Patents by Inventor Masahisa Nogawa

Masahisa Nogawa 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: 8862372
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for automatically creating stopping rates of vehicles at signal-equipped intersections. A signal-equipped intersection to be subjected to specifying of stopping rates at signal-equipped intersections is selected from a signal-equipped-intersection information storage unit as a target intersection, a pass-through-intersection extraction that extracts a signal-equipped intersection that was passed-through just before reaching the target intersection as a pass-through intersection is conducted according to a prescribed rule, driving-history data of a probe car is classified for each of the routes that start from the pass-through intersection and pass through the target intersection, and the rate at which the probe car stopped at the target intersection is specified as a stopping rate, for each of the classified routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignees: Toyota Mapmaster Incorporated, Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng Li, Masahisa Nogawa, Masahiro Miyoshi, Kiyotaka Taguchi, Masayuki Narita, Makoto Yano, Hiroki Ukai
  • Publication number: 20130006508
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for automatically creating stopping rates of vehicles at signal-equipped intersections. A signal-equipped intersection to be subjected to specifying of stopping rates at signal-equipped intersections is selected from a signal-equipped-intersection information storage unit as a target intersection, a pass-through-intersection extraction that extracts a signal-equipped intersection that was passed-through just before reaching the target intersection as a pass-through intersection is conducted according to a prescribed rule, driving-history data of a probe car is classified for each of the routes that start from the pass-through intersection and pass through the target intersection, and the rate at which the probe car stopped at the target intersection is specified as a stopping rate, for each of the classified routes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicants: Denso Corporation, Toyota Mapmaster Incorporated
    Inventors: Cheng Li, Masahisa Nogawa, Masahiro Miyoshi, Kiyotaka Taguchi, Masayuki Narita, Makoto Yano, Hiroki Ukai