Patents by Inventor Kotaro Hashimoto

Kotaro Hashimoto 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: 10769949
    Abstract: Systems and methods for collaborative parking assistance using a parking facilitation circuit are provided. A method may include: using information from a plurality of sensors to locate one or more available parking spaces in a determined area; characterize the located available parking spaces to generate parking space parameters for each of the available parking spaces; generating a parking space map comprising an indication of available parking spaces, locations of the available parking spaces and parking space parameters for the available parking spaces; filtering the parking space map to include as available parking spaces only those one or more available parking spaces that, based on the parking space parameters, are compatible with a vehicle intended to park in the determined area; and providing the filtered parking space map to a user interface of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Michael C. Edwards, Randall M. Harris, Nutonya L. Parker, Ashok Ramadass, Kotaro Hashimoto, James H. Kikuma
  • Publication number: 20200257630
    Abstract: A history storage area (106) stores, for each of a plurality of pieces of data, number of times of access via a file system. A cache management unit (119), when access to the plurality of pieces of data not via the file system occurs, sets as overwrite prohibition data and caches in a disc cache area (108), data for which number of times of access that is equal to or more than a threshold is stored in the history storage area (106), the threshold being determined based on number of times of access of the plurality of pieces of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya YAMADA, Hirotaka MOTAI, Akio IDEHARA, Kotaro HASHIMOTO, Takehisa MIZUGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200202716
    Abstract: Systems and methods for collaborative parking assistance using a parking facilitation circuit are provided. A method may include: using information from a plurality of sensors to locate one or more available parking spaces in a determined area; characterize the located available parking spaces to generate parking space parameters for each of the available parking spaces; generating a parking space map comprising an indication of available parking spaces, locations of the available parking spaces and parking space parameters for the available parking spaces; filtering the parking space map to include as available parking spaces only those one or more available parking spaces that, based on the parking space parameters, are compatible with a vehicle intended to park in the determined area; and providing the filtered parking space map to a user interface of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Michael C. Edwards, Randall M. Harris, Nutonya L. Parker, Ashok Ramadass, Kotaro Hashimoto, James H. Kikuma
  • Publication number: 20200160711
    Abstract: A vehicle includes one or more processors, one or more memory modules, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules. The vehicle determines that the vehicle is in a multi-story unit, determines a first time when the vehicle enters a floor of the multi-story unit, determines a second time when the vehicle exits the floor of the multi-story unit, measures a staying time for the vehicle being on the floor of the multi-story unit based on the first time and the second time, determines whether the floor of the multi-story unit includes an available parking space based on the staying time, and transmits a notification to another vehicle in response to determination that the floor of the multi-story unit includes no available parking space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Randell Schmidt, Kotaro Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10636305
    Abstract: A vehicle includes one or more processors, one or more memory modules, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules. The vehicle determines that the vehicle is in a multi-story unit, determines a first time when the vehicle enters a floor of the multi-story unit, determines a second time when the vehicle exits the floor of the multi-story unit, measures a staying time for the vehicle being on the floor of the multi-story unit based on the first time and the second time, determines whether the floor of the multi-story unit includes an available parking space based on the staying time, and transmits a notification to another vehicle in response to determination that the floor of the multi-story unit includes no available parking space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Randell Schmidt, Kotaro Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10445090
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and system for determining safety compliance level of a software product. Safety requirements to be complied by the software product are extracted from safety standards. The extracted safety requirements are mapped with corresponding software product artifacts associated with the software product. Compliance of each of the one or more software product artifacts is determined based on the mapping. Thereafter, a score is assigned to of the software product artifacts that are in compliance with the safety requirements. Finally, the safety compliance level of the software product is determined based on the score assigned to the software product artifacts. In an embodiment, the above method helps in an easy interpretation of the standard safety procedures using a Natural Language Processing (NLP) and a Semantic analysis technique. Also, the method minimizes the chances of rejections and/or multiple iterations during safety certification of the software product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Krishnaji Desai, Geet Tapan Telang, Kotaro Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20180032331
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and system for determining safety compliance level of a software product. Safety requirements to be complied by the software product are extracted from safety standards. The extracted safety requirements are mapped with corresponding software product artifacts associated with the software product. Compliance of each of the one or more software product artifacts is determined based on the mapping. Thereafter, a score is assigned to of the software product artifacts that are in compliance with the safety requirements. Finally, the safety compliance level of the software product is determined based on the score assigned to the software product artifacts. In an embodiment, the above method helps in an easy interpretation of the standard safety procedures using a Natural Language Processing (NLP) and a Semantic analysis technique. Also, the method minimizes the chances of rejections and/or multiple iterations during safety certification of the software product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Krishnaji DESAI, Geet Tapan TELANG, Kotaro HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 6843208
    Abstract: There is provided a control method for a premixed compression ignition internal combustion engine, which is capable of responding easily to a sudden change in operating conditions. In a control method for a premixed compression ignition internal combustion engine 5 in which a gaseous mixture of an oxygen-containing gas and a fuel is compressed and self-ignited within a cylinder, cyclohexene is mixed with the fuel to be supplied to the premixed compression ignition internal combustion engine according to the operating conditions of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masamitsu Tamura, Kotaro Hashimoto, Kohjiroh Aimoto, Pu Qian, Takahiro Gunji
  • Publication number: 20040089262
    Abstract: There is provided a control method for a premixed compression ignition internal combustion engine, which is capable of responding easily to a sudden change in operating conditions. In a control method for a premixed compression ignition internal combustion engine 5 in which a gaseous mixture of an oxygen-containing gas and a fuel is compressed and self-ignited within a cylinder, cyclohexene is mixed with the fuel to be supplied to the premixed compression ignition internal combustion engine according to the operating conditions of the internal combustion engine. The premixed compression ignition internal combustion engine 5 has supply means 1 for supplying a first fuel and supply means 2 for supplying a second fuel that contains cyclohexene and whose self-ignition delay time is set so as to be longer than that of the first fuel. The first fuel consists of fuels other than cyclohexene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Masamitsu Tamura, Kotaro Hashimoto, Kohjiroh Aimoto, Pu Qian, Takahiro Gunji