Patents by Inventor Ichiro Usami

Ichiro Usami 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: 9228845
    Abstract: Navigation systems, methods, and programs acquire deviated point information regarding a deviated point where a vehicle traveling a set route has deviated the route, and acquire post-deviation travel history information regarding a travel history after a deviated vehicle has deviated the route at the deviated point. The systems, methods, and programs determine based on the post-deviation travel history information for each of the deviated vehicles whether the deviated vehicle has traveled along a reroute set after deviating the route at the deviated point, and judges whether a rate of the deviated vehicles which were determined as having traveled along the reroute is a first predetermined value or more. If the rate of the deviated vehicles which were determined as having traveled along the reroute is the first predetermined value or more, the systems, methods, and programs determine that guidance of the route is not appropriate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignees: ASIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION, FUJITSU LIMIED, FUJITSU TEM LIMITED
    Inventors: Hirokazu Nomoto, Ichiro Usami, Kensuke Hanaoka, Sayaka Yoshizu, Hironobu Sugimoto, Takao Suzuki, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Shohji Ueoka, Hideaki Miyazaki, Toshifumi Obayashi, Takayuki Suzumiya
  • Patent number: 8996306
    Abstract: A route search device including a database in which map information and facility information are stored, a reference location information obtaining unit that obtains reference location information as location information of a given point from an outside of the route search device, a location information obtaining unit that obtains location information of a desired facility from the outside, a corresponding location information obtaining unit that obtains corresponding location information as location information of a point corresponding to the given point, from the database, a location correction factor calculating unit that calculates a location correction factor, a location correction factor storage unit that stores the location correction factor, a location information correcting unit that corrects the location information of the desired facility, using the location correction factor, and a route searching unit that makes a search for a route to the desired facility, based on the corrected location informa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso Corporation, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki Kodan, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Ichiro Usami, Hiroyuki Kozakai
  • Patent number: 8892227
    Abstract: A processing unit executes at least one of a task of a radio tuner, a task of a television tuner, a task of a playback control unit for playback of stored image and sound, a task of an indication unit for indicating image according to image data, a task of a navigation unit for detecting a present position and indicating the detected position on a map, and a task of a route search unit for searching for a route and indicating the searched route on the map, in accordance with a predetermined priority. When execution of multiple tasks by the processing unit exceeds processing performance of the processing unit, a processing suspension unit suspends a task, which satisfies a predetermined condition, among the multiple tasks currently executed by the processing unit, irrespective of a priority of the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Aw Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Takashi Ichida, Hiroaki Mizutani, Tomohiro Kani, Yuichi Ochiai, Ichiro Usami, Takashi Wada
  • Patent number: 8600608
    Abstract: A communication system for a vehicle includes: a plurality of controllers mounted on the vehicle; a data communication network for coupling the plurality of controllers with each other so that the controllers transmit data to and receive data from each other via the data communication network; a failure diagnosis device for diagnosing whether each controller is normal; a failure diagnosis activation device for activating the failure diagnosis device; and an avoiding condition setting device for setting an avoiding condition, which provides to avoid execution of the failure diagnosis when the failure diagnosis device is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Inoue, Yuichi Ochiai, Tomohiro Kani, Ichiro Usami, Takashi Wada
  • Publication number: 20130304382
    Abstract: Navigation systems, methods, and programs acquire deviated point information regarding a deviated point where a vehicle traveling a set route has deviated the route, and acquire post-deviation travel history information regarding a travel history after a deviated vehicle has deviated the route at the deviated point. The systems, methods, and programs determine based on the post-deviation travel history information for each of the deviated vehicles whether the deviated vehicle has traveled along a reroute set after deviating the route at the deviated point, and judges whether a rate of the deviated vehicles which were determined as having traveled along the reroute is a first predetermined value or more. If the rate of the deviated vehicles which were determined as having traveled along the reroute is the first predetermined value or more, the systems, methods, and programs determine that guidance of the route is not appropriate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, FUJITSU LIMITED, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Nomoto, Ichiro Usami, Kensuke Hanaoka, Sayaka Yoshizu, Hironobu Sugimoto, Takao Suzuki, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Shohji Ueoka, Hideaki Miyazaki, Toshifumi Obayashi, Takayuki Suzumiya
  • Publication number: 20120209509
    Abstract: A route search device including a database in which map information and facility information are stored, a reference location information obtaining unit that obtains reference location information as location information of a given point from an outside of the route search device, a location information obtaining unit that obtains location information of a desired facility from the outside, a corresponding location information obtaining unit that obtains corresponding location information as location information of a point corresponding to the given point, from the database, a location correction factor calculating unit that calculates a location correction factor, a location correction factor storage unit that stores the location correction factor, a location information correcting unit that corrects the location information of the desired facility, using the location correction factor, and a route searching unit that makes a search for a route to the desired facility, based on the corrected location informa
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki Kodan, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Ichiro Usami, Hiroyuki Kozakai
  • Publication number: 20120072069
    Abstract: A communication system for a vehicle includes: a plurality of controllers mounted on the vehicle; a data communication network for coupling the plurality of controllers with each other so that the controllers transmit data to and receive data from each other via the data communication network; a failure diagnosis device for diagnosing whether each controller is normal; a failure diagnosis activation device for activating the failure diagnosis device; and an avoiding condition setting device for setting an avoiding condition, which provides to avoid execution of the failure diagnosis when the failure diagnosis device is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicants: Denso Corporation, AISIN AW CO., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki INOUE, Yuichi Ochiai, Tomohiro Kani, Ichiro Usami, Takashi Wada
  • Publication number: 20110125299
    Abstract: A processing unit executes at least one of a task of a radio tuner, a task of a television tuner, a task of a playback control unit for playback of stored image and sound, a task of an indication unit for indicating image according to image data, a task of a navigation unit for detecting a present position and indicating the detected position on a map, and a task of a route search unit for searching for a route and indicating the searched route on the map, in accordance with a predetermined priority. When execution of multiple tasks by the processing unit exceeds processing performance of the processing unit, a processing suspension unit suspends a task, which satisfies a predetermined condition, among the multiple tasks currently executed by the processing unit, irrespective of a priority of the task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takashi ICHIDA, Hiroaki Mizutani, Tomohiro Kani, Yuichi Ochiai, Ichiro Usami, Takashi Wada