Patents by Inventor Naohisa Uesugi

Naohisa Uesugi 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: 11043200
    Abstract: A vehicle sound control device includes: a motor rotation speed detector (2) configured to detect the rotation speed of a motor that drives a vehicle; a speaker (4) configured to produce a vehicle interior sound including a motor sound changing in accordance with the rotation speed of the motor in an interior of the vehicle; an emphasizing order setting unit (6) configured to determine an order component to be emphasized in the motor sound in accordance with the rotation speed detected by the motor rotation speed detector (2); and a vehicle interior sound control unit (7) configured to control the vehicle interior sound produced by the speaker (4) so that the emphasizing order component determined by the emphasizing order setting unit (6) is emphasized. The emphasizing order setting unit (6) determines the order component to be emphasized so that a higher order component is emphasized as the rotation speed increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohisa Uesugi, Yasuhiko Miura
  • Publication number: 20200251083
    Abstract: A vehicle sound control device includes: a motor rotation speed detector (2) configured to detect the rotation speed of a motor that drives a vehicle; a speaker (4) configured to produce a vehicle interior sound including a motor sound changing in accordance with the rotation speed of the motor in an interior of the vehicle; an emphasizing order setting unit (6) configured to determine an order component to be emphasized in the motor sound in accordance with the rotation speed detected by the motor rotation speed detector (2); and a vehicle interior sound control unit (7) configured to control the vehicle interior sound produced by the speaker (4) so that the emphasizing order component determined by the emphasizing order setting unit (6) is emphasized. The emphasizing order setting unit (6) determines the order component to be emphasized so that a higher order component is emphasized as the rotation speed increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohisa UESUGI, Yasuhiko MIURA
  • Patent number: 7468654
    Abstract: Disclosed is an automobile door structure supported on an automobile body and adapted to be engaged with and disengaged from said automobile body through a door latch, which comprises an outer segment 2, and an inner segment 6, 8 disposed on the side of an automobile cabin relative to the outer segment 2 and provided with the door latch. The inner segment includes enhancement means 50 for enhancing an acoustic conversion efficiency of a vibration having a specific low frequency among vibrations of the door latch generated during door closing. The automobile door structure of the present invention can enhance a low-frequency sound capable of giving the impression of dignity on an occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Naohisa Uesugi, Hiroshi Uchida, Kuniaki Nagao
  • Publication number: 20070107971
    Abstract: Disclosed is a product designing system for designing a given product while setting a design parameter value for each of a plurality of design parameters of the product each contributing to noise and vibration characteristics of an installation base for the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuniaki Nagao, Hiroshi Uchida, Hiromi Miwade, Naohisa Uesugi
  • Publication number: 20060066446
    Abstract: Disclosed is an automobile door structure supported on an automobile body and adapted to be engaged with and disengaged from said automobile body through a door latch, which comprises an outer segment 2, and an inner segment 6, 8 disposed on the side of an automobile cabin relative to the outer segment 2 and provided with the door latch. The inner segment includes enhancement means 50 for enhancing an acoustic conversion efficiency of a vibration having a specific low frequency among vibrations of the door latch generated during door closing. The automobile door structure of the present invention can enhance a low-frequency sound capable of giving the impression of dignity on an occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohisa Uesugi, Hiroshi Uchida, Kuniaki Nagao