Patents by Inventor Naofumi OTA
Naofumi OTA 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: 11512773Abstract: A selector unit includes a panel, and a dial member that protrudes in a first direction from an opening of the panel. A surface of the panel includes a concave surface having a depth that increases toward the opening. The dial member has an operation portion gripped by a user, and a base shaft portion that extends from the operation portion through the opening of the panel. At least a part of an outer circumferential surface of the base shaft portion is an inclined surface that is inclined radially outward as being away from the panel, and the inclined surface is opposed to the surface of the panel in the first direction. The distance from the surface of the panel to the inclined surface of the dial member in the first direction continuously increases, as a radial distance from the opening to the inclined surface increases.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunori Masaoka, Naoki Yamada, Junya Ono, Naofumi Ota
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Publication number: 20220345324Abstract: A network system includes a higher-level device, a first intermediate device connected to the higher-level device, and a second intermediate device connected to the higher-level device. The first intermediate device is configured to control supply of an electric power to a first lower-level device via a first device being able to be controlled to interrupt. The second intermediate device is configured to control supply of an electric power to a second lower-level device via a second device being able to be controlled to interrupt, the second lower-level device being a redundant component for the first lower-level device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Naofumi OTA, Jiro ITO, Ryota MISUMI, Kazuichi FUJISAKA, Sadahisa YAMADA
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Patent number: 11431516Abstract: A network system includes: an electric power system including a first power supply system and a second power supply system; a higher-level device connected to a first power supply of the first power supply system and a second power supply of the second power supply system; a first intermediate device connected to the first power supply of the first power supply system and configured to control supply of an electric power to a first lower-level device; and a second intermediate device connected to the second power supply of the second power supply system and configured to control supply of an electric power to a second lower-level device that is a redundant component for the first lower-level device.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Naofumi Ota, Jiro Ito, Ryota Misumi, Kazuichi Fujisaka, Sadahisa Yamada
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Publication number: 20220120345Abstract: A selector unit includes a protruding portion and a dial member. The dial member is configured to be displaced between an initial position and a depressed position along an axial direction of the protruding portion, and to be rotationally operable in a circumferential direction when depressed to the depressed position. An offset angle at a rearward side when the dial member is at the initial position is greater than the offset angle at a forward side when the dial member is at the depressed position. The offset angle means an angle between an extended line obtained by extending an upper face of the protruding portion outwards in a radial direction and a tangential line in contact with both the upper face of the protruding portion and an upper face of the dial member, in a section including a rotation axis of the dial member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Yamada, Haruhisa Tokunaga, Junya Ono, Naofumi Ota
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Publication number: 20220121269Abstract: An in-vehicle control device includes a processor configured to: control a device of a first type, which has a function of switching an operation mode between a normal mode and a mode in which power consumption is limited compared to the normal mode in accordance with an instruction via communication and a device of a second type, which does not have the function; specify a limited device that is a device of which power consumption is to be limited, based on information acquired from outside; transmit to the limited device via a communication line an instruction to shift the operation mode to the mode in which power consumption is limited compared to the normal mode, when the limited device is the device of the first type; and stop power supply to the limited device when the limited device is the device of the second type.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Naofumi OTA, Jiro ITO, Ryota MISUMI, Kazuichi FUJISAKA, Sadahisa YAMADA
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Publication number: 20220090674Abstract: A selector unit includes a panel, and a dial member that protrudes in a first direction from an opening of the panel. A surface of the panel includes a concave surface having a depth that increases toward the opening. The dial member has an operation portion gripped by a user, and a base shaft portion that extends from the operation portion through the opening of the panel. At least a part of an outer circumferential surface of the base shaft portion is an inclined surface that is inclined radially outward as being away from the panel, and the inclined surface is opposed to the surface of the panel in the first direction. The distance from the surface of the panel to the inclined surface of the dial member in the first direction continuously increases, as a radial distance from the opening to the inclined surface increases.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Subaru CorporationInventors: Kazunori Masaoka, Naoki Yamada, Junya Ono, Naofumi Ota
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Patent number: 11249543Abstract: An in-vehicle control device includes a processor configured to: control a device of a first type, which has a function of switching an operation mode between a normal mode and a mode in which power consumption is limited compared to the normal mode in accordance with an instruction via communication and a device of a second type, which does not have the function; specify a limited device that is a device of which power consumption is to be limited, based on information acquired from outside; transmit to the limited device via a communication line an instruction to shift the operation mode to the mode in which power consumption is limited compared to the normal mode, when the limited device is the device of the first type; and stop power supply to the limited device when the limited device is the device of the second type.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Naofumi Ota, Jiro Ito, Ryota Misumi, Kazuichi Fujisaka, Sadahisa Yamada
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Publication number: 20210067356Abstract: A network system includes: an electric power system including a first power supply system and a second power supply system; a higher-level device connected to a first power supply of the first power supply system and a second power supply of the second power supply system; a first intermediate device connected to the first power supply of the first power supply system and configured to control supply of an electric power to a first lower-level device; and a second intermediate device connected to the second power supply of the second power supply system and configured to control supply of an electric power to a second lower-level device that is a redundant component for the first lower-level device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Naofumi OTA, Jiro ITO, Ryota MISUMI, Kazuichi FUJISAKA, Sadahisa YAMADA
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Publication number: 20210064121Abstract: An in-vehicle control device includes a processor configured to: control a device of a first type, which has a function of switching an operation mode between a normal mode and a mode in which power consumption is limited compared to the normal mode in accordance with an instruction via communication and a device of a second type, which does not have the function; specify a limited device that is a device of which power consumption is to be limited, based on information acquired from outside; transmit to the limited device via a communication line an instruction to shift the operation mode to the mode in which power consumption is limited compared to the normal mode, when the limited device is the device of the first type; and stop power supply to the limited device when the limited device is the device of the second type.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Naofumi OTA, Jiro ITO, Ryota MISUMI, Kazuichi FUJISAKA, Sadahisa YAMADA