Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Imajo

Hiroshi Imajo 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: 11845462
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes: a risk degree obtaining portion obtaining a degree of a risk of an event threatening a safety of a driver when an occurrence of the event is predicted; a risk handling control portion controlling an execution of a risk handling measure by a risk handling unit against the event that is predicted; a risk factor obtaining portion obtaining a factor which causes the risk as a risk factor; and a presentation control portion controlling a presentation of information about the risk factor. The presentation control portion presents information indicating a presence of the risk factor when the risk handling control portion controls the risk handling unit not to execute the risk handling measure and the degree of the risk is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takamitsu Suzuki, Hiroshi Imajo, Masayuki Kondo, Tetsuro Koga, Erika Sawada
  • Publication number: 20220024478
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes: a risk degree obtaining portion obtaining a degree of a risk of an event threatening a safety of a driver when an occurrence of the event is predicted; a risk handling control portion controlling an execution of a risk handling measure by a risk handling unit against the event that is predicted; a risk factor obtaining portion obtaining a factor which causes the risk as a risk factor; and a presentation control portion controlling a presentation of information about the risk factor. The presentation control portion presents information indicating a presence of the risk factor when the risk handling control portion controls the risk handling unit not to execute the risk handling measure and the degree of the risk is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Takamitsu SUZUKI, Hiroshi IMAJO, Masayuki KONDO, Tetsuro KOGA, Erika SAWADA
  • Patent number: 11173925
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes: a risk degree obtaining portion obtaining a degree of a risk of an event threatening a safety of a driver when an occurrence of the event is predicted; a risk handling control portion controlling an execution of a risk handling measure by a risk handling unit against the event that is predicted; a risk factor obtaining portion obtaining a factor which causes the risk as a risk factor; and a presentation control portion controlling a presentation of information about the risk factor. The presentation control portion presents information indicating a presence of the risk factor when the risk handling control portion controls the risk handling unit not to execute the risk handling measure and the degree of the risk is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takamitsu Suzuki, Hiroshi Imajo, Masayuki Kondo, Tetsuro Koga, Erika Sawada
  • Patent number: 10977942
    Abstract: A driving assistance device: acquires presentation target information; controls a presentation of the presentation target information; calculates a recognition requisite time which is required for a driver to recognize the presentation target information when the presentation target information is presented; calculates a degree of risk which endangers a safety of the driver; calculates a given driving time according to the degree of risk which endangers the safety of the driver; and calculates a safe driving requisite time, which is a time required for the driver to drive safely, according to the degree of risk which endangers the safety of the driver. In a non-presented state of the presentation target information, when the given driving time becomes longer than a sum of the safe driving requisite time and the recognition requisite time, the driving assistance device presents the presentation target information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takamitsu Suzuki, Hiroshi Imajo, Masayuki Kondo, Tetsuro Koga, Erika Sawada
  • Publication number: 20200307615
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes: a risk degree obtaining portion obtaining a degree of a risk of an event threatening a safety of a driver when an occurrence of the event is predicted; a risk handling control portion controlling an execution of a risk handling measure by a risk handling unit against the event that is predicted; a risk factor obtaining portion obtaining a factor which causes the risk as a risk factor; and a presentation control portion controlling a presentation of information about the risk factor. The presentation control portion presents information indicating a presence of the risk factor when the risk handling control portion controls the risk handling unit not to execute the risk handling measure and the degree of the risk is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Takamitsu SUZUKI, Hiroshi IMAJO, Masayuki KONDO, Tetsuro KOGA, Erika SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20200302792
    Abstract: A driving assistance device: acquires presentation target information; controls a presentation of the presentation target information; calculates a recognition requisite time which is required for a driver to recognize the presentation target information when the presentation target information is presented; calculates a degree of risk which endangers a safety of the driver; calculates a given driving time according to the degree of risk which endangers the safety of the driver; and calculates a safe driving requisite time, which is a time required for the driver to drive safely, according to the degree of risk which endangers the safety of the driver. In a non-presented state of the presentation target information, when the given driving time becomes longer than a sum of the safe driving requisite time and the recognition requisite time, the driving assistance device presents the presentation target information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Takamitsu SUZUKI, Hiroshi IMAJO, Masayuki KONDO, Tetsuro KOGA, Erika SAWADA
  • Patent number: 5970433
    Abstract: A sensor detects the presence or the absence of an obstacle by radiating a laser beam to the outside of a casing through a light projecting mirror and by letting the reflected light from an obstacle enter a light receiving element through a light receiving mirror. A light projecting window with a light projecting mirror positioned and a light receiving window with a light receiving mirror are positioned in the casing with a space therebetween to prevent reflected light from directly entering the light projecting window. The mirrors are attached to a rotation shaft of a motor, or rotation shafts of motors, synchronously rotatable provided between both mirrors. The optical axis of light radiated to the outside of the casing is set to face in a higher direction than horizontal to radiate in a cone-shaped form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Oka, Masujiro Hisatani, Hiroshi Imajo, Toru Takehara