Patents by Inventor Kenji Matsuoka
Kenji Matsuoka 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: 11962465Abstract: According to one embodiment, a control system includes a client terminal, a first server and a second server. The client terminal transmits an assignment request of an IP address including first identification information that uniquely identifies the client terminal and is set as a host name to the first server. The first server assigns an IP address to the client terminal in accordance with the request, and transmits the IP address and the host name to the second server. The second server transmits, when one or more items of second identification information include the first identification information set as the host name and when a setup process of the client terminal has not been performed, data for the process of the client terminal to the client terminal using the IP address.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Tanaka, Yoshio Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20240093847Abstract: To provide a vehicle lamp in which it is possible to prevent a bonding wire from blocking light emitted from a light emitting surface while improving heat dissipation performance from a light emitting portion. A vehicle lamp includes a light emitting portion having a light emitting element, a circuit board, and a heat sink. In this vehicle lamp, a front region of the heat sink is divided into a first region and a second region, the light emitting portion is fixed to the first region, and the circuit board is fixed to the second region. A light emitting portion-side terminal provided in the light emitting portion and a board-side terminal provided in the circuit board are electrically connected by a bonding wire. The light emitting portion-side terminal is disposed between a light emitting surface that covers the light emitting element, and the board-side terminal in front view.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji MATSUOKA, Kunihiro SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20240001882Abstract: In a vehicle seat having an airbag module placed in the seatback thereof, the load that may be applied to the back side of the seatback is prevented from being applied to the airbag module. The vehicle seat includes a seatback frame including a pair of side members extending vertically along either side thereof and providing a structural framework of a seatback, a plate member positioned behind the seatback frame and including an extension in an outboard direction from the side member located on an outboard side of the seatback frame, a mounting member connected to the outboard side member, and an airbag module positioned on a front side of the extension and connected to the outboard side member via the mounting member, a clearance being defined between the airbag module and the extension.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Katsuya Isomura, Sosaku Omori, Keita Wakesu, Kenji Matsuoka, Yuta Sugaya
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Publication number: 20230383922Abstract: A lighting fixture for a vehicle efficiently releases heat from a light source while inhibiting moisture from entering the light source side. The lighting fixture includes: a light source; a heat dissipating member which dissipates heat from the light source, the light source being placed on an installation surface of the heat dissipating member; and a socket to which the heat dissipating member is attached. The heat dissipating member has a heat dissipating fin part protruding from a heat dissipating surface on the side opposite to the installation surface, and a heat dissipating-side positioning part (positioning projection) provided on the heat dissipating surface. The socket has, on an attachment surface, a fin recess into which the heat dissipating fin part fits, and a socket-side positioning part (positioning hole) which determines the positional relationship between the heat dissipating member and the socket in cooperation with the heat dissipating-side positioning part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji MATSUOKA, Kunihiro SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20230366521Abstract: A vehicle lighting unit ensures support rigidity of a substrate connection part in the front-rear direction without increasing components. The vehicle lighting unit includes a light source part, a power feeding member, a heat dissipation member, and a socket. The light source part has a light-emitting element, and a substrate connected to the light-emitting element. The power feeding member supplies power to the light source part. The heat dissipation member is mounted with the light source part. The socket is assembled on the rear side opposite to the front surface of the heat dissipation member mounted with the light source part. In the vehicle lighting unit, the substrate and the power feeding member are electrically connected by the substrate connection part. The heat dissipation member integrally has an extension support unit that supports at least the substrate connection part in placement in a front-rear direction of the heat dissipation member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji MATSUOKA, Kunihiro SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11787359Abstract: In a vehicle seat having an airbag module placed in the seatback thereof, the load that may be applied to the back side of the seatback is prevented from being applied to the airbag module. The vehicle seat (1, 300, 400) comprise a seatback frame (19) including a pair of side members (26, 301) extending vertically along either side thereof and providing a structural framework of a seatback, a plate member (20, 402) positioned behind the seatback frame and including an extension (32, 410) extending in an outboard direction from the side member located on an outboard side of the seatback frame, a mounting member connected to the outboard side member, and an airbag module (23) positioned on a front side of the extension and connected to the outboard side member via the mounting member, a clearance (S) being defined between the airbag module and the extension.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Katsuya Isomura, Sosaku Omori, Keita Wakesu, Kenji Matsuoka, Yuta Sugaya
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Publication number: 20230258308Abstract: The present invention enables further improvement of luminous efficiency of a semiconductor light-emitting element. In the present invention, a mounting member, a substrate, two semiconductor light-emitting elements, and three terminals are configured as a socket which is an integral structure, while a control circuit is configured separately from the socket. As a result, in the present invention, the control circuit is separated from the substrate of the socket, and therefore it becomes possible to further improve the luminous efficiency of the semiconductor light-emitting elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Kenji MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20230224593Abstract: An imaging control device includes: a region dividing unit that divides a taken image into a plurality of regions; a luminance value calculating unit that calculates the average luminance value of each region obtained by division by the region dividing unit; a region identifying unit that identifies a region in which the average luminance value calculated by the luminance value calculating unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value; a photometric range deciding unit; and a signal processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventor: Kenji Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20230115864Abstract: In a vehicle seat having an airbag module placed in the seatback thereof, the load that may be applied to the back side of the seatback is prevented from being applied to the airbag module. The vehicle seat (1, 300, 400) comprise a seatback frame (19) including a pair of side members (26, 301) extending vertically along either side thereof and providing a structural framework of a seatback, a plate member (20, 402) positioned behind the seatback frame and including an extension (32, 410) extending in an outboard direction from the side member located on an outboard side of the seatback frame, a mounting member connected to the outboard side member, and an airbag module (23) positioned on a front side of the extension and connected to the outboard side member via the mounting member, a clearance (S) being defined between the airbag module and the extension.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Katsuya Isomura, Sosaku Omori, Keita Wakesu, Kenji Matsuoka, Yuta Sugaya
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Patent number: 11491944Abstract: In a vehicle seat having an airbag module placed in the seatback thereof, the load that may be applied to the back side of the seatback is prevented from being applied to the airbag module. The vehicle seat (1, 300, 400) comprise a seatback frame (19) including a pair of side members (26, 301) extending vertically along either side thereof and providing a structural framework of a seatback, a plate member (20, 402) positioned behind the seatback frame and including an extension (32, 410) extending in an outboard direction from the side member located on an outboard side of the seatback frame, a mounting member connected to the outboard side member, and an airbag module (23) positioned on a front side of the extension and connected to the outboard side member via the mounting member, a clearance (S) being defined between the airbag module and the extension.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Katsuya Isomura, Sosaku Omori, Keita Wakesu, Kenji Matsuoka, Yuta Sugaya
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Publication number: 20220345688Abstract: A vehicle monitoring system includes: a monitoring device that monitors whether a person is present or not in a cabin of a vehicle capable of autonomous driving; and a control device that determines whether the monitoring device is experiencing a malfunction, and outputs a result of the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takuma INUI, Tomohiro KOGANEI, Kenji MATSUOKA, Daisuke YOKOHAGI, Daiki OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20210132175Abstract: An on-board device, a vehicle communication system, and a direction-of-arrival estimation method are provided. An on-board device transmits signals from a plurality of transmission antennas that are provided for a vehicle at positions that are separate from each other, and performs processing corresponding to a response signal from a portable device that has received the signals. The on-board device includes: a reception unit that receives the response signal via a plurality of reception antennas that are provided for the vehicle at positions that are separate from each other; and an estimation unit that estimates a direction of arrival of the response signal based on a phase difference of the response signal received via the plurality of reception antennas.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2018Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventor: Kenji Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20210046891Abstract: In a vehicle seat having an airbag module placed in the seatback thereof, the load that may be applied to the back side of the seatback is prevented from being applied to the airbag module. The vehicle seat (1, 300, 400) comprise a seatback frame (19) including a pair of side members (26, 301) extending vertically along either side thereof and providing a structural framework of a seatback, a plate member (20, 402) positioned behind the seatback frame and including an extension (32, 410) extending in an outboard direction from the side member located on an outboard side of the seatback frame, a mounting member connected to the outboard side member, and an airbag module (23) positioned on a front side of the extension and connected to the outboard side member via the mounting member, a clearance (S) being defined between the airbag module and the extension.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Yuya Isomura, Sosaku Omori, Keita Wakesu, Kenji Matsuoka, Yuta Sugaya
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Patent number: 10746893Abstract: A proximity sensor that outputs presence or absence of a detection object or a position of the detection object as a detection result includes: a detection part configured to include a detection coil and a capacitor; an oscillation circuit configured to excite the detection part; an analog/digital conversion circuit configured to detect a signal change occurring in the detection part and output a digital signal indicating the detected signal change; a temperature detection part configured to detect a temperature inside a casing of the proximity sensor; a storage part configured to store a characteristic parameter unique to the proximity sensor in advance; a control calculation part configured to process a digital signal from the analog/digital conversion circuit to calculate a signal indicating a distance to the detection object, compensate the calculated signal using the characteristics parameter stored in the storage part, and output the compensated signal as the detection result.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Ryota Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Tsuchida, Kazuaki Miyamoto, Yusuke Hayashi, Kenji Matsuoka
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Patent number: 10508930Abstract: A method of manufacturing a proximity sensor and a manufacturing system for the proximity sensor capable of improving detection precision or expanding a detectable range are provided. A method of manufacturing a proximity sensor outputting presence or absence of a detection object or a position of the detection object as a detection result is provided. The manufacturing method includes: disposing the proximity sensor in a temperature-changeable environment; setting an environment of the proximity sensor to a plurality of different temperatures respectively and storing temperature detected by the temperature detection part of the proximity sensor in association with the detection result output by the control calculation part at each temperature; determining a characteristic parameter unique to a target proximity sensor based on the stored temperature and detection result; and setting the determined characteristic parameter for the target proximity sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Ryota Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Tsuchida, Kazuaki Miyamoto, Yusuke Hayashi, Kenji Matsuoka
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Patent number: 10274583Abstract: A vehicle-use communication system suppressing an increase in the number of processes required for various adjustments and the position determination of a portable device is allowed to be accurately performed regardless of whether the portable device is located in the vicinity of a vehicle cabin is provided. An in-vehicle device transmits a signal from a plurality of antennas. A portable device transmits a response signal in accordance with the received signal; measures the received signal strength of the transmitted signal; and transmits a response signal containing the received signal strength of each signal. The in-vehicle device receives the transmitted response signal and on the basis of the received signal strengths contained in the response signals, determines whether the portable device is located within each of a plurality of different domains but containing a common vehicle cabin inner space to determine whether the portable device is located within every domain.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2015Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Hamada, Kenji Matsuoka, Hiroyuki Kurata
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Patent number: 10245903Abstract: A communication device mounting position determination system and apparatus are provided configured to limit where a device can be installed in a vehicle. An ECU transmits an LF signal from an LF antenna to sensor units. The sensor units receive and detect the signal strength. The sensor units transmit a UHF signal to the ECU having information including the signal strength of the LF signal. The ECU detects the signal strength of the UHF signals. For example, on the basis of the signal strength of the LF signal, the ECU makes a determination as to which of the wheels is the transmission source of the UHF signal, with respect to the left-right direction of the body of the vehicle. Further, on the basis of the signal strength of the UHF signal received by the ECU, the ECU makes the determination with respect to the front-rear direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20190094046Abstract: A method of manufacturing a proximity sensor and a manufacturing system for the proximity sensor capable of improving detection precision or expanding a detectable range are provided. A method of manufacturing a proximity sensor outputting presence or absence of a detection object or a position of the detection object as a detection result is provided. The manufacturing method includes: disposing the proximity sensor in a temperature-changeable environment; setting an environment of the proximity sensor to a plurality of different temperatures respectively and storing temperature detected by the temperature detection part of the proximity sensor in association with the detection result output by the control calculation part at each temperature; determining a characteristic parameter unique to a target proximity sensor based on the stored temperature and detection result; and setting the determined characteristic parameter for the target proximity sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Ryota HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki TSUCHIDA, Kazuaki MIYAMOTO, Yusuke HAYASHI, Kenji MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20190094404Abstract: A proximity sensor that outputs presence or absence of a detection object or a position of the detection object as a detection result includes: a detection part configured to include a detection coil and a capacitor; an oscillation circuit configured to excite the detection part; an analog/digital conversion circuit configured to detect a signal change occurring in the detection part and output a digital signal indicating the detected signal change; a temperature detection part configured to detect a temperature inside a casing of the proximity sensor; a storage part configured to store a characteristic parameter unique to the proximity sensor in advance; a control calculation part configured to process a digital signal from the analog/digital conversion circuit to calculate a signal indicating a distance to the detection object, compensate the calculated signal using the characteristics parameter stored in the storage part, and output the compensated signal as the detection result.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Ryota HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki TSUCHIDA, Kazuaki MIYAMOTO, Yusuke HAYASHI, Kenji MATSUOKA
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Patent number: 10216697Abstract: Service can be offered free of charge and the cost of a skin condition measuring device can be reduced by effectively using data on the occasion of obtaining an analysis result by transmitting measurement data by the skin condition measuring device to a server of a company providing a service of analyzing the measurement data. When a request is made from a contractor client to acquire data registered in a measurement data database, authentication is executed based on a contractor ID input from the contractor client. Additionally, when the measurement data database is searched from a contractor database based on the contractor ID, a search level and an access level are obtained. The contractor client is permitted to search the measurement data database within a range of the search level and the access level.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.Inventors: Fumie Kusumoto, Masashi Yoshimura, Eiji Sakata, Hironobu Nagano, Kenji Matsuoka, Kengo Miura