Patents by Inventor Akio SHIGEKANE

Akio SHIGEKANE 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-position estimation apparatus and mobile object
    Patent number: 11853079
    Abstract: Provided is a self-position estimation apparatus capable of appropriately estimating a self-position of a mobile object regardless of an environment around the mobile object. The self-position estimation apparatus is for estimating a self-position of a mobile object, and includes: N types of sensors (where N is a natural number equal to or greater than two) that detect information with different contents from each other regarding a moving status of the mobile object; an environment determiner that determines an environment around the mobile object; a selector that selects information detected by one or more but less than the N types of sensors based on a determination result of the environment determiner; and an estimator that estimates the self-position of the mobile object based on the information selected by the selector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoki Hirose, Akio Shigekane
  • SELF-POSITION ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND MOBILE OBJECT
    Publication number: 20220137627
    Abstract: Provided is a self-position estimation apparatus capable of appropriately estimating a self-position of a mobile object regardless of an environment around the mobile object. The self-position estimation apparatus is for estimating a self-position of a mobile object, and includes: N types of sensors (where N is a natural number equal to or greater than two) that detect information with different contents from each other regarding a moving status of the mobile object; an environment determiner that determines an environment around the mobile object; a selector that selects information detected by one or more but less than the N types of sensors based on a determination result of the environment determiner; and an estimator that estimates the self-position of the mobile object based on the information selected by the selector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Motoki HIROSE, Akio SHIGEKANE
  • Fender for electric wheelchair
    Patent number: D963523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoya Suzuki, Akio Shigekane, Jin Sato