Patents by Inventor Thomas T. Shigeno

Thomas T. Shigeno 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: 7283904
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for establishing a mobile network in which each mobile unit, such as a car, becomes a node able to receive and transmit a wide variety of information, including for example, traffic conditions, vehicle mechanical/electrical status, interactive game playing information, streaming audio and video, email, and voice mail. In one aspect, multi-sensor fusion technology is used to determine the best value of a monitored variable, for example, the real time locations of each mobile unit, that may be communicated to others via the network. In addition, a new method of traffic control using real time traffic positioning and density data is disclosed. Further, methods and systems for enhancing driver safety are disclosed. In another aspect, the system may use a unique secure dynamic link allocation system to improve the information transfer from one node (mobile unit) to another and to other networks, such as the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Airbiquity, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell A. Benjamin, Harris O. Hinnant, Thomas T. Shigeno, David N. Olmstead
  • Publication number: 20030073406
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for establishing a mobile network in which each mobile unit, such as a car, truck or other vehicle equipped with the multi-sensors, processor and receiver/transmitter of the invention, becomes a node able to receive and transmit a wide variety of information, including for example, information about traffic conditions, vehicle mechanical/electrical status, interactive game playing information, streaming audio and video, email, and voice mail. In one aspect, the invention uses multi-sensor fusion technology to determine the best value of a monitored variable, for example, the real time locations of each mobile unit, that is then optionally communicated to others via the network. The system of the invention also provides a new method of traffic control using real time traffic positioning and density data. The invention also provides methods and systems for enhancing driver safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Mitchell A. Benjamin, Harris O. Hinnant, Thomas T. Shigeno, David N. Olmstead