Patents by Inventor Ryuichi Nakano
Ryuichi Nakano 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).
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Publication number: 20240087916Abstract: A vacuum processing apparatus includes a decompressable process container; a supply port configured to supply, to the process container, an ionic liquid that absorbs an oxidizing gas; and a discharge port configured to discharge the ionic liquid supplied to the process container. A recess is provided at a joint portion between members constituting the process container. The supply port is configured to supply the ionic liquid to the recess, and the discharge port is configured to discharge the ionic liquid supplied to the recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Hirokazu UEDA, Yoji IIZUKA, Mitsuaki IWASHITA, Antonio ROTONDARO, Dipak ARYAL, Takeo NAKANO, Ryuichi ASAKO, Kenji SEKIGUCHI, Koji AKIYAMA, Naoki UMESHITA, Takashi HAYAKAWA
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Patent number: 11794636Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 26, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryuichi Nakano, Naoto Inoue, Masayoshi Takori, Go Shimizu, Taku Kuraishi
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Patent number: 11685305Abstract: A vehicular light switch can change the mode of an exterior-illuminating light by rotating to different positions including an auto setting and a SMALL setting. If the position of the vehicular light switch is rotated to the SMALL setting, a momentary mechanism returns the position to the auto setting. If extravehicular brightness is less than a prescribed value and the position is rotated to the SMALL setting whilst the vehicle is stationary, a first light controller turns off a low-beam light, and turns on the low-beam light if the vehicle runs afterwards. If extravehicular brightness is less than a prescribed value and the position is rotated to the SMALL setting while the vehicle is running, a second light controller keeps the low-beam light turned on.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Manabu Shimada, Ryuichi Nakano, Takeo Mizukoshi, Masahiko Shimada
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Patent number: 11629836Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoto Inoue, Ryuichi Nakano, Masayoshi Takori, Go Shimizu
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Patent number: 11603035Abstract: To suitably irradiate with a high beam according to a situation in front of the own vehicle. A vehicle headlight system installed in an own vehicle provided with an automatic brake controller which automatically activates a brake system depending on a situation, including: a lamp unit which irradiates at least with a low beam and a high beam; and a controller which is connected to the automatic brake controller and the lamp unit and is configured to control the operation of the lamp unit; where, when the lamp unit is not performing irradiation of the high beam, the controller is configured to control the lamp unit to irradiate with the high beam in the situation in which state of the automatic brake controller transitions from a standby state to a state which activates the brake system to a hard braking or to a preparation state thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignees: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Muramatsu, Ryuichi Nakano
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Publication number: 20230033351Abstract: A vehicular light switch can change the mode of an exterior-illuminating light by rotating to different positions including an auto setting and a SMALL setting. If the position of the vehicular light switch is rotated to the SMALL setting, a momentary mechanism returns the position to the auto setting. If extravehicular brightness is less than a prescribed value and the position is rotated to the SMALL setting whilst the vehicle is stationary, a first light controller turns off a low-beam light, and turns on the low-beam light if the vehicle runs afterwards. If extravehicular brightness is less than a prescribed value and the position is rotated to the SMALL setting while the vehicle is running, a second light controller keeps the low-beam light turned on.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Manabu Shimada, Ryuichi Nakano, Takeo Mizukoshi, Masahiko Shimada
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Patent number: 11464100Abstract: To promptly detect a failure of a light source. A vehicle headlight system includes a plurality of light sources, a power supply supplying a drive voltage to the light sources, a controller individually controlling a lit/off state of each light source, and a failure detection circuit connected to the controller and detects a failure of the light sources, where, in response to a start of the vehicle, the controller executes a control operation in which all light sources are controlled from the off state to the lit state and then the light sources are controlled to the off state sequentially and individually, and where, while the control operation is executed, at least during the period of transition from the off state to the lit state of each light source, the controller acquires failure detection result and generates a warning signal when the failure is detected.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignees: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuya Yamamoto, Takeshi Onodera, Naoki Muramatsu, Hidetaka Okada, Ryuichi Nakano
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Patent number: 11453329Abstract: A vehicular light switch can change the mode of an exterior-illuminating light by rotating to different positions including an auto setting and a SMALL setting. If the position of the vehicular light switch is rotated to the SMALL setting, a momentary mechanism returns the position to the auto setting. If extravehicular brightness is less than a prescribed value and the position is rotated to the SMALL setting whilst the vehicle is stationary, a first light controller turns off a low-beam light, and turns on the low-beam light if the vehicle runs afterwards. If extravehicular brightness is less than a prescribed value and the position is rotated to the SMALL setting while the vehicle is running, a second light controller keeps the low-beam light turned on.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Manabu Shimada, Ryuichi Nakano, Takeo Mizukoshi, Masahiko Shimada
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Publication number: 20220282847Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Naoto INOUE, Ryuichi NAKANO, Masayoshi TAKORI, Go SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20220281379Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Ryuichi NAKANO, Naoto INOUE, Masayoshi TAKORI, Go SHIMIZU, Taku KURAISHI
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Patent number: 11414007Abstract: To provide a vehicle headlight whose irradiation light is capable of ensuring sufficient illuminance to the immediate front side of the vehicle. A vehicle headlight irradiating light to the front of a vehicle including a first unit which generates light in order to form a first low beam, a second unit which generates light in order to form a high beam and a second low beam, where a portion of the high beam on the lower end side overlaps a portion of the first low beam on the upper side, and the other portion is formed above the first low beam without overlapping the first low beam, and where a portion of the second low beam on the upper side overlaps a portion of the first low beam on the lower side, and the other portion is formed below the first low beam without overlapping the first low beam.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignees: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Kanazawa, Ryuichi Nakano
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Publication number: 20220095442Abstract: To promptly detect a failure of a light source. A vehicle headlight system includes a plurality of light sources, a power supply supplying a drive voltage to the light sources, a controller individually controlling a lit/off state of each light source, and a failure detection circuit connected to the controller and detects a failure of the light sources, where, in response to a start of the vehicle, the controller executes a control operation in which all light sources are controlled from the off state to the lit state and then the light sources are controlled to the off state sequentially and individually, and where, while the control operation is executed, at least during the period of transition from the off state to the lit state of each light source, the controller acquires failure detection result and generates a warning signal when the failure is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Takuya Yamamoto, Takeshi Onodera, Naoki Muramatsu, Hidetaka Okada, Ryuichi Nakano
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Publication number: 20220089083Abstract: To suitably irradiate with a high beam according to a situation in front of the own vehicle. A vehicle headlight system installed in an own vehicle provided with an automatic brake controller which automatically activates a brake system depending on a situation, including: a lamp unit which irradiates at least with a low beam and a high beam; and a controller which is connected to the automatic brake controller and the lamp unit and is configured to control the operation of the lamp unit; where, when the lamp unit is not performing irradiation of the high beam, the controller is configured to control the lamp unit to irradiate with the high beam in the situation in which state of the automatic brake controller transitions from a standby state to a state which activates the brake system to a hard braking or to a preparation state thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Naoki Muramatsu, Ryuichi Nakano
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Publication number: 20210387566Abstract: To provide a vehicle headlight whose irradiation light is capable of ensuring sufficient illuminance to the immediate front side of the vehicle. A vehicle headlight irradiating light to the front of a vehicle including a first unit which generates light in order to form a first low beam, a second unit which generates light in order to form a high beam and a second low beam, where a portion of the high beam on the lower end side overlaps a portion of the first low beam on the upper side, and the other portion is formed above the first low beam without overlapping the first low beam, and where a portion of the second low beam on the upper side overlaps a portion of the first low beam on the lower side, and the other portion is formed below the first low beam without overlapping the first low beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Takashi Kanazawa, Ryuichi Nakano
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Patent number: 10981493Abstract: To achieve both reduction of a sense of discomfort to a driver due to a reflective object and improvement in visibility of a pedestrian or the like. A control apparatus for controlling light irradiated by a headlight of a vehicle, where the control apparatus causes the headlight to forma first irradiation light and a second irradiation light that overlaps a certain range on the lower end side in the vertical direction of the first irradiation light and overlaps the entire range in the width direction of the first irradiation light, and causes to dim at least a part of the entire range of the first irradiation light corresponding to the position of a reflective object when the reflective object fixed on the road ahead of the vehicle is present.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignees: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Muramatsu, Ryuichi Nakano
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Publication number: 20210023980Abstract: A vehicular light switch can change the mode of an exterior-illuminating light by rotating to different positions including an auto setting and a small setting. If the position of the vehicular light switch is rotated to the small setting, a momentary mechanism returns the position to the auto setting. If extravehicular brightness is less than a prescribed value and the position is rotated to the small setting whilst the vehicle is stationary, a first light controller turns off a low-beam light, and turns on the low-beam light if the vehicle runs afterwards. If extravehicular brightness is less than a prescribed value and the position is rotated to the small setting while the vehicle is running, a second light controller keeps the low-beam light turned on.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Manabu SHIMADA, Ryuichi NAKANO, Takeo MIZUKOSHI, Masahiko SHIMADA
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Publication number: 20200282897Abstract: To achieve both reduction of a sense of discomfort to a driver due to a reflective object and improvement in visibility of a pedestrian or the like. A control apparatus for controlling light irradiated by a headlight of a vehicle, where the control apparatus causes the headlight to forma first irradiation light and a second irradiation light that overlaps a certain range on the lower end side in the vertical direction of the first irradiation light and overlaps the entire range in the width direction of the first irradiation light, and causes to dim at least a part of the entire range of the first irradiation light corresponding to the position of a reflective object when the reflective object fixed on the road ahead of the vehicle is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Naoki Muramatsu, Ryuichi Nakano
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Patent number: 9572347Abstract: An agent for virus inactivation capable of exhibiting inactivation action based on structural destruction such as degradation and decomposition against viruses, which comprises a monovalent copper compound such as cuprous oxide, cuprous sulfide, cuprous iodide, and cuprous chloride as an active ingredient, and a virus inactivation material, which contains the agent for virus inactivation on a surface of a substrate and/or inside of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Kazuhito Hashimoto, Kayano Sunada, Masahiro Miyauchi, Xiaoqing Qiu, Yoshinobu Kubota, Hitoshi Ishiguro, Ryuichi Nakano, Jitsuo Kajioka, Yanyan Yao
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Publication number: 20130344124Abstract: An agent for virus inactivation capable of exhibiting inactivation action based on structural destruction such as degradation and decomposition against viruses, which comprises a monovalent copper compound such as cuprous oxide, cuprous sulfide, cuprous iodide, and cuprous chloride as an active ingredient, and a virus inactivation material, which contains the agent for virus inactivation on a surface of a substrate and/or inside of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicants: KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Kazuhito Hashimoto, Kayano Sunada, Masahiro Miyauchi, Xiaoqing Qiu, Yoshinobu Kubota, Hitoshi Ishiguro, Ryuichi Nakano, Jitsuo Kajioka, Yanyan Yao
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Publication number: 20120201714Abstract: To provide a method for inactivating a virus which is in contact with a photocatalyst material, the method including irradiating the photocatalyst material with light from a light source, and an article provided with an anti-viral property, the article containing a visible-light-responsive photocatalyst material deposited on the surface thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2010Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: The University of TokyoInventors: Kazuhito Hashimoto, Kayano Sunada, Yoshinobu Kubota, Hitoshi Ishiguro, Ryuichi Nakano, Jitsuo Kajioka, Yanyan Yao, Yasushi Kuroda, Yasuhiro Hosogi