Patents by Inventor Shogo Kimura

Shogo Kimura 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).

  • Patent number: 12196026
    Abstract: An opening and closing body control device for a vehicle includes: a control unit configured to control an opening and closing body drive device driving an opening and closing body of a vehicle to open and close the opening and closing body based on an operation request; and a detection unit configured to detect an obstacle present around the opening and closing body based on a detection result of an obstacle sensor. The control unit sets an operation speed of the opening and closing body to a first speed when the obstacle is not detected during an operation of the opening and closing body, and sets the operation speed to a second speed or less and causes the opening and closing body to stop at a position where the opening and closing body is close to the obstacle, when the obstacle is detected during the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shogo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20240392540
    Abstract: An upper revolving structure (3) of an electric hydraulic excavator (1) includes an electric motor (13) that serves as a power source, a battery (15) for storing electric power to be supplied to the electric motor (13), a power feeding port (16) to which a power feeding cable (17) for feeding electric power to the electric motor (13) or the battery (15) is connected via a relay cable (18), and a camera (23) that monitors the surroundings of a lower traveling structure (2) and the upper revolving structure (3). The camera (23) is attached to the upper revolving structure (3) in a position higher than the power feeding port (16) to capture an image of the power feeding port (16). With this configuration, it is possible to confirm through a monitor (10) the power feeding port (16), the connecting state of the relay cable (18) with respect to the power feeding port (16), and the treading, the catching-in, or the like of the power feeding cable (17) at the working of the electric hydraulic excavator (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ANDOU, Yasutaka HORII, Seiichi KIHARA, Shogo KIMURA, Takuma KUWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20240384506
    Abstract: A monitor device (21) provided in a cab box (15) and displaying various types of information is mounted on a front window (18). As a result, the monitor device (21) is configured to move between a window-closing position where the front window (18) is accommodated within a window frame (16) of the cab box (15) to close an opening (16A) and a window-opening position where the front window (18) is accommodated below a top surface portion (15E) of the cab box (15) as the front window (18) is moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Seiichi KIHARA, Takuma KUWAHARA, Shogo KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240273586
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of outputting information regarding correction of a setting element for content generation according to a target of a value generated by the content. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that performs: a process of estimating a value caused by content on the basis of information of one or more of setting element set for generating the content; a process of comparing the estimated value estimated with a target value; and a process of outputting correction information regarding correction of the setting element on the basis of a result of comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo KIMURA, Nao YAMATO, Reiko KIRIHARA
  • Patent number: 11681260
    Abstract: An electronic watch includes a power source, an electrostatic motor including a rotor in which a plurality of electret films are arranged in a rotational direction and a plurality of fixed electrodes arranged in the rotational direction at positions facing the rotor, a hand rotating in conjunction with the rotation of the rotor, and a motor control circuit controlling the electrostatic motor. The motor control circuit selectively executes a hand movement mode for rotating the hand and a stop mode for keeping the hand stationary. In the stop mode, the motor control circuit keeps the rotor stationary through electrostatic forces exerted on the electret films from the fixed electrodes with the polarities of the fixed electrodes maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinari Maeda, Shogo Kimura
  • Patent number: 11656580
    Abstract: An electronic watch includes a power generating mechanism; a battery that is charged with power generated by the power generating mechanism; hands that include a second hand; a driving source that rotates the hands; a driving circuit that drives the driving source with power supplied by the battery; and a control circuit that controls the driving circuit. The control circuit executes a first stopping operation for stopping the driving circuit and the control circuit in a power saving mode for suppressing power consumption and when a first determination time elapses without any power being generated by the power generating mechanism. The control circuit executes a second stopping operation for stopping the driving circuit and the control circuit in the power saving mode and when a second determination time elapses while a voltage of the battery is at a level equal to or lower than a predetermined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo Kimura, Akinari Takada
  • Patent number: 11542740
    Abstract: A vehicle opening and closing body control device includes: a control unit configured to control an opening and closing body drive device that drives an opening and closing body of a vehicle, and to cause the opening and closing body to open and close based on an operation request; a detection unit configured to detect an obstacle present around the opening and closing body based on a detection result of an obstacle sensor; and a setting unit configured to set a target stop position that is a position where the opening and closing body is near the obstacle based on a distance from the opening and closing body to the obstacle before operation of the opening and closing body is started. The control unit causes the opening and closing body to stop at the target stop position when the target stop position is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shogo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20220188363
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a recommendation unit 260 that switches between a first process of presenting at least one of first information retrieved based on a condition acquired through a voice interaction with a user or second information selected based on the user preference and a second process of generating a question relating to a condition for the retrieval and presenting the question to the user based on a condition rarity that is an index value relating to a percentage of the number of information matching the condition to a total number of information to be retrieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro MIYAZAKI, Shogo KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200291708
    Abstract: An opening and closing body control device for a vehicle includes: a control unit configured to control an opening and closing body drive device driving an opening and closing body of a vehicle to open and close the opening and closing body based on an operation request; and a detection unit configured to detect an obstacle present around the opening and closing body based on a detection result of an obstacle sensor. The control unit sets an operation speed of the opening and closing body to a first speed when the obstacle is not detected during an operation of the opening and closing body, and sets the operation speed to a second speed or less and causes the opening and closing body to stop at a position where the opening and closing body is close to the obstacle, when the obstacle is detected during the operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shogo KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200291706
    Abstract: A vehicle opening and closing body control device includes: a control unit configured to control an opening and closing body drive device that drives an opening and closing body of a vehicle, and to cause the opening and closing body to open and close based on an operation request; a detection unit configured to detect an obstacle present around the opening and closing body based on a detection result of an obstacle sensor; and a setting unit configured to set a target stop position that is a position where the opening and closing body is near the obstacle based on a distance from the opening and closing body to the obstacle before operation of the opening and closing body is started. The control unit causes the opening and closing body to stop at the target stop position when the target stop position is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shogo KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200204087
    Abstract: A power generation system includes a power generation unit, a power storage unit, and a voltage step-down unit. The power generation unit includes a generation main body having an electrification film and a counter electrode rotating relative to each other to generate power, and an energy generator generating energy for rotating the electrification film and the counter electrode. The power storage unit stores output power of the power generation unit. The voltage step-down unit is electrically connected to the power generation unit and the power storage unit and reduces output voltage of the power generation unit to a step-down voltage. The step-down voltage obtained by dividing the most energy-efficiently generated output voltage of the power generation unit by a step-down ratio of the voltage step-down unit coincides with storage voltage corresponding to a region between first and second turning points on a discharge curve of the power storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo Kimura, Akira Shiota, Makoto Watanabe, Akira Izumi
  • Publication number: 20200081404
    Abstract: An electronic watch includes a power source, an electrostatic motor including a rotor in which a plurality of electret films are arranged in a rotational direction and a plurality of fixed electrodes arranged in the rotational direction at positions facing the rotor, a hand rotating in conjunction with the rotation of the rotor, and a motor control circuit controlling the electrostatic motor. The motor control circuit selectively executes a hand movement mode for rotating the hand and a stop mode for keeping the hand stationary. In the stop mode, the motor control circuit keeps the rotor stationary through electrostatic forces exerted on the electret films from the fixed electrodes with the polarities of the fixed electrodes maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinari MAEDA, Shogo KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190302699
    Abstract: An electronic watch includes a power generating mechanism; a battery that is charged with power generated by the power generating mechanism; hands that include a second hand; a driving source that rotates the hands; a driving circuit that drives the driving source with power supplied by the battery; and a control circuit that controls the driving circuit. The control circuit executes a first stopping operation for stopping the driving circuit and the control circuit in a power saving mode for suppressing power consumption and when a first determination time elapses without any power being generated by the power generating mechanism. The control circuit executes a second stopping operation for stopping the driving circuit and the control circuit in the power saving mode and when a second determination time elapses while a voltage of the battery is at a level equal to or lower than a predetermined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo KIMURA, Akinari TAKADA
  • Patent number: 9862311
    Abstract: A visual communication apparatus affixed to a vehicle. The visual communication apparatus includes a smart key system that detects a key fob of a user within a keyless detection zone, a projector projecting visual indications on a projecting zone lying on a ground surface of the vehicle, a sensor optically capturing gestures of the user of the vehicle, and an electrical control unit capable of actuated key elements of the vehicle. The visual indications include passive visual indications requiring no activation from the user and active visual indications requiring activations from the user. The activations are performed by gestures of the user on the active visual indications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kiriyama, Shogo Kimura, Mineo Kurita
  • Publication number: 20170182933
    Abstract: A visual communication apparatus affixed to a vehicle. The visual communication apparatus includes a smart key system that detects a key fob of a user within a keyless detection zone, a projector projecting visual indications on a projecting zone lying on a ground surface of the vehicle, a sensor optically capturing gestures of the user of the vehicle, and an electrical control unit capable of actuated key elements of the vehicle. The visual indications include passive visual indications requiring no activation from the user and active visual indications requiring activations from the user. The activations are performed by gestures of the user on the active visual indications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Aisin Technical Center of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi KIRIYAMA, Shogo KIMURA, Mineo KURITA
  • Publication number: 20170120798
    Abstract: A visual communication apparatus affixed to a vehicle. The visual communication apparatus includes a smart key system that detects a key fob of a user within a keyless detection zone, a projector projecting visual indications on a projecting zone lying on a ground surface of the vehicle, a sensor optically capturing gestures of the user of the vehicle, and an electrical control unit capable of actuated key elements of the vehicle. The visual indications include passive visual indications requiring no activation from the user and active visual indications requiring activations from the user. The activations are performed by gestures of the user on the active visual indications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi KIRIYAMA, Shogo KIMURA, Mineo KURITA
  • Patent number: 9616802
    Abstract: A visual communication apparatus affixed to a vehicle. The visual communication apparatus includes a smart key system that detects a key fob of a user within a keyless detection zone, a projector projecting visual indications on a projecting zone lying on a ground surface of the vehicle, a sensor optically capturing gestures of the user of the vehicle, and an electrical control unit capable of actuated key elements of the vehicle. The visual indications include passive visual indications requiring no activation from the user and active visual indications requiring activations from the user. The activations are performed by gestures of the user on the active visual indications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kiriyama, Shogo Kimura, Mineo Kurita
  • Patent number: 9600160
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a moving image generation unit configured to generate a parallelly animated moving image in which a plurality of object images are each parallelly animated, the plurality of the object images having been selected from a series of object images that have been generated by extracting a moving object from frame images of a source moving image, and an image output unit configured to output the parallelly animated moving image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Iida, Shogo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20150162049
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a moving image generation unit configured to generate a parallelly animated moving image in which a plurality of object images are each parallelly animated, the plurality of the object images having been selected from a series of object images that have been generated by extracting a moving object from frame images of a source moving image, and an image output unit configured to output the parallelly animated moving image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Iida, Shogo Kimura
  • Patent number: 8978812
    Abstract: An operator's seat mounting section (11) that is positioned in back side of a floor member (10) includes a seat plate (11D) for mounting an operator's seat (14) and an equipment mounting part (11F) that rises upward from the right side of the seat plate (11D), and a right operating lever assembly (16) is provided in front of the equipment mounting part (11F). A controller accommodating space (21) is provided to be positioned in back side of a console (16A) of the right operating lever assembly (16) and between a side surface (11F1) of the equipment mounting part (11F) of the operator's seat mounting section (11) and the operator's seat (14), and a controller (27) is mounted in the controller accommodating space (21) to control various kinds of electric equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo Kimura, Hiroshi Tabeta