Patents by Inventor Atsuo Fukaya
Atsuo Fukaya 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).
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Patent number: 11107351Abstract: A vehicle guidance system includes an onboard apparatus and a ground apparatus. The onboard apparatus includes a guide controller guiding a vehicle to enter a predetermined area through an entrance, a transmission controller transmitting a first wave, and a reception controller receiving a second wave obtained in response to the first wave. The ground apparatus includes a plurality of ground receivers arranged at a first position and a second position to receive the first wave, the first position and the second position corresponding to opposed ends of the entrance, and a plurality of first ground transmitters provided corresponding to the ground receivers and transmitting the second wave in a direction opposite to an entry direction of the vehicle. The guide controller determines an entry line to the entrance based on a change of a signal level of the second wave, the signal level changing depending on a vehicle position.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ippei Sugae, Atsuo Fukaya
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Publication number: 20200168087Abstract: A vehicle guidance system includes an onboard apparatus and a ground apparatus. The onboard apparatus includes a guide controller guiding a vehicle to enter a predetermined area through an entrance, a transmission controller transmitting a first wave, and a reception controller receiving a second wave obtained in response to the first wave. The ground apparatus includes a plurality of ground receivers arranged at a first position and a second position to receive the first wave, the first position and the second position corresponding to opposed ends of the entrance, and a plurality of first ground transmitters provided corresponding to the ground receivers and transmitting the second wave in a direction opposite to an entry direction of the vehicle. The guide controller determines an entry line to the entrance based on a change of a signal level of the second wave, the signal level changing depending on a vehicle position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ippei Sugae, Atsuo Fukaya
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Patent number: 9043083Abstract: A parking assistance apparatus has a region detector capable of detecting a plurality of possible parking regions where a vehicle can park in at least one side to the left or right of the vehicle, a photographic image of the scenery surrounding the vehicle including the possible parking regions is displayed on a monitor device, the possible parking regions detected by the region detector are superimposed on the photographic image as graphic images showing parking target candidates in all of the corresponding positions, and one of the parking target candidates can be selected as a parking target on the basis of a command input from a driving device of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jun Kadowaki, Yu Tanaka, Hiroyuki Tachibana, Atsuo Fukaya, Motokatsu Tomozawa, Kosuke Sato, Kenji Kodera
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Patent number: 9041804Abstract: An input device, wherein the screen (18a) of a display device (18) is divided into two regions, a region (A1) and a region (A2), and the icon switch displayed in the region including the position of an invisible pointer (P?) is selected. Thus, one of an icon switch (1) and an icon switch (2) that are displayed on the screen (18a) is selected at any time. Consequently, the user will no longer have to watch the screen carefully and perform an operation for moving an instruction marker such as a visible pointer to a desired icon switch, for example as in conventional devices. Accordingly, the user can enter a desired instruction in a short time by selecting a desired icon switch in a short time.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2009Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Taketoshi Fujii, Haruka Iga, Yoji Inui, Atsuo Fukaya, Keiichi Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Yamada
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Patent number: 9014912Abstract: A parking assistance apparatus has a region detector capable of detecting a plurality of possible parking regions where a vehicle can park in at least one side to the left or right of the vehicle, a photographic image of the scenery surrounding the vehicle including the possible parking regions is displayed on a monitor device, the possible parking regions detected by the region detector are superimposed on the photographic image as graphic images showing parking target candidates in all of the corresponding positions, and one of the parking target candidates can be selected as a parking target on the basis of a command input from a driving device of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2011Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jun Kadowaki, Yu Tanaka, Hiroyuki Tachibana, Atsuo Fukaya, Motokatsu Tomozawa, Kosuke Sato, Kenji Kodera
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Patent number: 8599043Abstract: A parking assist apparatus includes a parking target position setting section for setting a parking target position when a vehicle is to be parked by reversing, a parking pathway determining section for determining possibility/impossibility of direct parking for parking the vehicle to the parking target position without turnaround, and a report outputting section for effecting reporting to allow a driver engaged in parking to recognize the possibility/impossibility of the direct parking based on the result of determination by the parking pathway determining section.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jun Kadowaki, Kazuya Watanabe, Yu Tanaka, Kosuke Sato, Atsuo Fukaya, Hiroyuki Tachibana, Motokatsu Tomozawa, Kenji Kodera
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Publication number: 20130060421Abstract: A parking assistance apparatus has a region detector capable of detecting a plurality of possible parking regions where a vehicle can park in at least one side to the left or right of the vehicle, a photographic image of the scenery surrounding the vehicle including the possible parking regions is displayed on a monitor device, the possible parking regions detected by the region detector are superimposed on the photographic image as graphic images showing parking target candidates in all of the corresponding positions, and one of the parking target candidates can be selected as a parking target on the basis of a command input from a driving device of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jun Kadowaki, Yu Tanaka, Hiroyuki Tachibana, Atsuo Fukaya, Motokatsu Tomozawa, Kosuke Sato, Kenji Kodera
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Publication number: 20110298639Abstract: A parking assist apparatus includes a parking target position setting section for setting a parking target position when a vehicle is to be parked by reversing, a parking pathway determining section for determining possibility/impossibility of direct parking for parking the vehicle to the parking target position without turnaround, and a report outputting section for effecting reporting to allow a driver engaged in parking to recognize the possibility/impossibility of the direct parking based on the result of determination by the parking pathway determining section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2010Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jun Kadowaki, Kazuya Watanabe, Yu Tanaka, Kosuke Sato, Atsuo Fukaya, Hiroyuki Tachibana, Motokatsu Tomozawa, Kenji Kodera
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Publication number: 20110261201Abstract: An input device, wherein the screen (18a) of a display device (18) is divided into two regions, a region (A1) and a region (A2), and the icon switch displayed in the region including the position of an invisible pointer (P?) is selected. Thus, one of an icon switch (1) and an icon switch (2) that are displayed on the screen (18a) is selected at any time. Consequently, the user will no longer have to watch the screen carefully and perform an operation for moving an instruction marker such as a visible pointer to a desired icon switch, for example as in conventional devices. Accordingly, the user can enter a desired instruction in a short time by selecting a desired icon switch in a short time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2009Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Taketoshi Fujii, Haruka Iga, Yoji Inui, Atsuo Fukaya, Keiichi Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Yamada