Patents by Inventor Norifumi Kanada

Norifumi Kanada 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: 20040218042
    Abstract: An all-directional monitoring camera 10 mounted, straight or with inclination forward and/or laterally outward with respect to vertical direction, on a bumper 1 on a side remote from a steering wheel 2 comprises a reflecting mirror 13 and a camera 14 operative to image a peripheral scene reflected by the reflecting mirror 13 that are enclosed within a casing 11 having a transparent wall 12 surrounding entirely the reflecting mirror 13. The monitoring camera 10 is movable between a working position where the reflecting mirror 13 is positioned right above an outermost end b 1a of the bumper 1 so as to include an outermost end profile of the bumper in a field of view and a hidden position where the monitoring camera 10 stays in hiding in the vehicle body. An image formed by the monitoring camera 10 displayed on a monitor display 20 includes a break line Lz representing the outermost end profile of the bumper 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicants: Mazda Motor Corporation, SHARP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norifumi Kanada, Tsukasa Harada, Manabu Hirozawa, Hiroshi Shobun, Kiyoshi Kumata
  • Patent number: 6542071
    Abstract: When a “window automatic opening mode” is set in advance by a window automatic opening mode setting switch (14), and the user who carries a portable unit (1A) approaches an onboard unit, doors are automatically unlocked, and a window of a predetermined door is opened when the electric field strength of a radio signal from the portable unit (1A) becomes larger than a predetermined value. This function can be disabled by the window automatic opening mode setting switch (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ohtsubo, Kunihiko Matsumura, Takuji Oka, Kazuhiro Murashige, Tsuneo Kudou, Tsukasa Harada, Takahiro Inada, Norifumi Kanada