Patents by Inventor Yosuke Tomita
Yosuke Tomita 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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Publication number: 20160117877Abstract: A communication system includes: a vehicle-mounted communication device and a portable device. The communication device includes: a vehicle transmission unit which transmits a plurality of first signals to the portable device, and a vehicle reception unit which receives a second signal transmitted from the portable device. The portable device includes: a portable device reception unit which receives the first signals, a portable device controller which detects signal intensities of the received first signals, and which compares the signal intensities of the first signals, and a portable device transmission unit which transmits the second signal according to control of the portable device controller. The portable device controller sets an output value of the second signal to a predetermined value when a difference between the compared signal intensities of the first signals is equal to or less than a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2015Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya Hamada, Takahiro Inaguma, Yosuke Tomita
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Patent number: 9266142Abstract: A partition portion includes a proximal portion fixed to the outer periphery of the peripheral wall portion and a sealing member mounted to the proximal portion in a manner that the sealing member is allowed to move in inner and outer circumferential directions of the peripheral wall portion. When receiving a force toward an outer circumferential direction, the sealing member is moved in the outer circumferential direction, and a distal end portion thereof is held in press-contact with a sliding contact portion of a ventilation member with a force generated along with the above-mentioned force.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA POWREXInventors: Koji Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Hotta, Naotoshi Kinoshita, Tarou Endou, Shuichiro Fukuda, Kazuhiro Uchida, Yosuke Tomita, Hitoshi Kamada, Kazunori Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20160049672Abstract: A fuel cell system includes: a compressor configured to adjust a flow rate of a cathode gas to be supplied to a fuel cell; a pressure regulating valve configured to adjust a pressure of the cathode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell; a target pressure calculating unit configured to calculate a target pressure of the cathode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell while taking into consideration a load of the fuel cell and a heat protecting requirement of the fuel cell system; a target pressure calculating unit configured to calculate a target pressure of the cathode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell while taking into consideration a load of the fuel cell and a heat protecting requirement of the fuel cell system; a target flow rate calculating unit configured to calculate a target flow rate of the cathode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell in accordance with the load of the fuel cell and the target pressure of the cathode gas; and a control unit configured to control the compressor and the pressure regulatingType: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2014Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke TOMITA, Hayato CHIKUGO, Masashi SATO
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Patent number: 9258403Abstract: The mobile terminal adequately reports when the mobile terminal receives an impact due to an accident of a vehicle. When it is determined in step S1 that the mobile terminal is set on a charge pad and it is determined in step S2 that the mobile terminal is set to a normal mode, the mobile terminal is set to an automatic report mode in step S3. Meanwhile, when it is determined in step S1 that the mobile terminal is not set on the charge pad and it is determined in step S6 that the mobile terminal is set to the automatic report mode, and when a timeout time is set in step S7 and it is determined in step S10 that the timeout time passes, the mobile terminal is set to the normal mode in step S11.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Tomita, Koji Takizawa
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Publication number: 20150281423Abstract: A control system includes a portable device transmitting to a proximity control signal controlling locking/unlocking of an opening/closing body of the vehicle from near the vehicle, and a remote control signal controlling an engine remotely, intensity of the remote control signal higher than the proximity control signal, and a control device receiving a signal transmitted by the portable device. The portable device transmits by a same transmission antenna the whole of the proximity control signal at a single center frequency, and all of divided signals obtained by dividing the whole of the remote control signal into plural pieces at plural center frequencies. The control device receives by a same reception antenna the whole of the proximity control signal at the single center frequency, and all of the divided signals at center frequencies corresponding to frequencies used upon transmission of the divided signals by the portable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Tomita, Takahiro Inaguma, Tetsuo Nishidai
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Publication number: 20150259967Abstract: A control device of the present disclosure includes a receiver configured to receive a function enabling signal transmitted from a portable machine used to manipulate a vehicle, a determination unit configured to measure a predetermined time since the receiver receives the function enabling signal and determine whether the predetermined time elapses, and an opening and closing body controller configured to control opening and closing of an opening and closing body of the vehicle. The opening and closing body controller controls an opening operation of the opening and closing body based on user's action detected by a sensor, which is provided in or around the opening and closing body to detect the user's action, before the determination unit determines that the predetermined time elapses and after the receiver receives the function enabling signal from the portable machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazunobu Kamisawa, Yosuke Tomita
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Publication number: 20150261304Abstract: A portable machine of the disclosure includes: a manipulation unit configured to receive a manipulation for a vehicle; a transmitter configured to transmit a function enabling signal to a control device based on the manipulation of the manipulation unit, the control device being configured to control opening and closing of an opening and closing body of the vehicle; and a display configured to display information. The display displays a remaining time of a predetermined time after the transmitter transmits the function enabling signal. The control device controls an opening operation of the opening and closing body based on user's action that is detected by a sensor within the predetermined time after the function enabling signal is received, the sensor being provided in or around the opening and closing body to detect the user's action.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazunobu Kamisawa, Yosuke Tomita
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Patent number: 9134956Abstract: An in-vehicle system has a control device that controls a vehicle, and a charging device provided in the vehicle, in which a portable terminal is chargeable. The charging device has a power supply part that supplies power to the portable terminal, and a communication part that communicates with the portable terminal when the portable terminal is installed on the charging device. The control device has an authentication part that authenticates first authentication information received by the communication part from the portable terminal, and a vehicle control part that controls whether to permit starting of the vehicle based on an authentication result of the first authentication information.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuji Yamashita, Tetsuo Nishidai, Takahiro Inaguma, Yosuke Tomita
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Publication number: 20150246657Abstract: A portable device includes: a reception unit which receives state information of a vehicle from the vehicle; a transmission unit which transmits a signal to the vehicle; a control unit which controls communication with the vehicle; and a storage unit which stores at least two signal transmission intensities including a signal transmission intensity during engine stop and a signal transmission intensity during engine operation higher than the signal transmission intensity during engine stop, the signal transmission intensities being able to be set by the control unit. The control unit sets a signal transmission intensity of the signal transmitted from the transmission unit based on the state information received by the reception unit and the signal transmission intensities stored in the storage unit. The transmission unit transmits the signal based on the signal transmission intensity set by the control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Tomita, Takahiro Inaguma
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Publication number: 20150247481Abstract: A portable device includes a transmission unit which transmits an engine starting signal for starting an engine of a vehicle and an engine stopping signal for stopping the engine of the vehicle to the vehicle. The transmission unit transmits the engine stopping signal with an intensity higher than that of the engine starting signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Tomita, Takahiro Inaguma
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Patent number: 9105182Abstract: A communication system includes a portable machine having an identification code registered in a controlled object, the portable machine being capable of conducting wireless communications with the controlled object, and a portable terminal being capable of conducting noncontact wireless communications with the portable machine, wherein after noncontact wireless communications start between the portable machine and the portable terminal, the noncontact wireless communications are inhibited when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and then do not resume unless a specified instruction is given.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Tomita, Koji Takizawa
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Patent number: 9035757Abstract: A communication system has a first communication device, and a second communication device that conducts wireless communication the first communication device. The first communication device has a first transmitter that transmits a signal to the second communication device while modulating the signal, and a first transmission controller that controls the first transmitter. The second communication device has a first receiver that receives the signal from the first communication device and demodulates the received signal. The first transmission controller performs control so as to change a modulation method in midstream when a predetermined first signal is modulated and transmitted. The first receiver changes a demodulation method according to the change of the modulation method of the first signal in midstream when the first signal is received and demodulated.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuo Nishidai, Kazunobu Kamisawa, Yosuke Tomita
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Publication number: 20150061851Abstract: An automatic report to an appropriate destination can be sent in a short time when abnormality is detected with a vehicle. When the shock is determined to occur with the vehicle in step S1, inside/outside determination of a portable device for a vehicle is performed in step S2. In a case where the portable device is determined to be in the vehicle in step S3, an emergency organization is selected as a reporting destination in step S4, and in a case where the portable device is determined to be outside of the vehicle, a user's portable telephone device is selected as a reporting destination in step S5. Then, in step S6, a report is sent to the selected reporting destination. The present invention can be applied to, for example, an onboard apparatus for performing automatic report when abnormality occurs with the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Tomita, Koji Takizawa, Yoshie Naruse
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Publication number: 20150065079Abstract: The mobile terminal adequately reports when the mobile terminal receives an impact due to an accident of a vehicle. When it is determined in step S1 that the mobile terminal is set on a charge pad and it is determined in step S2 that the mobile terminal is set to a normal mode, the mobile terminal is set to an automatic report mode in step S3. Meanwhile, when it is determined in step S1 that the mobile terminal is not set on the charge pad and it is determined in step S6 that the mobile terminal is set to the automatic report mode, and when a timeout time is set in step S7 and it is determined in step S10 that the timeout time passes, the mobile terminal is set to the normal mode in step S11.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Tomita, Koji Takizawa
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Patent number: 8964897Abstract: A transmitting device that transmits a FSK-modulated wireless signal to a receiving device includes a controller that determines a transmitting content transmitted to the receiving device and a value of a maximum frequency shift in the FSK modulation, and outputs output information including the transmitting content, the value of the maximum frequency shift, and a value of a center frequency in the FSK modulation; a generator that generates a FSK modulation signal based on the transmitting content, the value of the maximum frequency shift, and the value of the center frequency, which are output from the controller; and a transmitting antenna that transmits the FSK modulation signal, which is generated by the generator, in a form of a wireless signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Omron Automotive Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yosuke Tomita, Hidemitsu Kawashima, Takashi Yamada
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Publication number: 20150015385Abstract: A reporting system has a first handheld device that locks and unlocks a door of a vehicle, and a second handheld device that communicates with the first handheld device. The first handheld device has an inside/outside determination unit that carries out wireless communication with the vehicle and acquires, with the vehicle, information of inside/outside determination on whether the first handheld device is inside the vehicle or outside the vehicle, and a transmitting unit that transmits the result of the inside/outside determination. The second handheld device has a receiving unit that receives the result of the determination from the first handheld device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Tomita, Manabu Sakai, Takahiro Inaguma, Koji Takizawa
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Publication number: 20140324250Abstract: A portable key switchable between a first mode and a second mode for operating a vehicle has a transmission antenna that transmits a signal to the vehicle, a reception antenna that receives a signal from the vehicle, a changeover switch that is operable by a user when the portable key is switched from a first mode to a second mode, a command switch that is operable by the user when an operation command signal is transmitted to the vehicle, a lighting display part that notifies the user of information, and a controller that performs control so as to transmit the signal from the transmission antenna based on input from the changeover switch or the command switch, and performs control so as to display information received from the vehicle by the reception antenna on the lighting display part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Tomita, Takahiro Inaguma
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Publication number: 20140316610Abstract: A portable key switchable between a first mode and a second mode for operating a vehicle has a transmission antenna that transmits a signal to the vehicle, a reception antenna that receives a signal from the vehicle, a changeover switch that is operable by a user when the portable key is switched from the first mode to the second mode, a command switch that is operable by the user when an operation command signal is transmitted to the vehicle, and a controller that performs control so as to transmit the signal from the transmission antenna based on input from the changeover switch or the command switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Tomita, Takahiro Inaguma
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Publication number: 20140215567Abstract: A communication system has a first communication device, and a second communication device conduct wireless communication with the first communication device. The first communication device has a first transmitter that transmits a signal to the second communication device, and a first transmission controller that controls the first transmitter. The second communication device has a first receiver that receives the signal from the first communication device, a first reception controller that controls the first receiver, a signal processor that processes the signal received by the first receiver, and a determination part that determines whether the signal received by the first receiver is a normal signal. When transmitting a predetermined first signal, the first transmission controller divides the first signal into a plurality of segments to change a transmission frequency of the first transmitter in units of segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Yoshizawa, Hirofumi Ohata, Yosuke Tomita
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Publication number: 20140207313Abstract: A communication system has a first communication device, and a second communication device that conducts wireless communication the first communication device. The first communication device has a first transmitter that transmits a signal to the second communication device while modulating the signal, and a first transmission controller that controls the first transmitter. The second communication device has a first receiver that receives the signal from the first communication device and demodulates the received signal. The first transmission controller performs control so as to change a modulation method in midstream when a predetermined first signal is modulated and transmitted. The first receiver changes a demodulation method according to the change of the modulation method of the first signal in midstream when the first signal is received and demodulated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuo Nishidai, Kazunobu Kamisawa, Yosuke Tomita