Patents by Inventor Ryo NISHIGUCHI

Ryo NISHIGUCHI 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: 11938970
    Abstract: A control device that is mounted in a second vehicle which a first vehicle having a following travel function is detachably connected to or loaded on is provided. The control device includes a control unit configured to perform: detecting another vehicle that is within a predetermined range from the second vehicle in a state in which the second vehicle has the first vehicle connected thereto or loaded thereon and of which some or all of a scheduled travel route is the same as some or all of a scheduled travel route of the first vehicle after the first vehicle has been disconnected from the second vehicle; and transmitting following instruction information to the first vehicle and disconnecting the first vehicle from the second vehicle such that the first vehicle travels with the detected other vehicle as a preceding vehicle by the following travel function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Harada, Teppei Nishiguchi, Kazuki Komoriya, Tomoaki Ihara, Miyu Higashimura, Toshihiro Nakaichi, Kazunobu Okasaka, Ryo Hattori, Yohei Tanigawa, Ryohei Kimbara, Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240032498
    Abstract: Provided are a tobacco plant in which a high solavetivone content can be achieved without inoculation with a virus, and a method for producing the tobacco plant. In a tobacco plant in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a function of an endogenous CA1 gene is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Takanori TAKEUCHI, Hisashi UDAGAWA, Yoshimitsu TAKAKURA, Hiroshi MAGOME, Ryo NISHIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230120622
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a tobacco plant having a low alkaloid content. In the tobacco plant, a function of a gene encoding aspartate oxidase AO2 is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Takanori TAKEUCHI, Masao ARAI, Hisashi UDAGAWA, Hiroshi MAGOME, Ryo NISHIGUCHI, Yoshimitsu TAKAKURA
  • Publication number: 20230071752
    Abstract: The object of an embodiment of the present invention is to improve the quality of a tobacco product. The present invention relates to a tobacco plant in which a mutation is introduced in a genome, the mutation causing suppression of a function of a specific endogenous gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi MAGOME, Masao ARAI, Kiyoshi OYAMA, Yoshimitsu TAKAKURA, Ryo NISHIGUCHI