Patents by Inventor Etsuko Oda

Etsuko Oda 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).

  • Aerodrome control support system
    Patent number: 6144915
    Abstract: In a path determining section, an optimum path is calculated based on detection/storage information of a position detector, airport surface information storage section, aircraft information storage section and knowledge information storage section according to an instruction request from a request information input section of an aircraft and is indicated by a path indicator of the aircraft. Further, a collision determining section calculates the possibility of collision on the optimum path obtained in the path determining section according to the coordinates and traveling directions of all of the aircraft based on the above detection/storage information and a warning is indicated by a warning indicator of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignees: Director-General, Ship Research Institute, Ministry of Trans, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kakuichi Shiomi, Etsuko Oda, Seiichiro Tanaka, Keiichiro Nakaue