Patents by Inventor Hidenori OSAI

Hidenori OSAI 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).

  • Patent number: 11630194
    Abstract: A position determination system a determines whether a mobile terminal is present outside a vehicle compartment based on a reception strength of a radio signal transmitted from the mobile terminal through a vehicle interior antenna and a reception strength of a radio signal transmitted from the mobile terminal through a vehicle exterior antenna, and the vehicle exterior antenna is configured to be disposed in a predetermined region in a vicinity of a window of a vehicle in an outer surface portion of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, SOKEN, INC.
    Inventors: Hidenori Osai, Kenichiro Sanji, Taichi Yamaguchi, Kazunari Nakamura, Munenori Matsumoto, Takashi Shinoda
  • Patent number: 11467028
    Abstract: A road surface state determination device includes a tire-side device and a vehicle-body-side system. The tire-side device is attached to each of a plurality of tires included in a vehicle. The vehicle-body-side system is included in a body of the vehicle. The tire-side device may output a detection signal corresponding to a magnitude of vibration applied to the tire. The tire-side device may extract data items of a road surface state indicative of the vibration of the tire during one rotation of the tire from the detection signal. The tire-side device may generate road surface data. The tire-side device may transmit the road surface data. The vehicle-body-side system may receive the road surface data. The vehicle-body-side system may determine the road surface state based on the road surface data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Sanji, Yoichiro Suzuki, Hidenori Osai, Takatoshi Sekizawa
  • Patent number: 11243303
    Abstract: In a vehicle, a vehicle body-side apparatus is configured to perform a main area determination and an auxiliary area determination. The main area determination determines whether a portable terminal is present in a main area based on a first reception intensity measured by the vehicle body-side apparatus in a wireless signal from the portable terminal. The auxiliary area determination determines whether the portable terminal is present in an auxiliary area based on a second reception intensity measured by a vehicle tire-side apparatus in a wireless signal from the portable terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Osai, Kenichiro Sanji, Takatoshi Sekizawa
  • Publication number: 20200333448
    Abstract: In a vehicle, a vehicle body-side apparatus is configured to perform a main area determination and an auxiliary area determination. The main area determination determines whether a portable terminal is present in a main area based on a first reception intensity measured by the vehicle body-side apparatus in a wireless signal from the portable terminal. The auxiliary area determination determines whether the portable terminal is present in an auxiliary area based on a second reception intensity measured by a vehicle tire-side apparatus in a wireless signal from the portable terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Hidenori OSAI, Kenichiro SANJI, Takatoshi SEKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200319020
    Abstract: A road surface state determination device includes a tire-side device and a vehicle-body-side system. The tire-side device is attached to each of a plurality of tires included in a vehicle. The vehicle-body-side system is included in a body of the vehicle. The tire-side device may output a detection signal corresponding to a magnitude of vibration applied to the tire. The tire-side device may extract data items of a road surface state indicative of the vibration of the tire during one rotation of the tire from the detection signal. The tire-side device may generate road surface data. The tire-side device may transmit the road surface data. The vehicle-body-side system may receive the road surface data. The vehicle-body-side system may determine the road surface state based on the road surface data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Kenichiro SANJI, Yoichiro SUZUKI, Hidenori OSAI, Takatoshi SEKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200233072
    Abstract: A position determination system a determines whether a mobile terminal is present outside a vehicle compartment based on a reception strength of a radio signal transmitted from the mobile terminal through a vehicle interior antenna and a reception strength of a radio signal transmitted from the mobile terminal through a vehicle exterior antenna, and the vehicle exterior antenna is configured to be disposed in a predetermined region in a vicinity of a window of a vehicle in an outer surface portion of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Hidenori OSAI, Kenichiro SANJI, Taichi YAMAGUCHI, Kazunari NAKAMURA, Munenori MATSUMOTO, Takashi SHINODA