake surfaces and configured to be contactable with the inner peripheral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kaku
  • Publication number: 20180281621
    Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises a frame member provided on a floor of a vehicle, a seat part such as a seat cushion detachably attached to the frame member, a mechanical connector device provided on the frame member and the seat part for detachably attaching the seat part to the frame member; and an electric connector device provided on the frame member and the seat part for electrically connecting an electric component provided on the seat part to an electric component provided on the frame member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Hitomi Kobayashi, Takako Miyoshi, Satoshi Fujita, Katsuhiko Abe, Hajime Yoshida, Takahiro Mitsui, Tomoyuki Kurimoto
  • Patent number: 9975515
    Abstract: A side airbag device includes: an inflator configured to inject gas into an airbag; a case including a mount wall for the inflator to be mounted thereto; an inflator anchoring member provided on a side of the mount wall opposite to an inflator side and attached to the inflator by a mounting member with the mount wall held between the inflator anchoring member and the inflator; an outer covering material configured to cover the case; a restriction member fixed at a position around a seam of the outer covering material and configured to restrict a direction of deployment of the airbag; and an engaging portion provided at an end portion of the restriction member and configured to engage with the case, the engaging portion being located in place at the case, to thereby be restricted in movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Hiroyuki Kaku, Ken Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20180094679
    Abstract: A brake device comprises: an outer race having a cylindrical inner peripheral surface; a plurality of brake shoes disposed at a radially inner side of the outer race and arranged in a circumferential direction, each brake shoe having a pair of brake surfaces facing the inner peripheral surface and configured to be contactable with the inner peripheral surface and an inside surface facing radially inward; an output-side rotary member disposed at a radially inner side of the brake shoes, having an opposed surface provided at an outer periphery thereof and facing the inside surface; and an input-side rotary member configured to contact the brake shoes in the circumferential direction and thereby capable of imparting a rotary torque to the brake shoes. The brake shoe has a support surface disposed between the brake surfaces and configured to be contactable with the inner peripheral surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KAKU
  • Patent number: 9884572
    Abstract: A braking device 3 includes an outer race 10, brake cams 20 each having a brake surface 21, and an output-side rotating member 30 disposed radially inward of the brake cams 20. The braking device 3 includes a spring 81 provided between at least one pair of brake cams 20 among three brake cams 20 so as to urge the pair of the brake cams 20 to be separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kaku
  • Patent number: 9599174
    Abstract: A brake device includes: an outer race having a cylindrical inner peripheral surface; at least two brake cams arranged inside the outer race in a circumferential direction, each brake cam having brake surfaces located at both ends in the circumferential direction of a side of the brake cam facing the outer race, each brake surface being contactable with the inner peripheral surface of the outer race; and an output-side rotary member arranged at radially inner sides of the respective brake cams, the output-side rotary member including contact portions contactable with surfaces of the brake cams facing the radially inner sides. Contact points at which the respective contact portions and the respective brake cams are contactable are on an axis-of-rotation side of a both-end reference plane (plane connecting outer ends of the respective brake surfaces located at the both ends of to corresponding brake cam), or on the both-end reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kaku
  • Publication number: 20160280099
    Abstract: A braking device 3 includes an outer race 10, brake cams 20 each having a brake surface 21, and an output-side rotating member 30 disposed radially inward of the brake cams 20. The braking device 3 includes a spring 81 provided between at least one pair of brake cams 20 among three brake cams 20 so as to urge the pair of the brake cams 20 to be separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KAKU
  • Patent number: 9360072
    Abstract: Provided is a brake mechanism including a brake-side outer race, a brake-side cam having an outer peripheral surface, a first movable piece disposed between the inner peripheral surface of the brake-side outer race and the outer peripheral surface of the brake-side cam, and a transmission member provided adjacent to the brake-side cam in an axial direction. The brake-side cam includes a plate-like main body and a first protrusion protruding from a side of the main body facing the transmission member. The first movable piece is disposed to have a portion thereof protruding beyond the side of the main body facing the transmission member. The transmission member is shaped like a flat plate, and includes a first opening configured to allow the first protrusion to be received and engaged therein and a second opening configured to allow the first movable piece to be received and engaged therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kaku
  • Patent number: 9352666
    Abstract: A vehicle seat with a height adjustable seat bottom, includes left and right side frames each including a main body portion extending in a front-rear direction and a mount portion for a seat back frame protruding from a rear portion of the main body portion, which side frames constitute left and right frames of the seat bottom, a height adjustment mechanism configured to allow the left and right side frames to be lifted and lowered, and an operation unit including an operation knob configured to be operated by an occupant to cause the height adjustment mechanism to be actuated which operation unit is fixed to one of the left and right side frames. The operation unit is so disposed that at least a part thereof lies over the mount portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Masaya Furuta, Hidetoshi Ozawa