Patents by Inventor Hirotaka ASAOKA

Hirotaka ASAOKA 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: 11651714
    Abstract: If a distance from a current position to a guide point is less than a predetermined distance, a normal output process and a stop process of a guide image are repeatedly performed. If a priority display request for a guide image is performed, a priority output process of the guide image is performed prior to the stop process. If an interval between the priority output process and the normal output process performed after the priority output process is short, the priority output process continues until the normal output process starts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: NS WEST Inc., SHOEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoki Tashima, Naoya Matsuoka, Yuusuke Matsumoto, Manabu Yamada, Yoshimasa Tanaka, Masanori Hiramatsu, Hirotaka Asaoka, Kou Satou, Kousuke Aoi
  • Publication number: 20210307442
    Abstract: In an HUD device (3) mounted on a helmet (101), a projection unit (39) configured to project display light to a combiner (73) includes a light emitter (57) configured to emit display light, a housing (61) having a projection opening (63) through which display light emitted from the light emitter passes, and a cover member (65) having transparency to light and disposed to cover the projection opening. The projection unit (39) is incorporated in a chin portion (113) of the helmet body such that display light to be projected to the combiner passes through an optical path portion (119) provided in a mouse cover (115) of the helmet body (105). The cover member is disposed at an inner side of an interior member than a surface of the interior member at which an end of the optical path portion at a light emission side is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicants: NS WEST Inc., SHOEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Masanori HIRAMATSU, Kou SATOU, Motoki TASHIMA, Naoya MATSUOKA, Hirotaka ASAOKA
  • Publication number: 20210312842
    Abstract: If a distance from a current position to a guide point is less than a predetermined distance, a normal output process and a stop process of a guide image are repeatedly performed. If a priority display request for a guide image is performed, a priority output process of the guide image is performed prior to the stop process. If an interval between the priority output process and the normal output process performed after the priority output process is short, the priority output process continues until the normal output process starts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicants: NS WEST Inc., SHOEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoki TASHIMA, Naoya MATSUOKA, Yuusuke MATSUMOTO, Manabu YAMADA, Yoshimasa TANAKA, Masanori HIRAMATSU, Hirotaka ASAOKA, Kou SATOU, Kousuke AOI
  • Publication number: 20210307444
    Abstract: In a helmet including a battery and a helmet body whose outer surface is constituted by a shell, a charging connector is disposed inside the shell to face inward of the shell, and the charging connector is configured to be connected to a power supply-side connector connected to a power supply through a power supply-side cable during charging of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicants: NS WEST Inc., SHOEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kou SATOU, Manabu YAMADA, Masanori HIRAMATSU, Yuusuke MATSUMOTO, Naoya MATSUOKA, Kousuke AOI, Yoshimasa TANAKA, Hirotaka ASAOKA