Patents by Inventor Masashi Hoshino

Masashi Hoshino 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: 11958951
    Abstract: A resin composition is provided containing a polymer having a structural unit represented by the following Formula (1) in the molecule, and an inorganic filler, in which the inorganic filler contains silica in which a ratio of a number of Si atoms contained in silanol groups to a total number of Si atoms is 3% or less. In Formula (1), Z represents an arylene group, R1 to R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and R4 to R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Koda, Yuki Kitai, Atsushi Wada, Yasunori Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20240051522
    Abstract: A parking assistance device that performs automatic travel of a vehicle based on teaching travel by a driver is provided. The parking assistance device: learns a travel route for parking the vehicle in a parking position during the teaching travel, based on the teaching travel; performs an automatic travel based on the travel route; controls the automatic travel to implement a temporary stop at first points where the vehicle has not temporarily stopped during teaching travel based on any of a first regulation, first environmental information, or first geographic information; and controls the automatic travel not to implement the temporary stop at second points where the vehicle has temporarily stopped during teaching travel based on any of a second regulation, second environmental information, or second geographic information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru YAMAGUCHI, Takafumi TOKUHIRO, Masashi HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20240042992
    Abstract: A parking assistance device performs automatic travel of a vehicle based on teaching travel by a driver. In this regard, the parking assistance device learns a travel route for parking the vehicle in a parking position during the teaching travel, based on the teaching travel. The parking assistance device further performs an automatic travel based on the travel route. A first vehicle speed during the automatic travel is slower than a second vehicle speed during the teaching travel, the first vehicle speed during the automatic travel is slower than a threshold value for a vehicle speed during the automatic travel, and the threshold value for the vehicle speed during the automatic travel is a value of a speed slower than 10 km/h.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru YAMAGUCHI, Takafumi TOKUHIRO, Masashi HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20240042991
    Abstract: A parking assistance device that performs automatic travel of a vehicle based on teaching travel by a driver is provided. The parking assistance device: learns a travel route for parking the vehicle in a parking position during the teaching travel, based on the teaching travel; performs an automatic travel based on the travel route; and modifies a speed, a steering angle, or a braking operation in the automatic travel of the vehicle from a speed, a steering angle, or a braking operation in the teaching travel, based on a regulation for the automatic travel of the vehicle. The regulation for the automatic travel of the vehicle is determined based on ride comfort of a passenger or an effect on people around the vehicle during the automatic travel of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru YAMAGUCHI, Takafumi TOKUHIRO, Masashi HOSHINO
  • Patent number: 11834035
    Abstract: A parking assistance device according to the present disclosure performs automatic travel of a vehicle based on teaching travel by a driver. The parking assistance device includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: learn a travel route for parking the vehicle in a parking position and a speed, a steering angle, and braking operation of the vehicle during the teaching travel, based on the teaching travel; and modify the speed, the steering angle, or the braking operation in the automatic travel of the vehicle from the speed, the steering angle, or the braking operation in the teaching travel, based on any of a regulation for the automatic travel of the vehicle, environmental information relating to an environment around the vehicle, or geographic information relating to a road condition around the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Yamaguchi, Takafumi Tokuhiro, Masashi Hoshino
  • Patent number: 11739498
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a cab to be boarded by an operator, the cab including a roof; and a first antenna mounted on the roof. The first antenna is positioned selectively at one of a position lower than a topmost portion of the roof, and a position protruding upward relative to the topmost portion of the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Hoshino, Atsushi Karami, Hirofumi Kotaki, Shinji Hirose, Masamichi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20230090489
    Abstract: A lumbar pillow of height 9 to 11 cm has outer and inner cushioning members, with a hollow space formed in the outer cushioning member. The inner cushioning member has an identical cross-sectional shape as the hollow space. The load X for the user having the lumbar pillow placed under the user's lower back equals a value obtained by multiplying the user's weight by a coefficient 0.59. A preferable range of the amount of displacement against the load is defined. The comfort of the lumbar pillow may be determined on the basis of sensory evaluation including evaluation of the texture during use, and the lumbar pillow can be used for a long period of time. The physical properties may be visualized by providing a plurality of settings to provide a substantially straight load-displacement line, enabling any user to choose a suitable pillow regardless of race, gender, and weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: GAISENN LLC
    Inventor: Masashi Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20230068889
    Abstract: A parking assistance method according to the present disclosure is a method of performing autonomous travel of a vehicle based on a travel route generated using teaching travel by a driver. The parking assistance method including: acquiring as absolute position and an azimuth is the a travel direction of the vehicle; and determining, based on the absolute position and the azimuth in the travel direction, whether or not the vehicle is located oriented with a prescribed azimuth in a prescribed position, which are registered in association with the travel route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi TOKUHIRO, Masashi HOSHINO, Satoshi FUKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220274585
    Abstract: A parking assistance device according to the present disclosure performs automatic travel of a vehicle based on teaching travel by a driver. The parking assistance device includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: learn a travel route for parking the vehicle in a parking position and a speed, a steering angle, and braking operation of the vehicle during the teaching travel, based on the teaching travel; and modify the speed, the steering angle, or the braking operation in the automatic travel of the vehicle from the speed, the steering angle, or the braking operation in the teaching travel, based on any of a regulation for the automatic travel of the vehicle, environmental information relating to an environment around the vehicle, or geographic information relating to a road condition around the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru YAMAGUCHI, Takafumi TOKUHIRO, Masashi HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20210254314
    Abstract: A terminal device includes a processor and a display. The processor causes the display to display a portion of a plurality of portions of a work machine which is a candidate inferred to be a cause of a failure of the work machine. The processor further causes the display to display a video or a plurality of images showing a disassembly procedure for disassembling the work machine until the portion that is the candidate is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Tooru TAKATA, Kouji UEDA, Kuniyuki MORITA, Yuuichi MORI, Sachihisa ISHIKAWA, Shinichi OGAWA, Masashi HOSHINO, Junpei UEDA, Hiroki WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210230835
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a cab to be boarded by an operator, the cab including a roof; and a first antenna mounted on the roof. The first antenna is positioned selectively at one of a position lower than a topmost portion of the roof, and a position protruding upward relative to the topmost portion of the roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi HOSHINO, Atsushi KARAMI, Hirofumi KOTAKI, Shinji HIROSE, Masamichi MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11008731
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a cab to be boarded by an operator, the cab including a roof; and a first antenna mounted on the roof. The first antenna is positioned selectively at one of a position lower than a topmost portion of the roof, and a position protruding upward relative to the topmost portion of the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Hoshino, Atsushi Karami, Hirofumi Kotaki, Shinji Hirose, Masamichi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20200032479
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a cab to be boarded by an operator, the cab including a roof; and a first antenna mounted on the roof. The first antenna is positioned selectively at one of a position lower than a topmost portion of the roof, and a position protruding upward relative to the topmost portion of the roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi HOSHINO, Atsushi KARAMI, Hirofumi KOTAKI, Shinji HIROSE, Masamichi MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10287749
    Abstract: A cab includes a dash panel disposed frontward of an operator's seat, and a monitor device disposed above the dash panel. The whole of the monitor device in the right-left direction overlaps a first front window when the monitor device is seen in the front-rear direction. The monitor device is disposed at a position at which the whole of the monitor device overlaps the first front window when the monitor device is seen in the front-rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Matsumoto, Masamichi Miyazaki, Shinji Hirose, Masashi Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20180051441
    Abstract: A cab includes a dash panel disposed frontward of an operator's seat, and a monitor device disposed above the dash panel. The whole of the monitor device in the right-left direction overlaps a first front window when the monitor device is seen in the front-rear direction. The monitor device is disposed at a position at which the whole of the monitor device overlaps the first front window when the monitor device is seen in the front-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Jun MATSUMOTO, Masamichi MIYAZAKI, Shinji HIROSE, Masashi HOSHINO
  • Patent number: 9696895
    Abstract: A portable terminal apparatus receives an operation instructing that an image displayed on a screen be scrolled, and moves the image in the instructed direction. The apparatus comprising: one or more memories, and circuitry. The circuitry which, in operation, judges whether or not a display image at an end of scrolling is included in a region of the screen during scrolling and determines, to be a control target region, a region judged not to include the display image at the end of the scrolling of the region of the screen; and performs control of lowering brightness of the control target region on the display image during scrolling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO,. LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Hoshino, Masaaki Harada
  • Patent number: 9443282
    Abstract: This image processing circuit performs, with reduced power consumption, pipeline processing of image data. This image processing circuit has an image processing unit which performs pipeline processing of image data having N-bit pixel data. The image processing unit has a pipeline register (400) having upper bit flip-flop circuits (401), lower-order bit flip-flop circuits (402), a comparison circuit (403) which determines whether the input values and the output values of the upper bit flip-flop circuits (401) are the same, and a clock gating control circuit (404) which controls supply of the clock signal such that, when the aforementioned input and output values are the same, the clock signal is not supplied to the upper bit flip-flop circuits (401). The pipeline register (400) does not have a circuit for controlling supply of the clock signal to the lower 1-bit flip-flop circuits (402), and holds pixel data or calculation results during pipeline processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Hoshino, Masaaki Harada
  • Patent number: 9327773
    Abstract: A base has a second bracket extending toward a back panel. A controller main body is arranged between the base and the back panel, and fixed to the second bracket. In a plan view, at least a part of the controller main body is arranged between the base and the floor portion so as to overlap with the base, and a bolt fixing the controller main body to the second bracket is arranged between a rear end of the base and the back panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro Iwahashi, Akihide Namura, Masashi Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20160114837
    Abstract: A base has a second bracket extending toward a back panel. A controller main body is arranged between the base and the back panel, and fixed to the second bracket. In a plan view, at least a part of the controller main body is arranged between the base and the floor portion so as to overlap with the base, and a bolt fixing the controller main body to the second bracket is arranged between a rear end of the base and the back panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihiro IWAHASHI, Akihide NAMURA, Masashi HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20150268810
    Abstract: A portable terminal apparatus receives an operation instructing that an image displayed on a screen be scrolled, and moves the image in the instructed direction. The apparatus comprising: one or more memories, and circuitry. The circuitry which, in operation,: judges whether or not a display image at an end of scrolling is included in a region of the screen during scrolling and determines, to be a control target region, a region judged not to include the display image at the end of the scrolling of the region of the screen; and performs control of lowering brightness of the control target region on the display image during scrolling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Masashi Hoshino, Masaaki Harada