Patents by Inventor Yusuke Yoshikawa
Yusuke Yoshikawa 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: 11964402Abstract: In a robot control system, the operation of a mobile robot that moves autonomously inside a facility is controlled based at least on an image captured by a photographing device that photographs a blind area located at a blind angle to the mobile robot. When entry of the mobile robot into a predetermined area corresponding to the blind area is detected, the amount of information obtainable from an image captured by the photographing device is increased.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shiro Oda, Tetsuya Taira, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Takeshi Matsui, Takayoshi Nasu, Kei Yoshikawa, Yusuke Ota, Yutaro Ishida, Yuji Onuma, Kyosuke Arai
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Publication number: 20240112571Abstract: A congestion prediction device, a congestion prediction method, and a storage medium are provided. A mapping outputs an output variable when input variables are input to the mapping. The output variable indicates a degree of congestion in a predetermined specific area. The mapping is learned in advance by machine learning. The input variables include congestion variables. Each of the congestion variables indicates a degree of congestion in the specific area at regular time intervals within a specific period. The output variable indicates a degree of congestion after a lapse of the regular time interval from an end time of the specific period.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ayumu SHIOMI, Atsushi MIYAGAWA, Hiroki TAKEUCHI, Toshiyuki KAWAI, Ryosuke FUKAYA, Hiroyuki TOKITA, Yusuke IKENOUE, Tsukasa KATO, Katsuhisa YOSHIKAWA, Yuta ICHIJYO, Takayuki AKAISHI, Shintaro KAWAI
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Patent number: 11926067Abstract: In a robot control system, the operation of a mobile robot that moves autonomously inside a facility is controlled based at least on an image captured by a photographing device that photographs a blind area located at a blind angle to the mobile robot. When entry of the mobile robot into a predetermined area corresponding to the blind area is detected, the amount of information obtainable from an image captured by the photographing device is increased.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shiro Oda, Tetsuya Taira, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Takeshi Matsui, Takayoshi Nasu, Kei Yoshikawa, Yusuke Ota, Yutaro Ishida, Yuji Onuma, Kyosuke Arai
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Patent number: 11919168Abstract: A robot control system according to the present embodiment is a robot control system that controls a plurality of transport robots that is travelable autonomously in a facility. The robot control system: acquires error information indicating that an error has occurred in a first transport robot; acquires transported object information related to a transported object of the first transport robot; determines a second transport robot able to transport the transported object of the first transport robot among the transport robots based on the transported object information and the error information; and moves the second transport robot to a transfer location of the transported object of the first transport robot.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuya Taira, Shiro Oda, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Takeshi Matsui, Takayoshi Nasu, Kei Yoshikawa, Yusuke Ota, Yutaro Ishida, Yuji Onuma
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Publication number: 20240066047Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound having a STING agonistic activity, which may be expected to be useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of STING-related diseases. The present disclosure relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, or a salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: MASATO YOSHIKAWA, MORIHISA SAITOH, TAISUKE KATO, YAYOI NAKAYAMA, TOMOHIRO SEKI, YASUO NAKAGAWA, YUSUKE TOMINARI, MASAKI SETO, YUSUKE SASAKI, MASANORI OKANIWA, TSUNEO ODA, AKITO SHIBUYA, KOSUKE HIDAKA, ZENYU SHIOKAWA, SHUMPEI MURATA, ATSUTOSHI OKABE, YOSHIHISA NAKADA, MICHIYO MOCHIZUKI, BRIAN SCOTT FREEZE, TAISUKE TAWARAISHI, YASUFUMI WADA, PAUL D. GREENSPAN
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Patent number: 11914363Abstract: A mobile robot receives first transmission information transmitted from a server device to manage the mobile robot in a state where wireless communication with the server device is possible, directly executes wireless communication with another mobile robot among the mobile robots and executes a reception process of receiving the first transmission information transmitted from the server device to manage the mobile robot from the other mobile robot in a case where wireless communication with the server device is not possible.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shiro Oda, Tetsuya Taira, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Takeshi Matsui, Takayoshi Nasu, Kei Yoshikawa, Yusuke Ota, Yutaro Ishida, Yuji Onuma, Kyosuke Arai
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Patent number: 11914397Abstract: A robot control system according to the present embodiment is a robot control system that controls a plurality of mobile robots that can autonomously move in a facility. The robot control system acquires error information indicating that an error has occurred in a first transport robot, acquires transported object information related to a transported object of the first transport robot, determines a second transport robot able to transport the transported object of the first transport robot among the transport robots based on the transported object information and the error information, and moves the second transport robot to a transfer location of the transported object of the first transport robot.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shiro Oda, Tetsuya Taira, Satoshi Toyoshima, Yuta Watanabe, Takeshi Matsui, Takayoshi Nasu, Kei Yoshikawa, Yusuke Ota, Yutaro Ishida, Yuji Onuma, Kyosuke Arai
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Patent number: 11911841Abstract: A double-acting friction stir spot welding apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a pin member (11) formed in a cylindrical shape, a shoulder member (12) formed in a hollow cylindrical shape and into which the pin member (11) is inserted, a rotary drive (57) that rotates the pin member (11) and the shoulder member (12) on an axis (Xr) coaxial with the pin member (11), and a linear drive (53) that reciprocates each of the pin member (11) and the shoulder member (12) along the axis (Xr). Oil solution (70) is disposed at at least one circumferential surface among an outer circumferential surface (11c) of the pin member (11), an inner circumferential surface (12b) of the shoulder member (12), an outer circumferential surface (12c) of the shoulder member (12), and an inner circumferential surface (13b) of a clamp member (13).Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Miyake, Syuhei Yoshikawa, Yusuke Yoshida
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Publication number: 20230241487Abstract: A baseball catcher's chest protector includes a base member, a cover member, and a cushioning member. The cover member is attached to the base member. The cushioning member is attached to the base member and is sandwiched between the base member and the cover member. The cushioning member includes a foundation and a plurality of protrusions. The plurality of protrusions protrude from the foundation. The foundation has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface faces the base member. The second surface is arranged opposite to the base member with respect to the first surface and faces the cover member. Each of the plurality of protrusions protrudes from the second surface toward the cover member and the plurality of protrusions are arranged with a space being interposed between the plurality of protrusions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Kosuke MIYAKOSHI, Wataru TANAKA, Tetsuya SASAMORI, Yusuke YOSHIKAWA, Yuki TAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 11268194Abstract: A metal-plated carbon material includes: a carbon material; and a metal layer covering a surface of the carbon material, in which, in the metal layer, crystal grains forming the metal layer have an average crystal grain size of 110 nm or less. A method of manufacturing a metal-plated carbon material, includes: a metal complex fixation step of immersing a carbon material in a supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid containing an organometallic complex of a first metal; and a first energization deposition step of energizing the metal-complex-fixed carbon material in an electroless plating solution containing a second metal.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Handa, Hiroki Kondo, Satoko Hongo, Yusuke Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20200308705Abstract: A metal-plated carbon material includes: a carbon material; and a metal layer covering a surface of the carbon material, in which, in the metal layer, crystal grains forming the metal layer have an average crystal grain size of 110 nm or less. A method of manufacturing a metal-plated carbon material, includes: a metal complex fixation step of immersing a carbon material in a supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid containing an organometallic complex of a first metal; and a first energization deposition step of energizing the metal-complex-fixed carbon material in an electroless plating solution containing a second metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Yutaka HANDA, Hiroki KONDO, Satoko HONGO, Yusuke YOSHIKAWA
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Patent number: 10633756Abstract: A plated fiber that is obtained by applying a metal plating onto a fiber having an elongation percentage which is more than or equal to 1% and less than or equal to 10%. An elongation percentage of the metal plating is higher than the elongation percentage of the fiber. A carbon fiber wherein the surface oxygen amount as a value obtained by dividing an O1S peak intensity measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy by a C1S peak intensity measured by the spectroscopy is more than or equal to 0.097 and less than or equal to 0.138.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Kondo, Satoru Yoshinaga, Yusuke Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20180209060Abstract: A plated fiber that is obtained by applying a metal plating onto a fiber having an elongation percentage which is more than or equal to 1% and less than or equal to 10%. An elongation percentage of the metal plating is higher than the elongation percentage of the fiber. A carbon fiber wherein the surface oxygen amount as a value obtained by dividing an O1S peak intensity measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy by a C1S peak intensity measured by the spectroscopy is more than or equal to 0.097 and less than or equal to 0.138.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Hiroki Kondo, Satoru Yoshinaga, Yusuke Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 9517659Abstract: The present invention provides a heavy duty tire, comprising: a carcass; a belt constituted of a circumferential belt including at least one circumferential belt layer and a slant belt including at least one slanted belt layer, each belt layer being made of cords coated with belt coating rubber; and a cushion rubber provided on the outer side in the tire width direction of the belt layers, characterized in that: the cushion rubber has a belt adjacent portion adjacent to the belt and a main body portion adjacent to the belt adjacent portion; and provided that E1?, E2? and E3? represent storage modulus values of the belt adjacent portion of the cushion rubber, the main body portion of the cushion rubber, and the belt coating rubber, respectively, E1?, E2? and E3? satisfy relationship E2?<E1??E3?.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2013Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yasutaka Suda, Yusuke Yoshikawa, Shinya Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9499010Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire including a carcass; two belt reinforcing layers; and a belt formed by two belt layers. A width of a belt cord intersecting region defined by the two belt layers is set in the range of 65 to 90% of the tire width-W, the maximum width of the belt reinforcing layer is set in the range of 60 to 85% of the tire width. Also, a belt radius ratio, which is a ratio of difference between the radius of the belt at the tire equatorial plane and the radius of the belt at a belt side end position thereof measured from the tire axis in a state where the tire is inflated at the standard inner pressure, with respect to a belt half width, is not larger than 0.06.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2008Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Yusuke Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20160289857Abstract: A plated fiber that is obtained by applying a metal plating onto a fiber having an elongation percentage which is more than or equal to 1% and less than or equal to 10%. An elongation percentage of the metal plating is higher than the elongation percentage of the fiber. A carbon fiber wherein the surface oxygen amount as a value obtained by dividing an O1S peak intensity measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy by a C1S peak intensity measured by the spectroscopy is more than or equal to 0.097 and less than or equal to 0.138.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Hiroki Kondo, Satoru Yoshinaga, Yusuke Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 9440406Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of forming at least one circumferential belt layer of a pneumatic tire comprising: winding the strip for a half length of an outer circumferential length of the crown portion of the carcass along the tire equatorial plane from a widthwise inner side of the belt end region; winding the strip for the remaining half length while shifting the strip for the width of the strip from a widthwise inner to outer side; winding the strip for the outer circumferential length of the crown portion of the carcass along the tire equatorial plane; winding the strip for the half length of the outer circumferential length of the crown portion of the carcass while shifting the strip for the width of the strip from the widthwise outer to inner side; and winding the strip for the remaining half length along the tire equatorial plane.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Nakata, Takashi Oono, Makoto Tsuruta
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Patent number: 9440495Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire having a carcass 11, at least one circumferential belt layer 17 provided on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the carcass 11, and plural intersecting belt layers 18 provided on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the circumferential belt layer 17, at least one of the plural intersecting belt layers having wider belt width in the tire widthwise direction than the circumferential belt layer 17, comprising: at least one layer of end-portion circumferential belt 15 provided in respective tire widthwise tread end regions on the outer side of the carcass 11 and on the inner side of the circumferential belt layer 17 in the tire radial direction; and at least one layer of slant belt 16 provided in the tire widthwise tread central region on the outer side of the carcass 11 and on the inner side of the circumferential belt layer 17 in the tire radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2011Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Yusuke Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 9085115Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of forming at least one circumferential belt layer of a pneumatic tire comprising: winding the strip for a half length of an outer circumferential length of the crown portion of the carcass along the tire equatorial plane from a widthwise inner side of the belt end region; winding the strip for the remaining half length while shifting the strip for the width of the strip from a widthwise inner to outer side; winding the strip for the outer circumferential length of the crown portion of the carcass along the tire equatorial plane; winding the strip for the half length of the outer circumferential length of the crown portion of the carcass while shifting the strip for the width of the strip from the widthwise outer to inner side; and winding the strip for the remaining half length along the tire equatorial plane.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2012Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Nakata, Takashi Oono, Makoto Tsuruta
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Publication number: 20150083300Abstract: The present invention provides a heavy duty tire, comprising: a carcass; a belt constituted of a circumferential belt including at least one circumferential belt layer and a slant belt including at least one slanted belt layer, each belt layer being made of cords coated with belt coating rubber; and a cushion rubber provided on the outer side in the tire width direction of the belt layers, characterized in that: the cushion rubber has a belt adjacent portion adjacent to the belt and a main body portion adjacent to the belt adjacent portion; and provided that E1?, E2? and E3? represent storage modulus values of the belt adjacent portion of the cushion rubber, the main body portion of the cushion rubber, and the belt coating rubber, respectively, E1?, E2? and E3? satisfy relationship E2?<E1??E3?.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yasutaka Suda, Yusuke Yoshikawa, Shinya Yamamoto