Patents by Inventor NORIAKI ICHIDA

NORIAKI ICHIDA 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: 20240140450
    Abstract: A First sensor unit is operable when supplied with electric power from a first power supply unit to detect a front obstacle in front of a vehicle and to detect lateral position information on a position of the vehicle in a road width direction. A first control device is operable when supplied with electric power from the first power supply unit to control the vehicle based on a detection result of the first sensor unit. A second sensor unit is operable when supplied with electric power from a second power supply unit to detect the front obstacle and to detect the lateral position information. A second control device is operable when supplied with electric power from the second power supply unit to control the vehicle based on a detection result of the second sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: NORIAKI ICHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230063930
    Abstract: A vehicle recording device includes: a mode acquisition unit configured to acquire a signal indicative of an operating mode of an autonomous driving processing unit; a recording target setting unit configured to change a recording target in accordance with the operating mode; and a recording processing unit configured to store information of the recording target set by the recording target setting unit into a data storage unit. The recording target setting unit is further configured to: set a face image of an occupant in a driver's seat as the recording target when the autonomous driving processing unit operates in a level 3 mode; and not set the face image as the recording target when the autonomous driving processing unit operates in an occupant involvement mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: NORIAKI ICHIDA, TAKAHIRO OGAWA