Patents by Inventor Takahiro Takeda

Takahiro Takeda 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: 20240139583
    Abstract: A lower limb exercise device that enables a user to perform a lower limb exercise effectively is achieved. A lower limb exercise device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure enables a user to perform a lower limb exercise while the user is seated on a chair. The lower limb exercise device includes exercise equipment for the user to perform the lower limb exercise, and a restriction mechanism configured to restrict movement of at least one caster of the chair from a reference arrangement range of the caster during the lower limb exercise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke AOKI, Tomio Ikeda, Tadashi Odashima, Takahiro Takeda
  • Publication number: 20240140760
    Abstract: To provide a drive device for a self-propelled elevator which is capable of moving a car in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction with a simple configuration. The drive device for a self-propelled elevator includes: a rotating body which is rotatably coupled to a back face of a cab; and wheels which are provided on the rotating body so as to sandwich guide surfaces of a rail on a back face side of the cab, which generate, by friction between the wheels and the rail, a force that moves the cab in a vertical direction when a longitudinal direction of the rail is the vertical direction, and which generate, by a friction force between the wheels and the rail, a force that moves the cab in a horizontal direction when the longitudinal direction of the rail is the horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yusuke SUGAHARA, Yukio TAKEDA, Takahiro ISHII, Takeshi MATSUMOTO, Masayuki KAKIO
  • Patent number: 11969372
    Abstract: A knee brace includes a thigh fixing part, a shank fixing part, an outer leg joint that couples the thigh fixing part with the shank fixing part, and an inner leg joint that couples the thigh fixing part with the shank fixing part. When the wearer P flexes his/her knee joint, a lower arm is rotated with respect to an upper arm along with a rotation fulcrum shaft sliding in a long groove and a cam shaft sliding in a cam groove. When the outer leg joint and the inner leg joint are extended, the lower arm of the outer leg joint is configured to be moved relatively forward with respect to the lower arm of the inner leg joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Aoki, Takahiro Takeda, Tomio Ikeda, Tadashi Odashima
  • Patent number: 11947723
    Abstract: Provided is a decoding device including a decoding unit configured to decode a plurality of pieces of encoded data on the basis of encoding method information that has been received, received bitstream data including the plurality of pieces of encoded data in which a plurality of segments of a tactile signal has been respectively encoded, in which the encoding method information includes information indicating in which encoding method of a plurality of encoding methods the respective segments of the tactile signal have been encoded, the plurality of encoding methods includes a simple tactile encoding method corresponding to a simple tactile signal related to a beginning segment of the tactile signal, the plurality of pieces of encoded data includes simple tactile encoded data in which the simple tactile signal has been encoded in the simple tactile encoding method, and the decoding unit decodes the simple tactile encoded data, in a case where the encoding method information indicates the simple tactile encodi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Takeda, Shuichiro Nishigori, Takuma Domae, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Shiro Suzuki, Takahiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11945882
    Abstract: Crystals of the compound represented by formula (1), a method for the production thereof, and a method for producing an antibody-drug conjugate using the crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Takashi Kouko, Shigeru Noguchi, Yohei Yamane, Fumikatsu Kondo, Takahiro Aoki, Tadahiro Takeda, Kohei Sakanishi, Hitoshi Sato, Tsuyoshi Ueda, Shinji Matuura, Kei Kurahashi, Yutaka Kitagawa, Tatsuya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11933425
    Abstract: Provided is a linear solenoid valve having at least one notch that opens on an end surface of the land of the spool on the drain chamber side and is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the land. In response to movement of the spool, a state is formed in which the end surface of the land on the drain chamber side is located inside the communication chamber and the output chamber and the drain chamber communicate with each other via the notch and the communication chamber, and a state is formed in which the end surface of the land on the drain chamber side is located inside the output chamber and the output chamber and the drain chamber communicate with each other via the communication chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Tsuchida, Takahiro Kokubu, Shuichi Takeda, Satomi Hoshino, Shingo Kurimoto
  • Publication number: 20240083482
    Abstract: Provided is a shopping cart capable of simplifying equipment of a storage area of the shopping cart. A shopping cart allowed to be nested in a front-rear direction, including: a cart body; a battery configured to supply power to an electronic device attached to the cart body and displayed commodity information read by a reading device; a power receiving portion provided on a front side of the cart body and configured to be electrically connectable to an external power supply; and a power transmitting portion provided on a rear surface side of the power receiving portion and configured to supply power to a power receiving portion of another shopping cart nested in the shopping cart. Each of the power receiving portion and the power transmitting portion is provided with a magnet configured for holding a relative position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Katsuaki SAKURADA, Masahiro YASUNO, Katsuya TAKEDA, Hachirou SAWADA, Reiji SUGIKAMI, Tomonori SUGIYAMA, Hiroki TAKEDA, Takahiro OKAZAKI, Ryoichi YAMAMOTO, Tomoyuki KITADA
  • Patent number: 11909122
    Abstract: Provided is a moving object mounted radar antenna including an antenna substrate that includes a main flat surface facing an object, a first antenna element that is allowed to receive a polarization component in a first polarization direction parallel to the main flat surface, a second antenna element that is allowed to receive a polarization component in a second polarization direction perpendicular to the main flat surface, and a separation portion that electrically separates the first antenna element and the second antenna element. Each of the first antenna element, the second antenna element, and the separation portion being provided on the antenna substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Kawasaki, Takahiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 11857833
    Abstract: A foot-pedaling exercise apparatus by which a user can perform an effective foot-pedaling exercise is provided. A foot-pedaling exercise apparatus includes a crank, a main-body part configured to rotatably hold the crank, a link rotatably connected to the crank, the link including a pedal on which a sitting user puts his/her foot, a moving member disposed in the link, and a tilt table including an inclined surface on which the moving member slides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Aoki, Fujio Ikeda, Tadashi Odashima, Takahiro Takeda
  • Publication number: 20230402754
    Abstract: An antenna device (1) includes one or a plurality of feeding antennas (3) provided on a main surface (2a) of a substrate (2), a parasitic antenna (4) provided on the substrate (2), and a terminator (5) provided on the substrate (2) and connected to the parasitic antenna (4). The terminator (5) includes an SIW (52) that is a waveguide extending in the substrate (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Takahiro TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 11693111
    Abstract: Radar loss caused by a windshield having laminated glass in a vehicle is suppressed with a simple configuration. An antenna's radiation section is disposed inside the windshield of a vehicle having a plurality of layers. The radiation section not only radiates radio waves but also receives reflected waves of the radio waves from a target. A distance measurement information generation section is connected to the radiation section. The distance measurement information generation section measures a distance to the target on the basis of the radiated radio waves and the reflected waves from the target and generates distance measurement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigenori Uchida, Takahiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 11686810
    Abstract: A radar apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit radio waves; a reception unit including a first receiver configured to receive a first reflected radio wave and a second receiver configured to receive a second reflected radio wave, the first reflected radio wave and the second reflected radio wave having different polarization characteristics from each other and being included in reflected radio waves that are the radio waves reflected by a detection target; and a control unit configured to control operations of the transmission unit and the reception unit, and configured to identify the detection target on the basis of the operation of the transmission unit, a first reception level at the first receiver, and a second reception level at the second receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Takeda
  • Publication number: 20230146049
    Abstract: A usage condition proposal system includes a storage medium that stores a reference DB having a plurality of pieces of causal relationship information that includes training information and variation range information, the training information including physical information for a user and usage condition information for a training machine, variation range information indicating a variation range of a joint angle of at least one joint of the user when the user trains using the training machine based on the usage condition information. A processor is configured to extract, with reference to the reference DB, based on the physical information and the specified variation range information, the causal relationship information of which the variation range information indicates the variation range satisfying a predetermined relationship with the specified variation range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke AOKI, Takahiro TAKEDA, Tadashi ODASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220408927
    Abstract: A chair includes a movable part including a seat on which a user sits, a supporting part configured to support the movable part in such a way that the movable part can be moved to the right and to the left; and a restoration unit, which is a biasing member configured to bias the movable part toward the neutral position in the right and the left. The supporting part supports the movable part in such a way that the movable part descends as the movable part is away from the neutral position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Aoki, Takahiro Takeda, Tadashi Odashima, Tomio Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20220331653
    Abstract: A pedal-driven exercise machine is designed for an exerciser in a seated position to do pedaling. The pedal-driven exercise machine is equipped with a main body portion, a crank unit that is rotatably supported by the main body portion, a pedal unit that is rotatably supported by the crank unit, and a foot space securing unit that secures a foot space at a foot of the exerciser by retreating the pedal unit from the foot of the exerciser when the pedal-driven exercise machine is out of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro TAKEDA, Eisuke AOKI, Yuji NAKAMURA, Riyusei TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20220331654
    Abstract: A pedaling exercise device includes a rotation mechanism configured to pivotally support a rotation shaft to allow rotation, a pair of cranks having first ends connected to both ends of the rotation shaft of the rotation mechanism, respectively, a pair of links having first ends rotatably connected to second ends of the cranks, respectively, and having second ends provided with wheels, respectively, a pair of pedal portions connected to the links along a longitudinal direction of the links, respectively, a rolling surface connected to a first end of the rotation mechanism on a user side, and a restriction portion configured to restrict separation of the wheels from the upper surface of the rolling surface in a case where the first end of the rotation mechanism is lifted such that the rotation mechanism is erected in a state where a second end of the rotation mechanism is grounded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro TAKEDA, Eisuke AOKI, Tadashi ODASHIMA, Yusuke ANO
  • Publication number: 20220302577
    Abstract: Provided is a moving object mounted radar antenna (100) including: an antenna substrate (110) including a main flat surface facing an object; a first antenna element (120a) that is allowed to receive a polarization component in a first polarization direction parallel to the main flat surface; a second antenna element (120b) that is allowed to receive a polarization component in a second polarization direction perpendicular to the main flat surface; and a separation portion (112c) that electrically separates the first antenna element and the second antenna element, each of the first antenna element, the second antenna element, and the separation portion being provided on the antenna substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: KENICHI KAWASAKI, TAKAHIRO TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220257403
    Abstract: A shank outer link moves away from a thigh outer link in the longitudinal direction of the shank outer link and the shank outer link is drawn forward in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the shank outer link relative to the thigh outer link as a knee joint of a user is extended. A shank inner link moves away from a thigh inner link in the longitudinal direction of the shank inner link and the shank inner link is drawn forward in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the shank inner link relative to the thigh inner link as the knee joint of the user is extended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Aoki, Tadashi Odashima, Takahiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 11373964
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a semiconductor chip that can ensure a low impedance current path in an I/O ring while suppressing attenuation of radio frequency signals. The semiconductor chip includes an I/O ring surrounding a core circuit, first and second pads serving as input/output terminals for radio frequency signals, and a radio frequency signal transmission line electrically connected to the first and second pads and the core circuit. The radio frequency signal transmission line is formed above the I/O ring. The present technology is applicable to a semiconductor chip that performs input and output of RF signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Kiyota, Takahiro Takeda
  • Publication number: 20220118309
    Abstract: A foot-pedaling exercise apparatus by which a user can perform an effective foot-pedaling exercise is provided. A foot-pedaling exercise apparatus includes a crank, a main-body part configured to rotatably hold the crank, a link rotatably connected to the crank, the link including a pedal on which a sitting user puts his/her foot, a moving member disposed in the link, and a tilt table including an inclined surface on which the moving member slides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Aoki, Fujio Ikeda, Tadashi Odashima, Takahiro Takeda