Patents by Inventor Masanori Torii

Masanori Torii 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: 11913813
    Abstract: A power generation element includes a magnetic member that produces a large Barkhausen effect and magnetism collection members including an insertion part having the magnetic member inserted therethrough. The magnetism collection member includes a first component on an opposite side of a boundary plane to a magnetic field generation unit and a second component on the same side of the boundary plane as the magnetic field generation unit, the boundary plane passing through a center of an imaginary circle inscribed in the insertion part and having a diameter equal to a length of the insertion part in a third direction perpendicular to first and second directions, the first direction is a direction of the insertion of the magnetic member, and the second direction is a direction in which the magnetic field generation unit is disposed. A volume of the second component is larger than a volume of the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Nakamura, Yoshinori Miyamoto, Shinichiro Yoshida, Hisanori Torii, Takeshi Musha, Masanori Nimura, Shizuka Ueda, Takuya Noguchi, Toshio Mekata, Yuji Kubo, Hitoshi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 10475210
    Abstract: An image processing device (10) is for extracting pixels of a specific color from an image to be processed, and includes: a pixel information extraction unit (11) that extracts values of luminance, first chrominance, and second chrominance of pixels composing the image on a pixel-by-pixel basis; a calculation processing unit (12) that calculates, on a pixel-by-pixel basis, a distance from a point defined by the extracted values to a preset reference plane in a space in which the luminance, the first chrominance, and the second chrominance are set along axes that are perpendicular to one another; and a converted image generation unit (13) that generates an image in which pixels satisfying the following condition are emphasized: the distance calculated by the calculation processing unit (12) is larger than or equal to a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Fukaya, Satoshi Kishima, Masanori Torii, Hiroki Inagaki, Jun Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 10348395
    Abstract: A satellite communication system includes: a communication station generator communicator, a plurality of ground stations receiver transmitter receiver, and a channel control device having a satellite communication channel assignor configured to assign one satellite communication channel in response to channel assignment requests received from the plurality of ground stations via the ground network and determined to be identical communicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Hosotani, Makiko Hiragi, Masanori Torii
  • Patent number: 10068483
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: a ground object detection unit configured to, in a predetermined detection region set in advance in at least a portion of the vehicle periphery, perform detection of a ground object defining a parking stall in which garage parking is to be performed; an end portion specification unit configured to specify an end portion of the ground object detected by the ground object detection unit, the end portion being located on an entrance side of the parking stall; and a target parking stall setting unit configured to set, based on the end portion on the entrance side specified by the end portion specification unit, a corner portion of a rectangular parking frame that defines a target parking stall in which the vehicle is to be parked, and set the parking frame to extend from the corner portion in the depth direction of the parking stall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Torii, Jun Kadowaki, Hiroki Inagaki, Katsuhiro Sakai
  • Publication number: 20180174329
    Abstract: An image processing device (10) is for extracting pixels of a specific color from an image to be processed, and includes: a pixel information extraction unit (11) that extracts values of luminance, first chrominance, and second chrominance of pixels composing the image on a pixel-by-pixel basis; a calculation processing unit (12) that calculates, on a pixel-by-pixel basis, a distance from a point defined by the extracted values to a preset reference plane in a space in which the luminance, the first chrominance, and the second chrominance are set along axes that are perpendicular to one another; and a converted image generation unit (13) that generates an image in which pixels satisfying the following condition are emphasized: the distance calculated by the calculation processing unit (12) is larger than or equal to a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicants: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasutoshi FUKAYA, Satoshi KISHIMA, Masanori TORII, Hiroki INAGAKI, Jun KADOWAKI
  • Publication number: 20180061001
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display control device includes an image acquirer that acquires captured image data output from an imager that captures an image of a surrounding of a vehicle, and a display processor that displays an image of the captured image data, the image being transformed so that a corner image is moved to outside of a display region at a ratio greater than that of an image of another part, on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun AOKI, Masanori TORII, Hiroshi YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160365918
    Abstract: A satellite communication system includes: a communication station generator communicator, a plurality of ground stations receiver transmitter receiver, and a channel control device having a satellite communication channel assignor configured to assign one satellite communication channel in response to channel assignment requests received from the plurality of ground stations via the ground network and determined to be identical communicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo HOSOTANI, Makiko Hiragi, Masanori Torii
  • Patent number: 9384664
    Abstract: Provided is a parking assistance device capable of setting a parking target position without placing a burden on a driver. The parking assistance device includes: a ground object detection unit configured to detect a ground object that defines a parking stall in a predetermined detection region set in advance on a lateral side of a vehicle; a parking stall calculation unit configured to, based on the ground object detected by the ground object detection unit, calculate a parking stall that exists in the detection region; and a target parking stall setting unit configured to, among the parking stalls calculated by the parking stall calculation unit, sets a parking stall in a width direction of the vehicle in a view from a driver's seat of the vehicle as a target parking stall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Torii, Jun Kadowaki, Hiroki Inagaki, Katsuhiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 9216765
    Abstract: A parking assist apparatus includes a detection portion detecting a parking target position from a captured image captured by an imager or from distance information measured by a distance measuring portion, a setting portion setting the detected parking target position as a target of the parking assist, a moving amount calculation portion calculating a moving amount of the vehicle, the moving amount being calculated before the parking target position is set as the target of the parking assist, a correction portion correcting the parking target position on the basis of the calculated moving amount, and a display portion displaying a surrounding image which represents an external environment around the vehicle and a parking region image which indicates the parking-possible region at the parking target position corrected by the correction portion in a manner that the surrounding image and the parking region image are superimposed on each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Inagaki, Masanori Torii, Yasumasa Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20150097956
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: a ground object detection unit configured to, in a predetermined detection region set in advance in at least a portion of the vehicle periphery, perform detection of a ground object defining a parking stall in which garage parking is to be performed; an end portion specification unit configured to specify an end portion of the ground object detected by the ground object detection unit, the end portion being located on an entrance side of the parking stall; and a target parking stall setting unit configured to set, based on the end portion on the entrance side specified by the end portion specification unit, a corner portion of a rectangular parking frame that defines a target parking stall in which the vehicle is to be parked, and set the parking frame to extend from the corner portion in the depth direction of the parking stall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori TORII, Jun KADOWAKI, Hiroki INAGAKI, Katsuhiro SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20150097705
    Abstract: Provided is a parking assistance device capable of setting a parking target position without placing a burden on a driver. The parking assistance device includes: a ground object detection unit configured to detect a ground object that defines a parking stall in a predetermined detection region set in advance on a lateral side of a vehicle; a parking stall calculation unit configured to, based on the ground object detected by the ground object detection unit, calculate a parking stall that exists in the detection region; and a target parking stall setting unit configured to, among the parking stalls calculated by the parking stall calculation unit, sets a parking stall in a width direction of the vehicle in a view from a driver's seat of the vehicle as a target parking stall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori TORII, Jun Kadowaki, Hiroki Inagaki, Katsuhiro Sakai
  • Publication number: 20140244070
    Abstract: A parking assist apparatus includes a detection portion detecting a parking target position from a captured image captured by an imager or from distance information measured by a distance measuring portion, a setting portion setting the detected parking target position as a target of the parking assist, a moving amount calculation portion calculating a moving amount of the vehicle, the moving amount being calculated before the parking target position is set as the target of the parking assist, a correction portion correcting the parking target position on the basis of the calculated moving amount, and a display portion displaying a surrounding image which represents an external environment around the vehicle and a parking region image which indicates the parking-possible region at the parking target position corrected by the correction portion in a manner that the surrounding image and the parking region image are superimposed on each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki INAGAKI, Masanori TORII, Yasumasa YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20130298391
    Abstract: This working apparatus for a component or a board includes a head unit and a control portion. The control portion performs control of correcting the center position of a working mechanism portion on the basis of the first amount of movement displacement of the actual position coordinates of the center position of a first imaging portion with respect to the theoretical position coordinates of the center position of the first imaging portion, the second amount of movement displacement of the actual position coordinates of the center position of a second imaging portion with respect to the theoretical position coordinates of the center position of the second imaging portion, and the positional interrelation between the first imaging portion, the second imaging portion, and the working mechanism portion when moving the head unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SUZUKI, Masanori TORII
  • Patent number: 7451747
    Abstract: A heating system for liquefied gas fuel supply apparatus is applied to a liquefied gas fuel supply apparatus that causes a vaporizer to vaporize liquefied gas fuel and supplies the vaporized fuel to an internal combustion engine, the heating system including a circulation circuit and a heat insulating container. The circulation circuit circulates a heating medium between the vaporizer and an inside of the internal combustion engine. And, the heat insulating container stores the heating medium. In this case, the heat insulating container is disposed in the circulation circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited
    Inventors: Kenji Hayashi, Takao Komoda, Masanori Torii, Toshinari Saiki, Masayuki Kosaka, Toshimitsu Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7373932
    Abstract: A heating apparatus for a liquefied gas fuel supply system includes a heating unit, a detecting unit and a setting unit. The liquefied gas fuel supply system vaporizes liquefied gas fuel to supply the vaporized gas fuel to an internal-combustion engine. The heating unit heats the liquefied gas fuel before the liquefied gas fuel is vaporized. The detecting unit detects vapor pressure characteristic of the liquefied gas fuel. The setting unit sets an amount of heat to be applied to the liquefied gas fuel on a basis of a detection result by the detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LImited
    Inventors: Kenji Hayashi, Takao Komoda, Masanori Torii, Toshinari Saiki, Masayuki Kosaka, Toshimitsu Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20060054145
    Abstract: A heating apparatus for a liquefied gas fuel supply system includes a heating unit, a detecting unit and a setting unit. The liquefied gas fuel supply system vaporizes liquefied gas fuel to supply the vaporized gas fuel to an internal-combustion engine. The heating unit heats the liquefied gas fuel before the liquefied gas fuel is vaporized. The detecting unit detects vapor pressure characteristic of the liquefied gas fuel. The setting unit sets an amount of heat to be applied to the liquefied gas fuel on a basis of a detection result by the detecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenji Hayashi, Takao Komoda, Masanori Torii, Toshinari Saiki, Masayuki Kosaka, Toshimitsu Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7011727
    Abstract: A thermal transfer film comprises a coloring layer formed on a substrate film via an intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer contains a thermally fusible substance and a non-transferable binder resin, the melt viscosity of the thermally fusible substance in the temperature range 15 to 25° C. higher than the fuse peak temperature of the thermally fusible substance is in the range of 100 to 1000 mPa·s, the fuse peak temperature of the thermally fusible substance is in the range of 50 to 110° C., the crystallization peak temperature of the thermally fusible substance is in the range of ?20 to 100 ° C., the crystallization peak temperature of the thermally fusible substance is lower than the fuse peak temperature by 10° C. or more, and the softening temperature of the binder resin measured by the ring and ball method is in the range of 130 to 400° C. This thermal transfer film is capable of forming a printed product with a good printing quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: DAI Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Torii, Mitsuru Maeda, Fumihiko Mizukami, Shigeki Chujo
  • Publication number: 20060027216
    Abstract: A heating system for liquefied gas fuel supply apparatus is applied to a liquefied gas fuel supply apparatus that causes a vaporizer to vaporize liquefied gas fuel and supplies the vaporized fuel to an internal combustion engine, the heating system including a circulation circuit and a heat insulating container. The circulation circuit circulates a heating medium between the vaporizer and an inside of the internal combustion engine. And, the heat insulating container stores the heating medium. In this case, the heat insulating container is disposed in the circulation circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Applicant: Fujitsu Ten Limited
    Inventors: Kenji Hayashi, Takao Komoda, Masanori Torii, Toshinari Saiki, Masayuki Kosaka, Toshimitsu Taguchi
  • Patent number: 6946423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat transfer cover film characterized in that a specific transparent resin layer (2) is releasably provided on a substrate film (1). This transparent resin layer (2) can be easily laminated on the surface of the resulting image (7Y, 7M and 7C) by heat transfer means, making it possible to provide expeditious provision of image representations which are improved in terms of such properties as durability, gloss and color development and is curl-free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: DAI Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Oshima, Jitsuhiko Ando, Masanori Torii
  • Patent number: 6786993
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat transfer cover film characterized in that a specific transparent resin layer (2) is releasably provided on a substrate film (1). This transparent resin layer (2) can be easily laminated on the surface of the resulting image (7Y, 7M and 7C) by heat transfer means, making it possible to provide expeditious provision of image representations which are improved in terms of such properties as durability, gloss and color development and is curl-free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Oshima, Jitsuhiko Ando, Masanori Torii