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Kenichi Mineta, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA US
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20100292916 | Navigation System For a Motor Vehicle - A navigation system displays multiple alternative routes, some of which use a carpool lane. The calculation of multiple alternative routes allows the user the choice to select a route with a desired number of passengers after the routes and comparative times to travel those routes has been calculated. | 11-18-2010 |
20110160990 | Devices And Methods For Determining Fuel Consumption And Searching Vehicle Routes - A route searching device according to an embodiment of the invention includes an estimated fuel consumption amount computing unit that computes an estimated fuel consumption amount of each interval constituting plural routes from a departure point to a destination and an optimum route selecting unit that selects a route in which a total of the estimated fuel consumption amount from the departure point to the destination is minimized. The estimated fuel consumption amount may be obtained by adding a cruise fuel consumption amount, a gradient fuel consumption amount, and a vehicle-speed fluctuation fuel consumption amount. In a further aspect, an average fuel consumption value for each speed range of an interval may be determined based on limited fuel consumption data, and fuel consumption values may be updated using measured probe data. | 06-30-2011 |
20110246004 | Minimum Energy Route For A Motor Vehicle - Minimum energy routes for a motor vehicle are determined. The minimum energy routes can be calculated using an energy map. Energy management information is determined and provided along the minimum energy route. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246019 | Energy Maps And Method Of Making - An energy map for a motor vehicle and a method of making the energy map are disclosed. The energy map includes energy information related to energy consumption and energy recharging of various power sources along various roadway segments. A probe vehicle is used to measure energy consumption and energy recharging for various power sources. | 10-06-2011 |
20120179361 | System and Method for Displaying a Route Based on a Vehicle State - A user selects route preferences related to weighing or considering different factors when determining a requested candidate route to a destination and chooses a candidate route ranking. A motor vehicle detects a condition associated with a vehicle state. The motor vehicle displays the candidate route based on the detected vehicle condition in a preselected order determined by the route ranking. | 07-12-2012 |
20130245870 | Minimum Energy Route For A Motor Vehicle - Minimum energy routes for a motor vehicle are determined. The minimum energy routes can be calculated using an energy map. Energy management information is determined and provided along the minimum energy route. | 09-19-2013 |
20140163865 | Energy Mapping Systems - An energy map for a motor vehicle and an energy mapping system for making the energy map are disclosed. The energy map includes energy information related to energy consumption and energy recharging of various power sources along various roadway segments. The energy mapping system may include a navigation system for a motor vehicle comprising a GPS receiver, various energy level sensors, and an electronic control unit. A probe vehicle may be used to measure energy consumption and energy recharging for various power sources. The energy mapping system may also include a service provider. The navigation system may measure energy levels for the various power sources along various roadway segments and transmit the measurements to the service provider. The service provider may then associate differences in the measured energy levels for each of the various power sources with the various roadway segments. | 06-12-2014 |
Kenichi Mineta, Torrance, CA US
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20110160993 | ROUTE SEARCHING DEVICE - A route searching device according to an embodiment of the invention includes an estimated fuel consumption amount computing unit that computes an estimated fuel consumption amount of each interval constituting plural routes from a departure point to a destination and an optimum route selecting unit that selects a route in which a total of the estimated fuel consumption amount from the departure point to the destination is minimized. The estimated fuel consumption amount computing unit includes a cruise fuel consumption amount computing unit that computes a cruise fuel consumption amount for each interval by multiplying a distance of the interval and a fuel consumption rate determined according to an average vehicle speed a vehicle-speed fluctuation fuel consumption amount computing unit that computes a vehicle-speed fluctuation fuel consumption amount for each interval in each road category by multiplying the distance of the interval and the a fuel consumption rate, the fuel consumption rate being determined from an average vehicle speed and the road category of the interval and a gradient fuel consumption amount computing unit that computes a gradient fuel consumption amount for each interval by multiplying the distance of the interval and a fuel consumption rate determined according to a road average gradient. The estimated fuel consumption amount is obtained by adding the cruise fuel consumption amount, the gradient fuel consumption amount, and the vehicle-speed fluctuation fuel consumption amount. | 06-30-2011 |
Kou Mineta, Nagasaki JP
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20090320658 | Cutting Methods and Cutting Apparatus - The present invention provides cutting methods and cutting apparatus that can precisely cut workpieces in complicated shapes with high aspect ratios regardless of materials of the workpieces. The present invention is cutting methods and cutting apparatus using a wire saw wherein cutting processing is performed for a workpiece by extending a cutting wire on a cutting arm that rotates around a wire's center axis or a real cutting position relative to a fixed section and rotating the cutting arm such that a cutting direction of the wire matches a support direction of a total stiffness that supports the wire. | 12-31-2009 |
Mitsuaki Mineta, Yokohama-Shi JP
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20130158371 | BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE MEASURING APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE MEASURING APPARATUS - A current supply unit supplies a current between first and second current output terminals. A voltage measurement unit measures a voltage input to first and second voltage input terminals. A control circuit causes a first switch unit to connect the first current output terminal to a first terminal of a reference resistor and to connect the second current output terminal to a second terminal of the reference resistor, causes a second switch unit to connect the first voltage input terminal to the first terminal of the reference resistor and to connect the second voltage input terminal to the second terminal of the reference resistor, and causes a voltage measurement unit to measure a voltage between the first and second voltage input terminals, thereby performing self-diagnosis of a path through which a current flows. | 06-20-2013 |
Nobuyuki Mineta, Chiyoda-Ku JP
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20150078250 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION METHOD, CHIP CLOCK GENERATION METHOD, AND ORTHOGONAL CODE GENERATION METHOD - When multiple communication terminals access a base station in CDMA in which transmission signals are spread with orthogonal codes, the orthogonal codes in CDMA signals transmitted from the communication terminals are synchronized on the communication path. The communication terminals each include an information acquirer acquiring reference time information common to the multiple communication terminals, a transmission time generator generating a chip clock on the basis of the time information, an orthogonal code generator generating orthogonal codes in time with the timing of the chip clock, a CDMA spreader spreading transmission signals with the orthogonal codes to generate code division multiple access signals, a carrier wave generator generating a carrier wave, and a BPSK modulator modulating the carrier wave generated by the carrier wave generator with the code division multiple access signals and transmitting the carrier wave. | 03-19-2015 |
Satoru Mineta, Tokyo JP
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20110030911 | LOW-CARBON STEEL SLAB PRODUCING METHOD - A low-carbon steel slab producing method includes: adding Ti to a molten steel decarbonized to have a carbon concentration of 0.05 mass % or less, and subsequently adding at least one of La and Ce to adjust a constitution, and producing a smelted molten steel; and pouring the smelted molten steel into a casting mold via a tundish; wherein at least one of La and Ce in a total amount of 0.2 to 1.2 times an increased amount of oxygen in the smelted molten steel during contained in the tundish is added to the smelted molten steel in the tundish, so as to obtain a steel slab having inclusions which contain oxides of Ti and at least one of La and Ce as chief components, and so as to make a composition of each of the inclusions have a mass ratio of 0.1 to 0.7, in terms of (La | 02-10-2011 |
20120298320 | LOW-CARBON STEEL SLAB PRODUCING METHOD - A low-carbon steel slab producing method includes: adding Ti to a molten steel decarbonized to have a carbon concentration of 0.05 mass % or less, and subsequently adding at least one of La and Ce to adjust a constitution, and producing a smelted molten steel; and pouring the smelted molten steel into a casting mold via a tundish; wherein at least one of La and Ce in a total amount of 0.2 to 1.2 times an increased amount of oxygen in the smelted molten steel during contained in the tundish is added to the smelted molten steel in the tundish, so as to obtain a steel slab having inclusions which contain oxides of Ti and at least one of La and Ce as chief components, and so as to make a composition of each of the inclusions have a mass ratio of 0.1 to 0.7, in terms of (La | 11-29-2012 |
Wataru Mineta, Yokohama JP
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20090254507 | Storage Controller and Duplicated Data Detection Method Using Storage Controller - A storage controller of the present invention narrows down the target for data comparison by comparing hash codes beforehand and rapidly detects duplicated data. A hash value setting unit sets a hash code in data received from a host. Hash code-attached data is stored in a logical volume. A microprocessor unit compares the hash codes for each comparison-targeted data. When hash codes match with one another, a data comparator compares the target data, and determines whether or not the data is duplicated data. When duplicated data is detected, the microprocessor unit removes the duplicated data. | 10-08-2009 |
Yoshiko Mineta, Kanagawa JP
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20110053717 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - A continuously variable transmission configured to transmit a rotational driving force of one pulley to another pulley by a driving-force transmitting means wound between the two pulleys, wherein each of the two pulleys is configured to vary a groove width thereof, the continuously variable transmission including: an engagement-receiving portion provided to the driving-force transmitting means, in a side of the driving-force transmitting means on which the driving-force transmitting means is wound on the pulleys; and a movable engaging portion provided to a shaft portion of at least one of the two pulleys, wherein the movable engaging portion is movable in a radial direction of the shaft portion to protrude from and escape into the shaft portion, wherein the movable engaging portion is configured to protrude from the shaft portion so as to engage with the engagement-receiving portion at least one of when a pulley-ratio region is in a setting for highest speed and when the pulley-ratio region is in a setting for lowest speed. | 03-03-2011 |
Yuji Mineta, Toyota-Shi JP
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20120319448 | VEHICLE SEAT AND CLIP - There is provided a vehicle seat including a backboard attached to a rear surface of a seat back, a skin material covering a rear surface of the backboard, and a clip attaching the backboard to a body portion of the seat back. The clip integrally includes a board engaging portion which is engageable with the backboard, a seat engaging portion which is engageable with the body portion of the seat back, and a skin engaging portion which is engageable with the skin material. The skin material and the backboard are attached to the body portion of the seat back by the clip. | 12-20-2012 |