Patents by Inventor Kenji Miyake
Kenji Miyake 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: 20230292793Abstract: A method for eliminating or reducing the concentrations of one or both of geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol within the body of fish and crustaceans comprising steps for: providing a composition containing wood vinegar liquid and amorphous carbon; and administrating the composition orally to fish and crustaceans is disclosed. Also, a composition for eliminating or reducing the concentration of one or both of geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol within the body of fish and crustaceans containing wood vinegar liquid and amorphous carbon, for example, in an amount of 3 to 5 kg per 1 L of wood vinegar liquid is disclosed. By the present disclosure, a method for eliminating or reducing the concentrations of one or both of geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol within the body of fish and crustaceans safely and efficiently and a composition for eliminating or reducing the concentrations of one or both geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol within the body of fish and crustaceans are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Kenzo MISHIRO, Kenji MIYAKE
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Patent number: 11639853Abstract: A self-localization estimation unit of a self-localization estimation device determines, based on mutual relationships between the in-lane position and the absolute position including the error, whether there is lane-relevant candidate information, the lane-relevant candidate information representing that one or more in-vehicle positions are each estimated to be in which of lanes identified by the lane information; and estimates, based on a result of the determination of whether there is lane-relevant candidate information, a localization of the own vehicle corresponding to the map information.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi Minamiguchi, Kenji Miyake, Tatsumi Sugiyama, Kazuyoshi Isaji, Minoru Okada, Kenta Takahashi
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Patent number: 11408741Abstract: A self-localization estimation device includes: a map-information acquisition unit that acquires map information including lane information for specifying lanes in which vehicles are enabled to travel; a position calculation unit that calculates an own-vehicle absolute position being an absolute position of an own vehicle in response to navigation signals received from a plurality of navigation satellites, the position calculation unit including a self-location measurement unit, a vehicle-momentum measurement unit, and dead reckoning unit; and a position estimation unit that estimates, based on the map information and the own-vehicle absolute position, a corrected own-vehicle position being a corrected position of the own vehicle. The position estimation unit estimates the corrected own-vehicle position by superimposing a reliability of the map information and a reliability of the own-vehicle absolute position on each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Miyake, Yuichi Minamiguchi, Kenta Takahashi, Minoru Okada, Kazuyoshi Isaji, Tatsumi Sugiyama
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Patent number: 11209457Abstract: An abnormality is detected in a sensor system mounted on a vehicle and including first and second external sensors for acquiring external information and an internal sensor for acquiring internal information. An error, occurring in an internal motion physical quantity based on the internal information, is estimated based on the external information, and the error is corrected. A first external motion physical quantity based on the external information acquired by the first external sensor, a second external motion physical quantity based on the external information acquired by the second external sensor, and the internal motion physical quantity in which the error is corrected by the correction block are compared to determine an abnormality in the sensor system.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuuichi Minamiguchi, Kenji Miyake, Kenta Takahashi
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Publication number: 20200371131Abstract: An abnormality is detected in a sensor system mounted on a vehicle and including first and second external sensors for acquiring external information and an internal sensor for acquiring internal information. An error, occurring in an internal motion physical quantity based on the internal information, is estimated based on the external information, and the error is corrected. A first external motion physical quantity based on the external information acquired by the first external sensor, a second external motion physical quantity based on the external information acquired by the second external sensor, and the internal motion physical quantity in which the error is corrected by the correction block are compared to determine an abnormality in the sensor system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Yuuichi Minamiguchi, Kenji Miyake, Kenta Takahashi
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Publication number: 20200342761Abstract: An image captured by a camera equipped in a first vehicle during an image capture period corresponding to at least a portion of a period between a first time at which the first vehicle begins to make a lane change from a first lane to a second lane and a second time at which the first vehicle finishes making the lane change from the second lane to the first lane is acquired. The information about the image is transmitted to a second vehicle or a server.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Mamoru HOSOKAWA, Takashi UEFUJI, Hidenori AKITA, Kenji MIYAKE, Shinya TAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20200003563Abstract: A self-localization estimation device includes: a map-information acquisition unit that acquires map information including lane information for specifying lanes in which vehicles are enabled to travel; a position calculation unit that calculates an own-vehicle absolute position being an absolute position of an own vehicle in response to navigation signals received from a plurality of navigation satellites, the position calculation unit including a self-location measurement unit, a vehicle-momentum measurement unit, and dead reckoning unit; and a position estimation unit that estimates, based on the map information and the own-vehicle absolute position, a corrected own-vehicle position being a corrected position of the own vehicle. The position estimation unit estimates the corrected own-vehicle position by superimposing a reliability of the map information and a reliability of the own-vehicle absolute position on each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Kenji MIYAKE, Yuichi MINAMIGUCHI, Kenta TAKAHASHI, Minoru OKADA, Kazuyoshi ISAJI, Tatsumi SUGIYAMA
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Publication number: 20200003567Abstract: A self-localization estimation unit of a self-localization estimation device determines, based on mutual relationships between the in-lane position and the absolute position including the error, whether there is lane-relevant candidate information, the lane-relevant candidate information representing that one or more in-vehicle positions are each estimated to be in which of lanes identified by the lane information; and estimates, based on a result of the determination of whether there is lane-relevant candidate information, a localization of the own vehicle corresponding to the map information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Yuichi MINAMIGUCHI, Kenji MIYAKE, Tatsumi SUGIYAMA, Kazuyoshi ISAJI, Minoru OKADA, Kenta TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 9349343Abstract: A vehicular apparatus connected to an external device having a display unit and obtaining picture cell information of each picture cell of the display unit includes: a vehicular display unit for displaying a screen image, which is displayed on the display unit, according to the picture cell information; a control content memory device for storing a control content in connection with picture cell related screen image information, which is determined by the picture cell information; a picture cell related screen image information determination device for determining the picture cell related screen image information based on the picture cell information; and a control device for determining the control content based on the picture cell related screen image information determined by the picture cell related screen image information determination device and a stored content in the control content memory device, and for executing a determined control.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Miyake, Hideo Miyauchi
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Patent number: 9257091Abstract: An in-vehicle display device communicates with a mobile information terminal and displays image information of the mobile information terminal on a vehicular display. The in-vehicle display device includes: a mode detecting device that detects whether the mobile information terminal is in a normal operation mode or a power saving mode; and a display control device that changes a display mode of the vehicular display from a normal display mode to a power saving display mode for reducing an electric power consumption relating to the image display under a condition that the mobile information terminal is switched from the normal operation mode to the power saving mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hideaki Yamauchi, Kenji Miyake
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Publication number: 20150194124Abstract: An in-vehicle display device communicates with a mobile information terminal and displays image information of the mobile information terminal on a vehicular display. The in-vehicle display device includes: a mode detecting device that detects whether the mobile information terminal is in a normal operation mode or a power saving mode; and a display control device that changes a display mode of the vehicular display from a normal display mode to a power saving display mode for reducing an electric power consumption relating to the image display under a condition that the mobile information terminal is switched from the normal operation mode to the power saving mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: July 9, 2015Inventors: Hideaki Yamauchi, Kenji Miyake
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Patent number: 9055158Abstract: A vehicular apparatus includes a communication portion and a vehicular display portion to communicate with a mobile phone having a touch panel. The vehicular apparatus acquires pixel information about a screen of the touch panel and displays the pixel information on the vehicular display portion. When a user performs a press manipulation onto the vehicular display portion, the vehicular apparatus transmits a signal indicating a manipulation target area to the mobile phone via the communication portion. The vehicular apparatus performs changeover to handsfree phone call when detecting that the mobile phone enters a phone call state within a specified time since detection of the press manipulation onto the vehicular display portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2012Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Miyake, Koichi Masuda
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Publication number: 20140018056Abstract: A vehicular apparatus includes a communication portion and a vehicular display portion to communicate with a mobile phone having a touch panel. The vehicular apparatus acquires pixel information about a screen of the touch panel and displays the pixel information on the vehicular display portion. When a user performs a press manipulation onto the vehicular display portion, the vehicular apparatus transmits a signal indicating a manipulation target area to the mobile phone via the communication portion. The vehicular apparatus performs changeover to handsfree phone call when detecting that the mobile phone enters a phone call state within a specified time since detection of the press manipulation onto the vehicular display portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Miyake, Koichi Masuda
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Publication number: 20140015849Abstract: A vehicular apparatus connected to an external device having a display unit and obtaining picture cell information of each picture cell of the display unit includes: a vehicular display unit for displaying a screen image, which is displayed on the display unit, according to the picture cell information; a control content memory device for storing a control content in connection with picture cell related screen image information, which is determined by the picture cell information; a picture cell related screen image information determination device for determining the picture cell related screen image information based on the picture cell information; and a control device for determining the control content based on the picture cell related screen image information determined by the picture cell related screen image information determination device and a stored content in the control content memory device, and for executing a determined control.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Miyake, Hideo Miyauchi
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Patent number: 8626374Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes: a memory for storing a gadget corresponding to an icon, a display content of which is changed with time, wherein the gadget provides a process; a display having a screen, on which the icon is displayed; an operation receiver for receiving an operation to the icon; a controller for executing the process when the controller determines that the operation receiver receives the operation to the icon under a condition that the display displays the icon; and a driving condition information obtaining element for obtaining driving condition information of a vehicle. The controller controls the display to change a display mode of the icon based on the driving condition information when the display displays the icon.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2010Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Kenji Miyake, Koichi Masuda
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Patent number: 8527144Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus changes icon appearance of gadget-associated icons according to travel impediment information associated with respective gadgets during the travel of a vehicle. The icon appearance has an improved recognizability if the icon is associated with a gadget that does not impede the travel of the vehicle, or has a worsened recognizability if the icon is associated with a gadget that impedes the travel of the vehicle. As a result, the in-vehicle apparatus allows a user to easily recognize whether a gadget-associated icon has impeding operation steps or non-impeding operation steps for the execution of the respective gadgets, thereby enabling a safer travel of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kyoji Oda, Kenji Miyake, Hideo Miyauchi
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Patent number: 8452491Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus is disclosed. The in-vehicle apparatus is configured to perform a timer operation, acquire vehicle state information, and control the timer operation of the timer means in such manner that: the in-vehicle apparatus starts the timer operation when determining based on the vehicle state information that a condition for starting the timer operation is satisfied; and the in-vehicle apparatus stops the timer operation when determining based on the vehicle state information that a condition for stopping the timer operation is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hideo Miyauchi, Kyoji Oda, Kenji Miyake
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Patent number: 8254900Abstract: A communication unit communicates with a cellular phone device simultaneously using a handsfree communication protocol for handsfree communication and a mail transfer protocol for mail transfer. The cellular phone device is selectively in one of: i) a handsfree communication state where voice is transmitted via voice units of the in-vehicle apparatus when opening a voice path with the in-vehicle apparatus using the handsfree communication protocol; and ii) a handset communication state where voice is transmitted via voice units of the cellular phone when closing the voice path. The control unit notifies an incoming mail in a normal manner when the cellular phone device is in the handsfree communication state. Alternatively, the control unit notifies an incoming mail such that an occupant other than a user hardly notices an incoming mail when the cellular phone device is in the handset communication state.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2009Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Kazuyoshi Azuma, Souichi Saitoh, Kenji Miyake
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Patent number: 8131323Abstract: A handsfree apparatus notifies a user of the reception of a mail if the reception of the mail by a cellular phone happens during a call, and stores an unread history of the received mail in a memory unit if a mail content display operation is not performed. Further, the handsfree apparatus notifies the user of the unread history of the received mail when Bluetooth connection link to the cellular phone having received the mail is disconnected, thereby enabling the received mail to be recognized by the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2010Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Denso CorporationInventor: Kenji Miyake
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Patent number: 8108010Abstract: An in-vehicle handsfree apparatus performs a dialing control with a first dialing phone number, which is a phone number included in historical data of outgoing or incoming calls of a cellular phone. If the destination of the dialing with the first phone number does not answer, the handsfree apparatus performs a dialing control by using a different second phone number, if it is available from the cellular phone. The second phone number, e.g., a number of a home telephone, is registered in phone book data of the cellular phone by using the same registration name as that of the first phone number; further, the second phone number is transmitted from the cellular phone to the handsfree apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2008Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Denso CorporationInventor: Kenji Miyake