Patents by Inventor Masafumi Naya

Masafumi Naya 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: 8319663
    Abstract: A parking assist system which, after a vehicle has passed the side of a parking area formed between parked vehicles, assists parking of the vehicle from a stopped position of the vehicle to the parking area, the parking assist system comprising: a distance sensor that emits radio waves or ultrasonic waves and detects the distance to the parked vehicles on the basis of the reflected waves; parking area detecting apparatus that measures, when the vehicle passes the parked vehicles and the side of the parking area, the distance to the parked vehicles with the distance sensor and detects, after the vehicle has passed the side of the parking area, the parking area on the basis of the measurement result; parking target position calculating apparatus that calculates a parking target position of the vehicle on the basis of the parking area that has been detected by the parking area detecting apparatus; and vehicle trajectory calculating apparatus that calculates, on the basis of the parking target position of the veh
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Bosch Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Von Reyher, Masafumi Naya, Hisashi Chiba
  • Publication number: 20100259420
    Abstract: To provide a parking assist system that can easily perform parking assistance even when a parking area is narrow and small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Alexander Von Reyher, Masafumi Naya, Hisashi Chiba