Patents by Inventor Noriaki Suzuki

Noriaki Suzuki 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).

  • Publication number: 20170259828
    Abstract: The system is provided with a controller that controls the acceleration and deceleration of the vehicle according to the operation quantity of an accelerator pedal, and a state detector that determines whether a wheel is in a slippery state. The controller sets a deceleration region corresponding to a relatively small amount of operation and an acceleration region corresponding to a relatively large operation quantity regarding the operation quantity, and controls such that, in at least partially, the deceleration of the vehicle is increased as the operation quantity decreases, while in at least a part of the acceleration region, the acceleration of the vehicle is increased as the operation quantity increases. When the state detector detects a slippery state, the controller decreases the maximum deceleration that can be produced in the deceleration region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMAOKA, Noriaki SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9639639
    Abstract: A logic circuit emulator comprises multiple sub-systems, in which each sub-system outputs to another one of the sub-systems a permission notification to permit the another sub-system to proceed to next emulation clock cycle depending on whether or not the state of an own sub-circuit has advanced. In case a signal that is output from an own sub-circuit and that is to be sent to a sub-circuit of the other sub-system has changed, each sub-system outputs a transfer request to transfer the signal to the another sub-system before the next emulation clock cycle. In case a signal is not being sent from the own sub-circuit to the sub-circuit of the another sub-system, and a permission notification is received but no transfer request is being received from the other sub-system, a clock signal is output for the own sub-circuit to advance the own sub-circuit to the next emulation clock cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9535757
    Abstract: Provided is a task allocation optimizing system that, for a development target system which has a plurality of states and which is provided with multi-cores, makes an allocation of tasks to the cores such that a performance of the target system does not significantly degrade in a specific one of the states. The task allocation optimizing system according to the present invention performs optimization by calculating, for each of the states, a state-evaluating-function value, which represents the preferability of an allocation to the cores, through using a task set operating in the state, and further calculating a consolidated evaluating-function value as a whole of operation of the target system, through consolidating the state-evaluating-function values for all states targeted for an evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriaki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160236672
    Abstract: A running control device changes the distribution of engine braking or regenerative braking and the distribution of friction braking in the entire requested braking force according to an operation amount of an operation element, according to whether the behavior of a vehicle during running is in a stable state or an unstable state, or becomes an unstable state in the near future with high probability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisanori Yanagida, Noriaki Suzuki, Tatsu Yoshida, Yuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9384053
    Abstract: A state evaluation function value generation unit 131 generates a state evaluation function value for each operating state based on a state/task-set correspondence table indicating a list of an operating state of a system including a plurality of processor-cores and correspondence of a task set to be operated in each operating state, and a task set parameter indicating a characteristic of each task constituting the task set. An integrated evaluation function value generation unit 132 generates an integrated evaluation function value in which the state evaluation function value of each operating state is integrated. An optimal allocation search unit 133 optimizes allocation of a task to be allocated to each of the plurality of processor-cores based on the integrated evaluation function value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriaki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160118492
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a drift layer 20 of a first conductivity type, a base layer 30 of a second conductivity type that is disposed on the drift layer 20 and is connected to a source electrode 90, and a column layer 50 of a second conductivity type that is connected to the source electrode 90 and penetrates the base layer 30 to extend into the drift layer 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi ASADA, Mizue KITADA, Takeshi YAMAGUCHI, Noriaki SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9221462
    Abstract: A vehicle behavior stability control apparatus includes a yaw rate sensor, a lateral acceleration sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, an urgency determining section, a target yaw rate setting section, and an actuator control section. If the urgency determining section determines that an urgency with which a vehicle behavior is to be stabilized is equal to or lower than a determination criterion that indicates a necessity to stabilize the vehicle behavior urgently, the target yaw rate setting section sets, as a target yaw rate, a right-left cooperative target yaw rate that is commonly applied to both right cornering and left cornering. Otherwise, if the urgency determining section determines that the urgency exceeds the determination criterion, the target yaw rate setting section sets, as a target yaw rate, right-left independent target yaw rates that are independently applied to the right cornering and left cornering, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki Suzuki, Hideharu Murano, Ryota Yasuda
  • Patent number: 9041866
    Abstract: A receiving apparatus including a first communication unit that receives first image data from a transmission apparatus, a second communication unit that receives second image data from the transmission apparatus, a power supply unit that supplies power to at least one of the first communication unit and the second communication unit, and a control unit that causes a display device to display an image generated based on the first image data and the second image data, where the control unit controls the power supply unit so as to limit power supply to one of the first communication unit and the second communication unit in response to completion of the display of the image by the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Matsunaga, Noriaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9032365
    Abstract: An object is to provide a script description separation reconstructing device that can describe the same operation by the same command script regardless of a subsystem configuration of a controlled system, a configuration of a control system, and a kind of the command script. Using system configuration information indicating what kind of subsystem structure the controlled system is composed of, A script description separation reconstructing means reconstructs in a form of separating a system control command script description into a process inside each controller and a process by a host side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Noriaki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150082314
    Abstract: The task placement device includes: a task set parameter acquisition section which acquires task set parameters including information indicating the dependence relationship among tasks contained in a task set, and a required execution time needed for execution of each task; a first task placement section configured to, for a task which is capable of being executed within a scheduling-anticipated period, determine core allocation, taking into consideration scheduling based on the task set parameters; and a second task placement section configured to, for a task except first task placed by the first task placement section, determine the core allocation based on the task set parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Noriaki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150015794
    Abstract: A receiving apparatus including a first communication unit that receives first image data from a transmission apparatus, a second communication unit that receives second image data from the transmission apparatus, a power supply unit that supplies power to at least one of the first communication unit and the second communication unit, and a control unit that causes a display device to display an image generated based on the first image data and the second image data, where the control unit controls the power supply unit so as to limit power supply to one of the first communication unit and the second communication unit in response to completion of the display of the image by the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Seiji Matsunaga, Noriaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8917232
    Abstract: A display apparatus according to the present invention comprises a display panel having a transmittance that can be changed for each frame of an input video signal, an adjusting unit that adjusts a timing at which the transmittance of the display panel changes, and a backlight unit that emits light in a period corresponding to a period of an applied alternating-current voltage, wherein the adjusting unit adjusts the timing at which the transmittance of the display panel changes on the basis of the period of the alternating-current voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Noriaki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140344825
    Abstract: Provided is a task allocation optimizing system that, for a development target system which has a plurality of states and which is provided with multi-cores, makes an allocation of tasks to the cores such that a performance of the target system does not significantly degrade in a specific one of the states. The task allocation optimizing system according to the present invention performs optimization by calculating, for each of the states, a state-evaluating-function value, which represents the preferability of an allocation to the cores, through using a task set operating in the state, and further calculating a consolidated evaluating-function value as a whole of operation of the target system, through consolidating the state-evaluating-function values for all states targeted for an evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8887165
    Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic optimization system capable of searching for an allocation with a good performance from among a plurality of task allocations which can be scheduled in a system of a development target configured with a plurality of periodic tasks. A task allocation optimization system for a multi-core processor including a plurality of cores calculates a response time of each of a plurality of tasks which are core allocation decision targets, and outputs an accumulative value of the calculated response time as an evaluation function value which is an index representing excellence of a task allocation. A task allocation from which a good evaluation function value is calculated is searched based on the evaluation function value. A candidate having a good evaluation function value among a plurality of searched task allocation candidates is held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Noriaki Suzuki, Masato Edahiro, Junji Sakai
  • Patent number: 8881158
    Abstract: A schedule decision method acquires dependencies of execution sequences required for a plurality of sub tasks into which a first task has been divided; generates a plurality of sub task structure candidates that satisfy said dependencies and for which a plurality of processing devices execute said plurality of sub tasks; generates a plurality of schedule candidates by further assigning at least one second task to each of said sub task structure candidates; computes an effective degree that represents effectiveness of executions of said first task and said second task for each of said plurality of schedule candidates; and decides a schedule candidate used for the executions of said first task and said second task from said plurality of schedule candidates based on said effective degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Noriaki Suzuki, Junji Sakai
  • Patent number: 8799753
    Abstract: There is provided a trace/failure observation system which is capable of comprehensive collection of information that is needed for checking a desired operation in a system or the like where the amount of information to be observed is large, and which allows easy analysis of the desired operation. The system includes, in a system LSI to be subjected to trace/failure observation: an event detecting means for observing behavior of a portion to be observed; a first data reducing means for performing observation data reduction processing so that observation data from the event detecting means has an amount of information processable to a second data reducing means; and the second data reducing means for performing one or more steps of observation data reduction processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Noriaki Suzuki, Junji Sakai
  • Patent number: 8786779
    Abstract: A video audio system includes an audio processing apparatus capable of processing audio signals input from a plurality of input sources and a video processing apparatus capable of displaying a video image based on a video signal input from a selected input source. The video processing apparatus executes image processing based on the selected input source type notified by the audio processing apparatus, and transmits delay time information required for the image processing. The audio processing apparatus delays an audio signal based on the delay time information transmitted from the video processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Noriaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8738881
    Abstract: Provided is a performance optimization system that can identify a case where the impact on performance is large even when the number of cache misses is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Noriaki Suzuki, Sunao Torii, Junji Sakai
  • Publication number: 20140136014
    Abstract: A vehicle behavior stability control apparatus includes a yaw rate sensor, a lateral acceleration sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, an urgency determining section, a target yaw rate setting section, and an actuator control section. If the urgency determining section determines that an urgency with which a vehicle behavior is to be stabilized is equal to or lower than a determination criterion that indicates a necessity to stabilize the vehicle behavior urgently, the target yaw rate setting section sets, as a target yaw rate, a right-left cooperative target yaw rate that is commonly applied to both right cornering and left cornering. Otherwise, if the urgency determining section determines that the urgency exceeds the determination criterion, the target yaw rate setting section sets, as a target yaw rate, right-left independent target yaw rates that are independently applied to the right cornering and left cornering, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki Suzuki, Hideharu Murano, Ryota Yasuda
  • Patent number: 8718875
    Abstract: A vehicle motion control apparatus suppresses strangeness feeling in a driver when a signal from a sensor which detects an operated state quantity of a vehicle and a motional state quantity thereof is abnormal. The vehicle motion control apparatus includes a control unit, and sensors. An actual-state-quantity obtaining unit outputs a vehicle-body actual slip angle and an actual yaw rate to a deviation calculating unit. A reference dynamic-characteristic model calculating unit calculates a vehicle-body reference slip angle and a reference yaw rate using a dynamic-characteristic model and outputs those to the deviation calculating unit. A virtual external-force calculating unit feeds back a virtual external force to the reference dynamic-characteristic model calculating unit based on a deviation output by the deviation calculating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Mori, Yuuji Sakaki, Noriaki Suzuki, Teppei Komori