641 patents
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Utility
Psychosomatic state adjustment support device, psychosomatic state adjustment support method, and psychosomatic state adjustment support program
4 Jul 23
A psychosomatic state adjustment support device includes: a storage section that stores a target psychosomatic state for each destination of a moving body; a specification section that specifies a current psychosomatic state of an occupant of the moving body; an acquisition section that acquires a destination of the moving body; a deciding section that decides a vibration pattern based on the target psychosomatic state according to the destination and the current psychosomatic state; and a control section that applies a vibration stimulation to the occupant by causing a vibration applying section provided in a seat on which the occupant is seated to vibrate based on the vibration pattern.
Hideaki Yamaguchi, Suzuka Yamaguchi, Takayuki Kodama
Filed: 19 Nov 19
Utility
Actuator unit
4 Jul 23
An actuator unit that drives a switching mechanism for a shift range of an automatic transmission is provided.
Masashi Sasaki, Atsushi Kamada, Kota Fujii, Daisuke Kikukawa, Shinya Kuwahara, Keiji Suzumura
Filed: 25 Jan 22
Utility
Water intrusion detector for a touch sensor device
4 Jul 23
A touch sensor device includes a touch sensor unit having a sealed, tubular hollow member constituted by an elastically deformable insulator and first and second electrodes extending in a longitudinal direction of the hollow member and apart from each other in which the touch sensor unit is configured such that the first electrode and the second electrode are in contact with each other and electrically connected based on elastic deformation of the hollow member, and a water intrusion detection section is provided at a position located at a lower end portion of the touch sensor unit extending in a vertical direction and, in a case where water has intruded into the hollow member, the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected via the intruding water in the water intrusion detection section.
Wataru Hattori
Filed: 13 Dec 19
Utility
Shift device
4 Jul 23
A shift device includes: a shift switching member including a plurality of valley portions corresponding to shift positions; a motor that includes a rotor and a stator and that is configured to drive the shift switching member; and a positioning member configured to establish the shift positions in a state in which the positioning member is fitted into any one of the plurality of valley portions of the shift switching member.
Atsuto Ogino, Kota Ishikawa, Kentaro Baba
Filed: 7 Feb 22
Utility
Cooling Device for Internal Combustion Engine and Cooling Method of Internal Combustion Engine
29 Jun 23
A cooling device for an internal combustion engine is provided.
Noboru TAKAGI, Shoichi AKIYAMA, Hirokazu TANAKA, Masazumi YOSHIDA, Ryusuke SASAKI, Masahiro KUROKI, Koki FUKUTA
Filed: 2 Dec 22
Utility
Travel Controller and Method for Travel Control
29 Jun 23
A travel controller detects objects from an environmental image representing surroundings of a vehicle capable of traveling under autonomous driving control satisfying a predetermined safety standard; detects a looking direction of a driver of the vehicle from a face image of the driver; identifies an object in the looking direction of the driver out of the objects; stores the identified object and a situation condition indicating the situation at detection of the identified object in a memory in association with each other when a danger avoidance action performed by the driver is detected during travel of the vehicle; and changes the predetermined safety standard so that the driver can feel safer, in the case where an object stored in the memory is detected during travel of the vehicle under the autonomous driving control and where the situation at detection of the object satisfies the situation condition.
Yuki HORIUCHI, Taku MITSUMORI, Yuji YAMANISHI, Yuki TAKEDA, Masahiro ISHIHARA
Filed: 22 Dec 22
Utility
Apparatus, Method, and Computer Program for Determining Driver's Behavior
29 Jun 23
An apparatus for determining a driver’s behavior includes a processor configured to detect a looking direction of a driver of a vehicle, based on an image obtained by a camera provided to capture the interior of the vehicle, calculate an angle formed between the looking direction and a normal direction of an operation screen of a portable device in the vehicle, the normal direction being indicated by information received from the portable device via a communication device capable of communicating with the portable device, and determine that the driver is operating the portable device when the angle is within a predetermined angle range.
Taku Mitsumori, Yuki Horiuchi, Masahiro Ishihara, Yuji Yamanishi, Yuki Takeda
Filed: 23 Dec 22
Utility
Motor Unit
29 Jun 23
A motor unit includes: a motor provided with a first chamber and including a shaft; a rotary member coupled to the shaft outside the first chamber; a housing provided with a second chamber accommodating the rotary member; and a guide member including a peripheral wall between the first chamber and the second chamber, the guide member being provided with a third chamber inside the peripheral wall, wherein the motor unit is provided with a fourth chamber which is outside the first chamber and is open to an inner surface of the second chamber and/or the third chamber, the inner surface of the third chamber includes a guide, and the guide extends farther away from a rotation axis as is closer to the fourth chamber.
Yasuhito NAKASHIMA, Atsushi INOUE, Kyohei ASAHI, Keiji OGAWA
Filed: 20 Dec 22
Utility
Load estimation device
27 Jun 23
A load estimation device includes: an air spring having a diaphragm that expands and contracts due to supply and exhaust of air, and configured to support a support body in a liftable manner; an auxiliary support portion configured to support the support body separately from the air spring; a displacement sensor configured to measure a length of the air spring; a pressure sensor configured to measure an internal pressure of the air spring; a temperature sensor disposed together with the air spring, and configured to measure a temperature of the air spring; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a spring load supported by the air spring based on measured results of the displacement sensor, the pressure sensor and the temperature sensor.
Masahito Kizu, Takanori Suzuki
Filed: 12 Feb 20
Utility
Shift device
27 Jun 23
A shift device includes: a shift switching member including valley parts corresponding to a shift position; a positioning member provided to establish the shift position in a state of being fitted into any one of the valley parts; a motor including a rotor and a stator and driving the shift switching member; a speed reduction mechanism section rotating the shift switching member in a state in which a rotation speed transmitted from the motor is reduced; a rotor rotational angle sensor detecting a rotational angle of the rotor; and an output shaft rotational angle sensor detecting a rotational angle of the shift switching member.
Yutaka Uchida, Atsuto Ogino
Filed: 13 Mar 20
Utility
Shift device
27 Jun 23
A shift device includes: a shift switching member including valley parts corresponding to a shift position; a positioning member provided to establish the shift position in a state of being fitted into any one of the valley parts; a motor including a rotor and a stator and driving the shift switching member; a speed reduction mechanism section rotating the shift switching member in a state in which a rotation speed transmitted from the motor is reduced; a rotor rotational angle sensor detecting a rotational angle of the rotor; and an output shaft rotational angle sensor detecting a rotational angle of the shift switching member A width of a backlash included in the speed reduction mechanism section is detected, and the rotational angle of the motor corresponding to the center of the backlash is acquired.
Atsuto Ogino, Kota Ishikawa, Yutaka Uchida
Filed: 13 Mar 20
Utility
Sonar unit
27 Jun 23
A sonar unit includes: a circuit substrate on which a transducer, electronic components constituting a circuit configured to drive the transducer, and an input-output terminal for the circuit are mounted; and a shield unit.
Chiaki Sumi, Takaaki Nakamura, Toshihito Nagai, Gaoyang Hong
Filed: 15 Jun 20
Utility
Tiptoe position estimating device and fingertip position estimating device
27 Jun 23
A tiptoe position estimating device includes: a camera configured to capture an image of an interior of a vehicle; and a human body information acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a person seated on a seat in the interior by the camera, position information of skeleton points at a plurality of positions of a body of the person.
Hiroyuki Fujii, Takahiro Izuno, Masahiro Takeuchi
Filed: 16 Oct 20
Utility
Emergency release device of lock system
30 May 23
To provide an emergency release device of a lock system capable of opening a trunk lid using an emergency release lever, the emergency release lever is manipulatable between a first position for placing a pawl in an engagement position and a second position for placing the pawl in a non-engagement position from the inner side of the trunk and is biased toward the first position.
Masashi Miwa
Filed: 28 Jan 19
Utility
Differential gear mechanism and method for designing the same
30 May 23
A differential gear mechanism in which when a plurality of contact lines between a gear tooth and a pinion tooth is defined on either a tooth surface of the gear tooth of a crown gear or a tooth surface of the pinion tooth of a pinion gear at a predetermined angle around an axis of the pinion gear, and the plurality of contact lines and a center line of a pinion tooth bottom surface of the pinion gear are projected onto a plane, including an axis of a pair of the crown gears, around the axis of the pinion gear, the center line of the pinion tooth bottom surface projected onto the plane includes an inclined line passing through a range between two of the contact lines which are selected from the plurality of contact lines projected onto the plane and by which a contact ratio is 1.0 or higher.
Tomoya Osada, Yoshihiko Inukai
Filed: 24 Mar 20
Utility
Seal structure of vehicle opening
23 May 23
A seal structure is applied to a vehicle including a vehicle body that includes a roof opening, and a movable panel and a fixed panel that close the roof opening.
Akitoshi Shoji
Filed: 9 Dec 20
Utility
Steering device
23 May 23
A steering device includes: a sensor drive unit configured to drive a sensor element provided in a steering to detect a gripped state of the steering; and a heater drive unit configured to drive a heater provided in the steering, in which the sensor drive unit executes driving of the sensor element periodically at an interval, the heater drive unit executes heater driving alternately with sensor driving by the sensor drive unit, and the interval of sensor driving is expanded in a state where the steering is gripped, compared with a state where the steering is not gripped.
Yuki Hayashi, Takaaki Koizumi
Filed: 15 Nov 19
Utility
Steering device
23 May 23
A steering device includes a column housing encapsulating a steering shaft and enabling a posture change, a bracket located adjacent to the column housing, and a tensioner mechanism being between the column housing and the bracket, and pressing the column housing and the bracket.
Tatsuya Oikawa, Toshihiro Muraki
Filed: 14 Mar 22
Utility
Supporting Frame and Sunroof Apparatus
18 May 23
A supporting frame is configured to support a sunshade of a sunroof apparatus.
Ryuta FUKADA, Xu WANG
Filed: 10 Nov 22
Utility
Vehicle Drive Device
18 May 23
A vehicle drive device includes a first bearing that supports a second rotary member on a first rotary member so the second member is rotatable relative to the first, and a second bearing that supports the first rotary member on a case so that it is rotatable relative to the case.
Norito ESAKI, Yuichi SEKI
Filed: 30 Jul 21