Patents by Inventor Masakiyo NISHIKAWA

Masakiyo NISHIKAWA 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: 11892304
    Abstract: A controller determines a travel route from a starting position to a target position in a parking lot and transmits information on at least a section in the travel route to a vehicle, and a monitor monitors the vehicle for a deviation from the travel route during autonomous travel of the vehicle in the section by using a vehicle monitoring system outside the vehicle. When a deviation is detected in the monitoring, the controller determines a correction route for correcting the deviation, and transmits the correction route to the vehicle. When the controller determines that the vehicle cannot travel along the correction route, the controller determines an evacuation route with the current position of the vehicle set to the starting position and a predetermined location set to the target position, and transits the evacuation route to the vehicle such that the vehicle travels along the evacuation route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masakiyo Nishikawa, Tomohiro Konuma
  • Publication number: 20220194318
    Abstract: A monitor monitors whether a person is present inside a vehicle that travels in an automated driving mode. The monitor also monitors the state of the vehicle. A controller performs one or more actions according to the result of monitoring of the monitor. This means that when one or more persons are present inside the vehicle, the controller performs one or more actions according to the state of the vehicle. In other words, when no person is present inside the vehicle, the controller does not perform one or more actions. Here, the controller generates control information for controlling the vehicle according to the result of the monitoring, and transmits it to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakiyo NISHIKAWA, Takashi KOMATSU, Mikihito TAKEHARA
  • Publication number: 20220196411
    Abstract: A controller determines a travel route from a starting position to a target position in a parking lot and transmits information on at least a section in the travel route to a vehicle, and a monitor monitors the vehicle for a deviation from the travel route during autonomous travel of the vehicle in the section by using a vehicle monitoring system outside the vehicle. When a deviation is detected in the monitoring, the controller determines a correction route for correcting the deviation, and transmits the correction route to the vehicle. When the controller determines that the vehicle cannot travel along the correction route, the controller determines an evacuation route with the current position of the vehicle set to the starting position and a predetermined location set to the target position, and transits the evacuation route to the vehicle such that the vehicle travels along the evacuation route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakiyo NISHIKAWA, Tomohiro KONUMA