Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Ando
Mitsuhiro Ando 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: 20240135754Abstract: A VCIB performs processing including obtaining various requests from systems (S100), determining whether or not there is a request on the occurrence of an abnormal condition (S102), and transmitting the obtained request to an ADS and carrying out representation control (S104) when it is determined that there is a request on the occurrence of the abnormal condition (YES in S102). The ADS performs processing including carrying out, when the ADS obtains during autonomous driving the request on the occurrence of the abnormal condition, autonomous driving in accordance with the request.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eisuke ANDO, Mitsuhiro MIURA
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Publication number: 20240116524Abstract: A VCIB performs processing including issuing a request for maintenance after a vehicle returns when the vehicle is carrying out autonomous driving, a failure occurs, and the vehicle is able to continue a service operation, stopping the service operation and outputting a back request when the vehicle is unable to continue the service operation and the vehicle is able to travel, and stopping the service operation and outputting a stop request when the vehicle is unable to continue traveling.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eisuke ANDO, Mitsuhiro MIURA
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Patent number: 11077847Abstract: A moving body includes: a first detection unit configured to detect three-dimensional information on a space in which the moving body travels; a second detection unit configured to detect a state of the moving body; and a control unit configured to predict a possibility of overturning of a virtual moving body by allowing the virtual moving body corresponding to the moving body to travel on a virtual road surface in a virtual space prior to a travel of the moving body on a road surface based on a shape of the virtual road surface in the virtual space corresponding to the detected three-dimensional information and based on the detected state of the moving body, and performs control depending on the predicted possibility of overturning.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Wataru Takayanagi, Mitsuhiro Ando
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Publication number: 20190126918Abstract: A moving body includes: a first detection unit configured to detect three-dimensional information on a space in which the moving body travels; a second detection unit configured to detect a state of the moving body; and a control unit configured to predict a possibility of overturning of a virtual moving body by allowing the virtual moving body corresponding to the moving body to travel on a virtual road surface in a virtual space prior to a travel of the moving body on a road surface based on a shape of the virtual road surface in the virtual space corresponding to the detected three-dimensional information and based on the detected state of the moving body, and performs control depending on the predicted possibility of overturning.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Wataru TAKAYANAGI, Mitsuhiro ANDO
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Patent number: 9636265Abstract: A single passenger carrying mobile robot, includes a single operated member that is operated by a passenger to instruct both a moving direction and a moving speed of the passenger carrying mobile robot, a moving member configured to move the passenger carrying mobile robot and a controller configured to control the moving member based on input information input to the operated member by the passenger, wherein the passenger carrying mobile robot further includes a sensor that acquires obstacle information of a surrounding of the passenger carrying mobile robot, and the controller predicts an expected course of the passenger carrying mobile robot based on the input information and determines based on the obstacle information whether or not an obstacle is located in the expected course, and changes a control of the moving member when determining that the obstacle is located.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignees: Chiba Institute Of Technology, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takayuki Furuta, Masaharu Shimizu, Hideaki Yamato, Kengo Toda, Takashi Kodachi, Mitsuhiro Ando, Noboru Nagamine, Seongjun Yang, Hirotoshi Ochiai, Wataru Takayanagi
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Publication number: 20150245962Abstract: A single passenger carrying mobile robot, includes a single operated member that is operated by a passenger to instruct both a moving direction and a moving speed of the passenger carrying mobile robot, a moving member configured to move the passenger carrying mobile robot and a controller configured to control the moving member based on input information input to the operated member by the passenger, wherein the passenger carrying mobile robot further includes a sensor that acquires obstacle information of a surrounding of the passenger carrying mobile robot, and the controller predicts an expected course of the passenger carrying mobile robot based on the input information and determines based on the obstacle information whether or not an obstacle is located in the expected course, and changes a control of the moving member when determining that the obstacle is located.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Inventors: Takayuki Furuta, Masaharu Shimizu, Hideaki Yamato, Kengo Toda, Takashi Kodachi, Mitsuhiro Ando, Noboru Nagamine, Seongjun Yang, Hirotoshi Ochiai, Wataru Takayanagi
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Patent number: 8314536Abstract: An inexpensive piezoelectric sensor where noise unlikely occurs and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A piezoelectric body (2) made of polymeric material, a first electrode-supporting portion (3) disposed at one side of the piezoelectric body (2) and supporting a signal electrode (3b) on a first insulator (3a), and a second electrode-supporting portion (4) disposed at the other side of the piezoelectric body (2) and supporting a ground electrode (4b) on a second insulator (4a) are included, and the first electrode-supporting portion (3) and the second electrode-supporting portion (4) are arranged so that the signal electrode (3b) and the ground electrode (4b) overlap each other in a layering direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2007Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kureha CorporationInventors: Koji Ito, Mitsuhiro Ando, Shunsuke Kogure, Hitoshi Takayanagi, Nobuhiro Moriyama, Iwao Matsunaga, Ryuichi Sudo
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Patent number: 8082026Abstract: A heart beat sensor (10) comprises signal processing means (15) for performing frequency analysis of the output signal of a piezoelectric sensor (1) installed in a seat (2) and judging means (16) judges on the basis of the results of the frequency analysis that if the amplitude of the signal component in a first preset frequency range included in the output signal is in a preset amplitude range, the signal component includes a human body seating waveform indicating a person is seated in the seat (2).Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2007Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ayako Imamura, Mitsuhiro Ando, Shunsuke Kogure
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Patent number: 7900523Abstract: The present invention provides a load detecting apparatus capable of detecting load and vibration applied to a support supporting a body of a human or an animal by a load sensor provided in the support, in particular such a load detecting apparatus capable of detecting micro vibration applied to the support, with a high noise immunity. The load detecting apparatus includes a plurality of load sensors 1 disposed in distribution within a detection target area of a support 7 , a selecting means 6 for selecting one or some of the plurality of load sensor(s) 1 , a detecting means 5 capable of detecting load and vibration applied to the support 7 , based on the output from the selected load sensor(s) 1. The selecting means 6 effects the selection, based on either the outputs S from the respective load sensors or the outputs S from the respective load sensors, plus disposing positions of the respective load sensors.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2006Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shunsuke Kogure, Mitsuhiro Ando, Katsuyoshi Shirai
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Publication number: 20100253183Abstract: A piezoelectric film sensor includes a substrate 1 having a signal electrode 2 and a ground electrode 3 formed on the surface thereof, the substrate being folded to cause the signal electrode 2 and the ground electrode 3 to be overlapped with each other in a plane view, a piezoelectric film 5 inserted between the signal electrode 2 and the ground electrode 3 formed on the substrate 1 and a bonding layer 6 for bonding the folded substrate 1 thereby to affix the signal electrode 2, the ground electrode 3 and the piezoelectric film 5 together.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2008Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KUREHA CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuhiro Ando, Eiji Fujioka, Shunsuke Kogure, Hitoshi Takayanagi, Nobuhiro Moriyama, Ryuichi Sudo
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Patent number: 7762151Abstract: A load detection device includes a piezoelectric body unit adapted to be deformed by receiving an electric voltage, the piezoelectric body unit generating an electric charge by receiving an external load, a drive portion applying the electric voltage to the piezoelectric body unit for vibrating thereof, a detection portion detecting the electric charge generated at the piezoelectric body unit, and an adjusting member adjusting a pressure applied to at least one pressure sensing surface provided at the piezoelectric body unit to restrain the vibration of the piezoelectric body unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2009Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsuhiro Ando, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Shunsuke Kogure, Kazuhiko Oshima
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Publication number: 20100056937Abstract: A heart beat sensor (10) comprises signal processing means (15) for performing frequency analysis of the output signal of a piezoelectric sensor (1) installed in a seat (2) and judging means (16) judges on the basis of the results of the frequency analysis that if the amplitude of the signal component in a first preset frequency range included in the output signal is in a preset amplitude range, the signal component includes a human body seating waveform indicating a person is seated in the seat (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2007Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ayako Imamura, Mitsuhiro Ando, Shunsuke Kogure
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Publication number: 20100018327Abstract: The present invention provides a load detecting apparatus capable of detecting load and vibration applied to a support supporting a body of a human or an animal by a load sensor provided in the support, in particular such a load detecting apparatus capable of detecting micro vibration applied to the support, with a high noise immunity. The load detecting apparatus includes a plurality of load sensors 1 disposed in distribution within a detection target area of a support 7, a selecting means 6 for selecting one or some of the plurality of load sensor(s) 1, a detecting means 5 capable of detecting load and vibration applied to the support 7, based on the output from the selected load sensor(s) 1. The selecting means 6 effects the selection, based on either the outputs S from the respective load sensors or the outputs S from the respective load sensors, plus disposing positions of the respective load sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2006Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shunsuke Kogure, Mitsuhiro Ando, Katsuyoshi Shirai
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Patent number: 7650803Abstract: A biosignal intensity distribution measuring apparatus, includes a supporting member for supporting a human body, a plurality of detecting portions arranged in two dimensions within a target detection area of the supporting member, the detecting portions detecting pressure fluctuations and outputting signals corresponding to the pressure fluctuations respectively, a filter extracting a biosignal having a predetermined frequency band based from the signal outputted from each of the detecting portions, an intensity calculating portion calculating an intensity value of the biosignal, and an intensity distribution producing portion producing intensity distribution in which the intensity value corresponds to a position of the detecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2007Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsuhiro Ando, Shunsuke Kogure, Eiji Fujioka
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Publication number: 20090318776Abstract: A physical condition management system detects during-sleep biomedical information while the driver is sleeping and during-drive biomedical information while the driver drives a vehicle. A during-sleep physical condition information calculating section calculates during-sleep physical condition information from during-drive physical condition information and/or the during-drive biomedical information, and the during-sleep biomedical information. A during-drive physical condition information calculating section calculates the during-drive physical condition information from the during-sleep physical condition information and/or the during-sleep biomedical information, and the during-drive biomedical information. The sleep support operation is controlled according to the during-sleep physical condition information and the drive support operation is controlled according to the during-drive physical condition information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2007Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Toda, Masaki Ito, Takeyoshi Kaminishizono, Mitsuhiro Ando
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Publication number: 20090289529Abstract: An inexpensive piezoelectric sensor where noise unlikely occurs and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A piezoelectric body (2) made of polymeric material, a first electrode-supporting portion (3) disposed at one side of the piezoelectric body (2) and supporting a signal electrode (3b) on a first insulator (3a), and a second electrode-supporting portion (4) disposed at the other side of the piezoelectric body (2) and supporting a ground electrode (4b) on a second insulator (4a) are included, and the first electrode-supporting portion (3) and the second electrode-supporting portion (4) are arranged so that the signal electrode (3b) and the ground electrode (4b) overlap each other in a layering direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2007Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KUREHA CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Ito, Mitsuhiro Ando, Shunsuke Kogure, Hitoshi Takayanagi, Nobuhiro Moriyama, Iwao Matsunaga, Ryuichi Sudo
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Patent number: 7610820Abstract: A biological information pressure sensor having a planer shape disposed on an elastic support element for supporting a human body, for detecting an external force due to one or both of a load variation caused by the human body and vibration generated by the human body. The sensor includes a sensing portion having sensitivity with respect to the external force, wherein the sensing portion is configured by using a piezoelectric material, and is configured to have flexibility and anisotropy.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2006Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsuhiro Ando, Shunsuke Kogure
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Publication number: 20090199658Abstract: A load detection device includes a piezoelectric body unit adapted to be deformed by receiving an electric voltage, the piezoelectric body unit generating an electric charge by receiving an external load, a drive portion applying the electric voltage to the piezoelectric body unit for vibrating thereof, a detection portion detecting the electric charge generated at the piezoelectric body unit, and an adjusting member adjusting a pressure applied to at least one pressure sensing surface provided at the piezoelectric body unit to restrain the vibration of the piezoelectric body unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsuhiro ANDO, Hiroyuki TANAKA, Shunsuke KOGURE, Kazuhiko OSHIMA
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Publication number: 20090067957Abstract: A workflow cell for a fabrication facility is provided. The workflow cell includes a semiconductor processing tool and a buffering station holding Front Opening Unified Pods (FOUPs) proximate to the semiconductor processing tool. The buffering station receives the FOUPs from a main stocker of the fabrication facility. The buffering station is configured to store a portion of the FOUPs in the main stocker. The workflow cell also includes a conveying mechanism connecting the semiconductor processing tool and the buffering station. In one embodiment, the conveying mechanism is the Direct Tool Load mechanism. A fabrication facility having the workflow and a method for moving a transport container are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Inventor: Mitsuhiro Ando
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Patent number: D1020742Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Kato, Hiroyuki Onojima, Kazuma Takahata, Takashi Ando, Mitsuhiro Yamada, Atsutomo Hayamizu