Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Hara
Kazuhiro Hara 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: 6923279Abstract: In a power supply apparatus for a vehicle, an inverter circuit inputs a voltage from a first battery unit through switches. A smoothing condenser is provided between the first battery unit and the inverter circuit in parallel. A DC-DC converter is provided between the smoothing condenser and a second battery unit to voltage-convert electric energy stored in the first battery unit or the smoothing condenser to supply to the second battery unit, and to voltage-convert electric energy stored in the second battery unit to supply to the smoothing condenser. An electronic control unit controls the DC-DC converter before starting power supply to the inverter circuit, such that the switches are closed after the smoothing condenser is charged to a voltage within a predetermined permission voltage range from the voltage of the first battery unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2002Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Iwao Shimane, Mitsuteru Yano, Kazuhiro Hara, Masanobu Asakawa, Noriyuki Abe
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Publication number: 20050081238Abstract: A broadcasting station server distributes a video program and calculates a viewing time of each viewer who is viewing the video program. When the video program is finished, the broadcasting station server sends the user ID of the viewer who has viewed the video program and the viewing time thereof as viewing information through the Internet to a data center. The data center selects the user ID of a viewer whose viewing time of the video program is longer than a predetermined time from the received viewing information, and distributes advertisement information corresponding to the video program, together with a reception acknowledgment added thereto, to a mail address corresponding to the selected user ID. If the reception acknowledgment is not returned from the recipient of the advertisement information, the data center keeps on sending the advertisement information at predetermined time intervals until the reception acknowledgment is returned.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2004Publication date: April 14, 2005Inventor: Kazuhiro Hara
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Publication number: 20050038576Abstract: In a control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle which is able to travel under the driving force from at least one of an internal-combustion engine E and a drive motor connected to the internal-combustion engine, when an FI/AT/MGECU and a MOTECU execute motor damping which generates a torque for suppressing the torque vibration of the internal-combustion engine, in the motor M, the MOTECU corrects a motor torque calculating battery terminal current value obtained by multiplying an input-output current ABAT of the battery, by an offset value corresponding to the motor damping, and executes zero power control based on the corrected motor torque calculating battery current value. As a result, the input and output power of the power storage unit are accurately balanced and overcharge or overdischarge of the battery based on the input-output current ABAT of the battery including errors due to the damping control or the motor torque calculating battery current value, is avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2004Publication date: February 17, 2005Inventors: Kazuhiro Hara, Masanobu Asakawa
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Publication number: 20050025166Abstract: A path control packet is sent from a router to a receiver. The receiver capsulates the received packet and transmits a capsulated IP packet to a feed via a ground line. The feed extracts the path control packet by decapsulation and transmits the packet to a router. At the same time, path control information is sent to a satellite line. The router processes the packet as if the path control information from the router reached via the satellite line. When a receiver receives a packet via the satellite line, it transmits the packet as a packet to a router. This router processes the packet as if the path control information from the router reached via the satellite line.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2004Publication date: February 3, 2005Inventors: Noboru Fujii, Kazuhiro Hara, Hidetaka Izumiyama
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Publication number: 20050021719Abstract: A transport management server receives service provision information that includes data that specifies a transport service provider and data indicating transport service content by the service provider, from a terminal of a transport service user, via a network, and retains the information so that it can be browsed. The terminals of the transport service provider and the transport service user, receive at least one of, transport service information, insurance money performance data, and fee payment performance data, from the transport management server, and displays it, in order to search a transport service that can obtain agreement towards a demand and supply condition, by both the transport service provider and the transport service user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2004Publication date: January 27, 2005Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Kazuhiro Hara
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Publication number: 20050014602Abstract: In a control device of a hybrid vehicle provided with an engine and a propulsion motor, at least one of which is used for driving the hybrid vehicle and a high voltage battery which power is charged and discharged by driving or regeneration operation of a propulsion motor, the control device comprises a throttle opening control device which controls an opening of a throttle depending on an accelerator pedal operating amount, and when the current driving speed of the vehicle at zero, and either the temperature of the high voltage battery is lower than a specified value, or the internal resistance of the high voltage battery is greater than a specified value, or an increase in a rotation speed of the propulsion motor or the rotation speed of the engine 3 is greater than a specified value, or a change amount of the input/output power voltage of the high voltage battery is greater than a specified value, or a change amount of the accelerator pedal operating amount is greater than a specified value, delays the resType: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2004Publication date: January 20, 2005Inventors: Kazuhiro Hara, Manabu Niki, Kohei Hanada, Koichiro Takemasa
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Publication number: 20040236670Abstract: The invention provides a translation service auction system and method by which a translation request member can access actual results of translation of translation contract members to select a contract member having a reliable translation skill and actual results. A terminal of a member who tries to request translation transmits translation request information to a data server. The data server receives the translation request information and presents an advertisement of it on a network. Each of terminals of members who try to contract the translation refers to the translation request information advertisement and transmits a translation contract desire to the data server. The data server downloads a sample manuscript to the contract member terminals. The members of the contract member terminals would translate the sample manuscript and transmit their translations to the translation request terminal and the data server.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2004Publication date: November 25, 2004Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Kazuhiro Hara
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Publication number: 20040202328Abstract: Disclosed herein is a data transmission system permitting secure and more reliable transmission of data from a data transmitter to a data receiver or receivers. The system comprises: a data transmitter for encrypting data and transmitting the encrypted data; data receivers for receiving the encrypted data from the data transmitter; satellite links used for data transmission from the data transmitter to the data receivers; and bidirectional communication channels which are also used for transmitting data from the data receivers to the data transmitter and which have a smaller capacity of data transmission than the satellite links. The satellite links are used to transmit encrypted data from the data transmitter to the data receivers. At least the bidirectional communication channels are used to communicate restrictive data transmission control information between the data transmitter and the data receivers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2004Publication date: October 14, 2004Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Kazuhiro Hara
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Publication number: 20040197561Abstract: The present invention provides a method for surface treatment of inorganic particles, which does not require a large amount of a solvent and may not impair quality of the surface treatment, and also achieves high productivity. Also the present invention provides surface-treated inorganic particles which can be dispersed uniformly and finely, as a reinforcer or modifier for polyester and polyamide resins, and exert an isotropic effect of reinforcing resins, a warp suppressing effect and an excellent crystallization accelerating effect. The inorganic particles are surface-treated by kneading a system containing inorganic particles and a treating agent using a kneader.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2004Publication date: October 7, 2004Inventors: Noriyuki Suzuki, Kazuhiro Hara, Yoshitaka Ono, Kimihiko Nakano
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Publication number: 20040166654Abstract: A dicing method not affected by abrasion, a liquid crystal projector using the cover glass and a digital image recognition apparatus provided with the sold-state image sensing device which in turn is provided with the cover glass. After tapered grooves are formed, intermediate dicing grooves are formed in the tapered grooves beveling is carried out. Then, the cutting dicing grooves are formed from the opposite side so as to reach the intermediate dicing grooves, respectively. Thus, the base plate is cut by dicing totally three times. Alternatively, the intermediate dicing grooves are provided, and the tapered grooves are formed on the side of the glass plate which is opposite to the side thereof where the intermediate dicing grooves are provided, and thereafter, cutting dicing grooves are formed in the tapered grooves so as to reach the intermediate dicing grooves. Thus, the base plate is cut by dicing totally three times.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2003Publication date: August 26, 2004Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takeo Matsuda, Kazuhiro Hara
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Publication number: 20040060752Abstract: A running motor for assisting an engine in driving a vehicle or singly driving the vehicle and an auxiliary unit motor for driving a compressor for an air conditioner are controlled by a common inverter via a changeover switch. According to this construction, the running motor and the auxiliary unit motor can be driven by the single inverter, and this can contribute to the reduction in the number of components, costs, space and weight, when compared with a case where inverters are provided to be used exclusively for the running motor and the auxiliary unit motor, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2003Publication date: April 1, 2004Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shuji Oshida, Yusuke Tatara, Kazuhiro Hara, Osamu Saito
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Publication number: 20040024139Abstract: This invention is related to a polyester resin composition comprising:Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2003Publication date: February 5, 2004Inventors: Noriyuki Suzuki, Kazuhiro Hara
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Publication number: 20040012206Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle comprising an engine and a motor as power sources, the control device including: a battery device sending energy to and receiving energy from the motor, a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the battery device; a control section which is adapted to execute a warming control operation for the battery device when the temperature of the battery device is low; and a determination section for determining whether a cylinder deactivation operation is permitted for the engine depending on the running state of the engine. The control section executes a vibration control operation for the engine by operating the motor so as to reduce vibration of the engine when it is determined by the determination section that the partial cylinder deactivation operation is permitted for the engine, and to perform the warming control operation for the battery device by executing a vibration control operation for the engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2003Publication date: January 22, 2004Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Teruo Wakashiro, Kohei Hanada, Takahiro Yonekura, Makoto Kishida, Tomohiro Nishi, Kazuhiro Hara
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Patent number: 6560221Abstract: A data path control device with a first interface section for connecting to a LAN, second interface section for connecting to an external network through a small transmission capacity two-way line such as a telephone line, and third interface section for receiving a large capacity data from a large transmission capacity one-way line such as a satellite broadcast line. The data path control device changes the sender address of the data transmitted from a computer to a network based on a previously set correspondent relationship, thereby controls the path so that the large capacity data from the network is transmitted through the large transmission capacity one-way line. A path of the reply data from a network responsive to the request data from a computer outputted to an external network is selected by the computer side, and in the case that the reply data is composed of large capacity data, a satellite line having a large transmission capacity can be selected.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1999Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Hara, Ichiro Kubota, Yasuaki Yamagishi, Noboru Fujii, Akihiro Uetake
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Publication number: 20030029654Abstract: In a power supply apparatus for a vehicle, an inverter circuit inputs a voltage from a first battery unit through switches. A smoothing condenser is provided between the first battery unit and the inverter circuit in parallel. A DC-DC converter is provided between the smoothing condenser and a second battery unit to voltage-convert electric energy stored in the first battery unit or the smoothing condenser to supply to the second battery unit, and to voltage-convert electric energy stored in the second battery unit to supply to the smoothing condenser. An electronic control unit controls the DC-DC converter before starting power supply to the inverter circuit, such that the switches are closed after the smoothing condenser is charged to a voltage within a predetermined permission voltage range from the voltage of the first battery unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2002Publication date: February 13, 2003Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Iwao Shimane, Mitsuteru Yano, Kazuhiro Hara, Masanobu Asakawa, Noriyuki Abe
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Patent number: 6488107Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle that can avoid component damage due to such operation, and can continue driving smoothly even in the case that operation that does not occur during normal driving occurs. In the case that the main contactor 11, which has been turned ON, is turned OFF due to the ignition being turned OFF while the motor 2 has a high rotation speed, and then the ignition is turned ON again, the engine control device 4 controls engine 1 so that the rotation speed of the engine 1 becomes the rotation speed at which the voltage generated by regeneration of motor 2 is equal to or below the withstanding voltage of the power drive unit 7. Subsequently, when the main contactor 11 is turned ON by the engine speed falling, the engine control device 4 controls the engine so that the engine speed becomes equal to or less than 7000 rpm.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2000Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinobu Ochiai, Kazuhiro Hara
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Patent number: 6477179Abstract: Data receiving device and method in which data is received through a broadcast network, the data is reconstructed into packets usable on a computer, and the packets are output to the computer, directly or through a local area network. The reconstructed packets are preferably in the format of Internet Protocol (IP) packets. A destination address allocated to the data receiving device on the broadcast network is converted, via the data receiving device, to an IP address allocated to a personal computer on the Internet.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 1998Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Noboru Fujii, Ichiro Kubota, Yasuaki Yamagishi, Kazuhiro Hara, Akihiro Uetake
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Patent number: 6435294Abstract: A control device of a hybrid vehicle is provided, capable of detecting the over-discharge state of the battery and controlling the charging and discharging rates of the battery for protecting the battery. The control device of the hybrid vehicle comprises an engine which outputs propulsive force to the vehicle, a motor which is directly connected to said engine and which assists the output of the engine, a battery which supplies the electric power to said motor and which is charged by electric energy generated by activating said motor as a generator when the assisting driving force is not necessary, an electric load whose electric energy is supplied by electric power generated by the motor and the battery, and a battery protecting device which increases the rotation speed of said engine when the over-discharge of said battery is detected and which stops supplying the electric power to said electric load when the over-discharge further advances.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2000Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Hara, Shinobu Ochiai
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Patent number: 6335574Abstract: The hybrid vehicle having an engine, an electric motor, a starter motor that starts the engine, and a power drive unit that drives the electric motor. The control apparatus includes an engine start controller which starts the engine when an engine start is requested. The engine start controller starts the engine using the electric motor if the temperature of the electric motor or the power drive unit is less than a predetermined value. In contrast, if at least one of the temperature of the electric motor or the power drive unit is no less than the predetermined value, the engine start controller starts the engine using the starter motor.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2000Date of Patent: January 1, 2002Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinobu Ochiai, Kazuhiro Hara
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Patent number: 6333612Abstract: The motor control apparatus of the present invention is provided for a hybrid vehicle with a combustion engine for outputting a driving force, an electric motor for generating a force for assisting the output from the engine, a power storage unit for supplying electric power to the motor and for storing electric energy regenerated by the motor, and electrical equipment which is operated by electric power.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2000Date of Patent: December 25, 2001Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Suzuki, Shinobu Ochiai, Shinji Yoshikawa, Kazuhiro Hara