Patents by Inventor Yusuke Kinoshita

Yusuke Kinoshita 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: 20240029861
    Abstract: A health management support system includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire information about each of members of a specific group to which a user belongs, including his/her health condition; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a food purchased by the user; an inference unit configured to infer, when an abnormality is detected in a health condition of any one of a plurality of members belonging to the specific group, as to which food has caused the abnormality in the health condition of the member from a history of foods purchased by the user; and a notification unit configured to notify the user that the food inferred by the inference unit may have caused the abnormality in the health condition of the member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Toru MIYAGAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Hiroki SATO, Hiroaki KAMEI, Maika HASHIMOTO, Manabu YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240029860
    Abstract: A health management support system includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a current state of a user, information about a target health condition of the user after a lapse of a set period, and information about a budget of the user; a plan calculation unit configured to calculate at least one plan for a behavioral item that the user should perform during the set period based on the information about the current state of the user, the target health condition of the user after the lapse of the set period, and the budget; and an output unit configured to output the at least one plan calculated by the plan calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Toru MIYAGAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Shotaro YASUDA, Hiroki SATO, Hiroaki KAMEI, Maika HASHIMOTO, Manabu YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240013887
    Abstract: A schedule management system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a plurality of task items and information about a target exercise amount of a first user for each predetermined period; a task dividing unit configured to extract at least one task item from among the plurality of task items by referring to a database, and assign the extracted at least one task item to the first user as a task item for the predetermined period, the at least one task item representing a task with which the first user achieves an exercise amount corresponding to his/her target exercise amount for each predetermined period, and in the database, information about, for each of the plurality of task items, an exercise amount per unit time corresponding to that task item being registered; and an output unit that outputs information about the task item assigned to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Toru MIYAGAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Takuhiro OMI, Yuta MORI, Hajime KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20240013888
    Abstract: A body shape management system includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about an actual body shape of a user and information about a target body shape of the user that he/she wants to have after a lapse of a set period; a display control unit configured to display at least an avatar representing the target body shape of the user acquired by the acquisition unit on a monitor; a plan calculation unit configured to calculate at least one plan for a behavioral item that the user should perform during the set period based on the actual body shape of the user and the target body shape of the user that he/she wants to have after the lapse of the set period; and an output unit configured to output the at least one plan calculated by the plan calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Toru MIYAGAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Narimasa WATANABE, Kohei OTSUKA, Ryusuke KURODA
  • Publication number: 20240001215
    Abstract: An exercise promotion system includes a work environment providing device configured to provide a work environment for improving efficiency of work of a user, an exercise state detection unit configured to detect an exercise state of the user's lower limb, and a work environment change unit configured to change the work environment provided by the work environment providing device. The work environment change unit changes the work environment so that the work environment deteriorates when the exercise state detected by the working state detection unit does not meet a predetermined reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Toru MIYAGAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Kevin SCHAEFER, Florin BAIDUC, Ryota NAKABAYASHI, Joan CHEN, Maxwell FORREST
  • Patent number: 11860185
    Abstract: An inertia measurement device, which is used in combination with a satellite positioning receiver that outputs a positioning result at every T seconds in a positioning system equipped on a vehicle, when a Z-axis angular velocity sensor, a position error P[m] based on the detection signal of the Z-axis angular velocity sensor while the vehicle moves at a moving speed V[m/sec] for T seconds satisfies Pp?P=(V/Bz)×(1?cos(Bz×T)) (where, a bias error of the Z-axis angular velocity sensor is Bz[deg/sec] and a predetermined allowable maximum position error during movement for T seconds is Pp[m]), and a bias error Bx and By of the Y-axis angular velocity sensor satisfies Bz<Bx and Bz<By.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke Kinoshita, Nobuyuki Imai
  • Publication number: 20230419826
    Abstract: Provided is a traffic facility control system capable of achieving both ensuring of physical safety of a moving person and reduction of a psychological burden on the moving person. The traffic facility control system according to the present disclosure includes: a detection unit configured to detect a moving ability of a person; a determination unit configured to determine a psychological state of the person; and a control unit configured to control a traffic facility installed at at least one of the vicinity of a current position of the person, a position on a route along which the person moves, or a position along the route based on the moving ability of the person and the psychological state of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Toru MIYAGAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Bing XUE, Yuta MORI, Takashi HOMMA
  • Publication number: 20230410975
    Abstract: A first exemplary aspect is a health promotion system using a computer, the health promotion system including: a door mechanism configured to be opened by an operation performed by a person; a control unit configured to control the door mechanism; and identification information acquisition unit that acquires identification information for identifying the person who operates the door mechanism. The control unit acquires health condition information indicating a health condition of the person, determines whether or not the health condition satisfies a target value that is predetermined for the person identified by the identification information, and increases an exercise load of the operation for opening the door mechanism when the health condition does not satisfy the target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Toru MIYAGAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Shotaro YASUDA
  • Publication number: 20230405436
    Abstract: A body shape management system includes: a predicted body shape calculation unit configured to calculate, for each set period, a predicted body shape of a first user according to a first schedule of the first user stored in a database, the predicted body shape being a body shape estimated by predicting a change from a reference body shape of the first user; and a display control unit configured to display an avatar of the first user along with the first schedule on a monitor, the avatar representing the predicted body shape of the first user calculated for each set period by the predicted body shape calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Toru MIYAGAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Hiroshi SHIMADA, Atsushi HATANO, Yumi KOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230410586
    Abstract: A package hand-over apparatus, a package hand-over method, and a program that can efficiently hand over an item that is preferably handed over to a receiver after a face-to-face confirmation are provided. A package hand-over apparatus includes a video call control unit configured to carry out a video call with a terminal apparatus of a sender by using a video call device, and a lock control unit configured to unlock a lock prohibiting hand-over of a package based on whether or not an input approving the hand-over is made to the terminal apparatus of the sender after a start of the video call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Toru MIYAGAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Morihiro MASADA, Tomoaki SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230410581
    Abstract: A health promotion system using a computer includes: an operation mechanism configured to operate in response to an operation performed by a person; a control unit configured to control the operation mechanism; identification information acquisition unit that acquires identification information for identifying the person who operates the operation mechanism; and motion detection unit that detects a motion of the person. The control unit determines whether or not the motion detected by the motion detection unit satisfies a health promotion motion that is predetermined for the person identified by the identification information, and operates the operation mechanism in response to the operation performed by the person only when the detected motion satisfies the health promotion motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Toru MIYAGAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Keisuke SUGA
  • Publication number: 20230412154
    Abstract: A gate drive circuit includes: an input terminal; a first circuit path inserted into a line connecting the input terminal and a gate of a power transistor; a second circuit path connected in parallel to the first circuit path; and a third circuit path connected in parallel to the second circuit path. The first circuit path includes a gate resistor (Rgon). The second circuit path includes a first capacitor and a first resistor connected in series. The third circuit path includes a second capacitor and a second resistor connected in series. The second capacitor has a capacitance value greater than a capacitance value of the first capacitor. The second resistor has a resistance value greater than a resistance value of the first resistor. The gate resistor (Rgon) has a resistance value greater than the resistance value of the second resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke KINOSHITA, Takashi ICHIRYU, Hidetoshi ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230412153
    Abstract: A gate drive circuit includes: an input terminal; a first circuit path inserted into a line connecting the input terminal and a gate of a power transistor; a second circuit path connected in parallel to the first circuit path; and a third circuit path connected in parallel to the second circuit path. The first circuit path includes a gate resistor (Rgon). The second circuit path includes a first capacitor and a first resistor connected in series. The third circuit path includes a second capacitor and a second resistor connected in series. The second capacitor has a capacitance value greater than a capacitance value of the first capacitor. The second resistor has a resistance value greater than a resistance value of the first resistor. The gate resistor (Rgon) has a resistance value greater than the resistance value of the second resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke KINOSHITA, Takashi ICHIRYU, Hidetoshi ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230410001
    Abstract: A schedule management system includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a target exercise amount of a first user for each predetermined period; a place assignment unit configured to extract at least one working place from a database and assign the extracted at least one working place to the first user as a working place for the predetermined period, the working place being a place with which the first user achieves an exercise amount corresponding to his/her target exercise amount for each predetermined period, and in the database, information about, for each of a plurality of predetermined working places, an exercise amount that is achieved when the first user moves from his/her residence place to that working place or information necessary to determine this exercise amount being registered; and an output unit configured to output information about the working place assigned to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Toru MIYAGAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Hiroshi SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20230410400
    Abstract: A body shape management system includes: an avatar output unit configured to post an avatar representing a future body shape of a first user in a chat room in association with a message posted by the first user in the chat room, the future body shape of the first user being his/her body shape expected after a lapse of a set period; an extraction unit configured to extract a message containing a predetermined content from a message posted for the first user by a second user different from the first user; and an avatar adjustment unit configured to change the future body shape of the avatar of the first user according to the content of the message extracted by the extraction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Toru MIYAGAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Masahito MATSUSHIMA, Hironori ITO, Ryota NAKABAYASHI, Maxwell FORREST, Shotaro YASUDA
  • Publication number: 20230336171
    Abstract: A power loss of a switching device is suppressed. Circuit for a switching device is used in switching device. Switching device includes first path and second path. First path includes first field effect transistor and first inductor. Second path includes second field effect transistor and second inductor. First path and second path are connected in parallel to power supply. A first maximum current that is a maximum current during conduction of first field effect transistor is smaller than a second maximum current that is a maximum current during conduction of second field effect transistor. Circuit for a switching device includes processing part. Processing part executes a specific operation according to a voltage difference between voltage across first inductor and voltage across second inductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: YUSUKE KINOSHITA, YUTA NAGATOMI, RYOSUKE MAEDA, SATOSHI NAKAZAWA
  • Patent number: 11791803
    Abstract: A gate drive circuit includes: an input terminal; a first circuit path inserted into a line connecting the input terminal and a gate of a power transistor; a second circuit path connected in parallel to the first circuit path; and a third circuit path connected in parallel to the second circuit path. The first circuit path includes a gate resistor (Rgon). The second circuit path includes a first capacitor and a first resistor connected in series. The third circuit path includes a second capacitor and a second resistor connected in series. The second capacitor has a capacitance value greater than a capacitance value of the first capacitor. The second resistor has a resistance value greater than a resistance value of the first resistor. The gate resistor (Rgon) has a resistance value greater than the resistance value of the second resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kinoshita, Takashi Ichiryu, Hidetoshi Ishida
  • Publication number: 20230307985
    Abstract: A motor-driven compressor and a housing for the motor-driven compressor are provided. A power line connector and a communication line connector are arranged on an external surface of a housing. A first terminal of an interlocking communication line is located in the power line connector. A second terminal of the interlocking communication line is located in the communication line connector. The interlocking communication line is routed on the external surface from the first terminal to the second terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shumpei YAMAKAGE, Junya Yano, Yusuke Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20230303421
    Abstract: A preform for optical fiber made of a quartz glass sintered body which is made from quartz glass powder as a main raw material, in which at least a portion of the quartz glass sintered body is an opaque body, the opaque body has a visible light transmittance of 90% or less at a length of 5 mm or less in one direction, and the opaque body has a bulk density of 2.1 g/cm3 or more, or the opaque body has a visible light transmittance of 90% or less at a length of 5 mm or less in one direction, and the opaque body has an open porosity of 3.5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: KOHOKU KOGYO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro IWASAKI, Qiuyue PIAO, Yusuke KINOSHITA
  • Patent number: 11736104
    Abstract: A switch system includes a bidirectional switch, a first gate driver circuit, a second gate driver circuit, a control unit, a first decision unit, and a second decision unit. The bidirectional switch includes a first source, a second source, a first gate, and a second gate. The first decision unit determines, based on a voltage at the first gate and a first threshold voltage, a state of the first gate in a first period in which a signal to turn OFF the first gate is output from the control unit to the first gate driver circuit. The second decision unit determines, based on a voltage at the second gate and a second threshold voltage, a state of the second gate in a second period in which a signal to turn OFF the second gate is output from the control unit to the second gate driver circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kinoshita, Hidetoshi Ishida, Hiroyuki Handa, Yuji Kudoh, Satoshi Nakazawa