Patents by Inventor Takahiro Okada

Takahiro Okada 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: 20210231839
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted camera and a mobile body that improve the quality of a captured image are provided. The vehicle-mounted camera includes a lens arranged closest to a subject side and a housing that supports the lens. The lens is at least partially subjected to a surface treatment that changes its water-contact characteristics, or the housing has at least a shape to change its water-contact characteristics or is at least subjected to a surface treatment that changes the water-contact characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi KOSHIBA, Takahiro OKADA, Hiroyuki ABE, Hiroshi NAKAO, Riyou MORISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210231838
    Abstract: Provided is a method of bonding an optical member and a holder that holds the optical member. The method includes applying a surface treatment to at least a part of a surface of at least one of the optical member and the holder to change contact characteristics of the at least the part of the surface with a liquid. The method further includes bonding the optical member and the holder to each other after applying the surface treatment to the at least a part of the joint surface of the at least one of the optical member and the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro OKADA, Ryohta KEYAKI
  • Publication number: 20210071711
    Abstract: A rolling component has a surface. The rolling component includes a fiber flow and a non-metallic inclusion. In a region from the surface of the rolling component to a first depth, a gap between the non-metallic inclusion and a member forming the rolling component is filled. The first depth is 50 ?m or more. The surface and the fiber flow form an angle of 15° or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro OKADA, Naoya KAMURA, Takumi FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20200362912
    Abstract: There are provided: a rolling component which eliminates a cause of premature failure of a bearing at low cost, or which has a satisfactory rolling fatigue life if there is a cause of premature failure of a bearing; a bearing including the rolling component; and a method of manufacturing the same. A rolling component has a surface. The rolling component includes a fiber flow. The surface has an Ra of 0.1 ?m or less, an Rsk<0, and a compressive residual stress of 700 MPa or more. The surface and the fiber flow form an angle of 15° or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiro OKADA, Takumi FUJITA, Naoya KAMURA, Yoshinori SUGISAKI
  • Publication number: 20200363601
    Abstract: Misalignment of a substrate portion which integrates an image sensor and a substrate is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ABE, Takahiro OKADA
  • Patent number: 10790104
    Abstract: A rotary switch device includes a terminal base to which a center portion contact and a fixed contact are fixed, a rotation operation member which is operable to rotate around the center portion contact with respect to the terminal base, a plate-like movable contact member which includes a contact protrusion part and a contact surface and which is held in the rotation operation member so as to short-circuit between the center portion contact and the fixed contact at a conductive rotation position, and a compression coil spring of a barrel type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20200224574
    Abstract: A heat accumulation and dissipation device (1) for an internal combustion engine (2) includes, in a cooling circuit (3) for circulating cooling water used to cool the internal combustion engine (2), a heat accumulator (7) for accumulating the cooling water, and an exhaust heat recovery device (9) for recovering the heat of exhaust gas through the cooling water, wherein when the internal combustion engine (2) is started, heat is dissipated by sending the cooling water of the heat accumulator (7) to the internal combustion engine (2). The cooling circuit (3) includes a heat accumulation and dissipation circuit (8) configured to perform heat accumulation and dissipation while circulating the cooling water between the internal combustion engine (2) and the heat accumulator (7), and the heat accumulator (9) is arranged upstream of the heat accumulator (7) of the heat accumulation and dissipation circuit (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki TOYOKAWA, Hajime UTO, Masanobu TAKAZAWA, Naoaki TAKEDA, Takahiro OKADA
  • Publication number: 20200225438
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus having: an imaging optical system including at least one optical element; an image sensor configured to capture an object image formed by the imaging optical system; a substrate on which an image sensor is mounted; a holding member configured to hold the imaging optical system, the holding member including a substrate bonding face that is bonded to the substrate; a first bonding member configured to bond at least a part of a first face of the substrate, that faces the substrate bonding face, to the substrate bonding face; and a second bonding member configured to bond at least a part of a second face of the substrate, that is opposite to the first face of the substrate, to the substrate bonding face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo KITAMURA, Takahiro OKADA
  • Patent number: 10650990
    Abstract: A rotary switch includes a rotation movable portion, a movable conductor held in the rotation movable portion, a base portion, a power supply terminal held in the base portion, and a plurality of fixed contacts held in the base portion. The fixed contact and the power supply terminal are connected and disconnected via the movable conductor by a rotational operation of the rotation movable portion. The power supply terminal is disposed at a rotation center position of the rotation movable portion. The plurality of fixed contacts are disposed on a plurality of concentric circles having different diameter dimensions around the power supply terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20200072974
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a distance measuring apparatus, a distance measuring method, and a program that enable accurate measurement of the distance to a target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO OKADA, TAKAHIRO MIYAZAKI, TAKASHI HAGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20200058599
    Abstract: A circuit module (101) includes a circuit board (1) having a main surface (1u), an electronic component (3) mounted on the main surface (1u), and a sealing resin (4) covering at least part of the electronic component (3) on the main surface (1u). A recess (7) is formed on at least part of a side surface (11) of the sealing resin (4). At least the recess (7) is covered with an electrically conductive film (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiro OKADA, Kazushige SATO, Takafumi KANNO, Nobumitsu AMACHI
  • Patent number: 10566152
    Abstract: A rotary switch device includes a terminal base to which a center portion contact and a fixed contact member are fixed, a movable contact member, and a support portion. The movable contact member includes a contact protrusion part which is pressed in contact with the center portion contact at one end of the movable contact member and a first contact surface which is in contact with the fixed contact member at another end of the movable contact member, and which is operated to rotate around the center portion contact so as to short-circuit between the center portion contact and the fixed contact member at a conductive rotation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20190361796
    Abstract: A debug work is performed with respect to states after execution of a plurality of commands which is collectively issued from a processor to an arithmetic processing apparatus. A command register group holds commands issued from the processor in respective registers with a command chain including a plurality of commands as a unit. A command processing section processes the commands supplied from the command register group. A state machine manages processing states of the commands in the command processing section. A control section previously sets a condition under which stop is to be performed in the command chain as a stop condition and causes to stop the processing in the command processing section on the basis of the previously set stop condition and the processing states managed in the state machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO OKADA, TADAAKI YUBA, JUN UESHIMA, SHINICHI TSUCHIDA, KEN MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190344751
    Abstract: A steering lock device includes a motor configured to rotate a motor shaft, a worm attached to the motor shaft of the motor, a main gear configured to rotate along with rotation of the worm, a cam member integrally provided with the main gear, and a rod including an insertion and extraction portion. The insertion and extraction portion is configured to be inserted into and extracted from an opening provided on a steering shaft side in accordance with an operation of the cam member along with rotation of the main gear. At least a part of at least one member of the worm and the insertion and extraction portion is configured to be accommodated in a circumferential region of the main gear when the main gear is viewed in a plan view along a rotation axis direction of the main gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro OKADA
  • Publication number: 20190347030
    Abstract: A calculation processing apparatus is disclosed. In one example, an exclusive memory stores an exclusive area different from an address space of a processor. A data transfer unit performs transfer processing of data items between the address space and the exclusive memory. A calculation processing unit performs calculation processing between the data items stored in the exclusive memory. A command resistor group holds each command of command columns received from the processor in each resistor. A state machine manages a state of processing in the data transfer unit and the calculation processing unit. A control unit controls the command resistor group so as to hold the command and controlling the command resistor group such that the commands held by the command resistor group are fed to any of the data transfer unit and the calculation processing unit depending on the state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Jun Ueshima, Takahiro Okada, Tadaaki Yuba, Ken Matsumoto, Shinichi Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 10455159
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging setting changing apparatus, an imaging system, and an imaging setting changing method that are capable of improving visibility of a combined image around a movable body. An imaging setting changing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of images capturing around a movable body in a partially overlapping manner generated by a plurality of imaging units, and a controller configured to change imaging setting of at least one of two imaging units in such a manner as to reduce at least one of a brightness difference and a color difference of the overlapping area in the images taken by the two imaging units configured to commonly image the overlapping area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Okada, Takatoshi Nakata
  • Patent number: 10391460
    Abstract: A fluid mixer of the present invention has an element (1) and a chassis (2) that accommodates the element therein and that is engaged with at least both ends of the element, the element having: a first-flow-path forming section (13) at an end of which a fluid inlet (3) is formed and in which a first flow path (4) is formed; and a body section (12) at an end of which a fluid outlet (8) is formed, in which a second flow path (5) is formed, and on an outer circumferential surface of which a plurality of communicating holes (11) are formed so as to allow the second flow path to communicate with the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Hanada, Takahiro Okada
  • Patent number: 10386400
    Abstract: An abnormality detection device includes a measuring unit 14c and a determining unit 14d. The measuring unit 14c measures, among a power supply, a capacitor, a load circuit, a switch connecting the power supply to the load circuit, and ground of a vehicle body, which are mounted on a vehicle, a first voltage of the capacitor charged by serially connecting the power supply, the capacitor, and the body ground in a state where the switch is controlled to be turned off. The determining unit 14d determines that the switch is not fixed in an ON state and an insulation resistance of the vehicle is normal when the first voltage measured by the measuring unit 14c is less than a first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shota Kawanaka, Sho Tamura, Takahiro Okada, Hiromasa Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10300914
    Abstract: An AWD-vehicle control device includes a transfer clutch that adjusts a driving force, a detector that detects a steering angle of a steering wheel, a detector that detects an accelerator pedal opening, a detector that detects a vehicle speed, a detector that detects an engine revolution speed, a detector that detects a turbine revolution speed of a torque converter, and a transfer clutch controller that adjusts hydraulic pressure supplied to the transfer clutch and controls a coupling force of the transfer clutch. If a predetermined period has passed from the accelerator pedal opening becoming less than a predetermined opening, the vehicle speed is within a predetermined range, a deviation between the engine and turbine revolution speeds is less than a predetermined speed, and the steering angle is equal to a first predetermined angle or greater, the transfer clutch controller controls the hydraulic pressure to reduce the coupling force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Okada, Naoyuki Akiyama
  • Patent number: 10252995
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing 1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-(4-trifluoromethoxyphenoxy)piperidine or a salt thereof, the method including the step of heating hydroquinone and 4-(4-trifluoromethoxyphenoxy)piperidine. This method can produce 1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-(4-trifluoromethoxyphenoxy)piperidine or a salt thereof in an industrially advantageous manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Miyake, Aya Asahina, Takahiro Okada