Patents by Inventor Kenji Mutou
Kenji Mutou 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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Publication number: 20230020267Abstract: A drive assistance apparatus predicts demand for vehicles in each area including a driving route, based on a demand prediction model for predicting the demand in the area. The drive assistance apparatus also predicts the frequency of occurrence of an obstacle in each of the regions obtained by dividing the area, based on a frequency model for predicting the frequency of occurrence of the obstacle in the region, and generates a driving route of the vehicle, based on the predicted demand in the area and the predicted frequency of occurrence of the obstacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Shunsuke MOCHIZUKI, Kazuhito TAKENAKA, Midori KATO, Kenji MUTOU
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Patent number: 9669842Abstract: A control apparatus is used in a vehicle that performs automatic travel control. The apparatus includes a search section which searches for an external unit, when information used for the automatic travel control is no longer available due to abnormality, the external unit providing assist information for complementing missing information that is the information no longer available due to the abnormality, an acquisition section which acquires the assist information from the external unit obtained as a result of the search of the search section, and a processing section which performs a process for performing assist travel control, which is the automatic travel control as a result of complementing the missing information with the assist information.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masato Matsumoto, Kenji Mutou
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Publication number: 20160004254Abstract: A control apparatus is used in a vehicle that performs automatic travel control. The apparatus includes a search section which searches for an external unit, when information used for the automatic travel control is no longer available due to abnormality, the external unit providing assist information for complementing missing information that is the information no longer available due to the abnormality, an acquisition section which acquires the assist information from the external unit obtained as a result of the search of the search section, and a processing section which performs a process for performing assist travel control, which is the automatic travel control as a result of complementing the missing information with the assist information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Masato Matsumoto, Kenji Mutou
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Patent number: 9165454Abstract: In a security system, a first collecting module cyclically collects target-object information indicative of environments of a target object and a monitored area in which the target object exists. An alarm module determines whether there is an abnormal situation associated with at least one of the target object and the monitored area based on the target-object information, and sets off an alarm indicative of a result of the determination that there is an abnormal situation. A second collecting module cyclically collects circumstance information indicative of a situation of an area surrounding the monitored area. An abnormal situation determining module calculates, based on the circumstance information, a probability that an abnormal situation associated with at least one of the target object and the monitored area will occur, and determines whether the probability is equal to or higher than a threshold level.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tokuya Inagaki, Kenji Mutou, Masumi Egawa, Hiromasa Hanai
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Patent number: 8760320Abstract: A communication apparatus is installed in a vehicle. A time information obtaining unit obtains a current time. A state information obtaining unit repeatedly obtains state information representing a state of an own vehicle at the current time. An own vehicle information generating unit estimates predicted arrival positions at specific times between the current time and a specified time, and repeatedly generates own vehicle information including the current position and the predicted arrival positions. An information transmitting unit transmits the own vehicle information. An information storage unit stores the own vehicle information into a first storage section as past own vehicle information. The information transmitting unit obtains an information coincidence degree representing the degree of the coincidence between current own vehicle information and the past own vehicle information, and transmits the current own vehicle information if the information coincidence degree is less than a specified threshold.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Kosai, Kenji Mutou
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Publication number: 20140043159Abstract: In a security system, a first collecting module cyclically collects target-object information indicative of environments of a target object and a monitored area in which the target object exits. An alarm module determines whether there is an abnormal situation associated with at least one of the target object and the monitored area based on the target-object information, and sets off an alarm indicative of a result of the determination that there is an abnormal situation. A second collecting module cyclically collects circumstance information indicative of a situation of an area surrounding the monitored area. An abnormal situation determining module calculates, based on the circumstance information, a probability that an abnormal situation associated with at least one of the target object and the monitored area will occur, and deter mines whether the probability is equal to or higher than a threshold level.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Denso CorporationInventors: Tokuya INAGAKI, Kenji MUTOU, Masumi EGAWA, Hiromasa HANAI
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Publication number: 20130027222Abstract: A communication apparatus is installed in a vehicle. A time information obtaining unit obtains a current time. A state information obtaining unit repeatedly obtains state information representing a state of an own vehicle at the current time. An own vehicle information generating unit estimates predicted arrival positions at specific times between the current time and a specified time, and repeatedly generates own vehicle information including the current position and the predicted arrival positions. An information transmitting unit transmits the own vehicle information. An information storage unit stores the own vehicle information into a first storage section as past own vehicle information. The information transmitting unit obtains an information coincidence degree representing the degree of the coincidence between current own vehicle information and the past own vehicle information, and transmits the current own vehicle information if the information coincidence degree is less than a specified threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Kosai, Kenji Mutou
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Publication number: 20080246603Abstract: The object of the invention is providing a direction searching system for displaying a direction of an objective car location only by easy operations. The solution is as follows. During a switch is being pressed in the first scan, a radio signal from a in-vehicle equipment 1 loaded in an objective car is received by rotating a terminal equipment 2 having a metal portion of Smart Key, etc. used as a directional antenna 10, and the maximum receiving level thereof is held by a peak-value detecting-and-holding unit 27. During a second scan, the switch 31 is released, and the radio signal from the in-vehicle equipment 1 loaded in the objective car is received by rotating the terminal equipment 2 again. During the above operation, the receiving level being detected by a level detector 25 is given to a comparing unit 28 to be compared with the maximum receiving level held as the first scan result.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenji MUTOU
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Patent number: 6557876Abstract: To provide a front fender device for a motorcycle in which a front fender extending on front and rear sides of a front fork is mounted on the front fork in such a manner as to cover an upper side of the front wheel. The device is intended to increase the degree of freedom in design while minimizing an increase in weight and reducing vibration and noise from the front fender. Garnishes are mounted on each of right and left outer surfaces of a front fender at a plurality of positions spaced in the longitudinal direction of the front fender with elastic members inserted between the front fender and the garnishes.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2001Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Terunari Saiki, Kenji Mutou, Mamoru Otsubo, Hideaki Yamazumi, Toshiteru Yamamoto, Kazuro Furukawa, Toshinobu Fujii
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Publication number: 20010008334Abstract: To provide a front fender device for a motorcycle in which a front fender extending on front and rear sides of a front fork is mounted on the front fork in such a manner as to cover an upper side of the front wheel. The device is intended to increase the degree of freedom in design while minimizing an increase in weight and reducing vibration and noise from the front fender. Garnishes are mounted on each of right and left outer surfaces of a front fender at a plurality of positions spaced in the longitudinal direction of the front fender with elastic members inserted between the front fender and the garnishes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2001Publication date: July 19, 2001Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Terunari Saiki, Kenji Mutou, Mamoru Otsubo, Hideaki Yamazumi, Toshiteru Yamamoto, Kazuro Furukawa, Toshinobu Fujii
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Patent number: 6217048Abstract: To provide a front fender device for a motorcycle in which a front fender extending on front and rear sides of a front fork is mounted on the front fork in such a manner as to cover an upper side of the front wheel. The device is intended to increase the degree of freedom in design while minimizing an increase in weight and reducing vibration and noise from the front fender. Garnishes are mounted on each of right and left outer surfaces of a front fender at a plurality of positions spaced in the longitudinal direction of the front fender with elastic members inserted between the front fender and the garnishes.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1998Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Terunari Saiki, Kenji Mutou, Mamoru Otsubo, Hideaki Yamazumi, Toshiteru Yamamoto, Kazuro Furukawa, Toshinobu Fujii