Patents by Inventor Yasushi Ohba

Yasushi Ohba 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).

  • Patent number: 9907141
    Abstract: A luminance control device and a luminance control method for controlling luminance of a light emitting member are provided in order to reduce the amount of information to be stored while preventing the user from feeling uncomfortable. The CPU divides by the interpolation division number a value obtained subtracting the reference duty ratio from the reference duty ratio so as to calculate an interpolation variation width, and integrates the interpolation variation width to the reference duty ratio every time the interpolation period elapses, and the variation width in the luminance of the LED is therefore reduced, preventing users to feel uncomfortable, which allows for suppressing the amount of information to be stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Shigezane, Shuuji Satake, Takeshi Yamashita, Mitsuaki Maeda, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Yasushi Ohba, Nobuyoshi Imaeda, Makoto Sunohara, Hisanori Katou, Masahiro Kasai
  • Publication number: 20170290127
    Abstract: A luminance control device and a luminance control method for controlling luminance of a light emitting member are provided in order to reduce the amount of information to be stored while preventing the user from feeling uncomfortable. The CPU divides by the interpolation division number a value obtained subtracting the reference duty ratio from the reference duty ratio so as to calculate an interpolation variation width, and integrates the interpolation variation width to the reference duty ratio every time the interpolation period elapses, and the variation width in the luminance of the LED is therefore reduced, preventing users to feel uncomfortable, which allows for suppressing the amount of information to be stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki SHIGEZANE, Shuuji SATAKE, Takeshi YAMASHITA, Mitsuaki MAEDA, Terumitsu SUGIMOTO, Yasushi OHBA, Nobuyoshi IMAEDA, Makoto SUNOHARA, Hisanori KATOU, Masahiro KASAI
  • Patent number: 9656603
    Abstract: A vehicle interior illumination device includes an illumination lamp that is provided in a vehicle interior and is configured to be turned on to illuminate the vehicle interior, a detector that detects a condition to have the illumination lamp to be turned on, and a controller that controls a lighting of the illumination lamp. When the condition is detected by the detector, the controller lights the illumination lamp with a first light amount and when the condition is not detected by the detector, the controller lights the illumination lamp with a second light amount smaller than the first light amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Terumitsu Sugimoto, Hiroko Aono, Yasushi Ohba, Nobuyoshi Imaeda, Makoto Sunohara, Hisanori Kato, Masahiro Kasai
  • Publication number: 20160214530
    Abstract: A vehicle interior illumination device includes an illumination lamp that is provided in a vehicle interior and is configured to be turned on to illuminate the vehicle interior, a detector that detects a condition to have the illumination lamp to be turned on, and a controller that controls a lighting of the illumination lamp. When the condition is detected by the detector, the controller lights the illumination lamp with a first light amount and when the condition is not detected by the detector, the controller lights the illumination lamp with a second light amount smaller than the first light amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Terumitsu SUGIMOTO, Hiroko AONO, Yasushi OHBA, Nobuyoshi IMAEDA, Makoto SUNOHARA, Hisanori KATO, Masahiro KASAI
  • Patent number: 7618476
    Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for cooling a reduced-iron agglomerate in a reduced-iron agglomerate production equipment wherein an iron oxide agglomerate is reduced in a reducing furnace and discharged as a reduced-iron agglomerate, a conveyer to convey said reduced-iron agglomerate is installed at the outlet of said reduced-iron agglomerate production equipment, a plurality of spray nozzles are installed above, or above and below, said conveyer at intervals in the conveying direction of said reduced-iron agglomerate, and said reduced-iron agglomerate on said conveyer is cooled intermittently by ejecting cooling water, continuously or intermittently, through said spray nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ichikawa, Yasushi Ohba, Shiro Ohara, Yukio Kowaki
  • Publication number: 20070296127
    Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for cooling a reduced-iron agglomerate in a reduced-iron agglomerate production equipment wherein an iron oxide agglomerate is reduced in a reducing furnace and discharged as a reduced-iron agglomerate, a conveyer to convey said reduced-iron agglomerate is installed at the outlet of said reduced-iron agglomerate production equipment, a plurality of spray nozzles are installed above, or above and below, said conveyer at intervals in the conveying direction of said reduced-iron agglomerate, and said reduced-iron agglomerate on said conveyer is cooled intermittently by ejecting cooling water, continuously or intermittently, through said spray nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ichikawa, Yasushi Ohba, Shiro Ohara, Yukio Kowaki
  • Publication number: 20040262822
    Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for cooling a reduced-iron agglomerate in a reduced-iron agglomerate production equipment wherein an iron oxide agglomerate is reduced in a reducing furnace and discharged as a reduced-iron agglomerate, a conveyer to convey said reduced-iron agglomerate is installed at the outlet of said reduced-iron agglomerate production equipment, a plurality of spray nozzles are installed above, or above and below, said conveyer at intervals in the conveying direction of said reduced-iron agglomerate, and said reduced-iron agglomerate on said conveyer is cooled intermittently by ejecting cooling water, continuously or intermittently, through said spray nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ichikawa, Yasushi Ohba, Shiro Ohara, Yukio Kowaki