Patents by Inventor Shuji Hojo

Shuji Hojo 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: 7676312
    Abstract: An actuator controller includes an actuator body to be driven in a predetermined driven range, an actuator driving unit; and a controller body for controlling the driven position of the actuator body. The controller body includes an instructing signal outputting zone configured to outputting a position instructing signal for instructing the driven position of the actuator body according to a bid, excluding arbitrary two bits among the predetermined bit counts, an normal direction forcedly driving signal for instructing a normal direction forcedly driving to drive the actuator body in a predetermined direction with the one of the arbitrary two bits, and a reverse direction forcedly driving signal for instructing a reverse direction forcedly driving to drive the actuator body in a direction reverse to the predetermined direction with the other arbitrary bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Kaoru Tanaka, Shuji Hojo, Masaharu Tomiyama, Hideyuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20090245324
    Abstract: A compound sensor which can improve the space for installing sensors and an operation for installing sensors by organizing various types of sensors, are provided. A compound sensor according to the present invention includes a light-shielding plate (3A) having one face onto which sunlight is irradiated and the other face located on a side opposite to the one face, which shields the sunlight from the one face side toward the other face side, a solar sensor (8A-8C) provided in the one face of the light-shielding plate (3A), and a temperature sensor provided in the other face side of the light-shielding plate (3A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Hirokazu Inoue, Yutaka Nakamura, Katsuyuki Urayama, Shuji Hojo
  • Publication number: 20060235578
    Abstract: An actuator controller includes an actuator body to be driven in a predetermined driven range, an actuator driving unit; and a controller body for controlling the driven position of the actuator body. The controller body includes an instructing signal outputting zone configured to outputting a position instructing signal for instructing the driven position of the actuator body according to a bid, excluding arbitrary two bits among the predetermined bit counts, an normal direction forcedly driving signal for instructing a normal direction forcedly driving to drive the actuator body in a predetermined direction with the one of the arbitrary two bits, and a reverse direction forcedly driving signal for instructing a reverse direction forcedly driving to drive the actuator body in a direction reverse to the predetermined direction with the other arbitrary bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Kaoru Tanaka, Shuji Hojo, Masaharu Tomiyama, Hideyuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20050267659
    Abstract: A main controller (100) as a master apparatus and respective actuator units (MIX, MODE, F/R) as slave devices carry out serial data communication through a LIN bus (BUS), and when it is detected that a battery power source voltage is out of a predetermined voltage (for example, 7.3-18 volts) by battery power source monitoring means (130) of the main controller (100), transmission of communication data is stopped by communication permitting means (111).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Shuji Hojo, Kaoru Tanaka