Patents by Inventor Yuichi Mizutani
Yuichi Mizutani 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: 20180053992Abstract: A vehicle includes a roof panel and a vehicle antenna device. The roof panel includes a roof portion and an antenna cover portion that protrudes from the roof portion and has an internal space. The vehicle antenna device includes a base portion and an upright portion that extends from the base portion into the internal space in the antenna cover portion. An outer imaginary plane is assumed to extend along a boundary line on a boundary portion between an outer surface of the roof portion and an outer surface of the antenna cover portion. In a state where the vehicle antenna device is mounted on the vehicle, at least part of the base portion is located below the outer imaginary plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichi MIZUTANI, Tomohiko YAMASE, Seiji GO
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Publication number: 20180050633Abstract: A high mount stop lamp mounted on a rear portion of a roof of an automobile is provided. The high mount stop lamp includes a flat light guide arranged below a resin roof panel. The light guide includes a front end and a rear end. The high mount stop lamp also includes a light source opposing the front end of the light guide. The rear end of the light guide is located on or proximate to a rear end of the roof panel to function as a light emitting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideaki TERAI, Kazumasa OKUMURA, Yuichi MIZUTANI, Kazutami OISHI, Koji UCHINO, Masaki AGEMI
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Patent number: 9900854Abstract: There is provided a signal processing device including a selection unit that selects and outputs one clock serving as a transport stream (TS) clock, which represents timing of data of a TS, among a plurality of clocks with frequencies not less than a serial rate which is a data rate at which the TS included in a radio frequency (RF) signal is output in a serial manner.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2013Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Yuichi Hirayama, Satoshi Okada, Yuichi Mizutani, Sotaro Ohara
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Publication number: 20180045280Abstract: Provided is a speed reduction or speed increasing apparatus where the rotational stiffness can be increased, including a housing, a first crown gear, a support unit placed radially outward of the first crown gear to support the first crown gear to be capable of wave motion and incapable of rotation with respect to the housing, a second crown gear configured to be rotatable with respect to the housing, the second crown gear having a different number of teeth from the first crown gear, the second crown gear facing the first crown gear, and a cam unit configured to incline the first crown gear with respect to the second crown gear in such a manner that the first crown gear engages with the second crown gear, and to cause the first crown gear to undergo wave motion in such a manner that the location of contact moves.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: THK CO., LTDInventors: Hideo SAITO, Yuichi MIZUTANI
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Publication number: 20170261326Abstract: A vehicle position detecting device according to an embodiment includes a wheel speed acquisition unit, a skid detection unit, a vehicle body speed calculation unit, and a position calculation unit. The wheel speed acquisition unit acquires a wheel speed of a wheel of a vehicle corresponding to rotation of the wheel. The skid detection unit detects a skid of the wheel. The vehicle body speed calculation unit calculates, when the skid is not detected by the skid detection unit, a vehicle body speed corresponding to the speed of a vehicle body of the vehicle based on the wheel speed acquired by the wheel speed acquisition unit, and corrects, in response to detection of the skid by the skid detection unit, the wheel speed acquired by the wheel speed acquisition unit based on correction information and calculates the vehicle body speed based on the corrected wheel speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2015Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi MIZUTANI, Shogi FUKUKAWA, Takatomo ASAI, Hiroyuki TACHIBANA, Hironobu ISHIJIMA, Kiyoshi TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20170259849Abstract: A vehicle control device according to an embodiment includes: a steering controller configured to control steering of a vehicle; and a controller configured to, when the vehicle is located at a first position on a travel route, instruct the steering controller to control the vehicle at a steering angle corresponding to a second position that is an advanced position from the first position in a traveling direction on the travel route.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2015Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shogi FUKUKAWA, Motonari OBAYASHI, Kiyoshi TAKAHASHI, Hironobu ISHIJIMA, Yuichi MIZUTANI, Takatomo ASAI
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Patent number: 9705669Abstract: Provided is a signal processing device including: a valid clock width calculation unit configured to calculate a valid clock width corresponding to a bit rate of a valid section in which a transport stream (TS) packet exists; and a TS clock signal generation unit configured to generate, on a basis of the valid clock width calculated by the valid clock width calculation unit, a TS clock signal by combining clocks with different frequency dividing rates.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Yuichi Hirayama, Satoshi Okada, Yuichi Mizutani
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Publication number: 20170029027Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: a setting unit that sets a movement route of a vehicle with an electric power steering when parking assistance is activated in the vehicle; a generation unit that generates control data equivalent to a changed steering angle curve which has taken into consideration a response delay between the output steering angle of the electric power steering and an actual tire angle in advance, based on the set movement route; and a control unit that controls the electric power steering based on the control data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi MIZUTANI, Shogi FUKUKAWA, Masaya KATO
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Publication number: 20160075376Abstract: A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to detect that a vehicle has moved through a switching position and reached a predetermined state during parking assist for the vehicle, and, when it is detected that the vehicle has reached the predetermined state, provide a notice that the vehicle has reached the predetermined state by imparting a predetermined vibration to a steering wheel of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Motokatsu TOMOZAWA, Masaya KATO, Shogi FUKUKAWA, Yuichi MIZUTANI, Takatomo ASAI, Motonari OBAYASHI, Hironobu ISHIJIMA
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Publication number: 20150349947Abstract: Provided is a signal processing device including: a valid clock width calculation unit configured to calculate a valid clock width corresponding to a bit rate of a valid section in which a transport stream (TS) packet exists; and a TS clock signal generation unit configured to generate, on a basis of the valid clock width calculated by the valid clock width calculation unit, a TS clock signal by combining clocks with different frequency dividing rates.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2014Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Yuichi Hirayama, Satoshi Okada, Yuichi Mizutani
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Patent number: 9180862Abstract: A vehicle dynamic control apparatus is designed to control a plurality of controlled objects based on a first parameter associated with a motion of a vehicle in a same direction to fulfill a request value of a second parameter associated with the motion of the vehicle in the same direction and outputted from a control requester. The vehicle dynamic control apparatus includes an availability obtainer configured to obtain an availability of the first parameter of each of the controlled objects, and to output the availability of the first parameter of each of the controlled objects to the control requester.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, ADVICS CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsuhiro Tokimasa, Junpei Tatsukawa, Yasuhiko Mukai, Masaki Maruyama, Masatoshi Hanzawa, Hirofumi Nitta, Yuichi Mizutani
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Patent number: 9145166Abstract: The momentum control apparatus includes: an optimal feedback gain obtaining part for obtaining a plurality of optimal feedback gains used when each of the plurality of actuators is independently actuated to feedback control the momentum of the controlled object; and a feedback gain setting part for extracting a minimum feedback gain out of the plurality of optimal feedback gains obtained by the optimal feedback gain obtaining part as a feedback gain of a control system.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION, ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Mizutani, Hirofumi Nitta, Junpei Tatsukawa, Mitsuhiro Tokimasa, Yasuhiko Mukai, Yoshihisa Ogata, Hajime Kumabe, Masatoshi Hanzawa, Masaki Maruyama
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Publication number: 20150139220Abstract: There is provided a signal processing device including a selection unit that selects and outputs one clock serving as a transport stream (TS) clock, which represents timing of data of a TS, among a plurality of clocks with frequencies not less than a serial rate which is a data rate at which the TS included in a radio frequency (RF) signal is output in a serial manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Yuichi Hirayama, Satoshi Okada, Yuichi Mizutani, Sotaro Ohara
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Publication number: 20150131746Abstract: Provided is a signal processing device, including a clock width calculation unit configured to calculate a clock width corresponding to a data rate of a valid section in which a transport stream (TS) packet exists, and a generation unit configured to generate a clock signal whose period is the clock width calculated in the clock width calculation unit and to output the clock signal as a shaped TS clock signal, the shaped TS clock signal being a TS clock signal of the TS packet to which shaping has been performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yuichi Hirayama, Satoshi Okada, Sotaro Ohara, Yuichi Mizutani
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Patent number: 9020706Abstract: A vehicle motion control apparatus configured to control a plurality of control objects in a same direction of vehicle motion control to achieve a requested control amount is provided. The vehicle motion control apparatus includes a control object selection unit which is configured to determine priority of the control objects used for the vehicle motion control based on a priority determination condition, to select a control object from among the plurality of control objects. The control object selection unit includes a control object selection timing determination section configured to detect a change in the priority determination condition, and cause the control object selection unit to reselect a control object at a timing of the change detection as a selection timing.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Advics Co., Ltd., Denso CorporationInventors: Masatoshi Hanzawa, Masaki Maruyama, Hirofumi Nitta, Yuichi Mizutani, Mitsuhiro Tokimasa, Yasuhiko Mukai, Junpei Tatsukawa
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Patent number: 9014916Abstract: A vehicle dynamic control apparatus is designed to control a plurality of controlled objects according to a request value of a first parameter from an application associated with motion of a vehicle in a same direction to fulfill the request value of the first parameter. An availability obtainer obtains an availability corresponding to a controllable range of a second parameter of each of the plurality of controlled objects, the second parameter being associated with motion of the vehicle in the same direction. A selector determines an order of the plurality of controlled objects to be controlled based on the availability of the second parameter of each of the plurality of controlled objects, and selects at least one of the plurality of controlled objects to be controlled in accordance with the determined order.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignees: Denso Corporation, Advics Co., Ltd, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsuhiro Tokimasa, Yasuhiko Mukai, Junpei Tatsukawa, Masaki Maruyama, Masatoshi Hanzawa, Hirofumi Nitta, Yuichi Mizutani
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Patent number: 8938002Abstract: A data processing apparatus, a data processing method, and a program that are configured to prevent (or lower) the increase in scale and cost of the apparatus. A read/write control portion executes read/write control in which slots subject to extraction of two or more slots in one frame that is a collection of two or more slots each of which is a unit of error correction coding are written to a ring buffer and the slots subject to extraction in one frame written to the ring buffer are read within the unit time. When slots subject to extraction are changed, an output portion executes output processing in which dummy data outputted from a dummy data output portion are outputted with a timing immediately before a change start frame that is a frame from which the change of slots subject to extraction is started and, slots subject to extraction read from the ring buffer are outputted for frames subsequent to the change start frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hideyuki Matsumoto, Yuichi Mizutani
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Patent number: 8855833Abstract: In a vehicle dynamic control platform arranged between a controlled object and an application, an availability obtainer obtains an availability corresponding to a controllable range of a second parameter of the controlled object, and outputs the availability of the second parameter of the controlled object to the application. The application is programmed to output the target value of the first parameter based on the availability of the second parameter of the controlled object. A comparator compares the target value of the first parameter with the availability of the second parameter when the target value of the first parameter is outputted from the application, and determines, based on a result of the comparison, whether to perform dynamic control of the vehicle by controlling the controlled object.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignees: Denso Corporation, Advics Co., Ltd, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hajime Kumabe, Yoshihisa Ogata, Junpei Tatsukawa, Mitsuhiro Tokimasa, Yasuhiko Mukai, Masatoshi Hanzawa, Masaki Maruyama, Hirofumi Nitta, Yuichi Mizutani
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Patent number: 8577553Abstract: A lateral motion control apparatus for a vehicle includes a control stop determination unit that determines whether or not to stop the control for the control target by the control target control unit based on a steering operation amount inputted by a driver of the vehicle, and a degeneration control amount determination unit that determines a degeneration control amount for the control target such that the control amount for the control target degenerates after the time when the control stop determination unit has determined that the control for the control target is to be stopped. When the control stop determination unit has determined that the control for the control target is to be stopped, the control target control unit controls the control target based on the degeneration control amount determined by the degeneration control amount determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso Corporation, Advics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Nitta, Yuichi Mizutani, Mitsuhiro Tokimasa, Junpei Tatsukawa, Yasuhiko Mukai, Yoshihisa Ogata, Hajime Kumabe, Masatoshi Hanzawa, Masaki Maruyama
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Patent number: 8565935Abstract: The lateral motion control apparatus calculates lateral motion control amounts for a plurality of control targets that operate cooperatively in order to change the lateral motion amount of the vehicle based on a target value for the lateral motion amount of the vehicle, and control the plurality of control targets based on the calculated lateral motion control amounts. Meanwhile, it is determined whether or not the control of the plurality of control targets is to be stopped. When it has been determined that the control of the plurality of control targets is to be stopped, lateral motion degeneration control amounts are determined for each of the plurality of control targets so that the lateral motion control amounts of the plurality of control targets degenerate starting at that time, and the plurality of control targets are controlled based on the determined lateral motion degeneration control amounts.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso Corporation, Advics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Mizutani, Hirofumi Nitta, Yasuhiko Mukai, Mitsuhiro Tokimasa, Junpei Tatsukawa, Yoshihisa Ogata, Hajime Kumabe, Masatoshi Hanzawa, Masaki Maruyama