Patents by Inventor Atsushi Arisa

Atsushi Arisa 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).

  • Publication number: 20190283758
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a vehicle control device (100) including a recognition unit (132 or 134) that recognizes a surrounding situation with respect to a subject vehicle and a driving control unit (142 or 160) that automatically controls acceleration/deceleration and steering of the subject vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation recognized by the recognition unit, wherein the recognition unit recognizes a sound of a specific vehicle in the vicinity of the subject vehicle, and, in a case in which a feature quantity of the sound generated from the specific vehicle that is recognized by the recognition unit satisfies a criterion, the driving control unit performs an avoiding operation of causing the subject vehicle to avoid the specific vehicle not to block running of the specific vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Atsushi Arisa
  • Patent number: 10094968
    Abstract: A vehicular display device includes a facing member having a hole formed therein, an edge-light light guide that guides lights emitted from LEDs, a diffusion member that diffuses light leaking from the edge-light light guide, and a convex light guide having a main part interposed between the diffusion member and the facing member, and a projecting portion projecting into the hole. The lights emitted from the LEDs are guided to the edge-light light guide. The lights guided to the edge-light light guide are diffused by the diffusion member to enter the convex light guide, and leaves from the projecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kominato, Atsushi Arisa
  • Publication number: 20180003884
    Abstract: A vehicular display device includes a facing member having a hole formed therein, an edge-light light guide that guides lights emitted from LEDs, a diffusion member that diffuses light leaking from the edge-light light guide, and a convex light guide having a main part interposed between the diffusion member and the facing member, and a projecting portion projecting into the hole. The lights emitted from the LEDs are guided to the edge-light light guide. The lights guided to the edge-light light guide are diffused by the diffusion member to enter the convex light guide, and leaves from the projecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kominato, Atsushi Arisa