Patents by Inventor Tomofumi Furukawa
Tomofumi Furukawa 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: 20220142475Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus that examines an examinee's eye while an examination axis coincides with the examinee's eye, the ophthalmic apparatus including: a housing: an examination-purpose protrusion protruding along the examination axis toward the examinee's eye from an examinee's eye facing surface being a surface of the housing that faces the examinee's eye; an anterior segment imaging optical system configured to capture an image of the anterior segment of the examinee's eye; and a processor, wherein the processor executes: an anterior segment image acquisition step of acquiring the anterior segment image captured by the anterior segment imaging optical system; and a pupil position detection step of processing the acquired anterior segment image and detecting the position of the pupil of the examinee's eye while the influence of the shadow of the examination-purpose protrusion that appears in the anterior segment image is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi HASHIMOTO, Tomofumi FURUKAWA
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Patent number: 7677050Abstract: A control device for a fan motor (7) which cools a condenser (6) of a vehicle air conditioner includes a temperature sensor (12) which detects a temperature of an air that has passed through an evaporator (10) of the vehicle air conditioner; and a controller (2). The controller (2) functioning to calculate a reference value (Ds) of an airflow generated by a rotation of the fan motor (7); calculate a correction value (DUP, DUPT) of the airflow on the basis of the detected air temperature (Tair); set a target airflow (TDR) on the basis of the reference value (Ds) and correction value (DUP, DUPT) of the airflow; and control the rotation of the fan motor to effect the target airflow (TDR).Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2005Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeyuki Sakaguchi, Makoto Fukubayashi, Yoichiro Nakahara, Tomofumi Furukawa
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Patent number: 7070335Abstract: A rolling bearing used in a system including an automotive power train and a peripheral auxiliary equipment of the power train, and in a compressor. The rolling bearing comprises a first race and a second race. A rolling element is rotatably disposed between the first and second races. A film whose main component is a metal selected from the group consisting of nickel and copper has a thickness ranging from 0.1 to 15 ?m. The film is formed on a surface of at least one of the first race, the second race and the rolling element.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2002Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Hirai, Mitsuhiro Okuhata, Nobuo Kino, Keizo Otani, Tomofumi Furukawa
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Publication number: 20050178132Abstract: A control device for a fan motor (7) which cools a condenser (6) of a vehicle air conditioner includes a temperature sensor (12) which detects a temperature of an air that has passed through an evaporator (10) of the vehicle air conditioner; and a controller (2). The controller (2) functioning to calculate a reference value (Ds) of an airflow generated by a rotation of the fan motor (7); calculate a correction value (DUP, DUPT) of the airflow on the basis of the detected air temperature (Tair); set a target airflow (TDR) on the basis of the reference value (Ds) and correction value (DUP, DUPT) of the airflow; and control the rotation of the fan motor to effect the target airflow (TDR).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2005Publication date: August 18, 2005Inventors: Shigeyuki Sakaguchi, Makoto Fukubayashi, Yoichiro Nakahara, Tomofumi Furukawa
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Patent number: 6802185Abstract: A control device for a motor fan of a vehicle, which controls the motor fan to cool a radiator for engine coolant and a condenser for air conditioner refrigerant, includes: a first command value calculation section which calculates a first command value for control of the motor fan according to refrigerant pressure; a second command value calculation section which calculates a second command value for control of the motor fan according to coolant temperature; a first target value setting section which sets the greater of the first command value and the second command value as a first target value; a second target value setting section which obtains a second target value for control of the motor fan which corresponds to a total torque which is smaller than a total torque of a torque of an alternator and a torque of a compressor corresponding to the first target value; and a control section which controls the motor fan according to the second target value.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2003Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomofumi Furukawa, Hiromi Murao, Kazuhira Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20040016246Abstract: A control device for a motor fan of a vehicle, which controls the motor fan to cool a radiator for engine coolant and a condenser for air conditioner refrigerant, includes: a first command value calculation section which calculates a first command value for control of the motor fan according to refrigerant pressure; a second command value calculation section which calculates a second command value for control of the motor fan according to coolant temperature; a first target value setting section which sets the greater of the first command value and the second command value as a first target value; a second target value setting section which obtains a second target value for control of the motor fan which corresponds to a total torque which is smaller than a total torque of a torque of an alternator and a torque of a compressor corresponding to the first target value; and a control section which controls the motor fan according to the second target value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2003Publication date: January 29, 2004Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomofumi Furukawa, Hiromi Murao, Kazuhira Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20030165279Abstract: A rolling bearing used in a system including an automotive power train and a peripheral auxiliary equipment of the power train, and in a compressor. The rolling bearing comprises a first race and a second race. A rolling element is rotatably disposed between the first and second races. A film whose main component is a metal selected from the group consisting of nickel and copper has a thickness ranging from 0.1 to 15 &mgr;m. The film is formed on a surface of at least one of the first race, the second race and the rolling element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2002Publication date: September 4, 2003Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Eiji Hirai, Mitsuhiro Okuhata, Nobuo Kino, Keizo Otani, Tomofumi Furukawa
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Patent number: 6415746Abstract: In apparatus and method for controlling a cooling fan associated motor at a pulse duty ratio, the cooling fan is revolved by the cooling fan associated motor to cool a radiator of a vehicular engine coolant and a condenser of a refrigerant of a vehicular air conditioner and the duty ratio for the cooling fan associated motor is controlled in such a manner that a sum of a torque required for a generator to drive the cooling fan associated motor and a torque required to drive a compressor of the air conditioner is minimized while satisfying a control demand for a coolant temperature and a refrigerant pressure so that the cooling fan associated motor is driven at the duty ratio.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2001Date of Patent: July 9, 2002Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhira Kobayashi, Tomofumi Furukawa
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Publication number: 20010039926Abstract: In apparatus and method for controlling a cooling fan associated motor at a pulse duty ratio, the cooling fan is revolved by the cooling fan associated motor to cool a radiator of a vehicular engine coolant and a condenser of a refrigerant of a vehicular air conditioner and the duty ratio for the cooling fan associated motor is controlled in such a manner that a sum of a torque required for a generator to drive the cooling fan associated motor and a torque required to drive a compressor of the air conditioner is minimized while satisfying a control demand for a coolant temperature and a refrigerant pressure so that the cooling fan associated motor is driven at the duty ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2001Publication date: November 15, 2001Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhira Kobayashi, Tomofumi Furukawa
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Patent number: 6009362Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for detecting an anomalous condition of a cooling motor fan to be mounted on a vehicle. The anomalous condition detecting apparatus includes a detector for detecting a pair of positive and negative terminals of a motor of the motor fan and a decision circuit for deciding whether an anomalous condition exists or not based on a voltage detected between the terminals. For example, an external resistor is provided between the positive terminal of the motor and the power source, the negative terminal of the motor is earthed, a voltage between the terminals of the motor is detected as a potential of the positive terminal, and the decision circuit decides that an anomalous condition exists when the potential of the positive terminal is smaller than a predetermined value in a state that a drive signal of the motor fan is being output. Accordingly, it is possible to detect an anomalous condition of the motor fan at low cost.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1997Date of Patent: December 28, 1999Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tomofumi Furukawa