Patents by Inventor Koutarou Nakashima

Koutarou Nakashima 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: 10343714
    Abstract: A sensor device includes sensors and an Electronic Control Unit (ECU). The sensors include sensor elements, a signal comparator, and a signal transmitter. The signal comparator compares a first main detection value from one of the sensor elements, and a first sub detection value from the other of the sensor elements. When the first main detection value matches the first sub detection value, the signal transmitter generates and transmits an output signal that includes a first main signal corresponding to the first main detection value without including a first sub signal corresponding to the first sub detection value. In such manner, the responsiveness of the sensor device may be improved, without deteriorating a reliability of the output signals from the sensor sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koutarou Nakashima, Shuji Kuramitsu, Kouichi Nakamura, Masaya Taki, Toshimitsu Sakai, Takaharu Kozawa, Katsuhiko Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20170029015
    Abstract: A sensor device includes sensors and an Electronic Control Unit (ECU). The sensors include sensor elements, a signal comparator, and a signal transmitter. The signal comparator compares a first main detection value from one of the sensor elements, and a first sub detection value from the other of the sensor elements. When the first main detection value matches the first sub detection value, the signal transmitter generates and transmits an output signal that includes a first main signal corresponding to the first main detection value without including a first sub signal corresponding to the first sub detection value. In such manner, the responsiveness of the sensor device may be improved, without deteriorating a reliability of the output signals from the sensor sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Koutarou Nakashima, Shuji Kuramitsu, Kouichi Nakamura, Masaya Taki, Toshimitsu Sakai, Takaharu Kozawa, Katsuhiko Hayashi