Patents by Inventor Tomio Kimura

Tomio Kimura 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: 6898527
    Abstract: When a vehicle advances in parallel with a parking frame to reach an initial stop position, measurement of a distance to a parked vehicle is continuously performed by means of an ultrasonic sensor and a moving distance of the vehicle is simultaneously calculated using a signal from a wheel speed sensor. When actuating an in-line mode switch under a state where the vehicle stops in the initial stop position, a turning angle is calculated so as to enable appropriate in-line parking to the parking frame from an actual initial stop position, based on a deviation of the vehicle from a reference position for the initial stop measured by the ultrasonic sensor. Information on a driving operation that is necessary for back parking is provided to a driver via a speaker based on this turning angle and output from a yaw rate sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Tomio Kimura, Kazunori Shimazaki, Satoshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 6887893
    Abstract: Certain cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors are useful for the treatment and prevention of tumors and tumor-related disorders and cachexia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shinichi Kurakata, Masaharu Hanai, Saori Kanai, Tomio Kimura
  • Publication number: 20050014814
    Abstract: Certain cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors are useful for the treatment and prevention of tumors and tumor-related disorders and cachexia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicant: SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinichi Kurakata, Masaharu Hanai, Saori Kanai, Tomio Kimura
  • Publication number: 20050004109
    Abstract: Certain cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors are useful for the treatment and prevention of tumors and tumor-related disorders and cachexia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Shinichi Kurakata, Masaharu Hanai, Saori Kanai, Tomio Kimura
  • Patent number: 6837199
    Abstract: A valve actuating apparatus for an internal combustion engine selectively operating in the normal Otto cycle or the Miller cycle is provided which enables the engine to achieve stable combustion and improved fuel economy during cruising or in a low-load engine operating region. A delayed-closing cam for Miller cycle operation and a normal cam having a cam profile for earlier valve-closing timing of the intake valve than a cam profile of the delayed-closing cam are provided on a camshaft. A cam profile-switching mechanism switches between the delayed-closing cam and the normal cam, for opening and closing the intake valve. An ECU controls the switching mechanism such that when a detected operating condition of the engine indicates starting or idling, the intake valve is operated by the normal cam, and when the detected operating condition indicates cruising, the intake valve is operated by the delayed-closing cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuya Matsuura, Hitoshi Takahashi, Masaki Takayama, Mitsuru Sugimoto, Teruyoshi Morita, Tomio Kimura
  • Publication number: 20040261764
    Abstract: A controller for an internal combustion engine capable of performing a compression ignition operation. The internal combustion engine includes a combustion chamber, and a fuel injector for injecting fuel directly in the combustion chamber. The controller includes: an air pressure detecting unit configured to detect at least one of an air pressure and an exhaust air pressure; and a fuel injection control unit configured to actuate the fuel injector to control a fuel injection timing according to a detected result by the air pressure detecting unit. The fuel injection control unit puts the fuel injection timing forward as the detected result by the air pressure detecting unit is lowered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Kato, Toru Kitamura, Tomio Kimura, Shohei Okazaki, Toshihiro Yamaki, Katsura Okubo
  • Publication number: 20040237910
    Abstract: The present invention aims at expanding an operation range for allowing a compression ignition combustion operation. The present invention provides an internal combustion engine of a compression ignition type that is capable of operating with a compression ignition combustion scheme in a given operation range. The ECU of the internal combustion engine detects an operating condition of the internal combustion engine and determines, according to the detected operating condition, which mode is to be used operate the internal combustion engine, a 4-cycle compression ignition mode or a 2-cycle compression ignition mode. The ECU controls the internal compression engine to perform the compression ignition mode determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Tohru Kitamura, Tomio Kimura, Shohei Okazaki, Akira Kato, Toshihiro Yamaki, Katsura Okubo, Moriyoshi Awasaka, Junji Yasuda, Yasuhiro Urata, Takashi Kakinuma, Yoshimasa Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20040231617
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine that is capable of switching between compression ignition combustion and spark ignition combustion is provided. The control apparatus is configured to perform fuel cut. The spark ignition combustion is performed over a time period after the fuel cut. The compression ignition combustion is permitted when the time period elapses. Fuel cut decreases the temperature within the combustion chamber. According to the invention, if fuel cut is performed, the temperature within the combustion chamber is raised by the spark ignition combustion. Since the compression ignition combustion is permitted after the temperature within the combustion chamber rises, engine misfire and an increase of NOx emission are prevented. The time period is preferably determined based on the temperature within the combustion chamber immediately before the fuel cut is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Tohru Kitamura, Toshihiro Yamaki, Tomio Kimura, Shohei Okazaki, Katsura Okubo, Akira Kato
  • Publication number: 20040204807
    Abstract: Disclosed is a parking assisting device, including: a camera for capturing an image behind a vehicle; a display provided to a dashboard of the vehicle; passage width measurement means for measuring a width of a passage; and a controller for displaying the image captured with the camera on the display, and for calculating an initial stopping position required for parking the vehicle in-parallel into a target parking space on the basis of the passage width measured with the passage width measurement means, to superimpose on a screen of the display a displayed image for guidance used for guiding the vehicle to the initial stopping position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Tomio Kimura, Kazunori Shimazaki
  • Publication number: 20040153243
    Abstract: Provided is a parking assisting device including: an image capturing unit for capturing at least an image behind the vehicle; a monitor arranged near a driver seat of the vehicle for displaying the image obtained by the image capturing unit; a yaw angle detecting unit for detecting a yaw angle of the vehicle; a guiding unit for outputting the guidance information regarding the driving operations to the driver; and a controller for comparing a prescribed yaw angle corresponding to a predetermined vehicle position with the yaw angle of the vehicle detected by the yaw angle detecting unit, to identify a current position of the vehicle, and providing the guidance information via the guiding unit while displaying at least one of a predicted path and a predicted parking position on the monitor so as to overlap with the image obtained by the image capturing unit to enable the driver to confirm whether or not the vehicle can be parked into the target parking space by continuing the driving operations in accordance wi
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Kazunori Shimazaki, Tomio Kimura
  • Publication number: 20040147525
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) below, or pharmacologically acceptable salts, esters or other derivatives thereof: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomio Kimura, Kazumasa Aoki, Akira Nakao
  • Publication number: 20040099244
    Abstract: A valve actuating apparatus for an internal combustion engine selectively operating in the normal Otto cycle or the Miller cycle is provided which enables the engine to achieve stable combustion and improved fuel economy during cruising or in a low-load engine operating region. A delayed-closing cam for Miller cycle operation and a normal cam having a cam profile for earlier valve-closing timing of the intake valve than a cam profile of the delayed-closing cam are provided on a camshaft. A cam profile-switching mechanism switches between the delayed-closing cam and the normal cam, for opening and closing the intake valve. An ECU controls the switching mechanism such that when a detected operating condition of the engine indicates starting or idling, the intake valve is operated by the normal cam, and when the detected operating condition indicates cruising, the intake valve is operated by the delayed-closing cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Katsuya Matsuura, Hitoshi Takahashi, Masaki Takayama, Mitsuru Sugimoto, Teruyoshi Morita, Tomio Kimura
  • Patent number: 6711473
    Abstract: A parking assisting device is provided with: a yaw rate sensor for detecting a yaw angle of a vehicle; a controller having a navigation function control unit and a parking assisting function control unit; a function selecting switch for determining switching to a parking assisting mode from a navigation mode; a monitor for providing navigation information, as well as for setting the reference position of the yaw angle and selecting a parking mode; and a speaker for providing parking assisting information to a driver in accordance with a vehicle position specified on the basis of the yaw angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Kazunori Shimazaki, Tomio Kimura, Satoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20040054173
    Abstract: Compounds having activity against production of an inflammatory cytokine of formula (I)′: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomio Kimura, Kazumasa Aoki, Akira Nakao, Shigeru Ushiyama, Takaichi Shimozato, Nobuyuki Ohkawa, Takayoshi Nagasaki, Takanori Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 6701226
    Abstract: A controller is provided with a CPU, an EEPROM for storing data that is unique to a vehicle and which is rewritable, and a control ROM for performing parking assistance upon parking in lateral and parking in parallel, based on a minimum turning radius Rc of the data that is unique to the vehicle, which is stored in the EEPROM, and the CPU operates based on the control program stored in the control ROM. The controller 1 calculates a yaw angle of the vehicle from an angular speed of the vehicle inputted from a yaw rate sensor and information about an operation method and operation timing in each step during the drive for parking in lateral and parking in parallel is outputted to a speaker through calculating a turning angle of the vehicle, thereby appropriately assisting a driver with parking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamada, Kazunori Shimazaki, Tomio Kimura
  • Patent number: 6673804
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt, ester or other derivative thereof: R1 is H or NHOH. R2 is H, optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl or a group —AR6. A is an alkylene which may be optionally interrupted by O, —S(O)m— or —N(R9). R6 is a group (II), (III), (IV) X is O, S, —N(R10)—, —C(R11)(R12)—. Y is O, CO, —S(O)n—, —N(R10)—, —C(R11)(R12)—. Each of R7 and R8 is H, alkyl, COOH, optionally substituted alkyl, etc. Each of R9, R10, R11, and R12 is H, alkyl, etc. Each of m and n is 0 to 2. R3 is H, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted alkynyl. R4 is optionally substituted (hetero)arylene. R5 is optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted (hetero)aryl. These compounds have matrixmetalloproteinase—13 inhibitory activity and aglycanase inhibitory activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tomio Kimura, Shoujiro Miyazaki, Keiji Ueda, Kazuhiko Tanzawa, Shigeru Ushiyama, Wataru Takasaki
  • Patent number: 6611744
    Abstract: A steering assist apparatus includes a camera for picking up the rear side of a vehicle, a monitor disposed in a driver's compartment of the vehicle, a steering angle sensor for detecting a steering angle of a steering wheel, and a display controlling unit for displaying on the monitor an image through said camera when the vehicle reverses and for superimposing and displaying on said monitor a guide display for assisting the drive of the vehicle when the vehicle is to be parked. The guide display includes a steering start guide line fixedly displayed in a predetermined position of an image field of the monitor for guiding a steering start position for parking, and a steering amount guide mark moved and displayed along the steering start guide line on the image field of the monitor in correspondence with a steering angle of the steering wheel detected by the steering angle sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Kazunori Shimazaki, Koji Hika, Satoshi Yamada, Isao Suzuki, Masahiko Ando, Tomio Kimura, Kousuke Teramura, Hisashi Kuriya
  • Publication number: 20030009266
    Abstract: A controller is provided with a CPU, an EEPROM for storing data that is unique to a vehicle and which is rewritable, and a control ROM for performing parking assistance upon parking in lateral and parking in parallel, based on a minimum turning radius Rc of the data that is unique to the vehicle, which is stored in the EEPROM, and the CPU operates based on the control program stored in the control ROM. The controller 1 calculates a yaw angle of the vehicle from an angular speed of the vehicle inputted from a yaw rate sensor and information about an operation method and operation timing in each step during the drive for parking in lateral and parking in parallel is outputted to a speaker through calculating a turning angle of the vehicle, thereby appropriately assisting a driver with parking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamada, Kazunori Shimazaki, Tomio Kimura
  • Publication number: 20030004617
    Abstract: When a vehicle advances in parallel with a parking frame to reach an initial stop position, measurement of a distance to a parked vehicle is continuously performed by means of an ultrasonic sensor and a moving distance of the vehicle is simultaneously calculated using a signal from a wheel speed sensor. When actuating an in-line mode switch under a state where the vehicle stops in the initial stop position, a turning angle is calculated so as to enable appropriate in-line parking to the parking frame from an actual initial stop position, based on a deviation of the vehicle from a reference position for the initial stop measured by the ultrasonic sensor. Information on a driving operation that is necessary for back parking is provided to a driver via a speaker based on this turning angle and output from a yaw rate sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Tomio Kimura, Kazunori Shimazaki, Satoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20020198634
    Abstract: A parking assisting device is provided with: a yaw rate sensor for detecting a yaw angle of a vehicle; a controller having a navigation function control unit and a parking assisting function control unit; a function selecting switch for determining switching to a parking assisting mode from a navigation mode; a monitor for providing navigation information, as well as for setting the reference position of the yaw angle and selecting a parking mode; and a speaker for providing parking assisting information to a driver in accordance with a vehicle position specified on the basis of the yaw angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Kazunori Shimazaki, Tomio Kimura, Satoshi Yamada