Patents by Inventor Masahiro Saiki

Masahiro Saiki 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: 20240083518
    Abstract: A floor mat arranged in a working machine includes a floor portion, a wall portion arranged on a circumferential portion of the floor portion, and an opening portion arranged on a part of a connecting portion of the wall portion, the connecting portion connecting to the floor portion. The floor mat includes a mat main body arranged on the floor portion, a covering portion configured to cover the opening portion, and an connecting portion configured to connect the covering portion flexibly to a circumferential portion of the mat main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro AIHARA, Shota SAKAMOTO, Akihiro ICHIHARA, Kazuya OI, Yoshiki TAKIZAWA, Kenichi SAIKI
  • Patent number: 7058507
    Abstract: A navigation system, which can determine a place suitable for meeting as a meeting place, is disclosed. This navigation system obtains positional information of mobile units, and extracts candidates for a meeting place from adequate meeting places registered in advance. The navigation system automatically selects or a user manually selects one place from the extracted candidates, and determines the selected one as the meeting place. The navigation system transmits the information about the meeting place to the other mobile units, so that the mobile units can meet each other at the right meeting place free from any place-caused inconvenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Saiki
  • Publication number: 20040254721
    Abstract: A navigation system, which can determine a place suitable for meeting as a meeting place, is disclosed. This navigation system obtains positional information of mobile units, and extracts candidates for a meeting place from adequate meeting places registered in advance. The navigation system automatically selects or a user manually selects one place from the extracted candidates, and determines the selected one as the meeting place. The navigation system transmits the information about the meeting place to the other mobile units, so that the mobile units can meet each other at the right meeting place free from any place-caused inconvenience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventor: Masahiro Saiki
  • Patent number: 5935193
    Abstract: A car navigation system comprises a sound output means for selectively changing the voice sent to a speaker between male voice and female voice in accordance with the advancing direction of the vehicle. In addition, using a plurality of speakers, the voice guidance is given from a direction identical with the advancing direction of the vehicle. Furthermore, stereo sound generated from the speakers can be selectively attenuated in accordance with the advancing direction of the vehicle, so that the driver of a vehicle can intuitionally perceive or grasp the correct advancing direction of his/her driving vehicle, while listening stereo sounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Saiki
  • Patent number: 5739773
    Abstract: Traffic information items, for instance, jam information items, which are distant from the self vehicle position are displayed in a different manner from traffic information items near the self vehicle position. For example, a colored circle or a proper mark is displayed at a distant region containing traffic information items. Alternatively, part of distant traffic information items are not displayed. In a further alternative, the display color of distant traffic information items is made different from that of near traffic information items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Morimoto, Masahiro Saiki
  • Patent number: 5602591
    Abstract: The motion signal detection method achieves splendid motion signal detection both from a video signal having an inter-frame difference signal of the same level as noise and a video signal obtained when a fine-patterned object moves in parallel translation. A video signal processing apparatus is provided for use with the above-mentioned motion signal detection method. The inter-frame difference signal obtained by a subtractor is input to the space expander circuit and then to a weighting coefficient generating circuit to obtain a weighting coefficient, and on the other hand, the inter-frame difference signal is input to an absolute value calculating circuit and a low pass filter, and the output signal is digitized by a quantizing circuit by using a quantizing parameter, which is controlled by the weighting coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Saiki