Patents by Inventor Ryojiro Akanuma

Ryojiro Akanuma 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).

  • Control apparatus and control system controlling protective apparatus for protecting passenger of vehicle or pedestrian
    Patent number: 10032324
    Abstract: An air bag ECU includes an ECU communication unit communicating with an external sensor (for example, a front right acceleration sensor) and a faulty sensor mount determination unit determining whether a faulty sensor having been diagnosed as being faulty before is connected to the air bag ECU based on failure history data indicating whether the external sensor has been diagnosed as being faulty before. The faulty sensor mount determination unit compares identification data recorded in, for example, a faulty sensor ID recording unit, for individually identifying an external sensor having been diagnosed as being faulty before with the identification data of the external sensor connected to the air bag ECU and determines whether a faulty sensor is connected to the air bag ECU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Bosch Corporation
    Inventors: Ryojiro Akanuma, Kenji Arai, Keisuke Matsuura
  • CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL SYSTEM CONTROLLING PROTECTIVE APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING PASSENGER OF VEHICLE OR PEDESTRIAN
    Publication number: 20160140784
    Abstract: An air bag ECU includes an ECU communication unit communicating with an external sensor (for example, a front right acceleration sensor) and a faulty sensor mount determination unit determining whether a faulty sensor having been diagnosed as being faulty before is connected to the air bag ECU based on failure history data indicating whether the external sensor has been diagnosed as being faulty before. The faulty sensor mount determination unit compares identification data recorded in, for example, a faulty sensor ID recording unit, for individually identifying an external sensor having been diagnosed as being faulty before with the identification data of the external sensor connected to the air bag ECU and determines whether a faulty sensor is connected to the air bag ECU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Ryojiro Akanuma, Kenji Arai, Keisuke Matsuura