Patents by Inventor Akihisa TOMINAGA

Akihisa TOMINAGA 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).

  • Self-driving vehicle
    Patent number: 10625753
    Abstract: A self-driving vehicle includes a plurality of operation members for the driver to operate and a controller. The plurality of operation members includes a steering operation member, a brake operation member, and an accelerating operation member. The controller has, as control modes thereof, an automatic operation mode and a manual operation mode. The operation member that is predefined as a trigger for the shift from the automatic operation mode to the manual operation mode differs depending on states of the vehicle in the automatic operation mode. The self-driving vehicle enables the driver to shift the control mode from the automatic operation mode to the manual operation mode with a simple operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA MOTOR POWER PRODUCTS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yoshii, Takahiro Nakamura, Akihisa Tominaga, Nobuya Ishikawa
  • SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180257667
    Abstract: A self-driving vehicle includes a plurality of operation members for the driver to operate and a controller. The plurality of operation members includes a steering operation member, a brake operation member, and an accelerating operation member. The controller has, as control modes thereof, an automatic operation mode and a manual operation mode. The operation member that is predefined as a trigger for the shift from the automatic operation mode to the manual operation mode differs depending on states of the vehicle in the automatic operation mode. The self-driving vehicle enables the driver to shift the control mode from the automatic operation mode to the manual operation mode with a simple operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshinori YOSHII, Takahiro NAKAMURA, Akihisa TOMINAGA, Nobuya ISHIKAWA