Patents by Inventor Masanori Shimada

Masanori Shimada 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: 20240375717
    Abstract: A vehicle frame includes an elongated main body member, a reinforcing member along the main body member, and an adhesive layer that joins the main body member and the reinforcing member. The main body member includes a main body first wall portion and two main body side wall portions. The reinforcing member includes a reinforcing first wall portion and two reinforcing side wall portions. The adhesive layer is formed such that a thickness between the main body side wall portion and the reinforcing side wall portion at a reinforcing side end portion is larger than a thickness between the main body first wall portion and the reinforcing first wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chikara KAWAMURA, Kenichi YAMAMOTO, Masanori HONDA, Toshiyuki GENDO, Tetsuya SUGIYAMA, Masaki SHIMADA, Masumi HASEGAWA, Koichi HAMADA
  • Patent number: 12130752
    Abstract: A protocol chip transmits the request from the host apparatus to a first processor through a first address translation unit. A first processor transmits a response to the request from the host apparatus, to the protocol chip through the first address translation unit. When the first processor stops processing, an instruction to transmit the request from the host apparatus to a second processor is transmitted to the protocol chip. When receiving the instruction to transmit the request from the host apparatus to the second processor, the protocol chip transmits the request from the host apparatus to the second processor through a second address translation unit. The second processor transmits the response to the request from the host apparatus to the protocol chip through the second address translation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Shimada, Masanori Takada
  • Patent number: 12110665
    Abstract: A system includes a work machine, a camera, and a processor. The camera captures an image including a periphery of the work machine. A processor acquires image data indicative of a captured image captured by a camera. The processor acquires, from image data, a specific object present within the captured image and a distance from the work machine to the specific object by performing image analysis using an object detection model. The object detection model is trained an image of the specific object and the distance to the specific object. The processor controls the work machine based on the distance from the work machine to the specific object when the specific object is detected in the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Aizawa, Kenjiro Shimada, Yuki Tsuzuki
  • Patent number: 12091840
    Abstract: A work machine includes a work implement, a rotating body to which the work implement is attached, a topography sensor configured to measure a topography, and a controller. The controller determines a digging start point of the work implement based on topographical data indicative of the topography measured by the topography sensor. The controller moves the work implement from a current position of the work implement to the digging start point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Aizawa, Kenjiro Shimada, Tomoki Konda
  • Patent number: 12037770
    Abstract: A system controls a work machine that loads materials onto a conveyance vehicle. The system includes a controller and a detection device. The controller controls the work machine in an automatic control mode in which work is performed automatically. The detection device detects an approach of the conveyance vehicle toward the work machine. The automatic control mode includes a loading mode in which the work machine is caused to move to perform loading work for loading onto the conveyance vehicle, and an other mode other than the loading mode. The other mode includes at least one of a mode for gathering fallen materials and a digging mode for further increasing the materials by digging. The controller causes the automatic control mode to transition from the other mode to the loading mode when the approach of the conveyance vehicle is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Aizawa, Kenjiro Shimada, Tomoki Konda
  • Patent number: 11904882
    Abstract: A setting device including a processor is provided. The processor is configured to, when occurrence of a secondary disaster is predicted after occurrence of a disaster, set a region in which the secondary disaster is predicted to a charging-prohibited zone in which use of a charging facility for charging a battery installed in a vehicle is prohibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Yoshiyuki Kageura, Masanori Shimada, Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Hiroki Morita
  • Patent number: 11904833
    Abstract: A boundary is at an engine drive restricted zone where operation of the internal combustion engine is restricted. An adjusting device adjusts of at least one of the temperature inside the cabin using electric power, the humidity inside the cabin using electric power, or the air pollution degree inside the cabin. In response to a prediction that (1) a host vehicle will enter the inside of the engine drive restricted zone and that (2a) the time period for the host vehicle to reach the boundary is within a preset time period or that (2b) the distance between the host vehicle and the boundary is within a preset distance, the value of at least one of the temperature inside the cabin, the humidity inside the cabin, and the air pollution degree inside the cabin is reduced before the host vehicle enters the inside of the engine drive restricted zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Hiroya Chiba, Yoshiyuki Kageura, Masanori Shimada, Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Sui Kurihashi, Hiroki Morita, Makoto Ogiso
  • Patent number: 11834032
    Abstract: A vehicle control device including processor being configured to, when driving sections are present inside a restricted region, extract as a restricted driving section from among driving sections present inside the restricted region a driving section through which it is projected the vehicle will be driven in a restricted time period in which operation of internal combustion engines is restricted, and prepare a driving plan able to drive through the restricted driving section in the EV mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Hiroya Chiba, Yoshiyuki Kageura, Masanori Shimada, Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Sui Kurihashi, Hiroki Morita, Makoto Ogiso
  • Patent number: 11837691
    Abstract: A battery manufacturing method includes forming a unit cell having a positive electrode that is obtained by a positive electrode active material layer containing an electrolytic solution being disposed on a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode that is obtained by a negative electrode active material layer containing an electrolytic solution being disposed on a negative electrode current collector, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The battery manufacturing method further includes applying pressure to one unit cell or with two or more stacked unit cells from the stacking direction, and charging the one unit cell or the two or more stacked unit cells after applying of the pressure. The method is performed such that the positive electrode and the negative electrode are formed without an application film being subjected to a drying process performed through heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kaburagi, Kazuyuki Yoda, Eiji Minegishi, Noboru Yamauchi, Yusuke Emori, Hideki Ishitani, Masanori Shimada
  • Patent number: 11807244
    Abstract: A vehicle control device configured to control switching of drive mode of a vehicle including an internal combustion engine and a motor includes a processor configured to switch, in a case where a road surface of a perimeter of a geofencing zone is a road surface on which there is a high probability that the vehicle slips, in a movement route from an outside of the geofencing zone to an inside of the geofencing zone, the drive mode of the vehicle to drive by the motor in a state in which there is a low probability that the vehicle slips, outside the geofencing zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Yoshiyuki Kageura, Masanori Shimada, Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Hiroki Morita
  • Patent number: 11772631
    Abstract: The home position estimation system includes a GNSS receiver, an object detection device for detecting an object in surroundings of the hybrid vehicle, an identifying part configured to identify the object detected by the object detection device, and a position estimating part configured to estimate a position of the hybrid vehicle based on an output of the GNSS receiver. If a predetermined condition is satisfied and the object identified by the identifying part is an object indicating a boundary of a low emission zone which requires that the internal combustion engine be stopped, the position estimating part is configured to judge whether the hybrid vehicle is located within the low emission zone, regardless of the output of the GNSS receiver, based on a result of identification by the identifying part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Hiroya Chiba, Yoshiyuki Kageura, Masanori Shimada, Yoshihiro Sakayanagi
  • Patent number: 11760334
    Abstract: The control device of a vehicle includes a position estimating part configured to estimate a position of the vehicle, and a power output part configured to control the internal combustion engine and the electric motor to output power for running use. The power output part is configured to determine a startup position of the internal combustion engine of the vehicle when the vehicle exits from a low emission zone requesting the internal combustion engine be stopped so that startup positions of internal combustion engines of a plurality of vehicles are dispersed at surroundings of the low emission zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Hiroya Chiba, Yoshiyuki Kageura, Masanori Shimada, Yoshihiro Sakayanagi
  • Patent number: 11658343
    Abstract: A battery manufacturing method includes forming a unit cell having a positive electrode that is obtained by a positive electrode active material layer containing an electrolytic solution being disposed on a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode that is obtained by a negative electrode active material layer containing an electrolytic solution being disposed on a negative electrode current collector, and a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes. Heat sealing a seal part that is disposed at an outer peripheral portion of the unit cell. Cooling the outer peripheral portion of the unit cell by using a cooling medium after carrying out the heat sealing of the seal part. The method is performed such that the positive electrode and the negative electrode are formed without an application film being subjected to a drying process performed through heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yoda, Tomohiro Kaburagi, Eiji Minegishi, Koh Hatanaka, Takuya Sakurai, Masanori Shimada, Yusuke Emori, Yuichiro Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11628820
    Abstract: A control system includes a motor-generator, an electric power generation system, and a battery. An EV operation, in which the electric motor is operated while the electric power generation system is stopped, is performed, when an SOC of the battery is higher than a first value, and an HV operation, in which the electric motor is operated while the electric power generation system is operated, is performed, when the SOC is lower than the first value. At the time of the EV operation, in response to a predicted value of the SOC being equal to or higher than a second set value which is lower than the first set value, the EV operation is continued even if the SOC falls below the first value. The predicted value is a predicted value of the SOC assuming continuation of the EV operation from a current location to a destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Shimada, Daiki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20230083648
    Abstract: A CO2 emission amount calculation apparatus includes a processor to search for a route from a departure place of a movable object to a destination, calculate, in response to re-routing of the movable object on the route searched for, a first CO2 emission amount that the movable object emits in a route before the re-routing and a second CO2 emission amount that the movable object emits in a route after the re-routing, and calculate, with the first CO2 emission amount and the second CO2 emission amount, a CO2 emission amount that the movable object emits over an entire route from the departure place to the destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Masanori SHIMADA, Koichi UEDA, Naoto SUZUKI, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI
  • Publication number: 20230075549
    Abstract: A CO2 emission calculation device includes a processor configured to calculate a CO2 emission factor of a moving body based on a CO2 emission factor of an energy source supplied to the moving body, and calculate a CO2 emission at a time of a movement of the moving body based on the CO2 emission factor of the moving body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Masanori SHIMADA, Koichi UEDA, Naoto SUZUKI, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI
  • Publication number: 20220402518
    Abstract: A setting device including a processor is provided. The processor is configured to, when occurrence of a secondary disaster is predicted after occurrence of a disaster, set a region in which the secondary disaster is predicted to a charging-prohibited zone in which use of a charging facility for charging a battery installed in a vehicle is prohibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yoshiyuki KAGEURA, Masanori SHIMADA, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI, Hiroki MORITA
  • Publication number: 20220388517
    Abstract: A vehicle control device configured to control switching of drive mode of a vehicle including an internal combustion engine and a motor includes a processor configured to switch, in a case where a road surface of a perimeter of a geofencing zone is a road surface on which there is a high probability that the vehicle slips, in a movement route from an outside of the geofencing zone to an inside of the geofencing zone, the drive mode of the vehicle to drive by the motor in a state in which there is a low probability that the vehicle slips, outside the geofencing zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yoshiyuki KAGEURA, Masanori SHIMADA, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI, Hiroki MORITA
  • Patent number: 11491967
    Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle which includes an internal combustion engine and an electric motor and whose drive mode is switchable between an electric vehicle mode and a hybrid vehicle mode includes: an on-board learning unit mounted on the hybrid vehicle and configured to perform a learning action; a position determination unit configured to determine whether the hybrid vehicle is located in a low emission area where operation of the internal combustion engine is supposed to be restricted; and a learning control unit configured to at least partially stop the learning action of the on-board learning unit when determination is made that the hybrid vehicle is located in the low emission area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Masanori Shimada
  • Publication number: 20220343392
    Abstract: The offer device includes a processor configured to offer candidate vehicles for reservation to a user through a user terminal, and determine a possibility of an area in which operation of an internal combustion engine is banned or restricted being included in a planned running route of the user. The processor is configured to determine an offer mode of the candidate vehicles for reservation based on the possibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Hiroya CHIBA, Yoshiyuki KAGEURA, Masanori SHIMADA, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI, Hiroki MORITA