Patents by Inventor Jiro Tsuchiya
Jiro Tsuchiya 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: 11021081Abstract: An occupant detection device includes: a face area detecting unit for executing a process of detecting a plurality of face areas corresponding to a plurality of faces in an image captured by a camera for capturing an image of a vehicle interior; a first determination unit for determining whether or not, among a plurality of seat areas corresponding to a plurality of seats in the captured image, there is a seat area including two or more face areas; a second determination unit for determining whether or not a duration time of a state where there is a seat area including two or more face areas has exceeded a reference time; and a warning output control unit for executing control for outputting a warning when the duration time exceeds the reference time.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Jiro Tsuchiya
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Publication number: 20200398699Abstract: An occupant detection device includes: a face area detecting unit for executing a process of detecting a plurality of face areas corresponding to a plurality of faces in an image captured by a camera for capturing an image of a vehicle interior; a first determination unit for determining whether or not, among a plurality of seat areas corresponding to a plurality of seats in the captured image, there is a seat area including two or more face areas; a second determination unit for determining whether or not a duration time of a state where there is a seat area including two or more face areas has exceeded a reference time; and a warning output control unit for executing control for outputting a warning when the duration time exceeds the reference time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2018Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Jiro TSUCHIYA
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Patent number: 9765166Abstract: The present invention provides a crosslinkable prepolymer which can be used to produce crosslinked polymeric materials (or contact lenses containing the same) having a high strength and excellent durability. The present invention relates to a polyvinyl alcohol-based prepolymer containing a unit having a pendant 1,2-diol containing group and a unit having a specific crosslinkable functional group, as well as a molding using the same.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2013Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignees: THE NIPPON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., NOVARTIS AGInventors: Mitsuo Shibutani, Masahiro Saito, Bernhard Seiferling, Jiro Tsuchiya, Hirohiko Miura, Yasuo Matsuzawa
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Publication number: 20160264701Abstract: The present invention provides a crosslinkable prepolymer which can be used to produce crosslinked polymeric materials (or contact lenses containing the same) having a high strength and excellent durability. The present invention relates to a polyvinyl alcohol-based prepolymer containing a unit having a pendant 1,2-diol containing group and a unit having a specific crosslinkable functional group, as well as a molding using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2013Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicants: THE NIPPON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., NOVARTIS AGInventors: Mitsuo SHIBUTANI, Masahiro SAITO, Bernhard SEIFERLING, Jiro TSUCHIYA, Hirohiko MIURA, Yasuo MATSUZAWA
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Patent number: 8604608Abstract: A semiconductor module is disclosed that includes a semiconductor element, a capacitor configured to be electrically connected to the semiconductor element and a heat sink, wherein the semiconductor and the capacitor are stacked with each other via the heat sink, and wherein the semiconductor element is disposed in a position overlapping with the capacitor as viewed from a stack direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2012Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jiro Tsuchiya, Torahiko Sasaki, Makoto Imai, Hideki Tojima, Tadakazu Harada, Tomoaki Mitsunaga
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Publication number: 20130009168Abstract: A semiconductor module is disclosed that includes a semiconductor element, a capacitor configured to be electrically connected to the semiconductor element and a heat sink, wherein the semiconductor and the capacitor are stacked with each other via the heat sink, and wherein the semiconductor element is disposed in a position overlapping with the capacitor as viewed from a stack direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jiro TSUCHIYA, Torahiko SASAKI, Makoto IMAI, Hideki TOJIMA, Tadakazu HARADA, Tomoaki MITSUNAGA
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Publication number: 20050039441Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust gas purifying apparatus comprising; a plasma-assist PM purifying reactor; a detecting device for detecting an amount of PM accumulated in the PM purifying reactor; a power supply for the PM purifying reactor; and a controlling device for controlling the power supply on the basis of signals from the detecting device. The controlling device controls the power supply to start supplying the electric power to the PM purifying reactor, or to increase the amount of electric power which is supplied to the PM purifying reactor, when the amount of accumulated PM detected by the detecting device exceeds a predetermined amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2004Publication date: February 24, 2005Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaru Kakinohana, Jiro Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 5936549Abstract: An obstacle detecting apparatus which detects the distance between an obstacle and a vehicle by two distance measuring sensors, comprising collision angle calculating device in which a plurality of positions of the obstacle is calculated by way of triangulation on the basis of the distance information from the two distance measuring sensors, and a collision angle, which is formed between the obstacle and the vehicle, is calculated by the locus of the obstacle which is calculated by the calculated plurality of positions of the obstacle.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1997Date of Patent: August 10, 1999Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Jiro Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 5702123Abstract: An air bag apparatus for a passenger seat includes: a first sensor for detecting an occupant seated in a passenger seat; a second sensor for detecting a state in which the occupant is approaching an instrument panel excluding a state in which the occupant put out his or her hand(s) on the instrument panel; and a deployment controller for changing the control of deployment of an air bag when the occupant is detected by the first sensor and the state in which the occupant is approaching the instrument panel is detected by the second sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1996Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Makoto Hamada, Hiromichi Fujishima, Masaaki Naito, Kazuya Sasaki, Jiro Tsuchiya, Tomoharu Maeda