Patents by Inventor Shoko Yokoyama

Shoko Yokoyama 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 braking force controller
    Patent number: 7882920
    Abstract: A braking force application control is performed when a change in a driver's posture takes place while a brake pedal is turned on when a vehicle is stopped. As a consequence, in a case in which the driver's posture changes such as when the driver turns to a rear seat side to get something without intending to release depression of the brake pedal, creep of the vehicle that the driver does not intend to happen can be inhibited. Furthermore, the vehicle stop retention is only performed when a travelling direction is a forward direction or a seatbelt is worn. As a result, performance of the vehicle stop retention can be inhibited when it is considered that the driver intentionally desires to let the vehicle creep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignees: Advics Co., Ltd., Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Chihiro Nitta, Kazuhide Adachi, Hideaki Morita, Manabu Matsuda, Kazushi Konno, Shoko Yokoyama
  • VEHICLE BRAKING FORCE CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20090124457
    Abstract: A braking force application control is performed when a change in a driver's posture takes place while a brake pedal is turned on when a vehicle is stopped. As a consequence, in a case in which the driver's posture changes such as when the driver turns to a rear seat side to get something without intending to release depression of the brake pedal, creep of the vehicle that the driver does not intend to happen can be inhibited. Furthermore, the vehicle stop retention is only performed when a travelling direction is a forward direction or a seatbelt is worn. As a result, performance of the vehicle stop retention can be inhibited when it is considered that the driver intentionally desires to let the vehicle creep.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Chihiro Nitta, Kazuhide Adachi, Hideaki Morita, Manabu Matsuda, Kazushi Konno, Shoko Yokoyama