Patents by Inventor Seishi Yoshida

Seishi Yoshida 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).

  • Method to determine driver workload function and usage of driver workload function for human-machine interface performance assessment
    Patent number: 9946334
    Abstract: A method of objectively measuring a driver's ability to operate a motor vehicle user interface. The method includes objectively measuring the driver's ability to perform each one of a plurality of calibration tasks of various degrees of difficulty including an easy task, a medium task, and a difficult task; generating a scale with which to evaluate the driver's ability to operate the user interface, the scale customized for the driver based on the objective measurements of the driver's ability to perform each calibration task; objectively measuring the driver's ability to operate a function of the motor vehicle user interface; and objectively evaluating the driver's ability to operate the function of the motor vehicle user interface using the scale to determine if the user interface is appropriate for the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Silviu Pala, Seishi Yoshida, Justin McBride, Carolina Rigney, Bo Sun
  • METHOD TO DETERMINE DRIVER WORKLOAD FUNCTION AND USAGE OF DRIVER WORKLOAD FUNCTION FOR HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
    Publication number: 20120174111
    Abstract: A method of objectively measuring a driver's ability to operate a motor vehicle user interface. The method includes objectively measuring the driver's ability to perform each one of a plurality of calibration tasks of various degrees of difficulty including an easy task, a medium task, and a difficult task; generating a scale with which to evaluate the driver's ability to operate the user interface, the scale customized for the driver based on the objective measurements of the driver's ability to perform each calibration task; objectively measuring the driver's ability to operate a function of the motor vehicle user interface; and objectively evaluating the driver's ability to operate the function of the motor vehicle user interface using the scale to determine if the user interface is appropriate for the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Silviu Pala, Seishi Yoshida, Justin McBride, Carolina Rigney, Bo Sun