Patents by Inventor Manabu Nakakita

Manabu Nakakita 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).

  • Publication number: 20240249568
    Abstract: A vehicle surroundings monitoring device measures coordinates of an obstacle on a first coordinate system on the basis of a position of the vehicle at a first time point at which a transmission wave is output and a position of the vehicle at a second time point at which a reflected wave of the transmission wave is detected. The monitoring device writes, to a storage device, coordinates of the obstacle on a second coordinate system having a resolution lower than a resolution of the first coordinate system when power turn-off of the vehicle is detected. The monitoring device reads, from the storage device, the coordinates of the obstacle on the second coordinate system when power turn-on of the vehicle is detected. The monitoring device determines whether the vehicle and the obstacle come into contact with each other by using the coordinates of the obstacle read from the storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Takeo TOMIDA, Manabu NAKAKITA, Yoshito HIRAI, Wataru HIRATA
  • Patent number: 11643069
    Abstract: A vehicle is configured to assist parking at a predetermined position by generating a path to the predetermined position and changing, based on the path, at least a vehicle wheel angle of a steered wheel. The vehicle includes: at least one steered wheel; at least one driven wheel; a power unit configured to provide a driving force to the driven wheel; and an operation device configured to receive at least an operation of changing power of the power unit. Before the predetermined position on the path, the vehicle wheel angle of the steered wheel is changed based on the path. If the vehicle travels beyond the predetermined position of the path, the vehicle wheel angle of the steered wheel is changed to allow the vehicle to advance in a tangential direction of the predetermined position of the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Hamai, Akihiro Morimoto, Manabu Nakakita
  • Patent number: 11321971
    Abstract: When a gearshift of a vehicle is in drive, a video image of a movement state of the vehicle moving forward depending on the rotation of the wheels detected by a wheel rotation sensor is displayed on a monitor. Thereafter, when the gearshift is in neutral, a video image of a movement state of the vehicle moving forward depending on the rotation of the wheels is displayed on the monitor. When the gearshift is in rear where the vehicle moves in a second direction opposite to a first direction, a video image of a movement state of the vehicle moving in the second direction depending on the rotation of the wheels is displayed on the monitor. Thereafter, when the gearshift is in neutral, a video image of a movement state of the vehicle moving in the second direction depending on the rotation of the wheels is displayed on the monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Morimoto, Takanobu Ito, Manabu Nakakita, Yuya Hamai
  • Publication number: 20200406888
    Abstract: A vehicle is configured to assist parking at a predetermined position by generating a path to the predetermined position and changing, based on the path, at least a vehicle wheel angle of a steered wheel. The vehicle includes: at least one steered wheel; at least one driven wheel; a power unit configured to provide a driving force to the driven wheel; and an operation device configured to receive at least an operation of changing power of the power unit. Before the predetermined position on the path, the vehicle wheel angle of the steered wheel is changed based on the path. If the vehicle travels beyond the predetermined position of the path, the vehicle wheel angle of the steered wheel is changed to allow the vehicle to advance in a tangential direction of the predetermined position of the path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya HAMAI, Akihiro MORIMOTO, Manabu NAKAKITA
  • Publication number: 20200312054
    Abstract: When a gearshift of a vehicle is in drive, a video image of a movement state of the vehicle moving forward depending on the rotation of the wheels detected by a wheel rotation sensor is displayed on a monitor. Thereafter, when the gearshift is in neutral, a video image of a movement state of the vehicle moving forward depending on the rotation of the wheels is displayed on the monitor. When the gearshift is in rear where the vehicle moves in a second direction opposite to a first direction, a video image of a movement state of the vehicle moving in the second direction depending on the rotation of the wheels is displayed on the monitor. Thereafter, when the gearshift is in neutral, a video image of a movement state of the vehicle moving in the second direction depending on the rotation of the wheels is displayed on the monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro MORIMOTO, Takanobu ITO, Manabu NAKAKITA, Yuya HAMAI
  • Publication number: 20190337506
    Abstract: A parking control device includes a controller and a notification unit. The controller executes a parking assistance control for making a vehicle travel from a drop-off position of an occupant of the vehicle to a parking space that is preliminarily determined and making the vehicle be parked in the parking space by automated driving. The controller ceases the parking assistance control in a case where an obstacle is present on a traveling route of the vehicle including the parking space. The notification unit provides a notification that the parking assistance control is stopped. The notification unit transmits information indicating that the parking assistance control is ceased to a device having identification information preliminarily associated with identification information of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO SHIMA, SATOSHI FUKUMOTO, YUSAKU TADA, MASATO INOUE, MANABU NAKAKITA
  • Patent number: 9837834
    Abstract: The battery system is a combined system of a first battery and a second battery. The discharging curve (discharging characteristic) (311) of the first battery has a stable region (B1). The discharging curve (discharging characteristic) (321) of the second battery has a stable region (B2) in the range of voltage lower than the voltage in the stable region (B1) of the first battery and also has an unstable region (A2) in the range of voltage overlapping the voltage in the stable region (B1) of the first battery. The first battery and the second battery are connected in parallel so that, in a discharging process, the discharging state of the entire battery shifts from the stable region (B1) of the first battery to the stable region (B2) of the second battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Sugiyama, Mamoru Aoki, Manabu Nakakita, Kazushige Kakutani, Takuma Iida
  • Publication number: 20160049814
    Abstract: The battery system is a combined system of a first battery and a second battery. The discharging curve (discharging characteristic) (311) of the first battery has a stable region (B1). The discharging curve (discharging characteristic) (321) of the second battery has a stable region (B2) in the range of voltage lower than the voltage in the stable region (B1) of the first battery and also has an unstable region (A2) in the range of voltage overlapping the voltage in the stable region (B1) of the first battery. The first battery and the second battery are connected in parallel so that, in a discharging process, the discharging state of the entire battery shifts from the stable region (B1) of the first battery to the stable region (B2) of the second battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Shigeyuki SUGIYAMA, Mamoru AOKI, Manabu NAKAKITA, Kazushige NAKAKITA, Takuma IIDA
  • Patent number: 8352989
    Abstract: A content reproduction device includes: a plurality of communication units (a cellular phone and a wireless LAN communication unit), each receiving a content transmitted in segments from a content transmission device over a communication path; a content reconstruction unit that has a buffer in which each segmented data of the content received by each of the communication units is temporarily accumulated, and that reconstructs each segmented data accumulated in the buffer into the content; a reproduction unit that reproduces, at a predetermined bit rate, the content reconstructed by the content reconstruction unit; and a communication control unit that: calculates, for every predetermined time, target transmission speeds to be assigned for content reception performed by the respective communication units, based on free space in the buffer and the bit rate; and transmits a first request signal indicating the calculated target transmission speeds to the content transmission device via one of the communication un
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Mori, Yuji Kaihotsu, Akihiro Yamamoto, Takashi Kuwabara, Manabu Nakakita
  • Publication number: 20070032975
    Abstract: The present invention realizes streaming reproduction in an environment in which a communication speed changes due to a change in the position of a moving body such as a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Toshiaki Mori, Yuji Kaihotsu, Akihiro Tamamoto, Takashi Kuwabara, Manabu Nakakita