Patents by Inventor Takahiro Yano

Takahiro Yano 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: 20190060813
    Abstract: A cleaner casing is fitted to a fan casing for covering an air cooling fan for an engine. A cleaner chamber is formed between the fan casing and the cleaner casing. The cleaner chamber accommodates therein a cylindrical filter element. The filter element purifies air which will becomes an intake air for the engine. In an outer periphery of the cleaner chamber, a swirling passage is formed. An air outside the fan casing is captured into the switching passage through a suction opening. The swirling passage allows the air to be passed onto a hollow portion of the filter element after the air has been swirled around the filter element thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: Takahiro Yano
  • Publication number: 20190027039
    Abstract: A display control method includes displaying the detection state of a detector on a display device using an agent displayed on the display device. The detector detects a surrounding object. This method further includes determining the detection state of the detector on the basis of the detection result of the detector and setting the facial expression of the agent on the basis of the detection state of the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Takae, Nariaki Etori, Akira Morimoto, Takahiro Yano, Tatsuya Shino
  • Patent number: 10137828
    Abstract: The vehicular notification device comprises luminescent devices provided on the roof of a vehicle and a notification control device configured to control the luminescent devices to emit light when a person existing around the vehicle is detected. The luminescent devices are provided so as to extend in the vehicle's front-back direction on both sides in the vehicle's width direction of the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Takae, Nariaki Etori, Akira Morimoto, Takahiro Yano, Tatsuya Shino
  • Publication number: 20180319328
    Abstract: The vehicular notification device comprises luminescent devices provided on the roof of a vehicle and a notification control device configured to control the luminescent devices to emit light when a person existing around the vehicle is detected. The luminescent devices are provided so as to extend in the vehicle's front-back direction on both sides in the vehicle's width direction of the roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Takae, Nariaki Etori, Akira Morimoto, Takahiro Yano, Tatsuya Shino
  • Patent number: 9963144
    Abstract: A travel control device acquires subject vehicle information including the position of a subject vehicle, acquires lane marker information including positions of lane markers, sets control areas with reference to the lane markers, and controls a travel position of the subject vehicle so that the subject vehicle travels between a pair of control areas set at right and left of the subject vehicle. The lane markers include a change-point lane marker and includes a course change point. When the pair of control areas set with reference to the change-point lane marker comprises one of the pair at a course change side of the subject vehicle and the other of the pair, the ratio of a width of the other to a width of the one is set larger than the ratio of the widths of control areas set with reference to a lane marker other than the change-point lane marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahide Nakamura, Tsuneyuki Watanabe, Teruhisa Takano, Takahiro Yano, Yukinori Nishida
  • Patent number: 9787905
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus receives an image signal and generates a display image having an image range associated with a display area of a display unit from an image based on the image signal. The image processing apparatus includes a position-of-interest-calculating-unit, a frame-out-accuracy-calculation-unit, an alteration-variable-decision-unit and an image-alteration-unit. The position-of-interest-calculating-unit calculates a position of interest as a position of an object of interest in the image. The frame-out-accuracy-calculation-unit calculates a frame-out accuracy representing an accuracy that the position of interest deviates from the image range based on the position of interest and the image range. The alteration-variable-decision-unit decides a processing variable of alteration processing performed with respect to the image in conformity with the frame-out accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Watanabe, Naoyuki Miyashita, Hideaki Furukawa, Hiroshi Matsuzaki, Takahiro Yano
  • Publication number: 20170274898
    Abstract: A travel control device acquires subject vehicle information including the position of a subject vehicle, acquires lane marker information including positions of lane markers, sets control areas with reference to the lane markers, and controls a travel position of the subject vehicle so that the subject vehicle travels between a pair of control areas set at right and left of the subject vehicle. The lane markers include a change-point lane marker and includes a course change point When the pair of control areas set with reference to the change-point lane marker comprises one of the pair at a course change side of the subject vehicle and the other of the pair, the ratio of a width of the other to a width of the one is set larger than the ratio of the widths of control areas set with reference to a lane marker other than the change-point lane marker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Masahide Nakamura, Tsuneyuki Watanabe, Teruhisa Takano, Takahiro Yano, Yukinori Nishida
  • Patent number: 9540336
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method of treating or preventing a disease or disorder such as a mycobacterial infection, a Gram-positive bacterium infection, a yeast infection, an inflammatory condition, an auto-immune disorder and/or a proliferative disorder in a subject in need thereof. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of the invention, which includes clofazimine derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Harvey Rubin, Takahiro Yano, Sacha Kassovska-Bratinova, Norman Schechter, Jiah Shin Teh, Jeffrey Winkler
  • Patent number: 9332183
    Abstract: An imaging device that captures an image using an imaging section includes a control section that controls a signal modulation process that decreases or increases a signal level of an image signal acquired by the imaging section during an exposure period from a start of exposure to an end of exposure when the imaging section captures an image, and a blur correction section that performs a blur correction process on the image signal subjected to the signal modulation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Yano
  • Patent number: 9255623
    Abstract: An engine with an inclined cylinder, including a horizontally-disposed crankshaft, and two balancer shafts arranged in parallel to the crankshaft. A drive gear for driving the balancer shafts is provided on the crankshaft, and driven gears respectively meshed with the drive gear are provided on the balancer shafts. The two balancer shafts are divided into areas on both sides of a center line of the cylinder and into upper and lower regions relative to an axis of the crankshaft, and axes of the balancer shafts are arranged so as to be placed within a range of a diameter of the drive gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Yano, Michio Hirano
  • Publication number: 20150249790
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus receives an image signal and generates a display image having an image range associated with a display area of a display unit from an image based on the image signal. The image processing apparatus includes a position-of-interest-calculating-unit, a frame-out-accuracy-calculation-unit, an alteration-variable-decision-unit and an image-alteration-unit. The position-of-interest-calculating-unit calculates a position of interest as a position of an object of interest in the image. The frame-out-accuracy-calculation-unit calculates a frame-out accuracy representing an accuracy that the position of interest deviates from the image range based on the position of interest and the image range. The alteration-variable-decision-unit decides a processing variable of alteration processing performed with respect to the image in conformity with the frame-out accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki WATANABE, Naoyuki Miyashita, Hideaki Furukawa, Hiroshi Matsuzaki, Takahiro Yano
  • Patent number: 9092883
    Abstract: Among a plurality of CFA images obtained by shooting the same subject, one image is a standard image, and another image is a reference image, and the displacement amount calculation portion calculates the displacement amount of the reference image with respect to the standard image. A synthesis processing portion performs a synthesis processing based on the displacement amount calculated by the displacement amount calculation portion, according to the pixel values of a standard image pixel and a reference image pixel that are corresponding pixels between the standard image and the reference image, so as to generate a combination CFA image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Yano
  • Publication number: 20150010933
    Abstract: The present invention includes a luciferase-based high-throughput screening assay that identifies compounds that are inhibitors of cellular metabolism. This assay is applicable to all bacterial and eukaryotic membranes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Harvey Rubin, Takahiro Yano
  • Publication number: 20140371228
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method of treating or preventing a disease or disorder such as a mycobacterial infection, a Gram-positive bacterium infection, a yeast infection, an inflammatory condition, an auto-immune disorder and/or a proliferative disorder in a subject in need thereof. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of the invention, which includes clofazimine derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Harvey Rubin, Takahiro Yano, Sacha Kassovska-Bratinova, Norman Schechter, Jiah Shin Teh, Jeffrey Winkler
  • Patent number: 8899191
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus of an engine includes a cooling fan, a fan housing, and a shroud guiding cooling air from the fan housing to the outer circumferential surface of an engine body portion. Further, a cooling air passage passing throughout in a cylinder head from one side surface of the cylinder head to the other side surface thereof is formed in the cylinder head, and a narrowed or throttle guide portion which guides the cooling air from the interior of the fan housing to an inlet opening of the one side surface of the cooling air passage is formed in the shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Yano, Michio Hirano
  • Publication number: 20140270518
    Abstract: Among a plurality of CFA images obtained by shooting the same subject, one image is a standard image, and another image is a reference image, and the displacement amount calculation portion calculates the displacement amount of the reference image with respect to the standard image. A synthesis processing portion performs a synthesis processing based on the displacement amount calculated by the displacement amount calculation portion, according to the pixel values of a standard image pixel and a reference image pixel that are corresponding pixels between the standard image and the reference image, so as to generate a combination CFA image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro YANO
  • Patent number: 8770157
    Abstract: A cylinder cooling apparatus for an air-cooled engine is equipped with a cooling fan provided on one end section of a crankshaft; a pair of pushrod insertion holes for air intake and exhaust valves formed in a cylinder outer circumferential wall section; a fan shroud for covering the cooling fan and for covering the cylinder outer circumferential wall section in which the pushrod insertion holes are formed; a cutout ventilating section formed in the cylinder outer circumferential wall section between the pair of pushrod insertion holes; and tunnel-shaped ventilating holes formed in the cylinder outer circumferential wall section between the pushrod insertion hole disposed on the side of the cooling fan and a cylinder bore and extending from the cylinder outer circumferential wall section on the side of the cooling fan to the cutout ventilating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Yano, Michio Hirano
  • Patent number: 8720403
    Abstract: A balancer shaft of an engine includes a pair of journal portions, a first stage balance weight and a second stage balance weight. The first stage balance weight is formed between the journal portions and eccentrically arranged with respect to an axis. The second stage balance weight is formed on a center part of the first stage balance weight in the axial direction and projects outward from the first stage balance weight in a radial direction. The balancer shaft has a recess portion on the opposite side of the eccentricity direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Yano, Michio Hirano, Shinya Akase
  • Patent number: D695317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Yano, Michio Hirano, Masahiro Nonaka, Takao Sasamura, Toru Minami
  • Patent number: D709522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Yano, Michio Hirano