Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Machida

Nobuhiro Machida 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: 20230160700
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle locating system and a vehicle locating device capable of reducing a risk that, when it is attempted to identify a location of a vehicle as a detection target by using a device on the outside of the vehicle, the vehicle cannot be detected due to overlap of the vehicle and another vehicle or an obstacle located in front when seen from a detector. A vehicle locating system (1) includes: a portion (21) to be detected that is provided to a vehicle (20) and extends upward to a height at least exceeding a roof top; a detector (5) that detects the portion (21) to be detected; and a vehicle locating device (50) that identifies a location of the vehicle (20) on map data on the basis of detection information on the detected portion (21) to be detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Masaya Aso, Nobuhiro Machida, Sho Yamamoto, Sunao Hano, Taro Segawa