Patents by Inventor Toru Takashima

Toru Takashima 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).

  • Publication number: 20220089218
    Abstract: A steering control device controls a turning motor that generates a turning force for causing turning wheels of which power transmission to and from a steering wheel is cut off to turn. The steering control device includes a first processor configured to change a steering angle ratio which is a ratio of a turning angle of the turning wheels to a steering angle of the steering wheel according to a vehicle speed through control of the turning motor and a second processor configured to change a degree of change of the steering angle ratio with respect to change of the vehicle speed according to a steering state or a vehicle state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi KODERA, Toru TAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220081030
    Abstract: A steering control device is configured to control a steering device as a controlled object, the steering device having a structure in which transmission of power between a steering portion and a turning portion is cut off. The steering control device includes a central processing unit. The central processing unit is configured to execute a reduction process in a case where at least either one of a travel state amount and a steering state amount is a state amount indicating that a target turning-corresponding angle does not change. The reduction process is a process of reducing a driving current to be supplied to a turning motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junya MIYAKE, Takashi KODERA, Toru TAKASHIMA, Hidetsugu TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220081029
    Abstract: A steering device includes: a turning shaft that turns a turning wheel of a vehicle, with dynamic power transmission being separated between the turning shaft and a steering wheel; a turning motor; and a control device. The control device executes a particular process for increasing a command value to a value larger than an original command value that depends on a steering state, in a particular situation where an axial force exceeding a design-based expectation is easily generated in the turning shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junya MIYAKE, Takashi KODERA, Toru TAKASHIMA, Hidetsugu TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220081023
    Abstract: A steering device includes a turning shaft, a turning motor, and a control device that controls the turning motor such that an angle capable of being converted into a turning angle of a turning wheel follows a target angle that is calculated depending on a steering state of a steering wheel. The control device executes a correction process of correcting the target angle. The control device corrects the target angle such that the degree of an increase in the target angle is slower as the target angle approaches a limit value of an angle region, when the target angle increases toward the limit value of the angle region in either of a vehicle stop state or an extremely low speed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junya MIYAKE, Takashi KODERA, Toru TAKASHIMA, Hidetsugu TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220063711
    Abstract: A steering control device is configured to control a steering system including a turning mechanism that includes a motor configured to generate a motor torque that serves as power for moving a turning shaft to turn turning wheels of a vehicle. The steering control device includes a control unit configured to control a target control value serving as a target of a control value for controlling the motor torque of the motor. The control unit is configured to perform compensation for the target control value; acquire an offset value; and change the target control value such that the acquired offset value decreases gradually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke OTSUKA, Takashi KODERA, Toru TAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11254348
    Abstract: A steer-by-wire system includes a steering reaction torque generation device mechanically separated from a turning device for turning wheels and configured to apply a reaction torque to a steering wheel. The steering reaction torque generation device has a duplex configuration including a first system and a second system, each system including a reaction torque motor. When both systems are normal, a control device generates the reaction torque having a normal characteristic by controlling an operation of the reaction torque motor of at least one system. In a case of single failure where one of the systems fails, the control device generates the reaction torque having a first characteristic by controlling an operation of the reaction torque motor of another of the systems. The reaction torque having the first characteristic is different from the reaction torque having the normal characteristic with respect to a same steering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru Niwa, Toru Takashima, Tetsuya Morino, Yoshio Kudo
  • Publication number: 20210357831
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit associates a new rideshare request with a traffic plan of a mobile body based on a user attribute when receiving the new rideshare request including boarding and alighting conditions and the user attribute from a first terminal device, associates the new rideshare request with the traffic plan in which the ancillary conditions and the user attributes of the new rideshare request satisfy the ancillary conditions of the existing rideshare request and the ancillary conditions and the user attributes of the existing rideshare request satisfy the ancillary conditions of the new rideshare request when the new rideshare request includes ancillary conditions and the existing rideshare request associated with the traffic plan includes ancillary conditions, and calculates a fee for the new rideshare request based on at least one of a type and the number of the ancillary conditions for the new rideshare request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Xin JIN, Takayuki Murase, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Toru Takashima, Hiroaki Hanzawa, Hideo Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20210319488
    Abstract: An information processing device calculates a quoted price to be presented to a purchase contemplation person for a vehicle. The information processing device includes a control unit that calculates a demand forecast when the purchase contemplation person uses the vehicle as a car-sharing vehicle, calculates an expected income when the purchase contemplation person uses the vehicle as the car-sharing vehicle, based on the demand forecast, and calculates the quoted price based on a vehicle price of the vehicle and the expected income, to present the quoted price to the purchase contemplation person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Xin JIN, Takayuki MURASE, Tadahiro KASHIWAI, Toru TAKASHIMA, Hiroaki HANZAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210312506
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to acquire imaging data obtained by capturing an image of surroundings of a vehicle traveling while presenting an advertisement, and to calculate an advertising fee of the advertisement based on the imaging data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Xin JIN, Takayuki Murase, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Toru Takashima, Hiroaki Hanzawa, Hideo Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20210300464
    Abstract: A steering control device configured to control a steering device includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to calculate a torque command value which is a target value of the motor torque based on execution of angle control for adjusting a convertible angle which is able to be converted to a rotation angle of the motor to a target angle; calculate the motor control signal based on the torque command value; and change a control gain which is used for the angle control based on a change of a factor influencing a behavior of a vehicle in response to steering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi KODERA, Toru TAKASHIMA, Shunsuke YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 11120272
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus to be remotely controlled by an external electronic device includes: a communication unit that communicates with the electronic device; an imaging unit that captures a moving image of a subject to generate moving image data from which still image data is to be extracted; a storage unit that stores, in a recording medium, the moving image data generated by the imaging unit; and a control unit that controls an operation of the imaging apparatus. The control unit performs a process of generating the moving image data in response to a first request from the electronic device and generating the still image data by extracting at least one frame image from the moving image data stored in the recording medium, in response to a second request from the electronic device, and causes the communication unit to transmit the generated still image data to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Takashima
  • Patent number: 11066095
    Abstract: A controller includes a control circuit configured to calculate a target corresponding steered angle that is a target value of a corresponding steered angle based on the transmission ratio associated with the vehicle speed. The corresponding steered angle is a rotation angle of a rotation shaft, which is convertible to the steered angle whose magnitude is changed relative to a value indicating the steering angle. The control circuit is configured to control the actuation of the motor so that an actual corresponding steered angle is a final target corresponding steered angle that is based on the target corresponding steered angle. The control circuit is configured to calculate the target corresponding steered angle by adjusting the transmission ratio based on a value indicating acceleration or deceleration of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Kodera, Masayuki Kita, Toru Takashima, Tetsuya Morino
  • Publication number: 20210055194
    Abstract: A TG/DTA simultaneous measurement apparatus includes a heating furnace; a placing section configured to receive, on its top portion, a tiny sample; a heating furnace moving section configured to move the heating furnace between a position where the placing section is housed in the heating furnace and a position where the placing section is exposed to the outside; and an operation assistance table made of a material having heat resistance, at the position lower than the position of the placing section, in front of the heating furnace, as viewed from an operator who operates the analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toru TAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200130728
    Abstract: A steering system is configured such that a ratio of a turning angle change amount with respect to a steering angle change amount in a first steering angle area is larger than the ratio of the turning angle change amount with respect to the steering angle change amount in a second steering angle area, and a steering angle in the second steering angle is smaller than the steering angle of the first steering angle area. An electronic control unit of the steering system sets a delay degree of a change in turning angle with respect to a change in steering angle in the first steering angle area to be larger than the delay degree of the change in turning angle with respect to the change in steering angle in the second steering angle area regardless of a turning-over operation or a turning-back operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Yusuke NAKANO
  • Patent number: 10597076
    Abstract: Provided is a steering control device (10) for a vehicle (12), including a front wheel steering device (14) and a rear wheel steering device (42). When a magnitude of a steering angle (MA) is large in a state in which rear wheels are steered by the rear wheel steering device in the same phase with respect to front wheels, the steering control device carries out calculation so as to increase a rear wheel target correction steering angle ??bt for a correction steering for the rear wheels (18RL and 18RR) toward an opposite phase direction with respect to the front wheels (18FL and 18FR) compared with when the magnitude of the steering angle is small, and controls the rear wheel steering device based on the target correction steering angle ??bt, thereby increasing a slip angle toward the inside of a turn of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Takashima, Takahiro Kojo
  • Publication number: 20200062294
    Abstract: A controller includes a control circuit configured to calculate a target corresponding steered angle that is a target value of a corresponding steered angle based on the transmission ratio associated with the vehicle speed. The corresponding steered angle is a rotation angle of a rotation shaft, which is convertible to the steered angle whose magnitude is changed relative to a value indicating the steering angle. The control circuit is configured to control the actuation of the motor so that an actual corresponding steered angle is a final target corresponding steered angle that is based on the target corresponding steered angle. The control circuit is configured to calculate the target corresponding steered angle by adjusting the transmission ratio based on a value indicating acceleration or deceleration of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi KODERA, Masayuki KITA, Toru TAKASHIMA, Tetsuya MORINO
  • Publication number: 20200062896
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a molded body that is easy to produce and obtained by foaming a polycarbonate copolymer containing, as a raw material, isosorbide that is lightweight and excellent in mechanical properties and like. The present invention relates to a foam-molded body containing a polycarbonate copolymer having a structural unit derived from a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (1): and a structural unit derived from other dihydroxy compounds, and having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of less than 145° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Takashima, Katsushi Yamaoka, Takeshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10411566
    Abstract: In a motor temperature estimating device including: a polyphase motor 1 having a first phase coil, a second phase coil and a third phase coil; current sensors; a determination section that determines whether or not the polyphase motor is rotating; and a transformation section that transforms a first phase output signal from the first phase current sensor, a second phase output signal from the second phase current sensor, and a third phase output signal from the third phase current sensor to output a post-transformation output signal, the post-transformation output signal is inputted to a first temperature estimation section that estimates the temperature of the polyphase motor during rotation, and the first phase output signal, the second phase output signal and the third phase output signal are inputted to a second temperature estimation section that estimates the temperature of the polyphase motor during stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Takashima, Yusuke Suetake, Tetsuya Morino
  • Publication number: 20190202492
    Abstract: A steer-by-wire system includes a steering reaction torque generation device mechanically separated from a turning device for turning wheels and configured to apply a reaction torque to a steering wheel. The steering reaction torque generation device has a duplex configuration including a first system and a second system, each system including a reaction torque motor. When both systems are normal, a control device generates the reaction torque having a normal characteristic by controlling an operation of the reaction torque motor of at least one system. In a case of single failure where one of the systems fails, the control device generates the reaction torque having a first characteristic by controlling an operation of the reaction torque motor of another of the systems. The reaction torque having the first characteristic is different from the reaction torque having the normal characteristic with respect to a same steering angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru NIWA, Toru TAKASHIMA, Tetsuya MORINO, Yoshio KUDO
  • Publication number: 20190065857
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus to be remotely controlled by an external electronic device includes: a communication unit that communicates with the electronic device; an imaging unit that captures a moving image of a subject to generate moving image data from which still image data is to be extracted; a storage unit that stores, in a recording medium, the moving image data generated by the imaging unit; and a control unit that controls an operation of the imaging apparatus. The control unit performs a process of generating the moving image data in response to a first request from the electronic device and generating the still image data by extracting at least one frame image from the moving image data stored in the recording medium, in response to a second request from the electronic device, and causes the communication unit to transmit the generated still image data to the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: TORU TAKASHIMA