Patents by Inventor Taro Iwamoto
Taro Iwamoto 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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Publication number: 20250145168Abstract: A driver abnormality sign detection device includes a control circuit configured to detect an abnormality sign of a driver based on visual line information and on information for calculating a visual line parameter influencing motion of a visual line of the driver. The control circuit acquires a predetermined reference feature amount representing the motion of the visual line, calculates the visual line parameter, calculates a predicted feature amount representing the motion of the visual line by correcting the reference feature amount with a correction value acquired based on the visual line parameter, calculates a visual line abnormality degree which represents an extent that a measured feature amount acquired based on the visual line information and representing the motion of the visual line diverges from the predicted feature amount, and detects, based on the visual line abnormality degree, presence or absence the abnormality sign of the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Junichiro KUWAHARA, Makoto SEKIGUCHI, Taro IWAMOTO
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Patent number: 12280846Abstract: A vehicle camera mounting structure of the present disclosure is provided in a saddle-riding vehicle such as a motorcycle. The structure includes a camera which captures an image of an area in front of the vehicle and a headlamp which illuminates an area in front of the vehicle. The camera is secured to the headlamp. For instance, the camera is secured to a lower end of the headlamp. It is thereby possible to reduce the labor required to adjust the imaging direction of the camera, by allowing the camera to be oriented in alignment concurrently during an aiming process for the headlamp.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2024Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Taro Iwamoto, Takeshi Kashihara, Takafumi Kumada
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Patent number: 12246738Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: a travel structure including a front wheel, a rear wheel, a steering structure mounted to the front wheel, and a drive source that drives the front wheel and/or the rear wheel; at least one operator used to operate the travel structure; circuitry that controls the travel structure; and a mode switcher that switches the utility vehicle between a manned operation mode in which the utility vehicle travels in response to operations on the operator and an autonomous travel mode in which the circuitry allows the utility vehicle to autonomously travel on a given travel route without any operations on the operator.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Ishii, Taro Iwamoto, Takeshi Nakajima, Kazuya Nagasaka, Atsushi Sano, Kazuhiro Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20250074531Abstract: A straddle type vehicle includes a vehicle body frame; a fixed member which is supported by the vehicle body frame and to which an electrical component is fixed; and a sensor unit including a sensor for detecting an object around a vehicle body and fixed to the fixed member together with the electrical component via a rubber member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu KOHARA, Taro IWAMOTO, Takeshi KASHIHARA
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Patent number: 12214842Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a steering rod, suspension, a first steering part, second steering part, a pantograph mechanism. The first steering part is disposed a vehicle body side respect to the suspension and transmits rotational a steering force by a driver. The second steering part is disposed the front wheel side respect to the suspension and transmits the rotational steering force to the steering rod. The pantograph mechanism is disposed separately from the suspension, transmits the rotational steering force from the first steering part to the second steering part, and maintains state of transmission of the rotational steering force by deforming in accordance with changes in relative positions of the first steering part and the second steering part.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Nakajima, Hiroshi Ishii, Taro Iwamoto, Kazuya Nagasaka, Taichi Inaba
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Publication number: 20240300612Abstract: A drive recorder switch arrangement is equipped in a saddle-riding vehicle with left and right handlebars. The arrangement includes a drive recorder switch of a drive recorder that records video images taken by a camera mounted on the vehicle. The arrangement also includes a vehicle body control device arranged at the right handlebar to allow control of a vehicle body of the vehicle, and an accessory control device arranged at the left handlebar to allow control of an accessory of the vehicle. The drive recorder switch is arranged at the left handlebar.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Taro IWAMOTO, Takeshi KASHIHARA, Takafumi KUMADA
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Publication number: 20240300606Abstract: A vehicle camera mounting structure of the present disclosure is provided in a saddle-riding vehicle such as a motorcycle. The structure includes a camera which captures an image of an area in front of the vehicle and a headlamp which illuminates an area in front of the vehicle. The camera is secured to the headlamp. For instance, the camera is secured to a lower end of the headlamp. It is thereby possible to reduce the labor required to adjust the imaging direction of the camera, by allowing the camera to be oriented in alignment concurrently during an aiming process for the headlamp.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Taro IWAMOTO, Takeshi KASHIHARA, Takafumi KUMADA
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Patent number: 12085936Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: a travel structure including a front wheel, a rear wheel, a steering structure mounted to the front wheel, and a drive source that drives the front wheel and/or the rear wheel; circuitry that controls the travel structure to effect autonomous travel without manned operation in a given travel area; a route setter that sets a travel route for the autonomous travel; a vehicle location detector that detects a location of the utility vehicle; and a target detector that detects a monitoring target in the travel area. In case that the monitoring target is detected at a location during the autonomous travel, the circuitry stores the location of the monitoring target as history information. The route setter sets a reference point at the location where the monitoring target was detected and sets the travel route based on the reference point.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Ishii, Taro Iwamoto, Takeshi Nakajima, Kazuya Nagasaka, Atsushi Sano, Kazuhiro Ichikawa
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Patent number: 11987318Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a lean mechanism, a lean brake mechanism, a steering handle, a left grip, a throttle grip, a lean brake manipulator. The lean mechanism causes the left front wheel and the right front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The lean brake mechanism brakes the leaning operation by the lean mechanism while the leaning vehicle is traveling. The lean brake manipulator is positioned at a first side in the vehicle width direction, changes a position integrally with the left grip, and for performing an operation of actuating the lean brake mechanism to brake.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Nakajima, Hiroshi Ishii, Taro Iwamoto, Kazuya Nagasaka, Taichi Inaba
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Patent number: 11975795Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a plurality of wheels, a lean mechanism, and a lean stopper mechanism. The wheels include a left front wheel and a right front wheel. The lean mechanism causes the left front wheel and the right front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The lean stopper mechanism prevents a lean angle from exceeding a limit angle. in a plan view, an area bounded by lines connecting contact positions of ground and tires of the plurality of wheels is referred to as a grounding surface inner area, and a gravity center is positioned in the grounding surface inner area in a state where the lean angle reaches the limit angle.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Nakajima, Hiroshi Ishii, Taro Iwamoto, Kazuya Nagasaka, Taichi Inaba
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Patent number: 11932345Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left wheel, a right wheel, left and right bearings, left and right axle, left arm, right arm, and lean mechanism. The left arm supports the left wheel from inside in a vehicle width direction. The right arm supports the right wheel from inside in the vehicle width direction. The lean mechanism causes the left wheel and the right wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The single bearing is inserted into a hub hole of the left wheel. The single bearing is inserted into a hub hole of the right wheel.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Nakajima, Hiroshi Ishii, Taro Iwamoto, Kazuya Nagasaka, Taichi Inaba
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Patent number: 11926388Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a lean mechanism, and a lean brake mechanism. The lean mechanism causes the left front wheel and the right front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The lean brake mechanism brakes a leaning operation of the lean mechanism. The lean brake mechanism includes a brake caliper and a brake disc. The brake caliper is attached to the lean mechanism and has a brake pad. The brake disc is attached to the lower arm of the upper arm and the lower arm that is farther from the brake pad in the front view, has a contact portion that generates braking force by being pressed by the brake pad.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Taro Iwamoto, Takeshi Nakajima, Hiroshi Ishii, Kazuya Nagasaka, Taichi Inaba
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Patent number: 11919604Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a lean mechanism, and a lean brake mechanism. The lean mechanism causes the left front wheel and the right front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The lean brake mechanism brakes a leaning operation of the lean mechanism. The lean brake mechanism includes a brake disc and brake pads. The brake disc is attached to an upper arm or a lower arm. The brake pads, which are attached such that their position relative to the brake disc changes in the leaning operation, produce a frictional force against the brake disc in the leaning operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Nakajima, Hiroshi Ishii, Taro Iwamoto, Kazuya Nagasaka, Taichi Inaba
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Publication number: 20240042836Abstract: A vehicle display apparatus includes: a transparent display that is installed on a window glass of a vehicle and displays an image of content which is a display target; a mask layer that is disposed to overlap the transparent display and is capable of changing a visibility of a display region of the image from outside the vehicle; and a mask setting unit that sets a visibility of the mask layer depending on details of the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taro Iwamoto, Manabu Fujiwara, Shuhei Matsuda, Masatada Muramoto
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Publication number: 20240024310Abstract: The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention comprises a carbostyril derivative which is a dopamine-serotonin system stabilizer and a mood stabilizer in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The carbostyril derivative may be aripiprazole or a metabolite thereof. The mood stabilizer may include but is not limited to lithium, valproic acid, divalproex sodium, carbamazapine, oxcarbamazapine, zonisamide, lamotragine, topiramate, gabapentin, levetiracetam or clonazepam. These compositions are used to treat patients with mood disorders, particularly bipolar disorder with or without psychotic features, mania or mixed episodes. Methods are provided for separate administration of a carbostyril derivative and a mood stabilizer to a patient with a mood disorder.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Tetsuro Kikuchi, Taro Iwamoto, Tsuyoshi Hirose
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Patent number: 11873057Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a lean mechanism, and a lean brake mechanism. The lean mechanism causes the left front wheel and the right front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The lean brake mechanism brakes a leaning operation of the lean mechanism. The lean brake mechanism includes a brake disc and brake pads. The brake disc is attached to an upper arm or a lower arm. The brake pads, which are attached such that their position relative to the brake disc changes in the leaning operation, produce a frictional force against the brake disc in the leaning operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Nakajima, Hiroshi Ishii, Taro Iwamoto, Kazuya Nagasaka, Taichi Inaba
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Publication number: 20230213937Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: a travel structure including a front wheel, a rear wheel, a steering structure mounted to the front wheel, and a drive source that drives the front wheel and/or the rear wheel; circuitry that controls the travel structure to effect autonomous travel without manned operation in a given travel area; a route setter that sets a travel route for the autonomous travel; a vehicle location detector that detects a location of the utility vehicle; and a target detector that detects a monitoring target in the travel area. In case that the monitoring target is detected at a location during the autonomous travel, the circuitry stores the location of the monitoring target as history information. The route setter sets a reference point at the location where the monitoring target was detected and sets the travel route based on the reference point.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Hiroshi ISHII, Taro IWAMOTO, Takeshi NAKAJIMA, Kazuya NAGASAKA, Atsushi SANO, Kazuhiro ICHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20230202451Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: a travel structure including a front wheel, a rear wheel, a steering structure mounted to the front wheel, and a drive source that drives the front wheel and/or the rear wheel; circuitry that controls the travel structure to effect autonomous travel without manned operation in a given travel area; and a vehicle location detector that detects a location of the utility vehicle. During the autonomous travel, the circuitry determines, based on road condition data where the travel area is divided into regions with different predetermined road condition levels, to which of the road condition levels a road condition of a region ahead of the location of the utility vehicle in a travel direction belongs, and the circuitry controls the travel structure such that a given travel parameter is within a corresponding one of permissible ranges predetermined respectively in association with the road condition levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Hiroshi ISHII, Taro IWAMOTO, Takeshi NAKAJIMA, Kazuya NAGASAKA, Atsushi SANO, Kazuhiro ICHIKAWA
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Patent number: D1035618Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masatada Muramoto, Taro Iwamoto
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Patent number: D1066281Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.Inventor: Taro Iwamoto