Patents by Inventor Yusuke Yokota
Yusuke Yokota 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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Patent number: 11518411Abstract: A vehicle controller device includes a first processor. The first processor is configured to acquire biometric information of an occupant, in cases in which the compromised state is determined to have arisen, to communicate check-up information to check the well-being of the occupant using a report device provided inside the vehicle, to receive a response from the occupant whose well-being is being checked, to notify switchover information to an operation device in order to switch the vehicle from manual driving to remote driving in which the vehicle travels based on operation information in cases in which the response has not been received, and to perform the remote driving in cases in which the switchover information has been received by the operation device and operation-ready information indicating that the remote driving is possible has subsequently been received from the operation device.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Hanawa, Yasuki Nakagawa, Makoto Matsushita, Yusuke Yokota, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Tae Sugimura
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Publication number: 20220383687Abstract: A device for processing a medium includes: a conveyor for conveying the medium; an internal storage for storing the medium, the internal storage being disposed inside a body of the device and connected to the conveyor; an external storage for storing the medium, the external storage being disposed outside the body and connected to the conveyor; a temporary storage for storing the medium temporarily, the temporary storage being connected to the conveyor; and a controller for controlling the conveyer to perform at least one of collection processing and replenishment processing, the collection processing being processing of conveying the medium from the internal storage to the external storage via the temporary storage, the replenishment processing being processing of conveying the medium from the external storage to the internal storage via the temporary storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Glory Ltd.Inventors: Tomoaki NAKAYAMA, Shinsuke SHIBATA, Keisuke NADA, Marina YOKOI, Yusuke YOKOTA
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Patent number: 11509044Abstract: There is provided an antenna device for a vehicle capable of suppressing interference in a case where a plurality of antennas which receive signals in different frequency bands are close to one another. The antenna device for the vehicle includes a patch antenna and a capacitance loading element which are installed away from each other on an antenna base section which is attachable to a vehicle. The capacitance loading element is a part of an antenna capable of receiving a different use frequency band from which of the patch antenna, to form a three-dimensional shape in which a pair of linear conductors which respectively repeatedly turn in a predetermined direction are connected to each other via a linear connection conductor extending in a width direction of the antenna base section, and in the capacitance loading element, a length of a folded portion of each of the linear conductors is a non-resonant length of the patch antenna.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Yokota, Taiki Mochizuki
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Patent number: 11502409Abstract: An antenna device includes an antenna housing and an antenna element. The antenna element is accommodated in the antenna housing and receives signals in a first frequency band and a second frequency band which is lower than the first frequency band. The antenna element includes a first element that receives signals in the first frequency band and a second element that surrounds the first element and receives signals in the second frequency band. The first element includes a conductive plate which has a predetermined area, the second element includes a conductive plate which has a predetermined area, and the conductive plates are provided in an identical plane or a substantially identical plane.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotoshi Mizuno, Yusuke Yokota
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Publication number: 20220355826Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a first remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a second remote operator who is different from the first remote operator, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the first remote operator or the second remote operator, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiki KINDO, Yuji SUZUKI, Mutsumi MATSUURA, Tomoaki MIYAZAWA, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Kuniaki JINNAI, Kohta TARAO, Yoshihiro MAEKAWA, Hiroki AWANO, Tae SUGIMURA, Tomoyuki KURIYAMA, Yusuke YOKOTA, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Yasuki NAKAGAWA, Atsushi HANAWA
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Publication number: 20220355828Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with operation by a passenger of the vehicle, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the remote operator or operation by the passenger, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiki KINDO, Yuji SUZUKI, Mutsumi MATSUURA, Tomoaki MIYAZAWA, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Kuniaki JINNAI, Kohta TARAO, Yoshihiro MAEKAWA, Hiroki AWANO, Tae SUGIMURA, Tomoyuki KURIYAMA, Yusuke YOKOTA, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Yasuki NAKAGAWA, Atsushi HANAWA
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Patent number: 11462822Abstract: An antenna device for vehicle that is attached to a roof of a vehicle, the antenna device for vehicle including: an antenna base; an antenna case covering the antenna base from above; and an antenna element provided inside the antenna case, wherein the antenna base has a metal base fixed to the roof, and a metal plate electrically connected to the metal base.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Noritaka Terashita, Yusuke Yokota, Takashi Kaneko
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Patent number: 11360473Abstract: A vehicle controller device is provided including a travel control section configured to control autonomous driving and remote driving, a biometric information acquisition section configured to acquire biometric information of an occupant, a state determination section configured to determine, based on the biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquisition section, whether or not an abnormality predicted state has arisen in which manual driving by operation by the occupant is predicted to become compromised and also whether or not an abnormal state has arisen in which manual driving is compromised, a notification section configured to notify an operation device of a determined state in cases in which either the abnormality predicted state or the abnormal state is determined to have arisen, and a reception section capable of receiving operation-ready information indicating that operation by a remote operator is possible from the operation device in response to the notification.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Hanawa, Yasuki Nakagawa, Makoto Matsushita, Yusuke Yokota, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Tae Sugimura
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Publication number: 20220178968Abstract: A contact terminal includes a tubular body extending in an axial direction of the contact terminal and having conductivity; a bar-shaped first conductor having conductivity and capable of coming into contact with an inspection target; and a bar-shaped second conductor having conductivity. The first conductor includes: a first protrusion that protrudes from the tubular body toward one side in the axial direction; and a first insertion portion provided at the other end of the first conductor in the axial direction and disposed in the tubular body. The second conductor includes a second insertion portion disposed in the tubular body. The tubular body includes: a spring portion configured in a spiral shape along a peripheral surface of the tubular body; and a first body portion connected to one side in the axial direction of the spring portion. The first insertion portion is fixed to the first body portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Yusuke YOKOTA, Norihiro OTA
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Patent number: 11355844Abstract: An antenna device configured to be attached to a vehicle includes: an antenna of a resonance type; and a matching circuit connected to the antenna, wherein the matching circuit includes a first matching circuit connected to a feeding portion of the antenna and a second matching circuit connected to a subsequent stage of the first matching circuit, wherein the first matching circuit reduces an impedance in a frequency band that is away to a higher-frequency range or a lower-frequency range from a resonance point of the antenna such that the impedance is lower than before connection of the first matching circuit, and the second matching circuit increases an impedance in a vicinity of the resonance point of the antenna such that the impedance is higher than before connection of the second matching circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventor: Yusuke Yokota
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Publication number: 20220155346Abstract: In a contact terminal, the first insertion portion includes a first contact portion having a first flat surface along an axial direction, the second insertion portion includes a second contact portion having a second flat surface along the axial direction, the first flat surface and the second flat surface are in contact with each other, the tubular body includes at least one of a first end side notch provided along the axial direction on a peripheral surface of the one end portion in the axial direction of the tubular body and a second end side notch provided along the axial direction on a peripheral surface of the other end portion in the axial direction of the tubular body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Michio KAIDA, Norihiro OTA, Yusuke YOKOTA
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Publication number: 20220106673Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member capable of suppressing deterioration in ductility thereof. In the method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member, an aluminum alloy casting material that contains 2.0 to 5.5 mass % of Cu, and 4.0 to 7.0 mass % of Si in which a content of Mg is 0.5 mass % or less, a content of Zn is 1.0 mass % or less, a content of Fe is 1.0 mass % or less, a content of Mn is 0.5 mass % or less and the balance is made of Al and inevitable impurities is used. The method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member includes a heating and holding step of heating and holding the aluminum alloy casting material within a solid-liquid coexisting temperature region; and a quenching step of rapidly cooling the aluminum alloy casting material after performing the heating and holding step.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke YOKOTA, Hirotsune WATANABE, Makoto KIKUCHI, Hiroshi KAWAHARA, Yasushi IWATA, Jun YAOKAWA, Kazuma HIBI
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Publication number: 20220093333Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic electronic component includes providing an outer electrode, which includes forming a baked electrode layer by applying an electrically conductive paste including an electrically conductive metal and glass such that the electrically conductive paste covers an exposed portion of an inner electrode on a ceramic body and baking the applied electrically conductive paste, and forming a plating film on the surface of the baked electrode layer by electroplating. The baked electrode layer includes metal portions and glass portions distributed in contact with the metal portions. After the formation of the baked electrode layer, the surface of the baked electrode layer is subjected to barrel or blast processing using a powder having a Mohs hardness equal to or lower than that of the ceramic body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Tetsuya KISUMI, Yusuke YOKOTA
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Patent number: 11256246Abstract: A data generating apparatus according to the one aspect of the present invention may include a converter configured to acquire conversion information in which a conversion rule is defined for converting first data acquired by performing a maintenance operation into second data processable by a facility maintenance management system and to convert the first data in accordance with the conversion rule defined in the acquired conversion information to generate the second data.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Yokota, Ryouhei Furihata
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Patent number: 11244265Abstract: A maintenance operation support device includes a procedure information outputter configured to output procedure information representing an operation procedure of maintenance operations for a facility, the procedure information being obtained by combining action definition information for defining actions of a setting tool that adjusts or sets the facility and operation definition information for defining operations to be instructed to a maintenance operator who performs the maintenance operations for the facility.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Yusuke Yokota, Ryouhei Furihata
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Patent number: 11237932Abstract: A test information management device manages test information relating to a test carried out by receiving a test signal output from a first device in a second device. The test information management device includes a linker configured to link together first information including information representing an output state of the test signal in the first device and second information including image information representing reception results of the test signal in the second device using at least one of identification information for identifying the first device or the second device and times at which the first information and the second information are generated.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Ryouhei Furihata, Yusuke Yokota
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Patent number: 11214857Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member capable of suppressing deterioration in ductility thereof. In the method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member, an aluminum alloy casting material that contains 2.0 to 5.5 mass % of Cu, and 4.0 to 7.0 mass % of Si in which a content of Mg is 0.5 mass % or less, a content of Zn is 1.0 mass % or less, a content of Fe is 1.0 mass % or less, a content of Mn is 0.5 mass % or less and the balance is made of Al and inevitable impurities is used. The method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member includes a heating and holding step of heating and holding the aluminum alloy casting material within a solid-liquid coexisting temperature region; and a quenching step of rapidly cooling the aluminum ally casting material after performing the heating and holding step.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Yokota, Hirotsune Watanabe, Makoto Kikuchi, Hiroshi Kawahara, Yasushi Iwata, Jun Yaokawa, Kazuma Hibi
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Patent number: 11194685Abstract: Provided is a recording medium having a verification program recorded thereon, wherein the verification program is executed by computer and causes the computer to function as: a test information acquisition unit which acquires test information showing a test signal generated by a field device installed in a plant; a result information acquisition unit which acquires result information showing a test result signal output by a monitor device installed in the plant in response to the field device generating the test signal; and a verification unit which verifies, based on the test information and the result information, whether or not a relationship is established between the test signal and the test result signal, the relationship depending on a performed change of a signal that is generated by the field device and output from the monitor device before the signal is output from a monitor device.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Yusuke Yokota, Ryouhei Furihata
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Publication number: 20210273320Abstract: There is provided an antenna device for a vehicle capable of suppressing interference in a case where a plurality of antennas which receive signals in different frequency bands are close to one another. The antenna device for the vehicle includes a patch antenna and a capacitance loading element which are installed away from each other on an antenna base section which is attachable to a vehicle. The capacitance loading element is a part of an antenna capable of receiving a different use frequency band from which of the patch antenna, to form a three-dimensional shape in which a pair of linear conductors which respectively repeatedly turn in a predetermined direction are connected to each other via a linear connection conductor extending in a width direction of the antenna base section, and in the capacitance loading element, a length of a folded portion of each of the linear conductors is a non-resonant length of the patch antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Yokowo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke YOKOTA, Taiki MOCHIZUKI
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Publication number: 20210242585Abstract: An antenna device configured to be attached to a vehicle includes: an antenna of a resonance type; and a matching circuit connected to the antenna, wherein the matching circuit includes a first matching circuit connected to a feeding portion of the antenna and a second matching circuit connected to a subsequent stage of the first matching circuit, wherein the first matching circuit reduces an impedance in a frequency band that is away to a higher-frequency range or a lower-frequency range from a resonance point of the antenna such that the impedance is lower than before connection of the first matching circuit, and the second matching circuit increases an impedance in a vicinity of the resonance point of the antenna such that the impedance is higher than before connection of the second matching circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventor: Yusuke YOKOTA