Patents by Inventor Junji Inoue
Junji Inoue 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: 11939197Abstract: A forklift-truck remote operation system includes a forklift truck and a remote operation device. The forklift-truck remote operation system further includes: a camera mounted to the forklift truck and configured to capture an image of an area around the forklift truck; a display disposed in the remote operation device and configured to display the image captured by the camera; a pallet detector configured to perform image recognition processing of the image captured by the camera and detect a plurality of pallets; a display controller configured to control the display to display the image captured by the camera with an indication for pallet selection from the pallets detected by the pallet detector; and a travel controller configured to control the forklift truck to move to a position of the selected pallet.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Junji Inoue, Koji Hika, Hironobu Okamoto
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Patent number: 11932104Abstract: A fuel tank (10) includes: a lower panel (12) made of steel and an upper panel (11) made of steel; and at least one pillar (100) made of steel which is disposed in an interior space (V) formed by the lower panel (12) and the upper panel (11) facing each other and of which a first end portion is fixed to the lower panel (12) and a second end portion is fixed to the upper panel (11) in a state where the second end portion is disposed in a hole formed in the upper panel (11).Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Toshinori Mizuguchi, Masahiro Fuda, Akiyoshi Inoue, Junji Nakano, Yasuaki Naito
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Publication number: 20220363528Abstract: An operation assisting apparatus for a load handling vehicle conveying a load carried on a load handling apparatus includes a sensor, an object extraction unit configured to extract, as objects, a group of points representing parts of the objects from a result detected by the sensor in a coordinate system in a real space, a load handling space derivation unit configured to derive a load handling space occupied by the load during load handling work performed by the load handling apparatus in the coordinate system in the real space, a clearance derivation unit configured to derive a value of a clearance between the load handling space and an adjacent object adjacent to the load handling space, and an informing unit configured to inform an operator of the load handling vehicle of information about the value of the clearance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Hironobu OKAMOTO, Tomonori KAMIYA, Koji HIKA, Junji INOUE
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Patent number: 11451446Abstract: A system includes a device management apparatus. The device management apparatus includes: one or more memories; and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: store user group information that defines at least one user group, each user group being a group of one or more users; store device group definition information that defines at least one device group in association with at least one user group, each device group being a group of one or more network devices; store authority information of each device group associated with at least one user group; store association information that associates each of the network devices to be objects of management with at least one of the device groups; and determine whether to permit a user operation related to a network device belonging to a device group based on the authority information of each of the device groups.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: BUFFALO INC.Inventors: Atsuo Nakahata, Junji Inoue, Osamu Yamada
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Publication number: 20210171329Abstract: A forklift-truck remote operation system includes a forklift truck and a remote operation device. The forklift-truck remote operation system further includes: a camera mounted to the forklift truck and configured to capture an image of an area around the forklift truck; a display disposed in the remote operation device and configured to display the image captured by the camera; a pallet detector configured to perform image recognition processing of the image captured by the camera and detect a plurality of pallets; a display controller configured to control the display to display the image captured by the camera with an indication for pallet selection from the pallets detected by the pallet detector; and a travel controller configured to control the forklift truck to move to a position of the selected pallet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Junji INOUE, Koji HIKA, Hironobu OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20200244538Abstract: A system includes a device management apparatus. The device management apparatus includes: one or more memories; and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: store user group information that defines at least one user group, each user group being a group of one or more users; store device group definition information that defines at least one device group in association with at least one user group, each device group being a group of one or more network devices; store authority information of each device group associated with at least one user group; store association information that associates each of the network devices to be objects of management with at least one of the device groups; and determine whether to permit a user operation related to a network device belonging to a device group based on the authority information of each of the device groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: BUFFALO INC.Inventors: Atsuo NAKAHATA, Junji INOUE, Osamu YAMADA
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Patent number: 10688875Abstract: In response to a detection of a presence of a device to be charged, a power supply control section sets, to a specific pattern, a pattern of electric power to be transmitted from a power transmission unit. The device to be charged acquires the specific pattern from the received electric power. The power supply control section identifies a combination between the power transmission unit and the device to be charged based on correspondence between information about the specific pattern that has been set, and the received information about the specific pattern.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Iwai, Junji Inoue
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Patent number: 10141781Abstract: A contactless power transfer system includes a power transmission device and a power receiving device. A second electronic control unit of the power transmission device is configured to determine whether a series of manipulations including severing connection between the power transmission device and the power supply via the power supply cable, and then connecting the power transmission device with the power supply again via the power supply cable, are performed. The second electronic control unit is configured to send a predetermined signal to the power receiving device when the second electronic control unit determines that the series of manipulations are performed. A first electronic control unit of the power receiving device is configured to generate a command for start of power transmission to the power transmission device, irrespective of the time schedule, when the first electronic control unit receives the signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoya Katanoda, Junji Inoue, Yuki Tsunekawa, Yuji Abe
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Patent number: 9987935Abstract: A non-contact power transmitting/receiving system calculates a loss Plo as a power difference between a transmitted power Ptr of a power transmission unit of a power transmission device and a received power Pre of a power receiving unit of a power receiving device. The non-contact power transmitting/receiving system sets a smaller value to a target transmitted power Ptr* when the calculated loss Plo is greater than a reference value Ploref, than a value when the calculated loss Plo is equal to or less than the reference value Ploref, and controls a high-frequency power circuit with the set target transmitted power Ptr*.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Junji Inoue
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Publication number: 20170214275Abstract: A contactless power transfer system includes a power transmission device and a power receiving device. A second electronic control unit of the power transmission device is configured to determine whether a series of manipulations including severing connection between the power transmission device and the power supply via the power supply cable, and then connecting the power transmission device with the power supply again via the power supply cable, are performed. The second electronic control unit is configured to send a predetermined signal to the power receiving device when the second electronic control unit determines that the series of manipulations are performed. A first electronic control unit of the power receiving device is configured to generate a command for start of power transmission to the power transmission device, irrespective of the time schedule, when the first electronic control unit receives the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoya KATANODA, Junji INOUE, Yuki TSUNEKAWA, Yuji ABE
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Publication number: 20160297314Abstract: A plurality of power transmitters (31) in this non-contact charging system each supply electric power in a noncontact manner to devices to be charged (20). A communication section (12) is configured to be capable of acquiring information transmitted from each device to be charged. A power supply control section (11) controls, on a per-power-transmission-unit basis, the electric power to be transmitted by each power transmitter. The presence of a device to be charged is detected, and in response to the detection of the presence of the device to be charged, the power supply control section sets, to a specific pattern, the pattern of electric power to be transmitted from the power transmission unit. The specific pattern differs for every power transmission unit. The communication section receives information about a specific pattern as transmitted from the device to be charged. The device to be charged acquires the specific pattern from the received electric power.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2014Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi IWAI, Junji INOUE
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Patent number: 9377360Abstract: A device is provided with a measurement window, which is provided in a heat treat furnace and which permits direct visual observation of a surface to be measured of a heat-treated workpiece, and a temperature sensor, which is provided outside the measurement window and which is capable of carrying out noncontact measurement of the surface temperature of the surface to be measured through the measurement window. The temperature sensor has a measurement wavelength range in which the absorptivity by water is low (e.g., 1.95 ?m to 2.5 ?m). Further, the measurement window is composed of a window material having a high transmittance in the measurement wavelength range (e.g., germanium).Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2013Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignees: IHI Corporation, IHI Machinery and Furnace Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiko Katsumata, Junji Inoue, Takahisa Shimada, Shinya Kudo, Ami Ueda
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Publication number: 20160075240Abstract: A non-contact power transmitting/receiving system calculates a loss Plo as a power difference between a transmitted power Ptr of a power transmission unit of a power transmission device and a received power Pre of a power receiving unit of a power receiving device. The non-contact power transmitting/receiving system sets a smaller value to a target transmitted power Ptr* when the calculated loss Plo is greater than a reference value Ploref, than a value when the calculated loss Plo is equal to or less than the reference value Ploref, and controls a high-frequency power circuit with the set target transmitted power Ptr*.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventor: Junji INOUE
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Publication number: 20150165923Abstract: An in-vehicle communication device 2 broadcasts an inquiry signal while reducing the transmission output in stages, and when a response signal is received only from a single power feed device 9, automatically performs paring with a feeding-end communication device 10 that the power feed device 9 has.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Yuichi Hirayama, Koji Hika, Isami Kato, Junji Inoue
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Publication number: 20140044148Abstract: A device is provided with a measurement window, which is provided in a heat treat furnace and which permits direct visual observation of a surface to be measured of a heat-treated workpiece, and a temperature sensor, which is provided outside the measurement window and which is capable of carrying out noncontact measurement of the surface temperature of the surface to be measured through the measurement window. The temperature sensor has a measurement wavelength range in which the absorptivity by water is low (e.g., 1.95 ?m to 2.5 ?m). Further, the measurement window is composed of a window material having a high transmittance in the measurement wavelength range (e.g., germanium).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicants: IHI Machinery and Furnace Co., Ltd., IHI CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko KATSUMATA, Junji INOUE, Takahisa SHIMADA, Shinya KUDO, Ami UEDA
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Patent number: 7872435Abstract: A motor control apparatus provided with an inverter for successively commutating the current to a motor using a PWM signal; a PWM signal generating device for generating the PWM signal using a carrier signal; a rotational state quantity sensor for detecting a rotational state quantity; a phase difference detecting device for detecting the phase difference between the carrier signal and the rotational period based on the rotational state quantity; a frequency setting device for setting a frequency of the carrier signal to a value in accordance with a multiplier for one period in terms of electrical angle of the rotational period of the motor, when the rotational frequency is equal to or greater than a specified frequency and the phase difference is equal to or less than a specified value; and a synchronizing device for synchronizing a control period of the carrier signal to the rotational period.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2008Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuyuki Imai, Yoshinari Murayama, Junji Inoue
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Patent number: 7687962Abstract: In this stator, first and second U-phase loop windings and first and second W-phase loop windings are short-pitch wave windings, and the width in the circumferential direction of the slot between the U and V-phases in which the loop windings are disposed and the slot between the V and W-phases in which the loop windings are disposed is set to a value that is ½ the width in the circumferential direction of the slot between the W and U-phases in which the loop windings are disposed. The ratio of the first winding turns number of the loop windings and the second winding turns number of the loop windings is set so that when having added the induced voltages by the loop windings or having added the induced voltages by the loop windings in the slots, the phase difference of the induced voltages obtained by addition is 120 electrical degrees.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2006Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuyuki Imai, Tadanobu Takahashi, Shigeru Tajima, Junji Inoue
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Patent number: D658279Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2011Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignees: IHI Corporation, IHI Machinery and Furnace Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ami Ueda, Kazuhiko Katsumata, Junji Inoue, Takahisa Shimada, Shinya Kudo
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Patent number: D659230Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2011Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignees: IHI Corporation, IHI Machinery and Furnace Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ami Ueda, Kazuhiko Katsumata, Junji Inoue, Takahisa Shimada, Shinya Kudo
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Patent number: D659231Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2011Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignees: IHI Corporation, IHI Machinery and Furnace Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ami Ueda, Kazuhiko Katsumata, Junji Inoue, Takahisa Shimada, Shinya Kudo