Patents by Inventor Takao Kondo

Takao Kondo 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: 20230206960
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a control circuit configured to suppress a current variation by turning on or off a constant current source when transitioning to a standby mode. The control circuit has a function of predicting a current variation value from register information and information of current profile. The control circuit has a function of optimizing single control amount of the current source and the number of times of control of the current source based on the predicted current variation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Muneaki TADOKORO, Takao KONDO
  • Patent number: 11550314
    Abstract: An operation plan creation device includes: an operation information creation unit configured to receive an input of a simple setting including information with which an operation period of a device is identifiable and to create operation information including an inspection period and a replacement scheduled component in the operation period of the device; a component information acquisition unit configured to acquire component information including lifespan information and stock quantity information about each of the components, based on use history information about each of the plurality of components; a dummy information creation unit configured to create, when the acquired component information includes missing information, dummy information to be used instead of the missing information; and a plan creation unit configured to create the operation plan for the components related to the device based on the operation information and the component information or the dummy information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Kawamura, Shun Kawachi, Takao Kondo
  • Patent number: 11393600
    Abstract: Provided is a control rod motion monitoring method and a control rod motion monitoring system, in which a control rod insertion in an entire core is monitored at all time during operation of a reactor and, when an abnormality occurs, a signal is issued to a countermeasure device that automatically starts operation and an alarm is issued to prompt operation of an operator. An LPRM detector in an LPRM assembly of the entire core is divided into four channels for each height; indicated values are averaged at all time; the average indicated value is compared with a set point; and a signal is issued to a countermeasure device when an abnormality occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI-GE NUCLEAR ENERGY, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Takeo, Akira Konoma, Akiyuki Tsuchiya, Koji Matsumoto, Takao Kondo, Yuji Honma
  • Publication number: 20220100188
    Abstract: An operation plan creation device includes: an operation information creation unit configured to receive an input of a simple setting including information with which an operation period of a device is identifiable, information with which an inspection interval is identifiable, and an inspection pattern with which a component to be replaced in an inspection is defined in advance and to create operation information including an inspection period and a replacement scheduled component in the operation period of the device; a component information acquisition unit configured to acquire component information including lifespan information and stock quantity information about each of the components, based on use history information about each of the plurality of components; a dummy information creation unit configured to create, when the acquired component information includes missing information, dummy information to be used instead of the missing information; and a plan creation unit configured to create the oper
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Naoya KAWAMURA, Shun KAWACHI, Takao KONDO
  • Publication number: 20200259768
    Abstract: A predetermined user is supported behind the scenes with a variety of functions in order to promote messaging in a talk room in an instant messaging application. A method for messaging through a talk room is provided. This method includes the steps, executed by a virtual user implemented by a computer for assisting a first user, of dynamically generating a first message intended for the first user or a second user based on a history of messaging in the talk room and health information on the second user; providing the first message to the talk room in association with the first user; updating the history in response to the provision of the first message; and generating a first screen to be presented to the first user and a second screen to be presented to the second user, the first and second screens being associated with the talk room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: FiNC Technologies inc.
    Inventors: Yuji MIZOGUCHI, Takao KONDO
  • Patent number: 10556562
    Abstract: An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes a seat, a three-point seatbelt device, and a belt airbag device. An occupant to board the vehicle is to sit on the seat. The three-point seatbelt device includes a seatbelt extendable across a front of an upper body of the occupant sitting on the seat. The belt airbag device includes a belt airbag that is provided at a shoulder belt section, which is extendable from a shoulder to a waist of the occupant, of the seatbelt, and that is configured to be deployed when a collision occurs. The belt airbag includes a belt-direction deployment section extendable and deployable along the shoulder belt section, and an intersecting-direction deployment section extendable and deployable in a direction intersecting the shoulder belt section. The sections are configured to form a single bag by being coupled to each other below a head of the occupant sitting on the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Kondo, Isamu Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 10501040
    Abstract: An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes: a three-point seatbelt device having a seatbelt extendable across a front of an upper body of an occupant sitting on a seat; and a belt airbag device including a belt airbag that is provided at a shoulder belt section, which is extendable from a shoulder to a waist of the occupant, of the seatbelt the belt airbag being configured to be deployed when a collision occurs. The belt airbag includes a belt-direction deployment section extendable and deployable along the shoulder belt section, and an intersecting-direction deployment section extendable and deployable in a direction intersecting the shoulder belt section. The belt-direction deployment section and the intersecting-direction deployment section are configured to form a single bag by being coupled to each other below a head of the occupant sitting on the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Kondo, Isamu Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20190355486
    Abstract: Provided is a control rod motion monitoring method and a control rod motion monitoring system, in which a control rod insertion in an entire core is monitored at all time during operation of a reactor and, when an abnormality occurs, a signal is issued to a countermeasure device that automatically starts operation and an alarm is issued to prompt operation of an operator. An LPRM detector in an LPRM assembly of the entire core is divided into four channels for each height; indicated values are averaged at all time; the average indicated value is compared with a set point; and a signal is issued to a countermeasure device when an abnormality occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi TAKEO, Akira KONOMA, Akiyuki TSUCHIYA, Koji MATSUMOTO, Takao KONDO, Yuji HONMA
  • Patent number: 10391964
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant protection apparatus includes a seat for an occupant of a vehicle and an airbag device. The airbag device includes a front airbag configured to deploy in front of an upper body of the occupant in the seat. The front airbag is capable of deploying so as to receive the upper body that has been displaced forward from a seating position on the seat. The front airbag includes a pair of shoulder-receiving projections capable of receiving both shoulders of the upper body that has been displaced forward from the seating position by projecting rearward at both sides of the front airbag in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle in a deployed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isamu Nagasawa, Takao Kondo
  • Patent number: 10309618
    Abstract: An illuminating device includes: first lenses individually corresponding to LEDs; a light control member including light transmission channels individually corresponding to the first lenses and a light blocker surrounding the light transmission channels; and second lenses individually corresponding to the light transmission channels. Each first lens includes a light concentrator for producing concentrated light by concentrating light emitted from a corresponding LED, and a reflector surrounding the light concentrator to produce reflected light by reflecting light emitted from the corresponding LED in a direction across the concentrated light. Each first lens outputs illumination light including the concentrated light and the reflected light produced from the corresponding light emitting diode. Each light transmission channel transmits the illumination light output from a corresponding first lens. The light blocker prevents transmission of the illumination light emitted from each first lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Enno, Hiroyuki Yoshioka, Katsunori Kawabata, Takao Kondo, Kazuhiro Daijo, Koji Uenoyama, Yoshihiro Muragaki
  • Publication number: 20190135217
    Abstract: An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes: a three-point seatbelt device having a seatbelt extendable across a front of an upper body of an occupant sitting on a seat; and a belt airbag device including a belt airbag that is provided at a shoulder belt section, which is extendable from a shoulder to a waist of the occupant, of the seatbelt the belt airbag being configured to be deployed when a collision occurs. The belt airbag includes a belt-direction deployment section extendable and deployable along the shoulder belt section, and an intersecting-direction deployment section extendable and deployable in a direction intersecting the shoulder belt section. The belt-direction deployment section and the intersecting-direction deployment section are configured to form a single bag by being coupled to each other below a head of the occupant sitting on the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Takao Kondo, lsamu Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 10118586
    Abstract: Provided is a cyclist protection apparatus for a vehicle that includes a front section that protrudes forward from a boarding section. The cyclist protection apparatus includes a cyclist airbag device that includes airbags, and is configured to be disposed in a front-end area of the front section. The cyclist airbag device is configured to deploy the airbags adjacently in a front-rear direction on an upper surface of the front section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isamu Nagasawa, Takao Kondo
  • Publication number: 20180093665
    Abstract: A collision-input reduction apparatus for a vehicle includes a detector configured to detect an approaching object that approaches the vehicle, and a controller configured to control behavior of the vehicle. In response to prediction, based on detection by the detector, of a collision of the approaching object with a side of the vehicle in a direction passing through a center of gravity of the vehicle while traveling, the controller changes the behavior of the vehicle before collision with the approaching object so as to move the center of gravity of the vehicle off an input direction of impact caused by the collision with the approaching object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Takao KONDO, Isamu NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20180093632
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant protection apparatus includes a seat for an occupant of a vehicle and an airbag device. The airbag device includes a front airbag configured to deploy in front of an upper body of the occupant in the seat. The front airbag is capable of deploying so as to receive the upper body that has been displaced forward from a seating position on the seat. The front airbag includes a pair of shoulder-receiving projections capable of receiving both shoulders of the upper body that has been displaced forward from the seating position by projecting rearward at both sides of the front airbag in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle in a deployed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Isamu Nagasawa, Takao Kondo
  • Publication number: 20170282846
    Abstract: Provided is a cyclist protection apparatus for a vehicle that includes a front section that protrudes forward from a boarding section. The cyclist protection apparatus includes a cyclist airbag device that includes airbags, and is configured to be disposed in a front-end area of the front section. The cyclist airbag device is configured to deploy the airbags adjacently in a front-rear direction on an upper surface of the front section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Isamu NAGASAWA, Takao KONDO
  • Publication number: 20170282832
    Abstract: An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes a seat, a three-point seatbelt device, and a belt airbag device. An occupant to board the vehicle is to sit on the seat. The three-point seatbelt device includes a seatbelt extendable across a front of an upper body of the occupant sitting on the seat. The belt airbag device includes a belt airbag that is provided at a shoulder belt section, which is extendable from a shoulder to a waist of the occupant, of the seatbelt, and that is configured to be deployed when a collision occurs. The belt airbag includes a belt-direction deployment section extendable and deployable along the shoulder belt section, and an intersecting-direction deployment section extendable and deployable in a direction intersecting the shoulder belt section. The sections are configured to form a single bag by being coupled to each other below a head of the occupant sitting on the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Takao Kondo, Isamu Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20170282845
    Abstract: A cyclist protection apparatus for a vehicle includes including a front section that protrudes forward from a boarding section and includes an upper surface formed by a hood. The cyclist protection apparatus includes a hood latch and a cyclist airbag device. The hood latch is capable of releasing a closed state of the hood such that a front of the hood is openable. The cyclist airbag device is configured to be disposed in the front section below the hood and deploy a cyclist airbag. The cyclist airbag device is configured to deploy the cyclist airbag forward from below the hood in either one of a state where the front of the hood is open and a state where the front of the hood is openable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Isamu NAGASAWA, Takao KONDO
  • Publication number: 20170219186
    Abstract: An illuminating device includes: first lenses individually corresponding to LEDs; a light control member including light transmission channels individually corresponding to the first lenses and a light blocker surrounding the light transmission channels; and second lenses individually corresponding to the light transmission channels. Each first lens includes a light concentrator for producing concentrated light by concentrating light emitted from a corresponding LED, and a reflector surrounding the light concentrator to produce reflected light by reflecting light emitted from the corresponding LED in a direction across the concentrated light. Each first lens outputs illumination light including the concentrated light and the reflected light produced from the corresponding light emitting diode. Each light transmission channel transmits the illumination light output from a corresponding first lens. The light blocker prevents transmission of the illumination light emitted from each first lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimichi ENNO, Hiroyuki YOSHIOKA, Katsunori KAWABATA, Takao KONDO, Kazuhiro DAIJO, Koji UENOYAMA, Yoshihiro MURAGAKI
  • Patent number: 9393931
    Abstract: An occupant protection apparatus for a vehicle includes a door sensor that detects a defamation of a side door in a side collision and an occupant position detection sensor that detects a lumbar position of the occupant. A pretensioner is activated when it is determined from detection by the door sensor and the occupant position detection sensor that an intruding-object collision rear-end position in the side door is located in front of the lumbar position, and the pretensioner is prohibited from activation when it is determined that the intruding-object collision rear-end position is not located in front of the lumbar position. When there is a possibility that a clearance between the lumbar of the occupant and the deformed side door is insufficient, the pretensioner is prohibited from activation to allow the occupant to move at the early stage of a collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keita Onishi, Tadashi Tsuneyoshi, Takao Kondo, Shinya Motomura, Junichi Orai
  • Publication number: 20160090063
    Abstract: An occupant protection apparatus for a vehicle includes a door sensor that detects a defamation of a side door in a side collision and an occupant position detection sensor that detects a lumbar position of the occupant. A pretensioner is activated when it is determined from detection by the door sensor and the occupant position detection sensor that an intruding-object collision rear-end position in the side door is located in front of the lumbar position, and the pretensioner is prohibited from activation when it is determined that the intruding-object collision rear-end position is not located in front of the lumbar position. When there is a possibility that a clearance between the lumbar of the occupant and the deformed side door is insufficient, the pretensioner is prohibited from activation to allow the occupant to move at the early stage of a collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Keita Onishi, Tadashi Tsuneyoshi, Takao Kondo, Shinya Motomura, Junichi Orai