Patents by Inventor Naofumi KATO
Naofumi KATO 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: 20240139887Abstract: A bonding sheet according to the present invention contains a matrix resin; solder particles; and a fluxing agent. The bonding sheet has a surface with a surface roughness Sa of 2.5 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Ayumi NITTA, Masatoshi KATO, Naofumi KOSAKA
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Publication number: 20230128403Abstract: An operation device has a first displacement portion that is displaceable by being operated by an occupant of a vehicle, and a second displacement portion that is supported at the first displacement portion and that is displaceable with respect to the first displacement portion by being operated by an occupant of the vehicle. Further, the operation device has a first locking portion and a second locking portion that, at a time when a mode of the vehicle is a first mode, permit displacement of the first displacement portion and restrict displacement of the second displacement portion with respect to the first displacement portion, and, at a time when the mode of the vehicle is a second mode, restrict displacement of the first displacement portion and permit displacement of the second displacement portion with respect to the first displacement portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2020Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Naofumi KATO, Masanori KOSUGI, Hitoshi MURAKI, Tetsuya EGAWA
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Publication number: 20230131363Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a vibration-imparting unit to impart vibration to at least one of a seat and a seat belt on the side of a driver of a vehicle, and a control unit to, after the vehicle is transitioned to a movable state by start of driving assistance of the vehicle, notify the driver that it is ready to accept an operation by controlling the vibration-imparting unit to impart vibration to at least one of the seat and the seat belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Naofumi KATO, Masanori KOSUGI, Hitoshi MURAKI, Tetsuya EGAWA
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Publication number: 20230100326Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a terminal including a storage unit to store additional function information generated by software configured to add a new function to functionality of at least one electronic device mounted on a vehicle and a first communication unit to output the additional function information, and a vehicle control device including a second communication unit to communicate with the terminal through the first communication unit and configured to add a new function to the at least one electronic device based on the additional function information obtained from the terminal through the second communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Naofumi KATO, Takashi NAGAO, Tetsuya EGAWA, Hitoshi MURAKI, Masanori KOSUGI
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Publication number: 20230093177Abstract: An operation device includes a first displacement portion that is displaceable by being operated by an occupant of a vehicle, a second displacement portion supported at the first displacement portion, and an extension/retraction locking portion. The second displacement portion is displaceable with respect to the first displacement portion by being operated by an occupant of the vehicle. In a state in which the first displacement portion is positioned at a first position, the extension/retraction locking portion restricts displacement of the second displacement portion with respect to the first displacement portion. In a state in which the first displacement portion is positioned at a second position, the extension/retraction locking portion permits displacement of the second displacement portion with respect to the first displacement portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Naofumi KATO, Masanori KOSUGI, Hitoshi MURAKI, Tetsuya EGAWA
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Publication number: 20230083098Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a determination unit to, when a vehicle is transitioned to a movable state by start of driving assistance of the vehicle and a display related to the driving assistance is presented, determine whether or not a driver is in a drivable state in which the driver is capable of consciously performing an operation, based on whether or not the driver has recognized the display, and a control unit to allow acceptance of the operation when the determination unit determines that the driver is in the drivable state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Naofumi KATO, Masanori KOSUGI, Hitoshi MURAKI, Tetsuya EGAWA
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Publication number: 20230077977Abstract: A vehicle control device includes at least one allowed function that a user is allowed to use and at least one disallowed function that the user is not allowed to use in a plurality of functions of at least one mounted electronic device, and a control unit to perform at least one of changing at least one of the disallowed function into the allowed function and changing at least one of the allowed function into the disallowed function, based on obtained function information about the allowed function and the disallowed function.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Naofumi KATO, Takashi NAGAO, Tetsuya EGAWA, Hitoshi MURAKI, Masanori KOSUGI
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Patent number: 10763053Abstract: A switch device includes an operation switch including a switch knob formed integrally with a recess configured to allow a finger to be inserted. The operation switch includes a detector configured to detect a change in a physical amount caused by operation of the switch knob.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Masanori Kosugi, Naofumi Kato
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Patent number: 10752177Abstract: A vehicular visual recognition device, including: an imaging section that, from outside a vehicle, captures plural vehicle exterior capture images in which portions of the images overlap with each other; and a controller that effects control such that an image of a vehicle body portion of a vehicle cabin image set to a predetermined transmissive state overlaps with at least part of an overlapping portion of the plural vehicle exterior capture images, and such that the plural vehicle exterior capture images and the vehicle cabin image are combined and displayed at a display section.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Masanori Kosugi, Takashi Nagao, Tetsuya Egawa, Takuya Hayashi, Naofumi Kato
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Publication number: 20200105482Abstract: A switch device includes an operation switch including a switch knob formed integrally with a recess configured to allow a finger to be inserted. The operation switch includes a detector configured to detect a change in a physical amount caused by operation of the switch knob.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2017Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Masanori KOSUGI, Naofumi KATO
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Patent number: 10399496Abstract: There is provided a viewing device for a vehicle, including: an imaging portion that captures an image of a rear of a vehicle from a vehicle exterior; and a display portion that carries out image processing that combines a first captured image that has been captured by the imaging portion and a second captured image that shows a vehicle cabin interior in which a vehicle rear including the vehicle cabin interior is captured from the vehicle cabin interior, such that a region of a rear side window glass becomes longer than an apparent width of the rear side window glass that is actually seen from a position of capturing the second captured image, and displays the images.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Masanori Kosugi, Tetsuya Egawa, Takuya Hayashi, Takashi Nagao, Naofumi Kato
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Patent number: 10059264Abstract: There is provided a vehicular visual recognition device including: an imaging section that is provided at a rear of a vehicle and that captures images rearward of a vehicle; a display section that displays an image captured by the imaging section; an optical mirror that is provided at a display face side of the display section, that transmits the captured image being displayed when the display section is in a display state, and that reflects light from rearward of the vehicle when the display section is in a non-display state; and a controller that controls the display section so as to switch the display state of the display section in accordance with a predetermined signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventor: Naofumi Kato
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Publication number: 20180086271Abstract: A vehicular visual recognition device, including: an imaging section that, from outside a vehicle, captures plural vehicle exterior capture images in which portions of the images overlap with each other; and a controller that effects control such that an image of a vehicle body portion of a vehicle cabin image set to a predetermined transmissive state overlaps with at least part of an overlapping portion of the plural vehicle exterior capture images, and such that the plural vehicle exterior capture images and the vehicle cabin image are combined and displayed at a display section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Masanori KOSUGI, Takashi NAGAO, Tetsuya EGAWA, Takuya HAYASHI, Naofumi KATO
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Publication number: 20180072227Abstract: There is provided a vehicular visual recognition device including: an imaging section that is provided at a rear of a vehicle and that captures images rearward of a vehicle; a display section that displays an image captured by the imaging section; an optical mirror that is provided at a display face side of the display section, that transmits the captured image being displayed when the display section is in a display state, and that reflects light from rearward of the vehicle when the display section is in a non-display state; and a controller that controls the display section so as to switch the display state of the display section in accordance with a predetermined signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventor: Naofumi KATO
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Publication number: 20180077330Abstract: There is provided a vehicular visual recognition device including: an imaging section that images vehicle surroundings through a region that a wiper blade passes through; a display section that displays an imaging result of the imaging section; a detection section that detects a position of the wiper blade; and a controller that performs display control to display an image of vehicle surroundings captured by the imaging section and, at a timing at which the wiper blade passes through the imaging section, to hold an imaging result of prior to the wiper blade passing the imaging section for display on the display section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventor: Naofumi KATO
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Publication number: 20180056870Abstract: There is provided a viewing device for a vehicle, including: an imaging portion that captures an image of a rear of a vehicle from a vehicle exterior; and a display portion that carries out image processing that combines a first captured image that has been captured by the imaging portion and a second captured image that shows a vehicle cabin interior in which a vehicle rear including the vehicle cabin interior is captured from the vehicle cabin interior, such that a region of a rear side window glass becomes longer than an apparent width of the rear side window glass that is actually seen from a position of capturing the second captured image, and displays the images.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Masanori KOSUGI, Tetsuya EGAWA, Takuya HAYASHI, Takashi NAGAO, Naofumi KATO