Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Hattori
Tsutomu Hattori 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: 12103552Abstract: A light emission control device comprises a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. the processor is configured to acquire information related to a target object in surroundings of a vehicle, and perform control so as to interlock light emission of a plurality of light emitting units provided inside the vehicle in a case in which the target object is present.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tsutomu Hattori
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Publication number: 20240263061Abstract: An absorption cycle (110) according to the present invention is configured to operate using: a refrigerant having a global warming potential of less than 1000, and including at least one of an HFO-based refrigerant, an HFC-based refrigerant, and an HCFO-based refrigerant; and an absorbing liquid including at least one compound represented by Formulas (1), (2), and (3): R1—(OCH2CH2)n—OR2 (1) R1—(OCH2CH(CH3))n—OR2 (2) R1COO—(OCH2CH2)n—OR2 (3) where R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 or more and 6 or less, and n is an integer of 1 or more and 6 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: August 8, 2024Inventors: Tsutomu Wakabayashi, Saori Hattori, Hajime Yabase, Naoyuki Inoue, Yonezo Ikumi, Kiyoshi Saito
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Publication number: 20230391378Abstract: The control device, includes: an acquisition section configured to acquire a planned travel route of a vehicle; and a control section that, at a time of transitioning from autonomous driving to manual driving and on the basis of the planned travel route, controls a display portion configured to display grasping positions of a steering wheel that should be grasped by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsutomu HATTORI, Arata TAKADA
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Publication number: 20230311753Abstract: A light emission control device comprises a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. the processor is configured to acquire information related to a target object in surroundings of a vehicle, and perform control so as to interlock light emission of a plurality of light emitting units provided inside the vehicle in a case in which the target object is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventor: Tsutomu HATTORI
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Patent number: 10279805Abstract: A vehicle movement state determination device includes: a yaw rate determination unit configured to determine a yaw rate based on at least one of a detection yaw rate detected by a yaw rate sensor and a calculation yaw rate calculated by a yaw rate calculation unit; and a yaw rate reliability determination unit configured to determine whether a reliability of the detection yaw rate is low. The yaw rate determination unit determines the detection yaw rate as the yaw rate at the time the yaw rate reliability determination unit does not determine that the reliability of the detection yaw rate is low, and determines the yaw rate based on the calculation yaw rate at the time the yaw rate reliability determination unit determines that the reliability of the detection yaw rate is low.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsutomu Hattori, Hiroshi Onuma, Akira Nagae
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Patent number: 10099669Abstract: A brake control device includes: a liquid pressure line provided for each vehicle wheel and supplied with a brake liquid pressure; a pressurization unit configured to supply a pressurization brake liquid pressure to the liquid pressure line; an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality of the liquid pressure line at a time the brake liquid pressure of the liquid pressure line is not greater than a threshold value; and a pressurization adjustment unit configured to continuously supply the pressurization brake liquid pressure to the liquid pressure line of the normal vehicle wheel having a low abnormality occurrence risk and suppress the supply pressure of the pressurization brake liquid pressure to the liquid pressure line of the vehicle wheel having a high abnormality occurrence risk until the abnormality of the liquid pressure line is detected by the abnormality detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsutomu Hattori, Akira Nagae, Hiroshi Onuma
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Patent number: 10041154Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet includes an aluminum alloy substrate having a composition containing, by mass percentage, 3.0 to 4.0% of magnesium, 0.2 to 0.4% of manganese, 0.1 to 0.5% of iron, not less than 0.03% but less than 0.10% of copper, and less than 0.20% of silicon, with the remainder being aluminum and unavoidable impurities. A peak concentration of a copper concentration distribution in a thickness direction in a region at a depth of 15 nm to 200 nm from the surface of the aluminum alloy substrate is equal to or more than 0.15%, and the aluminum alloy substrate has a recrystallized structure with an average grain size of 15 ?m or less.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2012Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignees: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoyuki Hirayama, Pizhi Zhao, Takeshi Handa, Toshiya Anami, Yusuke Nagaishi, Koji Itakura, Hirokazu Miyagawa, Tsutomu Hattori, Shigenori Yoshizawa, Akio Yoshizawa
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Patent number: 9707943Abstract: A brake control device includes: a brake force generator of each wheel configured to generate a brake force according to a brake fluid pressure supplied from a fluid pressure channel; a pressurizer configured to pressurize a brake fluid and send the pressurized brake fluid to the fluid pressure channel; and a brake controller configured to reduce a pressurizing amount of the brake fluid pressure supplied to the fluid pressure channel or reduce the pressurizing amount to 0 before the collision of the own vehicle in a state where the possibility of collision of the own vehicle has been detected or after the collision, when the pressurizer has pressurized the brake fluid by the detection of the possibility of the collision and the pressurized brake fluid pressure has been supplied to the fluid pressure channel.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsutomu Hattori, Hiroshi Onuma, Akira Nagae
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Publication number: 20170144640Abstract: A brake control device includes: a liquid pressure line provided for each vehicle wheel and supplied with a brake liquid pressure; a pressurization unit configured to supply a pressurization brake liquid pressure to the liquid pressure line; an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality of the liquid pressure line at a time the brake liquid pressure of the liquid pressure line is not greater than a threshold value; and a pressurization adjustment unit configured to continuously supply the pressurization brake liquid pressure to the liquid pressure line of the normal vehicle wheel having a low abnormality occurrence risk and suppress the supply pressure of the pressurization brake liquid pressure to the liquid pressure line of the vehicle wheel having a high abnormality occurrence risk until the abnormality of the liquid pressure line is detected by the abnormality detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsutomu HATTORI, Akira NAGAE, Hiroshi ONUMA
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Publication number: 20170031674Abstract: A software introduction supporting method including: collecting data that indicates operational performance of a plurality of pieces of software operated in a plurality of servers, calculating a continuous operation time for which two or more pieces of software included in the plurality of pieces of software operate in parallel for each server, respectively, based on the collected data, generating an index relating to an influence of introduction of first software to be introduced into one server, based on information that specifies second software introduced into the one server and on the continuous operation time for the two or more pieces of software that includes the first software, when one of the plurality of pieces of software is the first software, and outputting the generated index.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Tsutomu Hattori
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Publication number: 20170015315Abstract: A vehicle movement state determination device includes: a yaw rate determination unit configured to determine a yaw rate based on at least one of a detection yaw rate detected by a yaw rate sensor and a calculation yaw rate calculated by a yaw rate calculation unit; and a yaw rate reliability determination unit configured to determine whether a reliability of the detection yaw rate is low. The yaw rate determination unit determines the detection yaw rate as the yaw rate at the time the yaw rate reliability determination unit does not determine that the reliability of the detection yaw rate is low, and determines the yaw rate based on the calculation yaw rate at the time the yaw rate reliability determination unit determines that the reliability of the detection yaw rate is low.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsutomu HATTORI, Hiroshi ONUMA, Akira NAGAE
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Publication number: 20160185328Abstract: A brake control device includes: a brake force generator of each wheel configured to generate a brake force according to a brake fluid pressure supplied from a fluid pressure channel; a pressurizer configured to pressurize a brake fluid and send the pressurized brake fluid to the fluid pressure channel; and a brake controller configured to reduce a pressurizing amount of the brake fluid pressure supplied to the fluid pressure channel or reduce the pressurizing amount to 0 before the collision of the own vehicle in a state where the possibility of collision of the own vehicle has been detected or after the collision, when the pressurizer has pressurized the brake fluid by the detection of the possibility of the collision and the pressurized brake fluid pressure has been supplied to the fluid pressure channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsutomu HATTORI, Hiroshi ONUMA, Akira NAGAE
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Patent number: 8909408Abstract: The control apparatus according to the invention is applied to a hybrid vehicle having a manual transmission. The control apparatus controls a motor-generator such that a torque is input to the manual transmission when a neutral switch outputs a detection signal while an internal-combustion engine and the vehicle are stopped. The control apparatus starts up the internal-combustion engine when a release manipulation is performed to a clutch while the time rate of change of input-side rotating speed of the manual transmission by a torque providing control does not satisfy a predetermined criterion.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tsutomu Hattori
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Publication number: 20140244089Abstract: The control apparatus according to the invention is applied to a hybrid vehicle having a manual transmission. The control apparatus controls a motor-generator such that a torque is input to the manual transmission when a neutral switch outputs a detection signal while an internal-combustion engine and the vehicle are stopped. The control apparatus starts up the internal-combustion engine when a release manipulation is performed to a clutch while the time rate of change of input-side rotating speed of the manual transmission by a torque providing control does not satisfy a predetermined criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2011Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tsutomu Hattori
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Publication number: 20140166162Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet includes an aluminum alloy substrate having a composition containing, by mass percentage, 3.0 to 4.0% of magnesium, 0.2 to 0.4% of manganese, 0.1 to 0.5% of iron, not less than 0.03% but less than 0.10% of copper, and less than 0.20% of silicon, with the remainder being aluminum and unavoidable impurities. A peak concentration of a copper concentration distribution in a thickness direction in a region at a depth of 15 nm to 200 nm from the surface of the aluminum alloy substrate is equal to or more than 0.15%, and the aluminum alloy substrate has a recrystallized structure with an average grain size of 15 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventors: Tomoyuki Hirayama, Pizhi Zhao, Takeshi Handa, Toshiya Anami, Yusuke Nagaishi, Koji Itakura, Hirokazu Miyagawa, Tsutomu Hattori, Shigenori Yoshizawa, Akio Yoshizawa
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Patent number: 6464805Abstract: An Al—Mg—Si—Cu aluminum alloy plate excelling in strength and formability and exhibiting improved filiform corrosion resistance which is suitably used for automotive body panels. The aluminum alloy plate contains 0.25-0.6% of Mg (mass %, hereinafter the same), 0.9-1.1% of Si, 0.6-1.0% of Cu, and at least one of 0.20% or less of Mn and 0.10% or less of Cr, with the balance consisting of Al and impurities, wherein the number of Q phases (Cu—Mg—Si—Al phases) with a size of 2 &mgr;m or more in diameter present in a matrix is 150 per mm2 or more. The aluminum alloy plate is fabricated by homogenizing an ingot of an aluminum alloy having the above composition at 530° C. or more, cooling the ingot to 450° C. or less at a cooling rate of 30° C./hour or less, hot-rolling the ingot, cold-rolling the hot-rolled product, and providing the cold-rolled product with a solution heat treatment.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2001Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Matsuda, Tsutomu Hattori, Masahito Katsukura, Tadashi Minoda, Hideo Yoshida, Shinichi Matsuda, Mineo Asano, Tsutomu Furuyama
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Patent number: 6461454Abstract: An aluminum alloy plate for an automobile has a chemical composition containing 0.8 to 1.5% by mass of Si, 0.4 to 0.7% by mass of Mg and 0.5 to 0.8% by mass of Cu. The crystal grain size is 10 to 40 &mgr;m. Cu content obtained by analyzing the outermost surface of the aluminum alloy with an oxide film according to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is {fraction (1/10)} to ½ of the Cu content of the bulk of the aluminum alloy plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2001Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Tawara, Osamu Takezoe, Mariko Sakata, Shinji Matsuda, Masahito Katsukura, Tsutomu Hattori
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Publication number: 20020012605Abstract: An aluminum alloy plate for an automobile has a chemical composition containing 0.8 to 1.5% by mass of Si, 0.4 to 0.7% by mass of Mg and 0.5 to 0.8% by mass of Cu. The crystal grain size is 10 to 40 &mgr;m. Cu content obtained by analyzing the outermost surface of the aluminum alloy with an oxide film according to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is {fraction (1/10)} to ½ of the Cu content of the bulk of the aluminum alloy plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2001Publication date: January 31, 2002Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko ShoInventors: Makoto Tawara, Osamu Takezoe, Mariko Sakata, Shinji Matsuda, Masahito Katsukura, Tsutomu Hattori
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Publication number: 20020005232Abstract: An Al—Mg—Si—Cu aluminum alloy plate excelling in strength and formability and exhibiting improved filiform corrosion resistance which is suitably used for automotive body panels. The aluminum alloy plate contains 0.25-0.6% of Mg (mass %, hereinafter the same), 0.9-1.1% of Si, 0.6-1.0% of Cu, and at least one of 0.20% or less of Mn and 0.10% or less of Cr, with the balance consisting of Al and impurities, wherein the number of Q phases (Cu—Mg—Si—Al phases) with a size of 2 &mgr;m or more in diameter present in a matrix is 150 per mm2 or more. The aluminum alloy plate is fabricated by homogenizing an ingot of an aluminum alloy having the above composition at 530° C. or more, cooling the ingot to 450° C. or less at a cooling rate of 30° C./hour or less, hot-rolling the ingot, cold-rolling the hot-rolled product, and providing the cold-rolled product with a solution heat treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2001Publication date: January 17, 2002Inventors: Shinji Matsuda, Tsutomu Hattori, Masahito Katsukura, Tadashi Minoda, Hideo Yoshida, Shinichi Matsuda, Mineo Asano, Tsutomu Furuyama
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Patent number: 5354372Abstract: The present invention relates to an undercoating composition and more particularly to an undercoating composition which has good application property and provides a coating film of low density having good resistance to corrosion, chipping, and secondary run. It will be used for automotive floor undercoating. The present invention of an undercoating composition which comprises (a) 100 parts by weight of a wax, (b) 10-200 parts by weight of a basic organic-inorganic dispersion composed of a metal salt of organic sulfonic acid, basic alkaline earth metal salt, and organic solvent, (c) 2-50 parts by weight of an .alpha.-olefin oligomer, and (d) 2-50 parts by weight of a metal salt of lanolin fatty acid. And another invention may be a composition in which (e) 1-30 parts by weight of an inorganic powder for 100 parts by weight of the total nonvolatile matter of the composition is added to the above-mentioned composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 1992Date of Patent: October 11, 1994Assignees: Yushiro Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeki Ebayashi, Hiromichi Tomihari, Tsutomu Hattori, Hiroaki Tamura, Toshio Hayashi