Patents by Inventor Shoji Ogawa
Shoji Ogawa 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: 20250021945Abstract: A management device includes a controller that acquires information on a toilet bowl device or the installation location of the toilet bowl device and manages at least one of inspection, repair, and replacement of the toilet bowl device based on information acquired.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2022Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Shoji OGAWA, Hiroki SHIGETOMO, Toshiki HASHIDA, Yusuke NAMAI, Masanori MAKIHARA
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Publication number: 20240403754Abstract: A management system includes: a cleaning person terminal used by a cleaning person for a toilet bowl device; and a management device managing cleaning of a plurality of toilet bowl devices. The management device includes: a controller configured to: acquire information acquired by sensors installed in the plurality of toilet bowl devices or at the installation locations thereof; determine toilet bowl devices to be cleaned based on the information acquired by the controller; determine the cleaning order of the plurality of toilet bowl devices determined to be cleaned by the controller; and notify the cleaning person terminal of the cleaning order determined by the controller. The cleaning person terminal includes a display that presents the cleaning order of the toilet bowl devices notified by the management device to the cleaning person.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2022Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Shoji OGAWA, Hiroki SHIGETOMO, Toshiki HASHIDA, Yusuke NAMAI, Masanori MAKIHARA
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Patent number: 12062000Abstract: An information providing apparatus includes: a use status information acquirer that acquires information indicating use status of each of multiple toilet devices; a use status information provider that provides information indicating use status of each of the multiple toilet devices, acquired by the use status information acquirer; and a cleaning order provider that determines and provides order in which the multiple toilet devices are to be cleaned by a cleaning person, based on the use status of each of the multiple toilet devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Shoji Ogawa, Hiroki Shigetomo, Makoto Saruta
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Publication number: 20240152839Abstract: In a management apparatus, an information acquirer acquires information from at least one of lavatory equipment and a sensor installed in a lavatory space. A work necessity determination unit determines, based on the acquired information, the lavatory equipment that requires work including cleaning and at least one of replenishment of a consumable and removal of an abnormality. A priority calculator calculates a priority of the work for the lavatory equipment determined to require the work based on the acquired information. An output unit outputs the calculated priority.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Shoji Ogawa, Hiroki Shigetomo, Toshiki Hashida
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Publication number: 20240153622Abstract: In a management apparatus, an information acquirer acquires information from at least one of lavatory equipment and a sensor installed in a lavatory space. A necessity calculator calculates a work necessity indicating a degree of necessity of work on the lavatory equipment. A generator generates list information for displaying a list of sets of the lavatory equipment and the work necessity for the lavatory equipment. A transmitter transmits the list information to an external terminal device used by a person in charge of the work for the lavatory equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Shoji OGAWA, Hiroki Shigetomo, Toshiki Hashida
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Publication number: 20240093474Abstract: A toilet management system includes a toilet bowl device installed in a toilet room, a management device configured to manage a use situation of the toilet bowl device, and a communication device configured to transmit use situation information related to the use situation of the toilet bowl device to the management device. The management device includes an acquirer configured to acquire the use situation information from the communication device, and an abnormality detector configured to detect an abnormality of the toilet bowl device or a facility or equipment installed inside or around the toilet room when the use situation information acquired by the acquirer matches a predetermined condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Makoto SARUTA, Shoji Ogawa, Hiroki Shigetomo, Hideyuki Ida, Rina Nagai, Keita Matsudate, Misaki Nagata, Sadaaki Shichino, Toshiki Hashida
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Patent number: 11866923Abstract: A toilet management system includes a toilet bowl device installed in a toilet room, a management device configured to manage a use situation of the toilet bowl device, and a communication device configured to transmit use situation information related to the use situation of the toilet bowl device to the management device. The management device includes an acquirer configured to acquire the use situation information from the communication device, and an abnormality detector configured to detect an abnormality of the toilet bowl device or a facility or equipment installed inside or around the toilet room when the use situation information acquired by the acquirer matches a predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Makoto Saruta, Shoji Ogawa, Hiroki Shigetomo, Hideyuki Ida, Rina Nagai, Keita Matsudate, Misaki Nagata, Sadaaki Shichino, Toshiki Hashida
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Publication number: 20220251815Abstract: A toilet management system includes a toilet bowl device installed in a toilet room, a management device configured to manage a use situation of the toilet bowl device, and a communication device configured to transmit use situation information related to the use situation of the toilet bowl device to the management device. The management device includes an acquirer configured to acquire the use situation information from the communication device, and an abnormality detector configured to detect an abnormality of the toilet bowl device or a facility or equipment installed inside or around the toilet room when the use situation information acquired by the acquirer matches a predetermined condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Makoto SARUTA, Shoji OGAWA, Hiroki SHIGETOMO, Hideyuki IDA, Rina NAGAI, Keita MATSUDATE, Misaki NAGATA, Sadaaki SHICHINO, Toshiki HASHIDA
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Patent number: 11326330Abstract: A toilet management system includes a toilet bowl device installed in a toilet room, a management device configured to manage a use situation of the toilet bowl device, and a communication device configured to transmit use situation information related to the use situation of the toilet bowl device to the management device. The management device includes an acquirer configured to acquire the use situation information from the communication device, and an abnormality detector configured to detect an abnormality of the toilet bowl device or a facility or equipment installed inside or around the toilet room when the use situation information acquired by the acquirer matches a predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Makoto Saruta, Shoji Ogawa, Hiroki Shigetomo, Hideyuki Ida, Rina Nagai, Keita Matsudate, Misaki Nagata, Sadaaki Shichino, Toshiki Hashida
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Publication number: 20220027824Abstract: An information providing apparatus includes: a use status information acquirer that acquires information indicating use status of each of multiple toilet devices; a use status information provider that provides information indicating use status of each of the multiple toilet devices, acquired by the use status information acquirer; and a cleaning order provider that determines and provides order in which the multiple toilet devices are to be cleaned by a cleaning person, based on the use status of each of the multiple toilet devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Shoji OGAWA, Hiroki SHIGETOMO, Makoto SARUTA
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Publication number: 20220000834Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a formulation for applying a semaphorin inhibitor without surgery to remove the dura mater. A sheet formulation comprising a semaphorin inhibitor for treating spinal cord injury or brain injury by epidural administration is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: SUMITOMO DAINIPPON PHARMA CO., LTD.Inventors: Kiyokazu IWATA, Takashi NAKAGAWA, Shoji OGAWA, Mitsuhiro INOUE
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Publication number: 20200392710Abstract: A toilet management system includes a toilet bowl device installed in a toilet room, a management device configured to manage a use situation of the toilet bowl device, and a communication device configured to transmit use situation information related to the use situation of the toilet bowl device to the management device. The management device includes an acquirer configured to acquire the use situation information from the communication device, and an abnormality detector configured to detect an abnormality of the toilet bowl device or a facility or equipment installed inside or around the toilet room when the use situation information acquired by the acquirer matches a predetermined condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2018Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Makoto SARUTA, Shoji OGAWA, Hiroki SHIGETOMO, Hideyuki IDA, Rina NAGAI, Keita MATSUDATE, Misaki NAGATA, Sadaaki SHICHINO, Toshiki HASHIDA
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Patent number: 7418326Abstract: In a steer-by-wire system 10, a first steering reaction force made-up value (Hc1) is determined in dependence on a road reaction force (W), and a second steering reaction force made-up value (Hc2) is determined in dependence on a steering position (X) of a steering handle 11 or steerable wheels 50. A steering reaction force command value (H) is generated from both of the first steering reaction force made-up value (Hc1) and the second steering reaction force made-up value (Hc2) the weightings on which are adjusted by respective weighting gains (G1, G2), and the ratio of the weighting gains is properly altered in dependence on the state of a road surface. Thus, it can be realized to provide the steer-by-wire system 10 capable of adjusting the steering reaction force to be sensitive or insensitive to the state of the road surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2005Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: JTEKT CorporationInventors: Shoji Ogawa, Yoshiyuki Shibata, Hiroshi Kuroyanagi, Shoji Asai
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Patent number: 7260458Abstract: In a steering apparatus, in accordance with a grip limit control process (30b?), it is determined whether or not a grip degree ? estimated by a grip degree estimation arithmetically operating process (30a) is less than a predetermined grip degree (??), and in the case that it is determined that an estimated grip degree (?) is less than the predetermined grip degree (??), the process applies such a feeling that a steering operation by a steering wheel suddenly becomes light to a driver, by suddenly increasing an assist quantity by a motor (M), thereby notifying the driver of the matter that the grip degree of a steered wheel is close to a limit. Therefore, it is possible to transmit to the driver a probability that a side slip is generated by further turning the steering wheel 21 in the same direction as the current direction, thereby calling the driver's attention for steering.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2003Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignees: Jtekt Corporation, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroaki Kato, Minekazu Momiyama, Shoji Ogawa, Kenji Asano, Yuzou Imoto, Yoshiyuki Yasui, Wataru Tanaka, Eiichi Ono, Yuji Muragishi
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Publication number: 20070169984Abstract: In a steer-by-wire system 10, a first steering reaction force made-up value (Hc1) is determined in dependence on a road reaction force (W), and a second steering reaction force made-up value (Hc2) is determined in dependence on a steering position (X) of a steering handle 11 or steerable wheels 50. A steering reaction force command value (H) is generated from both of the first steering reaction force made-up value (Hc1) and the second steering reaction force made-up value (Hc2) the weightings on which are adjusted by respective weighting gains (G1, G2), and the ratio of the weighting gains is properly altered in dependence on the state of a road surface. Thus, it can be realized to provide the steer-by-wire system 10 capable of adjusting the steering reaction force to be sensitive or insensitive to the state of the road surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2005Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicant: TOYODA KOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shoji Ogawa, Yoshiyuki Shibata, Hiroshi Kuroyanagi, Shoji Asai
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Patent number: 7234563Abstract: Disclosed is a steer-by-wire system and a control program therefor which are capable of preventing a steering handle from being turned excessively. According to the steer-by-wire system and the control program, when drive electric current to a steering actuator is restrained to restrict the steering of steerable road wheels, the steering reaction force to the steering handle is increased thereby to make the steering handle hard or unable to turn further. Thus, the steering handle can be prevented from being turned excessively. Further, when the steering actuator is heated beyond a predetermined temperature, such is judged as the overload on the steering actuator thereby to restrain the drive electric current to the steering actuator. Therefore, it can be obviated that the steering actuator is overheated to suffer failure.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2004Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: JTEKT CorporationInventors: Shoji Ogawa, Yoshiyuki Shibata, Toshihiro Takahashi
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Patent number: 7222008Abstract: The present invention relates to a steering control apparatus for maintaining operating characteristics which do not change from when conditions are normal and when an impairment occurs. The apparatus includes a plurality of motors for driving a steered wheel and a plurality of ECUs, each associated with one of the motors. When the steering control apparatus is operating normally, a torque command representing torque required to turn the steered wheel is generated. The torque command is divided in accordance with the number of motors. Each of the ECUs control the associated motors in accordance with a corresponding one of the distributed torques.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2003Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: JTEKT CorporationInventors: Toshihiro Takahashi, Shoji Ogawa, Hiroshi Kuroyanagi, Shoji Asai
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Patent number: 7034483Abstract: A controller of a steer-by-wire steering apparatus determines whether voltage applied to a steering motor in accordance with a current command value has reached a predetermined voltage. Based on the result, the controller selects one of the value of an actual current through the steering motor and a current command value. Based on the selected current value, an axial force applied to a steering rod is estimated. Based on the estimated axial force, a counter torque motor is controlled. Therefore, An error or oscillation occurring in the estimated steering axial force is prevented, and the driver is suppressed from further turning the steering wheel when the voltage applied to the steering motor is saturated.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2004Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: Toyoda Koki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshihiro Takahashi, Shoji Ogawa, Hiroshi Kuroyanagi, Shoji Asai
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Patent number: 6983816Abstract: A steer-by-wire steering apparatus for a vehicle includes an elastic member couples a reaction force actuator to a steering wheel. With respect to the elastic member, a side closer to the steering wheel is referred to as a primary side, and a side closer to the reaction force actuator is referred to as a secondary side. A steering wheel position detector is located at the secondary side. Therefore, the apparatus is capable of giving a feel of a steering reaction force equivalent to an ordinary mechanically connected steering apparatus to an operator and secures stability of a control system.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2004Date of Patent: January 10, 2006Assignee: Toyoda Koki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshihiro Takahashi, Shoji Ogawa, Shinji Takeuchi, Hiroshi Kuroyanagi, Shoji Asai
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Publication number: 20050216155Abstract: In accordance with a steering apparatus (20), a grip state between a ground surface on which a steered wheel is grounded and the steered wheel is estimated by a grip degree estimation arithmetically operating process (30a) which is arithmetically operated by AFS_ECU (30), and VGRS target angle is set such that a steering gear ratio is increased in the case that the grip degree gets close to a grip limit on the basis of an estimated grip state, in accordance with a grip degree vs gear ratio map (30b). Accordingly, since it is possible to estimate the grip degree which is changed in correspondence to a magnitude of the road surface it, for example, in the case that the steered wheel gets close to the grip limit, it is possible to increase the steering gear ratio so as to set large even at a time when the vehicle runs at the low speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2003Publication date: September 29, 2005Applicants: TOYODA KOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroaki Kato, Minekazu Momiyama, Shoji Ogawa, Kenji Asano, Yuzou Imoto, Yoshiyuki Yasui, Wataru Tanaka, Eiichi Ono, Yuji Muragishi