Patents by Inventor Hiromi SATOU

Hiromi SATOU 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: 9812007
    Abstract: A map generation system includes: an extraction unit that collects vehicle speed information, which includes at least a speed, acceleration, and deceleration, from a vehicle and that extracts rapid deceleration information, which includes a first location where a rapid deceleration event satisfying predetermined conditions has occurred, and a traveling direction of the vehicle at the time when the rapid deceleration event has occurred from the collected vehicle speed information; a storage unit that stores map data; a division unit that generates mesh map data by dividing the map data stored in the storage unit into a plurality of meshes in a predetermined size and a predetermined number of divisions; and an estimation unit that estimates a location that requires caution when the vehicle travels therethrough, as a caution-required place, based on the rapid deceleration information extracted by the extraction unit and the mesh map data generated by the division unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonobu Inaba, Hiromi Satou, Naoko Imai
  • Patent number: 9423388
    Abstract: An explosive detection apparatus capable of maintaining high availability even in an environment containing a large amount of foreign substances is achieved. The explosive detection apparatus includes means for sequentially replacing a plurality of collection thermal vaporization filters 2 for collecting, heating, vaporizing particles, which have been prepared in advance. The explosive detection apparatus also includes a preheating unit 52 for preheating an unused filter, and sealing is performed by a seal portion between the plurality of filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Terada, Masakazu Sugaya, Hideo Kashima, Hisashi Nagano, Yasuaki Takada, Hiromi Satou
  • Publication number: 20160078757
    Abstract: A map generation system includes: an extraction unit that collects vehicle speed information, which includes at least a speed, acceleration, and deceleration, from a vehicle and that extracts rapid deceleration information, which includes a first location where a rapid deceleration event satisfying predetermined conditions has occurred, and a traveling direction of the vehicle at the time when the rapid deceleration event has occurred from the collected vehicle speed information; a storage unit that stores map data; a division unit that generates mesh map data by dividing the map data stored in the storage unit into a plurality of meshes in a predetermined size and a predetermined number of divisions; and an estimation unit that estimates a location that requires caution when the vehicle travels therethrough, as a caution-required place, based on the rapid deceleration information extracted by the extraction unit and the mesh map data generated by the division unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonobu Inaba, Hiromi Satou, Naoko Imai
  • Publication number: 20150377851
    Abstract: An explosive detection apparatus capable of maintaining high availability even in an environment containing a large amount of foreign substances is achieved. The explosive detection apparatus includes means for sequentially replacing a plurality of collection thermal vaporization filters 2 for collecting, heating, vaporizing particles, which have been prepared in advance. The explosive detection apparatus also includes a preheating unit 52 for preheating an unused filter, and sealing is performed by a seal portion between the plurality of filters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi TERADA, Masakazu SUGAYA, Hideo KASHIMA, Hisashi NAGANO, Yasuaki TAKADA, Hiromi SATOU