Patents by Inventor Akio Yoshihashi

Akio Yoshihashi 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).

  • Parking support device
    Patent number: 8487783
    Abstract: To provide a parking support device for easily and quickly moving or rotating a target parking frame to an appropriate position. The parking support device includes a target parking position setting unit configured to set a target parking position at which a vehicle is to be parked with a target parking frame superimposed on an actual image displaying an area surrounding the vehicle. The parking support device guides the vehicle to the target parking position set by the target parking position setting unit. The target parking position setting unit moves the target parking frame initially displayed on a touch display to a position indicated by a coordinate point determined by a touch operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akio Yoshihashi, Yuuichi Kubota, Tomohiko Endo, Yukiko Kawabata, Takashi Nonoyama, Takashi Ohira, Keisuke Ikari, Yasushi Makino, Takuya Ito
  • PARKING SUPPORT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110304477
    Abstract: To provide a parking support device for easily and quickly moving or rotating a target parking frame to an appropriate position. The parking support device includes a target parking position setting unit configured to set a target parking position at which a vehicle is to be parked with a target parking frame superimposed on an actual image displaying an area surrounding the vehicle. The parking support device guides the vehicle to the target parking position set by the target parking position setting unit. The target parking position setting unit moves the target parking frame initially displayed on a touch display to a position indicated by a coordinate point determined by a touch operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akio YOSHIHASHI, Yuuichi Kubota, Tomohiko Endo, Yukiko Kawabata, Takashi Nonoyama, Takashi Ohira, Keisuke Ikari, Yasushi Makino, Takuya Ito
  • Parking support device
    Patent number: 8035531
    Abstract: To provide a parking support device for easily and quickly moving or rotating a target parking frame to an appropriate position. The parking support device includes a target parking position setting unit configured to set a target parking position at which a vehicle is to be parked with a target parking frame superimposed on an actual image displaying an area surrounding the vehicle. The parking support device guides the vehicle to the target parking position set by the target parking position setting unit. The target parking position setting unit moves the target parking frame initially displayed on a touch display to a position indicated by a coordinate point determined by a touch operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akio Yoshihashi, Yuuichi Kubota, Tomohiko Endo, Yukiko Kawabata, Takashi Nonoyama, Takashi Ohira, Keisuke Ikari, Yasushi Makino, Takuya Ito
  • PARKING ASSISTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090251334
    Abstract: To provide a parking support device for easily and quickly moving or rotating a target parking frame to an appropriate position. The parking support device includes a target parking position setting unit configured to set a target parking position at which a vehicle is to be parked with a target parking frame superimposed on an actual image displaying an area surrounding the vehicle. The parking support device guides the vehicle to the target parking position set by the target parking position setting unit. The target parking position setting unit moves the target parking frame initially displayed on a touch display to a position indicated by a coordinate point determined by a touch operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akio Yoshihashi, Yuuichi Kubota, Tomohiko Endo, Yukiko Kawabata, Takashi Nonoyama, Takashi Ohira, Keisuke Ikari, Yasushi Makino, Takuya Ito