Patents by Inventor Koro Uenishi

Koro Uenishi 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).

  • Vehicle-occupant fatigue-level assessment method, vehicle seat assessment method, and vehicle seat assessment device
    Patent number: 7248996
    Abstract: A highly reliable vehicle driver's fatigue evaluating method is provided, which is capable of quantitatively calculating a degree of fatigue of a driver seated on a seat. The degree of fatigue of the driver seated on a seat is quantitatively calculated based on an amount of rearward deflection of a lower part of a backrest portion of the seat, a load applied downward to a front part of a seating portion of the seat, and a load applied rearward to an upper part of the backrest portion, in a state of the driver being seated on the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koro Uenishi, Masatoshi Tanaka, Naoki Miyamoto, Sadami Tsutsumi
  • Vehicle-occupant fatigue-level assessment method, vehicle seat assessment method, and vehicle seat assessment device
    Publication number: 20060106562
    Abstract: A highly reliable vehicle driver's fatigue evaluating method is provided, which is capable of quantitatively calculating a degree of fatigue of a driver seated on a seat. The degree of fatigue of the driver seated on a seat is quantitatively calculated based on an amount of rearward deflection of a lower part of a backrest portion of the seat, a load applied downward to a front part of a seating portion of the seat, and a load applied rearward to an upper part of the backrest portion, in a state of the driver being seated on the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: DAIHATSU MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koro Uenishi, Masatoshi Tanaka, Naoki Miyamoto, Sadami Tsutsumi