Patents by Inventor Sho Tanaka
Sho Tanaka 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: 20220410921Abstract: Various aspects of a system and method to provide driving assistance to safely overtake a vehicle are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, an electronic control unit used in a first vehicle is configured to detect a second vehicle in front of the first vehicle. A first position associated with the first vehicle and a second position associated with the detected second vehicle is determined for a first time instance. It may be determined whether a lateral distance between the determined first position and the determined second position is below a pre-defined threshold distance. A first alert is generated when the determined lateral distance is below the pre-defined threshold distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: MANISH GUPTA, RAMESHA CHELUR RAMACHANDRA SASTRY, PRAMOD CHINTALAPOODI, SHO TANAKA
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Patent number: 11488238Abstract: An arrangement system of a vehicle that permits a user to perform a trial use or a trial fitting of a product in a vehicle interior includes a display unit configured to display products that are candidates for purchase, an operation unit configured to be operated by the user to select a desired product from the products displayed on the display unit, and a vehicle arrangement unit configured to arrange the vehicle on which the product selected through an operation performed on the operation unit is loaded.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohito Matsuoka, Seiichi Tsunoda, Jiro Goto, Masayuki Yamada, Yasutaka Eto, Keima Fukunaga, Kinya Tagawa, Yasuhiro Sasaki, Sho Tanaka, Yuki Shinohara
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Patent number: 11458986Abstract: Various aspects of a system and method to provide driving assistance to safely overtake a vehicle are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, an electronic control unit used in a first vehicle is configured to detect a second vehicle in front of the first vehicle. A first position associated with the first vehicle and a second position associated with the detected second vehicle is determined for a first time instance. It may be determined whether a lateral distance between the determined first position and the determined second position is below a pre-defined threshold distance. A first alert is generated when the determined lateral distance is below the pre-defined threshold distance.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Manish Gupta, Ramesha Chelur Ramachandra Sastry, Pramod Chintalapoodi, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 11451749Abstract: A display control device includes a detection unit that detects a condition of a moving body and a control unit that controls a display mode of a display unit having a transmissive mode in which a landscape outside the moving body is displayed on at least a part of a display screen, on the basis of a detection result of the detection unit. The display unit has the transmissive mode and a non-transmissive mode in which a content movie is displayed by superimposing the content movie onto at least a part of the landscape outside the moving body or on the entire display screen, and the control unit sets the display unit to either the transmissive mode or the non-transmissive mode according to a detection result of the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuma Yoshii, Yoshinori Nasada, Koji Nagata, Takehiko Tahira, Sho Tanaka
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Publication number: 20220246603Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a main IGBT, a sense, a resistor, a MOSFET and a diode, as main components. The sense IGBT and the main IGBT are connected in parallel with each other. The drain of MOSFET is connected to the gate of the sense IGBT, the source thereof is connected to the gate of the main IGBT, and the gate thereof is connected to the emitter of the sense IGBT and the cathode of diode. One end of the resistor is connected to the gate of the main IGBT and the source of the MOSFET, and the other end of the resistor is connected to the emitter of the main IGBT and the anode of the diode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Sho TANAKA, Tomohide TERASHIMA
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Patent number: 11392117Abstract: Various aspects of a device and method to manage interaction with one or more control circuits in a vehicle and one or more wearable devices are disclosed herein. The device comprises one or more circuits configured to receive a first set of input values from the one or more wearable devices associated with a first user. The one or more wearable devices are communicatively coupled to the device used in the vehicle. A second set of input values is received from one or more vehicle sensors embedded in the vehicle. An operating mode of the device is determined based on the received first set of input values and the second set of input values. One or more functions of the vehicle are controlled based on the determined operating mode of the device.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Pralay Kumar Pal, Pramod Chintalapoodi, Sho Tanaka
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INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODS
Publication number: 20220146278Abstract: The controller of the server of the information processing apparatus acquires the travel plan data relating to the travel plan of the vehicle from the communication terminal via the server communicator determines whether the map data needs to be updated, which is stored in the memory of the vehicle and used for travel in accordance with the travel plan. The controller transmits an inquiry signal inquiring of the user whether to permit updating of the map data to the communication terminal via the server communicator. The controller transmits an update instruction signal for instructing the update of the map via the server communicator to the on-vehicle communicator when receiving a permission signal permitting the update of the map data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicants: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., RENAULT S.A.S.Inventors: Wataru Takeda, Sho Tanaka -
Publication number: 20220132933Abstract: There is provided a flavor dispenser apparatus that allows flavored aerosols to be dispensed into a glass, plate, or other dishware during a meal or the like. The flavor dispenser apparatus includes a storage part storing an aerosol-generating liquid, a heating unit having a heater and generating an aerosol by atomizing the aerosol-generating liquid, a liquid delivery unit delivering the aerosol-generating liquid to the heating unit, an aerosol passage having at a distal end thereof an aerosol outlet port, a flavor source holding part provided at an intermediate point in the aerosol passage and holding a flavor source so as to allow passage of the aerosol, and an aerosol-pumping unit transporting the aerosol toward the flavor source holding part and causing the aerosol to pass through the flavor source as well as causing the aerosol flavored by the flavor source to be discharged from the aerosol outlet port.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.Inventors: Akito KIRISEKO, Yui NAKAYAMA, Minoru SAKURAI, Sho TANAKA, Tatsuya NARITA, Ryousuke SUDA, Shinichi FUKUSHIMA, Seiji YOSHIMURA, Hidenori FUKUOKA, Kazuo MORI
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Publication number: 20220123132Abstract: In a mesa region sandwiched between adjacent active trenches among mesa regions that are regions each sandwiched between adjacent trenches, a third semiconductor layer has regions discretely arranged in a first direction so as to be in contact with one active trench of the adjacent active trenches and not in contact with the other active trench, and regions discretely arranged in the first direction so as to be in contact with the other active trench and not in contact with the one active trench. In the mesa region sandwiched between the adjacent active trenches, a fourth semiconductor layer is disposed between the third semiconductor layer on the side in contact with the one active trench and the third semiconductor layer on the side in contact with the other active trench in plan view and between the respective regions of the third semiconductor layer discrete in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Koichi NISHI, Sho TANAKA, Shinya SONEDA, Kazuya KONISHI
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Patent number: 11249154Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry calculates power of a first RF magnetic field required for excitation at a first flip angle in a first target slice, acquires information on inhomogeneity of a transmission RF magnetic field for a cross section crossing the first target slice, and calculate power of a second RF magnetic field required for excitation at a second flip angle in a second target slice different from the first target slice for the cross section by using the information and the first RF magnetic field power.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Takaya Mori, Keiichiro Ishi, Yoshimori Kassai, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 11245393Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of first transistor cells and a plurality of second transistor cells that are electrically connected in parallel between a collector electrode and an emitter electrode. A gate voltage on each of the plurality of first transistor cells is controlled by a first gate interconnection. A gate voltage on each of the plurality of second transistor cells is controlled by a second gate interconnection. A drive circuit is configured to: apply an ON-voltage of the semiconductor device to each of the first and second gate interconnections when the semiconductor device is turned on; and after a lapse of a predetermined time period since start of application of the ON-voltage, apply an OFF-voltage of the semiconductor device to the second gate interconnection and apply an ON-voltage to the first gate interconnection.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Sho Tanaka, Shigeru Kusunoki
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Publication number: 20220030170Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 11223770Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Publication number: 20210305174Abstract: According to one aspect, a semiconductor device includes: a buffer layer disposed on a front surface of a second semiconductor layer, and having at least one opening in plan view; and an electrode disposed over the second semiconductor layer and the buffer layer, and being in contact with the second semiconductor layer through the at least one opening, wherein the buffer layer has a higher Vickers hardness than the electrode, and a width w of each of the at least one opening satisfies w<Wth, where s is a thickness of the buffer layer, t is a thickness of the electrode, and Wth=2×(s×t?s2)0.5 holds true.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akito NISHII, Tatsuo HARADA, Katsumi URYU, Noritsugu NOMURA, Sho TANAKA
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Publication number: 20210280058Abstract: Various aspects of a system and method for driving assistance along a path are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, a unique identifier is received from a communication device at an electronic control unit (ECU) of a first vehicle. The unique identifier is received when the first vehicle has reached a first location along a first portion of the path. A communication channel is established between the first vehicle and the communication device based on the received unique identifier. Data associated with a second portion of the path is received by the ECU from the communication device based on the established communication channel. Alert information associated with the second portion of the path is generated by the ECU based on the received data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: MANISH GUPTA, RAMESH CHELUR RAMCHANDRA SASTRY, PRAMOD CHINTALAPOODI, SHO TANAKA
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Patent number: 11068965Abstract: There is provided an information processing device and an information processing method which are capable of processing information provided in a mobile object such as a vehicle and a mobile object. A calculation unit performs a process of extracting stores which can be stopped off or products or services which can be provided in each store on the basis of selection of a final destination, a boarding time, a purpose of boarding, a route, or a boarding course designated by a passenger via an input unit or information such as a budget or the like and giving a notification to the passenger through a display unit. Further, a driving route, an arrival time to a destination, and providable products or services are dynamically changed in response to selection of a product or a service by the passenger.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi Hachisuka, Hiroshi Uji, Kenichi Matsuhisa, Kazuma Yoshii, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 11009891Abstract: A vehicle is configured to accommodate a cart and a passenger. A communication unit of the vehicle is configured to communicate with the cart. A traveling environment acquisition unit of the vehicle is configured to acquire a traveling environment of the vehicle. A cart control unit of the vehicle is configured to control an arrangement of the cart in the vehicle through the communication unit according to the traveling environment acquired toy the traveling environment acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomohito Matsuoka, Seiichi Tsunoda, Jiro Goto, Masayuki Yamada, Yasutaka Eto, Keima Fukunaga, Kinya Tagawa, Yasuhiro Sasaki, Sho Tanaka, Yuki Shinohara
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Publication number: 20210132418Abstract: This eyewear comprises: a frame; an input unit which is disposed in the frame and accepts a first instruction operation and a second instruction operation that are different from each other; an optical module which is held in the frame and has an optical characteristic that changes by electric control; and a control unit which changes the optical characteristic of the optical module by selectively executing an upper-class function by the first instruction operation, and selectively executing a lower-class function by the second instruction operation. Consequently, the eyewear enabling execution of a larger number of functions with a simpler manipulation can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Akihiro MURAMATSU, Yoshinobu OKADA, Eiichiro HIKOSAKA, Akifumi AONO, Ryuki KAN, Takafumi OHTO, Sho TANAKA
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Patent number: 10984655Abstract: Various aspects of a system and method for driving assistance along a path are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, a unique identifier is received from a communication device at an electronic control unit (ECU) of a first vehicle. The unique identifier is received when the first vehicle has reached a first location along a first portion of the path. A communication channel is established between the first vehicle and the communication device based on the received unique identifier. Data associated with a second portion of the path is received by the ECU from the communication device based on the established communication channel. Alert information associated with the second portion of the path is generated by the ECU based on the received data.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Manish Gupta, Ramesha Chelur Ramachandra Sastry, Pramod Chintalapoodi, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 10981427Abstract: A damping control device and a damping control method for controlling damping of a vehicle are provided. Damping control of the vehicle is performed by adaptively switching a damping mode while considering energy consumption (fuel economy, a consumption amount of a battery, and the like) according to a state of the vehicle such as a state of an interior of the vehicle, a driving state of the vehicle, and an ambient environment. That is, the state of an interior of the vehicle, the driving state of the vehicle, and the ambient environment are constantly monitored, and the damping mode is switched to a weak damping mode in the case where unnecessity of damping as strong as a current state is determined whereas the damping mode is switched to a strong damping mode in the case where necessity of stronger damping is determined.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi Hachisuka, Hiroshi Uji, Kenichi Matsuhisa, Kazuma Yoshi, Sho Tanaka