Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Kojima
Toshihiro Kojima 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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Patent number: 11979684Abstract: There is provided a content distribution device including a virtual character arrangement acquisitor that acquires an arrangement in a virtual space of each of a plurality of virtual characters respectively corresponding to a plurality of participants in accordance with an operation of a corresponding participant, a trigger detector that detects a first trigger and thereafter detects a second trigger, and a display control data distributor that generates and distributes display control data for displaying at least a part of the virtual space in which the plurality of virtual characters is arranged.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: DWANGO Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuo Kawakami, Takashi Kojima, Hiroaki Saito, Toshihiro Shimizu
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Patent number: 11318839Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a vehicle controller that, if a predetermined state transition condition is satisfied, makes a state transition of a vehicle from a drive possible state to a drive impossible state. The vehicle control device includes a vehicle occupant detection unit that detects a vehicle occupant in the vehicle. The vehicle controller makes the state transition to the drive impossible state that is different depending on a detection result from the vehicle occupant detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiro Kojima, Katsuyasu Yamane, Tomonori Watanabe, Gaku Shimamoto
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Patent number: 10680459Abstract: A non-contact charging system includes a power receiving device including a secondary coil, and a non-contact charger including a primary coil and a controller. The primary coil performs charging of the power receiving device through the secondary coil in a non-contact manner. Upon receiving a signal representing an abnormality of the power receiving device or detecting an abnormality of the charging in the non-contact charger, the controller stops the charging temporarily and executes procedures for restarting the charging when a first predetermined time has lapsed from the reception of the signal representing the abnormality or the detection of the abnormality of the charging.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Kanahara, Shigenori Hiruta, Toshihiro Kojima, Masayuki Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20190210459Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a vehicle controller that, if a predetermined state transition condition is satisfied, makes a state transition of a vehicle from a drive possible state to a drive impossible state. The vehicle control device includes a vehicle occupant detection unit that detects a vehicle occupant in the vehicle. The vehicle controller makes the state transition to the drive impossible state that is different depending on a detection result from the vehicle occupant detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Toshihiro KOJIMA, Katsuyasu YAMANE, Tomonori WATANABE, Gaku SHIMAMOTO
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Patent number: 10148119Abstract: A non-contact charging system includes a power receiving device including a secondary coil, and a non-contact charger including a primary coil and a controller. The primary coil performs charging of the power receiving device through the secondary coil in a non-contact manner. Upon receiving a signal representing an abnormality of the power receiving device or detecting an abnormality of the charging in the non-contact charger, the controller stops the charging temporarily and executes procedures for restarting the charging when a first predetermined time has lapsed from the reception of the signal representing the abnormality or the detection of the abnormality of the charging.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Kanahara, Shigenori Hiruta, Toshihiro Kojima, Masayuki Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20180300965Abstract: A vehicle communication device includes a vehicle-side communication unit mounted in a vehicle and configured to communicate with a portable terminal device, an operation detection unit configured to detect that a user performs a first operation on an operation target different from the portable terminal device, and a vehicle-side control unit configured to control an in-vehicle device mounted in the vehicle on the basis of input information received from the portable terminal device by the vehicle-side communication unit. The vehicle-side control unit controls the vehicle-side communication unit so that instruction information for causing the portable terminal device to display an input screen for remotely controlling the in-vehicle device serving as a target of a second operation assumed to be performed by the user after the first operation is transmitted to the portable terminal device if the first operation is detected by the operation detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2016Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Takashi Mori, Motohisa Hirose, Hiroshi Furumi, Toshihiro Kojima, Kenya Sakurai, Masayuki Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20180278081Abstract: A non-contact charging system includes a power receiving device including a secondary coil, and a non-contact charger including a primary coil and a controller. The primary coil performs charging of the power receiving device through the secondary coil in a non-contact manner. Upon receiving a signal representing an abnormality of the power receiving device or detecting an abnormality of the charging in the non-contact charger, the controller stops the charging temporarily and executes procedures for restarting the charging when a first predetermined time has lapsed from the reception of the signal representing the abnormality or the detection of the abnormality of the charging.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Kanahara, Shigenori Hiruta, Toshihiro Kojima, Masayuki Yamazaki
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Patent number: 10033218Abstract: A non-contact charger includes a position detector, a determination unit, a primary coil, a coil moving unit, and a controller. The position detector detects placement of an electronic device, which incorporates a secondary coil, onto a top plate of the non-contact charger. The determination unit determines whether the electronic device is placed onto the top plate of the non-contact charger from a lateral direction. When the determination unit determines that the electronic device is placed onto the top plate from the lateral direction, the controller instructs the coil moving unit to wait for a predetermined period of time in moving the primary coil. After the waiting for the predetermined period of time to delay the movement of the primary coil, the controller moves the primary coil toward a position of the secondary coil of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Kanahara, Shigenori Hiruta, Toshihiro Kojima, Masayuki Yamazaki
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Patent number: 9748792Abstract: A wireless charging system includes a wireless charger includes a power transmission part and a controller, the power transmission part being configured to transmit power to a portable terminal having a power-receiving part in a non-contact manner, the controller being configured to control power transmission performed by the power transmission part and to control a stop of the power transmission; and an in-vehicle wireless communication device having an antenna configured to perform wireless communication with an electronic key of an occupant of the vehicle, wherein the wireless charger is communicably connected to predetermined equipment which is provided to the vehicle, and when wireless communication between the in-vehicle wireless communication device and the electronic key is performed, the controller stops power transmission performed by the power transmission part in a case where a predetermined signal which is transmitted from the predetermined equipment is received before the antenna is driven.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Kanahara, Masayuki Yamazaki, Toshihiro Kojima, Shigenori Hiruta
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Publication number: 20160164335Abstract: A non-contact charger includes a position detector, a determination unit, a primary coil, a coil moving unit, and a controller. The position detector detects placement of an electronic device, which incorporates a secondary coil, onto a top plate of the non-contact charger. The determination unit determines whether the electronic device is placed onto the top plate of the non-contact charger from a lateral direction. When the determination unit determines that the electronic device is placed onto the top plate from the lateral direction, the controller instructs the coil moving unit to wait for a predetermined period of time in moving the primary coil. After the waiting for the predetermined period of time to delay the movement of the primary coil, the controller moves the primary coil toward a position of the secondary coil of the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2015Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Kanahara, Shigenori Hiruta, Toshihiro Kojima, Masayuki Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20160126778Abstract: A non-contact charging system includes a power receiving device including a secondary coil, and a non-contact charger including a primary coil and a controller. The primary coil performs charging of the power receiving device through the secondary coil in a non-contact manner. Upon receiving a signal representing an abnormality of the power receiving device or detecting an abnormality of the charging in the non-contact charger, the controller stops the charging temporarily and executes procedures for restarting the charging when a first predetermined time has lapsed from the reception of the signal representing the abnormality or the detection of the abnormality of the charging.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2015Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Kanahara, Shigenori Hiruta, Toshihiro Kojima, Masayuki Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20150380975Abstract: A wireless charging system includes a wireless charger includes a power transmission part and a controller, the power transmission part being configured to transmit power to a portable terminal having a power-receiving part in a non-contact manner, the controller being configured to control power transmission performed by the power transmission part and to control a stop of the power transmission; and an in-vehicle wireless communication device having an antenna configured to perform wireless communication with an electronic key of an occupant of the vehicle, wherein the wireless charger is communicably connected to predetermined equipment which is provided to the vehicle, and when wireless communication between the in-vehicle wireless communication device and the electronic key is performed, the controller stops power transmission performed by the power transmission part in a case where a predetermined signal which is transmitted from the predetermined equipment is received before the antenna is driven.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Hirokazu Kanahara, Masayuki Yamazaki, Toshihiro Kojima, Shigenori Hiruta
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Publication number: 20150219332Abstract: A heat exchanger tube vibration suppression device and a steam generator are provided. The heat exchanger tube vibration suppression device includes: a plurality of sleeves disposed in a heat exchanger tube with a predetermined gap in relation to an inner surface of the heat exchanger tube so as to extend in a longitudinal direction of the heat exchanger tube; and a connecting member that connects the plurality of sleeves so as to be movable between a contracted position at which adjacent sleeves overlap at least partially and an extended position at which the amount of overlap of the adjacent sleeves is minimized. In this way, it is possible to suppress the vibration of the heat exchanger tube appropriately.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tomohito Nakamori, Yoshitsugu Nekomoto, Jun Hirai, Toshihiro Kojima, Akihisa Iwasaki, Hideyuki Morita, Kazuo Hirota, Kengo Shimamura, Takaya Kusakabe, Ryoichi Kawakami, Katsuyoshi Nishioka
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Publication number: 20130339024Abstract: A parking lot system includes a camera that photographs an image including a number plate of a vehicle, and generates a first image; an image analysis section that performs a number analysis processing to analyze the first image and acquire number information described on the number plate of the vehicle; a storage section that stores the number information and parked position information of the vehicle associated with one another; a speech acquisition section to acquire the voice of the user; a speech recognition section that performs a speech recognition processing on the voice; and an output section that performs an output processing to retrieve the number information from the storage section based on the result of the speech recognition processing and notifies the user of the parked position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Inventor: Toshihiro KOJIMA
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Patent number: 8212755Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of gate lines to select a pixel and a plurality of data lines to supply pixel data, and a drive circuit dividing one frame into a plurality of fields, converting the frame data to field data, and supplying the field data to the data line.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2006Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryo Tanaka, Mikio Ohshiro, Toshihiro Kojima, Kohichi Katagawa
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Publication number: 20100207859Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display device having: a liquid crystal panel (101) including a plurality of gate lines to select a pixel and a plurality of data lines to supply pixel data; and a data driver (103, 104) dividing one frame into a plurality of fields, converting the frame data to field data, and supplying the field data to the data line.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2006Publication date: August 19, 2010Inventors: Ryo Tanaka, Mikio Ohshiro, Toshihiro Kojima, Kohichi Katagawa
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Publication number: 20090225095Abstract: A liquid crystal timing controller IC includes: a vertical blanking monitoring circuit that detects a non-display interval, a buffer memory that buffers a look-up table read out from an EEPROM, a look-up table storage that stores the look-up table, an image processor core section that processes images using the look-up table stored in the look-up table storage, and a memory controller that controls transfer of date from the EEPROM to the buffer memory and thereafter controls transfer of data from the buffer memory to the look-up table storage during a non-display interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2009Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Toshihiro Kojima
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Patent number: 7154467Abstract: A control circuit of a liquid crystal display device has a display driving data generation section. The display driving data generation section includes a conversion table 46 for storing compensation data corresponding to the combination of the significant bits of the image data nFi of the current frame and of the post driving status data (n?1)Fp of the previous frame, and an interpolation operation section for generating interpolation compensation data by performing an interpolation operation for the compensation data which is read from the conversion table according to the insignificant bits of the image data of the current frame and of the post driving status data of the previous frame. And the conversion table further comprises a singular point conversion table used when the post driving status data of the previous frame is a first data. These tables are selected depending on whether the post driving status data of the previous frame is the first data or not.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2004Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshihiro Kojima, Koichi Katagawa, Mikio Oshiro
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Patent number: 6894669Abstract: An operational unit determines, for subfield(s) other than a last subfield of a plurality of subfields constituting a single frame period, based on a difference determined by a data comparison unit, exceeded display data for setting the transmittance of each pixel to a value exceeding a target transmittance corresponding to image data supplied anew. The operational unit also determines, for the last subfield of the single frame period, based on the difference determined by the data comparison unit, target display data for setting the transmittance of each pixel to the target transmittance. An overshoot operation or operations are performed within the single frame period, and each pixel is set to the transmittance corresponding to the image data. This makes it possible to avoid trails occurring in moving image display and enhance the appearance of moving image display with no increase in frame rate.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2002Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: Fujitsu Display Technologies CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Suzuki, Koichi Katagawa, Koshu Yonemura, Toshihiro Kojima, Takashi Yuda
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Publication number: 20040218134Abstract: A control circuit of a liquid crystal display device has a display driving data generation section. The display driving data generation section includes a conversion table 46 for storing compensation data corresponding to the combination of the significant bits of the image data nFi of the current frame and of the post driving status data (n−1)Fp of the previous frame, and an interpolation operation section for generating interpolation compensation data by performing an interpolation operation for the compensation data which is read from the conversion table according to the insignificant bits of the image data of the current frame and of the post driving status data of the previous frame. And the conversion table further comprises a singular point conversion table used when the post driving status data of the previous frame is a first data. These tables are selected depending on whether the post driving status data of the previous frame is the first data or not.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2004Publication date: November 4, 2004Applicant: FUJITSU DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION.Inventors: Toshihiro Kojima, Koichi Katagawa, Mikio Oshiro