Patents by Inventor Shinsaku FUKUTAKA

Shinsaku FUKUTAKA 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).

  • Patent number: 11685395
    Abstract: An autonomous driving assistance device includes: a determination unit for determining whether or not a driver of a vehicle needs a rest on the basis of detection information of a state of the driver; and a control unit for causing an output device of the vehicle to output a pattern that prompts the driver to sleep through at least one of sight, hearing, or touch during a period in which the vehicle has started moving to a parking area and is parked at the parking area in a case where the determination unit has determined that the driver needs a rest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Misato Yuasa, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Akiko Imaishi, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Publication number: 20230101240
    Abstract: A notification device includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires driving operation information indicating a driving operation status by a driver of a vehicle; and a notification unit that notifies the driver of a driving operation requested to be executed by the driver during a period from notification of transfer of driving authority from the vehicle to the driver to transfer of the driving authority to the driver. The notification unit notifies the driver of a driving operation, execution of which has not been completed by the driver among the driving operations requested to be executed by the driver on the basis of the driving operation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takayasu HASHIMOTO, Shinsaku FUKUTAKA, Akiko IMAISHI, Misato YUASA, Munetaka NISHIHIRA, Shinyoung PARK, Emiko KIDO
  • Patent number: 11518300
    Abstract: There are included a vehicle behavior estimating unit (10) that estimates behavior of a vehicle (1); pattern illuminating units (4a to 4d) that illuminate a projection pattern onto ground around the vehicle (1); and an illumination control unit (11). The illumination control unit (11) controls the pattern illuminating units (4a to 4d) to illuminate a projection pattern, on the basis of the behavior of the vehicle (1) estimated by the vehicle behavior estimating unit (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Kasuga, Tsutomu Matsubara, Reiko Sakata, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Takaaki Kase, Hiroshi Yano, Ryutaro Morisono, Naoyuki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220306151
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes: a determination processing unit to determine whether or not a vehicle is present around a target vehicle on the basis of detection information around the target vehicle; and a notification processing unit to notify information to a driver of the target vehicle, in which the notification processing unit notifies reference information of manual driving in a case where the determination processing unit determines that there is no vehicle ahead of the target vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsaku FUKUTAKA, Tsuyoshi SEMPUKU, Akiko IMAISHI, Misato YUASA, Munetaka NISHIHIRA
  • Patent number: 11318879
    Abstract: When information regarding a situation inside and outside a vehicle is determined to match a display change condition, a control unit (32) changes a display mode of information displayed outside the vehicle by controlling a projector device (4a) or a body light device (4b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsaku Fukutaka, Akiko Imaishi, Munetaka Nishihira, Tsutomu Matsubara, Kei Kasuga, Reiko Sakata
  • Publication number: 20220073092
    Abstract: An autonomous driving assistance device includes: a determination unit for determining whether or not a driver of a vehicle needs a rest on the basis of detection information of a state of the driver; and a control unit for causing an output device of the vehicle to output a pattern that prompts the driver to sleep through at least one of sight, hearing, or touch during a period in which the vehicle has started moving to a parking area and is parked at the parking area in a case where the determination unit has determined that the driver needs a rest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Misato YUASA, Shinsaku FUKUTAKA, Munetaka NISHIHIRA, Akiko IMAISHI, Tsuyoshi SEMPUKU
  • Publication number: 20210188159
    Abstract: When information regarding a situation inside and outside a vehicle is determined to match a display change condition, a control unit (32) changes a display mode of information displayed outside the vehicle by controlling a projector device (4a) or a body light device (4b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsaku FUKUTAKA, Akiko IMAISHI, Munetaka NISHIHIRA, Tsutomu MATSUBARA, Kei KASUGA, Reiko SAKATA
  • Patent number: 10960813
    Abstract: A second light device (4b) starts emission of a light pattern B after a first light device (4a) has started emission of a light pattern A. Elements included in the light pattern B and an element included in the light pattern A are arranged on the same straight line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Reiko Sakata, Kei Kasuga, Tsutomu Matsubara
  • Patent number: D913831
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Kei Kasuga, Reiko Sakata, Tsutomu Matsubara
  • Patent number: D921937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Kasuga, Tsutomu Matsubara, Munetaka Nishihira, Reiko Sakata, Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka
  • Patent number: D946618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei Suzuki, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Akiko Imaishi, Misato Yuasa, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Patent number: D947235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei Suzuki, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Akiko Imaishi, Misato Yuasa, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Patent number: D951991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Shuhei Suzuki, Misato Yuasa
  • Patent number: D951994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Shuhei Suzuki, Misato Yuasa
  • Patent number: D960192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Shuhei Suzuki, Misato Yuasa
  • Patent number: D960193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Shuhei Suzuki, Misato Yuasa
  • Patent number: D967182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Shuhei Suzuki, Misato Yuasa
  • Patent number: D968455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Shuhei Suzuki, Misato Yuasa, Reiko Sakata
  • Patent number: D969158
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Shuhei Suzuki, Misato Yuasa
  • Patent number: D1010865
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Kasuga, Tsutomu Matsubara, Munetaka Nishihira, Reiko Sakata, Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka