Patents by Inventor Naoto Inoue

Naoto Inoue 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: 11973417
    Abstract: A voltage drop Vzs is calculated based on an output current detection value Iac and a virtual synchronous impedance Zs or a corrected virtual synchronous impedance Zs?, and a value obtained by subtracting the voltage drop Vzs from an internal induced voltage Ef is output as a grid voltage command value Vac*. Zs calculation unit 7 limits an output current phase ? so that the output current phase ? is within an effective range by a phase limiter 12a, and calculates the corrected virtual synchronous impedance Zs? based on a limited output current phase ?, the internal induced voltage Ef, a grid voltage detection value Vac and a current limit value Ilim. Accordingly, in grid interconnection power conversion device that controls a virtual synchronous generator, it is possible to continue operation while suppressing an overcurrent and possess a synchronizing power generated by action or working of a virtual synchronous impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY HOLDINGS, INCORPORATED, MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Suzuki, Jun Takami, Ryota Samejima, Hideki Noda, Naoto Maeda, Toshiya Inoue, Kazu Shoji
  • Patent number: 11953665
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first reflection optical system and a second reflection optical system having mutually different optical axes, each of the first and second reflection optical systems includes a plurality of reflecting surfaces, a first imaging portion configured to receive an imaging light reflected by the first reflection optical system, a second imaging portion configured to receive an imaging light reflected by the second reflection optical system, a first member, a second member, and a frame. A part of the plurality of reflecting surfaces of the first reflection optical system are reflecting surfaces provided on the frame. Among the plurality of reflecting surfaces of the first reflection optical system, a final-stage reflecting surface configured to reflect the imaging light toward the first imaging portion is a first reflecting surface formed on a surface of the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoto Fuse, Chiaki Inoue, Ichiro Kanazashi, Atsushi Takata, Kazuhiro Kochi, Kouga Okada
  • Publication number: 20240080841
    Abstract: A radio communication system includes: a plurality of cells having different scrambling sequences, respectively, wherein at least two cells communicate with at lease two user terminals connected to different serving cells; and a controller which controls the plurality of cells and provides a single scrambling sequence to said at least two cells and said at least two user terminals for control signal transmission and reception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Le LIU, Yoshikazu Kakura, Naoto Ishll, Takamichi Inoue
  • Patent number: 11794636
    Abstract: A headlamp is configured to emit a low beam toward a forward direction of a vehicle. The headlamp is switchable between a first low beam distribution state and a second low beam distribution state. The headlamp is configured to, in the first low beam distribution state, illuminate a low area straight ahead of the vehicle, and in the second low beam distribution state, illuminate at least one of: a width-direction intermediate portion of the low area, one width-direction end portion of the low area, and the other width-direction end portion of the low area, even brighter than the first low beam distribution state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Nakano, Naoto Inoue, Masayoshi Takori, Go Shimizu, Taku Kuraishi
  • Patent number: 11769852
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting element according to certain embodiments of the present disclosure includes: scanning and irradiating a first laser light having a first irradiation intensity to a sapphire substrate along predetermined dividing lines collectively in a shape of a tessellation of a plurality of hexagonal shapes in a top view to create a plurality of first modified regions along the predetermined dividing lines; and scanning and irradiating a second laser light having a second irradiation intensity greater than the first irradiation intensity to the sapphire substrate along the predetermined dividing lines to create a plurality of second modified regions overlapping the plurality of first modified regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Ibaraki, Minoru Yamamoto, Naoto Inoue, Hiroaki Tamemoto
  • Patent number: 11763732
    Abstract: A display device includes: a light-emitting profile creation circuit creating a first light-emitting profile from a first image signal; and an image signal adjustment circuit adjusting a second image signal in accordance with the first light-emitting profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Furukawa, Masafumi Ueno, Naoto Inoue, Chie Toridono
  • Publication number: 20230266435
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a mounting structure of an object detection device to a vehicle body. The mounting structure includes: a first lamp body mounted on a side of the vehicle body; a second lamp body similarly mounted on the side of the vehicle body and disposed below the first lamp body; and a connection member that connects the first lamp body and the second lamp body. A radar device, which is an object detection device, is mounted on the connection member. The connection member is a member that connects between a lower end of a housing (of the first lamp body) and an upper end of a housing (of the second lamp body) in an up-down direction. The radar device is disposed between the first lamp body and the second lamp body in the up-down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo NAKAYAMA, Naoto INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230244940
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and non-transitory computer storage media for generating an ambient occlusion (AO) map for a 2D image that can be combined with the 2D image to adjust the contrast of the 2D image based on the geometric information in the 2D image. In embodiments, using a trained neural network, an AO map for a 2D image is automatically generated without any predefined 3D scene information. Optimizing the neural network to generate an estimated AO map for a 2D image requires training, testing, and validating the neural network using a synthetic dataset comprised of pairs of images and ground truth AO maps rendered from 3D scenes. By using an estimated AO map to adjust the contrast of a 2D image, the contrast of the image can be adjusted to make the image appear lifelike by modifying the shadows and shading in the image based on the ambient lighting present in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Long MAI, Yannick Hold-Geoffroy, Naoto Inoue, Daichi Ito, Brian Lynn Price
  • Publication number: 20230204712
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a mounting structure of an object detection device to a vehicle body capable of improving the accuracy of object detection by the object detection device and improving the durability of the object detection device. A mounting structure of a radar device, which is an object detection device for detecting objects, to a vehicle body, includes a cover member attached to the vehicle body side and covering at least a part of the radar device. The cover member is disposed on a first direction side, which is an object detection direction by the radar device when viewed from the radar device. The cover member includes a rib extending from the cover member in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The radar device is fixed to the rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto INOUE, Go SHIMIZU, Ryoya KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230204761
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a mounting structure of an object detection device to a vehicle body capable of improving the accuracy of object detection by the object detection device and improving the durability of the object detection device. A mounting structure of a radar device, which is an object detection device for detecting objects, to a vehicle body includes: a support bracket attached to the vehicle body side for supporting the radar device in a first direction, which is an object detection direction by the radar device; and a cover member fixed to the first direction side of the support bracket and disposed on the first direction side of the radar device. The radar device is housed in a housing chamber defined by the cover member and the support bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto INOUE, Go SHIMIZU, Ryoya KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11663467
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and non-transitory computer storage media for generating an ambient occlusion (AO) map for a 2D image that can be combined with the 2D image to adjust the contrast of the 2D image based on the geometric information in the 2D image. In embodiments, using a trained neural network, an AO map for a 2D image is automatically generated without any predefined 3D scene information. Optimizing the neural network to generate an estimated AO map for a 2D image requires training, testing, and validating the neural network using a synthetic dataset comprised of pairs of images and ground truth AO maps rendered from 3D scenes. By using an estimated AO map to adjust the contrast of a 2D image, the contrast of the image can be adjusted to make the image appear lifelike by modifying the shadows and shading in the image based on the ambient lighting present in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventors: Long Mai, Yannick Hold-Geoffroy, Naoto Inoue, Daichi Ito, Brian Lynn Price
  • Publication number: 20230138592
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element includes preparing a wafer; a laser beam irradiation process; and a separation process. The laser beam irradiation process includes a first irradiation process of forming a plurality of first modified portions, and a second irradiation process of forming a plurality of second modified portions. The second modified portions are formed in the second irradiation process so that a length in a thickness direction of the sapphire substrate of the second modified portions is greater than a length in the thickness direction of the first modified portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: NICHIA CORPORATION, HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Naoto INOUE, Minoru YAMAMOTO, Taichi OKUBO, Hiroaki TAMEMOTO, Ryota SUGIO, Yusuke SEKIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11629836
    Abstract: A headlamp control system includes: a headlamp that emits light toward a forward direction of a vehicle; a tilt detection part; and a control part. The headlamp includes: high beam emitting parts that respectively illuminate plural high beam areas arrayed in a left-right direction; and a low beam emitting part that illuminates a low beam area located at a lower position than the plural high beam areas. The control part, in a state where the low beam emitting part is on, when the tilt detection part detects that the vehicle has tilted such that one of left and right sides of the vehicle is lowered than the other one of the left and right sides, controls the high beam emitting parts so as to illuminate at least one of the plural high beam areas, the at least one being on the one of the left and right sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Inoue, Ryuichi Nakano, Masayoshi Takori, Go Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11612039
    Abstract: A rear lamp unit control system for a vehicle including: a first lamp provided on a vehicle body side of a vehicle rear face; a second lamp provided on an opening-closing body side of the vehicle rear face; and a controller configured to control the first lamp and the second lamp. When an opening-closing body of the vehicle is in a closed state, the controller is configured to control the first lamp and the second lamp so that the first lamp and the second lamp turn on at different luminous intensities to each other. In response to the second lamp being in need to be turned on when the opening-closing body is in an open state, the controller is configured to turn the first lamp on at a luminous intensity that is equivalent to a luminous intensity of the second lamp when the second lamp is turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Inoue, Go Shimizu, Masayoshi Takori, Ikuo Koyama
  • Patent number: 11538425
    Abstract: A display device includes: light-emitting elements in a backlight divided into a plurality of areas, the light-emitting elements being arranged in such a manner as to correspond to the plurality of areas; and a drive unit configured to drive the light-emitting elements in the plurality of areas by time division based on an input image every prescribed period of time, the drive unit turning on all the light-emitting elements in the plurality of areas in a partial period of the prescribed period of time and driving those light-emitting elements in at least one of the plurality of areas based on the input image in a remaining period of the prescribed period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoto Inoue, Naoko Goto, Tomoyuki Nara
  • Patent number: 11489086
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing light emitting elements includes: providing a wafer including a substrate formed of sapphire and having a first main surface and a second main surface, and a semiconductor layered body disposed on the first main surface of the substrate; irradiating a laser beam into the substrate to form a modified region inside the substrate, the modified region having a crack reaching the first main surface and a crack reaching the second main surface; irradiating CO2 laser to a region of the substrate overlapping with a region to which the laser beam has been irradiated; and cleaving the wafer along the modified region to obtain the light emitting elements each having a hexagonal shape in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Inoue, Minoru Yamamoto, Satoshi Okumura, Hiroki Okamoto, Hiroaki Tamemoto
  • Publication number: 20220319402
    Abstract: A display device includes: a light-emitting profile creation circuit creating a first light-emitting profile from a first image signal; and an image signal adjustment circuit adjusting a second image signal in accordance with the first light-emitting profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: HIROYUKI FURUKAWA, MASAFUMI UENO, NAOTO INOUE, Chie TORIDONO
  • Patent number: 11447064
    Abstract: A vehicle body side structure includes: a cornering light as a light source configured to illuminate an area in a turning direction when a vehicle turns; a light path forming a path, through which light from the cornering light passes toward the area in the turning direction; and a reflector provided in the light path and reflecting at least a part of the light to illuminate an area in the vicinity of a door opening on a lateral side of a vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Takori, Naoto Inoue, Go Shimizu, Yuji Tsuchiya, Ryuya Kawaji
  • Publication number: 20220295623
    Abstract: A rear lamp unit control system for a vehicle including: a first lamp provided on a vehicle body side of a vehicle rear face; a second lamp provided on an opening-closing body side of the vehicle rear face; and a controller configured to control the first lamp and the second lamp. When an opening-closing body of the vehicle is in a closed state, the controller is configured to control the first lamp and the second lamp so that the first lamp and the second lamp turn on at different luminous intensities to each other. In response to the second lamp being in need to be turned on when the opening-closing body is in an open state, the controller is configured to turn the first lamp on at a luminous intensity that is equivalent to a luminous intensity of the second lamp when the second lamp is turned on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Naoto INOUE, Go SHIMIZU, Masayoshi TAKORI, Ikuo KOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220281379
    Abstract: A headlamp is configured to emit a low beam toward a forward direction of a vehicle. The headlamp is switchable between a first low beam distribution state and a second low beam distribution state. The headlamp is configured to, in the first low beam distribution state, illuminate a low area straight ahead of the vehicle, and in the second low beam distribution state, illuminate at least one of: a width-direction intermediate portion of the low area, one width-direction end portion of the low area, and the other width-direction end portion of the low area, even brighter than the first low beam distribution state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Ryuichi NAKANO, Naoto INOUE, Masayoshi TAKORI, Go SHIMIZU, Taku KURAISHI