Patents by Inventor Kenichi Shimizu

Kenichi Shimizu 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: 20250049806
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the provision of a pharmaceutical composition useful in the treatment of Alport syndrome. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition useful in the treatment of Alport syndrome, comprising a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A is a C6-C10 aryl group or a heteroaryl group, wherein at least one hydrogen atom of the aryl group or the heteroaryl group is optionally replaced with a substituent selected from a predetermined group, R is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group, R1 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, and Y is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom or a hydroxy group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Kenichi Komori, Haruka Yamada, Hayato Shimizu, Yasuhiro Aga, Ayumi Ogawa, Toru Hasegawa, Takashi Matsushita, Yasunori Tokunaga, Kazuhiro Onuma
  • Patent number: 12129047
    Abstract: An aircraft light is provided which can illuminate an illuminated area with appropriate levels of illuminance. An aircraft light is configured, including: at least one or more light-emitting elements as light sources; and an inner lens configured to project light emitted from the light-emitting elements onto a desired area, in which the inner lens has a lens that splits light of a single light-emitting element in different directions. According to this aspect, both a far illuminated area and a near illuminated area can be illuminated, and the luminous intensity can also be adjusted by adjusting the amount of a beam to be split; therefore, an illuminated area can be illuminated with appropriate levels of illuminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroto Shimizu, Kenichi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 12090998
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus selects at least one oncoming vehicle and sets the selected oncoming vehicle as a control target vehicle when an own vehicle turns right or left in a traffic intersection, acquires a first index value which represents a collision probability, and executes a collision avoiding control when the first index value satisfies a predetermined condition. The vehicle control apparatus calculates a second index value which represents a degree of turning of the own vehicle, moves an area used to select the control target vehicle toward the own vehicle in an opposite direction to a turning direction of the own vehicle as the second index value increases, and selects, as the control target vehicle, the oncoming vehicle which has been in the area for a predetermined time threshold or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Shimizu, Arifumi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20240286527
    Abstract: A vehicle system including a fuel cell, a power storage device storing a first power generated by the fuel cell and a second power regenerated by an electric motor, a first auxiliary machine and a second auxiliary machine driven by using at least one of the first power, the second power and a third power stored in the power storage device, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform determining switching of a power consumption mode between a first power consumption mode where a surplus power in the second power is consumed by the first auxiliary machine and the surplus power in the first power is consumed by the second auxiliary machine and a second power consumption mode where a surplus power in the first power and the second power is consumed by the second auxiliary machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kenta Suzuki, Kenichi Shimizu, Satoshi Oshima, Yuki Fukunishi
  • Publication number: 20240286526
    Abstract: A vehicle system including a fuel cell, a power storage device and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform controlling a traveling of the vehicle by driving of the electric motor with at least one of a first power generated by the fuel cell and a second power stored in the power storage device, and controlling charge and discharge of the power storage device, and the controlling including switching a control mode of the charge and discharge of the power storage device between a first control mode where a first voltage higher than a maximum value of a generated power generated in the fuel cell is set as a minimum voltage of the power storage device and a second control mode where a second voltage lower than the maximum value is set as the minimum voltage of the power storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kenta Suzuki, Satoshi Oshima, Kenichi Shimizu, Hajime Abe
  • Publication number: 20240283058
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a microprocessor configured to perform, during an external power supply in which power is supplied to an external load, controlling a power generation of a fuel cell so as to generate a power at a predetermined power generation efficiency and supplying a surplus power not consumed out of the generated power of the fuel cell to a battery to charge the battery. The controlling includes, during the external power supply, stopping the power generation of the fuel cell when a charge rate of the battery becomes a first predetermined value or larger, controlling an output of the battery so that the power of the battery is supplied to the external load, and resuming the power generation of the fuel cell when the charge rate becomes a second predetermined value smaller than the first predetermined value or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Seiji Takaya, Masanori Matsushita, Morio Kayano, Kenichi Shimizu, Kenta Suzuki, Suguru Yamanaka, Satoshi Oshima, Takaharu Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240228060
    Abstract: An aircraft light is provided which can illuminate an illuminated area with appropriate levels of illuminance. An aircraft light is configured, including: at least one or more light-emitting elements as light sources; and an inner lens configured to project light emitted from the light-emitting elements onto a desired area, in which the inner lens has a lens that splits light of a single light-emitting element in different directions. According to this aspect, both a far illumination area and a near illumination area can be illuminated, and the luminous intensity can also be adjusted by adjusting the amount of a beam to be split; therefore, an illuminated area can be illuminated with appropriate levels of illuminance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroto SHIMIZU, Kenichi SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20240157960
    Abstract: An alert apparatus starts alerting a driver of a host vehicle, when an oncoming vehicle, that is an other vehicle traveling in an oncoming lane with respect to a traveling lane in which the host vehicle is traveling so as to approach the host vehicle and that is predicted to pass through on a specific direction side with respect to a current position of the host vehicle, is present, a turn signal indicator of the host vehicle corresponding to the specific direction side is being operated, and it is likely that the host vehicle starts turning to the specific direction side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mafune KAKESHITA, Chen XI, Kohei MOROTOMI, Yuto SHIMBO, Tasuku USUI, Kenichi SHIMIZU, Wataru IKE, Tsunekazu YASOSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240132229
    Abstract: An aircraft light is provided which can illuminate an illuminated area with appropriate levels of illuminance. An aircraft light is configured, including: at least one or more light-emitting elements as light sources; and an inner lens configured to project light emitted from the light-emitting elements onto a desired area, in which the inner lens has a lens that splits light of a single light-emitting element in different directions. According to this aspect, both a far illumination area and a near illumination area can be illuminated, and the luminous intensity can also be adjusted by adjusting the amount of a beam to be split; therefore, an illuminated area can be illuminated with appropriate levels of illuminance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroto SHIMIZU, Kenichi SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20240109534
    Abstract: A vehicle driving assistance apparatus executes a braking assistance control to forcibly stop an own vehicle when there is a probability that the own vehicle collides with an object, and executes a stopped-state keeping control to keep the own vehicle stopped when the own vehicle is stopped by the braking assistance control. The apparatus executes the stopped-state keeping control for a standard time when the own vehicle is stopped at a place in an area other than a termination recommendation area in which an execution of the stopped-state keeping control is recommended to be terminated. The apparatus executes the stopped-state keeping control for a time shorter than the standard time when the own vehicle is stopped at a place in the termination recommendation area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi SHIMIZU, Takashi HASEGAWA, Yuma HOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11919533
    Abstract: An alert apparatus starts alerting a driver of a host vehicle, when an oncoming vehicle, that is an other vehicle traveling in an oncoming lane with respect to a traveling lane in which the host vehicle is traveling so as to approach the host vehicle and that is predicted to pass through on a specific direction side with respect to a current position of the host vehicle, is present, a turn signal indicator of the host vehicle corresponding to the specific direction side is being operated, and it is likely that the host vehicle starts turning to the specific direction side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mafune Kakeshita, Chen Xi, Kohei Morotomi, Yuto Shimbo, Tasuku Usui, Kenichi Shimizu, Wataru Ike, Tsunekazu Yasoshima
  • Publication number: 20240046227
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that is managed by a management business operator that manages a token, comprises: an accepting unit configured to accept a payment instruction to transfer a coin associated with a cash currency, from a first user to a second user; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit a transfer instruction to transfer a token associated with the coin, to an electronic currency management system in accordance with the payment instruction accepted by the accepting unit, wherein the electronic currency management system includes: a coin blockchain network for managing the coin, a token blockchain network for managing a token, and a transfer unit for transferring the coin associated with the token within the coin blockchain network in accordance with transfer of the token within the token blockchain network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: DeCurret DCP Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi SHIMIZU, Kazuyuki TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20240046251
    Abstract: An electronic currency management system comprises: a common area blockchain network for managing a coin associated with a cash currency; a first additional area blockchain network for managing a first token associated with the coin; a first issuing unit configured to issue the coin on the common area blockchain network; a providing unit configured to associate the coin issued by the first issuing unit with the first additional area blockchain network; and a second issuing unit configured to issue the first token on the first additional area blockchain network based on an amount of the coin associated with the first additional area blockchain network by the providing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: DeCurret DCP Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi SHIMIZU, Kazuyuki TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20240039022
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a power supply control system includes a plurality of fuel cell systems mounted in an electric device that operates using electric power, a first controller configured to control the plurality of fuel cell systems in an integrated way, and a second controller configured to control the fuel cell system to which the second controller belongs among the plurality of fuel cell systems. The second controller acquires a state of the fuel cell system to which the second controller belongs and notifies the first controller of the state of the fuel cell system. The first controller controls power generation of each of the plurality of fuel cell systems on the basis of the state of the fuel cell system to which the second controller belongs acquired by the second controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Takanori Mori, Kenji Taruya, Daishi Igarashi, Shuhei Sato, Satoshi Ueno, Kenichi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20230192079
    Abstract: A collision avoidance assistance apparatus stars a collision avoidance control, when a control target object having a possibility of colliding with the host vehicle is determined to be present and a collision index value of the control target object satisfies a predetermined control start condition. If a continuous recognizing time being a time for which the control target object continues being detected is shorter than a predetermined continuous recognizing time threshold in a case where the host vehicle is determined to be turning, the apparatus does not start (or prohibits) the collision avoidance control to be started when the collision index value satisfies the control start condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: KENICHI SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20230170507
    Abstract: By processing circuitry executing a program recorded in a storage unit, a control method for a fuel cell system includes calculating a load output and calculating a maximum output, comparing the load output with the maximum output, and controlling, in a case that the load output exceeds the maximum output, the fuel cell system to decrease a power storage output used by a load, by increasing a power generation output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Kenichi SHIMIZU, Kenta SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230103388
    Abstract: An electronic control device of a fuel cell vehicle controls a generated power output that is electric power of a fuel cell, in a manner so that a stored power voltage of a power storage device does not fall below a generated power voltage of the fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Kenichi SHIMIZU, Kenta SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11618382
    Abstract: An alert apparatus sets a determination area which is at a turning direction side of an own vehicle with respect to a longitudinal direction line of the own vehicle and extends forward from the own vehicle or from near the own vehicle when an angle condition that a moving direction angle corresponding to an angle defined by a longitudinal direction line of the own vehicle and a moving direction of an approaching vehicle is within a predetermined angle range, is satisfied. The alert apparatus sets the determination area which is at the turning direction side of the longitudinal direction line and away forward from the own vehicle by a predetermined distance when the angle condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mafune Kakeshita, Chen Xi, Tsunekazu Yasoshima, Kenichi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11616464
    Abstract: A power feed control system includes: a first drive unit configured to include a first electrically driven device, a first inverter, a first fuel battery system, and a first voltage converter; a second drive unit configured to include a second electrically driven device, a second inverter, a second fuel battery system, and a second voltage converter; a common battery; and a control unit configured to perform control of the first inverter or/and the first voltage converter such that each current value of the first inverter and the first fuel battery system achieves a target value of a first current value that is determined on the basis of the first current value flowing between the first drive unit and the battery and a second current value flowing between the second drive unit and the battery and perform control of the second inverter or/and the second voltage converter such that each current value of the second inverter and the second fuel battery system achieves a target value of the second current value th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Kitamoto, Kenichi Shimizu, Yuki Kuwano
  • Publication number: 20220258666
    Abstract: An alert apparatus sets a determination area which is at a turning direction side of an own vehicle with respect to a longitudinal direction line of the own vehicle and extends forward from the own vehicle or from near the own vehicle when an angle condition that a moving direction angle corresponding to an angle defined by a longitudinal direction line of the own vehicle and a moving direction of an approaching vehicle is within a predetermined angle range, is satisfied. The alert apparatus sets the determination area which is at the turning direction side of the longitudinal direction line and away forward from the own vehicle by a predetermined distance when the angle condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mafune KAKESHITA, Chen Xi, Tsunekazu Yasoshima, Kenichi Shimizu