Patents by Inventor Junpei Ito

Junpei Ito 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: 20240235182
    Abstract: A fuse element of a SCP is reliably fusion-cut with a simple circuit configuration to interrupt an electric current. In a power supply equipped with a battery unit, a control circuit (7) is configured to control turning on and off of a switch (6) configured to connect the SCP (3) which is connected in series to a battery unit (1) and is configured to interrupt charge and discharge currents in an abnormal state. Battery unit 1 includes battery cells (2) connected in series to one another. The SCP (3) includes fuse element 4 connected in series to an output end of the battery unit (1), and a heater (5) configured to fusion-cut the fuse element (4). The switch (6) includes switching elements (10) each of which has one terminal connected to the heater (5) and another terminal connected to a corresponding one of different-voltage terminals (11) of the battery unit 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: KEITARO TANIGUCHI, JUNPEI ITO, ATSUSHI SUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240136808
    Abstract: A fuse element of a SCP is reliably fusion-cut with a simple circuit configuration to interrupt an electric current. In a power supply equipped with a battery unit, a control circuit (7) is configured to control turning on and off of a switch (6) configured to connect the SCP (3) which is connected in series to a battery unit (1) and is configured to interrupt charge and discharge currents in an abnormal state. Battery unit 1 includes battery cells (2) connected in series to one another. The SCP (3) includes fuse element 4 connected in series to an output end of the battery unit (1), and a heater (5) configured to fusion-cut the fuse element (4). The switch (6) includes switching elements (10) each of which has one terminal connected to the heater (5) and another terminal connected to a corresponding one of different-voltage terminals (11) of the battery unit 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: KEITARO TANIGUCHI, JUNPEI ITO, ATSUSHI SUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220352729
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a current detector configured to detect a charging current to secondary battery, a drive circuit configured to drives a charge switch based on the charging current detected by the current detector, a charge controller configured to control operation of the charge switch by the drive circuit, a monitoring unit configured to monitor operation of charge controller, and a judging unit configured to instruct, based on the charge controller and the monitoring unit, the charge switch to be able to or unable to operate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Suyama, Junpei Ito
  • Patent number: 9528844
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a three-dimensional map data storage unit for storing three-dimensional map data for use in projecting a three-dimensional space on a map onto a plane, a location information storage unit for storing location information including a type of geographical objects at points spaced at predetermined intervals on the map, a present position storage unit for storing a present position on the map, an operation input receiving unit for receiving an operation input, a collision determination unit for determining the possibility of occurrence of collision in a course from the present position to an end point, a correction unit for correcting the end point based on the determined possibility of occurrence of collision and shifting the present position to the corrected end point, and a drawing unit for drawing a three-dimensional image, the three-dimensional image produced by projecting onto the plane the three-dimensional space on the map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Asai, Junpei Ito, Takeki Osada, Satoshi Suzuno
  • Patent number: 9112244
    Abstract: In a battery pack (1),a current loop between the positive and negative electrode plates of an electrode assembly passes points P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8, P9, P10, P11, P12, P13 and P14 in this order. A line that connects P2 to P3 intersects a line that connects P11 to P12 in the part where the loop passes a sealing plate (12), which is arranged on the top of a battery unit (10). The loop can be divided into loop parts B1 and B2. The part B1 is formed on the exterior side of the battery unit, and extends from the intersection A through a circuit board (20) back to the intersection A. The part B2 is formed on the interior side of the battery unit relative to the intersection A. The current flows counterclockwise and clockwise in the parts B1 and B2, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Nishida, Masatsugu Naka, Takuya Hamada, Kazuyuki Kawakami, Hiroki Teraoka, Junpei Ito, Yasuhiro Kaizaki
  • Publication number: 20150066359
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a three-dimensional map data storage unit for storing three-dimensional map data for use in projecting a three-dimensional space on a map onto a plane, a location information storage unit for storing location information including a type of geographical objects at points spaced at predetermined intervals on the map, a present position storage unit for storing a present position on the map, an operation input receiving unit for receiving an operation input, a collision determination unit for determining the possibility of occurrence of collision in a course from the present position to an end point, a correction unit for correcting the end point based on the determined possibility of occurrence of collision and shifting the present position to the corrected end point, and a drawing unit for drawing a three-dimensional image, the three-dimensional image produced by projecting onto the plane the three-dimensional space on the map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi ASAI, Junpei ITO, Takeki OSADA, Satoshi SUZUNO
  • Patent number: 8903645
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a three-dimensional map data storage unit for storing three-dimensional map data for use in projecting a three-dimensional space on a map onto a plane, a location information storage unit for storing location information including a type of geographical objects at points spaced at predetermined intervals on the map, a present position storage unit for storing a present position on the map, an operation input receiving unit for receiving an operation input, a collision determination unit for determining the possibility of occurrence of collision in a course from the present position to an end point, a correction unit for correcting the end point based on the determined possibility of occurrence of collision and shifting the present position to the corrected end point, and a drawing unit for drawing a three-dimensional image, the three-dimensional image produced by projecting onto the plane the three-dimensional space on the map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Asai, Junpei Ito, Takeki Osada, Satoshi Suzuno
  • Publication number: 20140004390
    Abstract: In a battery pack (1), a current loop between the positive and negative electrode plates of an electrode assembly passes points P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8, P9, P10, P11, P12, P13 and P14 in this order. A line that connects P2 to P3 intersects a line that connects P11 to P12 in the part where the loop passes a sealing plate (12), which is arranged on the top of a battery unit (10). The loop can be divided into loop parts B1 and B2. The part B1 is formed on the exterior side of the battery unit, and extends from the intersection A through a circuit board (20) back to the intersection A. The part B2 is formed on the interior side of the battery unit relative to the intersection A. The current flows counterclockwise and clockwise in the parts B1 and B2, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Daisuke Nishida, Masatsugu Naka, Takuya Hamada, Kazuyuki Kawakami, Hiroki Teraoka, Junpei Ito, Yasuhiro Kaizaki
  • Patent number: 8326530
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a three-dimensional map data storage unit for storing three-dimensional map data for use in projecting a three-dimensional space on a map onto a plane, a location information storage unit for storing location information including a type of geographical objects at points spaced at predetermined intervals on the map represented by the three-dimensional map data with the location information in association with the respective point, a geographical object information storage unit for storing geographical object information, the geographical object information including a position of a geographical object on the map and display information relating to the geographic object, and a placement position setting unit for setting a display information placement position indicating a position of a sign pointing to the display information on the map based on the location information present within a predetermined area of the position of the geographical object indicated by the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporationj
    Inventors: Atsushi Asai, Junpei Ito
  • Patent number: 8115764
    Abstract: Map display systems, map data processing apparatuses, map display apparatuses, and map display methods for general navigation systems are provided. A map data processing section categorizes original three-dimensional map data into scene graph data representing a data structure of a three-dimensional map using a tree structure and rendering data for rendering an object included in the three-dimensional map and processes the scene graph data and the rendering data. A map data display section specifies a display area by referring to the scene graph data and reads and displays the rendering data in accordance with the specified display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kameda, Natsuo Koda, Junpei Ito, Hisanori Nagata
  • Patent number: 7982753
    Abstract: An information display apparatus connected to a display unit for visually presenting information to a user is disclosed. The information display apparatus displays a frame within a display region of the display unit, information to be displayed in the frame, and an operation guide at the outer peripheral edge of the frame, and updates information displayed in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Junpei Ito, Hiroki Kato
  • Patent number: 7944476
    Abstract: To enable a prompt switching operation by a user. An image processing device connected to an image capturing section has a process execution section for executing any of a plurality of processes, obtains area specification data for specifying an area where the user is shown in the image, based on a difference between the images sequentially captured by the image capturing section images, and switches a process to be carried out by the process execution section, depending on the position of an edge of the area specified by the area specification data obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Junpei Ito, Hiroki Kato
  • Patent number: 7609258
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus generating a three-dimensional map on the basis of three-dimensional map data includes rendering area acquiring means for acquiring a rendering area in which the three-dimensional map is generated with respect to a focal point; identifying means for identifying the three-dimensional map data in the rendering area, among the three-dimensional map data including rendering object data that concerns at least one rendering object and that is hierarchized into multiple groups in accordance with characteristics of the rendering object; rendering object data acquiring means for selecting a group on the basis of the distance from the focal point and acquiring the rendering object data in the selected group from the three-dimensional map data in the rendering area; and three-dimensional map generating means for rendering the rendering object on the basis of the rendering object data to generate the three-dimensional map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Suzuno, Shizue Okuda, Natsuo Koda, Junpei Ito
  • Publication number: 20080183383
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a three-dimensional map data storage unit for storing three-dimensional map data for use in projecting a three-dimensional space on a map onto a plane, a location information storage unit for storing location information including a type of geographical objects at points spaced at predetermined intervals on the map represented by the three-dimensional map data with the location information in association with the respective point, a geographical object information storage unit for storing geographical object information, the geographical object information including a position of a geographical object on the map and display information relating to the geographic object, and a placement position setting unit for setting a display information placement position indicating a position of a sign pointing to the display information on the map based on the location information present within a predetermined area of the position of the geographical object indicated by the
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Atsushi Asai, Junpei Ito
  • Publication number: 20080183382
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a three-dimensional map data storage unit for storing three-dimensional map data for use in projecting a three-dimensional space on a map onto a plane, a location information storage unit for storing location information including a type of geographical objects at points spaced at predetermined intervals on the map, a present position storage unit for storing a present position on the map, an operation input receiving unit for receiving an operation input, a collision determination unit for determining the possibility of occurrence of collision in a course from the present position to an end point, a correction unit for correcting the end point based on the determined possibility of occurrence of collision and shifting the present position to the corrected end point, and a drawing unit for drawing a three-dimensional image, the three-dimensional image produced by projecting onto the plane the three-dimensional space on the map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Atsushi ASAI, Junpei ITO, Takeki OSADA, Satoshi SUZUNO
  • Publication number: 20070296825
    Abstract: To enable a prompt switching operation by a user. An image processing device connected to an image capturing section has a process execution section for executing any of a plurality of processes, obtains area specification data for specifying an area where the user is shown in the image, based on a difference between the images sequentially captured by the image capturing section images, and switches a process to be carried out by the process execution section, depending on the position of an edge of the area specified by the area specification data obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Junpei ITO, Hiroki KATO
  • Publication number: 20070103461
    Abstract: Three-dimensional map data of drawing objects in respective division areas and distant view images in respective directions on map data, which are obtained when viewing is made from insides of the respective division areas, are held in a recording medium, three-dimensional map data of a drawing object for a near view positioned in a sight line direction at a point of interest is retrieved from the three-dimensional map data based on position information of the point of interest and sight line direction information, and is converted into a map image based on a perspective drawing method. A distant view image obtained in the sight line direction is retrieved from the distant view images held in the recording medium based on the position information of the point of interest and the sight line direction information, and the retrieved distant view image is overwritten with the map image for the near view to combine them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Suzuno, Shizue Okuda, Natsuo Koda, Junpei Ito
  • Publication number: 20070103480
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus generating a three-dimensional map on the basis of three-dimensional map data includes rendering area acquiring means for acquiring a rendering area in which the three-dimensional map is generated with respect to a focal point; identifying means for identifying the three-dimensional map data in the rendering area, among the three-dimensional map data including rendering object data that concerns at least one rendering object and that is hierarchized into multiple groups in accordance with characteristics of the rendering object; rendering object data acquiring means for selecting a group on the basis of the distance from the focal point and acquiring the rendering object data in the selected group from the three-dimensional map data in the rendering area; and three-dimensional map generating means for rendering the rendering object on the basis of the rendering object data to generate the three-dimensional map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Suzuno, Shizue Okuda, Natsuo Koda, Junpei Ito
  • Publication number: 20070097116
    Abstract: An information display apparatus connected to a display unit for visually presenting information to a user is disclosed. The information display apparatus displays a frame within a display region of the display unit, information to be displayed in the frame, and an operation guide at the outer peripheral edge of the frame, and updates information displayed in the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Junpei Ito, Hiroki Kato
  • Publication number: 20050035883
    Abstract: Map display systems, map data processing apparatuses, map display apparatuses, and map display methods for general navigation systems are provided. A map data processing section categorizes original three-dimensional map data into scene graph data representing a data structure of a three-dimensional map using a tree structure and rendering data for rendering an object included in the three-dimensional map and processes the scene graph data and the rendering data. A map data display section specifies a display area by referring to the scene graph data and reads and displays the rendering data in accordance with the specified display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Kenji Kameda, Natsuo Koda, Junpei Ito, Hisanori Nagata