Patents by Inventor Masaki Ito

Masaki Ito 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: 20220075588
    Abstract: A display control device for a vehicle is provided. The display control device includes a processor configured to display a primary plan on a first display and a secondary plan on a second display. The primary plan is to be performed next after a vehicle action currently being performed, and the secondary plan is to be performed subsequently to the primary plan. The first display may be provided on an upper side of the second display. The first display may be a head-up display, and the second display may be a meter panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamada, Masaki Ito
  • Patent number: 11272615
    Abstract: A wiring circuit board includes an insulating layer and a conductive layer disposed on a front surface of the insulating layer. The conductive layer includes a first wiring, a first terminal electrically connected to the first wiring, a second wiring independent of the first wiring and having a thick thickness T2 with respect to a thickness T1 of the first wiring, and a second terminal electrically connected to the second wiring. The surfaces of the first terminal and the second terminal are disposed at generally the same position in a thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Shibata, Hiroaki Machitani, Yasunari Oyabu, Masaki Ito, Kenya Takimoto
  • Publication number: 20220058351
    Abstract: A reading device according to an embodiment includes a scanner configured to read code information indicated by a code symbol, a holder configured to detachably hold the scanner, a detecting unit configured to detect a first state in which the scanner is held by the holder and a second state in which the scanner is detached from the holder, and a setting-condition changing unit configured to, if the detecting unit detects the second state, set setting conditions relating to the reading by the scanner such that a reading distance of the scanner is shorter than the reading distance in the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Hidehiro Naito, Yuki Kawaguchi, Shinsuke Yajima, Daisuke Hattori, Masaki Ito, Takahiro Saitou, Kota Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11256462
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes a projection device that is provided on a vehicle cabin interior side of a front windshield glass in a vehicle, and displays information by projecting projection light so that this information appears superimposed on scenery visible in front of the vehicle, a display device that is provided in an instrument panel of the vehicle, and displays information towards a vehicle occupant seat side, and a display control unit that, of planned actions acquired from a self-driving control unit that controls self-driving of the vehicle, causes a planned action that is to be performed next after a vehicle action currently being performed to be displayed as a primary planned action by the projection device, and also causes planned actions that are to be performed subsequently to the primary planned action to be displayed as secondary planned actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamada, Masaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20220041763
    Abstract: To produce an olefin-based polymer having a minor amount of decrease in bulk density due to heat. A solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization containing a titanium atom, a magnesium atom, a halogen atom, and as internal electron donor, and having an envelope E1 calculated by the following Formula (1) in a range of 0.810 to 0.920. E1=LE1/LS1 ??(1) (In Formula, LE1 is a convex hull perimeter of the solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization obtained from an image of the solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization captured with a scanning electron microscope, and LS1 is an actual perimeter of the solid catalyst component for olefin. polymerization obtained from the image of the solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization captured with the scanning electron microscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventor: Masaki ITO
  • Patent number: 11238092
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including: a first memory; a first processor that is connected to the first memory; and a storage section that stores image data related to a position information-appended image that is appended with position information relating to an imaging location. The first processor searches for one or more items of the image data including the position information within a predetermined range of a current position of a vehicle, and selects a position information-appended image related to image data found by the searching as an image to be displayed in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamada, Masaki Ito, Shotaro Inoue, Akihiro Muguruma, Michio Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11221816
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes a projection device that is provided on a vehicle cabin interior side of a front windshield glass in a vehicle, and displays information by projecting projection light so that this information appears superimposed on scenery visible in front of the vehicle, a display device that is provided in an instrument panel of the vehicle, and displays information towards a vehicle occupant seat side, and a display control unit that, of planned actions acquired from a self-driving control unit that controls self-driving of the vehicle, causes a planned action that is to be performed next after a vehicle action currently being performed to be displayed as a primary planned action by the projection device, and also causes planned actions that are to be performed subsequently to the primary planned action to be displayed as secondary planned actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamada, Masaki Ito
  • Patent number: 11211850
    Abstract: A motor includes a stationary portion including an annular stator centered on a central axis extending in a vertical direction, and a rotating portion including a magnet radially opposite to the stator, and rotatable about the central axis. The stationary portion includes a circuit board axially below the magnet and an electronic component mounted on the circuit board, the circuit board includes a board hole passing therethrough in an axial direction. The electronic component includes a component body portion including at least a portion thereof in the board hole, a first terminal portion extending in a first direction from the component body portion, the first direction being not parallel to the axial direction, a second terminal portion extending downward from the first terminal portion, and a third terminal portion extending from the second terminal portion, and joined to the circuit board through solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Ito, Shuji Hosoda, Wataru Morisaki, Norihide Watari
  • Patent number: 11208108
    Abstract: An information providing system for a vehicle includes: first and second mobile terminals worn by a driver and fellow passenger, respectively of the vehicle, and an information providing device, which are communicated with each other. Further, the information providing device includes a control unit that executes information provision control for generating information indicating that the physical condition of the fellow passenger is the predetermined state and transmitting the generated information to the first mobile terminal, in a case where it is determined that the physical condition of the fellow passenger is the predetermined state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Ito, Masashi Mori, Miyuki Kubota, Chiharu Aoki, Nanami Sano, Daichi Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 11203290
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle illumination system, including: interior lighting provided in a vehicle that is operable in a manual driving mode and in an autonomous driving mode; a detection device, provided in the vehicle, that detects an ambient light level outside the vehicle; a first control unit, provided in the vehicle, that controls switching on and switching off of headlights on the basis of a detection result from the detection device; and a second control unit that controls an illumination level of the interior lighting, such that the illumination level of the interior light when the headlights have been switched on while the vehicle is in the autonomous driving mode is higher than the illumination level of the interior lighting when the headlights have been switched on while the vehicle is in the manual driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaki Ito
  • Patent number: 11187549
    Abstract: The search system includes a vehicle and a server. The server includes: a first determination unit that determines a search route for searching for a user who rides on transportation based on a timetable of the transportation and map information; a second determination unit that determines a time for the vehicle to start moving from a current position of the vehicle to a boarding point of the transportation based on the current position, a current time, a location of the boarding point, and a departure time of the transportation; a third determination unit that determines a travel route to move from the current position to the boarding point based on the map information; and a transmitter unit that transmits the search route and the travel route to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryohei Obara, Masaki Ito, Makoto Kakuchi, Mutsumi Matsuura, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Yuichi Tashiro
  • Patent number: 11183448
    Abstract: A wiring circuit board includes a first insulating layer, a terminal, a second insulating layer disposed at one side in a thickness direction of the terminal, and a wire continuous to the terminal in a direction crossing the thickness direction. The first insulating layer has an opening portion passing through the first insulating layer in the thickness direction and having the opening cross-sectional area increasing as being closer to one side in the thickness direction. The terminal has a peripheral end portion and a solid portion. The peripheral end portion contacts with an inner side surface of the first insulating layer. The inner side surface forms the opening portion. The solid portion integrally disposed with the peripheral end portion at the inner side of the peripheral end portion. The peripheral end portion and the solid portion fill the entire opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato Takakura, Shuichi Wakaki, Shusaku Shibata, Yoshihiro Kawamura, Masaki Ito
  • Patent number: 11153954
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a storage unit configured to store area information for designating an area in which a lighting device is to be illuminated and illuminating time period information for designating a time period in which the lighting device is to be illuminated; and a first processor configured to acquire a current position of each of a plurality of vehicles, to extract at least one vehicle of which the current position is in the area from among the plurality of vehicles, and to instruct the at least one extracted vehicle to illuminate the lighting device in the time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryohei Obara, Masaki Ito, Makoto Kakuchi, Mutsumi Matsuura, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Yuichi Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20210301043
    Abstract: To provide a solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization having a small amount of fine powder. A solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization containing a titanium atom, a magnesium atom, a halogen atom, and an internal electron donor. The solid catalyst component has an absolute difference in binding energy of 73.50 to 75.35 eV between a peak (1) with the binding energy of 457.00 to 459.00 eV and a peak (2) with the binding energy of 532.50 to 534.50 eV. The peak (1) and the peak (2) are within peak components measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the peak (1) is obtained by waveform separation of peaks assigned to the 2p orbitals of the titanium atom, and the peak (2) is obtained by waveform separation of peaks assigned to the is orbital of an oxygen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuo SUZUKI, Masaki ITO
  • Publication number: 20210298175
    Abstract: A method for producing a wired circuit board, the method including the steps of: a first step of providing an insulating layer having an opening penetrating in the thickness direction at one side surface in the thickness direction of the metal plate, a second step of providing a first barrier layer at one side surface in the thickness direction of the metal plate exposed from the opening by plating, a third step of providing a second barrier layer continuously at one side in the thickness direction of the first barrier layer and an inner surface of the insulating layer facing the opening, a fourth step of providing a conductor layer so as to contact the second barrier layer, and a fifth step of removing the metal plate by etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku SHIBATA, Hayato TAKAKURA, Masaki ITO, Yoshihiro KAWAMURA, Shuichi WAKAKI
  • Publication number: 20210212208
    Abstract: A wiring circuit board includes an insulating layer and a conductive layer disposed on a front surface of the insulating layer. The conductive layer includes a first wiring, a first terminal electrically connected to the first wiring, a second wiring independent of the first wiring and having a thick thickness T2 with respect to a thickness T1 of the first wiring, and a second terminal electrically connected to the second wiring. The surfaces of the first terminal and the second terminal are disposed at generally the same position in a thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki SHIBATA, Hiroaki MACHITANI, Yasunari OYABU, Masaki ITO, Kenya TAKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210212196
    Abstract: A wiring circuit board includes a support metal layer having thermal conductivity of 5 W/m·K or more, an insulating layer disposed on at least one side in a thickness direction of the support metal layer, a wiring layer disposed on a front surface of the insulating layer, a protective metal film disposed on the entire surface of the support metal layer between the support metal layer and the insulating layer, and a protective thin film disposed on an exposed surface exposed from the protective metal film in the support metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki ITO, Naoki SHIBATA, Yasunari OYABU, Kenya TAKIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11052762
    Abstract: A cockpit for a vehicle includes an interactive device and an instrument panel. The interactive device includes an entry section that collects a first voice messages produced by vehicle occupants and an output section that outputs a second voice messages to the vehicle occupants. The instrument panel is provided at a vehicle cabin front portion. The interactive device is fixed to the vehicle width direction center of the instrument panel. The entry section and output section are exposed to the vehicle cabin interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuo Nakamura, Toshikazu Tanemura, Masaki Ito
  • Patent number: 11058002
    Abstract: A method for producing a wired circuit board, the method including the steps of: a first step of providing an insulating layer having an opening penetrating in the thickness direction at one side surface in the thickness direction of the metal plate, a second step of providing a first barrier layer at one side surface in the thickness direction of the metal plate exposed from the opening by plating, a third step of providing a second barrier layer continuously at one side in the thickness direction of the first barrier layer and an inner surface of the insulating layer facing the opening, a fourth step of providing a conductor layer so as to contact the second barrier layer, and a fifth step of removing the metal plate by etching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku Shibata, Hayato Takakura, Masaki Ito, Yoshihiro Kawamura, Shuichi Wakaki
  • Publication number: 20210195070
    Abstract: An imaging element-mounting board includes a board area having a board disposed and a plurality of reinforcement portions disposed around the board area. The plurality of reinforcement portions are independent from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku SHIBATA, Hayato TAKAKURA, Yoshihiro KAWAMURA, Masaki ITO, Shuichi WAKAKI