Patents by Inventor Satoshi Matsuda

Satoshi Matsuda 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: 20240149940
    Abstract: A steering control device includes a processor configured to execute a reaction force control process. The reaction force control process includes a reaction force torque calculation process of calculating a reaction force torque operation amount. The reaction force torque calculation process includes a deviation compensation calculation process of calculating a deviation-compensating component. The deviation compensation calculation process includes a process of calculating a positional deviation, a process of calculating the deviation-compensating component based on the positional deviation, and a process of switching among a plurality of calculation states for calculating the deviation-compensating component. The process of switching among the calculation states is a process of permitting switching among the calculation states on the condition that a permission condition is met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi MATSUDA, Isao NAMIKAWA, Koji ANRAKU, Tomoyuki IIDA, Kenji SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20240150882
    Abstract: To provide a galvanized steel sheet having high strength, specifically, a tensile strength of 1,150 MPa or more, and excellent resistance spot weldability, a base steel sheet has a defined chemical composition, an amount of diffusible hydrogen in the base steel sheet is 0.20 mass ppm or less, and surface roughness Ra of the galvanized steel sheet is 0.6 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi MAEDA, Hiromi YOSHITOMI, Masaki KOBA, Nao KAWABE, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Katsuya HOSHINO, Hiroshi MATSUDA
  • Patent number: 11975709
    Abstract: A vehicle parking control device has a processor and a memory to control the vehicle from a starting to a target parking position. The vehicle control device includes an obstacle detection unit detecting obstacles around the vehicle, a travelable area setting unit setting an area where the vehicle can travel based on a position of the obstacles, and sets the target parking position in the travelable area, a route generation unit calculating a travel route to the target parking position in the travelable area, and a parking execution unit that causes the vehicle to travel toward the target parking position on the basis of the travel route. The route generation unit generates a route from a parking start position to the target parking position, and corrects a distance of the section to a predetermined distance when the distance of the section is less than the predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Tashiro, Masashi Seimiya, Satoshi Matsuda, Masato Imai
  • Patent number: 11972270
    Abstract: A communication device may include: a memory configured to store management information in which, for each of a plurality of OIDs of a MIB, the OID and a setting value are associated with each other; and a controller, wherein the controller may be configured to: receive a setting command which conforms to TCP; write the setting value included in the setting command to the management information in association with the OID included in the setting command; and send a response command which conforms to the TCP. In a case where the setting command including a first OID and a first setting value is received, the controller may be configured to: write the first setting value to the management information in association with the first OID after the response command has been sent, and send the response command before the first setting value is written to the management information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koki Izumi, Satoshi Matsushita, Satoru Yanagi, Munehisa Matsuda, Kiyotaka Ohara, Katsunori Enomoto, Yuki Yada, Kyohei Mori, Hideki Nogawa, Tetsuya Okuno
  • Publication number: 20240137743
    Abstract: A communication device may execute a wireless communication of object data with a mobile device via a first target network using a second type of interface after executing a sending process of sending a wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to the first target network, to the mobile device using a first type of interface in a case where the communication device is determined as currently belonging to the first target network. The communication device may execute the wireless communication of the object data with the mobile device via a second target network using the second type of interface after executing a specific process of causing both the communication device and the mobile device to belong to the second target network in a case where the communication device is determined as currently not belonging to the target network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Takanobu Suzuki, Hirotaka Asakura, Munehisa Matsuda, Satoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240118394
    Abstract: There are provided a device and a method that execute light output control that eliminates an occlusion region and does not disturb blinking pattern light of a mobile device. At least one of a light application region or a light output timing of output light of a light output unit is determined on the basis of a data analysis result based on sensor input information and reception information from another device, the light output unit is controlled according to the light application region or the light output timing that has been determined, and a light output process is executed. Specifically, for example, light output control is executed so as to eliminate an occlusion region which no light reaches due to a pillar or the like, and moreover, so as not to disturb blinking pattern light output from the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka TANAKA, Shoji MATSUDA, Katsunori HONMA, Satoshi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240080412
    Abstract: Provided is a video display device wearable on the head of a user, wherein the video display device includes a video display unit capable of switching two or more display methods, a control unit for indicating a display method to the video display unit, a first detection unit for detecting the motion of the head of a user, a second detection unit for detecting the motion of the point of view of the user, and a motion determination unit for determining the motion state of the device user by using the output from the first detection unit and the output from the second detection unit. The control unit indicates a change of display methods to the video display unit in accordance with the determination result of the motion determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Takahiro MATSUDA, Satoshi OUCHI, Yoshiho SEO, Seiji MURATA
  • Patent number: 11917512
    Abstract: A communication device may include a first type of interface and a second type of interface. The communication device may execute the communication of object data with a mobile device using the second type of interface after executing a specific process for causing the communication device to shift to a communication-enabled state, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is not currently in the communication-enabled state. Also, the communication device may execute the communication of the object data with the mobile device using the second type of interface without executing the specific process, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is currently in the communication-enabled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanobu Suzuki, Hirotaka Asakura, Munehisa Matsuda, Satoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11891051
    Abstract: A parking assist device capable of parking assistance that ensures high accuracy of a parking location is provided. A parking assist device that assists in performing an operation of parking a vehicle includes a parking-allowing location calculation unit that before the vehicle stops at a parking-allowing location, calculates and updates the parking-allowing location a plurality of times, and a parking route calculation unit that calculates a parking route. The parking route calculation unit sets a minimum turning radius for calculating the parking route, based on the amount of a shift between the parking-allowing location not updated and the parking-allowing location having been updated, and calculates the parking route, using the minimum turning radius. The minimum turning radius is set larger than the minimum value of a turning radius unique to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsuda, Masashi Seimiya, Akitoshi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11891137
    Abstract: A steer-by-wire steering system for a vehicle, including: an operating device including a steering operating member, a counterforce applying mechanism configured to apply, to the steering operating member, an operation counterforce by a counterforce motor, and an operating controller configured to control the operation counterforce; a steering device including a steering actuator configured to steer a wheel by a steering motor and a steering controller configured to control an amount of steering of the wheel by the steering actuator; and a communication line communicably connecting the operating controller and the steering controller, wherein the steering controller is configured to: determine a status code based on a status of the steering device; and transmit the status code to the operating controller via the communication line; and wherein the operating controller is configured to change a magnitude of the operation counterforce in accordance with the status code received by the operating controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Iida, Masaharu Yamashita, Kenji Shibata, Yuji Fujita, Takashi Kodera, Isao Namikawa, Satoshi Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20240034286
    Abstract: Provided is a collision avoidance assistance device with improved functionality and usability, which can suppress an excessive application or emergency application of the brakes in assisting avoidance of a collision with an object traveling in a lane orthogonal to a host vehicle (a road crossing the host vehicle).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta GUNJI, Satoshi MATSUDA, Yoshitaka FUKASAWA, Shinya MARUO
  • Publication number: 20240025408
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control device capable of improving robustness against an attitude change of an occupant during preceding vehicle follow-up control in a straddle type vehicle such as a motorcycle. A vehicle control device 100 for a straddle type vehicle that controls a driving force during preceding vehicle follow-up control for causing an own vehicle to follow a preceding vehicle, in which the driving force (which is a control amount of the preceding vehicle follow-up control) is corrected according to an attitude (attitude change) of a driver detected by an attitude detection device 800 during the preceding vehicle follow-up control. Further, the driving force is corrected on the basis of the attitude, the driving torque of the own vehicle, and the acceleration of the own vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka FUKASAWA, Satoshi MATSUDA, Yuya TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11840296
    Abstract: A steering control device includes a control unit configured to control at least an operation of a steering-side motor. The control unit is configured to calculate a target reaction torque; calculate a difference axial force that is used to limit steering for turning the turning wheels in a predetermined direction, the difference axial force being reflected in the target reaction torque; and set a reference angle to one of a steering angle and a turning angle, set a converted angle to an angle obtained by converting another of the steering angle and the turning angle according to a steering angle ratio, and calculate the difference axial force based on a difference between the reference angle and the converted angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Namikawa, Satoshi Matsuda, Tomoyuki Iida, Yoshio Kudo, Masaharu Yamashita, Kenji Shibata
  • Publication number: 20230265073
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel benzazepine compounds of Formula (1), or salts thereof, having vasopressin V1a and V2 antagonisms, and medical uses thereof. In the formula, R1 is optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl, etc.; L is —C(?O)—NH—, etc.; Ring A1 is a hydrocarbon ring, etc.; Ring A2 is a hydrocarbon ring, etc.; and each of Rings A1 and A2 may have at least one substituent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keizo KAN, Masatoshi TAKUWA, Hirotaka TANAKA, Hideto FUJIWARA, Hokuto YAMABE, Satoshi MATSUDA, Kazuhiro OHDACHI, Taiki HANARI, Yasuhiro MENJO, Tatsuya URUSHIMA, Shigekazu FUJITA
  • Patent number: 11673878
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel benzazepine compounds of Formula (1), or salts thereof, having vasopressin V1a and V2 antagonisms, and medical uses thereof. In the formula, R1 is optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl, etc.; L is —C(?O)—NH—, etc.; Ring A1 is a hydrocarbon ring, etc.; Ring A2 is a hydrocarbon ring, etc.; and each of Rings A1 and A2 may have at least one substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keizo Kan, Masatoshi Takuwa, Hirotaka Tanaka, Hideto Fujiwara, Hokuto Yamabe, Satoshi Matsuda, Kazuhiro Ohdachi, Taiki Hanari, Yasuhiro Menjo, Tatsuya Urushima, Shigekazu Fujita
  • Publication number: 20230057576
    Abstract: Provided is a spunbond nonwoven fabric that is easy to produce due to excellent spinnability and has uniform and sufficient quality including mechanical properties while the spunbond nonwoven fabric is highly filled with an inorganic substance powder. An inorganic substance powder-blended spunbond nonwoven fabric is composed of a fiber, the fiber including: a thermoplastic resin and an inorganic substance powder in a mass ratio of 50:50 to 10:90, and an ethylene-based polymer wax having a weight average molecular weight of 400 or more and 5,000 or less in an amount of 0.1 part by mass or more and 3.0 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the thermoplastic resin and the inorganic substance powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Satoshi MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20230033288
    Abstract: A steering control device includes a base axial force calculator, a limiting axial force calculator, and a final axial force calculator. The limiting axial force calculator includes a steering angle holder, a reference angle calculator, a final difference calculator, and an axial force calculator. The steering angle holder is configured to hold a steering angle at the time of limiting a turning operation of the turning wheels when the turning operation is limited. The reference angle calculator is configured to calculate a reference angle. The final difference calculator is configured to calculate a final difference which is a final difference between the reference angle and the current steering angle. The axial force calculator is configured to calculate a limiting axial force based on a value of the final difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi MATSUDA, Isao NAMIKAWA, Koji ANRAKU, Tomoyuki IIDA, Masaharu YAMASHITA, Kenji SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 11505174
    Abstract: The present invention realizes a vehicle control device that, even when power characteristics of a power generation device and a power transmission device changes, senses degradation of vehicle components, corrects a drive instruction to the power transmission device, and is thereby capable of stabilizing vehicle behavior over a long term. The present invention, in a predetermined vehicle environment state, measures fluctuation in drive power and acceleration in a transient region by using vehicle behavior sensors 4, performs comparison with a reference fluctuation, and thereby senses degradation of vehicle components. The drive instruction to the transmission 16-side is corrected in accordance with the degradation of vehicle components that is sensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Okubo, Nobuhiro Akasaka, Satoshi Matsuda, Yusuke Kogure
  • Publication number: 20220355800
    Abstract: At the time of travel following a travel route, even if an environment around the travel route changes, estimation of a host vehicle position from a stationary object is realized. A vehicle control device has a processor and a memory and controls traveling of a vehicle, and includes a sensor that acquires surrounding environment information of the vehicle, a surrounding environment storage unit that acquires a stationary object from surrounding environment information acquired by the sensor, calculates a position of the stationary object, and stores the position of the vehicle on a travel route and a position of the stationary object in association with each other. The surrounding environment storage unit stores three or more of the stationary objects at each position on a travel route as stationary objects for host vehicle position estimation in a case of receiving a command to start storing the surrounding environment information and the travel route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Akitoshi MIYAZAKI, Keisuke TAKEUCHI, Masashi SEIMIYA, Satoshi MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20220250611
    Abstract: A parking assist device capable of parking assistance that ensures high accuracy of a parking location is provided. A parking assist device that assists in performing an operation of parking a vehicle includes a parking-allowing location calculation unit that before the vehicle stops at a parking-allowing location, calculates and updates the parking-allowing location a plurality of times, and a parking route calculation unit that calculates a parking route. The parking route calculation unit sets a minimum turning radius for calculating the parking route, based on the amount of a shift between the parking-allowing location not updated and the parking-allowing location having been updated, and calculates the parking route, using the minimum turning radius. The minimum turning radius is set larger than the minimum value of a turning radius unique to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi MATSUDA, Masashi SEIMIYA, Akitoshi MIYAZAKI