Patents by Inventor Shohei Morikawa
Shohei Morikawa 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: 20240087711Abstract: A medication management system, method, and related medicine packaging device and packaged medicine are provided. The exemplary system includes a medication device including a memory unit that stores ID information and an ID transmission unit that transmits the ID information stored in the memory unit. A processing device that has correspondence information in which the ID information is associated with prescription information of a plurality of medicines to be taken together with one medication device and personal information about a patient who takes the plurality of medicines. A detector detects the ID information transmitted from the ID transmission unit and transmits the ID information that has been detected to the processing device, which manages medication based on the ID information that has been received and the correspondence information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Takanori NAKAMURA, Shohei MORIKAWA, Kosuke HAMADA, Hiroshi TAKEMURA
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Patent number: 10421099Abstract: A control circuit includes: an angular velocity calculator calculating an angular velocity of a mirror based on an angle of the mirror; a target angular velocity calculator calculating a target value of the angular velocity; a resonance frequency detector detecting a frequency of vibration of the mirror using the angular velocity and target value; a drive waveform generator generating a drive signal having sawtooth waveform; and an unnecessary vibration controller optimizing the drive signal to reduce an unnecessary vibration of the mirror based on the frequency of vibration of the mirror and providing piezoelectric elements with voltage according to the optimized drive signal. The resonance frequency detector detects the frequency of vibration of the mirror using a waveform and the target value of the angular velocity of the mirror during a duration in which the drive signal is transmitted to the unnecessary vibration controller from the drive waveform generator.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Morikawa, Hikaru Sasaki
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Publication number: 20180065149Abstract: A control circuit includes: an angular velocity calculator calculating an angular velocity of a mirror based on an angle of the mirror; a target angular velocity calculator calculating a target value of the angular velocity; a resonance frequency detector detecting a frequency of vibration of the mirror using the angular velocity and target value; a drive waveform generator generating a drive signal having sawtooth waveform; and an unnecessary vibration controller optimizing the drive signal to reduce an unnecessary vibration of the mirror based on the frequency of vibration of the mirror and providing piezoelectric elements with voltage according to the optimized drive signal. The resonance frequency detector detects the frequency of vibration of the mirror using a waveform and the target value of the angular velocity of the mirror during a duration in which the drive signal is transmitted to the unnecessary vibration controller from the drive waveform generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Shohei MORIKAWA, Hikaru SASAKI
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Patent number: 9785845Abstract: A drive support display device supporting a drive of a self-vehicle based on a detection result by an object detector regarding a nearby area of the self-vehicle. The device receives object information from an external source, the object information identifying a nearby object existing in the nearby area of the self-vehicle, determines whether the nearby object is detected by the object detector, and provides a warning indicator when the determination section determines that the nearby object is an undetected nearby object that is not detected by the object detector. As a result, the undetected nearby object, which is already identified as existing somewhere nearby the self-vehicle but is invisible therefrom, may be emphasized in an image provided by the drive support display device.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Morikawa, Toshiaki Nakayama, Hirotaka Goto, Yasutsugu Nagatomi
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Patent number: 9744901Abstract: An apparatus mountable on a vehicle includes a movable device, a sensor, and a drive controller. The movable device is mountable on the vehicle so that a person around the vehicle sees the movable device. The movable device has at least one light emitter and is capable of rotating around an imaginary line extending in a height direction of the vehicle. The sensor detects a positional relationship between the vehicle and the person. The drive controller rotates the movable device toward the person based on the positional relationship detected by the sensor. The number of the light emitters shining steadily is increased after the drive controller rotates the movable device toward the person.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hirotaka Goto, Hiroaki Tanaka, Katsuyoshi Nishii, Toshiaki Nakayama, Shohei Morikawa, Yasutsugu Nagatomi
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Patent number: 9514547Abstract: When a driving support apparatus is under automatic driving of a vehicle or an automatic driving button is pressed under manual driving, vicinity image data is acquired from an in-vehicle camera. When a predetermined target object is recognized in the vicinity image data, a visibility reduction process is applied to image data of the recognized target object. The visibility reduction process applies at least one of defocusing; decreasing color information; and decreasing edge intensity, to the image data of the recognized target object. In contrast, any visibility reduction process is not applied to any other image data other than the image data of the recognized target object. An image display apparatus displays the vicinity image by a combination of the image data of the recognized target object of which the visibility is reduced and the other image data of which the visibility is not reduced.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasutsugu Nagatomi, Tadashi Kamada, Akira Takahashi, Yukimasa Tamatsu, Ryusuke Hotta, Shohei Morikawa
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Patent number: 9493072Abstract: In a driver's safety confirmation support system, a moving object detection section detects a moving object approaching to a vehicle in any of detection areas around a vehicle. When the moving object detection section detects the moving object in the detection area on a left side of the vehicle, a display control section controls a right display section provided in a right area relative to a driver's seat to display information regarding the moving object detected. When the moving object detection section detects the moving object in the detection area on a right side of the vehicle, the display control section controls a left display section provided in a left area relative to the driver's seat to display information regarding the moving object.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hirotaka Goto, Katsuyoshi Nishii, Toshiaki Nakayama, Shohei Morikawa, Yasutsugu Nagatomi
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Patent number: 9323419Abstract: An input apparatus includes a display unit, an input unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays function items on a display window. The input unit selects and determines one function item with a pointer. The control unit controls a movement of the pointer by setting coordinates of the pointer based on position information transmitted from the input unit. Each function item includes a button region and a selection region. When the pointer moves to one of the button region and the selection region, the function item is selected. When the pointer is set to an equivalent stop state in the selection region, coordinates of the pointer are set as coordinates of a stop state position. When the pointer is set to the equivalent stop state in the button region, the coordinates of the pointer are set as coordinates of a predetermined position of the button region.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Morikawa, Takeshi Kawashima, Hirotaka Goto
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Publication number: 20150360565Abstract: In a driver's safety confirmation support system, a moving object detection section detects a moving object approaching to a vehicle in any of detection areas around a vehicle. When the moving object detection section detects the moving object in the detection area on a left side of the vehicle, a display control section controls a right display section provided in a right area relative to a driver's seat to display information regarding the moving object detected. When the moving object detection section detects the moving object in the detection area on a right side of the vehicle, the display control section controls a left display section provided in a left area relative to the driver's seat to display information regarding the moving object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Hirotaka GOTO, Katsuyoshi NISHII, Toshiaki NAKAYAMA, Shohei MORIKAWA, Yasutsugu NAGATOMI
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Publication number: 20150339534Abstract: A drive support display device supporting a drive of a self-vehicle based on a detection result by an object detector regarding a nearby area of the self-vehicle. The device receives object Information from an external source, the object information identifying a nearby object existing in the nearby area of the self-vehicle, determines whether the nearby object is detected by the object detector, and provides a warning indicator when the determination section determines that the nearby object is an undetected nearby object that is not detected by the object detector. As a result, the undetected nearby object, which Is already identified as existing somewhere nearby the self-vehicle but is invisible therefrom, may be emphasized in an image provided by the drive support display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: Shohei MORIKAWA, Toshiaki NAKAYAMA, Hirotaka GOTO, Yasutsugu NAGATOMI
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Patent number: 9189094Abstract: A display control apparatus controls a plurality of buttons displayed on a screen of a display unit. The apparatus, via a detection unit and position calculation unit, calculates a pointer position on the screen that corresponds to a contact position on an input screen that is touched by a fingertip of user. A button selection unit selects one button, as a desired button, from among the plurality of buttons on the screen based on the pointer position. A selected button display control unit displays the desired button on the screen in a display mode different from the buttons not selected. A position correction unit corrects a current pointer position to be at a reference line when the reference line extends in a specific direction from a previous pointer position and the current pointer position is within a specific range that is set to include the reference line.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Morikawa, Takeshi Kawashima, Hirotaka Goto
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Publication number: 20150258928Abstract: An apparatus mountable on a vehicle includes a movable device, a sensor, and a drive controller. The movable device is mountable on the vehicle so that a person around the vehicle sees the movable device. The movable device has at least one light emitter and is capable of rotating around an imaginary line extending in a height direction of the vehicle. The sensor detects a positional relationship between the vehicle and the person. The drive controller rotates the movable device toward the person based on the positional relationship detected by the sensor. The number of the light emitters shining steadily is increased after the drive controller rotates the movable device toward the person.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Hirotaka GOTO, Hiroaki TANAKA, Katsuyoshi NISHII, Toshiaki NAKAYAMA, Shohei MORIKAWA, Yasutsugu NAGATOMI
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Patent number: 9134831Abstract: An input apparatus for, in response to a user's sliding operation on an operation surface, inputting a coordinate point in the operation surface to move a pointing image to a target button image is disclosed. The apparatus acquires the coordinate point in the operation surface and sets, as a characteristic line, a tendency of trace of the coordinate point in the user's sliding operation directed to a lateral direction or a longitudinal direction of the operation surface. The apparatus corrects the coordinate point with reference to the set characteristic line so that the trace of the coordinate point is corrected to be a horizontal line or a vertical line. The apparatus outputs the corrected coordinate point for moving the pointing image.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Morikawa, Takeshi Kawashima, Hirotaka Goto
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Publication number: 20150015596Abstract: When a driving support apparatus is under automatic driving of a vehicle or an automatic driving button is pressed under manual driving, vicinity image data is acquired from an in-vehicle camera. When a predetermined target object is recognized in the vicinity image data, a visibility reduction process is applied to image data of the recognized target object. The visibility reduction process applies at least one of defocusing; decreasing color information; and decreasing edge intensity, to the image data of the recognized target object. In contrast, any visibility reduction process is not applied to any other image data other than the image data of the recognized target object. An image display apparatus displays the vicinity image by a combination of the image data of the recognized target object of which the visibility is reduced and the other image data of which the visibility is not reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Yasutsugu NAGATOMI, Tadashi KAMADA, Akira TAKAHASHI, Yukimasa TAMATSU, Ryusuke HOTTA, Shohei MORIKAWA
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Patent number: 8732622Abstract: In an input apparatus, a display portion displays a plurality of function items on a screen to form a plurality of rows that are parallel in a predetermined row direction. The function items are provided with selection regions, respectively. One of the selection regions is selected, using a pointer according to a predetermined selection manipulation, and is determined according to a predetermined determination manipulation. When a first function item in a first row of the plurality of rows is selected, a selection region of the first row is enlarged in a direction directing at a row next to the first row.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Morikawa, Takeshi Kawashima, Hirotaka Goto
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Publication number: 20020119324Abstract: In order to obtain a charging member which is free of problems such as bleeding of a conductive agent and environment dependency, has little voltage dependency, and can be preferably used in a charging system of impressing only a DC voltage, there is provided a charging member comprising an elastic layer, a resistance regulation layer provided on the elastic layer, and a skin layer provided on the resistance regulation layer, wherein the resistance regulation layer is formed by use of a resin composition prepared by blending an ion conductive substance having a molecular weight of 30 to 800 as a conductive agent into a low-resistance resin matrix having a resistance of 1×104 to 1×1010 &OHgr;·cm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2001Publication date: August 29, 2002Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Harashima, Shohei Morikawa, Tomoyuki Yusa, Yasushi Inoue, Takeshi Murayama
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Patent number: 5656344Abstract: The electroconductive polyurethane foam according to the present invention is obtained by adding and dispersing, in the composition constituting polyurethane foam, a substance with electron conduction mechanism, and a substance with ionic conduction mechanism and mechanically agitating the resultant mixture in the presence of inert gas. The substance with ionic conduction mechanism is an antistatic agent selected from cationic surfactant, anionic surfactant, ampholytic surfactant, and non-ionic surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1994Date of Patent: August 12, 1997Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Eiji Sawa, Hiroya Fukuda, Shohei Morikawa, Hitoshi Yaguchi, Yuichiro Mori
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Patent number: 5475473Abstract: An electric charging member and electric charging apparatus are described, including the surface of the charging member being formed of a resin layer including a nylon copolymer containing at least 15% by weight of nylon 12 or a urethane-modified acrylic resin containing 5-80% by weight of an acrylic resin component.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 1994Date of Patent: December 12, 1995Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Yoshitomo Masuda, Hajime Tamura, Takahiro Kawagoe, Yoshio Takizawa, Gaku Yakushiji, Kazuya Murata, Shohei Morikawa