Patents by Inventor Takashi KAINO
Takashi KAINO 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).
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Patent number: 11959326Abstract: A vehicle operation detection device includes processing circuitry configured to output a command causing an opening-closing body of a vehicle to open and close in reference to capacitances of sensor electrodes arranged so as to form a row. The processing circuitry is configured to determine that a first operation has been performed when one of the sensor electrodes of which the capacitance increases is sequentially shifted in a first direction from an operation start electrode and determine that a second operation has been performed when the shifting is performed in a second direction. The sensor electrodes include an adjacent electrode adjacent to the operation start electrode. The processing circuitry is configured to determine that the capacitance of the adjacent electrode has increased when the capacitance becomes greater than or equal to a second determination value that is greater than a first determination value.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Kenta Enya, Takashi Kaino, Shiho Nakayama, Ryo Asami, Toshihiro Kaneda, Kenichiro Kagawa
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Publication number: 20230265706Abstract: A vehicle opening and closing body control device includes a drive control unit that opens and closes an opening and closing body of a vehicle using a motor as a drive source, wherein the opening and closing body performs the opening and closing operation based on an operation of a link mechanism formed by first and second link arms having a first rotation connection point with respect to a vehicle body and a second rotation connection point with respect to the opening and closing body, wherein an opening and closing body engagement portion is provided at a closed-side end of the opening and closing body, and an engagement failure detector that detects a failure in engagement of the opening and closing body engagement portion with the vehicle body engagement portion based on a change in a motor current value in the specific operation section at a time of full-closing control of the opening and closing body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2022Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Kenta ENYA, Takashi KAINO, Kohei KOJIMA
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Publication number: 20220106826Abstract: A vehicle operation detection device includes processing circuitry configured to output a command causing an opening-closing body of a vehicle to open and close in reference to capacitances of sensor electrodes arranged so as to form a row. The processing circuitry is configured to determine that a first operation has been performed when one of the sensor electrodes of which the capacitance increases is sequentially shifted in a first direction from an operation start electrode and determine that a second operation has been performed when the shifting is performed in a second direction. The sensor electrodes include an adjacent electrode adjacent to the operation start electrode. The processing circuitry is configured to determine that the capacitance of the adjacent electrode has increased when the capacitance becomes greater than or equal to a second determination value that is greater than a first determination value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenta ENYA, Takashi KAINO, Shiho NAKAYAMA, Ryo ASAMI, Toshihiro KANEDA, Kenichiro KAGAWA
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Patent number: 11255117Abstract: A control apparatus controlling an opening and closing member for a vehicle includes a drive control unit operating an opening and closing member of the vehicle by a motor serving as a drive source, and a catch detection unit detecting a catch of a foreign object caught by the opening and closing member in response to a current value of the motor. The drive control unit includes a motor control signal output unit outputting a motor control signal for supplying a drive power to the motor, and an advance-angle value setting unit setting an advance-angle value for advancing a phase of the motor control signal. The advance-angle value setting unit includes an advance-angle value increase prohibition unit prohibiting increase setting of the advance-angle value in a case where the current value of the motor reaches an advance-angle value increase prohibition current value.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyuki Takenaka, Kohei Kobayashi, Takashi Kaino
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Publication number: 20200291705Abstract: A control apparatus controlling an opening and closing member for a vehicle includes a drive control unit operating an opening and closing member of the vehicle by a motor serving as a drive source, and a catch detection unit detecting a catch of a foreign object caught by the opening and closing member in response to a current value of the motor. The drive control unit includes a motor control signal output unit outputting a motor control signal for supplying a drive power to the motor, and an advance-angle value setting unit setting an advance-angle value for advancing a phase of the motor control signal. The advance-angle value setting unit includes an advance-angle value increase prohibition unit prohibiting increase setting of the advance-angle value in a case where the current value of the motor reaches an advance-angle value increase prohibition current value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyuki Takenaka, Kohei Kobayashi, Takashi Kaino
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Patent number: 10689888Abstract: An opening and closing body control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a lock device that has a latch mechanism; and a control device that controls an operation of the lock device. The lock device has a rotation member rotating in first and second directions, and the latch mechanism performs close and release operations according to a rotating direction of the rotation member. The control device executes a close control for rotating the rotation member from a neutral position to a first position in the first direction to cause the latch mechanism to perform the close operation. The control device includes a neutral return control portion. The neutral return control portion includes a counter, a neutral return determination portion, and a count holding portion. In a case where the neutral return control is restarted, the count-up of the counter is restarted from the count value at the time of interruption.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takashi Kaino
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Patent number: 10472866Abstract: An opening and closing body control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a lock device that has a latch mechanism; and a control device that controls an operation of the lock device. The lock device has a rotation member rotating in first and second directions, and the latch mechanism performs close and release operations according to a rotating direction of the rotation member. The control device executes a close control for rotating the rotation member from a neutral position to a first position in the first direction in order to cause the latch mechanism to perform the close operation. The control device includes a neutral control portion, a vehicle state detection portion, and a restart control portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takashi Kaino
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Patent number: 10253548Abstract: An opening and closing body control device for a vehicle includes a drive control portion operating a drive control of an opening and closing body by controlling an operation of a drive device, a window portion open state determination portion determining whether a window portion being provided at the opening and closing body is open, and a moved position determination portion determining whether a moved position of the opening and closing body is within a preset specific opening movement range. The drive control portion performs a movement speed reduction control reducing a movement speed of the opening and closing body so as not to exceed a predetermined speed in a case where the moved position of the opening and closing body is within the specific opening movement range.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takashi Kaino
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Patent number: 10227812Abstract: An opening and closing body control device for a vehicle includes a drive control portion operating a drive control of an opening and closing body by controlling an operation of a drive device, an information communication portion acquiring control information being used for the drive control by a network communication, and a communication state determination portion determining whether the network communication is established. The drive control portion operates a retention control of the opening and closing body in order to retain the opening and closing body at a moved position in a case where the network communication is not established.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Kaino, Hirotoshi Nakamura, Yasuhiro Awata
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Patent number: 10226989Abstract: A vehicle opening-closing body control apparatus includes: a driving device driving an opening-closing body; a lock device retaining the opening-closing body in fully open and fully closed positions by including a latch mechanism, which performs an engagement action depending on a movement position of the opening-closing body; and a control device controlling the actions of the driving and lock devices, wherein the control device includes a position determination unit determining whether the movement position is in an engagement action position of the latch mechanism in a case in which driving control of the opening-closing body is stopped, and it becomes possible for the driving control to be restarted thereafter, and an engagement release control unit causing the latch mechanism to perform a release action by controlling the action of the lock device in a case in which it is determined that the movement position is in the engagement action position.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Kaino, Hirotoshi Nakamura, Yasuhiro Awata
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Publication number: 20180087297Abstract: An opening and closing body control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a lock device that has a latch mechanism; and a control device that controls an operation of the lock device. The lock device has a rotation member rotating in first and second directions, and the latch mechanism performs close and release operations according to a rotating direction of the rotation member. The control device executes a close control for rotating the rotation member from a neutral position to a first position in the first direction in order to cause the latch mechanism to perform the close operation. The control device includes a neutral control portion, a vehicle state detection portion, and a restart control portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takashi KAINO
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Publication number: 20180087296Abstract: An opening and closing body control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a lock device that has a latch mechanism; and a control device that controls an operation of the lock device. The lock device has a rotation member rotating in first and second directions, and the latch mechanism performs close and release operations according to a rotating direction of the rotation member. The control device executes a close control for rotating the rotation member from a neutral position to a first position in the first direction to cause the latch mechanism to perform the close operation. The control device includes a neutral return control portion. The neutral return control portion includes a counter, a neutral return determination portion, and a count holding portion. In a case where the neutral return control is restarted, the count-up of the counter is restarted from the count value at the time of interruption.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takashi KAINO
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Publication number: 20170182913Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle seat includes: detecting a partial opening operation that a slide door which is provided in a side surface of a vehicle operates from a fully closed position to a position in the middle of reaching a fully opened position of the slide door; and controlling an operation of the seat which is provided in a vehicle interior in order to form a luggage disposition portion on a position on which luggage is loadable through door opening of a side surface of the vehicle which is formed by the partial opening operation, in a case where the slide door performs the partial opening operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norikazu URATSUJI, Miho YARIMIZU, Takashi KAINO
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Publication number: 20170167179Abstract: A method of controlling a slide door includes: detecting that a slide door of a vehicle is in an open state; detecting that an occupant sits at a seat in the vicinity of a door opening portion of the vehicle provided with the slide door; and moving the slide door such that a door handle provided in the slide door on a passenger compartment side of the vehicle is disposed at an operational standby position which is set to be located forward of a rear end position of a sitting surface of the seat in the vicinity of the door opening portion, if the slide door is in an open state, and the occupant sits at the seat in the vicinity of the door opening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: June 15, 2017Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norikazu URATSUJI, Miho Yarimizu, Takashi Kaino
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Publication number: 20170081899Abstract: An opening and closing body control device for a vehicle includes a drive control portion operating a drive control of an opening and closing body by controlling an operation of a drive device, a window portion open state determination portion determining whether a window portion being provided at the opening and closing body is open, and a moved position determination portion determining whether a moved position of the opening and closing body is within a preset specific opening movement range. The drive control portion performs a movement speed reduction control reducing a movement speed of the opening and closing body so as not to exceed a predetermined speed in a case where the moved position of the opening and closing body is within the specific opening movement range.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takashi KAINO
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Publication number: 20170081897Abstract: An opening and closing body control device for a vehicle includes a drive control portion operating a drive control of an opening and closing body by controlling an operation of a drive device, an information communication portion acquiring control information being used for the drive control by a network communication, and a communication state determination portion determining whether the network communication is established. The drive control portion operates a retention control of the opening and closing body in order to retain the opening and closing body at a moved position in a case where the network communication is not established.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi KAINO, Hirotoshi NAKAMURA, Yasuhiro AWATA
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Publication number: 20170022746Abstract: A vehicle opening-closing body control apparatus includes: a driving device driving an opening-closing body; a lock device retaining the opening-closing body in fully open and fully closed positions by including a latch mechanism, which performs an engagement action depending on a movement position of the opening-closing body; and a control device controlling the actions of the driving and lock devices, wherein the control device includes a position determination unit determining whether the movement position is in an engagement action position of the latch mechanism in a case in which driving control of the opening-closing body is stopped, and it becomes possible for the driving control to be restarted thereafter, and an engagement release control unit causing the latch mechanism to perform a release action by controlling the action of the lock device in a case in which it is determined that the movement position is in the engagement action position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi KAINO, Hirotoshi Nakamura, Yasuhiro Awata