Patents by Inventor Takeshi Chiba
Takeshi Chiba 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: 9449517Abstract: There is provided a driving support device includes a communication unit configured to perform communication with another vehicle; a storage unit configured to store reference information including information regarding positional relationship of the another vehicle with respect to an own-vehicle, information regarding a direction of relative displacement of the another vehicle with respect to the own-vehicle, and a control threshold value, each associated with one another; and a control unit configured to perform predetermined safety control based on whether or not information derived from running information on the another vehicle received by the communication unit and running information on the own-vehicle correspond to the reference information stored by the storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Chiba, Toru Saito
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Publication number: 20160212610Abstract: A common driver assistance apparatus is provided that is capable of processing communications contents of various inter-car communications and road-car communications in various regions. The driver assistance apparatus receives data of a first regional scheme or of a second regional scheme, determines if an application to be executed fits the scheme of the received data, and transform the data if the determination is negative so that the application fits. The first regional scheme may be American scheme and the second regional scheme may be European scheme.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Takeshi Chiba, Masashi Satomura
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Publication number: 20160185348Abstract: After determination of from which side, right or left, a second vehicle is approaching, a position of a collision point is determined, a position of a stop point is set from the determined collision point, and a warning is given at a position and timing of a warning point which is set to allow a first vehicle to stop before the set stop point.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Miura, Takeshi Chiba, Masashi Manita, Yuki Sakai, Minoru Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20150336508Abstract: There is provided a driving support device including: a control unit configured to perform predetermined safety control according to approach of another vehicle to a own-vehicle, the another vehicle being in an area which is defined based on a reference azimuth as viewed from the own-vehicle on which the driving support device is mounted, the reference azimuth being centered on the area; and a determination unit configured to determine the reference azimuth to be one of a first azimuth and a second azimuth based on information regarding turn of the own-vehicle, the first azimuth being defined along a direction of a central axis of the own-vehicle, the second azimuth being different from the first azimuth.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2014Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Chiba, Toru Saito, Kazuyuki Maruyama
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Publication number: 20150321234Abstract: Provided are a cooling method and a cooling apparatus that, in the cooling of a hot-rolled steel strip, regulates the amount of cooling water in a two-stage manner for each set of headers in the width direction and changes the rate at which the steel strip is cooled, in a multistage manner by a simple method, and that is effective particularly in cooling the lower surface of the steel strip, where space is narrow. The spray nozzles 5 are arranged in a row in the width direction of the steel strip at a predetermined pitch. Two systems of cooling headers 6 are arranged for one set so that spray nozzles 5 adjacent in the width direction can be supplied with cooling water from different pipe systems, and a spray valve 7 is attached to each cooling header 7 so that spraying/stop of spraying of cooling water can be individually performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: JET STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Ueoka, Takeshi Chiba, Kazuya Ibuki, Yoshitsugu Iijima
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Publication number: 20150100178Abstract: There is provided a driving support device includes a communication unit configured to perform communication with another vehicle; a storage unit configured to store reference information including information regarding positional relationship of the another vehicle with respect to an own-vehicle, information regarding a direction of relative displacement of the another vehicle with respect to the own-vehicle, and a control threshold value, each associated with one another; and a control unit configured to perform predetermined safety control based on whether or not information derived from running information on the another vehicle received by the communication unit and running information on the own-vehicle correspond to the reference information stored by the storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Chiba, Toru Saito
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Publication number: 20140244589Abstract: A server includes: a first data storage device that stores therein data for use in service provided by the server; a backup data storage device that stores therein backup data for data stored in a second data storage device of another server; a service provision unit that provides the service by using the data stored in the first data storage device and by using the backup data stored in the backup data storage device; an update information creation unit that creates update information representing a content of the updating of the first data storage device; an update information transmission unit that transmits the created update information to the another server; and an update information reception unit that receives update information which is transmitted from the another server, and reflects the content of updating of the second data storage device on the backup data stored in the backup data storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: KENICHI EGAMI, TAKESHI CHIBA
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Patent number: 8205313Abstract: There is provided a structure of a vibration insulating member for firmly fixing the member between a fuel tank mounted on a vehicle body by means of a tank band and the vehicle body. The vibration insulating member includes an engaging protrusion that is fixed to a fixing hole that is made through the vehicle body in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the tank band is fastened.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2008Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshikazu Kaneyasu, Taiki Yanase, Nobuyuki Kosaka, Takeshi Chiba
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Patent number: 8126271Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring portion, a deciding portion, a controlling portion, a determining portion, and a transmitting portion. The acquiring portion acquires attribute information of an object. The deciding portion decides identification information of a user accessible to the object, based on a database associated with attribute information of each object and identification information of a user accessible to each object, and the acquired attribute information. The controlling portion decides a capture area including the object, and causes a projecting device to project a capture area. The determining portion determines whether a user of a remote terminal is accessible to the object based on identification information from the remote terminal and the decided identification information. The transmitting portion transmits a captured image of the decided capture area to the remote terminal when the user of the remote terminal is accessible to the object.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Shingu, Tetsuo Iyoda, Hiroyuki Miyake, Kentaro Takano, Kei Tanaka, Takeshi Chiba
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Publication number: 20110076558Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell that has high voltage, high capacity and excellent high-temperature cycle characteristics at a low cost. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell according to the present invention is characterized by that: the positive electrode active material is LiNiaCobMncO2 (wherein, a+b+c=1, 0.3?a?0.6, 0.3?b?0.6, 0.1?c?0.4) containing 0.4 mass % or less of a water-soluble alkali; the non-aqueous electrolyte contains LiPF6 as a main electrolyte salt and 0.01 mass % or more and 0.5 mass % or less of LiBF4; and the non-aqueous electrolyte further contains 1.5 to 5 mass % of vinylene carbonate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Miyazaki, Takeshi Chiba, Kenta Ishida
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Publication number: 20110017958Abstract: A method for producing a transparent electroconductive material, the method comprising a step of contacting poly(N-alkylcarbazole) with a metal, said poly(N-alkylcarbazole) is obtained by polymerizing at least one kind of N-alkylcarbazole represented by the following general formula, wherein n represents an integer of 1 or more, and at least one hydrogen in the alkyl may be replaced by at least one group selected from hydroxyl, carboxyl, sulfo and amino.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITY, CHISSO CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuyoshi HOSHINO, Yoshiyasu TANAKA, Keisuke KUSANO, Takeshi CHIBA, Takenori IZUMIZAWA, Minako KUBO
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Patent number: 7799869Abstract: The present invention provides an acrylic block copolymer composition improving melt flowability at molding and being excellent in heat resistance in addition to maintain weather resistance, chemical resistance, adhesivity, flexibility and abrasion resistance which are the characteristics of the acrylic block copolymer. It is attained by a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising an acrylic block copolymer (A) which comprises a methacrylic polymer block (a) and an acrylic polymer block (b), wherein at least one of polymer blocks among the methacrylic polymer block (a) and the acrylic polymer block (b) has a functional group (X), and a compound (B) containing 1.1 or more of functional groups (Y) in one molecule.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2005Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Kaneka CorporationInventors: Akio Taniguchi, Takeshi Chiba
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Patent number: 7732529Abstract: The present invention provides an acrylic block copolymer composition improving melt flowability at molding and being excellent in heat resistance in addition to keep weather resistance, chemical resistance, adhesion property, flexibility and abrasion resistance which are the characteristics of the acrylic block copolymer. It is attained by a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising an acrylic block copolymer (A) which comprises a methacrylic polymer block (a) and an acrylic polymer block (b), wherein at least one of polymer blocks among the methacrylic polymer block (a) and the acrylic polymer block (b) has an acid anhydride group and/or a carboxyl group, and an acrylic polymer (B) having 1.1 or more of epoxy groups in one molecule.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2005Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Kaneka CorporationInventors: Akio Taniguchi, Takeshi Chiba
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Publication number: 20090097755Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring portion, a deciding portion, a controlling portion, a determining portion, and a transmitting portion. The acquiring portion acquires attribute information of an object. The deciding portion decides identification information of a user accessible to the object, based on a database associated with attribute information of each object and identification information of a user accessible to each object, and the acquired attribute information. The controlling portion decides a capture area including the object, and causes a projecting device to project a capture area. The determining portion determines whether a user of a remote terminal is accessible to the object based on identification information from the remote terminal and the decided identification information. The transmitting portion transmits a captured image of the decided capture area to the remote terminal when the user of the remote terminal is accessible to the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun SHINGU, Tetsuo Iyoda, Hiroyuki Miyake, Kentaro Takano, Kei Tanaka, Takeshi Chiba
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Publication number: 20090077785Abstract: There is provided a structure of a vibration insulating member for firmly fixing the member between a fuel tank mounted on a vehicle body by means of a tank band and the vehicle body. The vibration insulating member includes an engaging protrusion that is fixed to a fixing hole that is made through the vehicle body in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the tank band is fastened.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2008Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshikazu Kaneyasu, Taiki Yanase, Nobuyuki Kosaka, Takeshi Chiba
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Publication number: 20090059015Abstract: An information processing device is connected to an overview image capturing device that captures an overview image of an object and an enlarged image capturing device that captures an enlarged image of the object, and is connected to a remote control device that remote-controls at least the enlarged image capturing device. The information processing device includes: an encoding unit that encodes the overview image and the enlarged image; a transmitting unit that transmits the images encoded by the encoding unit to the remote control device; and a switching unit that switches an encoding method to be utilized by the encoding unit and a transmission method to be utilized by the transmitting unit among a first mode, a second mode, and a third mode. When there is not a continuous change in the overview image captured by the overview image capturing device, the overview image is transmitted in the first mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi CHIBA, Jun Shingu, Kei Tanaka
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Publication number: 20080227905Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a thermoplastic elastomer composition having a good balance between the hardness and the mechanical strength, exhibiting superior rubber elasticity, high-temperature creep characteristics and formability in a wide range of temperature, and having oil resistance and heat resistance. The thermoplastic elastomer composition comprises (A) (meth)acrylic block copolymer; (B) a compound containing at least two amino groups in its molecule; and (C) a thermoplastic resin. The (meth)acrylic block copolymer (A) comprises (A1) a (meth)acrylic copolymer block and (A2) an acrylic copolymer block. A1 least one of the polymer blocks has at least one acid anhydride group. The (meth)acrylic block copolymer (A) and the compound (B) are dynamically vulcanized in the thermoplastic resin (C).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2004Publication date: September 18, 2008Inventors: Atsushi Kumasaki, Akio Taniguchi, Tadashi Kokubo, Takeshi Chiba
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Patent number: 7407694Abstract: The present invention relates to a block copolymer (A) including a (meth)acrylic polymer block (a) and an acrylic polymer block (b). The (meth)acrylic polymer block (a) is preferably copolymerized with a monomer having a functional group having high cohesive force, such as a carboxyl group, so that the 5%-weight-loss temperature is 300° C. or more or the tensile strength is 3 MPa or more, and the hardness measured by a type A durometer according to JIS K6253 is 50 or less, and a compression set measured after 22 hours at 70° C. is 45% or less. The block copolymer (A) exhibits excellent thermal decomposition resistance and low compression set at high temperatures. The block copolymer (A) can be used as a soft material for automobile, and has low hardness, high adhesion, high oil resistance, high weather resistance, high heat resistance, high recycling property, high tensile properties, and high wax remover resistance.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2005Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Kaneka CorporationInventors: Akio Taniguchi, Kentaro Takesada, Yutaka Kaneda, Tadashi Kokubo, Nobuaki Ohshiro, Atsushi Kumasaki, Takeshi Chiba, Tomoki Hiiro
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Publication number: 20080152909Abstract: A process for spherical-polymer-powder production by which polymer particles which are nearly spherical, small in particle diameter, and suitable for use as a molding material can be easily obtained. The spherical polymer powder has excellent powder flowability, is safe, and can form, e.g., a high-quality molding, skin material, or coating film which is excellent in weather-ability, flexibility, rubber elasticity, low-temperature characteristics, adhesion to polar resins, texture, appearance, etc. The process for spherical-polymer-powder production is characterized by comprising a step in which an aqueous dispersion comprising a solvent solution of a polymer, water, and a dispersant is heated with stirring under such conditions that the power per unit volume of the dispersion, P/V, is 0.2 kW/m3 or more to remove the solvent from the aqueous dispersion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: Kaneka CorporationInventors: Susumu Kyotani, Naoki Furukawa, Takeshi Chiba
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Patent number: 7309736Abstract: The present invention provides a novel acrylic block copolymer rich in flexibility and excellent in mechanical strength, moldability, oil resistance, heat resistance, thermal decomposition resistance, weather resistance, and compression set, and further rich in reactivity. The present invention also provides compositions, seal products, and automobile, electric, and electronic parts, all of which include the acrylic block copolymer. The acrylic block copolymer includes a methacrylic polymer block (a) and an acrylic polymer block (b), at least one of the polymer blocks containing, in its main chain, at least one acid anhydride group (c) represented by formula (1): (wherein R1s each represent hydrogen or a methyl group and may be the same or different, n represents an integer of 0 to 3, and m represents an integer of 0 or 1).Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2003Date of Patent: December 18, 2007Assignee: Kaneka CorporationInventors: Akio Taniguchi, Tadashi Kokubo, Kentaro Takesada, Kozo Kondo, Takeshi Chiba, Atsushi Kumasaki, Yutaka Kaneda