Patents by Inventor Masahiro Hara
Masahiro Hara 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: 20230270616Abstract: In a state where a drive unit is located on a lateral side of a joint(s) of a wearer wearing clothes and a communication unit and a frame unit are fixed and retained corresponding to the wearer's first and second body sites, respectively, a driving torque of an actuator according to movements of the wearer's joint is transmitted as an assist force to the first and second body sites without giving any physical burdens or hindrances in daily life to the wearer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Hiromasa HARA, Masahiro TAKAMA, Hiroki WATARI
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Publication number: 20230182699Abstract: A vehicle control method includes first anti-lock braking system control which is executed focusing on a vehicle deceleration when determination is made that a road is a bad road based on wheel acceleration information, as compared with a case where determination is made that the road is not the bad road, and a second anti-lock braking system control which is executed to reduce a pressure increasing gradient of a brake hydraulic pressure as compared with that in the first anti-lock braking system control. The vehicle control method includes executing the first anti-lock braking system control in a case where a wheel has a recovering tendency from slip when an execution condition of the anti-lock braking system control is satisfied, and executing the second anti-lock braking system control in a case where the wheel has a slipping tendency when the execution condition of the anti-lock braking system control is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro HARA, Masahiko Maekawa
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Patent number: 11673597Abstract: A switch device includes a switch body, which is arranged at the back side of a steering unit, and a lever unit, which is attached to the switch body to allow for switching by a pivotal operation about a first axis, which extends in the axial direction of a steering shaft. The lever unit includes a lever shaft, which extends in a direction intersecting the first axis of the pivotal operation, a lever head, which is arranged at the distal end of the lever shaft and has a larger dimension than the diameter of the lever shaft, and a push operation unit, which allows for switching by a push operation. The push operation unit is arranged so that the operation direction of the push operation is directed toward the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Nobuyuki Ishigure, Yuki Sato, Tadashi Usuya, Akio Nishiyama, Masahiro Kato, Takayuki Aoki, Shinji Matsubara, Toshihiko Kosugi, Ryusuke Ohta, Shinji Hara
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Publication number: 20230120194Abstract: An ECU of a vehicle executes a regeneration process to control an electric motor so as to generate regenerative torque during deceleration caused by an accelerator OFF. The ECU executes a torque gradual decrease process to decrease the regenerative torque in a wheel slip detection state more gradually at a time when a brake pedal is depressed after a start of the deceleration and ABS control is not activated than a time when the brake pedal is not depressed after the start of the deceleration. The ECU executes a hydraulic pressure increase process to increase the upstream hydraulic pressure such that, when the ABS control is activated while the brake pedal is depressed after the start of the deceleration, the upstream hydraulic pressure has a value necessary for generating a braking torque having a magnitude according to the regenerative torque generated at a start of the ABS control.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Takami Iwamoto, Shun Nagai, Yuto Yokoyama, Junichi Katsumata, Shotaro Arai, Hiroki Maeda, Masahiro Hara, Daigo Tateishi
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Patent number: 11590942Abstract: A braking force control apparatus has an upstream braking actuator for generating an upstream pressure common to four wheels, a downstream braking actuator individually controlling braking pressures supplied to braking force generating devices of the wheels using the upstream pressure, and a control unit. When the downstream braking actuator is abnormal and the upstream pressure can be supplied to the braking force generating devices, but a braking pressure of any one of the wheels cannot be normally reduced, the control unit selects higher one of the target braking pressures of the left and right front wheels and higher one of the left and right rear wheels, determines lower one of the two selected target braking pressures as a backup target upstream pressure, and controls the upstream braking actuator such that the upstream pressure becomes the backup target upstream pressure.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidehisa Kato, Masahiro Hara
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Publication number: 20230013232Abstract: An control method executed by a computer, the control method includes acquiring a plurality of captured images captured by cameras in an area; presuming a movement state of a first candidate of candidates for persons who have entered the area based on facial images included in the plurality of acquired captured images; determining whether or not a similarity between a past movement state of the first candidate of candidates and the presumed movement state, meets a criterion by reference to a memory that stores past movement states of the candidates for persons who have entered the area; selecting a candidate list that includes the first candidate of candidates among candidate lists of the persons who have entered the area in the past when the similarity meets the criterion; and reading out biometric information included in the selected candidate list from a biometric information database to the memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Masahiro HARA, Akira FUJII
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Patent number: 11458940Abstract: A brake ECU sets target slippage degrees of three wheels other than the front outer wheel to the slippage degree of the front outer wheel and feedback-controls the braking forces of the three wheels such that the actual slippage degrees of the three wheels approach the target slippage degrees. The brake ECU computes a correction amount for the slip ratio deviation of the front inner wheel such that the slip ratio deviation becomes zero. The brake ECU multiplies the correction amount for the slip ratio deviation by a load ratio and uses the resultant value as a correction amount for the slip ratio deviation of the rear inner wheel. The brake ECU corrects the slip ratio deviation by using the computed correction amount.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Hara, Hiroaki Nagase, Kei Amamoto
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Publication number: 20220248098Abstract: An information processing apparatus receives a user selection of content to be reproduced by an external device connected to the information processing apparatus. A request to reproduce the user selected content is sent to the external device. Information indicating whether the external device has started reproducing the selected content is received from the external device. In response to the external device having started reproduction of the selected content, a thumbnail image is reproduced that corresponds to the content being reproduced by the external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Satoshi Hiroi, Yukio Ichikawa, Yumi Sato, Marie Suzuki, Yasushi Nakajima, Hiroshi Nagatani, Masahiro Hara, Hiroshi Horiki, Kouhei Fujimoto, Takeshi Matsuzawa, Hiroyuki Mitsubori, Sakae Houjou, Mingshan Yang
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Patent number: 11336962Abstract: An information processing apparatus receives a user selection of content to be reproduced by an external device connected to the information processing apparatus. A request to reproduce the user selected content is sent to the external device. Information indicating whether the external device has started reproducing the selected content is received from the external device. In response to the external device having started reproduction of the selected content, a thumbnail image is reproduced that corresponds to the content being reproduced by the external device.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventors: Satoshi Hiroi, Yukio Ichikawa, Yumi Sato, Marie Suzuki, Yasushi Nakajima, Hiroshi Nagatani, Masahiro Hara, Hiroshi Horiki, Kouhei Fujimoto, Takeshi Matsuzawa, Hiroyuki Mitsubori, Sakae Houjou, Mingshan Yang
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Patent number: 11279332Abstract: A braking force control apparatus is provided which has an upstream braking actuator for generating an upstream pressure common to four wheels, a downstream braking actuator individually controlling braking pressure supplied to braking force generating devices of the wheels using the upstream pressure, and a control unit. When the downstream braking actuator is abnormal and the upstream pressure can be supplied to the braking force generating devices, but a braking pressure of any one of the wheels cannot be normally controlled, the control unit selects a control mode on the pressure increasing side out of the front wheel control modes, selects a control mode on the pressure increasing side out of the rear wheel control modes, selects a control mode on the pressure decreasing side out of the two selected control modes as a prescribed control mode, and controls the upstream pressure in the prescribed control mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidehisa Kato, Masahiro Hara, Yuji Yoshii
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Patent number: 11260839Abstract: Provided is a brake control apparatus configured to: set a target slip degree of each of three wheels other than an outer front wheel to a slip degree of the outer front wheel; perform feedback control so that an actual slip degree of each of the three wheels becomes close to the target slip degree; and decrease a feedback control amount of a wheel which is to be controlled to increase an anti-spin yaw moment when an understeer suppression condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Advics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Hara, Hiroaki Nagase, Kei Amamoto
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Patent number: 11084025Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an inexpensive, high-performance AEI type zeolite and an AEI type zeolite having a Si/Al ratio of 6.5 or less and an acidity of 1.2 mmol/g or more and 3.0 mmol/g or less, by using neither an expensive Y type zeolite as a raw material nor dangerous hydrofluoric acid. The method for producing an AEI type zeolite having a Si/Al ratio of 50 or less includes: preparing a mixture including a silicon atom material, an aluminum atom material, an alkali metal atom material, an organic structure-directing agent, and water; and performing hydrothermal synthesis of the obtained mixture, in which a compound having a Si content of 20% by weight or less and containing aluminum is used as the aluminum atom material; and the mixture includes a zeolite having a framework density of 14 T/1000 ?3 or more in an amount of 0.1% by weight or more with respect to SiO2 assuming that all Si atoms in the mixture are formed in SiO2.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Manabu Tanaka, Takahiko Takewaki, Takeshi Matsuo, Masahiro Hara
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Publication number: 20210217414Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing device that processes a voice-based agent interaction, and an information processing method, and provides an information processing system. The information processing device is provided with: a communication unit that receives information related to an interaction with a user through an agent residing in a first apparatus; and a control unit that controls an external agent service. The control unit collects the information that includes at least one among an image or a voice of the user, information related to operation of the first apparatus by the user, and sensor information detected by a sensor with which the first apparatus is equipped. The control unit controls calling of the external agent service.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Masahiro HARA, Shinpei KAMEOKA
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Publication number: 20210213433Abstract: A CON zeolite satisfying the following (1) to (2):(1) The framework is CON as per the code specified by the International Zeolite Association (IZA); and (2) It contains silicon and aluminum, and the molar ratio of aluminum to silicon is 0.04 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, JAPAN TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHETIC CHEMICALInventors: Hiroaki ONOZUKA, Masahiro HARA, Masato YOSHIOKA, Toshiyuki YOKOI
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Publication number: 20210136453Abstract: An information processing apparatus receives a user selection of content to be reproduced by an external device connected to the information processing apparatus. A request to reproduce the user selected content is sent to the external device. Information indicating whether the external device has started reproducing the selected content is received from the external device. In response to the external device having started reproduction of the selected content, a thumbnail image is reproduced that corresponds to the content being reproduced by the external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2021Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Satoshi Hiroi, Yukio Ichikawa, Yumi Sato, Marie Suzuki, Yasushi Nakajima, Hiroshi Nagatani, Masahiro Hara, Hiroshi Horiki, Kouhei Fujimoto, Takeshi Matsuzawa, Hiroyuki Mitsubori, Sakae Houjou, Mingshan Yang
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Patent number: 10965990Abstract: An information processing apparatus receives a user selection of content to be reproduced by an external device connected to the information processing apparatus. A request to reproduce the user selected content is sent to the external device. Information indicating whether the external device has started reproducing the selected content is received from the external device. In response to the external device having started reproduction of the selected content, a thumbnail image is reproduced that corresponds to the content being reproduced by the external device.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Inventors: Satoshi Hiroi, Yukio Ichikawa, Yumi Sato, Marie Suzuki, Yasushi Nakajima, Hiroshi Nagatani, Masahiro Hara, Hiroshi Horiki, Kouhei Fujimoto, Takeshi Matsuzawa, Hiroyuki Mitsubori, Sakae Houjou, Mingshan Yang
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Patent number: 10933851Abstract: According to one embodiment, for example, when it is determined that a certain condition has been satisfied while first antilock control is being executed, a controller of a brake control apparatus executes second antilock control by opening and closing a solenoid valve with a motor stopped so that brake fluid of the wheel cylinder is caused to flow into a reservoir, the second antilock control including a second pressure reduction mode, the second pressure reduction mode reducing a pressure of a wheel cylinder while substantially equilibrating the pressure of the wheel cylinder and a pressure of the reservoir at a certain pressure or larger, the certain pressure being larger than zero.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jun Shinozaki, Koichi Kokubo, Masayuki Naito, Yuji Yoshii, Masahiro Hara
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Patent number: 10909432Abstract: A two-dimensional code that is capable of suppressing unnecessary code detection processes related to detection of a code area is provided. Among outer edges of a rectangular code area, a first edge that is composed of a plurality of types of cells arrayed in a single row is configured such that a specific pattern that is composed of an array of two or more differing cells is repeated in at least an intermediate portion. A second edge composed of the plurality of types of cells arrayed in a row such as to oppose the first edge is configured such that the specific pattern is repeated in at least an intermediate portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATEDInventors: Yosuke Kanbe, Soutaro Tabata, Masahiro Hara, Toshio Morimoto
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Publication number: 20200401683Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition section, a setting section, and a processing execution section. The acquisition section acquires reliability of modal authentication executed on a user. The setting section sets a reliability threshold on the basis of a request requested by the user. The processing execution section suspends execution of processing in response to the request of the user until the reliability of the acquired modal authentication becomes larger than the set reliability threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Akihiko IZUMI, Masahiro HARA
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Publication number: 20200282963Abstract: A braking force control apparatus has an upstream braking actuator for generating an upstream pressure common to four wheels, a downstream braking actuator individually controlling braking pressures supplied to braking force generating devices of the wheels using the upstream pressure, and a control unit. When the downstream braking actuator is abnormal and the upstream pressure can be supplied to the braking force generating devices, but a braking pressure of any one of the wheels cannot be normally reduced, the control unit selects higher one of the target braking pressures of the left and right front wheels and higher one of the left and right rear wheels, determines lower one of the two selected target braking pressures as a backup target upstream pressure, and controls the upstream braking actuator such that the upstream pressure becomes the backup target upstream pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidehisa KATO, Masahiro HARA