Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Shibata

Yoshiyuki Shibata 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: 20230319499
    Abstract: An information providing system includes: a processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the information providing system to perform operations including: acquiring position information indicating a user position; acquiring at least one of pieces of data information, each including sound information representing a sound, range information associated with the sound information and representing a predetermined range on a map, and reproduction information associated with the sound information and indicating settings related to reproduction of the sound in the sound information; and reproducing a sound by referring to the at least one of pieces of data information based on the position information. In a case in which there are one or more pieces of range information representing ranges including the user position, the reproduction processing is executed for each of the one or more pieces of range information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, connectome.design Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki UMEZAWA, Yoshiyuki SHIBATA, Akira SATO
  • Publication number: 20230259328
    Abstract: An information provision system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the information provision system to perform operations. The operations include: acquiring position information of a user and line-of-sight direction information of the user; estimating a target visually recognized by the user based on the position information, the line-of-sight direction information, and target position information for targets visually recognizable by the user; outputting, by sound, description information about the target in accordance with a setting; detecting a motion of a head of the user; estimating an intention of the user based on the motion during output of the description information; selecting the setting in accordance with the intention; and outputting, in response to change of the setting, the description information in accordance with the setting after the change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, connectome.design Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki UMEZAWA, Yoshiyuki SHIBATA, Takashi MATSUMOTO, Akira SATO
  • Patent number: 11617701
    Abstract: An assist device includes a body mounting fixture, an actuator, an operation state detector, and a controller. The controller is configured to control drive of the actuator. The controller is configured to acquire an estimated posture of the wearer, which is estimated based on operation detection information detected by the operation state detector, when the actuator generates the assist torque. The controller is configured to determine whether or not the estimated posture is an unreasonable posture in which an excessive force is applied to a lower back portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki Arai, Yoshiyuki Shibata
  • Patent number: 11554070
    Abstract: A walking assist device includes: a pair of right and left handles that are movable back and forth with respect to a frame in accordance with arm swing performed during walk of a user; rails on which the handles are provided and which limit movement of the handles in a movable range in accordance with arm swing performed during the walk of the user; a handle information acquisition unit that acquires information related to movement of the handles; and a control unit that controls a drive unit in accordance with the information from the handle information acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumitaka Achiwa, Yoshiyuki Shibata, Kouji Nagumo, Kimihiro Onishi, Tomomi Nishida
  • Patent number: 11452662
    Abstract: A walking assist device has a frame, a plurality of wheels, drive units, a battery, and a drive control unit that controls the drive units. The walking assist device also has: a pair of right and left movable handles that are grasped by a user and movable back and forth with respect to the frame in accordance with arm swing performed during walk of the user; handle guide units provided on the frame to guide the movable handles in a movable range that matches the arm swing performed during walk of the user; and a grasp portion state detection unit that detects the state of the movable handles. The drive control unit controls the travel speed of the walking assist device by controlling the drive units on the basis of the state of the movable handles which is detected using the grasp portion state detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Kanaya, Yoshiyuki Shibata, Shinji Takeuchi, Genki Murata
  • Patent number: 11446201
    Abstract: A walking assist device has a frame, a pair of right and left arm portions, a pair of right and left grasp portions, wheels including a pair of right and left drive wheels, drive units, a battery, a drive control unit, acting force measurement units that measure acting forces on the grasp portions, and holding units that hold the grasp portions at a predetermined position in the front-rear direction of the arm portions set in advance. The walking assist device travels forward together with a user. The holding units generate a restoring force for returning the grasp portions to the predetermined position. The drive control unit controls the drive units on the basis of acting forces calculated on the basis of detection signals from the acting force measurement units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shibata, Manabu Kanaya, Shinji Takeuchi, Yuki Matsuoka, Genki Murata
  • Patent number: 11439566
    Abstract: A walking assist device has a frame, fixed handles, rails provided with movable handles, front wheels, rear wheels and that serve as drive wheels, drive units, a battery, and a drive control unit, and travels forward or rearward together with a user that walks while grasping the fixed handles or the movable handles. The walking assist device has an operation mode switching unit that switches between a training mode, in which a load is applied to operation of the body of the user performed as the user walks, and an assist mode in which a load on operation of the body of the user performed as the user walks is alleviated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Kanaya, Yoshiyuki Shibata, Shinji Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20210275369
    Abstract: There is provided a walking support system for a combined training including: a walking assist device configured to move in accordance with an operation of a user to assist a walking of the user; a voice output unit configured to output a voice; and a task load unit configured to perform a voice-output for a task to the user via the voice output unit when the walking assist device is used by the user during the walking, the task being answerable by the voice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki SHIBATA, Shinji TAKEUCHI, Yuki MATSUOKA, Manabu KANAYA
  • Publication number: 20210220208
    Abstract: There are provided systems for providing a walking environment and supporting walking, and a method for providing a walking environment including: a location information collection step that collects a location information of a walking support equipment; an environmental information collection step that collects an environmental information used upon providing the walking environment while going out; and a process execution step that executes a process of providing the walking environment to an user of the walking support equipment, based on the environmental information collected in the environmental information collection step and the location information collected in the location information collection step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki SHIBATA, Manabu KANAYA, Yuki MATSUOKA, Osamu HONDA, Yusaku YASUI, Yoshinori WADA, Chishin YOHENA
  • Publication number: 20210053683
    Abstract: A vertical-tailless aircraft includes a body, a main wing, and a negative pressure generating portion. The body extends in a direction along an aircraft axis and includes a front body and a rear body. The main wing is provided on a side surface of the body. The negative pressure generating portion is provided at the rear body and is configured to generate negative pressure on the side surface of the rear body in a case that the vertical-tailless aircraft sideslips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya FURUMOTO, Seiichi SONODA, Yoshiyuki SHIBATA, Hiroyoshi ASANO
  • Publication number: 20200237600
    Abstract: An assist device includes a body mounting fixture, an actuator, an operation state detector, and a controller. The controller is configured to control drive of the actuator. The controller is configured to acquire an estimated posture of the wearer, which is estimated based on operation detection information detected by the operation state detector, when the actuator generates the assist torque. The controller is configured to determine whether or not the estimated posture is an unreasonable posture in which an excessive force is applied to a lower back portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki ARAI, Yoshiyuki SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20200230015
    Abstract: A walking assist device includes a frame; wheels including at least one driving wheel; at least one traveling drive unit; a battery; right and left handles; handle condition detection units; an electronic control unit configured to control the at least one traveling drive unit based on the conditions of the handles that are detected based on detection signals from the respective handle condition detection units; right and left shafts fixed to the respective handles and extending in a frame front-rear direction; and right and left tubes that are attached to the frame so as to extend in the frame front-rear direction, the tubes being configured to house the respective shafts such that the shafts are movable in the frame front-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki SHIBATA, Manabu KANAYA, Yuki MATSUOKA, Genki MURATA
  • Patent number: 10671717
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a first subscriber identification unit that stores first subscriber identification unit identification information associated with user identification information; and a communication unit that communicates with another communication device, the other communication device including a second subscriber identification unit that stores second subscriber identification unit identification information associated with user identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Takemori, Takamasa Isohara, Yoshiyuki Shibata, Kei Katou, Teruaki Honma
  • Publication number: 20200078258
    Abstract: A walking assist device includes: a frame; a pair of right and left arm portions; a pair of right and left grasp portions provided on the pair of right and left arm portions; a plurality of wheels including a drive wheel; a drive unit driving the drive wheel; a grasp portion drive unit configured to move the grasp portions; a battery; a control unit controlling the drive unit; and a grasp portion state detection unit detecting a state of each of the grasp portions. The control unit includes: a grasp portion state observation unit observing a grasp portion state that is a state of the grasp portions; a walking state evaluation unit evaluating a walking state of the user based on the grasp portion state observed using the grasp portion state observation unit; and a correction adjustment unit adjusting a control command for at least one of the drive unit and the grasp portion drive unit based on the walking state evaluated using the walking state evaluation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu KANAYA, Yoshiyuki SHIBATA, Shinji TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200009003
    Abstract: A walking assist device has a frame, a pair of right and left arm portions, a pair of right and left grasp portions, wheels including a pair of right and left drive wheels, drive units, a battery, a drive control unit, acting force measurement units that measure acting forces on the grasp portions, and holding units that hold the grasp portions at a predetermined position in the front-rear direction of the arm portions set in advance. The walking assist device travels forward together with a user. The holding units generate a restoring force for returning the grasp portions to the predetermined position. The drive control unit controls the drive units on the basis of acting forces calculated on the basis of detection signals from the acting force measurement units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki SHIBATA, Manabu Kanaya, Shinji Takeuchi, Yuki Matsuoka, Genki Murata
  • Publication number: 20190262215
    Abstract: A walking assist device includes: a pair of right and left handles that are movable back and forth with respect to a frame in accordance with arm swing performed during walk of a user; rails on which the handles are provided and which limit movement of the handles in a movable range in accordance with arm swing performed during the walk of the user; a handle information acquisition unit that acquires information related to movement of the handles; and a control unit that controls a drive unit in accordance with the information from the handle information acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumitaka ACHIWA, Yoshiyuki SHIBATA, Kouji NAGUMO, Kimihiro ONISHI, Tomomi NISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190262217
    Abstract: A walking assist device has a frame, a plurality of wheels, drive units, a battery, and a drive control unit that controls the drive units. The walking assist device also has: a pair of right and left movable handles that are grasped by a user and movable back and forth with respect to the frame in accordance with arm swing performed during walk of the user; handle guide units provided on the frame to guide the movable handles in a movable range that matches the arm swing performed during walk of the user; and a grasp portion state detection unit that detects the state of the movable handles. The drive control unit controls the travel speed of the walking assist device by controlling the drive units on the basis of the state of the movable handles which is detected using the grasp portion state detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu KANAYA, Yoshiyuki SHIBATA, Shinji TAKEUCHI, Genki MURATA
  • Publication number: 20190262216
    Abstract: A walking assist device has a frame, fixed handles, rails provided with movable handles, front wheels, rear wheels and that serve as drive wheels, drive units, a battery, and a drive control unit, and travels forward or rearward together with a user that walks while grasping the fixed handles or the movable handles. The walking assist device has an operation mode switching unit that switches between a training mode, in which a load is applied to operation of the body of the user performed as the user walks, and an assist mode in which a load on operation of the body of the user performed as the user walks is alleviated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu KANAYA, Yoshiyuki SHIBATA, Shinji TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 10199911
    Abstract: An orientation magnetization device includes plural orientation magnetization yokes and plural orientation magnetization magnets, and molds field magnets while a rotor core is disposed in a magnetic circuit that is formed by assembling the orientation magnetization yokes and the orientation magnetization magnets into an annular shape. When the rotor core is disposed in the magnetic circuit, protruding portions are disposed at portions of the respective orientation magnetization yokes facing the rotor core. Auxiliary magnets are disposed in gaps between the respective orientation magnetization magnets and the rotor core, on opposite sides of each protruding portion in a circumferential direction of the orientation magnetization device. Each protruding portion and each auxiliary magnet extend in an axial direction of the orientation magnetization device, and are skewed with respect to the axial direction of the orientation magnetization device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taiki Takeuchi, Hiroshi Yoshikawa, Naotake Kanda, Yoshiyuki Shibata, Koji Tachi
  • Publication number: 20180314813
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a first subscriber identification unit that stores first subscriber identification unit identification information associated with user identification information; and a communication unit that communicates with another communication device, the other communication device including a second subscriber identification unit that stores second subscriber identification unit identification information associated with user identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke TAKEMORI, Takamasa ISOHARA, Yoshiyuki SHIBATA, Kei KATOU, Teruaki HONMA