Patents by Inventor Yutaka Aoki

Yutaka Aoki 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: 11972071
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lateral-electric-field liquid crystal display device includes a light-emitting display layer including OLEDs and a driving circuit controlling light emission of the OLEDs, a moisture impermeable film provided to be laminated on the light-emitting display layer to prevent infiltration of moisture into the light-emitting display layer, an optical substrate provided separately from the moisture impermeable film and subjecting light from the light-emitting display region to optical processing, a first touch electrode group serving as one electrode group of touch electrodes and provided on a back surface of the optical substrate, and an extraction electrode group formed to be laminated on the moisture impermeable film, the extraction electrode group and the optical substrate have an overlapping part in plan view, and electrodes of the first touch electrode group being electrically connected to electrodes of the extraction electrode group in the overlapping part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Aoki, Takashi Nakamura, Masahiro Tada, Hirotaka Hayashi, Makoto Shibusawa, Yutaka Umeda, Miyuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11945882
    Abstract: Crystals of the compound represented by formula (1), a method for the production thereof, and a method for producing an antibody-drug conjugate using the crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Takashi Kouko, Shigeru Noguchi, Yohei Yamane, Fumikatsu Kondo, Takahiro Aoki, Tadahiro Takeda, Kohei Sakanishi, Hitoshi Sato, Tsuyoshi Ueda, Shinji Matuura, Kei Kurahashi, Yutaka Kitagawa, Tatsuya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11908119
    Abstract: In an abnormality detection device for detecting whether there is an abnormality in either of an optical sensor and a camera that are used to detect objects around a vehicle, a correlation value calculation unit calculates a correlation value between at least one of a reflection intensity image that is detected by the optical sensor emitting light toward surroundings of the vehicle and then receiving reflected light of emitted light and a background light image that is detected by the optical sensor receiving light from the surroundings of the vehicle while the optical sensor is emitting no light, and a captured image of the surroundings from the camera. An abnormality determination unit is configured to, in response to the correlation value calculated by the correlation value calculation unit being out of a predefined range, determine that there is an abnormality in either of the optical sensor and the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Aoki, Keiko Akiyama
  • Patent number: 11904907
    Abstract: An autonomous driving vehicle includes a first reference straight steering angle acquisition unit configured to acquire a first reference straight steering angle which is a steering angle of the autonomous driving vehicle in a straight travelling state, a second reference straight steering angle acquisition unit configured to acquire a second reference straight steering angle which is the steering angle when a magnitude of a difference between an estimated yaw rate estimated from the steering angle of the autonomous driving vehicle and the yaw rate of the autonomous driving vehicle detected from the yaw rate sensor is less than a yaw rate threshold value, and an autonomous driving permission unit configured to permits an autonomous driving of the autonomous driving vehicle when both the first reference straight steering angle and the second reference straight steering angle are acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shun Maruyama, Mitsutaka Tanimoto, Yutaka Aoki
  • Publication number: 20240026123
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin additive capable of imparting low temperature impact properties to a resin material, a resin composition comprising the resin additive, and a molded article formed from the resin composition. The resin additive of the present invention is a polymer having a structural unit (a1) derived from the following monomer (1); the resin composition of the present invention comprises the resin additive and a resin material; and the molded article of the present invention is formed from the resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka AOKI, Hiroshi NIINO, Eiko OKAMOTO, Hiroyuki NISHII, Masahiro UEDA, Masashi IIMORI, Atsushi KUWAHARA
  • Patent number: 11794807
    Abstract: The steering control apparatus determines whether or not a deviation degree of a current traveling route of a vehicle with respect to a target traveling route is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold, when steering control is switched from manual steering control to automatic steering control. In the automatic steering control, a command steering angle is calculated so that a difference between a real traveling route of the vehicle and the target traveling route is eliminated. However, when the deviation degree is equal to or more than the predetermined threshold, the steering control apparatus recalculates the command steering angle used in the command steering angle tracking control based on a steering angle at the time of starting the automatic steering control and the command steering angle so that a real steering angle after switching to the automatic steering control changes gradually to the command steering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Irie, Yoji Kunihiro, Yutaka Aoki, Yoshio Kudo
  • Publication number: 20220324447
    Abstract: A control mode of speed control includes a first control mode in which an actual speed is caused to follow a target speed through active use of a brake and a second control mode in which the actual speed is caused to follow the target speed while use of the brake is suppressed. An autonomous driving system changes a threshold value to a value larger than a value in the first control mode when the control mode is switched from the first control mode to the second control mode, and changes the threshold value to a value smaller than a value in the second control mode when the control mode is switched from the second control mode to the first control mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Tomotaka ASANO, Hiroki SHIZUHATA, Yutaka AOKI, Satoshi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220234624
    Abstract: An autonomous driving vehicle includes a first reference straight steering angle acquisition unit configured to acquire a first reference straight steering angle which is a steering angle of the autonomous driving vehicle in a straight travelling state, a second reference straight steering angle acquisition unit configured to acquire a second reference straight steering angle which is the steering angle when a magnitude of a difference between an estimated yaw rate estimated from the steering angle of the autonomous driving vehicle and the yaw rate of the autonomous driving vehicle detected from the yaw rate sensor is less than a yaw rate threshold value, and an autonomous driving permission unit configured to permits an autonomous driving of the autonomous driving vehicle when both the first reference straight steering angle and the second reference straight steering angle are acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shun MARUYAMA, Mitsutaka TANIMOTO, Yutaka AOKI
  • Publication number: 20220237765
    Abstract: In an abnormality detection device for detecting whether there is an abnormality in either of an optical sensor and a camera that are used to detect objects around a vehicle, a correlation value calculation unit calculates a correlation value between at least one of a reflection intensity image that is detected by the optical sensor emitting light toward surroundings of the vehicle and then receiving reflected light of emitted light and a background light image that is detected by the optical sensor receiving light from the surroundings of the vehicle while the optical sensor is emitting no light, and a captured image of the surroundings from the camera. An abnormality determination unit is configured to, in response to the correlation value calculated by the correlation value calculation unit being out of a predefined range, determine that there is an abnormality in either of the optical sensor and the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Yutaka AOKI, Keiko AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220146526
    Abstract: A method for evaluating a sample includes obtaining a blood plasma sample prepared from human blood, conducting detection of a predetermined molecule in the blood plasma sample, and evaluating the quality of the blood plasma sample based on the intensity of the molecule acquired by the detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yumi UNNO, Shuichi KAWANA, Yutaka AOKI, Junichi MASUDA, Hirotaka FUJIMOTO, Tsuyoshi NAKANISHI
  • Patent number: 11098193
    Abstract: A (meth)acrylate resin material comprising a polymer (A1) having constituent units (a1) derived from a compound represented by formula (1) and constituent units (a2) derived from methyl methacrylate, and an acid (B) and/or a nucleating agent (C). In the formula, Ar represents an aryl group, and the aromatic ring in Ar is directly bonded to the ester end in formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Aoki, Fumi Ooba, Masahiro Ueda, Shinji Matsuoka, Mitsufumi Nodono, Hikaru Momose
  • Publication number: 20210253164
    Abstract: The steering control apparatus determines whether or not a deviation degree of a current traveling route of a vehicle with respect to a target traveling route is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold, when steering control is switched from manual steering control to automatic steering control. In the automatic steering control, a command steering angle is calculated so that a difference between a real traveling route of the vehicle and the target traveling route is eliminated. However, when the deviation degree is equal to or more than the predetermined threshold, the steering control apparatus recalculates the command steering angle used in the command steering angle tracking control based on a steering angle at the time of starting the automatic steering control and the command steering angle so that a real steering angle after switching to the automatic steering control changes gradually to the command steering angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo IRIE, Yoji KUNIHIRO, Yutaka AOKI, Yoshio KUDO
  • Patent number: 11027777
    Abstract: The steering control apparatus determines whether or not a deviation degree of a current traveling route of a vehicle with respect to a target traveling route is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold, when steering control is switched from manual steering control to automatic steering control. In the automatic steering control, a command steering angle is calculated so that a difference between a real traveling route of the vehicle and the target traveling route is eliminated. However, when the deviation degree is equal to or more than the predetermined threshold, the steering control apparatus recalculates the command steering angle used in the command steering angle tracking control based on a steering angle at the time of starting the automatic steering control and the command steering angle so that a real steering angle after switching to the automatic steering control changes gradually to the command steering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Irie, Yoji Kunihiro, Yutaka Aoki, Yoshio Kudo
  • Patent number: 10990108
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a vehicle-mounted sensor, a map database, a control rule database, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to recognize the position of a vehicle on a map; control traveling of the vehicle by using one of a plurality of control rules based on the position of the vehicle on the map, map information, and a detection result of the vehicle-mounted sensor; recognize a road section in the traveling direction of the vehicle based on the position of the vehicle on the map and the map information; specify a control rule used in the road section based on the recognized road section and control rule data; and control traveling of the vehicle in the road section by using the specified control rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuichi Yokokawa, Koji Taguchi, Yutaka Aoki, Masateru Amano
  • Patent number: 10875575
    Abstract: A steering assistance device includes a steering wheel to which a driver of a vehicle inputs steering torque, a steering shaft connected to the steering wheel, a steering mechanism configured to convert a rotation of the steering shaft into a steering angle for steering target wheels, a steering actuator configured to drive the steering mechanism such that a steering angle corresponding to a command value is generated, a steering torque sensor configured to detect torque acting on the steering shaft, an information providing unit configured to provide road information of a scheduled passage area extending in a traveling direction of the vehicle, and an electronic control unit configured to control the steering actuator, based on an output of the steering torque sensor and the road information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoji Kunihiro, Yoshio Kudo, Takahiro Kojo, Yutaka Aoki, Ryo Irie, Satoshi Takahashi, Masateru Amano
  • Patent number: 10842396
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a sensor module 10 includes a piezoelectric element 30 placed on the principal face of a board 20, which piezoelectric element is surrounded by a vibration ring 40 and installed in an appropriate position on a person's arm, neck, etc., using a medical fixing tape, etc., with the vibration ring 40 contacting the person's skin. When a pulse wave is transmitted to the vibration ring 40 from the skin, the board 20 also vibrates and this vibration is transmitted to the piezoelectric element 30. Then, the piezoelectric element 30 is displaced and the pulse wave vibration is converted to an electrical signal. The resulting electrical signal is amplified by an amplifier on the board 20 and input to the vibration analysis device 100, where prescribed calculations are run to perform waveform analysis. The vascular state, etc., can be known from pulse waveforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ishiguro, Keiichi Kobayashi, Yutaka Aoki
  • Patent number: 10698098
    Abstract: A millimeter wave radar includes an antenna unit including a plurality of antennas that receive millimeter waves, each of the antennas having a prescribed reception range from which the millimeter waves are incident on the antenna; and a signal processing unit that detects, on the basis of a difference between outputs of the plurality of antennas that have received millimeter waves, a moving object moving across the reception ranges of the plurality of antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Izumi Igawa, Ryuichi Sunagawa, Yutaka Aoki
  • Publication number: 20200010673
    Abstract: A (meth)acrylate resin material comprising a polymer (A1) having constituent units (a1) derived from a compound represented by formula (1) and constituent units (a2) derived from methyl methacrylate, and an acid (B) and/or a nucleating agent (C). In the formula, Ar represents an aryl group, and the aromatic ring in Ar is directly bonded to the ester end in formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka AOKI, Fumi OOBA, Masahiro UEDA, Shinji MATSUOKA, Mitsufumi NODONO, Hikaru MOMOSE
  • Patent number: 10513606
    Abstract: A (meth)acrylate resin material comprising a polymer (A1) having constituent units (a1) derived from a compound represented by formula (1) and constituent units (a2) derived from methyl methacrylate, and an acid (B) and/or a nucleating agent (C). In the formula, Ar represents an aryl group, and the aromatic ring in Ar is directly bonded to the ester end in formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Aoki, Fumi Ooba, Masahiro Ueda, Shinji Matsuoka, Mitsufumi Nodono, Hikaru Momose
  • Patent number: 10495747
    Abstract: A snow quality measuring apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of reflectors, at least one transmitter, at least one receiver, and a measuring device. The plurality of reflectors are respectively arranged at a plurality of prescribed heights above the ground. The transmitter emits radio waves towards the plurality of reflectors, and the receiver receives the reflected waves of the radio waves from the plurality of reflectors. The measuring device measures snow quality of snow on the ground at the prescribed plurality of heights based on the respective reflected waves to from the plurality of reflectors as received by the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Aoki, Ryuichi Sunagawa, Jin Mikata, Ryuji Murata