Patents by Inventor Osamu Uekusa

Osamu Uekusa 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).

  • Vehicle safe driving promotion system
    Patent number: 8626432
    Abstract: A distance sensor detects a target distance from a vehicle to a target in front of the vehicle, and a vehicle speed sensor detects a vehicle speed. A controller calculates a stopping distance of the vehicle from the vehicle speed. The controller calculates a collision possibility index from the target distance and the stopping distance, and calculates a kinetic energy of the vehicle immediately before a collision with the target from the vehicle speed and the target distance. The controller warns a driver of the vehicle of the possibility of a collision and the scale of damage to be caused by the collision on the basis of the collision possibility index and the kinetic energy of the vehicle immediately before the collision. As a result, the driver is provided with information promoting safe driving which appeals to the driver forcefully.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignees: UD Trucks Corporation, Fukuoka Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Nishiyama, Osamu Uekusa, Yuji Matsuki
  • VEHICLE SAFE DRIVING PROMOTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130006513
    Abstract: A distance sensor detects a target distance from a vehicle to a target in front of the vehicle, and a vehicle speed sensor detects a vehicle speed. A controller calculates a stopping distance of the vehicle from the vehicle speed. The controller calculates a collision possibility index from the target distance and the stopping distance, and calculates a kinetic energy of the vehicle immediately before a collision with the target from the vehicle speed and the target distance. The controller warns a driver of the vehicle of the possibility of a collision and the scale of damage to be caused by the collision on the basis of the collision possibility index and the kinetic energy of the vehicle immediately before the collision. As a result, the driver is provided with information promoting safe driving which appeals to the driver forcefully.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicants: FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, UD TRUCKS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Nishiyama, Osamu Uekusa, Yuji Matsuki