Patents by Inventor Masaaki Kobashi

Masaaki Kobashi 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).

  • DRIVING SKILL EVALUATION SYSTEM AND DRIVING SKILL EVALUATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20210362728
    Abstract: A driving skill evaluation system configured to evaluate a driving skill of a driver includes a correction operation detection unit configured to detect a correction operation of a driving operation of the driver, a cause estimation unit configured to perform an estimation of a cause of the correction operation based on vehicle traveling state information at a time point when the correction operation is performed and vehicle traveling state information at time points before a predetermined period and after a predetermined period of the time point when the correction operation is performed, and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the driving skill of the driver based on a result of the estimation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Noeru SATO, Takeshi TORII, Shun TANAKA, Masaaki KOBASHI, Shota TSUKAMOTO
  • Multi-layer instrument panel having an accessory mounted thereon and a method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 6854783
    Abstract: The combination of a multi-layer instrument panel having a skin layer with an exposed surface and an opening therethrough and a first accessory that is mounted in the opening. The first accessory has an exposed surface that is substantially flush with the exposed surface of the skin layer with the first accessory mounted in the opening and operatively connected to the multi-layer instrument panel. The invention is also directed to a method of manufacturing the instrument panel with the first accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadao Teranishi, Kazuo Hirayama, Satoru Nitta, Masaaki Kobashi, Mano Osamu, Junji Yokoyama
  • Multi-layer instrument panel having an accessory mounted thereon and a method of manufacturing the same
    Publication number: 20010030070
    Abstract: The combination of a multi-layer instrument panel having a skin layer with an exposed surface and an opening therethrough and a first accessory that is mounted in the opening. The first accessory has an exposed surface that is substantially flush with the exposed surface of the skin layer with the first accessory mounted in the opening and operatively connected to the multi-layer instrument panel. The invention is also directed to a method of manufacturing the instrument panel with the first accessory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventors: Sadao Teranishi, Kazuo Hirayama, Satoru Nitta, Masaaki Kobashi, Mano Osamu, Junji Yokoyama