Patents by Inventor Takayoshi Ito

Takayoshi Ito 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: 11951920
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an operation device which can be easily installed on a vehicle door, and a vehicle door comprising the operation device. An operation device of the present invention comprises: a gripper provided on an inner surface of a door of a vehicle; an operation interface provided on an inner side surface of the gripper for receiving an operation input entered by an occupant to operate at least one in-vehicle device; a first sensor provided on an outer side surface of the gripper for detecting a finger of the occupant; a second sensor provided on at least one of the inner side surface and an upper surface of the gripper for detecting a finger of the occupant; and a controller connected to the operation interface, the first sensor, the second sensor, and the at least one in-vehicle device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Takayoshi Ito, Kazumasa Narita, Yuma Miyamoto, Akihito Kobayashi, Kodai Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11937785
    Abstract: To provide an endoscope or the like that can reuse an image sensor or the like. An endoscope includes: an imaging unit including an image sensor and an optical component that forms an image of light incident from a first end surface on the image sensor; a cable inserted into an insertion portion and having a first end connected to the imaging unit; an exterior cylinder covering a connected portion between the imaging unit and the cable; and a distal tip piece in which a housing portion having a shape fitted with a shape of the exterior cylinder is provided and which is arranged at a distal tip of the insertion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Ito, Takayoshi Morishima, Kohei Iketani
  • Patent number: 11901647
    Abstract: To optimize space efficiency in mounting a plurality of antennas compatible with different frequencies. According to the present disclosure, provided is an antenna device including a first antenna that operates at a first frequency, and a second antenna that is provided adjacent to the first antenna, operates at a second frequency lower than the first frequency, and has a ground potential connected to a grounding wire provided at the first antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Hiraoka, Yuichiro Suzuki, Takayoshi Ito, Tomihiro Omuro, Toru Ozone, Jin Sato
  • Publication number: 20240034213
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion; a seat back; a headrest including a main part configured to support the back of the head of the occupant, a left side part connected to a left edge of the main part to be rotatable about a vertical axis, a right side part connected to a right edge of the main part to be rotatable about a vertical axis, a left drive device for rotating the left side part forward relative to the main part, and a right drive device for rotating the right side part forward relative to the main part; an acceleration acquisition device; and a control device which, when a rightward acceleration is acquired by the acceleration acquisition device, makes the right drive device rotate the right side part forward until the right side part is positioned on a right side of the head of the occupant, and when a leftward acceleration is acquired by the acceleration acquisition device, makes the left drive device rotate the left side part forward until the left side part is positioned on a left side of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Masahiro SAKOTA, Takayoshi ITO, Kohei KOWATA, Jinichi TANABE
  • Publication number: 20240025429
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a driving controller that switches between autonomous driving an manual driving of a vehicle, a seat whose form is changed between a form during autonomous driving and a form during manual driving that are different from each other, and a seat controller that controls motion of the seat when a form of the seat is changed. If the seat is in a form during autonomous driving, the driving controller does not switch autonomous driving to manual driving when controlling the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi OZAWA, Takayoshi ITO
  • Patent number: 11881619
    Abstract: [Problem] To prevent radiation waves from being reflected inside a casing when a plurality of antennas compatible with different frequencies are mounted. [Solution] According to the present disclosure, provided is an antenna apparatus including a first antenna that operates at a first frequency, and a second antenna that is arranged on an outer side of a casing relative to the first antenna, that operates at a second frequency lower than the first frequency, and that includes an opening in a radiation direction of the first antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Hiraoka, Yuichiro Suzuki, Takayoshi Ito, Tomihiro Omuro, Toru Ozone, Jin Sato
  • Publication number: 20230415614
    Abstract: A seat includes a seat frame, a pad body, and a power generation device. The pad body covers the seat frame. The power generation device is arranged on an occupant-side of the pad body and generates electric power from vibrations. The seat may further include an outer covering that covers the pad body. The power generation device may be located between the pad body and the outer covering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Takayoshi ITO, Minako OYA, Akira MIYOSHI, Hiroki ITO
  • Patent number: 11834027
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a driving controller that switches between autonomous driving an manual driving of a vehicle, a seat whose form is changed between a form during autonomous driving and a form during manual driving that are different from each other, and a seat controller that controls motion of the seat when a form of the seat is changed. If the seat is in a form during autonomous driving, the driving controller does not switch autonomous driving to manual driving when controlling the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Ozawa, Takayoshi Ito
  • Patent number: 11820269
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle seat in which the posture of the head of the occupant is controlled with a simpler configuration to reduce motion sickness of the occupant, the vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion; a seat back; a headrest including a main part configured to support the back of the head of the occupant, a left side part connected to a left edge of the main part to be rotatable about a vertical axis, a right side part connected to a right edge of the main part to be rotatable about a vertical axis, a left drive device for rotating the left side part forward relative to the main part, and a right drive device for rotating the right side part forward relative to the main part; an acceleration acquisition device; and a control device which, when a rightward acceleration is acquired by the acceleration acquisition device, makes the right drive device rotate the right side part forward until the right side part is positioned on a right side of the head of the occupant, and when a leftward acceleration is acqui
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sakota, Takayoshi Ito, Kohei Kowata, Jinichi Tanabe
  • Patent number: 11807183
    Abstract: An occupant protection apparatus includes: a vehicle seat arranged in an inner space of a side wall of a vehicle; a side airbag device provided in the side wall or the vehicle seat and including a side airbag to be inflated and deployed between the side wall and the vehicle seat. The vehicle seat includes: a pressure-receiving portion to receive a load from an occupant seated on the vehicle seat; and a frame to support the pressure-receiving portion. The occupant protection apparatus further comprising an electronic control circuit configured to perform moving the pressure-receiving portion so that the occupant is pushed away from the side wall before the occupant comes into contact with the side airbag at an activation time when the side airbag device is activated by an impact acting on the side wall from an outside of the vehicle and the side airbag is inflated and deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Tatsuki Nonaka, Shoji Endo, Takayoshi Ito, Takahiro Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11794654
    Abstract: An electronic mirror system includes, a camera which can be attached to a side of an automobile and which is able to image a moving image diagonally behind the automobile; and a monitor apparatus which can be attached in the passenger compartment of the automobile and which can display the moving image imaged by the camera. The monitor apparatus includes a movable portion which can move the display which displays the moving image with relation to a wall to where the monitor apparatus is attached in the passenger compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Ozawa, Takayoshi Ito
  • Patent number: 11780353
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a first heater which heats a first region, a second heater which heats a second region different from the first region, and a controller connected to the first heater and the second heater. The controller is capable of executing PWM control under which current applied to the first heater and the second heater is regulated by setting current-application timeframes within a unit time period, wherein a first current-application timeframe that is a period within the unit time period in which current is applied to the first heater and a second current-application timeframe that is a period within the unit time period in which current is applied to the second heater, as set under the PWM control, are shifted relative to each other when current is applied to the first heater and the second heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Sato, Takayoshi Ito
  • Publication number: 20230319084
    Abstract: An on-vehicle device according to the present disclosure is capable of communicating with a server and mounted on a vehicle. The on-vehicle device includes a memory, and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: receive, from the server, a log acquisition requirement including an anomaly detected point portion that designates one or more anomaly detected points and a log acquisition target portion that indicates one or more logs to be acquired when an anomaly is detected at the one or more anomaly detected points designated by the anomaly detected point portion; store the log acquisition requirement; detect an anomaly of the vehicle; acquire, when detecting an anomaly, a log based on a part where an anomaly is detected and the log acquisition requirement; and transmit the acquired log to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichiro SEKIYA, Yuishi TORISAKI, Takayoshi ITO
  • Publication number: 20230311732
    Abstract: Provided is a headrest in which devices can be placed and which is easy to manufacture. A headrest comprises a pillar supported by a seat back on which the headrest is provided; a core supported by the pillar and having one or more receiving recesses recessed inward from an outer surface of the core; one or more devices, each device received in a corresponding receiving recess; and a skin material covering the core and the devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jinichi TANABE, Takayoshi ITO, Kazumasa NARITA, Kazuhiro OSHIMA, Nobuyuki TEZUKA, Yasuo INOSE, Atsushi YAMABE, Takashi TAKAHARA, Akihiro MATSUMOTO, Akihito KOBAYASHI, Akira KODAMA, Takako MIYOSHI, Akira MIYOSHI, Yoshitomo SATO
  • Patent number: 11769943
    Abstract: To implement an antenna device capable of further reducing an influence of proximity to a metal and feeding power to an antenna element in a more suitable manner. An antenna device includes: a substantially-flat-plate-shaped dielectric substrate; a metal base plate arranged on a first surface of the dielectric substrate; substantially-flat-plate-shaped first and second antenna elements arranged on a second surface of the dielectric substrate that is opposite to the first surface and on an opposite side of the dielectric substrate from the metal base plate so that a slit is formed; a first feeding pin that feeds power to the first antenna element; and a second feeding pin that feeds power to the second antenna element, in which a phase difference between feeding signals supplied to the first and second feeding pins, respectively, is approximately 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takayoshi Ito
  • Publication number: 20230291403
    Abstract: Provided is an interior article for a conveyance including a touch switch suppressing an unintended misoperation by an occupant. An interior article for a conveyance of the present invention includes a touch switch operating an electrical component provided in a conveyance and a recess portion formed in an interior side surface of the conveyance. The touch switch has a sensor detecting an occupant’s finger. The recess portion has an opening portion,a bottom portion, a standing wall portion formed around the bottom portion, and a curved surface formed to be curved so as to protrude toward the opening portion side in the bottom portion. The sensor is disposed on the curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Takayoshi ITO, Kazumasa NARITA, Akihiro MATSUMOTO, Takashi TAKAHARA, Yuji NISHIMAKI
  • Patent number: 11750491
    Abstract: A server as an information processing device includes: a communicator that communicates with mobile a body; a monitoring data storage that stores past monitoring data of the mobile body received by the communicator; and an alive monitor that determines whether a current state of the mobile body is anomalous, based on the past monitoring data stored in the monitoring data storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Ito, Yuishi Torisaki, Takamitsu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230247037
    Abstract: A log management module includes: an anomaly detection information receiver that receives anomaly detection information; a detection history information storage that stores detection history information; an attack route information storage that stores attack route information indicating a candidate for an attack route in the CAN bus; an attack route estimator that estimates an attack route including the specific device, based on the attack route information; and a collection target determiner that, upon receipt of the anomaly detection information by the anomaly detection information receiver, determines, as collection targets whose log information for analysis which is for analyzing presence or absence of an undetected anomaly in the CAN bus is to be collected, one or more candidate devices which have been narrowed down from the devices, are present on the attack route estimated by the attack route estimator, and have no history of anomaly detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuishi TORISAKI, Takayoshi ITO, Kaoru YOKOTA, Akihito TAKEUCHI, Toshihisa NAKANO
  • Patent number: 11615183
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a storage that stores determination criterion information indicating a determination criterion for determining whether or not a behavior of an application operating on a device provided to a vehicle is normal; and a detector that obtains behavior information indicating the behavior of the application, and detects an anomaly in the behavior of the application, based on (i) state information that indicates a state of the mobility and is obtained via the mobility network and (ii) the behavior information obtained and the determination criterion information stored in the storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Ito, Kento Tamura, Yoshiharu Imamoto, Junichi Tsurumi, Hiroyuki Wada
  • Patent number: 11607142
    Abstract: Disclosed is a biosensor arrangement structure, including: a plurality of biosensors that is disposed in a seat for supporting an occupant and that measures a health condition of the occupant. The seat includes: a seat body for holding the occupant; and an auxiliary supporter for supporting a body part of the occupant except for a torso and thighs. At least one of the plurality of biosensors is disposed at the auxiliary supporter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Ozawa, Takayoshi Ito, Kazuyuki Takasawa, Akira Miyoshi, Munetaka Kowa