Patents by Inventor Takanori MASUOKA

Takanori MASUOKA 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).

  • Drive assist system and non-transitory computer-readable medium
    Patent number: 10160461
    Abstract: A drive assist system that includes circuitry that obtains information including at least one of acceleration/deceleration information and direction-of-travel information from a memory that stores at least one of the acceleration/deceleration information provided in relation to at least one of a set of a plurality of sections of a road and the direction-of-travel information provided in relation to at least one of the set of the plurality of sections of the road; obtains location information of a vehicle; and performs at least one of a acceleration/deceleration drive assist with regard to acceleration and/or deceleration of the vehicle based on the location information and the acceleration/deceleration information, and a direction drive assist with regard to a direction of travel of the vehicle based on the location information and the direction-of-travel information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Zenrin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ohara, Takanori Masuoka, Nobusuke Matsuo
  • Drive assist system and non-transitory computer-readable medium
    Patent number: 9650055
    Abstract: A drive assist system that includes circuitry that obtains information including at least one of acceleration/deceleration information and direction-of-travel information from a database that stores at least one of the acceleration/deceleration information provided in relation to each of a plurality of sections of a road and the direction-of-travel information provided in relation to each of the plurality of sections of the road; obtains current location information of a vehicle; and performs at least one of a acceleration/deceleration drive assist with regard to acceleration and/or deceleration of the vehicle based on the current location information and the acceleration/deceleration information, and a direction drive assist with regard to a direction of travel of the vehicle based on the current location information and the direction-of-travel information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: ZENRIN Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ohara, Takanori Masuoka, Nobusuke Matsuo
  • DRIVE ASSIST SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20170120928
    Abstract: A drive assist system that includes circuitry that obtains information including at least one of acceleration/deceleration information and direction-of-travel information from a memory that stores at least one of the acceleration/deceleration information provided in relation to at least one of a set of a plurality of sections of a road and the direction-of-travel information provided in relation to at least one of the set of the plurality of sections of the road; obtains location information of a vehicle; and performs at least one of a acceleration/deceleration drive assist with regard to acceleration and/or deceleration of the vehicle based on the location information and the acceleration/deceleration information, and a direction drive assist with regard to a direction of travel of the vehicle based on the location information and the direction-of-travel information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: ZENRIN Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki OHARA, Takanori Masuoka, Nobusuke Matsuo
  • DRIVE ASSIST SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20160075336
    Abstract: A drive assist system that includes circuitry that obtains information including at least one of acceleration/deceleration information and direction-of-travel information from a database that stores at least one of the acceleration/deceleration information provided in relation to each of a plurality of sections of a road and the direction-of-travel information provided in relation to each of the plurality of sections of the road; obtains current location information of a vehicle; and performs at least one of a acceleration/deceleration drive assist with regard to acceleration and/or deceleration of the vehicle based on the current location information and the acceleration/deceleration information, and a direction drive assist with regard to a direction of travel of the vehicle based on the current location information and the direction-of-travel information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: ZENRIN Co., LTD
    Inventors: Hiroyuki OHARA, Takanori MASUOKA, Nobusuke MATSUO