Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Suzuki

Yoshiaki Suzuki 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: 20170171155
    Abstract: The present invention prevents all of the filter rules from leaking and the filter functions of an entire network from stopping, even if problems arise in a filter device, etc. performing filtering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9669866
    Abstract: A steering intention determination device includes a calculation unit that calculates a value based on the product of a steering angular velocity and a steering torque and the product of a steering angle and the time differential value of the steering torque, and a determination unit that determines that the driver has a turn-and-steer steering intention in a case where the value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, determine that the driver has a steering holding intention in a case where the value is less than the predetermined value and the absolute value of the steering angular velocity is less than a predetermined angular velocity, and determine that the driver has a switchback steering intention in a case where the value is less than the predetermined value and the absolute value of the steering angular velocity is equal to or greater than the predetermined angular velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoji Kunihiro, Takahiro Kojo, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Yoshio Kudo, Masao Ueyama, Takeshi Goto, Yukihide Kimura
  • Patent number: 9656686
    Abstract: A drive supporting device includes a supporting device mounted on a vehicle and capable of executing driving support in the vehicle; a steering angle detecting device configured to detect a steering angle of a steering member of the vehicle; a torque detecting device configured to detect a torque acting on a steering shaft portion that rotates with the steering member; and a controller configured to control the supporting device, wherein the controller changes content of the driving support by the supporting device between a case in which a steering power corresponding to a product of a parameter associated with the steering angle detected by the steering angle detecting device and a parameter associated with the torque detected by the torque detecting device is greater than or equal to a reference value set in advance, and a case in which the steering power is smaller than the reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoji Kunihiro, Takeshi Goto, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Ikuo Kushiro, Kimiaki Ono
  • Patent number: 9657704
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay for starting a motor of a starter includes a resistor to reduce an activation current that flows through the motor from a battery for activation of the motor, a relay contact that causes the starting current to flow while bypassing the resistor, a relay coil that forms an electromagnet when excited by energization, and a control circuit that controls an excited state of the relay coil for activation of the motor to open or close the relay contact, thus controlling energization of the motor from the battery via the resistor. The electromagnetic relay incorporates therein the control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Murata
  • Publication number: 20170129726
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a feeding roller configured to feed a printing sheet stacked on a stacking unit, a conveyance roller configured to convey the printing sheet fed by the feeding roller, a printing unit configured to print the printing sheet conveyed by the conveyance roller, a conveyance control unit configured to control conveyance of printing sheets so that the trailing edge of a preceding sheet as a printing sheet precedingly fed from the stacking unit and the leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a printing sheet succeedingly fed from the stacking unit overlap each other, and a determination unit configured to determine whether to convey the succeeding sheet to a position facing the printing unit while keeping an overlap state between the preceding sheet and the succeeding sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Tomofumi Nishida, Noriyuki Sugiyama, Yasuyuki Asai, Motoyuki Taguchi, Tetsuya Saito, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Syunichi Kunihiro
  • Publication number: 20170120636
    Abstract: A printing apparatus is configured to perform in a first mode in which a second driving unit drives a second spool to feed out a sheet from a roll to a printing unit via a second guide, the printing unit performs printing on the fed sheet, and a basket unit receives the printed sheet printed on by the printing unit, and a second mode in which a first driving unit drives a first spool to feed the out the sheet from a roll to the printing unit via a first guide, the printing unit performs printing on the fed sheet, and the second driving unit drives the second spool to wind up the printed sheet printed by the printing unit as a roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Ryo Kobayashi, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Masaki Sumioka, Itaru Wada, Yoshiaki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170102257
    Abstract: A first magnetic holder is attached to a U-shaped curved tube portion of a synthetic resin made measurement tube, and a magnetomotive body having a magnetic pole surface facing forward is embedded in a distal end of the first magnetic holder. A second magnetic holder is provided on a substrate at a position facing the distal end of the first magnetic holder with a space apart therefrom. The second magnetic holder includes a permanent magnet disposed to face the magnetomotive body in the first magnetic holder with a magnetic pole surface facing toward the first magnetic holder, so that the magnetic pole surface having a magnetic pole opposite to that of the magnetomotive body face each other. The permanent magnet of the second magnetic holder retains the curved tube portion of the measurement tube elastically with a space apart therefrom by attracting the magnetomotive body with a magnetic attraction force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: EIICHI MURAKAMI, YOSHIAKI SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9613734
    Abstract: A sheathing member mounting apparatus is provided with a support mechanism that supports a sheet member from the side of a protective layer, electric wire holding mechanisms that hold an electric wire portion in a state of being disposed along a bonding layer of the sheet member, and a folding mechanism that folds the sheet member in two. A second region supported by a second support portion is pivoted toward a first support portion, whereby the electric wire portion of a wire harness is sandwiched in the folded sheet member to be covered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170088166
    Abstract: A driving support device may be configured to calculate a target steering angle for allowing a vehicle to travel along a target course; set, as a reference steering angle, a steering angle when a difference between the steering angle and the target steering angle is small; calculate an indication value indicating intention of a driver's steering operation as a sum of a first product of a corrected steering angle and a steering torque, a second product of a derivative of the corrected steering angle and the steering torque, and a third product of the corrected steering angle and a derivative of the steering torque; and correct the target steering angle based on the indication value so that a target driving support torque is corrected in accordance with the intention of the driver's steering operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoji KUNIHIRO, Yoshio KUDO, Takahiro KOJO, Yoshiaki SUZUKI, Masao UEYAMA, Takeshi GOTO, Yukihide KIMURA
  • Patent number: 9592683
    Abstract: A sheet can be securely drawn out of a sheet roll irrespective of an outer diameter of the sheet roll, and then, can be conveyed. A driven roller moves according to the outer diameter of the sheet roll, so as to be brought into press-contact with an outer periphery of the sheet roll from below, with respect to the direction of gravity, irrespective of the outer diameter of the sheet roll. An arm member moves according to the outer diameter of the sheet roll, so as to guide a lower side of the sheet drawn through above the driven roller irrespective of the outer diameter of the sheet roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Kobayashi, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Masaki Sumioka, Itaru Wada, Yoshiaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9586780
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a feeding roller configured to feed a printing sheet stacked on a stacking unit, a conveyance roller configured to convey the printing sheet fed by the feeding roller, a printing unit configured to print the printing sheet conveyed by the conveyance roller, a conveyance control unit configured to control conveyance of printing sheets so that the trailing edge of a preceding sheet as a printing sheet precedingly fed from the stacking unit and the leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a printing sheet succeedingly fed from the stacking unit overlap each other, and a determination unit configured to determine whether to convey the succeeding sheet to a position facing the printing unit while keeping an overlap state between the preceding sheet and the succeeding sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomofumi Nishida, Noriyuki Sugiyama, Yasuyuki Asai, Motoyuki Taguchi, Tetsuya Saito, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Syunichi Kunihiro
  • Patent number: 9579907
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus having a supply function and a winding function, in which a sheet is guided to a desirable position. To achieve this, the apparatus includes: a supply unit configured to hold a plurality of rolls of a wound continuous sheet; a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet drawn from one of the rolls held by the supply unit; a storage unit configured to store a sheet printed in the printing unit; and a guiding unit configured to guide a sheet discharged from the printing unit to the storage unit, wherein the guiding unit is capable of switching between guiding the sheet discharged from the printing unit to the storage unit and guiding the sheet discharged from the printing unit to the supply unit so that the sheet is wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoya Shinjo, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Mikoshiba, Masaki Komatsu
  • Patent number: 9562508
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay for starting a motor of a starter includes a resistor to reduce an activation current that flows through the motor from a battery for activation of the motor, a relay contact that causes the starting current to flow while bypassing the resistor, a relay coil that forms an electromagnet when excited by energization, and a control circuit that controls an excited state of the relay coil for activation of the motor to open or close the relay contact, thus controlling energization of the motor from the battery via the resistor. The electromagnetic relay incorporates therein the control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Murata
  • Publication number: 20170004476
    Abstract: A commodity sales data processing apparatus comprises an input module configured to receive an input of identification information capable of identifying an individual, a commodity sales data processing apparatus opening processing module configured to execute a commodity sales data processing apparatus opening processing in a case in which an individual specified with the identification information input from the input module has authority to execute the commodity sales data processing apparatus opening processing, and a storage control module configured to enable a storage section to store the identification information of the individual who executes the commodity sales data processing apparatus opening processing through the commodity sales data processing apparatus opening processing module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160347359
    Abstract: A control device (50) for an electric power steering device (10) is configured to: store a basic target return speed (Vrb), which increases in magnitude as the magnitude of a steering angle (?) increases; calculate, when a steering wheel (14) is being returned to a neutral position, the basic target return speed (Vrb) based on an actual steering angle (Step 10); calculate a transitional target return speed (Vtrt), which gradually increases in magnitude and gradually approaches the basic target return speed as the magnitude of the actual steering wheel decreases; and control, when the magnitude of a difference between the basic target return speed and the transitional target return speed is more than a reference value, a steering assist torque so that a return speed reaches the transitional target return speed (Step 20 to Step 160).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masao UEYAMA, Yoji KUNIHIRO, Yoshiaki SUZUKI, Takahiro KOJO
  • Patent number: 9457837
    Abstract: A steering device (1) includes: a steering member (4) that is provided in a vehicle (2) and configured to be rotationally operated; an actuator (8) that generates a torque assisting a steering operation on the steering member (4); a detection device (9) that detects a torque applied to a steering shaft portion (5) that rotates together with the steering member (4); and a steering control device (11) that performs vibration suppression control to suppress vibrations transmitted to the steering member (4) by adjusting a torque generated by the actuator (8), on a basis of a detected torque that is a torque detected by the detection device (9). The steering control device (11) controls the actuator (8) such that a torque of a frequency band in a first predetermined range, which corresponds to the detected torque is not suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Kudo, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Motoaki Kataoka, Daiji Watanabe, Hisaya Akatsuka
  • Patent number: 9443173
    Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a conveyance control unit which controls conveyance of printing sheets so that a trailing edge of a preceding sheet as a printing sheet precedingly fed from a stacking unit and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a printing sheet succeedingly fed from the stacking unit overlap each other, and a determination unit which determines whether to convey the succeeding sheet to a position facing the printing unit while keeping an overlap state between the preceding sheet and the succeeding sheet. The determination unit determines whether the printing sheet is suitable for overlap conveyance, and if the determination unit determines that the printing sheet is unsuitable for overlap conveyance, the conveyance control unit conveys the succeeding sheet while the succeeding sheet does not overlap the preceding sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Motoyuki Taguchi, Syunichi Kunihiro, Tetsuya Saito, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Noriyuki Sugiyama, Yasuyuki Asai, Ryo Yonemoto
  • Patent number: 9387876
    Abstract: A steering system includes a steering angle detection unit that detects a steering angle of a steering wheel; a steering torque detection unit that detects a steering torque with respect to the steering wheel; an ECU that calculates a corrected steering angle by nonlinearly correcting the steering angle, a first steering parameter as the product of an angular velocity of the steering angle and the steering torque, a second steering parameter as the product of the corrected steering angle and a time differential value of the steering torque, and a target control amount based on the first steering parameter and the second steering parameter; and a steering support unit that applies a rotation torque to the steering wheel based on the target control amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Kojo, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Yoji Kunihiro, Yoshio Kudo, Masao Ueyama, Yukihide Kimura
  • Patent number: 9379510
    Abstract: The wire harness as the circuit body is obtained as described below. In step S1, a long core wire constructed of a conductive metal is cut in a predetermined length. In step S2, a terminal part is molded in an end portion of the core wire and the core wire is bent in a predetermined shape. In step S3, a covering part is integrally molded in the center of the core wire. In step S4, a rubber stopper is integrally molded in an end portion of the covering part. In step S5, a conductor thin film sheet and a shield shell are assembled. In step S6, a connector housing is integrally molded. In step S7, packing is integrally molded. In step S8, a protective part is integrally molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota Ito, Yoshiaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9370946
    Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a feeding roller configured to feed a printing sheet, a conveyance roller configured to convey the printing sheet, a printing unit configured to print on the printing sheet, a conveyance control unit configured to control conveyance of printing sheets so that a trailing edge of a preceding sheet and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet overlap each other, a determination unit configured to determine whether the leading edge of the succeeding sheet overlaps the trailing edge of the preceding sheet, and a delay unit configured to delay conveyance of the preceding sheet when the determination unit determines that the leading edge of the succeeding sheet does not overlap the trailing edge of the preceding sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomofumi Nishida, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Noriyuki Sugiyama, Yasuyuki Asai, Masashi Ito, Naoki Aoyama, Syunichi Kunihiro