Patents by Inventor Kazuki KAWAMURA
Kazuki KAWAMURA 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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Publication number: 20240130146Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes: a first emitting layer disposed between an anode and a cathode; and a second emitting layer disposed between the first emitting layer and the cathode. The first emitting layer contains a first host material and a first emitting compound, and the second emitting layer contains a second host material and a second emitting compound. A triplet energy of the first host material T1(H1) and a triplet energy of the second host material T1(H2) satisfy the relationship of a Numerical Formula 1 (T1(H1)<T1(H2)), and a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the second host material LUMO(H2) and a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the second emitting compound LUMO(D2) satisfy the relationship of a Numerical Formula 2 (|LUMO(D2)|?|LUMO(H2)|<0.74 eV).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA, Kazuki NISHIMURA, Yuichiro KAWAMURA
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Publication number: 20240101021Abstract: A headlight determination apparatus includes a camera device, a target light recognition device, and a changing device. The camera device captures an image ahead of a vehicle at a predetermined frame rate. The target light recognition device recognizes target light from the image captured by the camera device. The changing device changes a wavelength of headlight of the vehicle by using a predetermined period slower than the predetermined frame rate. When the wavelength of the headlight is different from a wavelength of the target light and/or when a period of the wavelength of the headlight does not match a period of the wavelength of the target light, the target light recognition device recognizes that there is target light other than the headlight in front of the vehicle and controls light distribution of the headlight when there is target light other than the headlight in front of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumihiro YASUFUKU, Kazuki KAWAMURA, Kazuki ODAGIRI, Keisuke MAEDA, Takashi MAI, Takafumi OTA
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Publication number: 20240071139Abstract: To provide an information processing method for performing a process for determining a learning level of a user or presenting the determined learning level. An information processing method includes an input step of inputting time-series media information representing a movement or conduct of a learning user, a first determination step of determining a learning level of the user on the basis of the time-series media information, and an output step of outputting a portion in the time-series media information at which the movement or action by the user is different from a reference movement or action, on the basis of the learning level of the user determined in the first determination step.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: KAZUKI KAWAMURA, JUNICHI REKIMOTO, KOJIRO KASHIWA
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Publication number: 20240069956Abstract: A request response processing unit calculates, based on observation information about the agent, at least one other agent near the agent, and the task, a request parameter as to whether or not to request help, and a response parameter as to whether or not to respond to a request from the at least one other agent. An importance processing unit performs processing for calculating, based on at least the request parameter of the at least one other agent and the response parameter of the agent, importance of each of the tasks for the agent. A task selection unit selects the task to be performed by the agent according to the importance. A task execution unit controls the agent so that it performs the selected task.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tadashi ODASHIMA, Yoshiumi KAWAMURA, Kazuki SHIBATA, Tomohiko JIMBO
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Publication number: 20230390957Abstract: A press working method for forming by a press working apparatus, in a film material made of resin, a passage hole through which a fluid for a fuel cell flows, includes a placing step, a gripping step, and a piercing step. In the piercing step, a secondary die and a holder grip an outer peripheral portion of the film material. In the piercing step, a piercing punch punches out the film material is a state in which the press working apparatus does not contact an upper surface of the film material in an adjacent portion surrounding a portion to be punched out by the piercing punch.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Yasuhide FUKUSHIMA, Nobuyuki SASAKI, Nao IDICHI, Kazuki KAWAMURA
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Patent number: 11794702Abstract: A cleaner for cleaning an object to be cleaned includes a generation unit configured to generate high-pressure air, a nozzle configured to inject the high-pressure air toward a cleaning surface of the object to be cleaned, and a control unit configured to control an injection of the high-pressure air. Even when foreign objects do not adhere to the cleaning surface, the control unit executes an operation mode in which the high-pressure air is generated and injected when a predetermined condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2017Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Akinobu Kubota, Yasuhiro Ichikawa, Junji Baba, Kazuki Kawamura
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Publication number: 20230331191Abstract: A vehicular cleaner system (1) for cleaning a to-be-cleaned object (100), wherein: the vehicular cleaner system (1) is provided with a tank (11) that accommodates a cleaning liquid, a pump (12) that pressure-feeds the cleaning liquid inside the tank (11), a high-pressure-air generation unit (2) that generates high-pressure air, a first ejection port that sprays the cleaning liquid toward a cleaning surface of the to-be-cleaned object (100), a second ejection port that sprays the high-pressure air toward the cleaning surface, and a controller (4) and vehicle ECU (40) that control the spraying of the cleaning liquid and the spraying of the high-pressure air; and the controller (4) and the vehicle ECU (40) perform control so as to initiate the spraying of the high-pressure air from the second ejection port after spraying of the cleaning liquid from the first ejection port has been initiated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTORING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki KAWAMURA, Masayuki KONDO, Hikaru NAGAI, Akinobu KUBOTA, Yasuhiro ICHIKAWA
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Patent number: 11772612Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system includes: a cleaner unit mounted on a vehicle and configured to clean an external sensor acquiring information on outside of the vehicle; an advanced notification information acquiring unit configured to acquire expressway advanced notification information notifying that the vehicle has arrived within a predetermined distance from an entrance of an expressway; and a cleaner control unit configured to, when the advanced notification information acquiring unit has acquired the expressway advanced notification information, control the cleaner unit to clean the external sensor or diagnose whether or not the external sensor needs to be cleaned by the cleaner unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru Sakai, Kazuki Kawamura, Akinobu Kubota, Masaaki Sato
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Patent number: 11731590Abstract: A vehicular cleaner system (1) for cleaning a to-be-cleaned object (100), wherein: the vehicular cleaner system (1) is provided with a tank (11) that accommodates a cleaning liquid, a pump (12) that pressure-feeds the cleaning liquid inside the tank (11), a high-pressure-air generation unit (2) that generates high-pressure air, a first ejection port that sprays the cleaning liquid toward a cleaning surface of the to-be-cleaned object (100), a second ejection port that sprays the high-pressure air toward the cleaning surface, and a controller (4) and vehicle ECU (40) that control the spraying of the cleaning liquid and the spraying of the high-pressure air; and the controller (4) and the vehicle ECU (40) perform control so as to initiate the spraying of the high-pressure air from the second ejection port after spraying of the cleaning liquid from the first ejection port has been initiated.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2017Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki Kawamura, Masayuki Kondo, Hikaru Nagai, Akinobu Kubota, Yasuhiro Ichikawa
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Patent number: 11667268Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system includes: a cleaner unit configured to be mounted on a vehicle and to discharge a cleaning medium to an external sensor that acquires information outside the vehicle so as to clean the external sensor; and a cleaner control unit configured to control the cleaner unit. The cleaner control unit is configured to acquire weather information, and control the cleaner unit such that at least one of a type of the cleaning medium, a discharge amount of the cleaning medium, the number of times of discharge of the cleaning medium, the number of times of discharge of the cleaning medium per unit time, and a discharge time of the cleaning medium varies according to the weather information.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuki Kawamura
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Patent number: 11427163Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system includes: a window washer configured to clean a front window of a vehicle; a lamp cleaner configured to clean a headlamp; a sensor cleaner configured to clean a sensor that detects information outside the vehicle; and a cleaner control unit configured to operate at least one of the window washer, the lamp cleaner, and the sensor cleaner in accordance with input of a signal. The cleaner control unit is configured to operate the window washer, the lamp cleaner, and the sensor cleaner such that at least two or more of a number of operations of the window washer, a number of operations of the lamp cleaner, and a number of operations of the sensor cleaner are different in accordance with a predetermined number of signals.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Akinobu Kubota, Masayuki Kondo, Kazuki Kawamura, Masaru Sakai
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Publication number: 20220097658Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system according to the present invention includes: cleaner units that eject cleaning fluid to on-vehicle objects to be cleaned; motor pumps that supply the cleaning fluid to the cleaner units; normally closed solenoid valves provided between the cleaner units and the motor pumps to switch between allowance and disallowance of the transfer of the cleaning fluid from the motor pumps to the cleaner units; and a cleaner control unit that controls the motor pumps and the solenoid valves. The cleaner control unit sets an operation stop time t2, for which at least one of a motor pump and a solenoid valve is stopped, and stops, on the basis of a predetermined condition, the operation of the at least one of the motor pump and the solenoid valve for the duration of the operation stop time t2 after the cleaning fluid is ejected to the object to be cleaned.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hikaru NAGAI, Akinobu KUBOTA, Kazuki KAWAMURA, Toshihisa HAYAMI, Yusuke FUNAMI, Yoshio ITO, Kazuhiro SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20220080930Abstract: Provided is a vehicle cleaner system with which it can be ascertained which cleaner has broken down. A vehicle cleaner system comprises: a plurality of cleaner units; a motor pump; an electromagnetic valve which switches between allowing and denying the movement of a cleaning liquid; a cleaner control unit; and a plurality of protection determination units that protect the electromagnetic valve from being supplied with an overcurrent when the electromagnetic valve has short-circuited and is opened, and that notify the cleaner control unit that the electromagnetic valve has short-circuited and is opened. The cleaner control unit outputs, to a vehicle control unit, which electromagnetic valve is unavailable for use, on the basis of a signal that is acquired from the protection determination units and that indicates that the electromagnetic valve has short-circuited and is opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2019Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki KAWAMURA, Kazuhiro SUZUKI, Yusuke FUNAMI, Yoshio ITO
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Publication number: 20210362688Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system includes: a cleaner unit configured to be mounted on a vehicle and to discharge a cleaning liquid to an external sensor that acquires information outside the vehicle so as to clean the external sensor; and a cleaner control unit configured to control the cleaner unit. The cleaner control unit is configured to acquire vehicle speed information related to a traveling speed of the vehicle, and control the cleaner unit such that at least one of a discharge amount of the cleaning liquid, a discharge amount of the cleaning liquid per unit time, the number of times of discharge of the cleaning liquid, the number of times of discharge of the cleaning liquid per unit time, and a discharge time of the cleaning liquid varies according to the vehicle speed information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki KAWAMURA, Akinobu KUBOTA, Masaru SAKAI, Masaaki SATO
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Publication number: 20210039670Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system are mounted on an autonomous driving vehicle including a vehicle control unit capable of selectively executing an autonomous driving mode and a manual driving mode. The vehicle cleaner system includes: a cleaner unit configured to clean an external sensor; and a cleaner control unit configured to control the cleaner unit. When the vehicle control unit switches from the manual driving mode to the autonomous driving mode, the vehicle control unit is configured such that, after the cleaner control unit causes the cleaner unit to clean the external sensor or after a diagnosis is performed to ascertain whether or not the external sensor needs to be cleaned, the manual driving mode is switched to the autonomous driving mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru SAKAI, Kazuki KAWAMURA, Akinobu KUBOTA, Masaaki SATO
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Publication number: 20210031727Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system includes a front LiDAR and a front camera, which are external sensors that acquire information on an outside of a vehicle, a cleaner unit, a front tank that stores the cleaning liquid, and a cleaner control unit that controls the cleaner unit. The cleaner unit includes a front LiDAR cleaner that discharge the cleaning liquid to clean the front LiDAR, and a front camera cleaner that discharges the cleaning liquid to clean the front camera. The cleaner control unit is configured to be capable of outputting a remaining amount insufficiency prediction signal to a vehicle control unit, which controls traveling of the vehicle, when the cleaning liquid in the front tank is equal to or less than a predetermined amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru SAKAI, Masaaki SATO, Kazuki KAWAMURA
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Publication number: 20210001816Abstract: A cleaner-equipped sensor system for a vehicle includes: an external sensor capable of acquiring information on an outside of a vehicle; a cleaner unit including a liquid cleaner capable of discharging a cleaning liquid toward the external sensor, and an air cleaner capable of discharging air toward the external sensor; and an electronic processing device configured to output an output of the external sensor to a vehicle control unit controlling the vehicle, and to control the cleaner unit depending on an output of the vehicle control unit. The external sensor and the electronic processing device are integrated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Akinobu KUBOTA, Kazuki KAWAMURA
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Publication number: 20210001819Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system includes: a cleaner unit configured to be mounted on a vehicle and to discharge a cleaning medium to an external sensor that acquires information outside the vehicle so as to clean the external sensor; and a cleaner control unit configured to control the cleaner unit. The cleaner control unit is configured to acquire weather information, and control the cleaner unit such that at least one of a type of the cleaning medium, a discharge amount of the cleaning medium, the number of times of discharge of the cleaning medium, the number of times of discharge of the cleaning medium per unit time, and a discharge time of the cleaning medium varies according to the weather information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuki KAWAMURA
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Publication number: 20200406864Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system includes: a cleaner unit mounted on a vehicle and configured to clean an external sensor acquiring information on outside of the vehicle; an advanced notification information acquiring unit configured to acquire expressway advanced notification information notifying that the vehicle has arrived within a predetermined distance from an entrance of an expressway; and a cleaner control unit configured to, when the advanced notification information acquiring unit has acquired the expressway advanced notification information, control the cleaner unit to clean the external sensor or diagnose whether or not the external sensor needs to be cleaned by the cleaner unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru SAKAI, Kazuki KAWAMURA, Akinobu KUBOTA, Masaaki SATO
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Publication number: 20200324738Abstract: A cleaner for cleaning an object to be cleaned includes a generation unit configured to generate high-pressure air, a nozzle configured to inject the high-pressure air toward a cleaning surface of the object to be cleaned, and a control unit configured to control an injection of the high-pressure air. Even when foreign objects do not adhere to the cleaning surface, the control unit executes an operation mode in which the high-pressure air is generated and injected when a predetermined condition is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2017Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Akinobu Kubota, Yasuhiro Ichikawa, Junji Baba, Kazuki Kawamura