Patents by Inventor Masashi Kido

Masashi Kido 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: 11874384
    Abstract: In a locator, a data synchronization unit calculates an interpolated value for autonomous sensor data which corresponds to a time of latest GNSS data. A complex positioning unit performs complex positioning using the latest GNSS data and the interpolated value for the autonomous sensor data. An autonomous navigation positioning unit performs first autonomous navigation positioning using the interpolated value for the autonomous sensor data, and performs second autonomous navigation positioning using latest autonomous sensor data. A modified amount calculator calculates a modified amount of autonomous navigation positioning, based on a difference between a result of the complex positioning and a result of the first autonomous navigation positioning. An autonomous navigation positioning fix modification unit modifies a result of the second autonomous navigation positioning using the modified amount to calculate a current position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Kido, Tadatomi Ishigami, Masatoshi Fujii, Kohei Fujimoto, Ryusuke Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11441907
    Abstract: In a locator device, a dead reckoning part calculates a position of a subject vehicle by dead reckoning. A pseudorange smoothing part smooths a pseudorange between a GNSS satellite and a position of the subject vehicle using a carrier wave phase of the GNSS satellite. A GNSS receiver positioning error evaluation part evaluates reliability of the position of the subject vehicle calculated by the multi-GNSS receiver. A GNSS positioning part (Kalman Filter (KF) method) calculates a position of the subject vehicle from a smoothed value of the pseudorange, a positioning augmentation signal, and an orbit of the GNSS satellite. A complex positioning part (KF method) calculates an error in the dead reckoning from the position of the subject vehicle calculated by the GNSS positioning part (KF method), and corrects the position of the subject vehicle calculated by the dead reckoning part based on the error in the dead reckoning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tadatomi Ishigami, Takashi Irie, Masatoshi Fujii, Ryusuke Kinoshita, Kohei Fujimoto, Masashi Kido
  • Publication number: 20220179103
    Abstract: In a locator, a data synchronization unit calculates an interpolated value for autonomous sensor data which corresponds to a time of latest GNSS data. A complex positioning unit performs complex positioning using the latest GNSS data and the interpolated value for the autonomous sensor data. An autonomous navigation positioning unit performs first autonomous navigation positioning using the interpolated value for the autonomous sensor data, and performs second autonomous navigation positioning using latest autonomous sensor data. A modified amount calculator calculates a modified amount of autonomous navigation positioning, based on a difference between a result of the complex positioning and a result of the first autonomous navigation positioning. An autonomous navigation positioning fix modification unit modifies a result of the second autonomous navigation positioning using the modified amount to calculate a current position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi KIDO, Tadatomi ISHIGAMI, Masatoshi FUJII, Kohei FUJIMOTO, Ryusuke KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20210215485
    Abstract: In a locator device, a dead reckoning part calculates a position of a subject vehicle by dead reckoning. A pseudorange smoothing part smooths a pseudorange between a GNSS satellite and a position of the subject vehicle using a carrier wave phase of the GNSS satellite. A GNSS receiver positioning error evaluation part evaluates reliability of the position of the subject vehicle calculated by the multi-GNSS receiver. A GNSS positioning part (KF method) calculates a position of the subject vehicle from a smoothed value of the pseudorange, a positioning augmentation signal, and an orbit of the GNSS satellite. A complex positioning part (KF method) calculates an error in the dead reckoning from the position of the subject vehicle calculated by the GNSS positioning part (KF method), and corrects the position of the subject vehicle calculated by the dead reckoning part based on the error in the dead reckoning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tadatomi ISHIGAMI, Takashi IRIE, Masatoshi FUJII, Ryusuke KINOSHITA, Kohei FUJIMOTO, Masashi KIDO
  • Patent number: 10761215
    Abstract: A code positioning part calculates a position of a subject vehicle and a receiver clock based on an orbit of a GNSS satellite in which an error indicated by a positioning reinforcing signal is corrected and a first corrected pseudorange being a pseudorange of the GNSS satellite in which an error indicated by the positioning reinforcing signal is corrected. A receiver clock bias error correction part determines a difference between a two-point range between a position of each of a plurality of GNSS satellites and the position of the subject vehicle and the first corrected pseudorange as an unknown error, and determines a receiver clock bias error of the pseudorange based on the unknown error. A code positioning correction part recalculates the position of the subject vehicle, using a second corrected pseudorange that is obtained by correcting the first corrected pseudorange using the receiver clock bias error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Kido, Tadatomi Ishigami, Takashi Irie, Masatoshi Fujii, Kohei Fujimoto, Ryusuke Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20190033465
    Abstract: A code positioning part calculates a position of a subject vehicle and a receiver clock based on an orbit of a GNSS satellite in which an error indicated by a positioning reinforcing signal is corrected and a first corrected pseudorange being a pseudorange of the GNSS satellite in which an error indicated by the positioning reinforcing signal is corrected. A receiver clock bias error correction part determines a difference between a two-point range between a position of each of a plurality of GNSS satellites and the position of the subject vehicle and the first corrected pseudorange as an unknown error, and determines a receiver clock bias error of the pseudorange based on the unknown error. A code positioning correction part recalculates the position of the subject vehicle, using a second corrected pseudorange that is obtained by correcting the first corrected pseudorange using the receiver clock bias error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi KIDO, Tadatomi ISHIGAMI, Takashi IRIE, Masatoshi FUJII, Kohei FUJIMOTO, Ryusuke KINOSHITA
  • Patent number: D696664
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Iida, Yasutaka Shimamoto, Masashi Kido