Patents by Inventor Masaru Sakai
Masaru Sakai 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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Patent number: 12043224Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system includes: a cleaner unit configured to be mounted on a vehicle and to discharge a cleaning liquid to an external sensor that acquires information outside the vehicle so as to clean the external sensor; and a cleaner control unit configured to control the cleaner unit. The cleaner control unit is configured to acquire vehicle speed information related to a traveling speed of the vehicle, and control the cleaner unit such that at least one of a discharge amount of the cleaning liquid, a discharge amount of the cleaning liquid per unit time, the number of times of discharge of the cleaning liquid, the number of times of discharge of the cleaning liquid per unit time, and a discharge time of the cleaning liquid varies according to the vehicle speed information.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki Kawamura, Akinobu Kubota, Masaru Sakai, Masaaki Sato
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Publication number: 20240241490Abstract: An information processing device includes: a working unit configured to collect and combine various observable data acquired from a managed target at predetermined time intervals; a processing unit configured to input the combined observable data and update a causal structure matrix by repeatedly learning with a generator that generates pseudo-generated data using the causal structure matrix and a discriminator that identifies whether the pseudo-generated data is false or not, wherein the causal structure matrix represents a causal structure between the combined observable data; and an output unit configured to output the causal structure between the observable data based on the causal structure matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2021Publication date: July 18, 2024Inventors: Yukitsugu SASAKI, Tsuyoshi TOYOSHIMA, Kensuke TAKAHASHI, Masaru SAKAI
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Patent number: 12012078Abstract: A vehicle cleaner includes a cylinder, a piston, a nozzle holder, a nozzle and a nozzle cover. The nozzle cover includes a cover portion that closes an opening formed in a part of a vehicle body panel of a vehicle, and an engaging portion that protrudes from the cover portion toward the piston and engages with the nozzle holder. The engaging portion is provided with a concave portion for lance engagement on one surface, and an abutting rib on the other surface of the engaging portion opposite to the one surface. The nozzle holder is provided with a first convex portion that engages with the concave portion on one surface, and a first abutted rib against which the abutting rib abuts on the other surface of the nozzle holder opposite to the one surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignees: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Usami, Masaru Sakai, Yasuhiro Ichikawa
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Patent number: 11993230Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system that includes a single pump and a plurality of cleaners which are connected to the single pump and clean different cleaning target objects with a cleaning medium is disclosed. The cleaning target objects include a sensor which detects information on outside of a vehicle and a cleaner control unit which operates the plurality of cleaners in accordance with input of a signal. The cleaner control unit is capable of operating the plurality of cleaners such that cleaning methods of the plurality of cleaners are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru Sakai, Masayuki Kondo, Kazuki Kawamura, Akinobu Kubota
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Publication number: 20240152427Abstract: A service recovery method formulation device (information processing device) 16 includes a recovery method learning unit (learning unit) 165 that recognizes a pattern of each of pieces of recovery operation content for a plurality of recovery operations for services of an application program, groups the plurality of recovery operations for each pattern of the recovery operation content to form a plurality of recovery operation groups, recognizes a pattern of each of pieces of monitoring content for a plurality of pieces of monitoring data related to the services monitored immediately before and after the plurality of recovery operations are performed, respectively, and groups the plurality of pieces of monitoring data for each pattern of the monitoring content to form a plurality of monitoring data groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Masaru Sakai, Kensuke TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20240086300Abstract: Provided is a service graph analysis device 10 which detects anomalies of a monitored service 100 that implements specific features by a chained operation of multiple components. The service graph analysis device 10 includes an extraction unit 11 configured to extract a processing start event and a processing end event from monitoring data and generate a firing sequence arranging the events in chronological order, the monitoring data including information on a series of processing in the monitored service 100; and a detection unit 12 configured to determine whether the event arranged in the firing sequence can be fired in a service graph illustrating a dependency between components constituting the monitored service 100, and detect anomalies in a case where there is a non-fired event.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Masaru Sakai, Kensuke TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 11912246Abstract: This vehicle sensor system includes an on-board sensor (6f) that can be attached to a vehicle via an aiming mechanism (40); and a cleaner (50) that has a nozzle (103) for spraying a cleaning medium onto the vehicle sensor (6f). The nozzle (103) is attached to a component (21) the position of which changes in accordance with vehicle sensor (6f) aiming.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaru Sakai
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Publication number: 20240042968Abstract: A vehicle cleaning device includes a cylinder to which a cleaning fluid is supplied; a piston slidably inserted in the cylinder; a spray nozzle unit mounted at a leading end of the piston and configured to spray the cleaning fluid toward an object-to-be-cleaned; and a cap that closes a gap between the cylinder and the piston in an opening of the cylinder through which the piston protrudes. The cap includes a tubular part inside the cylinder, and the tubular part defines an end of movement of the piston. A communication hole is provided between a communication groove provided in an outer peripheral surface of the tubular part and an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder, and the gap between the cylinder and the piston communicates with the outside of the cylinder through the communication hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru SAKAI, Yasuhiro ICHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20240019862Abstract: Provided is a control device 10 for controlling an operation phase of a maintenance control system, wherein the system performs maintenance on a monitored service 100 implementing specific features by means of a chained operation of multiple components using a service graph illustrating a dependency between components constituting the monitored service 100. The control device 10 includes an acquisition unit 11 configured to acquire update information of the monitored service 100, a determination unit 13 configured to determine update convergence of the service graph, and a control unit 12 configured to shift the operation phase to a learning phase in which the service graph is updated when the update information has been received, and shift the operation phase to a detection phase in which anomalies are detected using the service graph when it is determined that the update of the service graph has converged.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Masaru Sakai, Kensuke TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 11845092Abstract: A vehicle washing device includes: a cylinder including a cylinder tube to which a washing fluid is supplied; a piston including a piston tube that is movably inserted into the cylinder tube and opens at both ends; and a spray nozzle that is mounted at a leading end, in an extension direction, of the piston tube protruding from the cylinder tube. The spray nozzle is configured to spray the washing fluid, supplied through the inside of the piston tube, toward an object-to-be-washed. The outer circumference of the spray nozzle is fitted on the inner circumference of the piston tube.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru Sakai, Yasuhiro Ichikawa
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Patent number: 11840203Abstract: A vehicular washing device includes: a nozzle (4); a flow passage forming body (2) of which an internal space is a flow passage of a fluid; and a valve (21) that has a pressing tube part (22) with an axial direction coinciding with a flow direction of the fluid, is elastically deformable in a direction in which the diameter of the pressing tube part changes, and opens and closes the flow passage according to the state of deformation. A first flow passage (2a) and a second flow passage (2b) are formed as the flow passage on opposite sides of the pressing tube part. A shaft (9) with which the pressing tube part is capable of coming into close contact is located inside the valve. The valve deforms elastically according to the magnitude of the pressure of the first flow passage or the pressure of the second flow passage relative to an atmospheric pressure.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Kimura, Masaru Sakai
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Publication number: 20230391293Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system includes: a cleaner unit mounted on a vehicle and configured to clean an external sensor acquiring information on outside of the vehicle; an advanced notification information acquiring unit configured to acquire expressway advanced notification information notifying that the vehicle has arrived within a predetermined distance from an entrance of an expressway; and a cleaner control unit configured to, when the advanced notification information acquiring unit has acquired the expressway advanced notification information, control the cleaner unit to clean the external sensor or diagnose whether or not the external sensor needs to be cleaned by the cleaner unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru SAKAI, Kazuki KWAMURA, Akinobu Kubota, Massaki SATO
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Patent number: 11827186Abstract: A vehicle cleaning device includes a cylinder to which a cleaning fluid is supplied; a piston slidably inserted in the cylinder; a spray nozzle unit mounted at a leading end of the piston and configured to spray the cleaning fluid toward an object-to-be-cleaned; and a cap that closes a gap between the cylinder and the piston in an opening of the cylinder through which the piston protrudes. The cap includes a tubular part inside the cylinder, and the tubular part defines an end of movement of the piston. A communication hole is provided between a communication groove provided in an outer peripheral surface of the tubular part and an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder, and the gap between the cylinder and the piston communicates with the outside of the cylinder through the communication hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru Sakai, Yasuhiro Ichikawa
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Patent number: 11772612Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system includes: a cleaner unit mounted on a vehicle and configured to clean an external sensor acquiring information on outside of the vehicle; an advanced notification information acquiring unit configured to acquire expressway advanced notification information notifying that the vehicle has arrived within a predetermined distance from an entrance of an expressway; and a cleaner control unit configured to, when the advanced notification information acquiring unit has acquired the expressway advanced notification information, control the cleaner unit to clean the external sensor or diagnose whether or not the external sensor needs to be cleaned by the cleaner unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru Sakai, Kazuki Kawamura, Akinobu Kubota, Masaaki Sato
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Patent number: 11752979Abstract: A method of assembling a vehicle cleaner nozzle provided in a vicinity of a leading end of a piston accommodated to be movable forward and backward with respect to a cylinder so as to inject a cleaning medium on an object to be cleaned which is mounted on a vehicle includes: assembling a nozzle chip to a housing along a first direction so as to form a feedback flow path for swinging and injecting the cleaning medium by accommodating the nozzle chip in an interior of the housing; and assembling the housing in a state where the housing accommodates the nozzle chip to a holder supported by the piston along the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaru Sakai
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Patent number: 11748226Abstract: Provided is a service graph generation apparatus 10 for generating a service graph expressing a dependency relationship between components constituting a monitoring target service 50. The service graph generation apparatus 10 includes an acquisition unit 11 that acquires trace data including spans recording a parent-child relationship and time data of processing of components in a series of processing in a service, an analysis unit 13 that compares, for every piece of the trace data, time data between spans of the components having the same parent to estimate an order relationship or an exclusive relationship between the components, and a creation unit 14 that creates a service graph expressing all components formed of the monitoring target service 50, and the parent-child relationship, the order relationship, and the exclusive relationship between the components.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Masaru Sakai, Satoshi Kondo, Kensuke Takahashi
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Patent number: 11679742Abstract: A vehicular system includes a first in-vehicle sensor having a first cleaning target surface which is provided on a design part forming an appearance of a vehicle and arranged so as to face an exterior of the vehicle. The first cleaning target surface is arranged at an inner side of the vehicle than an immediate upper portion of the first cleaning target surface. The immediate upper portion is constituted by a protrusion provided in a rear bumper.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru Sakai, Masaaki Sato
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Publication number: 20230095379Abstract: A branching tool serving as a check valve incorporated in a cleaner device includes: a main unit provided with an inflow channel and a first outflow channel; a sealing member that allows a flow of cleaning fluid from the inflow channel to the first outflow channel when the cleaner device is in operation and that is formed to seal a backflow of the cleaning fluid from the first outflow channel to the inflow channel when the cleaner device is not in operation; and a lid member that is combined with the main unit so as to form a housing chamber for the sealing member. The lid member has a communication hole that allows the housing chamber to communicate with the outside. The lid member or the main unit is provided with a water receiving recess arranged around the communication hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro MATSUNAGA, Masaru SAKAI, Yasuhiro ICHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20230082956Abstract: Provided is a service graph generation apparatus 10 for generating a service graph expressing a dependency relationship between components constituting a monitoring target service 50. The service graph generation apparatus 10 includes an acquisition unit 11 that acquires trace data including spans recording a parent-child relationship and time data of processing of components in a series of processing in a service, an analysis unit 13 that compares, for every piece of the trace data, time data between spans of the components having the same parent to estimate an order relationship or an exclusive relationship between the components, and a creation unit 14 that creates a service graph expressing all components formed of the monitoring target service 50, and the parent-child relationship, the order relationship, and the exclusive relationship between the components.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Masaru SAKAI, Satoshi KONDO, Kensuke TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20230068467Abstract: An agent device 1 of a monitoring system 5 includes: an acquisition unit 22 that sequentially acquires monitored values from a processing unit 21; a removal unit 23 that generates denoised monitored values by removing noise from the monitored values; and a transmission unit that transmits the denoised monitored values to a manager device 2. The manager device 2 includes a determination unit 62 that determines the monitoring interval, at which monitored values are acquired from the agent device 1, by referencing the denoised monitored values acquired from the agent device 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Masaru Sakai, Kensuke TAKAHASHI, Satoshi KONDO