Patents by Inventor Takahiro Uchida

Takahiro Uchida 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: 11967925
    Abstract: A solar power generation system includes a string, an inverter a first shut-off device, and a second shut-off device. The string includes a plurality of solar cell module groups connected in series. The first shut-off device is connected to a first electric path connecting between the plurality of solar cell module groups. The second shut-off device is connected to a second electric path connecting between the plurality of solar cell module groups. The first shut-off device cuts off a connection between the plurality of solar cell module groups connected to the first electric path in response to a first control signal from the inverter. The second shut-off device is driven by an electrical power supplied from the first shut-off device and cuts off a connection between the solar cell module groups connected to the second electric path in response to a second control signal from the first shut-off device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Takeyama, Ryo Ogura, Jeongho Baik, Jun Nakaichi, Tsuyoshi Uchida, Tomoko Endo, Erica Martin
  • Patent number: 11967926
    Abstract: A solar power generation system includes a string, an inverter a first shut-off device, and a second shut-off device. The string includes a plurality of solar cell module groups connected in series with each other. The first shut-off device cuts off a connection between the plurality of solar cell module groups connected to a first electric path connecting between the plurality of solar cell module groups in response to a first control signal from the inverter. The second shut-off device is connected to the first shut-off device in a two-way communicable manner by a communication system different from power line communication and cuts off a connection between the solar cell module groups connected to a second electric path connecting between the plurality of solar cell module groups in response to a second control signal output from the first shut-off device by a communication system different from power line communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Takeyama, Ryo Ogura, Jeongho Baik, Jun Nakaichi, Tsuyoshi Uchida, Tomoko Endo, Erica Martin
  • Patent number: 11967927
    Abstract: A solar power generation system includes a string, an inverter a first shut-off device, and a second shut-off device. The string includes a plurality of solar cell module groups connected in series with each other. Each of the solar cell module groups includes one or a plurality of solar cell modules connected in series. The first shut-off device cuts off a connection between the plurality of solar cell module groups connected to a first electric path in response to a first control signal from the inverter. The second shut-off device is connected to the first shut-off device in a two-way communicable manner, is driven by an electrical power supplied from the first shut-off device, and cuts off a connection between the plurality of solar cell module groups connected to a second electric path in response to a second control signal from the first shut-off device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Takeyama, Ryo Ogura, Jeongho Baik, Jun Nakaichi, Tsuyoshi Uchida, Tomoko Endo, Erica Martin
  • Patent number: 11965473
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a port injection valve, a direct injection valve, and a forced-induction device. A ratio of an amount of fuel injected from the port injection valve with respect to a total amount of fuel supplied for one fuel combustion in the cylinder is defined as a port injection ratio. The internal combustion engine is controlled such that, in a case in which a condition is satisfied that the forced-induction device is in an operation of performing forced induction and the internal combustion engine is in an engine operation region in which a valve overlap period is greater than zero, the port injection ratio is set to be small and a start timing of fuel injection from the port injection valve is delayed as compared with a case in which the condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanao Idogawa, Rihito Kaneko, Motohiro Sugimoto, Takahiro Uchida
  • Patent number: 11933238
    Abstract: A controller and a control method for an internal combustion engine, and a memory medium are provided. In a first combustion cylinder, first combustion is caused by control circuitry when the engine is restarted from a state where fuel combustion in cylinders is suspended. An automatic stopping process suspends the fuel combustion in the cylinders and controls a throttle valve to a closed state when a predetermined condition is satisfied. A first calculation process calculates an amount of fuel injected into the first combustion cylinder based on a position of the piston in the first combustion cylinder in a case where a rotation speed of a crankshaft obtained when the restart was requested is zero. A second calculation process calculates the injection amount based on the rotation speed in a case where the rotation speed obtained when the restart was requested is higher than zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Kachi, Takehiro Komatsu, Masanao Idogawa, Takahiro Uchida, Machiko Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20240084434
    Abstract: A vapor deposition mask made of a semiconductor substrate, comprising a plurality of openings to pass vapor deposition particles, wherein an aperture portion of which opening width is smallest is disposed between an edge of the opening on a vapor deposition source side and an edge of the opening on a substrate side, the opening width on the substrate side is larger than that of the aperture portion, and at least a part of an inner wall of each of the plurality of openings has a uneven shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: TATSURO UCHIDA, TAKAHIRO YAJIMA, SHINICHIRO WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230347863
    Abstract: Hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine, a first electric motor, a second electric motor, an electric power storage device, and a control device. The control device is configured to control the engine and the first electric motor so that the engine is operated at a first predetermined engine speed while outputting a predetermined torque, and to control the second electric motor so that a driving force based on a required driving force is output, when the rapid catalyst warm-up is executed when the engine is idle off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Masanao IDOGAWA, Hirokazu ANDOH, Takahiro UCHIDA, Yoshikazu ASAMI, Hidekazu NAWATA, Jumpei NASU, Sohichi IMAI
  • Patent number: 11791671
    Abstract: A charging seat includes a processor having hardware. The processor is configured to detect that a user is seated in a seat portion, detect an electric assistance apparatus that is worn by the user and assists the user in walking, and supply electric power in conformity with a charging standard of the electric assistance apparatus to the electric assistance apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka Shiraiwa, Hirotaka Saito, Yuma Matsumoto, Takahiro Uchida, Shuji Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20230323832
    Abstract: A controller is configured to control an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine can execute port injection and direct injection and can execute a deactivating process that stops supplying fuel to at least one of cylinders and supplies fuel to the remaining cylinders. The controller is configured to execute, when terminating the deactivating process to restart supplying fuel to a deactivated cylinder in which supply of fuel is stopped, a retarding process that executes a first fuel injection through the direct injection and retards a fuel injection start timing as compared to when executing the port injection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Yuto IKEDA, Masanao IDOGAWA, Takahiro UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230287844
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a port injection valve, a direct injection valve, and a forced-induction device. A ratio of an amount of fuel injected from the port injection valve with respect to a total amount of fuel supplied for one fuel combustion in the cylinder is defined as a port injection ratio. The internal combustion engine is controlled such that, in a case in which a condition is satisfied that the forced-induction device is in an operation of performing forced induction and the internal combustion engine is in an engine operation region in which a valve overlap period is greater than zero, the port injection ratio is set to be small and a start timing of fuel injection from the port injection valve is delayed as compared with a case in which the condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Masanao IDOGAWA, Rihito KANEKO, Motohiro SUGIMOTO, Takahiro UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 11746717
    Abstract: A first arrival flow rate that is a flow rate of evaporative fuel gas that has arrived in a throttle downstream portion located downstream of a throttle valve in an intake pipe via a second purge passage after passing through a purge control valve is estimated based on a valve passage flow rate that is a flow rate of evaporative fuel gas that has passed through the purge control valve, and a first response delay in the flow of evaporative fuel gas through a route extending from the purge control valve to the throttle downstream portion via the second purge passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanao Idogawa, Takahiro Uchida, Masahiro Kachi, Reiko Goh, Hirokatsu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230250772
    Abstract: A controller and a control method for an internal combustion engine, and a memory medium are provided. In a first combustion cylinder, first combustion is caused by control circuitry when the engine is restarted from a state where fuel combustion in cylinders is suspended. An automatic stopping process suspends the fuel combustion in the cylinders and controls a throttle valve to a closed state when a predetermined condition is satisfied. A first calculation process calculates an amount of fuel injected into the first combustion cylinder based on a position of the piston in the first combustion cylinder in a case where a rotation speed of a crankshaft obtained when the restart was requested is zero. A second calculation process calculates the injection amount based on the rotation speed in a case where the rotation speed obtained when the restart was requested is higher than zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro KACHI, Takehiro KOMATSU, Masanao IDOGAWA, Takahiro UCHIDA, Machiko TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230226364
    Abstract: An automated external defibrillator (AED) includes: a battery configured to supply electric power to the AED; an indicator configured to visually provide predetermined information related to the AED and a remaining level of the battery; and an indicator controller configured to change a visual aspect of the indicator according to the remaining level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Uchida, Fumihito Iwai, Naoto Akiyama, Ryosuke Kuno, Yuji Igawa
  • Patent number: 11698018
    Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine including an upstream cleaning device and a downstream cleaning device that are provided in an exhaust gas passage and a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of exhaust gas between the upstream cleaning device and the downstream cleaning device is provided. The control device includes a first temperature estimating unit configured to estimate a temperature of the downstream cleaning device from the temperature of exhaust gas detected by the temperature sensor and a second temperature estimating unit configured to estimate a temperature of the downstream cleaning device without using the temperature of exhaust gas detected by the temperature sensor. An abnormality determining process for the upstream cleaning device is performed when at least the temperature of the downstream cleaning device estimated by the second temperature estimating unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sohichi Imai, Yuya Yoshikawa, Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Yoshifumi Matsuda, Masanao Idogawa, Takahiro Uchida, Yuki Yabushita
  • Publication number: 20220403767
    Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine including an upstream cleaning device and a downstream cleaning device that are provided in an exhaust gas passage and a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of exhaust gas between the upstream cleaning device and the downstream cleaning device is provided. The control device includes a first temperature estimating unit configured to estimate a temperature of the downstream cleaning device from the temperature of exhaust gas detected by the temperature sensor and a second temperature estimating unit configured to estimate a temperature of the downstream cleaning device without using the temperature of exhaust gas detected by the temperature sensor. An abnormality determining process for the upstream cleaning device is performed when at least the temperature of the downstream cleaning device estimated by the second temperature estimating unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Sohichi IMAI, Yuya YOSHIKAWA, Kazuhiro HASEGAWA, Yoshifumi MATSUDA, Masanao IDOGAWA, Takahiro UCHIDA, Yuki YABUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20220311894
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: set a rule for specifying a region in which a value of an item of an attribute assigned to a form shown by an image is shown in the image for each item, from a predetermined first rule, a second rule indicating an arrangement of the region for an element included in the form, which is input by a user, and a third rule indicating coordinates of the region in the image, which are input by the user; and extract the value of the item shown in the region specified by using the set rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Takahiro UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 11434837
    Abstract: During execution of a purge, a purge concentration-related value is learned based on an air-fuel ratio deviation that is a deviation of an air-fuel ratio detected by an air-fuel ratio sensor from a required air-fuel ratio. In this case, the purge concentration-related value is updated using an update amount with a smaller absolute value when the purge is a second purge of supplying evaporated fuel gas to an intake pipe through a second purge passage than when the purge is a first purge of supplying the evaporated fuel gas to the intake pipe through a first purge passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanao Idogawa, Takahiro Uchida, Masahiro Kachi, Reiko Goh, Hirokatsu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11421612
    Abstract: When first switching of switching from a first purge of supplying evaporated fuel gas to an intake pipe through a first purge passage to a second purge of supplying the evaporated fuel gas to the intake pipe through a second purge passage occurs and then second switching of switching from the second purge to the first purge occurs, a purge concentration-related value is corrected to a value closer to a first stored value that is the purge concentration-related value immediately before the first switching than to a second stored value that is the purge concentration-related value immediately before the second switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanao Idogawa, Takahiro Uchida, Masahiro Kachi, Reiko Goh, Hirokatsu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11401885
    Abstract: An engine unit includes an engine including a cylinder injection valve that sprays fuel into a combustion chamber and an ignition plug that is able to ignite fuel sprayed from the cylinder injection valve. When expansion stroke injection drive of performing final fuel injection from the cylinder injection valve in an expansion stroke and igniting the fuel using the ignition plug in synchronization with the fuel injection in the expansion stroke is performed, upper and lower limits of an ignition timing are guarded such that the ignition timing is in a predetermined range centered on a final fuel injection start timing at a final determination timing of the ignition timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masatomo Yoshihara, Taejin Yoon, Naoki Hayashima, Masanao Idogawa, Takahiro Uchida
  • Publication number: 20220219669
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor including hardware. When a vehicle equipped with a battery that supplies electric power to a traction motor acquires disaster information indicating that occurrence of a predictable disaster is predicted around a current position while the vehicle is traveling, the processor sets an area that is reachable with a current state of charge of the battery and is a safe area for the disaster, guides the vehicle to the set area, and switches to an energy saving mode in which power consumption is smaller than a normal mode when the vehicle reaches the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka SHIRAIWA, Hirotaka SAITO, Yuma MATSUMOTO, Takahiro UCHIDA, Shuji MORIYAMA