Patents by Inventor Tomoya Matsubara
Tomoya Matsubara 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: 20250029581Abstract: A control device in one embodiment includes a first transmission unit, a first receiving unit, and a first generation unit. The first transmission unit is configured to transmit first performance data including contents of playing a keyboard instrument at a first communication base to a second communication base. The first receiving unit is configured to receive second performance data from the second communication base. The first generation unit is configured to generate a drive signal to produce a sound in accordance with the second performance data and output the drive signal to a sound generation device at the first communication base. At least one of the first performance data and the second performance data includes a key position signal indicating a key press amount on the keyboard instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Inventors: Yoshimasa ISOZAKI, Katsunori SUZUKI, Takahiro TERADA, Takashi MORI, Jun ISHII, Ibuki HANDA, Takuya FUJISHIMA, Koji YATAKA, Yukio WAKUI, Soichi TAKIGAWA, Akira MAEZAWA, Haruki OHKAWA, Yoshikatsu MATSUBARA, Yasuhiko OBA, Fukutaro OKUYAMA, Tomoya SASAKI, Rei FURUKAWA
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Publication number: 20250020849Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a light guide including an emission surface and an incident surface, the incident surface including an uneven pattern with a convex portion having a height of 0.01 to 0.4 mm, and a light emitting element provided to oppose the incident surface and adhered to the uneven pattern by an adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Inventors: Tomoya TEZEN, Kosuke MATSUBARA
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Patent number: 11906822Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to acquire a detected value of a sensor that detects presence or absence of a person within a predetermined range outside one or more openings that is formed in a wall surface of a first building, each of the one or more openings using light control glass, the wall surface facing outside, and control transmittance of the light control glass based on the detected value of the sensor. A building includes one or more opening that is formed in at least a wall surface that faces outside, the opening using light control glass; a sensor that detects presence or absence of a person within a predetermined range outside the one or more openings; and a control device that controls transmittance of the light control glass based on a detected value of the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoya Matsubara, Ibuki Shimada, Keisuke Shoji, Shuhei Yamamoto, Hideo Hasegawa, Yurika Tanaka, Satoshi Komamine
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Publication number: 20230264629Abstract: A base assembly and a periphery monitoring device for a vehicle include a base, a gasket, and a cover. The base includes a fixed part and a mounting part. The gasket is mounted to the fixed part between the fixed part and a door. The cover is mounted to and covers lower portions of the fixed part and the mounting part. A rib that has a lower rib is provided on the edge of the fixed part. The fixed part is provided with upper and lower drainage ports arranged vertically to each other. The gasket is provided with a final drainage port. As a result, the door is sealed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: Misato Industries Co., LtdInventors: Tomoya MATSUBARA, Ryosuke IBA
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Patent number: 11691563Abstract: To provide a light-emitting unit for a door mirror capable of improving a stability of LED's position and connectivity, while reducing a breakage possibility of the LED due to heat. The light-emitting unit for a door mirror is characterized in that it includes a rigid first substrate part having a connector part to receive a signal, and mounts a control unit thereon to cause an LED to emit light based on the signal; a rigid second substrate part provided separately from the first substrate part and mounts the LED thereon; and a connection part connecting the first substrate part to the second substrate part and having a circuit to cause a current signal transmitted from a first substrate part side to reach the LED's side, and the connection part has lower heat transfer rate than heat dissipation rate of the second substrate part.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: MISATO INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoya Matsubara, Kenji Arima, Takashi Nakatani, Lina Yan
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Publication number: 20230024988Abstract: To provide a light-emitting unit for a door mirror capable of improving a stability of LED's position and connectivity, while reducing a breakage possibility of the LED due to heat. The light-emitting unit for a door mirror is characterized in that it includes a rigid first substrate part having a connector part to receive a signal, and mounts a control unit thereon to cause an LED to emit light based on the signal; a rigid second substrate part provided separately from the first substrate part and mounts the LED thereon; and a connection part connecting the first substrate part to the second substrate part and having a circuit to cause a current signal transmitted from a first substrate part side to reach the LED's side, and the connection part has lower heat transfer rate than heat dissipation rate of the second substrate part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tomoya MATSUBARA, Kenji ARIMA, Takashi NAKATANI, Lina YAN
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Publication number: 20220234503Abstract: Fastening work takes reduced time and effort. A vehicular mirror apparatus includes a housing mounted on a lateral portion of a vehicle and holding a mirror, and an attachment member, on which an internal unit including one or more out of an image pickup device that acquires image light, a floodlight device that emits infrared light, and an illumination device that emits visible light is fitted, and which is attached to a lower portion of the housing so as to put the internal unit between the attachment member and the housing, fastened to a first portion of the internal unit with a unit fastening member, and fastened to the housing and a second portion of the internal unit with a housing fastening member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Joichi KAWANISHI, Takashi NAKATANI, Takuro YUYAMA, Ryosuke IBA, Tomoya MATSUBARA, Yuto WATANABE
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Publication number: 20220082873Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to acquire a detected value of a sensor that detects presence or absence of a person within a predetermined range outside one or more openings that is formed in a wall surface of a first building, each of the one or more openings using light control glass, the wall surface facing outside, and control transmittance of the light control glass based on the detected value of the sensor. A building includes one or more opening that is formed in at least a wall surface that faces outside, the opening using light control glass; a sensor that detects presence or absence of a person within a predetermined range outside the one or more openings; and a control device that controls transmittance of the light control glass based on a detected value of the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoya MATSUBARA, Ibuki SHIMADA, Keisuke SHOJI, Shuhei YAMAMOTO, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yurika TANAKA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
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Publication number: 20220084655Abstract: A more appropriate proposal is made far an action to be performed by a user in a free time of his or her schedule. A controller is provided which performs: obtaining schedules of a user; and transmitting to a terminal of the user, based on a content of a first schedule among the schedules of the user, a proposal for an action of the user to change his or her mood in a first free time in which the user has no schedule immediately before the first schedule.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoya Matsubara, Ibuki Shimada, Keisuke Shoji, Shuhei Yamamoto, Hideo Hasegawa, Yurika Tanaka, Satoshi Komamine
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Publication number: 20220067822Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to monitor movement of at least one object that is owned by a first user, based on information detected by a sensor, and create a list of lendable objects from the at least one object, based on the movement of the at least one object. The controller adds an object a frequency of use of which is smaller than a first value, among the at least one object, to the list as the lendable object.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoya Matsubara, Ibuki Shimada, Keisuke Shoji, Shuhei Yamamoto, Hideo Hasegawa, Yurika Tanaka, Satoshi Komamine
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Publication number: 20220044268Abstract: A controller is provided that is configured to perform: specifying a first user who is a user before boarding a moving vehicle; specifying a second user who is a user sitting on a seat in the moving vehicle; transmitting an inquiry to a terminal of the second user about whether or not to offer his or her seat; and notifying a terminal of the first user that the first user can take a seat in the moving vehicle, when a response to the effect that a seat is offered is received from the terminal of the second user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keisuke SHOJI, Yurika TANAKA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Hideo HASEGAWA, Tomoya MATSUBARA, Ibuki SHIMADA, Shuhei YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220004774Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller. The controller is configured to detect an obstruction present on a road, is configured to detect a user present within a predetermined distance from the obstruction that is detected, and is configured to transmit, to a terminal of the user that is detected, a request to relocate the obstruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shuhei YAMAMOTO, Yurika TANAKA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Hideo HASEGAWA, Tomoya MATSUBARA, Ibuki SHIMADA, Keisuke SHOJI
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Patent number: 11173844Abstract: A vehicle mirror device includes a housing, an imaging device, a light projection device, and a light shield unit. The housing is attached to a side portion of a vehicle and holds a mirror. The imaging device is attached to the housing and includes an image light acquisition unit disposed in a lower surface of the housing in a vehicle-mounted state. The light projection device is attached to the housing and includes an infrared irradiation unit disposed in the lower surface of the housing and disposed side by side with the image light acquisition unit in a left-and-right direction in the vehicle-mounted state. The light shield unit is provided on the lower surface of the housing and blocks infrared light going from the infrared irradiation unit toward the image light acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignees: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Joichi Kawanishi, Takuro Yuyama, Ryosuke Iba, Tomoya Matsubara, Yuto Watanabe, Takashi Nakatani, Tetsuya Nagasaki, Miyuki Omori
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Publication number: 20200406822Abstract: A vehicle mirror device includes a housing, an imaging device, a light projection device, and a light shield unit. The housing is attached to a side portion of a vehicle and holds a mirror. The imaging device is attached to the housing and includes an image light acquisition unit disposed in a lower surface of the housing in a vehicle-mounted state. The light projection device is attached to the housing and includes an infrared irradiation unit disposed in the lower surface of the housing and disposed side by side with the image light acquisition unit in a left-and-right direction in the vehicle-mounted state. The light shield unit is provided on the lower surface of the housing and blocks infrared light going from the infrared irradiation unit toward the image light acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicants: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Joichi KAWANISHI, Takuro YUYAMA, Ryosuke IBA, Tomoya MATSUBARA, Yuto WATANABE, Takashi NAKATANI, Tetsuya NAGASAKI, Miyuki OMORI
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Patent number: 10291175Abstract: A rotary electric machine system includes: a rotary electric machine; a lubrication mechanism configured to supply lubricating oil to a bearing of the rotary electric machine; and a control unit configured to control the supply of lubricating oil from the lubrication mechanism. The control unit is configured to acquire an operation status of the rotary electric machine and determine whether there is a possibility of occurrence of electrolytic corrosion in the bearing. The control unit is configured to, when it is determined that there is a possibility of occurrence of electrolytic corrosion, increase the supply of lubricating oil to the bearing by controlling the lubrication mechanism as compared to the supply of lubricating oil to the bearing at a time when it is not determined that there is a possibility of occurrence of electrolytic corrosion.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tomoya Matsubara
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Publication number: 20180091086Abstract: A rotary electric machine system includes: a rotary electric machine; a lubrication mechanism configured to supply lubricating oil to a bearing of the rotary electric machine; and a control unit configured to control the supply of lubricating oil from the lubrication mechanism. The control unit is configured to acquire an operation status of the rotary electric machine and determine whether there is a possibility of occurrence of electrolytic corrosion in the bearing. The control unit is configured to, when it is determined that there is a possibility of occurrence of electrolytic corrosion, increase the supply of lubricating oil to the bearing by controlling the lubrication mechanism as compared to the supply of lubricating oil to the bearing at a time when it is not determined that there is a possibility of occurrence of electrolytic corrosion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tomoya MATSUBARA
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Patent number: 9463688Abstract: A drive control device for a hybrid vehicle is provided with a differential device including four rotary elements; and an engine, first and second electric motors and an output rotary member which are respectively connected to the four rotary elements. One of the four rotary elements is constituted by a rotary component of a first differential mechanism and a rotary component of a second differential mechanism selectively connected through a clutch, and one of the rotary components is selectively fixed to a stationary member through a brake. The drive control device stops a rotation of the engine by using the clutch or the brake when an engine speed is reduced for making a shift from an engine drive mode in which the engine is driven for running to a motor drive mode; engages the clutch or the brake to reduce the engine speed to zero after the first electric motor is used for reducing the engine speed.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoya Matsubara, Kazuyuki Shiiba
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Patent number: 9452751Abstract: A drive control device for a hybrid vehicle is provided with a differential device including four rotary elements; and an engine, first and second electric motors and an output rotary member which are respectively connected to the four rotary elements. One of the four rotary elements is constituted by a rotary component of a first differential mechanism and a rotary component of a second differential mechanism selectively connected through a clutch, and one of the rotary components is selectively fixed to a stationary member through a brake. The drive control device comprises: an engagement control portion configured to place the clutch or the brake in a slipping state in a decelerating state of the hybrid vehicle in a hybrid drive mode in which the engine is operated.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2012Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoya Matsubara, Kazuyuki Shiiba, Hiroaki Kiyokami
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Publication number: 20150336569Abstract: A drive control device for a hybrid vehicle is provided with a differential device including four rotary elements; and an engine, first and second electric motors and an output rotary member which are respectively connected to the four rotary elements. One of the four rotary elements is constituted by a rotary component of a first differential mechanism and a rotary component of a second differential mechanism selectively connected through a clutch, and one of the rotary components is selectively fixed to a stationary member through a brake. The drive control device stops a rotation of the engine by using the clutch or the brake when an engine speed is reduced for making a shift from an engine drive mode in which the engine is driven for running to a motor drive mode; engages the clutch or the brake to reduce the engine speed to zero after the first electric motor is used for reducing the engine speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2012Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoya Matsubara, Kazuyuki Shiiba
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Publication number: 20150087474Abstract: A drive control device for a hybrid vehicle is provided with a differential device including four rotary elements; and an engine, first and second electric motors and an output rotary member which are respectively connected to the four rotary elements. One of the four rotary elements is constituted by a rotary component of a first differential mechanism and a rotary component of a second differential mechanism selectively connected through a clutch, and one of the rotary components is selectively fixed to a stationary member through a brake. The drive control device comprises: an engagement control portion configured to place the clutch or the brake in a slipping state in a decelerating state of the hybrid vehicle in a hybrid drive mode in which the engine is operated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2012Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoya Matsubara, Kazuyuki Shiiba, Hiroaki Kiyokami