Patents by Inventor Kotaro Tomida

Kotaro Tomida 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: 10049588
    Abstract: A computer system 20 provided in an aircraft 1 includes, as a module of a computer program to be executed, an approach determination section 31 configured to determine whether the aircraft 1 is approaching a landing site. The approach determination section 31 includes, as a condition for determination of approaching, establishment (C1) of one or both of a condition (C11) that a first absolute altitude A1 obtained by an radio altimeter 21 mounted on the aircraft 1 is low relative to a first approach altitude AA1, and a condition (C12) that a second absolute altitude A2 that is obtained by subtracting an altitude AL of the landing site from a pressure altitude Ap determined by a barometric altimeter 22 mounted on the aircraft 1 is low relative to a predetermined second approach altitude AA2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoka Mashio, Kotaro Tomida
  • Publication number: 20170039863
    Abstract: A computer system 20 provided in an aircraft 1 includes, as a module of a computer program to be executed, an approach determination section 31 configured to determine whether the aircraft 1 is approaching a landing site. The approach determination section 31 includes, as a condition for determination of approaching, establishment (C1) of one or both of a condition (C11) that a first absolute altitude A1 obtained by an radio altimeter 21 mounted on the aircraft 1 is low relative to a first approach altitude AA1, and a condition (C12) that a second absolute altitude A2 that is obtained by subtracting an altitude AL of the landing site from a pressure altitude Ap determined by a barometric altimeter 22 mounted on the aircraft 1 is low relative to a predetermined second approach altitude AA2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Tomoka Mashio, Kotaro Tomida