Patents by Inventor Satoru Minowa
Satoru Minowa 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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Patent number: 11605141Abstract: A highly reliable facility evaluation information (rating information) that is free of arbitrary ratings. A server system includes a facility rating information creation and updating unit that grants a rating with regard to a facility to be rated on the basis of parking information. The parking information is obtained by assessing whether the present position of a mobile body, which is being carried together with a vehicle, has been parked in the area of the facility to be rated whereat parking is possible. A facility rating provision unit that outputs the rating regarding to the facility to be rated, which has been granted by the facility rating information creation and updating unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadashi Kurihara, Hiroshi Inoue, Yoshiaki Sugimoto, Satoru Minowa, Minoru Fukumori
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Patent number: 10883837Abstract: A map generating server capable of bidirectional communication with multiple vehicles having a database configured to store vehicle type identifiers assigned to the vehicles and map data regarding roads usable by the vehicles and cultivated land area near the roads. In the server, a vehicle position data tagged with vehicle type identifier is successively written to location concerned of the map data when each vehicle transmits the position data tagged with the vehicle type identifier. The vehicle position data writing number is incremented if the written vehicle position data is that of a vehicle assigned a specified vehicle type identifier, and the location concerned of the cultivated land area is determined to be cultivated land area road and to update the map data stored in the database when the writing number is equal to or greater than a predetermined number.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoru Minowa, Shigenori Hiruta, Kimiyoshi Kusaka, Shiro Kitamura
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Publication number: 20200065917Abstract: A highly reliable facility evaluation information (rating information) that is free of arbitrary ratings. A server system includes a facility rating information creation and updating unit that grants a rating with regard to a facility to be rated on the basis of parking information. The parking information is obtained by assessing whether the present position of a mobile body, which is being carried together with a vehicle, has been parked in the area of the facility to be rated whereat parking is possible. A facility rating provision unit that outputs the rating regarding to the facility to be rated, which has been granted by the facility rating information creation and updating unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Tadashi Kurihara, Hiroshi Inoue, Yoshiaki Sugimoto, Satoru Minowa, Minoru Fukumori
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Publication number: 20190137282Abstract: A map generating server capable of bidirectional communication with multiple vehicles having a database configured to store vehicle type identifiers assigned to the vehicles and map data regarding roads usable by the vehicles and cultivated land area near the roads. In the server, a vehicle position data tagged with vehicle type identifier is successively written to location concerned of the map data when each vehicle transmits the position data tagged with the vehicle type identifier. The vehicle position data writing number is incremented if the written vehicle position data is that of a vehicle assigned a specified vehicle type identifier, and the location concerned of the cultivated land area is determined to be cultivated land area road and to update the map data stored in the database when the writing number is equal to or greater than a predetermined number.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Satoru Minowa, Shigenori Hiruta, Kimiyoshi Kusaka, Shiro Kitamura
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Patent number: 8160266Abstract: An active vibratory noise control apparatus has a speaker for canceling vibratory noise in the passenger compartment of a vehicle, the speaker being used as a speaker of one of different audio devices that can be installed on the vehicle. Each of the audio devices has a command key switch assembly. When the command key switch assembly is operated to turn off the transistor, a control signal is applied to a switching control circuit in an active vibratory noise control unit, which identifies the audio device installed on the vehicle. The active vibratory noise control unit generates a canceling signal matching characteristics of the speaker of the identified audio device for canceling vibratory noise in the passenger compartment.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2004Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignees: Honda Motor Co. Ltd., Panasonic CorporationInventors: Toshio Inoue, Akira Takahashi, Satoru Minowa, Yoshio Nakamura, Masahide Onishi
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Patent number: 7620188Abstract: An active vibratory noise control apparatus reduces vibratory noise which is produced in the passenger compartment of a vehicle based on vibratory noise generated by a variable-cylinder internal combustion engine that can selectively be operated in a full-cylinder operation mode in which all of the cylinders are operated and a partial-cylinder operation mode in which some of the cylinders are out of operation. The active vibratory noise control apparatus has a partial-cylinder operation mode determining circuit for determining whether the variable-cylinder internal combustion engine is in the partial-cylinder operation mode or not. Depending on a determined result from the partial-cylinder operation mode determining circuit, a transistor is turned on or off to switch an amplifying circuit which drives a speaker into and out of operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2004Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Panasonic CorporationInventors: Toshio Inoue, Satoru Minowa, Akira Takahashi, Yoshio Nakamura, Masahide Onishi
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Publication number: 20050018548Abstract: A recording/reproducing device using a magneto-optical disc as a recording medium having a holder for holding a magneto-optical disc and moving the magneto-optical disc between a disc unloading position and a disc loading position, a turntable for rotating the magneto-optical disc, an optical pickup for casting a light beam onto a signal recording surface of the magneto-optical disc, a magnetic head arranged to face the optical pickup on the opposite sides side of the magneto-optical disc and moving toward and away from the magneto-optical disc, and a rotating ejection lever positioned on a base for ejecting the magneto-optical disc held by the holder. Since the ejection lever is arranged on the side of the base where the optical pickup is arranged, the space within the device body is effectively used, thus realizing miniaturization.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2004Publication date: January 27, 2005Inventors: Kenichi Tamura, Tadami Nakamura, Tomohiro Yamada, Kazuhito Kurita, Satoru Minowa, Takashi Takamatsu
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Publication number: 20040258252Abstract: An active vibratory noise control apparatus has a speaker for canceling vibratory noise in the passenger compartment of a vehicle, the speaker being used as a speaker of one of different audio devices that can be installed on the vehicle. Each of the audio devices has a command key switch assembly. When the command key switch assembly is operated to turn off the transistor, a control signal is applied to a switching control circuit in an active vibratory noise control unit, which identifies the audio device installed on the vehicle. The active vibratory noise control unit generates a canceling signal matching characteristics of the speaker of the identified audio device for canceling vibratory noise in the passenger compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshio Inoue, Akira Takahashi, Satoru Minowa, Yoshio Nakamura, Masahide Onishi
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Publication number: 20040258251Abstract: An active vibratory noise control apparatus reduces vibratory noise which is produced in the passenger compartment of a vehicle based on vibratory noise generated by a variable-cylinder internal combustion engine that can selectively be operated in a full-cylinder operation mode in which all of the cylinders are operated and a partial-cylinder operation mode in which some of the cylinders are out of operation. The active vibratory noise control apparatus has a partial-cylinder operation mode determining circuit for determining whether the variable-cylinder internal combustion engine is in the partial-cylinder operation mode or not. Depending on a determined result from the partial-cylinder operation mode determining circuit, a transistor is turned on or off to switch an amplifying circuit which drives a speaker into and out of operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshio Inoue, Satoru Minowa, Akira Takahashi, Yoshio Nakamura, Masahide Onishi
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Patent number: 6820274Abstract: A recording/reproducing device using a magneto-optical disc as a recording medium having a holder for holding a magneto-optical disc and moving the magneto-optical disc between a disc unloading position and a disc loading position, a turntable for rotating the magneto-optical disc, an optical pickup for casting a light beam onto a signal recording surface of the magneto-optical disc, a magnetic head arranged to face the optical pickup on the opposite side of the magneto-optical disc and moving toward and away from the magneto-optical disc, and a rotating ejection lever positioned on a base for ejecting the magneto-optical disc held by the holder. Since the ejection lever is arranged on the side of the base where the optical pickup is arranged, the space within the device body is effectively used, thus realizing miniaturization.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2001Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kenichi Tamura, Tadami Nakamura, Tomohiro Yamada, Kazuhito Kurita, Satoru Minowa, Takashi Takamatsu
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Patent number: 6758521Abstract: In an in-vehicle monitor support structure of the present invention, a rotation support section 16 which rotates about a vertical axis is provided on one of seats 11 and 12 positioned on the left and right of a vehicle with space provided therebetween, and a monitor 60 is supported by the rotation support section 16 in a state in which one side of the monitor is adjacent to the aforementioned axis and the other side is positioned laterally from the axis. Consequently, movement between the front and rear seats is easily achieved.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahiro Imamura, Takeo Mizukoshi, Satoru Minowa, Toshiyuki Yasuhara
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Publication number: 20030042378Abstract: In an in-vehicle monitor support structure of the present invention, a rotation support section 16 which rotates about a vertical axis is provided on one of seats 11 and 12 positioned on the left and right of a vehicle with space provided therebetween, and a monitor 60 is supported by the rotation support section 16 in a state in which one side of the monitor is adjacent to the aforementioned axis and the other side is positioned laterally from the axis. Consequently, movement between the front and rear seats is easily achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Imamura, Takeo Mizukoshi, Satoru Minowa, Toshiyuki Yasuhara