Patents by Inventor Takae Sakamoto

Takae Sakamoto 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: 5969969
    Abstract: A vehicle driving support system is provided with an environment detecting means for detecting objects existing around a vehicle and for producing output environment information, a command unit to specify a running mode of the vehicle, information processing means for generating driving operation reference information suitable for the specified running mode of the vehicle by processing the environment information specified in accordance with the running mode and a display unit to display the driving operation reference information. The information processing means monitors the inter-vehicle distance to a vehicle stopping in front of the vehicle and generates driving operation reference information to inform the driver of the starting of the precedent vehicle when the vehicle is in the congestion running mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Ejiri, Kohji Kamejima, Tomoyuki Hamada, Takae Sakamoto, Yotaro Kimura