Patents by Inventor Tetsuji Yamamoto

Tetsuji Yamamoto 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: 11977225
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to: recognize a traffic regulation mark provided on a traveling path of a car, the traffic regulation mark indicating traffic regulation; specify a valid regulation range used as a valid range of regulation indicated by the traffic regulation mark based on the recognized traffic regulation mark; and control a display device mounted on the car to display regulations information on a display area, the regulations information including contents of regulation indicated by the recognized traffic regulation mark. The processor is configured to switch displaying the regulations information into another upon satisfying a predetermined condition in a case where the valid regulation range is not specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Matsui, Masato Noguchi, Nobutoshi Higaki, Kazuomi Kato, Tetsuji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230294517
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device provided in a vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry recognizes a traffic regulation mark indicating a traffic regulation provided on a traveling route of the vehicle. The processing circuitry controls a display device to display first content information and second content information in a display area in front of a driver's seat of the vehicle. The first content information indicates content of a regulation in an effective range indicated by the traffic regulation mark in a case where the vehicle enters the effective range of the regulation. The second content information indicates content other than the first content information. The processing circuitry controls display of the first content information and the second content information in the display area on the basis of priorities set for the first content information and the second content information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki ITO, Kazuomi KATO, Isao NOGUCHI, Nobutoshi HIGAKI, Tetsuji YAMAMOTO, Kenya MATSUSHITA, Tomonori UEMURA
  • Patent number: 11761368
    Abstract: An engine unit includes a cylinder, a crankshaft, a crankcase, a generator, a sensor, and a coolant passage. The crankshaft is connected to a piston in the cylinder. The crankcase accommodates the crankshaft therein. The generator includes a rotor that rotates together with the crankshaft and a stator facing the rotor. The generator generates electric power by rotation of the rotor. The sensor detects a rotation position of the rotor. The coolant passage includes an ejection port, guides a coolant to the ejection port, and ejects the coolant from the ejection port toward the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Nishiyabu, Yuji Hida, Tetsuji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230103828
    Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes: an engine disposed between a front wheel and a rear wheel; a fuel tank disposed above the engine; a generator mounted to a crankshaft of the engine; and an inverter that supplies output of the generator to a battery. The inverter is disposed behind a head pipe, above a crankcase and below the fuel tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke OHORI, Tetsuji YAMAMOTO, Masaki NISHIYABU, Takuya NOAMI, Shusei UENO, Shinji IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230072896
    Abstract: An engine unit includes a cylinder, a crankshaft, a crankcase, a generator, a sensor, and a coolant passage. The crankshaft is connected to a piston in the cylinder. The crankcase accommodates the crankshaft therein. The generator includes a rotor that rotates together with the crankshaft and a stator facing the rotor. The generator generates electric power by rotation of the rotor. The sensor detects a rotation position of the rotor. The coolant passage includes an ejection port, guides a coolant to the ejection port, and ejects the coolant from the ejection port toward the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki NISHIYABU, Yuji HIDA, Tetsuji YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230060450
    Abstract: A hybrid straddle vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; an electric motor that generates power to be transmitted to a driving wheel; an inverter that controls electric power to be supplied to the electric motor; a first radiator that cools the internal combustion engine; and a second radiator that cools at least one cooling target selected from the group consisting of the electric motor and the inverter, at least a part of the second radiator overlapping the first radiator when viewed from a vehicle front side, the second radiator being located in front of the first radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki NISHIYABU, Ryosuke OHORI, Takuya NOAMI, Tetsuji YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230063044
    Abstract: A hybrid power unit includes: an internal combustion engine; a power transmitting shaft to which power from a crank shaft is transmitted and which is housed in a crank case; an electric motor including a motor driving shaft projecting from a motor housing toward a lateral side, the electric motor being located on an outer surface of the crank case; a linkage which extends through a through hole of the crank case and through which power from the motor driving shaft is transmitted to the power transmitting shaft; and a shaft cover defining a shaft space that houses a portion of the motor driving shaft which projects from the motor housing, the shaft cover being detachably fixed to the outer surface of the crank case so as to cover the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki NISHIYABU, Yuji HIDA, Tetsuji YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220317443
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to: recognize a traffic regulation mark provided on a traveling path of a car, the traffic regulation mark indicating traffic regulation; specify a valid regulation range used as a valid range of regulation indicated by the traffic regulation mark based on the recognized traffic regulation mark; and control a display device mounted on the car to display regulations information on a display area, the regulations information including contents of regulation indicated by the recognized traffic regulation mark. The processor is configured to switch displaying the regulations information into another upon satisfying a predetermined condition in a case where the valid regulation range is not specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji MATSUI, Masato NOGUCHI, Nobutoshi HIGAKI, Kazuomi KATO, Tetsuji YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220250708
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a power unit including a transmission that changes the speed of rotation produced by output power of a drive source for travel and a case accommodating the transmission, the transmission including a pivotally supported change shaft, the change shaft being angularly movable about an axis to change a gear ratio of the transmission; and an operation unit that operates to angularly move the change shaft, the operation unit including an electric motor and a power transmission structure that transmits power of the electric motor to the change shaft in the form of rotational power by which the change shaft is angularly moved. The operation unit is mounted on an exterior of the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki NISHIYABU, Takuya NOAMI, Tetsuji YAMAMOTO, Yuji HIDA
  • Publication number: 20220212966
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for removing a biofilm containing a metal and formed in a water system, wherein the biofilm is brought into contact with (a) a compound having a hydroxyl radical generation ability and (b) a reducing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kento HOSOKAWA, Masashi CHIBA, Tetsuji YAMAMOTO, Takanori TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220192199
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for removing a biofilm formed in a water system comprising, exposing the biofilm to a liquid having a hydroxyl radical generation ability, obtained by a predetermined measurement method, of 0.15 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kento HOSOKAWA, Tetsuji YAMAMOTO, Takanori TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11029747
    Abstract: The time required for transition from an on-state to a suspend state is reduced. An electronic apparatus includes: a memory and a memory; a current control unit that performs a control to shut off supply of current to the memory; and a memory management unit that allocates a memory region in either the memory or the memory based on preference information indicating a memory region that needs to be preferentially allocated in the memory. For example, the preference information includes association with a first priority as a degree at which a memory region to be used by an application needs to be preferentially allocated in the memory, and when receiving a request of allocation of the memory region from the application, the memory management unit more preferentially allocates the memory region in the memory as the first priority associated with the application in the preference information is higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuji Yamamoto, Takehiko Yasuda, Osamu Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10975949
    Abstract: A straddle vehicle comprises a shift drum formed with an engaged part; a transmission case formed with an insertion hole, a gear position sensor including an engagement part engageable with the engaged part; and a seal ring fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the gear position sensor, and the insertion hole includes a first inner peripheral surface with which the seal ring is in tight contact in a state in which the engagement part is engaged with the engaged part, and a second inner peripheral surface located closer to an entrance of the insertion hole than the first inner peripheral surface and having a diameter larger than a diameter of the first inner peripheral surface, and in a state in which the seal ring has reached an entrance of the first inner peripheral surface, at least a portion of the engagement part is fitted to the engaged part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuji Yamamoto, Yoshihiko Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20190302874
    Abstract: The time required for transition from an on-state to a suspend state is reduced. An electronic apparatus includes: a memory and a memory; a current control unit that performs a control to shut off supply of current to the memory; and a memory management unit that allocates a memory region in either the memory or the memory based on preference information indicating a memory region that needs to be preferentially allocated in the memory. For example, the preference information includes association with a first priority as a degree at which a memory region to be used by an application needs to be preferentially allocated in the memory, and when receiving a request of allocation of the memory region from the application, the memory management unit more preferentially allocates the memory region in the memory as the first priority associated with the application in the preference information is higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuji YAMAMOTO, Takehiko YASUDA, Osamu NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 10247083
    Abstract: A straddle vehicle is capable of discharging high-temperature outdoor air having passed through a radiator with high efficiency. A motorcycle 1 includes a radiator, a fan, and a fan shroud. The radiator lowers the temperature of a coolant by heat exchange between outdoor air and the coolant. The fan suctions outdoor air, to make the outdoor air hit the radiator arranged upstream in an outdoor air flow direction. The fan shroud covers at least part of the fan, and discharges high-temperature outdoor air, which is outdoor air suctioned by the fan and having passed through the radiator, to outside. The fan shroud has a discharge opening and an air guide. The discharge opening allows the high-temperature outdoor air to be discharged outside. The air guide guides the high-temperature outdoor air such that it is discharged through the discharge opening in a direction including a laterally outward component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Morotomi, Hideaki Kawai, Tetsuji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190078678
    Abstract: A straddle vehicle comprises a shift drum formed with an engaged part; a transmission case formed with an insertion hole, a gear position sensor including an engagement part engageable with the engaged part; and a seal ring fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the gear position sensor, and the insertion hole includes a first inner peripheral surface with which the seal ring is in tight contact in a state in which the engagement part is engaged with the engaged part, and a second inner peripheral surface located closer to an entrance of the insertion hole than the first inner peripheral surface and having a diameter larger than a diameter of the first inner peripheral surface, and in a state in which the seal ring has reached an entrance of the first inner peripheral surface, at least a portion of the engagement part is fitted to the engaged part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Tetsuji Yamamoto, Yoshihiko Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20190063301
    Abstract: A straddle vehicle is capable of discharging high-temperature outdoor air having passed through a radiator with high efficiency. A motorcycle 1 includes a radiator, a fan, and a fan shroud. The radiator lowers the temperature of a coolant by heat exchange between outdoor air and the coolant. The fan suctions outdoor air, to make the outdoor air hit the radiator arranged upstream in an outdoor air flow direction. The fan shroud covers at least part of the fan, and discharges high-temperature outdoor air, which is outdoor air suctioned by the fan and having passed through the radiator, to outside. The fan shroud has a discharge opening and an air guide. The discharge opening allows the high-temperature outdoor air to be discharged outside. The air guide guides the high-temperature outdoor air such that it is discharged through the discharge opening in a direction including a laterally outward component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi Morotomi, Hideaki Kawai, Tetsuji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9741090
    Abstract: A graphics display processing device including: a graphics processor that executes GPU instructions based on a primary drawing instruction and a secondary drawing instruction; an acquirer) that acquires the primary drawing instruction and the secondary drawing instruction; an estimator that calculates an estimated GPU processing time required for executing the GPU instructions; a determiner that determines, using the estimated GPU processing time, which of the primary drawing instruction and the secondary drawing instruction is to be executed first; an issuance controller that performs a control when the primary drawing instruction is to be executed first, causing the primary drawing instruction to be issued and issuance of the secondary drawing instruction to be postponed; an instruction issuer that issues each drawing instruction according to the control of the issuance controller; and a graphics driver that generates the GPU instructions by executing each drawing instruction issued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tetsuji Yamamoto, Masahiko Saito, Takuya Kondoh
  • Patent number: 9367342
    Abstract: A virtual machine system includes one or more virtual machines and a deactivator that deactivates the virtual machines. Each virtual machine includes an output unit that outputs a deactivation prohibiting signal indicating that the virtual machine is not permitted to stop operating while deactivation prohibited processing is being executed. The deactivation prohibited processing is processing that involves the device and during which the virtual machine is not permitted to stop operating. The deactivator deactivates a virtual machine that has not output the deactivation prohibiting signal, and does not deactivate a virtual machine that has output the deactivation prohibiting signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventor: Tetsuji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9176781
    Abstract: A virtual machine system for duplicating a first virtual machine to generate one or more second virtual machines is provided with a management unit that manages each memory area accessible by the first virtual machine so that after generation of the second virtual machines, every virtual machine is permitted to perform a read access to the memory area until any virtual machine performs a write access to the memory area, a determination unit that determines whether each memory area is a specific memory area, a detection unit that detects, after detecting a write access to a specific memory area, that a virtual machine other than the virtual machine performing the write access is attempting access to the specific memory area, and a memory allocation unit that acquires and allocates a new memory area to the virtual machine detected to be attempting access to the specific memory area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventor: Tetsuji Yamamoto