Patents by Inventor Muneaki FUKUOKA

Muneaki FUKUOKA 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: 20210089037
    Abstract: A travel route creation system which creates a travel route for a personal mobility vehicle, the system including a controller configured to create the travel route in which an entering angle to a bump or a slope is set within an angle range of 45° and more based on map data indicating the bump or the slope which the personal mobility vehicle can travel over, when creating the travel route for the personal mobility vehicle to pass the bump or the slope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Muneaki FUKUOKA, Shunsuke KATSUMATA
  • Patent number: 10758438
    Abstract: A mobility vehicle includes the following elements: a moving mechanism which moves a vehicle body; an information acquisition unit which acquires device information; a wireless communication unit capable of communicating via a communication network; and a determination unit which determines whether or not an event for which communication using connection-type communication with a server unit should be started has taken place, wherein the wireless communication unit transmits a connection establishment request using the connection-type communication to the server unit when the determination unit determines that the event has taken place, and the wireless communication unit transmits, to the server unit, the device information acquired by the information acquisition unit using connectionless-type communication when the determination unit determines that the event has not taken place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: WHILL K.K.
    Inventors: Muneaki Fukuoka, Kazumichi Shirai
  • Publication number: 20180207040
    Abstract: A mobility vehicle includes the following elements: a moving mechanism which moves a vehicle body; an information acquisition unit which acquires device information; a wireless communication unit capable of communicating via a communication network; and a determination unit which determines whether or not an event for which communication using connection-type communication with a server unit should be started has taken place, wherein the wireless communication unit transmits a connection establishment request using the connection-type communication to the server unit when the determination unit determines that the event has taken place, and the wireless communication unit transmits, to the server unit, the device information acquired by the information acquisition unit using connectionless-type communication when the determination unit determines that the event has not taken place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Muneaki FUKUOKA, Kazumichi SHIRAI
  • Patent number: 9669868
    Abstract: An operation unintended by a helper due to an incorrect operation or the like by an operator is prevented. An electric mobility includes a manual operation unit, a wireless operation unit, and a control unit that controls a driving wheel on the basis of either a first command signal output by the manual operation unit or a second command signal output by the wireless operation unit. The control unit sets a first control mode enabling an operation of the electric driving wheel by the manual operation unit and a second control mode disabling an operation of the electric driving wheel by the manual operation unit on the basis of a wireless signal transmitted from a wireless terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: WHILL Inc.
    Inventors: Muneaki Fukuoka, Yoshihiro Hirata, Shuichi Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 9436207
    Abstract: There is provided an operation device provided with: an operation member displaceable by an operator; a two-dimensional support mechanism in which a pair of one-dimensional support mechanisms that individually displaceably supports the operation member 11 in mutually crossing two directions are connected in series; and a pair of potentiometers that individually biases the operation member 11 toward a neutral position of displacement by the respective one-dimensional support mechanisms, in which biasing forces that the pair of potentiometers applies to the operation member against displacement of the operation member are different from each other, and in which a command signal according to the displacement of the operation member of the respective one-dimensional support mechanisms is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: WHILL Inc.
    Inventors: Muneaki Fukuoka, Naoto Sakakibara
  • Publication number: 20160137222
    Abstract: An operation unintended by a helper due to an incorrect operation or the like by an operator is prevented. An electric mobility includes a manual operation unit, a wireless operation unit, and a control unit that controls a driving wheel on the basis of either a first command signal output by the manual operation unit or a second command signal output by the wireless operation unit. The control unit sets a first control mode enabling an operation of the electric driving wheel by the manual operation unit and a second control mode disabling an operation of the electric driving wheel by the manual operation unit on the basis of a wireless signal transmitted from a wireless terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: WHILL Inc.
    Inventors: Muneaki Fukuoka, Yoshihiro Hirata, Shuichi Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20150231001
    Abstract: There is provided an operation device provided with: an operation member displaceable by an operator; a two-dimensional support mechanism in which a pair of one-dimensional support mechanisms that individually displaceably supports the operation member 11 in mutually crossing two directions are connected in series; and a pair of potentiometers that individually biases the operation member 11 toward a neutral position of displacement by the respective one-dimensional support mechanisms, in which biasing forces that the pair of potentiometers applies to the operation member against displacement of the operation member are different from each other, and in which a command signal according to the displacement of the operation member of the respective one-dimensional support mechanisms is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Muneaki FUKUOKA, Naoto SAKAKIBARA