Patents by Inventor Masayuki Ikeda
Masayuki Ikeda 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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Publication number: 20210137136Abstract: There is provided a means for sterilizing lactoferrin at a high temperature in a short time while maintaining the activity of the lactoferrin. The present technology provides a method for producing a lactoferrin-containing aqueous solution, including a sterilization step of heat-sterilizing a lactoferrin-containing aqueous solution, in which the total mass content of proteins other than lactoferrin is 1/12 or less of the mass content of lactoferrin, at a temperature of 100° C. or more. The present technology also provides a lactoferrin-containing aqueous solution in which the total mass content of proteins other than lactoferrin is 1/12 or less of the mass content of lactoferrin, and which does not contain living bacteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2019Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Ikeda, Junichi Hashimoto, Ichizou Shinoda, Hiroshi Iwamoto, Yasuhiro Takeda
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Publication number: 20210075528Abstract: A first prediction unit 83 predicts the amount of future communication quality deterioration or the presence or absence of occurrence of future communication quality deterioration in a communication section between one communication device and another communication device communicably connected to the one communication device by using a first learning model generated on the basis of first attributes being attributes related to a cause of communication quality deterioration in the communication section. A second prediction unit 84 predicts the amount of future communication quality deterioration or the presence or absence of occurrence of future communication quality deterioration outside the communication section regarding one communication device by using a second learning model generated on the basis of second attributes being attributes related to a cause of communication quality deterioration outside the communication section regarding the one communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Ichirou AKIMOTO, Daisuke YOKOI, Naoki SAWADA, Masayuki IKEDA
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Publication number: 20210019653Abstract: A failure analysis device 10 is provided with an identification unit 11 that discriminates whether a predetermined failure has occurred on the basis of a learning model for discriminating the presence or absence of an occurrence of the predetermined failure learned by using a cause attribute which is associated with a cause of the predetermined failure and on the basis of a value of the attribute, and that identifies the cause of the predetermined failure discriminated to have occurred and countermeasures therefor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Ichirou AKIMOTO, Yousuke MOTOHASHI, Naoki SAWADA, Daisuke YOKOI, Masayuki IKEDA
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Publication number: 20200353921Abstract: A lane departure preventing device includes at least one electronic control unit. The at least one electronic control unit is configured to: when there is a likelihood that a vehicle will depart from a traveling lane, calculate a prevention yaw moment, and control a brake actuator such that the prevention yaw moment is applied to the vehicle; acquire a lateral acceleration; determine whether the lateral acceleration is greater than an ideal value by a predetermined value; control the brake actuator such that the braking force matches a target braking force required to apply the prevention yaw moment to the vehicle, when the lateral acceleration is not greater than the ideal value by the predetermined value; and control the brake actuator such that the braking force is less than the target braking force, when the lateral acceleration is greater than the ideal value by the predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira NAGAE, Ryo INOMATA, Hironori ITO, Masayuki IKEDA
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Patent number: 10821960Abstract: A deflection control apparatus is provided with: a controller programmed to: a determine whether or not a vehicle is about depart from a driving lane, perform a deflection control of supplying a brake fluid pressure to at least one of brake mechanisms provided for corresponding wheels so that a yaw moment in a direction of avoiding departure of the vehicle is applied to the vehicle, if it is determined that the vehicle is about to depart, arithmetically operate a departure angle of the vehicle, and arithmetically operate a boost trajectory for boosting the brake fluid pressure to a target brake fluid pressure on condition that the departure angle is greater than a predetermined angle. The controller is programmed to perform the deflection control after boosting in advance the brake fluid pressure associated with the at least one of the plurality of brake mechanism, on the basis of the boost trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHKA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hironori Ito, Akira Nagae, Ryo Inomata, Masayuki Ikeda
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Publication number: 20200298850Abstract: A lane keep assist device is configured to perform lane keep assist control for making a host vehicle travel along a lane, and preventing the host vehicle from departing from the lane. The lane keep assist device includes an electronic control device configured to detect presence or absence of another vehicle, present in a vicinity of the host vehicle, which have a gradual decrease in a distance from the host vehicle, and when the other vehicle is detected, the electronic control device configured to set virtual line extending along front-rear direction of the detected other vehicle at position away by first predetermined distance in right-left direction of the other vehicle from lateral side of the detected other vehicle, and to specify the lane based on the set virtual line to perform the lane keep assist control.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira NAGAE, Ryo INOMATA, Hironori ITO, Masayuki IKEDA
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Patent number: 10759423Abstract: A lane departure preventing device includes at least one electronic control unit. The at least one electronic control unit is configured to: when there is a likelihood that a vehicle will depart from a traveling lane, calculate a prevention yaw moment, and control a brake actuator such that the prevention yaw moment is applied to the vehicle; acquire a lateral acceleration; determine whether the lateral acceleration is greater than an ideal value by a predetermined value; control the brake actuator such that the braking force matches a target braking force required to apply the prevention yaw moment to the vehicle, when the lateral acceleration is not greater than the ideal value by the predetermined value; and control the brake actuator such that the braking force is less than the target braking force, when the lateral acceleration is greater than the ideal value by the predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Nagae, Ryo Inomata, Hironori Ito, Masayuki Ikeda
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Publication number: 20200262420Abstract: A vehicle driving assist apparatus has surrounding sensors which detect vehicle surrounding situations and driving assist systems which assist a driving operation of a driver, based on the vehicle surrounding situations. The vehicle driving assist apparatus determine whether the surrounding sensors malfunction. When the at least one electronic control unit determines that at least one of the surrounding sensors malfunctions, the vehicle driving assist apparatus determine operable driving assist systems and inoperable driving assist systems, and causes a display device to display both of a display indicating that at least one of the surrounding sensors malfunctions and a display indicating a list of the operable driving assist systems and the inoperable driving assist systems in a manner that the driver can realize which driving assist systems are operable and which driving assist systems are inoperable.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masayuki Ikeda, Toru Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20200255009Abstract: A lane departure prevention apparatus (17) has: a departure preventing device (172) for preventing a vehicle (1) from departing from a driving lane by controlling at least one of a steering apparatus (142) and a braking apparatus (13) selected on the basis of a state of the vehicle, when it is determined that the vehicle may depart from the driving lane; and a determining device for determining whether or not an abnormality condition that it is difficult for a person to normally drive the vehicle is satisfied, the departure preventing device prevents the vehicle from departing from the driving lane by controlling the braking apparatus even if the state of the vehicle is not a predetermined state in which the departure preventing device should prevent the vehicle from departing from the driving lane by controlling the braking apparatus, when it is determined that the abnormality condition is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki IKEDA, Ryo INOMATA, Akira NAGAE, Hironori ITO
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Publication number: 20200238963Abstract: A deflection control apparatus is configured to perform a deflection control in which a subject vehicle is deflected by a braking force difference between left and right wheels. The deflection control apparatus is provided with a releaser configured to release the deflection control if a steering operation, which is an operation of deflecting the subject vehicle in a direction opposite to a direction in which the subject vehicle is deflected by the deflection control, is detected during the deflection control. When releasing the deflection control, the releaser is configured to reduce a controlled variable over a predetermined time, which is shorter than a fall time of the controlled variable when the deflection control is ended without being released, and which becomes longer, as the controlled variable increases when the steering operation is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hironori ITO, Akira NAGAE, Ryo INOMATA, Masayuki IKEDA
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Patent number: 10717438Abstract: A lane keep assist device is configured to perform lane keep assist control for making a host vehicle travel along a lane, and preventing the host vehicle from departing from the lane. The lane keep assist device includes an electronic control device configured to detect presence or absence of another vehicle, present in a vicinity of the host vehicle, which have a gradual decrease in a distance from the host vehicle, and when the other vehicle is detected, the electronic control device configured to set virtual line extending along front-rear direction of the detected other vehicle at position away by first predetermined distance in right-left direction of the other vehicle from lateral side of the detected other vehicle, and to specify the lane based on the set virtual line to perform the lane keep assist control.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Nagae, Ryo Inomata, Hironori Ito, Masayuki Ikeda
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Patent number: 10688992Abstract: A lane departure prevention apparatus (17) has: a departure preventing device (172) for preventing a vehicle (1) from departing from a driving lane by controlling at least one of a steering apparatus (142) and a braking apparatus (13) selected on the basis of a state of the vehicle, when it is determined that the vehicle may depart from the driving lane; and a determining device for determining whether or not an abnormality condition that it is difficult for a person to normally drive the vehicle is satisfied, the departure preventing device prevents the vehicle from departing from the driving lane by controlling the braking apparatus even if the state of the vehicle is not a predetermined state in which the departure preventing device should prevent the vehicle from departing from the driving lane by controlling the braking apparatus, when it is determined that the abnormality condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki Ikeda, Ryo Inomata, Akira Nagae, Hironori Ito
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Patent number: 10668904Abstract: A deflection control apparatus is provided with: a determinator configured to determine whether or not a vehicle is about to depart from a driving lane; and a controller programmed to perform a deflection control for controlling a braking apparatus to supply a fluid pressure to at least one of brake mechanisms corresponding to a front wheel and a rear wheel on a side opposite to a departure direction of the vehicle. The controller is programmed to control the braking apparatus to supply the fluid pressure to the brake mechanism that is close to a fluid pressure source, out of the brake mechanisms corresponding to the front wheel and the rear wheel on the opposite side, on condition that a motion state corresponds to a regular-use area of the braking apparatus, if it is determined that the vehicle is about to depart from the driving lane.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki Ikeda, Akira Nagae, Ryo Inomata, Hironori Ito
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Patent number: 10661768Abstract: A lane departure prevention apparatus (17) has: a controlling device (172) configured to control a braking device (122) so that prevention yaw moment for preventing a vehicle from departing from a driving lane; and determining device (173) configured to determine whether or not slip ratio of a front wheel is larger than a first threshold value (KSfr) and whether or not slip ratio of a rear wheel is larger than a second threshold value (KSrr), the controlling device is configured to control the braking device so that the braking force applied from the braking device becomes smaller than the braking force for applying the prevention yaw moment, if it is determined that the slip ratio of the front wheel is larger than the first threshold value and/or the slip ratio of the rear wheel is larger than the second threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Akira Nagae, Kumiko Kondo, Hironori Ito, Tomoyuki Doi, Ryo Inomata, Masayuki Ikeda, Toshifumi Sugisawa
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Patent number: 10654456Abstract: A deflection control apparatus is configured to perform a deflection control in which a subject vehicle is deflected by a braking force difference between left and right wheels. The deflection control apparatus is provided with a releaser configured to release the deflection control if a steering operation, which is an operation of deflecting the subject vehicle in a direction opposite to a direction in which the subject vehicle is deflected by the deflection control, is detected during the deflection control. When releasing the deflection control, the releaser is configured to reduce a controlled variable over a predetermined time, which is shorter than a fall time of the controlled variable when the deflection control is ended without being released, and which becomes longer, as the controlled variable increases when the steering operation is detected.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hironori Ito, Akira Nagae, Ryo Inomata, Masayuki Ikeda
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Patent number: 10651547Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display; and an antenna including a first element without power feeding that is a structural component made of metal and is disposed on the display or above a display surface of the display in a display direction, a second element which is disposed below the first element and is connected to a power supply, and a GND plate that is disposed below the second element, wherein the first element and the second element are electromagnetically coupled.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tadashi Aizawa, Masayuki Ikeda
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Patent number: 10597011Abstract: A deflection control apparatus is configured to perform a deflection control in which a subject vehicle is deflected by a braking force difference between left and right wheels. The vehicle control apparatus is provided with: a calculator configured, in the deflection control, (i) to calculate a target yaw rate so that the subject vehicle drives on a target track by the deflection control, and (ii) to calculate a target yaw moment by dividing the calculated target yaw rate by a coefficient based on a velocity of the subject vehicle; and a controller configured to control a braking force of each wheel so that the target yaw moment is applied to the subject vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hironori Ito, Akira Nagae, Ryo Inomata, Masayuki Ikeda
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Patent number: 10597019Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is provided with: a controller (i) configured to set first brake fluid pressure associated with wheels on one of left and right sides out of a plurality of wheels to be higher than second brake fluid pressure associated with wheels on the other side in order to turn a vehicle in one direction, and configured (ii) to then increase the second brake fluid pressure by using a fluid pressure difference between the first brake fluid pressure and the second brake fluid pressure, and (iii) to set the first brake fluid pressure to be lower than the second brake fluid pressure while holding the second brake fluid pressure in order to turn the vehicle in another direction, which is different from the one direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hironori Ito, Akira Nagae, Ryo Inomata, Masayuki Ikeda
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Publication number: 20190372206Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display; and an antenna including a first element without power feeding that is a structural component made of metal and is disposed on the display or above a display surface of the display in a display direction, a second element which is disposed below the first element and is connected to a power supply, and a GND plate that is disposed below the second element, wherein the first element and the second element are electromagnetically coupled.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Tadashi Aizawa, Masayuki Ikeda
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Patent number: 10486677Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes an electronic control device that controls an internal combustion engine such that a response delay of the internal combustion engine at the time of acceleration is restrained for a predetermined time period from the time point at which an acceleration demand of a driver of a vehicle is estimated when the acceleration demand is estimated while the vehicle is travelling using a driving force from the internal combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hironori Ito, Akira Nagae, Ryo Inomata, Masayuki Ikeda