Patents by Inventor Wataru Nakashima
Wataru Nakashima 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: 11077787Abstract: A control device for vehicle headlamps configured to control illumination with light using headlamps of a vehicle, the control device for vehicle headlamps includes a determination part configured to determine whether the vehicle will collide with an object detected by an object detection part configured to detect an object, and an illumination controller configured to illuminate a region corresponding to the object that has been determined to collide with the vehicle by the determination part with a marking light and configured to illuminate a region around the region corresponding to the object with a background light in which a light intensity level thereof is decreased when a light intensity level of the marking light is increased, by using the headlamps.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuhiro Uchida, Yasushi Kita, Takako Kimura, Takeshi Waragaya, Wataru Nakashima
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Publication number: 20210107399Abstract: A lighting control device is capable of further enhancing the impression of direction indication due to the movement of light when performing sequential winker control. The lighting control device performs lighting control of a vehicular lamp including a plurality of light-emitting parts, and includes processor circuitry configured to perform controls to repeat a lighting cycle including turning on the plurality of light-emitting parts that have been turned off and maintaining a lighting state of all the light emitting parts, then sequentially dimming at least two or more of the light-emitting parts in a predetermined direction with a time difference, and thereafter turning off the plurality of light-emitting parts and maintaining a lights-out state of all the light-emitting parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Akihisa Kumakura, Yasushi Kita, Takako Kimura, Wataru Nakashima, Shuto Oyama, Kouki Kudo, Hidetaka Okada
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Publication number: 20210101523Abstract: A vehicular lamp can enhance the impression of the direction indication due to the movement of light when performing sequential winker controls by sequentially turning off a plurality of light-emitting parts. A lighting control device for performing lighting control of the vehicular lamp including the plurality of light-emitting parts, includes processor circuitry configured to perform controls to repeat a lighting cycle including turning on the plurality of light-emitting parts and maintaining a lighting state of all the light-emitting parts, and then sequentially turning off the light-emitting parts in a predetermined direction with a time difference and maintaining a lights-out state of all the light-emitting parts in such a manner that a rise time from the lights-out state to the lighting state during energizing the light-emitting parts is made longer than a fall time from when the lighting state to the lights-out state during deenergizing the light-emitting parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Kouki Kudo, Yasushi Kita, Takako Kimura, Wataru Nakashima, Shuto Oyama, Akihisa Kumakura, Hidetaka Okada
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Patent number: 10821878Abstract: An illumination device capable of correcting a deviation of a drawing position when drawing is performed at a position deviated from a designed target position on a road surface is provided. The illumination device can include: a first irradiation unit configured to irradiate light having a first light distribution pattern; and a second irradiation unit configured to irradiate light having a second light distribution pattern different from the first light distribution pattern, wherein at least one of the first light distribution pattern and the second light distribution pattern includes a main pattern and an auxiliary pattern configured to have an assisting function.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Wataru Nakashima, Yasushi Kita, Takako Kimura, Takeshi Waragaya
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Publication number: 20200223351Abstract: A control device for vehicle headlamps configured to control illumination with light using headlamps of a vehicle, the control device for vehicle headlamps includes a determination part configured to determine whether the vehicle will collide with an object detected by an object detection part configured to detect an object, and an illumination controller configured to illuminate a region corresponding to the object that has been determined to collide with the vehicle by the determination part with a marking light and configured to illuminate a region around the region corresponding to the object with a background light in which a light intensity level thereof is decreased when a light intensity level of the marking light is increased, by using the headlamps.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Mitsuhiro Uchida, Yasushi Kita, Takako Kimura, Takeshi Waragaya, Wataru Nakashima
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Patent number: 10604063Abstract: A control device for a vehicle headlight includes a motion information acquisition part that acquires information of a motion of at least a part of a driver in the vehicle, an attribute decision part that determines attribute of the driver based on the information acquired by the motion information acquisition part, and a light distribution controller that controls a light distribution of the vehicle headlight based on the attribute determined by the attribute decision part.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasushi Kita, Takako Kimura, Mitsuhiro Uchida, Takeshi Waragaya, Wataru Nakashima
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Publication number: 20190118698Abstract: An illumination device capable of correcting a deviation of a drawing position when drawing is performed at a position deviated from a designed target position on a road surface is provided. The illumination device can include: a first irradiation unit configured to irradiate light having a first light distribution pattern; and a second irradiation unit configured to irradiate light having a second light distribution pattern different from the first light distribution pattern, wherein at least one of the first light distribution pattern and the second light distribution pattern includes a main pattern and an auxiliary pattern configured to have an assisting function.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Wataru NAKASHIMA, Yasushi KITA, Takako KIMURA, Takeshi WARAGAYA
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Publication number: 20190077305Abstract: A control device for a vehicle headlight includes a motion information acquisition part that acquires information of a motion of at least a part of a driver in the vehicle, an attribute decision part that determines attribute of the driver based on the information acquired by the motion information acquisition part, and a light distribution controller that controls a light distribution of the vehicle headlight based on the attribute determined by the attribute decision part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Yasushi Kita, Takako Kimura, Mitsuhiro Uchida, Takeshi Waragaya, Wataru Nakashima
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Publication number: 20190077304Abstract: A control device for a vehicle headlight is a control device that controls radiation of light from the vehicle headlight, and includes a radiation controller that causes the vehicle headlight to radiate pattern light, which includes a first pattern, to a marginal portion that exceeds a portion corresponding to a vehicle width of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Wataru Nakashima, Yasushi Kita, Takako Kimura, Mitsuhiro Uchida, Takeshi Waragaya
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Patent number: 8185056Abstract: In a load testing system, a transmission device measures a bandwidth of user data transmitted from a user terminal in real time, calculates a calculation bandwidth by subtracting the bandwidth of the user data from an evaluation bandwidth preset to evaluate the performance of a network, and transmits test data corresponding to the calculation bandwidth with the user data corresponding to the bandwidth of the user data. A reception device receives the user data and the test data transmitted with the user data, and evaluates the performance of the network based on the user data and test data.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Shigeru Kotabe, Eitatsu Yoshida, Yoshihiko Koga, Wataru Nakamura, Wataru Nakashima
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Publication number: 20090143020Abstract: In a load testing system, a transmission device measures a bandwidth of user data transmitted from a user terminal in real time, calculates a calculation bandwidth by subtracting the bandwidth of the user data from an evaluation bandwidth preset to evaluate the performance of a network, and transmits test data corresponding to the calculation bandwidth with the user data corresponding to the bandwidth of the user data. A reception device receives the user data and the test data transmitted with the user data, and evaluates the performance of the network based on the user data and test data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Shigeru KOTABE, Eitatsu YOSHIDA, Yoshihiko KOGA, Wataru NAKAMURA, Wataru NAKASHIMA
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Publication number: 20090075605Abstract: A network has communication apparatuses communicatively interconnected in compliance with a maintenance protocol. An LBM frame transmission unit transmits an LBM frame to the network. An MEP information acquisition unit identifies a communication apparatus having transmitted an LBR frame as an MEP when the LBR frame is received, and acquires MEP information from the LBR frame. An LTM frame transmission unit transmits an LTM frame to the MEP identified by the MEP information acquisition unit. An MIP information acquisition unit identifies a communication apparatus as an MIP from an LTR frame when the LTR frame is received as a response to the LTM frame, and acquires MIP information indicating information about the MIP. A topology information generation unit generates topology information representing a configuration of the network from the MEP information acquired by the MEP information acquisition unit and the MIP information acquired by the MIP information acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Eitatsu YOSHIDA, Wataru Nakamura, Wataru Nakashima
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Publication number: 20070073508Abstract: In a testing apparatus for an optical access network, a converting unit converts an optical signal received through the optical access network into an electrical signal to create 10b coded data. A protocol processing unit performs a processing according to a protocol of the optical access network on the 10b coded data, and records a plurality of different protocol processing data corresponding to protocol information assigned to a plurality of ONUs. A memory unit stores the 10b coded data output from the converting unit. A CPU analyzes the 10b coded data in the memory unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2006Publication date: March 29, 2007Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Seishiro Taniguchi, Atsushi Tanaka, Wataru Nakashima, Wataru Nakamura
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Patent number: 6862699Abstract: A testing apparatus for testing a packet switch includes one of a test packet transmitting part and a test packet receiving part or both. The test packet transmitting part includes a test packet generating part generating a test packet, and a transmit control part that controls the test packet generating part in accordance with a timing defined by a format of packet. The test packet receiving part includes a test packet checking part for checking the address and test data contained in the test packet, and a receive control part for controlling the test packet checking part in accordance with the timing defined by the format of packet.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2001Date of Patent: March 1, 2005Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Wataru Nakashima, Kano Asada, Wataru Nakamura, Eitatsu Yoshida, Yoshihisa Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20020059545Abstract: A testing apparatus for testing a packet switch includes one of a test packet transmitting part and a test packet receiving part or both. The test packet transmitting part includes a test packet generating part generating a test packet, and a transmit control part that controls the test packet generating part in accordance with a timing defined by a format of packet. The test packet receiving part includes a test packet checking part for checking the address and test data contained in the test packet, and a receive control part for controlling the test packet checking part in accordance with the timing defined by the format of packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2001Publication date: May 16, 2002Inventors: Wataru Nakashima, Kano Asada, Wataru Nakamura, Eitatsu Yoshida, Yoshihisa Matsumoto
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Patent number: 5060228Abstract: A bridge communication system connects a plurality of bridge apparatuses, each connected to a local area network, through a backbone network. The present system performs a node address setting in the bridge apparatuses to add an address of the source node of the backbone network to a data frame. A learning table is provided in the respective bridge apparatuses for storing at least the source address corresponding to the terminal address, the port numbers of each bridge apparatus, and the address of the node of the backbone network. The system searches the learning table using a destination address designating a destination terminal in the data frame transmitted to the respective bridge apparatuses adds an address of a backbone node, obtained by the searching, to the data frame to be transmitted to the backbone network.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 1989Date of Patent: October 22, 1991Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Eiichi Tsutsui, Wataru Nakashima