Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Nishimura

Nobuyuki Nishimura 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: 11972619
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a storage configured to store display region information and a count value, the display region information indicating a position of a predetermined display region in a first image corresponding to image data, the count value indicating frequency of display of each predetermined region in the first image; and a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to, based on the image data and an instruction signal for selecting the display region, generate a display image corresponding to the display region that is selected by the instruction signal, determine whether the display region information meets a first condition, add a predetermined value to the count value of the region on which it is determined that the first condition is met, and set, for a region of interest, a region that draws an interest in the first image based on the count value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Evident Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Watanabe, Hidetoshi Nishimura, Kazuhito Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11473674
    Abstract: A vehicle control device controls a vehicle provided with a transmission having a direct gear and normal gears including an overdrive gear having a lower gear ratio than the direct gear. The device includes a travel segment determination unit which determines a forward travel segment having a different road slope from a current travel segment, a current gear position selection unit that selects a current gear position based on a travel resistance of the vehicle, a forward gear position selection unit that selects a forward gear position based on a travel resistance in the forward travel segment, and a shift control unit that selects whether or not to upshift the transmission based on a situation until the vehicle reaches the forward travel segment, when an upshift to the overdrive gear is newly selected in a case where the current gear position and the forward gear position are the direct gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ooshima, Nobuyuki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11118678
    Abstract: This vehicle control device 10 is provided with: a current gear stage selection unit 13 which selects a current gear stage, which is the gear stage of the vehicle in the present travel state; a travel segment determination unit 15 which determines the next travel segment forwards in the direction of travel of the vehicle V; and a shift control unit 17 which, in the case that the current gear stage selection unit 13 has newly selected a target gear stage lower than the current gear stage during travel of the vehicle V in the current gear stage in the current travel segment, if the next travel segment can be traveled in the current gear stage and the amount the vehicle V will lose speed after traveling the current travel segment is less than or equal to a prescribed threshold value, controls shifting of the gear stage such that downshifting from the current gear stage to the target gear stage is suppressed and the current gear stage is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ooshima, Nobuyuki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11067165
    Abstract: In this vehicle control device (10), which controls operation of a vehicle provided with a transmission including a direct gear and an overdrive gear, which is a gear with a lower gear ratio than that of the direct gear, a travel segment determination unit (15) determines a next travel segment which, forward in the travel direction of the vehicle, has a road slope different from that of the current travel segment where the vehicle is currently traveling. A next gear stage selection unit (16) determines a next gear stage, which will be the gear stage of a transmission in the next travel segment, on the basis of the speed of the vehicle, an equal fuel consumption map of the engine of the vehicle, and the travel resistance of the vehicle in the next travel segment estimated on the basis of the road slope in the next travel segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ooshima, Nobuyuki Nishimura, Junpei Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11022212
    Abstract: A vehicle control device controls a vehicle provided with a transmission to travel at a set speed. The transmission has a direct gear and normal gears including an overdrive gear having a lower gear ratio than the direct gear. The device includes a travel segment determination unit which determines a forward travel segment having a different road slope from a current travel segment, a current gear position selection unit that selects a current gear position based on a travel resistance of the vehicle, a forward gear position selection unit that selects a forward gear position based on a travel resistance of the vehicle in the forward travel segment, and a shift control unit that changes a gear position to the forward gear position when the vehicle reaches the forward travel segment on condition that a difference between the set speed and the vehicle speed is within a prescribed range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ooshima, Nobuyuki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11015656
    Abstract: A driving-side concave-convex portion of a driving-side transmission member is engaged with an elastic member. The driving-side concave-convex portion is engaged with an intermediate concave-convex portion of an intermediate transmission member with a circumferential gap being interposed therebetween. A driven-side concave-convex portion of a driven-side transmission member is engaged with the elastic member. The driven-side concave-convex portion is engaged with the intermediate concave-convex portion with a circumferential gap being interposed therebetween. Both axial side surfaces and a periphery of the intermediate transmission member are covered by a side surface covering portion and a periphery covering portion of the elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Ishii, Toru Segawa, Ryou Oosawa, Nobuyuki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10995853
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a travel section determination unit configured to determine a forward travel section that is a travel section having a different road gradient from a current travel section in which a vehicle is currently traveling and that is ahead in a travel direction of the vehicle; a forward gear stage selection unit configured to select a forward gear stage which is a gear stage of the vehicle in the forward travel section; and a shift control unit configured to, in a case where the selected forward gear stage is lower by two or more stages than the current gear stage which is a gear stage of the vehicle in the current travel section and when the vehicle is positioned within a predetermined range from a start position of the forward travel section, perform downshift from the current gear stage to the forward gear stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ooshima, Nobuyuki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10982756
    Abstract: In a case where a vehicle is in a first mode in which suppression of fuel consumption is prioritized, a forward gear stage selection unit selects as a forward gear stage a gear stage at which a minimum travelable vehicle speed, which is a minimum speed among a speed of the vehicle at which a driving force indicated by a driving force characteristic is equal to or greater than a travel resistance of a travel resistance characteristic, is highest, and in a case where the vehicle is in a second mode in which improvement of travel performance is prioritized, the forward gear stage selection unit selects as the forward gear stage a gear stage at which a maximum travelable vehicle speed, which is a maximum speed among the speed of the vehicle at which the driving force is equal to or greater than the travel resistance, is highest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ooshima, Nobuyuki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10975958
    Abstract: This vehicle control devices provided with: a travel segment determination unit 15 which determines a next travel segment, forwards in the travel direction of the vehicle, which has a different road slope from the current travel segment where the vehicle is currently traveling; a next gear stage selection unit 16 which, on the basis of the road slope of the next travel segment, selects a next gear stage, which will be the gear stage of the vehicle in the next travel segment; and a shift control unit 17 which upshifts to the next gear stage in the current travel segment in the case that the travel resistance in the next travel segment is less than the travel resistance of the current travel segment, the value obtained by subtracting the travel resistance of the vehicle in the current travel segment from the drive force at the current speed of the vehicle in the next gear stage is less than a first prescribed value, and the value obtained by subtracting the travel resistance of the vehicle in the next travel se
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ooshima, Nobuyuki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10975961
    Abstract: This vehicle control device 10 is provided with: a current gear stage selection unit 13 which, on the basis of the travel resistance of the vehicle, selects a current gear stage, which is the gear stage of the vehicle in the current travel segment where the vehicle is traveling; a next gear stage selection unit 16 which selects a next gear stage, which will be the gear stage of the vehicle in the next travel segment, forwards in the travel direction of the vehicle, having a road slope different from that of the current travel segment; and a shift control unit 17 which, if during travel of the vehicle in the current travel segment in the current gear stage, the current gear stage selection unit 13 has newly selected a target gear stage higher than the next gear stage, controls shifting such that upshifting from the current gear stage to the target gear stage is suppressed and the current gear stage is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ooshima, Nobuyuki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20210088131
    Abstract: In a case where a vehicle is in a first mode in which suppression of fuel consumption is prioritized, a forward gear stage selection unit selects as a forward gear stage a gear stage at which a minimum travelable vehicle speed, which is a minimum speed among a speed of the vehicle at which a driving force indicated by a driving force characteristic is equal to or greater than a travel resistance of a travel resistance characteristic, is highest, and in a case where the vehicle is in a second mode in which improvement of travel performance is prioritized, the forward gear stage selection unit selects as the forward gear stage a gear stage at which a maximum travelable vehicle speed, which is a maximum speed among the speed of the vehicle at which the driving force is equal to or greater than the travel resistance, is highest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Tatsuya OOSHIMA, Nobuyuki NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210088129
    Abstract: This vehicle control devices provided with: a travel segment determination unit 15 which determines a next travel segment, forwards in the travel direction of the vehicle, which has a different road slope from the current travel segment where the vehicle is currently traveling; a next gear stage selection unit 16 which, on the basis of the road slope of the next travel segment, selects a next gear stage, which will be the gear stage of the vehicle in the next travel segment; and a shift control unit 17 which upshifts to the next gear stage in the current travel segment in the case that the travel resistance in the next travel segment is less than the travel resistance of the current travel segment, the value obtained by subtracting the travel resistance of the vehicle in the current travel segment from the drive force at the current speed of the vehicle in the next gear stage is less than a first prescribed value, and the value obtained by subtracting the travel resistance of the vehicle in the next travel se
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Tatsuya OOSHIMA, Nobuyuki NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 10940881
    Abstract: Reinforcing ribs (33a and 33b) are provided between mounting plate parts (30a and 30b) and support plate parts (31a and 31b) forming a support bracket (18a). Side plate parts (40a and 40b) forming a distance bracket (17a) are disposed between the support plate parts (31a and 31b), and an outer column (13a). When an adjustment lever (26a) is operated to hold a steering wheel at a position after adjustment, a steering column (6a) is pushed toward an upper side by column pressing parts (42a and 42b) provided at the side plate parts (40a and 40b), and, therefore, a pair of widened parts (43a and 43b) provided at upper parts of the side plate parts (40a and 40b) are pushed and expanded to the outside in a width direction. The widened parts (43a and 43b) are sandwiched between the support plate parts (31a and 31b) and the outer column (13a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kurokawa, Nobuyuki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10907730
    Abstract: A vehicle control device performing upshift to a forward gear stage in a current travel section in a case where: (1) the forward gear stage is higher than a current gear stage; (2) a travel resistance of a vehicle in the current travel section is greater than a driving force in a case of traveling at the forward gear stage; (3) a stall amount until the vehicle passes an end point of the current travel section in a case where the vehicle travels in the current travel section at the forward gear stage is equal to or smaller than a specified value; and (4) a value obtained by subtracting the travel resistance of the vehicle in a forward travel section from a driving force in a case where the vehicle travels in the forward travel section at the forward gear stage is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ooshima, Nobuyuki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10738834
    Abstract: Circumferential rigidity of both axial end portions of each coupling-side convex portion is lower than circumferential rigidity of an axially intermediate portion of each coupling-side convex portion. The drive-side concave-convex portion is engaged with a half portion on the other axial side of the coupling-side concave-convex portion. The driven-side concave-convex portion is engaged with a half portion on one axial side of the coupling-side concave-convex portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Ryou Oosawa, Nobuyuki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20200200260
    Abstract: A vehicle control device controls a vehicle provided with a transmission having a direct gear and normal gears including an overdrive gear having a lower gear ratio than the direct gear. The device includes a travel segment determination unit which determines a forward travel segment having a different road slope from a current travel segment, a current gear position selection unit that selects a current gear position based on a travel resistance of the vehicle, a forward gear position selection unit that selects a forward gear position based on a travel resistance in the forward travel segment, and a shift control unit that selects whether or not to upshift the transmission based on a situation until the vehicle reaches the forward travel segment, when an upshift to the overdrive gear is newly selected in a case where the current gear position and the forward gear position are the direct gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Tatsuya OOSHIMA, Nobuyuki NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200200262
    Abstract: A vehicle control device controls a vehicle provided with a transmission to travel at a set speed. The transmission has a direct gear and normal gears including an overdrive gear having a lower gear ratio than the direct gear. The device includes a travel segment determination unit which determines a forward travel segment having a different road slope from a current travel segment, a current gear position selection unit that selects a current gear position based on a travel resistance of the vehicle, a forward gear position selection unit that selects a forward gear position based on a travel resistance of the vehicle in the forward travel segment, and a shift control unit that changes a gear position to the forward gear position when the vehicle reaches the forward travel segment on condition that a difference between the set speed and the vehicle speed is within a prescribed range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Tatsuya OOSHIMA, Nobuyuki NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200200263
    Abstract: A vehicle control device performing upshift to a forward gear stage in a current travel section in a case where: (1) the forward gear stage is higher than a current gear stage; (2) a travel resistance of a vehicle in the current travel section is greater than a driving force in a case of traveling at the forward gear stage; (3) a stall amount until the vehicle passes an end point of the current travel section in a case where the vehicle travels in the current travel section at the forward gear stage is equal to or smaller than a specified value; and (4) a value obtained by subtracting the travel resistance of the vehicle in a forward travel section from a driving force in a case where the vehicle travels in the forward travel section at the forward gear stage is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Tatsuya OOSHIMA, Nobuyuki NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200141487
    Abstract: In this vehicle control device (10), which controls operation of a vehicle provided with a transmission including a direct gear and an overdrive gear, which is a gear with a lower gear ratio than that of the direct gear, a travel segment determination unit (15) determines a next travel segment which, forward in the travel direction of the vehicle, has a road slope different from that of the current travel segment where the vehicle is currently traveling. A next gear stage selection unit (16) determines a next gear stage, which will be the gear stage of a transmission in the next travel segment, on the basis of the speed of the vehicle, an equal fuel consumption map of the engine of the vehicle, and the travel resistance of the vehicle in the next travel segment estimated on the basis of the road slope in the next travel segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Tatsuya OOSHIMA, Nobuyuki NISHIMURA, Junpei MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20200096097
    Abstract: This vehicle control device 10 is provided with: a current gear stage selection unit 13 which selects a current gear stage, which is the gear stage of the vehicle in the present travel state; a travel segment determination unit 15 which determines the next travel segment forwards in the direction of travel of the vehicle V; and a shift control unit 17 which, in the case that the current gear stage selection unit 13 has newly selected a target gear stage lower than the current gear stage during travel of the vehicle V in the current gear stage in the current travel segment, if the next travel segment can be traveled in the current gear stage and the amount the vehicle V will lose speed after traveling the current travel segment is less than or equal to a prescribed threshold value, controls shifting of the gear stage such that downshifting from the current gear stage to the target gear stage is suppressed and the current gear stage is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Tatsuya OOSHIMA, Nobuyuki NISHIMURA