Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Tashiro
Hiroyuki Tashiro 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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Patent number: 11945923Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing an electrolytic capacitor, the method including the steps of preparing an anode foil that includes a dielectric layer, a cathode foil, and a fiber structure; preparing a conductive polymer dispersion liquid that contains a conductive polymer component and a dispersion medium; producing a separator by applying the conductive polymer dispersion liquid to the fiber structure and then removing at least a portion of the dispersion medium; and producing a capacitor element by sequentially stacking the anode foil, the separator, and the cathode foil. The dispersion medium contains water. The fiber structure contains a synthetic fiber in an amount of 50 mass % or more. The fiber structure has a density of 0.2 g/cm3 or more and less than 0.45 g/cm3.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Kubo, Hiroyuki Arima, Tomoyuki Tashiro, Kazuhiro Takatani, Kenta Chashiro, Shumpei Matsushita
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Patent number: 10578446Abstract: A route search apparatus configured to search a route from a set place of departure to a set destination comprises network data that includes nodes and links representing a road network, an average cost value indicating an average of travel time of each of the links, and a variance value indicating a degree of variance of the travel time, and a route searcher configured to determine the route from the place of departure to the destination as a recommended route, based on the average cost value, the variance value and a weight coefficient of the variance value.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2015Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignees: ZENRIN CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiko Masutani, Hiroyuki Tashiro, Tomoko Arita, Motohiro Nakamura, Tomoki Kodan, Atsushi Ikeno, Yoshitaka Kato, Sadahiro Koshiba, Kazuteru Maekawa, Koichi Ushida
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Publication number: 20200011685Abstract: Route search devices and programs obtain network data including nodes and links, and link information including (i) travel times for traveling a link included in the network data, the nodes and the links representing a road network, and (ii) for each entry link or each exit link, information that identifies a value representing statistical variation of travel times for the link, the entry link being a link entering a node at one end of the link, and the exit link being a link exiting from a node at another end of the link. The devices and programs search for a recommended route by taking into account (i) a travel time to a destination, based on the network data and the link information, and (ii) cost values identified based on a representative value of travel times for a link and a value representing statistical variation of the travel times.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sadahiro KOSHIBA, Kazuteru MAEKAWA, Koichi USHIDA, Hiroyuki TASHIRO, Tomohiko MASUTANI, Tomoko ARITA, Motohiro NAKAMURA, Atsushi IKENO, Yoshitaka KATO
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Patent number: 10495473Abstract: A route search apparatus comprises a road information storage part configured to store road information including link information comprised of single link information and composite link information; and a route searcher configured to search a recommended route between two different points using the link information. The single link information includes information regarding an approach link that is a link approaching to a node at one end of a target link, an exit link that is a link exiting from a node at the other end of the target link, and a cost of the target link for entering from the approach link and exiting to the exit link. The composite link information includes information regarding an approach link that is a link approaching to a node at one end of a target link array, an exit link that is a link exiting from a node at the other end of the target link array, and a cost of the target link array for entering from the approach link and exiting to the exit link.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignees: ZENRIN Co., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW Co., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Tashiro, Tomohiko Masutani, Yukiko Hiroo, Motohiro Nakamura, Tomoki Kodan, Atsushi Ikeno, Yoshitaka Kato, Sadahiro Koshiba, Kazuteru Maekawa, Koichi Ushida
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Patent number: 10151593Abstract: A travel time data processor extracts a link that is present in the neighborhood of a target link, as a reference link. The travel time data processor selects an identical time zone of the reference link that is identical with the time zone of the target link in which the number of sample data is less than a reference number, and searches for another time zone having similar statistical data to that of the selected time zone. The travel time data processor adds the number of sample data in a time zone of the target link corresponding to the searched another time zone of the reference link to the number of sample data in the time zone of the target link that is equal to or less than the reference number, and generates statistical data from the summed-up sample data.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Tashiro, Yume Hosoya, Motohiro Nakamura, Tomoki Kodan, Atsushi Ikeno, Yoshitaka Kato, Sadahiro Koshiba, Kazuteru Maekawa
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Patent number: 10145698Abstract: Route search systems, methods, and programs search for a recommended route using a cost value of a link or a node that constitutes a route. The systems, methods, and programs calculate the cost value of the link or the node on the basis of calculation material information that serves as a material for calculating the cost value, and specify a reliability degree of the calculated cost value of the link or the node on the basis of a number of pieces of the calculation material information used to calculate the cost value of the link or the node. The systems, methods, and programs correct the cost value of the link or the node, the reliability degree of which has been specified, on the basis of the specified reliability degree, and search for the recommended route using the corrected cost value.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Tanizaki, Toyoji Hiyokawa, Tatsuya Kato, Motohiro Nakamura, Kazunori Watanabe, Hiroyuki Tashiro, Kei Hiroo
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Patent number: 10132638Abstract: Route search systems, methods, and programs search for a recommended route for transfer with switching between a plurality of transportation modes. The systems, methods, and programs acquire link information for specifying a link for transfer by each of the plurality of transportation modes and connection information related to connection between links for transfer by different transportation modes, and set a condition for switching from a first transportation mode to a second transportation mode, which is different from the first transportation mode, on the basis of a combination of the first transportation mode and the second transportation mode. The systems, methods, and programs search for the recommended route for transfer with switching between the plurality of transportation modes on the basis of the link information, the connection information, and the set condition, the recommended route connecting links for transfer by different transportation modes.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya Kato, Daisuke Tanizaki, Toyoji Hiyokawa, Motohiro Nakamura, Kazunori Watanabe, Hiroyuki Tashiro, Tomoko Arita
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Patent number: 10027858Abstract: Disclosed is a camera device including: a camera body; a transparent lens cover configured to cover a lens portion of the camera body; and a guard member configured to protect the lens cover from external impact, in which a projecting part is formed in the guard member, and when the camera device is mounted on a target object, the camera device is in a first state in which the lens cover is disposed between the projecting part of the guard member and the target object, or is in a second state in which the projecting part of the guard member is disposed between the lens cover and the target object.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki Yoshikuni, Hiroyuki Tashiro, Masayoshi Kondou, Soichi Ikegami
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Publication number: 20180128629Abstract: A route search apparatus comprises a road information storage part configured to store road information including link information comprised of single link information and composite link information; and a route searcher configured to search a recommended route between two different points using the link information. The single link information includes information regarding an approach link that is a link approaching to a node at one end of a target link, an exit link that is a link exiting from a node at the other end of the target link, and a cost of the target link for entering from the approach link and exiting to the exit link. The composite link information includes information regarding an approach link that is a link approaching to a node at one end of a target link array, an exit link that is a link exiting from a node at the other end of the target link array, and a cost of the target link array for entering from the approach link and exiting to the exit link.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2018Publication date: May 10, 2018Applicants: Zenrin Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Tashiro, Tomohiko Masutani, Yukiko Hiroo, Motohiro Nakamura, Tomoki Kodan, Atsushi Ikeno, Yoshitaka Kato, Sadahiro Koshiba, Kazuteru Maekawa, Koichi Ushida
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Patent number: 9928736Abstract: There is provided a method of collecting probe information generated during travel of a vehicle, comprising: (a) receiving probe information including travel time information of a reference area, from a vehicle traveling a reference area that includes at least one of an intersection area that is an area from an approach to an intersection to an exit from the intersection and a road area that connects with the intersection area and is an area from the exit of the intersection to an approach of another intersection adjacent to the intersection in an exit direction; and (b) storing the received probe information.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignees: ZENRIN CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiko Masutani, Hiroyuki Tashiro, Yoichi Mori, Motohiro Nakamura, Tomoki Kodan, Atsushi Ikeno, Yoshitaka Kato, Sadahiro Koshiba, Kazuteru Maekawa
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Patent number: 9903729Abstract: A route search apparatus comprises a road information storage part configured to store road information including link information comprised of single link information and composite link information; and a route searcher configured to search a recommended route between two different points using the link information. The single link information includes information regarding an approach link that is a link approaching to a node at one end of a target link, an exit link that is a link exiting from a node at the other end of the target link, and a cost of the target link for entering from the approach link and exiting to the exit link. The composite link information includes information regarding an approach link that is a link approaching to a node at one end of a target link array, an exit link that is a link exiting from a node at the other end of the target link array, and a cost of the target link array for entering from the approach link and exiting to the exit link.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignees: ZENRIN Co., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW Co., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Tashiro, Tomohiko Masutani, Yukiko Hiroo, Motohiro Nakamura, Tomoki Kodan, Atsushi Ikeno, Yoshitaka Kato, Sadahiro Koshiba, Kazuteru Maekawa, Koichi Ushida
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Patent number: 9892636Abstract: There is provided a method of collecting probe information generated during travel of a vehicle, comprising: (a) receiving probe information including travel time information of a reference area, from a vehicle traveling a reference area that includes at least one of an intersection area that is an area from an approach to an intersection to an exit from the intersection and a road area that connects with the intersection area and is an area from the exit of the intersection to an approach of another intersection adjacent to the intersection in an exit direction; and (b) storing the received probe information.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignees: ZENRIN CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiko Masutani, Hiroyuki Tashiro, Yoichi Mori, Motohiro Nakamura, Tomoki Kodan, Atsushi Ikeno, Yoshitaka Kato, Sadahiro Koshiba, Kazuteru Maekawa
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Publication number: 20170350715Abstract: Route search systems, methods, and programs search for a recommended route using a cost value of a link or a node that constitutes a route. The systems, methods, and programs calculate the cost value of the link or the node on the basis of calculation material information that serves as a material for calculating the cost value, and specify a reliability degree of the calculated cost value of the link or the node on the basis of a number of pieces of the calculation material information used to calculate the cost value of the link or the node. The systems, methods, and programs correct the cost value of the link or the node, the reliability degree of which has been specified, on the basis of the specified reliability degree, and search for the recommended route using the corrected cost value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke TANIZAKI, Toyoji HIYOKAWA, Tatsuya KATO, Motohiro NAKAMURA, Kazunori WATANABE, Hiroyuki TASHIRO, Kei HIROO
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Publication number: 20170254655Abstract: Route search systems, methods, and programs search for a recommended route for transfer with switching between a plurality of transportation modes. The systems, methods, and programs acquire link information for specifying a link for transfer by each of the plurality of transportation modes and connection information related to connection between links for transfer by different transportation modes, and set a condition for switching from a first transportation mode to a second transportation mode, which is different from the first transportation mode, on the basis of a combination of the first transportation mode and the second transportation mode. The systems, methods, and programs search for the recommended route for transfer with switching between the plurality of transportation modes on the basis of the link information, the connection information, and the set condition, the recommended route connecting links for transfer by different transportation modes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya KATO, Daisuke TANIZAKI, Toyoji HIYOKAWA, Motohiro NAKAMURA, Kazunori WATANABE, Hiroyuki TASHIRO, Tomoko ARITA
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Publication number: 20170074670Abstract: A travel time data processor extracts a link that is present in the neighborhood of a target link, as a reference link. The travel time data processor selects an identical time zone of the reference link that is identical with the time zone of the target link in which the number of sample data is less than a reference number, and searches for another time zone having similar statistical data to that of the selected time zone. The travel time data processor adds the number of sample data in a time zone of the target link corresponding to the searched another time zone of the reference link to the number of sample data in the time zone of the target link that is equal to or less than the reference number, and generates statistical data from the summed-up sample data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki TASHIRO, Yume HOSOYA, Motohiro NAKAMURA, Tomoki KODAN, Atsushi IKENO, Yoshitaka KATO, Sadahiro KOSHIBA, Kazuteru MAEKAWA
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Publication number: 20170069200Abstract: There is provided a method of collecting probe information generated during travel of a vehicle, comprising: (a) receiving probe information including travel time information of a reference area, from a vehicle traveling a reference area that includes at least one of an intersection area that is an area from an approach to an intersection to an exit from the intersection and a road area that connects with the intersection area and is an area from the exit of the intersection to an approach of another intersection adjacent to the intersection in an exit direction; and (b) storing the received probe information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicants: ZENRIN Co., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISAN AW Co., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiko MASUTANI, Hiroyuki TASHIRO, Yoichi MORI, Motohiro NAKAMURA, Tomoki KODAN, Atsushi IKENO, Yoshitaka KATO, Sadahiro KOSHIBA, Kazuteru MAEKAWA
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Publication number: 20170010110Abstract: A route search apparatus comprises a road information storage part configured to store road information including link information comprised of single link information and composite link information; and a route searcher configured to search a recommended route between two different points using the link information. The single link information includes information regarding an approach link that is a link approaching to a node at one end of a target link, an exit link that is a link exiting from a node at the other end of the target link, and a cost of the target link for entering from the approach link and exiting to the exit link. The composite link information includes information regarding an approach link that is a link approaching to a node at one end of a target link array, an exit link that is a link exiting from a node at the other end of the target link array, and a cost of the target link array for entering from the approach link and exiting to the exit link.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicants: ZENRIN Co., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW Co., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki TASHIRO, Tomohiko MASUTANI, Yukiko HIROO, Motohiro NAKAMURA, Tomoki KODAN, Atsushi IKENO, Yoshitaka KATO, Sadahiro KOSHIBA, Kazuteru MAEKAWA, Koichi USHIDA
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Publication number: 20160363455Abstract: A route search apparatus configured to search a route from a set place of departure to a set destination comprises network data that includes nodes and links representing a road network, an average cost value indicating an average of travel time of each of the links, and a variance value indicating a degree of variance of the travel time, and a route searcher configured to determine the route from the place of departure to the destination as a recommended route, based on the average cost value, the variance value and a weight coefficient of the variance value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicants: ZENRIN CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiko MASUTANI, Hiroyuki TASHIRO, Tomoko ARITA, Motohiro NAKAMURA, Tomoki KODAN, Atsushi IKENO, Yoshitaka KATO, Sadahiro KOSHIBA, Kazuteru MAEKAWA, Koichi USHIDA
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Patent number: 9508257Abstract: An analyzer of the invention adequately analyzes a change in road network by using probe information generated with driving of a vehicle. This analyzer determines a traffic amount of vehicles passing through a specified section included in the road network from a plurality of the probe information accumulated over a predetermined period. The analyzer also determines a discontinuity rate, which is a rate of incidents that vehicle locations are discontinuous in the specified section, from the plurality of probe information accumulated over the predetermined period. The analyzer detects a change in the road network, based on a degree of change between traffic amounts in two different periods with respect to the specified section included in the road network and a degree of change between discontinuity rates in the two different periods. The detected change in the road network can be used for survey of the road network.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignees: ZENRIN CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Tashiro, Kei Hiroo, Yoshitaka Nishino, Tomoki Kodan, Motohiro Nakamura, Sadahiro Koshiba, Kazuteru Maekawa
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Patent number: 9430940Abstract: A regulation information analysis system determines transit regulations imposed on a target road or intersection to be analyzed based on probe information sent from a plurality of vehicles. An analysis terminal determines if transit regulations are in effect or not by detecting if the probe information indicating a transition that violates a method of transition to be analyzed, such as right/left turn prohibition is present at the target road or intersection. The analysis terminal determines, based on the geometric shape and the like of the target road or intersection, if there is an avoidance factor which a driver would desire to avoid transiting the target rode or intersection. The quantity of the probe information used for determining the presence or absence of the transit regulations is increased if the avoidance factor is found, whereby the determination accuracy is increased while the overall quantity of the probe information is suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignees: ZENRIN CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Tashiro, Kei Hiroo, Yoshitaka Nishino, Motohiro Nakamura, Kazunori Watanabe, Sadahiro Koshiba, Kazuteru Maekawa