Patents by Inventor Kiyokazu Ieda
Kiyokazu Ieda 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: 11511805Abstract: According to one embodiment, a vehicle guidance device is to be installed in a vehicle for providing path guidance to the vehicle. The device includes a plurality of receivers that receives a ranging information signal via a ultrasonic-wave ranging sensor, the ranging information signal including an ultrasonic-wave ranging signal on which path guidance information is superimposed, the ultrasonic-wave ranging signal being for measuring a distance to an object; an information extractor that extracts, for each of the receivers, the path guidance information from the ranging information signal; and a path guide that provides the path guidance on the basis of a distance corresponding to the ultrasonic-wave ranging signal and the path guidance information.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Ippei Sugae, Kiyokazu Ieda
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Patent number: 10975609Abstract: A vehicle door apparatus includes: an opening and closing drive device capable of opening and closing a swing door provided in a vehicle; and a control device configured to control the opening and closing drive device. The control device includes: an occupant detection unit configured to detect an occupant of the vehicle who approaches the door; a first opening operation control unit configured to open the door to a first opening degree when the occupant has entered an opening control area from a proximal end side of the door; and a second opening operation control unit configured to open the door from the first opening degree to a second opening degree when the occupant has moved to a free end side of the door beyond an opening operation trajectory of the door.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Fukatsu, Kiyokazu Ieda, Isao Honda, Ryu Miyashiro
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Publication number: 20200317268Abstract: According to one embodiment, a vehicle guidance device is to be installed in a vehicle for providing path guidance to the vehicle. The device includes a plurality of receivers that receives a ranging information signal via a ultrasonic-wave ranging sensor, the ranging information signal including an ultrasonic-wave ranging signal on which path guidance information is superimposed, the ultrasonic-wave ranging signal being for measuring a distance to an object; an information extractor that extracts, for each of the receivers, the path guidance information from the ranging information signal; and a path guide that provides the path guidance on the basis of a distance corresponding to the ultrasonic-wave ranging signal and the path guidance information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ippei SUGAE, Kiyokazu IEDA
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Publication number: 20190112862Abstract: A vehicle door apparatus includes: an opening and closing drive device capable of opening and closing a swing door provided in a vehicle; and a control device configured to control the opening and closing drive device. The control device includes: an occupant detection unit configured to detect an occupant of the vehicle who approaches the door; a first opening operation control unit configured to open the door to a first opening degree when the occupant has entered an opening control area from a proximal end side of the door; and a second opening operation control unit configured to open the door from the first opening degree to a second opening degree when the occupant has moved to a free end side of the door beyond an opening operation trajectory of the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke FUKATSU, Kiyokazu Ieda, Isao Honda, Ryu Miyashiro
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Publication number: 20180239007Abstract: An ultrasonic wave input/output device configured to detect a person approaching a vehicle or a building and to effect informing to the approaching person includes at least two oscillation sections including a first oscillation section configured to output an ultrasonic wave having a first frequency and to obtain a reflected wave corresponding to the outputted ultrasonic wave and a second oscillation section configured to output an ultrasonic wave having a second frequency different from the first frequency and to obtain a reflected wave corresponding to the outputted ultrasonic wave having the second frequency, cases accommodating the first and second oscillation sections individually therein, and a single housing that houses the respective cases with a cushioning member therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2016Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ippei SUGAE, Kiyokazu IEDA
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Patent number: 9460570Abstract: A door lock control system according to an embodiment includes, as one example, a receiving unit and a determination unit. The receiving unit is provided in a side edge portion extending between an upper edge portion and a lower edge portion of a window of a vehicle door, and receives a signal by near field communication. The determination unit determines whether to unlock or lock the door based on first data included in the signal received by the receiving unit and held second data.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kiyokazu Ieda
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Patent number: 9123997Abstract: A multi-band monopole antenna includes a first radiation conductor portion formed with a rod member having a length defined in accordance with a wavelength of a first frequency included in a predetermined first frequency band among plural frequency bands, and a second radiation conductor portion integrally connected with the first radiation conductor portion and formed with a planar member in which a direct distance from a feeding portion to a farthest point which is the farthest position from the feeding portion is defined in accordance with a wavelength of a second frequency included in a second frequency band which differs from the first frequency band among the plural frequency bands. The feeding portion is provided at a position based on the length defined in accordance with the wavelength of the first frequency relative to a position of a tip end of the first radiation conductor portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Taku Nakamura, Eiji Koide
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Patent number: 9108591Abstract: A door handle apparatus for a vehicle includes a door handle adapted to be provided at a vehicle exterior of a vehicle door and operated in order to open/close the vehicle door, a sensing electrode provided inside of an upper-outer surface of the door handle, a sensor for detecting a user approaching the sensing electrode on the basis of a variation of an electric capacitance generated by the sensing electrode, controlling device for controlling the vehicle door so as to be locked/unlocked on the basis of information detected by the sensor and water-removing device provided on the upper-outer surface of the door handle in order to remove water retained in the vicinity of the sensing electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2007Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Eiji Mushiake, Hisashi Inaba
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Publication number: 20150221146Abstract: A door lock control system according to an embodiment includes, as one example, a receiving unit and a determination unit. The receiving unit is provided in a side edge portion extending between an upper edge portion and a lower edge portion of a window of a vehicle door, and receives a signal by near field communication. The determination unit determines whether to unlock or lock the door based on first data included in the signal received by the receiving unit and held second data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2013Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kiyokazu Ieda
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Patent number: 8946936Abstract: An electromagnetic coupling device electromagnetically connects a door handle side circuit of a door handle with a door main body side circuit of a door main body. This electromagnetic coupling device includes a door handle side coupling unit, a door main body side coupling unit, a door handle side coupling unit, a handle side support unit that supports the door handle, and a connector body that supports the door main body side coupling unit in a vehicle door main body. The door handle side coupling unit is electromagnetically coupled with the door main body side coupling unit without making contact therewith. At least one of the handle side support unit and the connector body restricts the relative movement, caused by rotation of the door handle, of the door handle side coupling unit and the door main body side coupling unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2009Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroki Okada, Kiyokazu Ieda, Yuichi Murakami
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Patent number: 8630772Abstract: An occupant protection system for vehicle, includes an own-vehicle information acquisition unit acquiring an own-vehicle information including a route information on a course of an own vehicle to a destination, an other-vehicle information acquisition unit acquiring other-vehicle information that is received through vehicle-to-vehicle communication and that includes position information of another vehicle, a crash condition calculation unit calculating a crash condition between the own vehicle and said another vehicle on the basis of the own-vehicle information and other-vehicle information, and an operation preparation unit preparing a system which corresponds to a crash damage decreasing system decreasing a level of a crash damage of an occupant of the own vehicle, and which is adapted to decrease the level of the crash damage that corresponds to the crash condition calculated by the crash condition calculation unit to operate.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2010Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Yuichi Murakami
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Patent number: 8562037Abstract: A vehicle handle (20) having handle joining sections (20e, 20f) joining with a door panel of a vehicle in addition to having a non-contact type detection sensor in a handle interior space (s), and performing at least unlocking of a door in accordance with detection information from the detection sensor, comprises an internal water discharging path (G) communicating between the handle interior space (s) and a handle exterior space (S) and capable of discharging water inside the handle interior space (s) to the handle exterior space (S).Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2005Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Takamasa Fujitsuna, Takeshi Ito
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Patent number: 8408610Abstract: A door handle apparatus includes first and second handle cases constituting a door handle, a rotational-portion extending portion, an operational-portion extending portion, and a lock detection electrode of an electrostatic capacity sensor detecting that a door lock command is inputted, on the basis of a fluctuation of electrostatic capacity. The lock detection electrode includes an upper lock detection electrode and a lower lock detection electrode arranged to face an inner surface of an upper wall and an inner surface of a lower wall, respectively. A first electrode end surface of the upper lock detection electrode and a second electrode end surface of the lower lock detection electrode are formed into different shapes, so that a level of capacitive coupling between the lower lock detection electrode and the outer panel is set to be smaller than a level of capacitive coupling between the upper lock detection electrode and the outer panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2009Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Eiji Mushiake
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Patent number: 8403384Abstract: A door handle device capable of operating a door opening/closing mechanism of a vehicle is disclosed. The door handle device includes a support member, a door handle, a circuit substrate, a lock detection electrode, a capacitance sensor, and an auxiliary electrode. The circuit substrate is arranged in the door handle and includes a ground electrode. The lock detection electrode is mounted on the circuit substrate and capacitance-coupled to an outer panel of the door. The capacitance sensor is connected to the lock detection electrode and detects the issuance of a door lock command based on a change in a first capacitance between the outer panel and the lock detection electrode. The auxiliary electrode is capacitance-coupled to the ground electrode to form a second capacitance connected in parallel to the first capacitance between the auxiliary electrode and the ground electrode.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2008Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Hisashi Inaba, Takehiro Tabata, Tomoo Kakegawa, Tomoyuki Funayama, Shigeki Nishiyama
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Patent number: 8382170Abstract: A door handle device for a vehicle is arranged in a door thereof. The door handle device includes a support member, door handle, lock detection electrode, and capacitance sensor. The door handle includes a first end, second end, pivot portion, and operation portion. A capacitance sensor detects issuance of a door lock command from a change in capacitance between an outer panel and lock detection electrode. The door handle includes a first handle case and second handle case covering the first handle case. The lock detection electrode is proximal to and faces an inner surface of at least one of an upper wall and lower wall of the second handle case. The lock detection includes an electrode end face facing the outer panel and formed to be non-planar.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2008Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Eiji Mushiake, Kai Nakamura, Tomoo Kakegawa, Junzo Ooe, Hiroki Okada
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Patent number: 8373577Abstract: A vehicle-mounted communication device includes a non-directional antenna provided at a vehicle and having a directional characteristic in all directions uniformly in a horizontal plane, at least one of directional antennas provided at the vehicle and having a directional characteristic in a specific direction, an antenna switching portion switching so as to be connected to one of the non-directional antenna and the directional antenna on the basis of information to be sent in a case where the information is sent from the vehicle and switching so as to be connected to one of the non-directional antenna and the directional antenna on the basis of information to be received in a case where the information transmitted through the air is received.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2010Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Yuichi Murakami, Shingo Fujimoto
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Patent number: 8269615Abstract: A door handle, for opening and closing a door such as a vehicular door, includes: a transmitting antenna, transmitting a communication signal to a portable device carried by a user; an indicating portion, optically indicating a state of the door, including locked and unlocked states of the door, to the user with a visible light; and a first power supply portion, electromagnetically coupled to the transmitting antenna and supplying electric power to the indicating portion in response to a transmission of the communication signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2009Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Eiji Mushiake
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Publication number: 20120154253Abstract: A multi-band monopole antenna includes a first radiation conductor portion formed with a rod member having a length defined in accordance with a wavelength of a first frequency included in a predetermined first frequency band among plural frequency bands, and a second radiation conductor portion integrally connected with the first radiation conductor portion and formed with a planar member in which a direct distance from a feeding portion to a farthest point which is the farthest position from the feeding portion is defined in accordance with a wavelength of a second frequency included in a second frequency band which differs from the first frequency band among the plural frequency bands. The feeding portion is provided at a position based on the length defined in accordance with the wavelength of the first frequency relative to a position of a tip end of the first radiation conductor portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kiyokazu IEDA, Taku NAKAMURA, Eiji KOIDE
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Patent number: 8125336Abstract: An abnormality detecting apparatus includes a power supply portion applying a voltage to electrodes provided at both surfaces of a light control glass adapted to be provided at a vehicle to change a transparency of the light control glass, a detection portion detecting a detectable amount obtained on the basis of the voltage applied to the electrodes, and an abnormality determination portion determining whether or not an abnormality occurs to the light control glass based on a predetermined detectable amount and the detectable amount detected by the detection portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2009Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Yuichi Murakami, Hiroki Okada
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Publication number: 20110260831Abstract: Provided is a door handle for a vehicle that can eliminate wiring between a circuit mounted on a vehicle including a door panel having the vehicle door handle and a circuit mounted within this door handle, so that the door handle can be provided as an independent unit. The door handle for a vehicle, is configured to authenticate a mobile device carried by a user through wireless communication between this mobile device and the vehicle and to control locking/unlocking of a vehicle door based on detection of presence/absence of an operation by the user of commanding a predetermined locking/unlocking operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2009Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Yuichi Murakami, Hiroki Okada