Patents by Inventor Shinsaku Sakoh

Shinsaku Sakoh 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: 6704434
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle driving information storage apparatus capable of preserving condition changes of inside and outside of a vehicle and a driver as synchronized images. Inside a vehicle 1, a fisheye lens 5 is arrange at a position capable of simultaneously filming a driver's state and a state inside and outside the vehicle and filming is performed at a predetermined cycle and a predetermined number jmax of the latest images are always stored in the image storage unit M1. Upon detection of a driving condition sudden change such as a sudden brake and a collision, image update is performed the operations times of jmax−x1 (0<x1<jmax) and the image update is stopped so that x1 images before sudden change and jmax−x1 images after the sudden change are preserved in the image storage unit M1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsaku Sakoh, Takeshi Matsumoto