Patents by Inventor Hironori Mitsubayashi

Hironori Mitsubayashi 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: 10220814
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a vehicle apparatus and a key. A confirmer of the vehicle apparatus is configured to confirm existence or non-existence of a second key, which is different from a first key, in a vehicle interior in response to locking of a vehicle by the first key. An authenticator of the key is configured to perform an authentication for authenticating that a user using the key is an authenticated user. An effectivity controller of the vehicle apparatus is configured to disable a function of a permitter concerning the second key when the second key exists in the vehicle interior and the authentication concerning the second key is unsuccessful. The effectivity controller is configured to enable the function of the permitter concerning the second key when the second key exists in the vehicle interior and the authentication concerning the second key is successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hironori Mitsubayashi
  • Publication number: 20180361991
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a vehicle apparatus and a key. A confirmer of the vehicle apparatus is configured to confirm existence or non-existence of a second key, which is different from a first key, in a vehicle interior in response to locking of a vehicle by the first key. An authenticator of the key is configured to perform an authentication for authenticating that a user using the key is an authenticated user. An effectivity controller of the vehicle apparatus is configured to disable a function of a permitter concerning the second key when the second key exists in the vehicle interior and the authentication concerning the second key is unsuccessful. The effectivity controller is configured to enable the function of the permitter concerning the second key when the second key exists in the vehicle interior and the authentication concerning the second key is successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventor: Hironori MITSUBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8717142
    Abstract: A door lock control apparatus includes a lock switch on an exterior of a vehicle, a controller, and a check device. The controller performs a first key check in response to a lock command inputted through the lock switch. The first key check determines whether an electronic key specific to the vehicle is located outside around the vehicle based on a response from the key. The check device has previously performed a second key check, after the key has been put into a situation in which the key might have been moved from inside to outside the vehicle. The second key check determines whether the key is located inside the vehicle based on the response from the key. The check device stores a result of the second key check as a stored check record, which is then immediately available for checking when the controller responds to an inputted lock command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Nagao, Hironori Mitsubayashi, Daigo Akutsu, Taichi Yamaguchi, Mitsuru Ogawa, Tomoo Kakegawa, Hiroko Murakami, Tomoyuki Funayama
  • Patent number: 8531269
    Abstract: An automatic locking apparatus which is installed in a vehicle, communicates with a portable-unit in areas inside/outside the vehicle, and automatically locks doors, based on whether a response-signal is received from the portable-unit and opening/closing of the doors. The apparatus includes a door-opening/closing-detecting-unit, an inside-of-vehicle-determining-unit forming a communication-area inside the vehicle when one door changes from the opened-state to the closed-state, and determining whether the response-signal is received, an outside-of-vehicle-determining-unit forming a communication-area outside the vehicle when the response-signal is not received, and determining whether the response-signal is received, a locking-control-unit automatically locking the doors when the response-signal is received, when all the doors are closed and presence-of-reception is changed to absence-of-reception, and a storing-unit storing history-information indicating that the response-signal is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Nagao, Kazunari Nakamura, Hironori Mitsubayashi, Mitsuru Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8089343
    Abstract: A smart entry system includes a vehicle-side unit and a plurality of portable devices. Each of the portable devices has a discrimination code different from each other. When a first portable device is locked in a vehicle compartment, the discrimination code of the first portable device is stored in the vehicle-side unit. When the vehicle is parked in a state where all of the doors are locked, the vehicle-side unit transmits a request signal to an exterior communication area provided at an outside of the vehicle, and when the vehicle-side unit receives a response signal from a second portable device and the discrimination code of the second portable device is different from the discrimination code of the first portable device stored in the vehicle-side unit, the vehicle-side unit permits an unlock of the doors of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Taichi Yamaguchi, Hironori Mitsubayashi, Daigo Akutsu, Satoshi Nagao
  • Publication number: 20110057772
    Abstract: An automatic locking apparatus which is installed in a vehicle, communicates with a portable-unit in areas inside/outside the vehicle, and automatically locks doors, based on whether a response-signal is received from the portable-unit and opening/closing of the doors. The apparatus includes a door-opening/closing-detecting-unit, an inside-of-vehicle-determining-unit forming a communication-area inside the vehicle when one door changes from the opened-state to the closed-state, and determining whether the response-signal is received, an outside-of-vehicle-determining-unit forming a communication-area outside the vehicle when the response-signal is not received, and determining whether the response-signal is received, a locking-control-unit automatically locking the doors when the response-signal is received, when all the doors are closed and presence-of-reception is changed to absence-of-reception, and a storing-unit storing history-information indicating that the response-signal is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Nagao, Kazunari Nakamura, Hironori Mitsubayashi, Mitsuru Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20100073153
    Abstract: A smart entry system includes a vehicle-side unit and a plurality of portable devices. Each of the portable devices has a discrimination code different from each other. When a first portable device is locked in a vehicle compartment, the discrimination code of the first portable device is stored in the vehicle-side unit. When the vehicle is parked in a state where all of the doors are locked, the vehicle-side unit transmits a request signal to an exterior communication area provided at an outside of the vehicle, and when the vehicle-side unit receives a response signal from a second portable device and the discrimination code of the second portable device is different from the discrimination code of the first portable device stored in the vehicle-side unit, the vehicle-side unit permits an unlock of the doors of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taichi YAMAGUCHI, Hironori Mitsubayashi, Daigo Akutsu, Satoshi Nagao
  • Publication number: 20100050713
    Abstract: A door lock control apparatus includes a lock switch on an exterior of a vehicle, a controller, and a check device. The controller performs a first key check in response to a lock command inputted through the lock switch. The first key check determines whether an electronic key specific to the vehicle is located outside around the vehicle based on a response from the key. The check device performs a second key check, when the key is put into a situation in which the key can be moved from inside to outside the vehicle. The second key check determines whether the key is located inside the vehicle based on the response from the key. The check device stores a result of the second key check as a check record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi NAGAO, Hironori Mitsubayashi, Daigo Akutsu, Taichi Yamaguchi, Mitsuru Ogawa