Patents by Inventor Kouji Nishiyama
Kouji Nishiyama 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: 20240060790Abstract: The control unit of the information processing device acquires first information including information on a destination of the user, a departure point at which the user starts to move to the destination, a scheduled arrival time to the destination, and a first scheduled time at which the user starts to move from the departure point to the destination. The control unit of the information processing device acquires the second information on the traffic situation predicted at a specific time at a specific time, which is a time retroactive to a predetermined time from the first scheduled time, and determines the second scheduled time at which a user should start moving from the departure to the destination in order to arrive at the destination by the scheduled time of arrival based on the first information and the second information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashige HORI, Kouji NISHIYAMA
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Patent number: 11626100Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller that is configured to identify a first language into which a content of a speech that is input is to be translated, based on first information about a place, estimate an intention of the content of the speech based on the content of the speech that is translated into the first language, select a service to be provided, based on the intention that is estimated, and provide a guide related to the service that is selected, in a language of the speech. The first language is different from the language of the speech.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashige Hori, Kouji Nishiyama
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Publication number: 20210248994Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller that is configured to identify a first language into which a content of a speech that is input is to be translated, based on first information about a place, estimate an intention of the content of the speech based on the content of the speech that is translated into the first language, select a service to be provided, based on the intention that is estimated, and provide a guide related to the service that is selected, in a language of the speech. The first language is different from the language of the speech.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashige HORI, Kouji NISHIYAMA
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Patent number: 9550659Abstract: A battery-powered work machine driven with a battery, includes: a body including a bottom and a pair of sides erecting from the bottom and including a first side and a second side; a control device of the work machine mounted on the bottom; a first fuse for a driving control device and a second fuse for a cargo-handling device, provided closer to the first side than the second side; a charging device for the battery, the charging device being mounted on the bottom; and a third fuse for the charging device, provided closer to the second side than the first side.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2013Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Norikazu Nakazawa, Kouji Nishiyama
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Patent number: 9376298Abstract: A forklift including a fork on a front of a body to which front and rear wheels are attached, a counter weight on a rear of the body, and a driving electric motor allowing the body to travel, the forklift includes: a battery on the body above the rear wheel; a cargo-handling electric motor generating oil pressure on operating oil operating the fork; a controller controlling the cargo-handling electric motor and the driving electric motor; and a storage space in the body, below a bottom of the battery, and above a bottom of the body, wherein the controller and a charging device charging the battery are arranged in the storage space on both sides in a widthwise direction of the body, respectively and an operating oil tank and the cargo-handling electric motor are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the body between the controller and the charging device.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2013Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Norikazu Nakazawa, Kouji Nishiyama
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Patent number: 9365401Abstract: A battery powered forklift including a fork mounted on a front of a body to which a front wheel and a rear wheel are attached, a counter weight provided on a rear of the body, and a driving electric motor that allows the body to travel, the forklift includes: a battery mounted on the body above the rear wheel; a cargo-handling electric motor configured to generate oil pressure on operating oil that operates the fork; a control device configured to control the cargo-handling electric motor and the driving electric motor; a storage space provided in the body, below a bottom of the battery, and above a bottom of the body for storing the cargo-handling electric motor and the control device; and a fan that exhausts air in the storage space to an outside.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Norikazu Nakazawa, Kouji Nishiyama
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Publication number: 20150375977Abstract: A battery powered work machine driven with a battery, includes: a body including a bottom and a pair of sides erecting from the bottom; a control device of the work machine mounted on the bottom close to one of the sides; a fuse for the control device, the fuse being provided to be opposite to the one of the sides; a charging device for the battery, the charging device being mounted on the bottom close to the other one of the sides; and a fuse for the charging device, the fuse being provided to be opposite to the other one of the sides.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2013Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Norikazu Nakazawa, Kouji Nishiyama
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Publication number: 20150298950Abstract: A battery powered forklift including a fork mounted on a front of a body to which a front wheel and a rear wheel are attached, a counter weight provided on a rear of the body, and a driving electric motor that allows the body to travel, the forklift includes: a battery mounted on the body above the rear wheel; a cargo-handling electric motor configured to generate oil pressure on operating oil that operates the fork; a control device configured to control the cargo-handling electric motor and the driving electric motor; a storage space provided in the body, below a bottom of the battery, and above a bottom of the body for storing the cargo-handling electric motor and the control device; and a fan that exhausts air in the storage space to an outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Norikazu Nakazawa, Kouji Nishiyama
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Publication number: 20150298952Abstract: A forklift including a fork on a front of a body to which front and rear wheels are attached, a counter weight on a rear of the body, and a driving electric motor allowing the body to travel, the forklift includes: a battery on the body above the rear wheel; a cargo-handling electric motor generating oil pressure on operating oil operating the fork; a controller controlling the cargo-handling electric motor and the driving electric motor; and a storage space in the body, below a bottom of the battery, and above a bottom of the body, wherein the controller and a charging device charging the battery are arranged in the storage space on both sides in a widthwise direction of the body, respectively and an operating oil tank and the cargo-handling electric motor are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the body between the controller and the charging device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Norikazu Nakazawa, Kouji Nishiyama
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Patent number: 9162858Abstract: To facilitate loading-unloading operation of a battery even when a large-sized battery is mounted, in a battery-powered forklift which is driven with power of a battery mounted on a vehicle body including a fork which is arranged at a front part of the vehicle body, a counter weight which is arranged at a rear part of the vehicle body, and a top plate which is supported at a position to cover an area above a driver seat via a pair of rear stays 44 extended upward from both sides of the rear part of the vehicle body, post members arranged in a raised manner at both sides of the counter weight guide movement of the battery along the front-rear direction of the vehicle body between the post members.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Kouji Nishiyama, Kazuhiro Kurihara
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Publication number: 20140238780Abstract: A battery type forklift which is driven with power of a battery mounted on a vehicle body, includes: a fork arranged at a front part of the vehicle body; and a counter weight arranged at a rear part of the vehicle body, wherein the battery is mounted on the vehicle body in a state of being capable of being removed to a rear side of the vehicle body, and the counter weight comprises a guide unit which prevents sway of the battery in a right-left direction of the vehicle body when removing the battery and which guides movement of the battery along a front-rear direction of the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Kouji Nishiyama, Kazuhiro Kurihara
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Patent number: 8789636Abstract: A battery-powered forklift including a fork placed at an anterior portion of a vehicle body, and a counter weight placed at a posterior portion of the vehicle body, the battery-powered forklift running by electric power of a battery mounted on the vehicle body, wherein a concave portion that is open in a longitudinal direction is formed at an upper surface of the counter weight, the battery is mounted on a position above a rear wheel of the vehicle body while at least a part of the battery overlaps with the counter weight, and the battery is removable toward a rear of the vehicle body through the concave portion of the counter weight.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Kouji Nishiyama, Kazuhiro Kurihara, Tetsuya Okuyama
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Publication number: 20140020967Abstract: A battery-powered forklift including a fork placed at an anterior portion of a vehicle body, and a counter weight placed at a posterior portion of the vehicle body, the battery-powered forklift running by electric power of a battery mounted on the vehicle body, wherein a concave portion that is open in a longitudinal direction is formed at an upper surface of the counter weight, the battery is mounted on a position above a rear wheel of the vehicle body while at least a part of the battery overlaps with the counter weight, and the battery is removable toward a rear of the vehicle body through the concave portion of the counter weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Kouji Nishiyama, Kazuhiro Kurihara, Tetsuya Okuyama
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Patent number: 5579099Abstract: A document conveying device for conveying a document in a reciprocating motion, and a document reading device for reading the image of the document by illuminating it from one edge thereof. The document is turned over and conveyed back and forth to an illuminating position and a position below a document table. A document receiving section for receiving and storing the document after it has been read the desired number of times is provided intermediate the document table and the illuminating position of the document reading device. This allows, in a reciprocation system, a document to be laid on the table face up and allows the next document to be laid on the table beforehand.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 1995Date of Patent: November 26, 1996Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Kouji Nishiyama, Yoshio Toyoshima