Patents by Inventor Naoki Ito

Naoki Ito 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: 12646864
    Abstract: A crimp terminal includes a core wire crimping portion, an electrical connection portion, and a coupling portion, in which the coupling portion has a bottom wall portion and side wall portions, the side wall portions have straight portions extending from the core wire crimping portion along a longitudinal direction and wide portions connecting between the straight portions and the electrical connection portion, respectively, each of the straight portions extends in a straight line along each of the side walls of the core wire crimping portion, and in a width direction, a distance between the wide portions facing each other is formed so that the distance is gradually wider from the straight portion side toward the electrical connection portion side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Ito
  • Patent number: 12638302
    Abstract: A road boundary detection device is a road boundary detection device that acquires a set of lines corresponding to a road boundary from point cloud data as road boundary information. The road boundary detection device includes: a candidate point detection unit that detects each point of road boundary candidates corresponding to candidates of a road boundary from the point cloud data; a candidate point clustering unit that clusters each point of the road boundary candidates; an adjacent cluster reduction unit that reduces a cluster from a distribution of points in clusters in an adjacency relationship by using a predetermined cluster reduction method; a line fitting unit that fits one or more straight lines or curved lines to one or more of the clusters and output fitted lines as road boundary candidates; a line connecting unit that connects some of the fitted lines by using a predetermined analysis method; and an information output unit that outputs a calculated line as the road boundary information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: NTT, Inc.
    Inventors: Taiga Yoshida, Yasuhiro Yao, Naoki Ito, Jun Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20260141587
    Abstract: A display control method is performed by one or more processors and includes, based on history information on a history of a state of an object, identifying a change timing at which the state of the object changed from a certain state to a predetermined state, and causing a display to display a coordinate axis that represents passage of time and an indicator that is disposed at a position corresponding to the change timing on the coordinate axis and indicates that the state of the object changed to the predetermined state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2025
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki ITO, Kayoko ONODA, Kanako NISHIZAWA, Kunihiro MATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 12631673
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes a controller configured to inject an injection current with a second frequency through an insulator into the core wire, to which the voltage to be measured, with a first frequency, is applied, acquire a composite current in which the injection current and a leakage current of the voltage to be measured having leaked out of the core wire through the insulator are superimposed in a circuit unit, calculate, by analyzing the composite current, measured active and reactive powers equivalent to active and reactive powers based on a contribution of the voltage to be measured, calculate the voltage to be measured, based on the measured active and reactive powers, the first and second frequencies, a voltage of the injection current, and a current effective value of the leakage current, and output the calculated voltage to be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignees: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Murakami, Naoki Ito
  • Patent number: 12633799
    Abstract: A rotating shaft is equipped with an outer shaft, and an inner shaft that is inserted into a hollow interior of the outer shaft. A first end part of the inner shaft includes an extending portion that is exposed and extends from the outer shaft. The extending portion is positioned and fixed to the outer shaft by a positioning and fixing member. The positioning and fixing member includes a nut member that is screw-engaged with an outer circumferential surface of the extending portion, a locking sleeve surrounding the nut member, and a locking ring that engages with the nut member and the extending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Naoki Ito, Tatsuya Choji
  • Publication number: 20260121467
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a plurality of magnet insertion holes that penetrate in an axial direction and a magnet that is inserted into a corresponding one of the plurality of magnet insertion holes. The magnet includes a first chamfered portion formed by chamfering a corner where a first lateral surface, among a plurality of lateral surfaces arranged along the axial direction of the rotor, intersects one end surface in the axial direction, and a second chamfered portion formed by chamfering a corner where a second lateral surface, which is arranged adjacent to the first lateral surface among the plurality of lateral surfaces arranged along the axial direction of the rotor, intersects the one end surface in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Naoki ITO, Katsuhiko IWAZAWA, Masashi KUSHITANI, Yosuke HONDA, Shoma OKUBO
  • Publication number: 20260121493
    Abstract: The apparatus includes: a positioning jig configured to position the magnet, the positioning being based on reference surfaces defined by two inner surfaces that contact two adjacent lateral surfaces of the magnet; an opening position acquisition device configured to acquire position information of an opening of the magnet insertion hole; a transport device configured to transport both the positioning jig and the opening position acquisition device; a pushing device configured to push the magnet; and a control device. The control device is configured to: detect positions of two adjacent sides of the opening, based on the position information of the opening of the magnet insertion hole, transport the positioning jig such that positions of the reference surfaces match the positions of the two sides of the opening, and insert the magnet into the magnet insertion hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Naoki ITO, Katsuhiko IWAZAWA, Masashi KUSHITANI, Yosuke HONDA, Shoma OKUBO
  • Patent number: 12609581
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes an electric motor including a driving shaft; an input shaft coupled to the driving shaft; an input gear configured to rotate integrally with the input shaft; an output gear configured to rotate based on a power transmitted from the input gear; a bearing configured to rotatably support the input shaft; and a housing that houses the electric motor, the input shaft, the input gear, the output gear, and the bearing. The input shaft includes a first shaft portion that extends from the input gear toward the driving shaft of the electric motor, and a second shaft portion that extends from the input gear in a direction opposite to the first shaft portion and is supported by the bearing. The second shaft portion of the input shaft includes an outer peripheral groove that extends in a circumferential direction as advancing in the axial direction. The housing includes an exposure hole that exposes the second shaft portion of the input shaft to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Ito, Yoshitomo Nakahara, Masahiro Tajiri, Takashi Santo
  • Publication number: 20260097516
    Abstract: A display control method is performed by one or more processors and includes determining, based on history information on a history of a state of an object, whether a change that satisfies a predetermined condition occurred in a pseudo-emotion or a pseudo-character of the object during a certain period, and in response to determining that the change that satisfies the predetermined condition occurred in the pseudo-emotion or the pseudo-character of the object during the certain period, causing a display to display change information indicating that the change occurred during the certain period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2025
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki ITO, Kayoko ONODA, Kanako NISHIZAWA, Kunihiro MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20260097517
    Abstract: A display control method is performed by one or more processors and includes, for each target period of a predetermined length, causing a display to display, based on history information on a history of a state of an object, period information indicating the state of the object in the each target period, and in response to the object in a certain target period included in the each target period having been in a sleep state imitating sleep of a living creature, causing the display to display the period information indicating that the object was in the sleep state during the certain target period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2025
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki ITO, Kayoko ONODA, Kanako NISHIZAWA, Kunihiro MATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 12576943
    Abstract: A front fork according to the present invention includes: a fork main body including a vehicle body side tube and an axle side tube; a cap body attached to a vehicle body side tube; a cylinder provided in the axle side tube; a cylindrical rod axially movably inserted into the cylinder; an electric device housed in the cylinder; and a wire that is inserted into the rod, passes through the cap, and is drawn out from the fork main body and is connected to the electric device, in which the connection tube and the rod in the cap are connected by a connection nut that is rotatably mounted on an outer circumference of one of the connection tube and the rod and is restricted in movement in the axial direction toward the other, and screwed to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignees: KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd., KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Sugawara, Naoki Ito, Takumi Hayashiguchi, Hirokatsu Maeda
  • Publication number: 20260072513
    Abstract: A sensory control method includes a step of receiving, a step of converting, and a step of outputting. In the step of receiving, a sensitivity parameter is received. In the step of converting, the received sensitivity parameter is converted into, among a plurality of physical parameters included in physical properties relating to a sensory presentation, a physical parameter correlated with the sensitivity parameter. In the step of outputting, a sensory presentation signal based on the physical parameter obtained as a result of the conversion is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Inventors: Yukimitsu YAMADA, Takeshi SHIRASAKA, Munemitsu ABE, Hisato SHIMOMURA, Takashi UENOMACHI, Akihisa ITOH, Toshio KAWANO, Naoki ITO, Kenichiro SAMESHIMA, Hideo KAWASE, Shota TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 12573913
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine system is equipped with a rotor including permanent magnets and a rotating shaft. The rotating shaft is supported in a rotating electric machine housing via a first bearing and a second bearing. A first oil supply passage is formed in the rotating electric machine housing for supplying lubricating oil to the first bearing and the second bearing. Further, a rotor internal oil passage is formed in the interior of the rotor. A portion of the lubricating oil is diverted away from the first oil supply passage, and is supplied to the rotor internal oil passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Ito, Yuichiro Mitsui, Tatsuya Choji
  • Patent number: 12562620
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine system includes a rotor and a stator. A rotor internal oil passage is formed in the interior of the rotor. The rotor is cooled by a first cooling oil serving as a lubricating oil that flows through a rotor internal oil passage. A housing internal oil passage is formed in a rotating electric machine housing. The stator is cooled by a second cooling oil serving as a lubricating oil that flows through the housing internal oil passage. A route by which the first cooling oil is supplied to the rotor internal oil passage, and a route by which the second cooling oil is supplied to the housing internal oil passage are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Tatsuya Choji, Naoki Ito, Yuichiro Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20260051671
    Abstract: A terminal-attached electric wire includes: an electric wire having a conductor and an electric-wire covering material for covering the conductor; and a terminal connected to the conductor of the electric wire. The terminal includes: a conductor crimping portion in contact with the conductor; and a protrusion in contact with the conductor and extending from the conductor crimping portion toward the electric-wire covering material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2025
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma WATANABE, Naoki ITO
  • Publication number: 20260012551
    Abstract: An information processing method includes receiving an instruction that causes a generative artificial intelligence (AI) to generate document data, the document data being generated by rearranging the information included in an original document image according to layout of a sample file, and the instruction being generated based on a user operation, acquiring the original document image, acquiring the sample file, generating an instruction statement corresponding to the received instruction, and transmitting the original document image, the sample file, and the instruction statement to a server of the generative AI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: KEN ACHIWA, NAOKI ITO
  • Patent number: 12519367
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine system includes a rotor and a stator. A partition wall member is interposed between the rotor and the stator. The partition wall member forms a rotor chamber and a housing internal oil passage in a rotating electric machine housing. A separation distance between the rotor and an inner circumferential wall of the partition wall member is defined as an inner side separation distance. A separation distance between an outer circumferential wall of the partition wall member and a stator is defined as an outer side separation distance. The inner side separation distance is greater than the outer side separation distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Tatsuya Choji, Naoki Ito
  • Publication number: 20250392669
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive selection of a button from a user, an acquisition unit configured to acquire image data by reading an original document according to reception of the selection by the receiving unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit an instruction sentence registered in association with the button by the user and to be used for processing that is performed using the image data by an artificial intelligence (AI) service and the image data to the AI service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: KEN ACHIWA, NAOKI ITO
  • Patent number: 12504826
    Abstract: A sensory control method includes a step of receiving, a step of converting, and a step of outputting. In the step of receiving, a sensitivity parameter is received. In the step of converting, the received sensitivity parameter is converted into, among a plurality of physical parameters included in physical properties relating to a sensory presentation, a physical parameter correlated with the sensitivity parameter. In the step of outputting, a sensory presentation signal based on the physical parameter obtained as a result of the conversion is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukimitsu Yamada, Takeshi Shirasaka, Munemitsu Abe, Hisato Shimomura, Takashi Uenomachi, Akihisa Itoh, Toshio Kawano, Naoki Ito, Kenichiro Sameshima, Hideo Kawase, Shota Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 12494691
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine system includes a rotor. The rotor includes permanent magnets and a rotating shaft. In a rotary electric machine housing, a rotor internal oil passage is formed. A portion of lubricating oil supplied to each of a first bearing and a second bearing is diverted and made to flow through the rotor internal oil passage. The rotor internal oil passage includes direction changeover portions that change a direction through which the lubricating oil flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Ito, Yuichiro Mitsui, Tatsuya Choji