Patents by Inventor Masahide SHIBA

Masahide SHIBA 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: 9168834
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a mobile communication device that controls in-vehicle devices remotely, a drive controller that controls drive of the vehicle, a communication controller that controls the wireless communication with the mobile communication device, and an auxiliary battery that activates the communication controller and an in-vehicle-device controller controlling the in-vehicle devices. The communication controller includes a stopper that stops the wireless communication if a correlating temperature is lower than or equal to a predetermined temperature, the correlating temperature correlating with the temperature of the auxiliary battery acquired at a first predetermined time after a stop of the drive controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yashiro, Naoki Kawashima, Hiroki Fukatsu, Masahide Shiba, Takuma Maeda
  • Patent number: 9076324
    Abstract: A remote control system includes an in-vehicle controller that is installed in a vehicle and controls in-vehicle devices installed in the vehicle; a mobile communication device that remotely controls the in-vehicle devices via the in-vehicle controller; and a wireless communication device that is installed in the vehicle and intervenes and establishes wireless communication between the in-vehicle controller and the mobile communication device, wherein the wireless communication device includes a reception-mode switching unit that switches between a reception standby mode with consumption of a standby current to prepare for reception from the mobile communication device and a reception dormant mode without consumption of a standby current in accordance with a time schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yashiro, Naoki Kawashima, Hiroki Fukatsu, Takuma Maeda, Masahide Shiba
  • Publication number: 20140163777
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a mobile communication device that controls in-vehicle devices remotely, a drive controller that controls drive of the vehicle, a communication controller that controls the wireless communication with the mobile communication device, and an auxiliary battery that activates the communication controller and an in-vehicle-device controller controlling the in-vehicle devices. The communication controller includes a stopper that stops the wireless communication if a correlating temperature is lower than or equal to a predetermined temperature, the correlating temperature correlating with the temperature of the auxiliary battery acquired at a first predetermined time after a stop of the drive controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YASHIRO, Naoki KAWASHIMA, Hiroki FUKATSU, Masahide SHIBA, Takuma MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20140088794
    Abstract: A remote control system includes an in-vehicle controller that is installed in a vehicle and controls in-vehicle devices installed in the vehicle; a mobile communication device that remotely controls the in-vehicle devices via the in-vehicle controller; and a wireless communication device that is installed in the vehicle and intervenes and establishes wireless communication between the in-vehicle controller and the mobile communication device, wherein the wireless communication device includes a reception-mode switching unit that switches between a reception standby mode with consumption of a standby current to prepare for reception from the mobile communication device and a reception dormant mode without consumption of a standby current in accordance with a time schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YASHIRO, Naoki KAWASHIMA, Hiroki FUKATSU, Takuma MAEDA, Masahide SHIBA
  • Publication number: 20140088827
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device controller controlling an in-vehicle device for operating a high-voltage source installed in a vehicle includes a stopping unit stopping control or operation of the in-vehicle device to stop the operation of the high-voltage source when an open/close sensor detects opening of an openable member of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YASHIRO, Naoki KAWASHIMA, Hiroki FUKATSU, Masahide SHIBA, Takuma MAEDA