Patents by Inventor Kazuyoshi KITAJIMA
Kazuyoshi KITAJIMA 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).
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Patent number: 11535328Abstract: This measurement device for measuring the angular velocity or acceleration of a two-wheel vehicle, is provided with a main detection unit which detects the three-axis angular velocity or three-axis acceleration, a support unit which can support the main detection unit on the body of the two-wheel vehicle, and a correction unit which cancels the lean of the body to the left and right in the main detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Korenaga, Tomokazu Shimoda, Kazuyoshi Kitajima, Hiromichi Nakamoto
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Patent number: 11315128Abstract: A charging system for communicating with an RFID tag on a vehicle traveling with the RFID tag attached thereto, and thereby performing charging processing in relation to the vehicle. The charging system is provided with: an RFID information acquisition unit for acquiring RFID information written onto an RFID tag detected by a roadside communication device for communicating with the RFID tag; an external appearance information acquisition unit for acquiring external appearance information relating to the RFID tag or a vehicle body of the vehicle; a point computation unit for determining the respective invalidity of each of a plurality of pieces of determination information, including external appearance determination information in which the RFID information and the external appearance information are combined, and calculating points on the basis of the invalidity; and a determining unit for determining whether or not the vehicle is a fraudulent vehicle on the basis of the points.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Higuchi, Atsushi Iida, Yohei Kojima, Kazuyoshi Kitajima
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Patent number: 11302119Abstract: Provided is a toll collection facility including a wireless communication device provided to a lane, and a charge processing device configured to execute read processing and write processing, for charge processing data, on a communication target device installed in a vehicle traveling on the lane, via the wireless communication device, based on a predetermined processing procedure. The charge processing device includes a scenario information generation unit configured to generate and send scenario information indicating at least a part of the processing procedure. The wireless communication device includes a recording processing unit configured to record the scenario information in an internal recording medium, and a scenario processing unit configured to execute read processing and write processing, for the charge processing data, on the communication target device, based on the scenario information.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Higuchi, Kazuyoshi Kitajima, Keiji Terasaka
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Patent number: 11235743Abstract: A vehicle is provided with: a main vehicle body having an attachment portion to which a towed vehicle can be attached, and a first onboard unit and a second onboard unit attached to the main vehicle body, the first onboard unit and the second onboard unit being installed so as to be capable of communicating with a roadside device. The first onboard unit has type information relating to the type of the main vehicle body, and is provided at a position at which communication with the roadside device is possible both when the towed vehicle is attached to the attachment portion and when the towed vehicle is not attached to the attachment portion. The second onboard unit is provided at a position at which communication with the roadside device is possible when the towed vehicle is not attached to the attachment portion and at which communication with the roadside device is not possible when the towed vehicle is attached to the attachment portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Higuchi, Kazuyoshi Kitajima
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Patent number: 11215634Abstract: This vehicle-mounted device is a vehicle-mounted device mounted on a vehicle that has a body and a steering unit supported on the body via a steering shaft, and includes a user interface, camera, or antenna attached to the steering unit; a first sensor unit that is attached to the body and detects a first angular velocity or a first acceleration as a first detection value; and a calculation device that performs calculation based on the first detection value and is connected to the user interface, camera, or antenna.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Korenaga, Tomokazu Shimoda, Kazuyoshi Kitajima, Hiromichi Nakamoto
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Patent number: 11182983Abstract: Provided is a same vehicle detection device, including: a first license plate information acquisition unit configured to store, in a first recording unit, first license plate information acquired from an onboard unit installed in a vehicle; a second license plate information acquisition unit configured to store, in a second recording unit, second license plate information of the vehicle read in, based on an image captured by shooting a predetermined region including the license plate of the vehicle; and a same vehicle determination unit configured to determine whether the first license plate information stored in the first recording device relates to the same vehicle as the second license plate information stored in the second recording device.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Higuchi, Kazuyoshi Kitajima, Keiji Terasaka
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Publication number: 20210358297Abstract: A violator identification device (10) that is configured to identify a violator associated with travel of a vehicle includes: a vehicle identification information acquiring unit (100) configured to acquire vehicle identification information which is able to identify the vehicle in which the violator rides from an image captured by a roadside camera (125); a personal information acquiring unit (103) configured to acquire personal information correlated with the vehicle identification information from a database (13) which is provided in a system that is configured to provide services for vehicles; and an output unit (104) configured to output violation information in which the image and the personal information are correlated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2018Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Shinichi MASUMOTO, Kazuyoshi KITAJIMA, Tatsuya HIGUCHI
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Patent number: 11113962Abstract: A terminal device includes: a candidate acquiring unit configured to acquire reverse traveling candidate information including positional information and traveling direction information of a vehicle when a candidate determining unit configured to determine whether there is a likelihood that the vehicle is traveling in reverse determines that there is a likelihood that the vehicle is traveling in reverse; and a candidate transmitting unit configured to transmit the reverse traveling candidate information to a rearward server configured to determine whether the vehicle is traveling in reverse based on the reverse traveling candidate information.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kitajima, Tatsuya Higuchi
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Patent number: 11080945Abstract: An on-board device is equipped with: an RFIC which includes an activation processing unit for outputting an activation signal upon receiving a radio wave for RFID communication and an RF tag function unit for reading prerecorded tag information; an IC card processing unit which is activated on the basis of the activation signal when electric power is supplied thereto from a power supply circuit, and which reads and writes IC card information from and to an IC card; and a communication unit which transmits the tag information and/or the IC card information to an external device.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kitajima, Tatsuya Higuchi, Keiji Terasaka, Kyoko Oshima
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Publication number: 20210183168Abstract: Provided is a toll collection facility including a wireless communication device provided to a lane, and a charge processing device configured to execute read processing and write processing, for charge processing data, on a communication target device installed in a vehicle traveling on the lane, via the wireless communication device, based on a predetermined processing procedure. The charge processing device includes a scenario information generation unit configured to generate and send scenario information indicating at least a part of the processing procedure. The wireless communication device includes a recording processing unit configured to record the scenario information in an internal recording medium, and a scenario processing unit configured to execute read processing and write processing, for the charge processing data, on the communication target device, based on the scenario information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2016Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Tatsuya HIGUCHI, Kazuyoshi KITAJIMA, Keiji TERASAKA
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Publication number: 20210118292Abstract: A terminal device includes: a candidate acquiring unit configured to acquire reverse traveling candidate information including positional information and traveling direction information of a vehicle when a candidate determining unit configured to determine whether there is a likelihood that the vehicle is traveling in reverse determines that there is a likelihood that the vehicle is traveling in reverse; and a candidate transmitting unit configured to transmit the reverse traveling candidate information to a rearward server configured to determine whether the vehicle is traveling in reverse based on the reverse traveling candidate information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2018Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Kazuyoshi KITAJIMA, Tatsuya HIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20200311743Abstract: A charging system for communicating with an RFID tag on a vehicle traveling with the RFID tag attached thereto, and thereby performing charging processing in relation to the vehicle. The charging system is provided with: an RFID information acquisition unit for acquiring RFID information written onto an RFID tag detected by a roadside communication device for communicating with the RFID tag; an external appearance information acquisition unit for acquiring external appearance information relating to the RFID tag or a vehicle body of the vehicle; a point computation unit for determining the respective invalidity of each of a plurality of pieces of determination information, including external appearance determination information in which the RFID information and the external appearance information are combined, and calculating points on the basis of the invalidity; and a determining unit for determining whether or not the vehicle is a fraudulent vehicle on the basis of the points.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2017Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Tatsuya HIGUCHI, Atsushi IIDA, Yohei KOJIMA, Kazuyoshi KITAJIMA
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Publication number: 20200175777Abstract: An on-board device is equipped with: an RFIC which includes an activation processing unit for outputting an activation signal upon receiving a radio wave for RFID communication and an RF tag function unit for reading prerecorded tag information; an IC card processing unit which is activated on the basis of the activation signal when electric power is supplied thereto from a power supply circuit, and which reads and writes IC card information from and to an IC card; and a communication unit which transmits the tag information and/or the IC card information to an external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2016Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Kazuyoshi KITAJIMA, Tatsuya HIGUCHI, Keiji TERASAKA, Kyoko OSHIMA
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Publication number: 20200055498Abstract: A vehicle is provided with: a main vehicle body having an attachment portion to which a towed vehicle can be attached, and a first onboard unit and a second onboard unit attached to the main vehicle body, the first onboard unit and the second onboard unit being installed so as to be capable of communicating with a roadside device. The first onboard unit has type information relating to the type of the main vehicle body, and is provided at a position at which communication with the roadside device is possible both when the towed vehicle is attached to the attachment portion and when the towed vehicle is not attached to the attachment portion. The second onboard unit is provided at a position at which communication with the roadside device is possible when the towed vehicle is not attached to the attachment portion and at which communication with the roadside device is not possible when the towed vehicle is attached to the attachment portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2017Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Tatsuya HIGUCHI, Kazuyoshi KITAJIMA
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Patent number: 10557914Abstract: A radio wave arrival angle detection device of the present invention extracts symbols and resolves the same into sub-carriers having various frequency components, for OFDM carrier waves received by a first antenna and a second antenna, respectively. The arrival angle of the carrier waves is calculated on the basis of the geometric relationship between a phase shift of the respective sub-carriers of the OFDM carrier waves received by the first antenna and the second antenna, and the arrangement of the first antenna and the second antenna.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2015Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Kenji Iizuka, Masatoshi Tominaga, Kazuyoshi Kitajima, Saku Ieuji
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Publication number: 20200025794Abstract: This vehicle-mounted device is a vehicle-mounted device mounted on a vehicle that has a body and a steering unit supported on the body via a steering shaft, and includes a user interface, camera, or antenna attached to the steering unit; a first sensor unit that is attached to the body and detects a first angular velocity or a first acceleration as a first detection value; and a calculation device that performs calculation based on the first detection value and is connected to the user interface, camera, or antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2017Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Takeshi KORENAGA, Tomokazu SHIMODA, Kazuyoshi KITAJIMA, Hiromichi NAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20200018600Abstract: This measurement device for measuring the angular velocity or acceleration of a two-wheel vehicle, is provided with a main detection unit which detects the three-axis angular velocity or three-axis acceleration, a support unit which can support the main detection unit on the body of the two-wheel vehicle, and a correction unit which cancels the lean of the body to the left and right in the main detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2017Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi KORENAGA, Tomokazu SHIMODA, Kazuyoshi KITAJIMA, Hiromichi NAKAMOTO
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Patent number: 10274332Abstract: A travel route guide device includes a travel route calculation unit configured to calculate a travel route based on current position information, destination information, a remaining amount of power of an electric vehicle, and information on a remaining power amount recovery facility. The travel route guide device further includes a region division unit configured to divide a region including the travel route into a plurality of local regions. The travel route guide device further includes a constraint condition determination unit configured to determine, for each local region, a constraint condition for a monitoring variable. The travel route guide device further includes a recalculation determination unit configured to monitor the monitoring variable, and request the travel route calculation unit to calculate the travel route in response to a determination that a value of the monitoring variable deviates from an upper limit defined by the constraint condition.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kitajima, Takashi Saito
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Publication number: 20190088038Abstract: Provided is a same vehicle detection device, including: a first license plate information acquisition unit configured to store, in a first recording unit, first license plate information acquired from an onboard unit installed in a vehicle; a second license plate information acquisition unit configured to store, in a second recording unit, second license plate information of the vehicle read in, based on an image captured by shooting a predetermined region including the license plate of the vehicle; and a same vehicle determination unit configured to determine whether the first license plate information stored in the first recording device relates to the same vehicle as the second license plate information stored in the second recording device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2016Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Tatsuya HIGUCHI, Kazuyoshi KITAJIMA, Keiji TERASAKA
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Publication number: 20180238699Abstract: A travel route guide device includes a travel route calculation unit configured to calculate a travel route based on current position information, destination information, a remaining amount of power of an electric vehicle, and information on a remaining power amount recovery facility. The travel route guide device further includes a region division unit configured to divide a region including the travel route into a plurality of local regions. The travel route guide device further includes a constraint condition determination unit configured to determine, for each local region, a constraint condition for a monitoring variable. The travel route guide device further includes a recalculation determination unit configured to monitor the monitoring variable, and request the travel route calculation unit to calculate the travel route in response to a determination that a value of the monitoring variable deviates from an upper limit defined by the constraint condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Kazuyoshi KITAJIMA, Takashi SAITO