Patents by Inventor Shingo Tsuchiya
Shingo Tsuchiya 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: 20250108753Abstract: A vehicle headlight device including a low-beam lamp and a high-beam lamp that emit light into a first light distribution region that is in front of a vehicle, and a patterned-light emitter that emits light into a second light distribution region in an illumination pattern in which bright regions and dark regions alternately repeat, the second light distribution region being further toward an outer side than the first light distribution region in a width direction of the vehicle. The patterned-light emitter emits light such that at least part of a region of the illumination pattern has a movement that is different from other regions of the illumination pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Inventors: Masayoshi TAKORI, Shingo NAKAYAMA, Tadahiro MATORI, Yuji TSUCHIYA
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Publication number: 20250108752Abstract: A vehicle headlight device comprising: a low-beam lamp and a high-beam lamp that illuminates a first light distribution region that is in front of the vehicle with light; and a patterned-light emitter that illuminates a second light distribution region with light in an illumination pattern in which bright regions and dark regions alternately repeat, the second light distribution region being further toward an outer side than the first light distribution region in the vehicle width direction, wherein the patterned-light emitter emits light such that intervals between the bright regions that are adjacent are wider at a position further ahead of the vehicle than at a position closer to the vehicle in a traveling direction of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Inventors: Masayoshi TAKORI, Tadahiro MATORI, Shingo NAKAYAMA, Yuji TSUCHIYA
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Publication number: 20250078792Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes a plurality of performance operating elements, a storage unit configured to store performance data corresponding to a performance operation of a user each time the user operates any one of the plurality of performance operating elements, and at least one processor. In a first operation state, in a case where any one of the plurality of performance operating elements is operated by the user, the at least one processor starts an output of the performance data from a reproduction start position of the performance data in the storage unit, the reproduction start position corresponding to the operated performance operating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Inventors: Tomoya KAJIKAWA, Shingo OKANO, Osamu MORIYAMA, Ken TERAO, Tatsuro TSUCHIYA, Yuki KURIHARA
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Publication number: 20250078793Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes a performance operating element, a second operating element configured to add an acoustic effect or change setting information including a tone, a storage unit including a first storage area that stores first performance data corresponding to an operation on the performance operating element and second performance data corresponding to an operation on the second operating element, and a second storage area that stores the second performance data, and at least one processor. The at least one processor stores, in a case where the second performance data stored in the first storage area is overwritten in a recording state, the overwritten second performance data in the second storage area, and instructs to generate a musical sound based on the first performance data stored in the first storage area and the second performance data stored in the second storage area in a reproduction state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Inventors: Tomoya KAJIKAWA, Shingo OKANO, Osamu MORIYAMA, Ken TERAO, Tatsuro TSUCHIYA, Yuki KURIHARA
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Publication number: 20250078791Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes a performance operating element, a storage unit configured to store performance data corresponding to an operation each time a user operates the performance operating element, and at least one processor. The at least one processor executes, in a first period, processing of storing the performance data in the storage unit in response to the operation of the user on the performance operating element in a case of being in a recording state. The at least one processor executes, in a second period longer than the first period, processing of outputting the performance data stored in the storage unit in a case of being in a reproduction state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Inventors: Tomoya KAJIKAWA, Shingo OKANO, Osamu MORIYAMA, Ken TERAO, Tatsuro TSUCHIYA, Yuki KURIHARA
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Patent number: 11513156Abstract: A voltage determinator which determines a battery voltage using a voltage determination circuit and is configured to output the determination voltage to a corrector in a separate body includes a characteristics signal generation circuit that is configured to output a characteristics signal indicating characteristics of the voltage determination circuit to the corrector.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
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Patent number: 11280838Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a power supply terminal, a ground terminal, a plurality of first input terminals connected to a battery cell, a signal processing circuit having a plurality of second input terminals, and a switch unit, wherein the first input terminals and the second input terminals correspond to each other one-to-one, the switch unit electrically connects arbitrary second input terminals of the plurality of second input terminals to non-correspondence terminals, which are terminals that do not correspond to the arbitrary second input terminals, and the non-correspondence terminals are the second input terminals other than the arbitrary second input terminals, the first input terminals that do not correspond to any of the group consisting of the arbitrary second input terminals, the ground terminal, and the power supply terminal.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
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Patent number: 11223193Abstract: A circuit protection device is provided between a direct-current power supply and a protection object circuit connected to the direct-current power supply, and protects the protection object circuit from an overvoltage of the direct-current power supply by shutting off a connection between the direct-current power supply and the protection object circuit using a predetermined interrupting element. The circuit protection device includes a bypass circuit which suppresses an electric alternating-current component from flowing to the interrupting element.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
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Patent number: 11211644Abstract: A vehicle battery device includes a plurality of battery cell groups in which battery cells are connected in series, connection switches which can switch an electrical connection between the plurality of battery cell groups to a series connection or a parallel connection, and current sensors which detect electric currents flowing in the respective battery cell groups in both of the series connection and the parallel connection, and the current sensor is provided in the vicinity of a positive electrode terminal or a negative electrode terminal of each of the battery cell groups.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
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Patent number: 11204390Abstract: Provided is a battery monitoring circuit board on which a plurality of battery monitoring ICs that are electrically connected to a plurality of battery cells and monitor a state of each of the battery cells are mounted. The battery monitoring circuit board includes a first mounting region on which a current consumption element that is electrically connectable to the battery monitoring IC is mounted. The first mounting region is provided for each of the battery monitoring ICs.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Katsuhiro Takahashi
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Patent number: 10935576Abstract: In a voltage detection apparatus for detecting voltage of battery modules, it is possible to detect that a shut-off element performed operation in a certain one of a plurality of battery modules connected in parallel. The voltage detection apparatus detects voltage of the plurality of battery modules each including a shut-off element and connected in parallel with respect to a load, and decides whether the shut-off elements are operating based on the cell voltage in a state that the plurality of battery modules are disconnected from a power supply line by switching wares.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
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Patent number: 10877102Abstract: A voltage detection device is provided which includes: a plurality of wires that are connected to a plurality of battery cells of a battery; a voltage detection circuit that operates with supply of electric power from the battery and detects voltages of the plurality of battery cells via the plurality of wires; an overvoltage protection circuit that electrically connects one or more wires of the plurality of wires to a minus terminal of the battery when the voltage of the one or more wires is higher than a predetermined threshold value; and a breaker circuit that irreversibly breaks electrical connection between the minus terminal and the voltage detection circuit using a current flowing from the one or more wires to the minus terminal.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata, Atsushi Hirokawa, Seigo Imai
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Patent number: 10741817Abstract: A battery connection module is adapted to connect a battery pack, the battery connection module comprises: a carrying tray; a plurality of busbars mounted on the carrying tray and adapted to electrically connect a plurality of batteries of the battery pack; a flexible circuit board mounted on the carrying tray and mechanically and electrically connected to the plurality of busbars, the flexible circuit board having a frame-shaped portion with an opening, a flexible mating portion being provided in the opening of the frame-shaped portion; and a battery management system mounted on the carrying tray, positioned above the flexible circuit board and comprising a flexible circuit board connector; the flexible mating portion extending into the opening and being reversely bent and mated with the flexible circuit board connector on the battery management system. These components are integrated to an integrated module that facilitates subsequent assembling and use.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignees: Molex, LLC, Keihin CorporationInventors: Siow-Pheng Goh, Kian Heng Lim, Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
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Publication number: 20200124674Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a power supply terminal, a ground terminal, a plurality of first input terminals connected to a battery cell, a signal processing circuit having a plurality of second input terminals, and a switch unit, wherein the first input terminals and the second input terminals correspond to each other one-to-one, the switch unit electrically connects arbitrary second input terminals of the plurality of second input terminals to non-correspondence terminals, which are terminals that do not correspond to the arbitrary second input terminals, and the non-correspondence terminals are the second input terminals other than the arbitrary second input terminals, the first input terminals that do not correspond to any of the group consisting of the arbitrary second input terminals, the ground terminal, and the power supply terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Shingo TSUCHIYA, Seiji KAMATA
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Publication number: 20200124680Abstract: Provided is a battery monitoring circuit board on which a plurality of battery monitoring ICs that are electrically connected to a plurality of battery cells and monitor a state of each of the battery cells are mounted. The battery monitoring circuit board includes a first mounting region on which a current consumption element that is electrically connectable to the battery monitoring IC is mounted. The first mounting region is provided for each of the battery monitoring ICs.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Shingo TSUCHIYA, Katsuhiro TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20200067302Abstract: A circuit protection device is provided between a direct-current power supply and a protection object circuit connected to the direct-current power supply, and protects the protection object circuit from an overvoltage of the direct-current power supply by shutting off a connection between the direct-current power supply and the protection object circuit using a predetermined interrupting element. The circuit protection device includes a bypass circuit which suppresses an electric alternating-current component from flowing to the interrupting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Shingo TSUCHIYA, Seiji KAMATA
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Publication number: 20200057112Abstract: A voltage determinator which determines a battery voltage using a voltage determination circuit and is configured to output the determination voltage to a corrector in a separate body includes a characteristics signal generation circuit that is configured to output a characteristics signal indicating characteristics of the voltage determination circuit to the corrector.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Shingo TSUCHIYA, Seiji KAMATA
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Publication number: 20190305385Abstract: A vehicle battery device includes a plurality of battery cell groups in which battery cells are connected in series, connection switches which can switch an electrical connection between the plurality of battery cell groups to a series connection or a parallel connection, and current sensors which detect electric currents flowing in the respective battery cell groups in both of the series connection and the parallel connection, and the current sensor is provided in the vicinity of a positive electrode terminal or a negative electrode terminal of each of the battery cell groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Shingo TSUCHIYA, Seiji KAMATA
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Publication number: 20190293693Abstract: In a voltage detection apparatus for detecting voltage of battery modules, it is possible to detect that a shut-off element performed operation in a certain one of a plurality of battery modules connected in parallel. The voltage detection apparatus detects voltage of the plurality of battery modules each including a shut-off element and connected in parallel with respect to a load, and decides whether the shut-off elements are operating based on the cell voltage in a state that the plurality of battery modules are disconnected from a power supply line by switching wares.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: Keihin CorporationInventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata
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Publication number: 20190293725Abstract: A voltage detection device is provided which includes: a plurality of wires that are connected to a plurality of battery cells of a battery; a voltage detection circuit that operates with supply of electric power from the battery and detects voltages of the plurality of battery cells via the plurality of wires; an overvoltage protection circuit that electrically connects one or more wires of the plurality of wires to a minus terminal of the battery when the voltage of the one or more wires is higher than a predetermined threshold value; and a breaker circuit that irreversibly breaks electrical connection between the minus terminal and the voltage detection circuit using a current flowing from the one or more wires to the minus terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Shingo TSUCHIYA, Seiji KAMATA, Atsushi HIROKAWA, Seigo IMAI