Patents by Inventor Kenta ENYA

Kenta ENYA 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).

  • Patent number: 11959326
    Abstract: A vehicle operation detection device includes processing circuitry configured to output a command causing an opening-closing body of a vehicle to open and close in reference to capacitances of sensor electrodes arranged so as to form a row. The processing circuitry is configured to determine that a first operation has been performed when one of the sensor electrodes of which the capacitance increases is sequentially shifted in a first direction from an operation start electrode and determine that a second operation has been performed when the shifting is performed in a second direction. The sensor electrodes include an adjacent electrode adjacent to the operation start electrode. The processing circuitry is configured to determine that the capacitance of the adjacent electrode has increased when the capacitance becomes greater than or equal to a second determination value that is greater than a first determination value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Enya, Takashi Kaino, Shiho Nakayama, Ryo Asami, Toshihiro Kaneda, Kenichiro Kagawa
  • Publication number: 20230265706
    Abstract: A vehicle opening and closing body control device includes a drive control unit that opens and closes an opening and closing body of a vehicle using a motor as a drive source, wherein the opening and closing body performs the opening and closing operation based on an operation of a link mechanism formed by first and second link arms having a first rotation connection point with respect to a vehicle body and a second rotation connection point with respect to the opening and closing body, wherein an opening and closing body engagement portion is provided at a closed-side end of the opening and closing body, and an engagement failure detector that detects a failure in engagement of the opening and closing body engagement portion with the vehicle body engagement portion based on a change in a motor current value in the specific operation section at a time of full-closing control of the opening and closing body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta ENYA, Takashi KAINO, Kohei KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220106826
    Abstract: A vehicle operation detection device includes processing circuitry configured to output a command causing an opening-closing body of a vehicle to open and close in reference to capacitances of sensor electrodes arranged so as to form a row. The processing circuitry is configured to determine that a first operation has been performed when one of the sensor electrodes of which the capacitance increases is sequentially shifted in a first direction from an operation start electrode and determine that a second operation has been performed when the shifting is performed in a second direction. The sensor electrodes include an adjacent electrode adjacent to the operation start electrode. The processing circuitry is configured to determine that the capacitance of the adjacent electrode has increased when the capacitance becomes greater than or equal to a second determination value that is greater than a first determination value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta ENYA, Takashi KAINO, Shiho NAKAYAMA, Ryo ASAMI, Toshihiro KANEDA, Kenichiro KAGAWA