Patents by Inventor Takahiro Mochizuki

Takahiro Mochizuki 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).

  • Publication number: 20240131987
    Abstract: A vehicle object detection system configured to generate a judgement on whether a target object which has been detected to enter the detection area is an alert object, and to output the judgement to a warning which is configured to output a warning to a driver of the subject vehicle that a target object is present in the detection area behind the subject vehicle based on the judgement indicating that the target object is an alert object, wherein the system is configured to delay generating the judgment until a specified period of time has elapsed from a point in time when the target object is detected to enter a detectable area included in a field of view of a sensor, wherein the detectable area overlaps with only a part of the detection area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki HASHIMOTO, Takahiro KOHARA, Tomohiko MOCHIZUKI, Takayoshi NOHARA, Masahiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240132099
    Abstract: A vehicle object detection system configured to generate a judgement on whether a target object which has been detected to enter the detection area is an alert object, and to output the judgement to a warning which is configured to warn a driver of the subject vehicle that a target object is present in the detection area behind the subject vehicle based on the judgement indicating that the target object is an alert object, wherein the system is configured to delay generating the judgement until a specified period of time has elapsed from a point in time when the target object entered the detection area from an adjacent area located lateral to the detection area and/or is configured to generate the judgement based on a change in distance between the target object and the subject vehicle during said specified period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichi SEKIGUCHI, Takahiro KOHARA, Tomohiko MOCHIZUKI, Takayoshi NOHARA, Masahiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240132108
    Abstract: A vehicle detection system configured to judge whether a target vehicle, which has been detected to approach the subject vehicle from behind in a driving lane being used by the subject vehicle and being covered by the detection area is an alert object, to output a result of judgement to a warning which warns a driver of the subject vehicle that a target vehicle (60) is present in the driving lane behind the subject vehicle based on the judging the target vehicle to be an alert object, and to determine, on the basis of a change of a lateral overlap of the target vehicle in the detection area, an overlap change rate which is defined as a ratio of the change of the overlap to a specified time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki HASHIMOTO, Takahiro KOHARA, Tomohiko MOCHIZUKI, Takayoshi NOHARA, Masahiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240135822
    Abstract: A vehicle detection system, for detecting a target vehicle in a detection area located behind a subject vehicle, is configured to judge whether a target vehicle which has been detected to approach the subject vehicle occupying a driving lane from behind in a first adjacent lane which is on one side of the driving lane and which target vehicle has been further detected to change from the first adjacent lane by diagonally passing the driving lane on to a second adjacent lane on the other side of the driving lane, is an alert object, and output a result of judgement to warn a driver of the subject vehicle that a target vehicle is present behind the subject vehicle, and determine, on the basis of a change of a lateral overlap of the target vehicle in the detection area, an overlap change rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Hashimoto, Takahiro Kohara, Tomohiko Mochizuki, Takayoshi Nohara, Masahiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230400755
    Abstract: An optical phase modulation element of the present disclosure includes a plurality of divided regions provided in different regions in an in-plane direction and encapsulating a liquid crystal material having a different refractive index anisotropy, in which the plurality of divided regions each displays a phase distribution pattern for a color having a different wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: AKIKO TORIYAMA, TAKAHIRO MOCHIZUKI
  • Patent number: 11796904
    Abstract: A phase modulator of the present disclosure includes a phase distribution arithmetic unit that generates, in a case of reproducing the same reproduction image over a plurality of frames or a plurality of subframes by a light phase modulation element, target phase distribution data that is allowed to reproduce the same reproduction image in at least two adjacent frames among the plurality of frames or in at least two adjacent subframes among the plurality of subframes and that changes phase distribution in the light phase modulation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kouyama, Osamu Akimoto, Takahiro Mochizuki, Masa Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230252892
    Abstract: The communication system in an embodiment includes a server apparatus. The server apparatus includes a controller that issues an instruction for executing priority control when a priority vehicle passes through a place where a roadside unit is installed. The priority control prioritizes a first communication performed by the priority vehicle via the roadside unit over a second communication performed by anything other than the priority vehicle via the roadside unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro MOCHIZUKI, Kazutaka SHIMOOSAKO, Takumi MATSUMOTO, Hiroaki RIKIHISA
  • Patent number: 11443705
    Abstract: Provided is a device that displays a moving image with high dynamic range. A control unit controls drive of at least one of a light source unit, a phase modulation unit, or an intensity modulation unit in accordance with an image signal. The light source unit applies first illumination light to a phase modulation panel of the phase modulation unit, which modulates a phase of the first illumination light applied from the light source unit, divides second illumination light for each predetermined phase modulation pixel group of the phase modulation panel, and applies the second illumination light to the intensity modulation panel for each predetermined intensity modulation pixel group of the intensity modulation panel, and the intensity modulation panel modulates an intensity of the second illumination light applied from the phase modulation panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Sato, Takahiro Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20220283280
    Abstract: Provided is a resin container which contains a cable, the container being provided with: a container main body which has an opening section which opens upward; a lid which closes the opening section; and a first reflection plate which is configured from one or more reflection plates disposed at a prescribed position inside the lid, wherein, in the inside of the container main body, a wireless communication device provided with a first communication unit that communicates with a wireless communication apparatus is disposed, and, when a signal is transmitted from a second communication unit of the wireless communication device in a state where the lid closes the opening section, the first reflection plate is disposed at a position and an angle at which the signal is reflected and is received by the second communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki HAMADA, Yuito MITSUHASHI, Taishi KAGIMOTO, Nobuhiko HATTORI, Takahiro MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220286824
    Abstract: Provided are a resin container and a wireless communication system with which it is possible to efficiently manage the state of a wireless communication device installed in an underground space. A resin container 5 for accommodating cables such as a communication line 6 and an electric power line 7 comprises a container body 52 having an opening 51 that opens upward, a lid for closing off the opening 51, and a wireless tag 3 serving as an information processing device positioned in the lid 53 or the container body 52 and capable of wirelessly communicating with a terminal 40 serving as an external apparatus. The wireless tag 3: acquires, from a wireless communication device 2 positioned in the inside of the container body 52, information that relates to the maintenance of the wireless communication device 2; holds said information; and transmits said information relating to the maintenance to the terminal 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki HAMADA, Yuito MITSUHASHI, Taishi KAGIMOTO, Nobuhiko HATTORI, Takahiro MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220231398
    Abstract: This housing unit is provided with: a first resin container that houses therein a wireless base station to which a cable is connected; and a second resin container that is disposed anterior or posterior to the first resin container in the direction in which the cable extends, and that has the interior thereof connected with the interior of the first resin container. The first resin container is provided with a drainage part comprising: a crown section that has a height position higher than a boundary portion and a boundary portion with the second resin container; and a curved surface and a curved surface where the height position becomes increasingly lower from the crown section towards the boundary portion and the boundary portion, and meanwhile, the second resin container has a drain-receiving part which has a height position lower than the boundary portion and the boundary portion, and which is for receiving drainage water from the drainage part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuito MITSUHASHI, Hiroki HAMADA, Nobuhiko HATTORI, Taishi KAGIMOTO, Takahiro MOCHIZUKI
  • Patent number: 11356644
    Abstract: An illuminator of the present disclosure includes a light source unit that emits at least one colored light, and emits, for each of the pieces of colored light, light having a plurality of peak wavelengths different from each other, and a diffraction device that includes a plurality of divided areas, and displays, in each of the divided areas, a diffraction pattern that is optimized at a corresponding peak wavelength out of each of the peak wavelengths. The plurality of divided areas allows the light of the plurality of peak wavelengths to enter the plurality of divided areas individually for each of the pieces of colored light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Mochizuki, Masa Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11296372
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery module, a case accommodating the battery module, and a cover covering the case. The battery module includes a plurality of battery cells each having an electrode at upper end, a cell accommodating portion made of resin and accommodating the plurality of battery cells, and a cooling portion for cooling the plurality of battery cells. The cooling portion includes a first metal portion disposed on a side facing a bottom end of each of the plurality of battery cells, a second metal portion extending from the other end facing surface of the first metal portion to the upper ends of the battery cells and disposed between the plurality of battery cells. The cell accommodating portion includes a resin insert portion formed by insert molding at least the other end facing surface of the first metal portion and the plurality of second metal portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Ishikawa, Takahiro Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11258994
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a phase modulator, a lighting system, and a projector that allow for improving diffraction efficiency in a light phase modulation element. The phase modulator according to the present disclosure includes a light phase modulation element that has a plurality of pixels arranged with the pixel pitches p being different from each other to have a pixel structure suppressing occurrence of high-order diffraction light and that modulates a phase of light with respect to each of the pixels. Moreover, the phase modulator according to the present disclosure includes a capturing optical system that captures a plurality of fluxes of high-order diffraction light generated in each of the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masa Tanaka, Takahiro Mochizuki, Osamu Akimoto, Masahiro Ueshima, Toshihiko Mochida, Toshihiko Orii, Takayuki Ishida
  • Publication number: 20220005424
    Abstract: Provided is a device that displays a moving image with high dynamic range. A control unit controls drive of at least one of a light source unit, a phase modulation unit, or an intensity modulation unit in accordance with an image signal. The light source unit applies first illumination light to a phase modulation panel of the phase modulation unit, which modulates a phase of the first illumination light applied from the light source unit, divides second illumination light for each predetermined phase modulation pixel group of the phase modulation panel, and applies the second illumination light to the intensity modulation panel for each predetermined intensity modulation pixel group of the intensity modulation panel, and the intensity modulation panel modulates an intensity of the second illumination light applied from the phase modulation panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa SATO, Takahiro MOCHIZUKI
  • Patent number: 11153541
    Abstract: An illuminator according to the present disclosure includes a light source section and an optical phase modulator. The light source section emits light including first and second polarization components. The optical phase modulator generates and emits first illumination light (SDR illumination light) and second illumination light (HDR illumination light) The first illumination light is used in a light intensity modulator to generate an image in a first luminance region. The second illumination light is used in the light intensity modulator to generate an image in a second luminance region The optical phase modulator emits, as the first illumination light, light of the first polarization component without performing phase modulation. The optical phase modulator performs phase modulation on light of the second polarization component on the basis of the image in the second luminance region, and emits the phase-modulated light as the second illumination light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20210168340
    Abstract: An illuminator according to the present disclosure includes a light source section and an optical phase modulator. The light source section emits light including first and second polarization components. The optical phase modulator generates and emits first illumination light (SDR illumination light) and second illumination light (HDR illumination light) The first illumination light is used in a light intensity modulator to generate an image in a first luminance region. The second illumination light is used in the light intensity modulator to generate an image in a second luminance region The optical phase modulator emits, as the first illumination light, light of the first polarization component without performing phase modulation. The optical phase modulator performs phase modulation on light of the second polarization component on the basis of the image in the second luminance region, and emits the phase-modulated light as the second illumination light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210136335
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a phase modulator, a lighting system, and a projector that allow for improving diffraction efficiency in a light phase modulation element. The phase modulator according to the present disclosure includes a light phase modulation element that has a plurality of pixels arranged with the pixel pitches p being different from each other to have a pixel structure suppressing occurrence of high-order diffraction light and that modulates a phase of light with respect to each of the pixels. Moreover, the phase modulator according to the present disclosure includes a capturing optical system that captures a plurality of fluxes of high-order diffraction light generated in each of the pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masa TANAKA, Takahiro MOCHIZUKI, Osamu AKIMOTO, Masahiro UESHIMA, Toshihiko MOCHIDA, Toshihiko ORII, Takayuki ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 10982715
    Abstract: The rotary table device includes a base, a motor, a rotary drive shaft and a cross-roller bearing. An outer ring is rotationally driven through engagement of a pinion gear formed at a shaft end of the rotary rive shaft with a rack gear formed on the outer ring and transmission of a rotary drive force from the rotary drive shaft to the outer ring. The outer ring is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape covering a side of an inner ring, includes a table capable of mounting an external member on one side of the hollow cylindrical shape, and is integrated with the rack gear formed over an entire circumference of the other side thereof. With such a configuration, a rotary table device that can realize reduction in height, size and weight can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iizumi, Takahiro Mochizuki, Toshiyuki Mukaiyama, Kentaro Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10801701
    Abstract: To provide a phosphor wheel capable of restraining vibration caused by a driving unit for rotatably driving a wheel and reducing noise in a high frequency band. The phosphor wheel includes: a wheel substrate that has a surface on which a fluorescent material is provided; a driving unit that rotates the wheel substrate; a support portion that supports the driving unit and is fixed to a housing; and a buffer member that is provided to fill a space between the support portion and a part of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Mochizuki, Yoshihisa Aikoh