Patents by Inventor Asako Ota

Asako Ota 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: 12008284
    Abstract: An information presentation control device controlling information presentation to a driver in a vehicle equipped with autonomous driving function is provided. The information presentation control device is configured to: obtain a margin of the driver until an execution of driving change in which the driver takes over the at least partial driving task being performed by the autonomous driving; control a playback mode of a content presented by the information presentation device; stop the content, which is in a playback state, at a stop position in response to the execution of driving change; and set, according to the margin of the driver, a restart position of the content to which the content is rewound from the stop position to restart a playback of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shizuka Yokoyama, Asako Nagata, Takeshi Yamamoto, Yuji Ota
  • Publication number: 20240149900
    Abstract: An HMI control device is configured to control an HMI device mounted in a vehicle, which is capable of performing an autonomous driving as a first task. The HMI control device is configured to: acquire a possible duration for the autonomous driving; and present, by the HMI device, a second task that an occupant on a driver's seat is able to start executing during the autonomous driving based on the possible duration acquired by the time acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Yuji OTA, Asako NAGATA, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Shizuka YOKOYAMA, Takuya KUME, Kazuki KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 5094645
    Abstract: A soft bodied toy including an outer layer of material, an inner layer of material, a relatively dense object positioned within the inner and outer layers, apparatus fixing the outer and inner layers together to provide a space therebetween, stuffing material placed in the space to provide a soft cushion, the inner layer being of a form to provide a cavity for the hard inner mechanism, and apparatus for holding the mechanism firmly within the inner layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard R. Stern, Asako Ota, Yasuko Harvey