Patents by Inventor Koji Kimura

Koji Kimura 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: 20240329364
    Abstract: Imaging of, with height reduction, a high-quality image with a maximum angle of view of 90 degrees or larger is realized. A lens group forms an optical image of an object on a curved imaging surface. The maximum angle of view is 90 degrees or larger. When a first imaging height half angle of view is 40 degrees and is denoted by Yw, a second imaging height that is a half of the maximum angle of view is denoted by Y, a total optical length is denoted by TL, a focal length of the entire imaging lens is denoted by f, and a focal length of the lens closest to the object is denoted by f1, the following are satisfied: 0.27?(Yw/Y)2?0.7, 0.3?TL/2Y?0.695, ?0.35?f/f1?0.73. The present technology can be applied to an ultrawide-angle camera or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Matsusaka, Shinichiro Noudo, Kensuke Suzuki, Koji Miyata, Katsuji Kimura, Toshihito Iwase
  • Patent number: 12103160
    Abstract: A rotation connecting mechanism includes: a joint that connects a second member rotatably to a first member with three rotational degrees of freedom; a first link and a third link in each of which one end is attached rotatably to second member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom while the other end is attached rotatably to first member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom, each of first link and third link having a variable length and five rotational degrees of freedom; a second link in which one end is attached rotatably to first link with at least two rotational degrees of freedom while the other end is attached rotatably to first member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom, second link having a variable length and five rotational degrees of freedom; and motors that generate force changing lengths of the three links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Kawaguchi, Tomoya Hattori, Masaki Haruna, Koji Hirose, Ken Ueda, Shingo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20240317056
    Abstract: A display control device for a vehicle includes a memory and a processor connected to the memory. The processor is configured to display an object display and a lane display at a display section provided in a cabin of the vehicle. The object display depicts an object located in front of the vehicle, the lane display depicts a lane extending in front of the vehicle, and the object display and lane display are each displayed as a view thereof from the side of the object at which the vehicle is disposed. The processor is also configured to, in accordance with a distance between the object and the vehicle, alter a display ratio of the object display relative to a width of the lane display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoaki Takabatake, Koji Kimura, Junji Miyazaki, Ryo Ogata, Yuki Yoshida, Tadashi Morishita
  • Patent number: 12090268
    Abstract: A connection unit for air feeding tube is a connection unit to which an air feeding tube is connectable and fixable and which includes: a first pipe having an opening through which gas from the air feeding tube flows in; a second pipe that is configured to be arrangeable substantially parallel to a surface of a bed used in an examination, and includes an opening through which the gas flows out; and an air feeding flow path which is formed to include the two openings and through which the gas is fed. When the air feeding tube is fixed to the connection unit for air feeding tube and is used, a part of the air feeding flow path for the gas is formed so as to pass through an area located at a position opposite to a gravitational direction with respect to a central axis of the second pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoyasu Toyama, Kunitoshi Hiraga, Shinya Torii, Koji Yamaoka, Takefumi Uesugi, Yuma Kasuya, Keita Kimura
  • Patent number: 12093505
    Abstract: A display control device includes a processor. The processor being configured to: receive proposal information relating to a proposal that requests an instruction from a vehicle occupant of a vehicle; receive an operation signal that is outputted in accordance with an operation of the vehicle occupant; and in a case of receiving the proposal information, change display of a display device provided within the vehicle from a usual image to an image that includes a proposal image relating to the proposal, and, during a predetermined time period from start of display of the proposal image, prohibit reflection of the operation signal in the instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Ogata, Satoaki Takabatake, Koji Kimura, Junji Miyazaki, Yuki Yoshida, Tadashi Morishita
  • Patent number: 12090852
    Abstract: The action schedule item creation ECU creates action schedule items demanded of an ego vehicle capable of switching between autonomous driving and manual driving. The HUD and the meter display are provided inside a cabin of the ego vehicle. The display control ECU displays the action schedule items created by the action schedule item creation ECU on the HUD and the meter display, and emphasizes display of action schedule items to be performed by manual driving compared to display of action schedule items to be performed by autonomous driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoaki Takabatake, Junji Miyazaki, Koji Kimura, Yuki Yoshida, Ryo Ogata, Tadashi Morishita
  • Patent number: 12084078
    Abstract: A vehicle reducing unease of a driver during driver assistance, provided with a display device configured to display a surrounding vehicle together with a host vehicle at a relative position calculated by an object recognition device, display a mark showing that a lane change is planned to be performed at a predetermined space for performing a lane change in a destination driving lane which is a destination for a lane change when an automatic lane change is planned to be performed, and make a position of the mark change in accordance with the relative position of the surrounding vehicle when there is a surrounding vehicle present having an effect on a lane change in the destination driving lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Kimura, Satoaki Takabatake, Junji Miyazaki, Yuki Yoshida, Ryo Ogata, Tadashi Morishita, Takamitsu Toyoura, Atsuki Kinoshita, Yuki Mori
  • Publication number: 20240297784
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a key management device includes an acquiring circuitry and a processor. The acquiring circuitry is configured to: acquire identity verification data of a remote QKD key generated by a remote QKD device, and remote QKD device identification information identifying the remote QKD device, from another key management device via a classical communication channel. The processor is configured to: collect a local QKD key generated by a local QKD device and local QKD device identification information identifying the local QKD device; generate identity verification data of the local QKD key; and map, when the identity verification data of the remote QKD key matches the identity verification data of the local QKD key, the remote QKD device identification information to the local QKD device identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Keisuke MERA, Koji KANAZAWA, Katsuyuki KIMURA, Yoshimichi TANIZAWA
  • Patent number: 12078614
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe includes: a metal case including a bottom wall portion having a vibration surface, and a side wall portion connected to the bottom wall portion; a coil mounted on one surface of the side wall portion; and a magnet mounted in such a way as to sandwich the coil between the magnet and the one surface of the side wall portion, in which the coil causes an eddy current to occur in the one surface of the side wall portion, and causes the bottom wall portion to vibrate, by using a Lorentz force occurring in the side wall portion because of the interaction between the eddy current and a magnetic field generated by the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Ibata, Rokuzo Hara, Tomonori Kimura, Yasuhiro Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20240217535
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device, includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to cause a display unit provided in a vehicle cabin to display an inducement image requesting that an occupant grip a steering wheel in a case in which it is necessary for the occupant to grip the steering wheel, and cause the display unit to display the inducement image more prominently in a case of requesting that the occupant grip the steering wheel before the vehicle switches from an autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode as the vehicle is continuing to drive autonomously, than in a case of requesting that the occupant continue to grip the steering wheel as the vehicle is continuing to drive autonomously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoaki TAKABATAKE, Koji KIMURA, Junji MIYAZAKI, Ryo OGATA, Yuki YOSHIDA, Tadashi MORISHITA
  • Patent number: 12024015
    Abstract: A display control device for a vehicle includes a memory and a processor connected to the memory. The processor is configured to display an object display and a lane display at a display section provided in a cabin of the vehicle. The object display depicts an object located in front of the vehicle, the lane display depicts a lane extending in front of the vehicle, and the object display and lane display are each displayed as a view thereof from the side of the object at which the vehicle is disposed. The processor is also configured to, in accordance with a distance between the object and the vehicle, alter a display ratio of the object display relative to a width of the lane display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoaki Takabatake, Koji Kimura, Junji Miyazaki, Ryo Ogata, Yuki Yoshida, Tadashi Morishita
  • Patent number: 12006389
    Abstract: A modified polyolefin resin may be capable of obtaining an intended adhesion strength regardless of a kind of a base resin thereof even when graft modification is carried out by using an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative having a cyclic structure. Such a modified polyolefin resin may be a modified product of a polyolefin resin and satisfying (A) and (B): (A): a modifying component includes an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative having a cyclic structure; and (B): a ring-opening degree expressed by formula (1) is 40 or more: ring-opening degree=modification degree K×ring-opening rate R??(1), wherein, in formula (1), the modification degree K is a grafting weight (% by weight) of the ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative, and the ring-opening rate R is a ring-opening rate (%) of the cyclic structure in the ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Isamu Ono, Kei Kondo, Koji Kimura, Takato Takenaka, Yuuko Nahara, Shunji Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 11987258
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device, includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to cause a display unit provided in a vehicle cabin to display an inducement image requesting that an occupant grip a steering wheel in a case in which it is necessary for the occupant to grip the steering wheel, and cause the display unit to display the inducement image more prominently in a case of requesting that the occupant grip the steering wheel before the vehicle switches from an autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode as the vehicle is continuing to drive autonomously, than in a case of requesting that the occupant continue to grip the steering wheel as the vehicle is continuing to drive autonomously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoaki Takabatake, Koji Kimura, Junji Miyazaki, Ryo Ogata, Yuki Yoshida, Tadashi Morishita
  • Patent number: 11958926
    Abstract: A modified polyolefin resin having an intended adhesion strength to various substrates even when graft modification may be carried out by using an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative having a cyclic structure. The modified polyolefin resin may be a modified product of a polyolefin resin and satisfies conditions (A) to (C): condition (A)—a modifying component includes an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative having a cyclic structure; condition (B)—a ring-opening degree expressed by formula (1) is 40 or more; and condition (C)—the polyolefin resin includes an ethylene structural unit, ring-opening degree=modification degree K×ring-opening rate R??(1) wherein, in the formula (1), the modification degree K is a grafting weight (wt. %) of the ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative, and the ring-opening rate R is a ring-opening rate (%) of the cyclic structure in the ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Isamu Ono, Kei Kondo, Koji Kimura, Takato Takenaka, Yuuko Nahara, Shunji Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 11958495
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device, includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to cause a display unit provided in a vehicle cabin to display an inducement image requesting that an occupant grip a steering wheel in a case in which it is necessary for the occupant to grip the steering wheel, and cause the display unit to display the inducement image more prominently in a case of requesting that the occupant grip the steering wheel before the vehicle switches from an autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode as the vehicle is continuing to drive autonomously, than in a case of requesting that the occupant continue to grip the steering wheel as the vehicle is continuing to drive autonomously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoaki Takabatake, Koji Kimura, Junji Miyazaki, Ryo Ogata, Yuki Yoshida, Tadashi Morishita
  • Publication number: 20240001953
    Abstract: An onboard display device is installed in a vehicle configured to enable autonomous driving. The onboard display device includes an information acquisition section and a display control section. In a case in which the vehicle attempts to merge from a traveling lane into a merging destination lane during autonomous driving, the information acquisition section acquires information regarding a point at which the attempt will be aborted, before the vehicle arrives at the point. The display control section displays the information regarding the point that is acquired by the information acquisition section, before the arrival at the point. at a display portion that is provided within a vehicle cabin of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoaki TAKABATAKE, Junji MIYAZAKI, Koji KIMURA, Yuki YOSHIDA, Ryo OGATA, Tadashi MORISHITA
  • Publication number: 20230409125
    Abstract: A vehicle information display system an operation section provided at one side in a vehicle width direction relative to a driver seat, the operation section being structured so as to be operable by a vehicle occupant; and a display section provided at a position that is viewable from the driver seat, a vicinity information display region in which vicinity information of the vehicle being displayed being specified at a central portion of the display section, and a selection option display region being specified at one side in the vehicle width direction of the display section, relative to the vicinity information display region, the selection option display region being selectable by the vehicle occupant operating the operation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoaki TAKABATAKE, Junji MIYAZAKI, Koji KIMURA, Yuki YOSHIDA, Ryo OGATA, Tadashi MORISHITA
  • Patent number: 11801853
    Abstract: An onboard display device is installed in a vehicle configured to enable autonomous driving. The onboard display device includes an information acquisition section and a display control section. In a case in which the vehicle attempts to merge from a traveling lane into a merging destination lane during autonomous driving, the information acquisition section acquires information regarding a point at which the attempt will be aborted, before the vehicle arrives at the point. The display control section displays the information regarding the point that is acquired by the information acquisition section, before the arrival at the point. at a display portion that is provided within a vehicle cabin of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoaki Takabatake, Junji Miyazaki, Koji Kimura, Yuki Yoshida, Ryo Ogata, Tadashi Morishita
  • Publication number: 20230339326
    Abstract: A vehicle display device, that includes: a first display device provided inside a vehicle cabin; a second display device provided inside the vehicle cabin and separately from the first display device; a memory; and a processor connecting to the memory and being configured to: set a running plan of a vehicle, to display a scheduled action of the vehicle on the first display device based on the running plan, and to display the scheduled action on the second display device in a case in which at least one of a distance to, or a time interval until, the scheduled action has reached a prescribed value or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Ryo OGATA, Satoaki TAKABATAKE, Koji KIMURA, Junji MIYAZAKI, Yuki YOSHIDA, Tadashi MORISHITA
  • Patent number: 11782518
    Abstract: A vehicle information display system an operation section provided at one side in a vehicle width direction relative to a driver seat, the operation section being structured so as to be operable by a vehicle occupant; and a display section provided at a position that is viewable from the driver seat, a vicinity information display region in which vicinity information of the vehicle being displayed being specified at a central portion of the display section, and a selection option display region being specified at one side in the vehicle width direction of the display section, relative to the vicinity information display region, the selection option display region being selectable by the vehicle occupant operating the operation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoaki Takabatake, Junji Miyazaki, Koji Kimura, Yuki Yoshida, Ryo Ogata, Tadashi Morishita