Patents by Inventor Yuichi Kamei

Yuichi Kamei 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: 11878587
    Abstract: A display device 30 displays information of variables that reflect a state of a vehicle 10. The display device 10 includes: a first display region 31 that displays a scale of a first variable; a second display region 32 that is provided to be aligned with the first display region 31 and displays a scale of a second variable; a first pointing portion 42 that points, in the first display region 31, the first variable in accordance with the state of the vehicle 10; a first strip-shaped image 43 that is displayed between a pointed position of the first pointing portion 42 and a start point S1 of the first display region 31; a second pointing portion 52 that points, in the second display region 32, the second variable in accordance with the state of the vehicle 10; and a second strip-shaped image 53 that is displayed between a pointed position of the second pointing portion 52 and a start point S2 of the second display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi Kamei, Eiji Yamashita, Toyohito Hirano, Reoto Ueda, Jinichi Ohta, Takayuki Okuji
  • Patent number: 11813940
    Abstract: A display device (40) that displays information of a plurality of variables that reflect a state of a vehicle, the display device (40) including: a first meter image (41) including a first scale displaying (42) part that displays a scale of a first variable included in the plurality of variables and an indicating part (43) that indicates the first variable that varies with the state of the vehicle and rotating the first scale displaying part (42) in accordance with variation of the first variable, fixing the position of the indicating part (43); and a second meter image (44) including a second scale displaying part (45) that displays a scale of a second variable included in the plurality of variables and a displaying part (46) that displays the second variable that varies with the state of the vehicle, wherein the first meter image (41) and the second meter image (44) are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jinichi Ohta, Yuichi Kamei, Takayuki Okuji, Toyohito Hirano, Reoto Ueda, Akinori Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20230064386
    Abstract: A battery operation mode display device includes the mode display unit that displays a plurality of battery operation modes for controlling discharging and charging. The mode display unit sequentially displays a first mode indicator corresponding to a first battery operation mode identified in a first engine drive permission range, a second mode indicator corresponding to a second battery operation mode identified in a second engine drive permission range wider than the first engine drive permission range, and a third mode indicator corresponding to a third battery operation mode identified in a third engine drive permission range wider than the second engine drive permission range, among a plurality of battery operation modes identified for each drive permission range of the engine, in accordance with the drive permission range of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshifumi MIZUI, Takeshi TOYODA, Yuichi KAMEI, Hiroshi TACHIBANA
  • Publication number: 20230058534
    Abstract: A battery control device includes: an input unit that selects and inputs a first battery operation mode that is one of a plurality of battery operation modes that control discharging from a battery to an electric motor and charging from a generator to the battery by an operation of an occupant of the vehicle; a selection status display unit that displays a mode indicator corresponding to each of the plurality of battery operation modes and displays a selection status in the input unit; a confirmation unit that confirms the first battery operation mode when a selected state of the first battery operation mode is maintained for a predetermined time after the first battery operation mode is selected in the input unit; and a battery operation control unit that controls the operation of the battery of the vehicle based on the first battery operation mode confirmed by the confirmation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshifumi MIZUI, Takeshi TOYODA, Yuichi KAMEI, Hiroshi TACHIBANA
  • Patent number: 11472425
    Abstract: A display device for displaying at least one of outputs related to traveling of a hybrid vehicle includes a first area that indicates a first output in a first mode and indicates a second output in a second mode, a second area provided side by side with the first area and that indicates a third output in the second mode, and a third area provided in a position adjacent to the second area, and that indicates a range of the first output where a possibility that the internal combustion engine starts is high. The first area has a first display portion that changes according to the first output in the first mode and the second output in the second mode. The second area has a second display portion that changes according to the third output in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jinichi Ohta, Takayuki Okuji, Yuichi Kamei
  • Publication number: 20220153136
    Abstract: A display device 30 displays information of variables that reflect a state of a vehicle 10. The display device 10 includes: a first display region 31 that displays a scale of a first variable; a second display region 32 that is provided to be aligned with the first display region 31 and displays a scale of a second variable; a first pointing portion 42 that points, in the first display region 31, the first variable in accordance with the state of the vehicle 10; a first strip-shaped image 43 that is displayed between a pointed position of the first pointing portion 42 and a start point S1 of the first display region 31; a second pointing portion 52 that points, in the second display region 32, the second variable in accordance with the state of the vehicle 10; and a second strip-shaped image 53 that is displayed between a pointed position of the second pointing portion 52 and a start point S2 of the second display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi KAMEI, Eiji YAMASHITA, Toyohito HIRANO, Reoto UEDA, Jinichi OHTA, Takayuki OKUJI
  • Publication number: 20220144090
    Abstract: A display device (40) that displays information of a plurality of variables that reflect a state of a vehicle, the display device (40) including: a first meter image (41) including a first scale displaying (42) part that displays a scale of a first variable included in the plurality of variables and an indicating part (43) that indicates the first variable that varies with the state of the vehicle and rotating the first scale displaying part (42) in accordance with variation of the first variable, fixing the position of the indicating part (43); and a second meter image (44) including a second scale displaying part (45) that displays a scale of a second variable included in the plurality of variables and a displaying part (46) that displays the second variable that varies with the state of the vehicle, wherein the first meter image (41) and the second meter image (44) are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jinichi OHTA, Yuichi KAMEI, Takayuki OKUJI, Toyohito HIRANO, Reoto UEDA, Akinori KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 11320292
    Abstract: A display device, for a hybrid vehicle for displaying an output relating to traveling of the hybrid vehicle, includes a first region and a second region. The first region indicates the output in a first mode in which an internal combustion engine is stopped and the vehicle travels using an electric motor. The second region indicates the output in a second mode in which the internal combustion engine is operated to travel. The first region includes a third region positioned close to the second region and indicating the output at which the internal combustion engine possibly starts up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Okuji, Jinichi Ohta, Yuichi Kamei
  • Patent number: 10655590
    Abstract: A vehicle performs notification about an open/closed state of a lid member covering an interface for supplying driving energy. The vehicle includes a notification portion that performs notification when the lid member is in the open state and a connection detecting portion that detects a connection state of a driving energy supply device to the interface. In the vehicle, the notification portion suspends notification when the driving energy supply device is connected to the interface during the open state of the lid member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi Yagura, Yuichi Kamei, Yasuo Kamimura, Shuhei Yoshida, Makoto Kamachi, Hirotaka Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 10639994
    Abstract: A display device, for a hybrid vehicle for displaying an output relating to traveling of the hybrid vehicle, includes a first region and a second region. The first region indicates the output in a first mode in which an internal combustion engine is stopped and the vehicle travels using an electric motor. The second region indicates the output in a second mode in which the internal combustion engine is operated to travel. The first region and the second region are independently disposed in a predetermined range. Numerals for scale are marked in either one of the first region and the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Okuji, Jinichi Ohta, Yuichi Kamei
  • Publication number: 20200039532
    Abstract: A display device for displaying at least one of outputs related to traveling of a hybrid vehicle includes a first area that indicates a first output in a first mode and indicates a second output in a second mode, a second area provided side by side with the first area and that indicates a third output in the second mode, and a third area provided in a position adjacent to the second area, and that indicates a range of the first output where a possibility that the internal combustion engine starts is high. The first area has a first display portion that changes according to the first output in the first mode and the second output in the second mode. The second area has a second display portion that changes according to the third output in the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jinichi Ohta, Takayuki Okuji, Yuichi Kamei
  • Patent number: 10328927
    Abstract: A display device, for a hybrid vehicle for displaying an output relating to traveling of the hybrid vehicle, includes a first region, a second region and a third region. The first region indicates the output in a first mode in which an internal combustion engine is stopped and the vehicle travels using an electric motor. The second region indicates the output in a second mode in which the internal combustion engine is operated to travel. The third region is provided between the first region and the second region and has a display type different from that of the first region and the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Okuji, Jinichi Ohta, Yuichi Kamei
  • Publication number: 20180334034
    Abstract: A display device, for a hybrid vehicle for displaying an output relating to traveling of the hybrid vehicle, includes a first region and a second region. The first region indicates the output in a first mode in which an internal combustion engine is stopped and the vehicle travels using an electric motor. The second region indicates the output in a second mode in which the internal combustion engine is operated to travel. The first region and the second region are independently disposed in a predetermined range. Numerals for scale are marked in either one of the first region and the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki OKUJI, Jinichi OHTA, Yuichi KAMEI
  • Publication number: 20180335325
    Abstract: A display device, for a hybrid vehicle for displaying an output relating to traveling of the hybrid vehicle, includes a first region and a second region. The first region indicates the output in a first mode in which an internal combustion engine is stopped and the vehicle travels using an electric motor. The second region indicates the output in a second mode in which the internal combustion engine is operated to travel. The first region includes a third region positioned close to the second region and indicating the output at which the internal combustion engine possibly starts up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki OKUJI, Jinichi OHTA, Yuichi KAMEI
  • Publication number: 20180334035
    Abstract: A display device, for a hybrid vehicle for displaying an output relating to traveling of the hybrid vehicle, includes a first region, a second region and a third region. The first region indicates the output in a first mode in which an internal combustion engine is stopped and the vehicle travels using an electric motor. The second region indicates the output in a second mode in which the internal combustion engine is operated to travel. The third region is provided between the first region and the second region and has a display type different from that of the first region and the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki OKUJI, Jinichi OHTA, Yuichi KAMEI
  • Publication number: 20180135585
    Abstract: A vehicle performs notification about an open/closed state of a lid member covering an interface for supplying driving energy. The vehicle includes a notification portion that performs notification when the lid member is in the open state and a connection detecting portion that detects a connection state of a driving energy supply device to the interface. In the vehicle, the notification portion suspends notification when the driving energy supply device is connected to the interface during the open state of the lid member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi YAGURA, Yuichi KAMEI, Yasuo KAMIMURA, Shuhei YOSHIDA, Makoto KAMACHI, Hirotaka SUGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9919597
    Abstract: A controller for a four-wheel drive vehicle includes a multi-information display, a first operation part for switching of drive modes, a second operation part for switching of off-road traveling modes, a transfer controller that controls the arrangement of a transfer device based on the drive mode, a detector that detects the arrangement of the transfer device, a setter that sets the traveling mode based on the detected arrangement and input operations to the first and second operation parts, and a display controller that instructs the multi-information display to display the drive mode based on the input operation to the first operation part and the detected arrangement and to display the traveling mode set by the setter. The display controller displays the drive mode and the traveling mode on a window when the switched drive mode is a locked drive mode and simultaneously turns off these modes after a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kawasaki, Yuichi Urabe, Ryoichi Hino, Takayuki Wako, Atsuro Hirayama, Yuichi Kamei, Kei Asano
  • Patent number: 5881024
    Abstract: A timepiece is equipped with a hand shaft display portion having hands and driving shafts for the hands, and a liquid crystal display portion situated above a substrate. A liquid crystal display portion support frame is situated above the substrate for supporting the liquid crystal display portion. The liquid crystal display portion support frame includes a shaft insertion hole for allowing the driving shafts to pass therethrough, a penetration window located away from the shaft insertion hole and facing the liquid crystal display portion, and a light transmission member formed at least around the shaft insertion hole. An EL element is situated under the liquid crystal display portion support frame relative to the hands. The EL element illuminates the liquid crystal display portion and the hand shaft display portion through the light transmission member when the EL element is illuminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuo Nishimura, Yuichi Kamei
  • Patent number: 5841738
    Abstract: A display unit structure for an electronic device is formed of a solar cell, and a display unit. The display unit includes a transparent base layer disposed on the solar cell, and a hologram layer laminated on the base layer and having a virtual mirror plane for reflecting a light with a predetermined wavelength. The virtual mirror plane of the hologram layer is inclined with respect to front and back surfaces of the hologram layer. Thus, the light with the predetermined wavelength is reflected by the hologram layer, and light other that the predetermined wavelength is transmitted to the solar cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kamei, Yasuo Kamiyama, Masao Mafune, Yoshio Katsuki
  • Patent number: D1009899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Reoto Ueda, Yuichi Kamei