Patents by Inventor Jun Goto
Jun Goto 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: 11900425Abstract: In an information providing device for providing information about a moving object which is used by a user by making an application for use thereof, the device includes a controller comprising at least one processor configured to execute: receiving a start and an end of the use of the moving object by the user through communication with a user device which is correlated with the user; and displaying information indicating that the moving object is available on a display unit which is provided by the moving object and which can be visually recognized from the outside of the moving object, in cases where the moving object is not being used.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyasu Hadano, Yusuke Kaneko, Jun Goto, Hiroko Tsujimura, Miho Otsuka, Hideo Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20230406105Abstract: In an in-vehicle terminal device that is able to perform communication with a server device, an identification information acquisition unit acquires identification information of a user who boards a vehicle. A communication unit transmits the identification information of the user to the server device and receives arrangement information of a plurality of display elements corresponding to the identification information of the user transmitted from the server device. A setting unit decides an arrangement of the display elements of the in-vehicle display according to an arrangement criterion based on vehicle type information of the vehicle using the arrangement information of the display elements corresponding to the identification information of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihiro OE, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Jun GOTO, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
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Patent number: 11816473Abstract: There are provided an updating method for in-vehicle software and an in-vehicle system for updating a software, the updating method including: securing one area in a memory on a zone control unit included in the in-vehicle system, the one area being capable of storing one update data for updating the zone control unit and lower control units which are an update object; repeatedly checking whether the update data exists in a predetermined software supply source; downloading the update data from the software supply source to store the update data in the one area, when the update data satisfying one download condition exists in the software supply source; and preferentially selecting the one update data with the highest priority from a plurality of update data to execute the downloading, when the plurality of update data satisfying the one download condition exist concurrently in the software supply source.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Jun Goto
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Patent number: 11809853Abstract: An in-vehicle software updating method includes: acquiring, after starting a software update, a voltage measurement value of an in-vehicle power source; and acquiring a progress rate in the software update in a case in which the voltage measurement value is equal to or less than a second threshold. In a case in which the progress rate is less than a set value, the software update is interrupted. In a case in which the progress rate is equal to or greater than the set value, an operation mode of the zone control unit is switched to a power saving mode, and a second predicted voltage value of the in-vehicle power source at the update completion time is calculated. The software update is continued in a case in which the second predicted voltage value is greater than a first threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Jun Goto
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Patent number: 11807097Abstract: In an in-vehicle terminal device that is able to perform communication with a server device, an identification information acquisition unit acquires identification information of a user who boards a vehicle. A communication unit transmits the identification information of the user to the server device and receives arrangement information of a plurality of display elements corresponding to the identification information of the user transmitted from the server device. A setting unit decides an arrangement of the display elements of the in-vehicle display according to an arrangement criterion based on vehicle type information of the vehicle using the arrangement information of the display elements corresponding to the identification information of the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihiro Oe, Kazuya Nishimura, Jun Goto, Hirofumi Kamimaru
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Patent number: 11584316Abstract: A communication system includes a host control device and a vicarious inputting and outputting unit that controls an electric device by communicating with the host control device. The vicarious inputting and outputting unit includes a standard board provided with a first control circuit which controls the electric device and at least one of an input circuit and an output circuit for a standard electric device. The first control circuit has an extension terminal for connection to an extension board provided with at least one of an input circuit and an output circuit for an extended electric device and is provided so as to be able to operate in response to respective specifications of plural kinds of extension terminals, and a specification of the extension terminal is set through communication with the host control device.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masashi Suzuki, Jun Goto, Hideo Takahashi, Sadaharu Okuda
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Publication number: 20230019219Abstract: An antenna device includes: a dielectric substrate having a feed line and a radiation unit provided on a first surface and having a ground conductor provided on a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a pair of second slits that is provided on a side of the radiation unit facing a side to which the feed line is connected and expands in directions away from each other toward the side to which the feed line is connected when the first surface is viewed from above.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Jun GOTO, Toru FUKASAWA
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Patent number: 11554342Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a filter which remove acidic gas in the atmosphere with high efficiency and has excellent water resistance. A filter comprising: an aluminium substrate; and an adsorption layer on a surface of the aluminium substrate, wherein the adsorption layer contains activated carbon, a manganese oxide, and an acrylic resin having a pH of 3.0 to 6.5.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignees: TOYOBO CO., LTD., TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Hidaka, Keiko Sakaguchi, Takuya Nakazawa, Kimiko Yoshida, Jun Goto
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Patent number: 11558968Abstract: An electronic unit includes a first board and a second board which are stacked on each other, a first connector mounted on a surface of the first board which faces the second board, and a second connector mounted on a surface of the second board which faces the first board. Each of the first connector and the second connector has a fitting portion and a lock portion configured to lock a fitting of the fitting portion. The fitting portion and the lock portion of the first connector are provided between the first board and the second board in a stack direction in which the first board and the second board are stacked. The fitting portion and the lock portion of the second connector are provided between the first board and the second board in the stack direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masashi Suzuki, Jun Goto
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Publication number: 20220407253Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal part including a terminal fitting and a housing; and a first end part and a second end part configured to be arranged on the substrate in an arrangement direction. The terminal part includes a first locking portion provided in the housing and configured to be locked to adjacent parts on both sides in the arrangement direction. Each of the first end part and the second end part includes: a fixing portion configured to be fixed to the substrate; and a second locking portion configured to be locked to the first locking portion of an adjacent terminal part in the arrangement direction. The first end part, the terminal part, and the second end part are connected while being arranged in this order on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventor: Jun GOTO
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Publication number: 20220330025Abstract: An in-vehicle system includes a zone control unit and lower-level control units. The zone control unit includes: a power supply control unit configured to control power supply to each of the lower-level control units; a communication control unit configured to control communication with each of the lower-level control units; and an abnormality detection unit configured to detect presence or absence of an abnormality in each of the lower-level control units. In a case in which an abnormality for two or more of elements including a power supply current value, a communication response time, and a MAC address is detected in at least one of the lower-level control units, the abnormality detection unit is configured to recognize that the at least one of the lower-level control units is an unauthorized device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventor: Jun Goto
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Publication number: 20220326936Abstract: There are provided an updating method for in-vehicle software and an in-vehicle system for updating a software, the updating method including: securing one area in a memory on a zone control unit included in the in-vehicle system, the one area being capable of storing one update data for updating the zone control unit and lower control units which are an update object; repeatedly checking whether the update data exists in a predetermined software supply source; downloading the update data from the software supply source to store the update data in the one area, when the update data satisfying one download condition exists in the software supply source; and preferentially selecting the one update data with the highest priority from a plurality of update data to execute the downloading, when the plurality of update data satisfying the one download condition exist concurrently in the software supply source.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventor: Jun Goto
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Publication number: 20220326934Abstract: An in-vehicle software updating method includes: acquiring, after starting a software update, a voltage measurement value of an in-vehicle power source; and acquiring a progress rate in the software update in a case in which the voltage measurement value is equal to or less than a second threshold. In a case in which the progress rate is less than a set value, the software update is interrupted. In a case in which the progress rate is equal to or greater than the set value, an operation mode of the zone control unit is switched to a power saving mode, and a second predicted voltage value of the in-vehicle power source at the update completion time is calculated. The software update is continued in a case in which the second predicted voltage value is greater than a first threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventor: Jun Goto
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Patent number: 11463010Abstract: A switching module includes a switching unit and a determination unit configured to determine a function of the switching unit and an ON/OFF state of the switching unit. The switching unit is provided with a plurality of function determination resistors. The determination unit is configured to determine the function of the switching unit according to a combination of voltages applied to the plurality of function determination resistors corresponding to resistor values of the plurality of function determination resistors.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Jun Goto
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Patent number: 11461730Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an in-vehicle device, an arrival notification system and an arrival notification method which can enable an arrival of the vehicle to be easily recognized by a user. The objective is achieved by causing a notification device with a communication function to generate a notification sound when the vehicle arrives at a delivery target, which can enable an arrival of the vehicle to be easily recognized by the user. I.e., this can cause the notification device to generate the notification sound more easily and it can be recognized by users more easily than an arrival notification method by merely sending an electronic mail.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Jun Goto
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Publication number: 20220299799Abstract: A dimming glass control device for a dimming glass including dimming films arranged in different regions of a window glass for a vehicle, wherein the dimming films have transmittances of light which are changed depending on application of an AC voltage, the dimming glass control device comprising: a voltage applying section for changing the transmittances by application and non-application of the AC voltage to each of the dimming films; and a control section configured to, upon designation of one dimming pattern of dimming patterns, control the voltage applying section so as to apply the AC voltage to one or more of the dimming films associated with the one dimming pattern which has been designated, wherein the dimming patterns differ from each other in a number of dimming films and/or a position of a dimming film in the dimming glass to which the AC voltage is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Kenichi KATSUMATA, Jun GOTO
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Patent number: 11437734Abstract: This antenna device is provided with: a ground; strip lines that extend from positions facing each other with respect to the width direction of the ground; a plurality of slots which is provided to the ground and which intersects with straight lines along the strip lines; and branch lines which intersect with the slots that are positioned to face the branch lines in a back surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Jun Goto, Takashi Maruyama, Toru Fukasawa
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Patent number: 11397280Abstract: An information processing system includes: a plurality of vehicles; and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles, wherein each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to detect wind information by using a wind detection device mounted on each of the plurality of vehicles, and send probe data to the server, the probe data including the wind information and position information on each of the plurality of vehicles at a time when the wind information was detected, and the server is configured to store the probe data received from the plurality of vehicles in a database, and provide information to a client by using the probe data stored in the database.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe, Jun Goto, Hirofumi Kamimaru
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Patent number: 11336810Abstract: A moving object includes: a holder configured to hold a mobile terminal provided with an image pick-up unit; and a controller comprising at least one processor configured to execute enabling the moving object to be used in cases where user authentication is succeeded by carrying out user authentication between the mobile terminal and the controller, instructing the mobile terminal to pick up an image in a repeated manner by using the image pick-up unit during use of the moving object, and transmitting the image obtained from the mobile terminal to an external server.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyasu Hadano, Yusuke Kaneko, Jun Goto, Hiroko Tsujimura, Miho Otsuka, Hideo Hasegawa
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Patent number: D956729Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Jun Goto, Toru Fukasawa