Patents by Inventor Takashi FUKUKAWA

Takashi FUKUKAWA 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: 9889828
    Abstract: There are provided a deceleration end location storage system that can appropriately store a deceleration end location at which a vehicle ends deceleration in decelerating action even for a road on which the content of the decelerating action tends to vary because of a disturbance such as a road with a large amount of traffic, and a drive assist system, a drive assist method, and a computer program that can provide appropriate drive assistance for a vehicle on the basis of stored deceleration end locations. In the case where a vehicle performs decelerating action, a deceleration end location at which the vehicle ends deceleration in the decelerating action is specified. A variation range that matches the road type of a road on which the deceleration end location is provided is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiaki Niwa, Takashi Fukukawa, Tomoki Kodan, Kuniaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160039395
    Abstract: There are provided a deceleration end location storage system that can appropriately store a deceleration end location at which a vehicle ends deceleration in decelerating action even for a road on which the content of the decelerating action tends to vary because of a disturbance such as a road with a large amount of traffic, and a drive assist system, a drive assist method, and a computer program that can provide appropriate drive assistance for a vehicle on the basis of stored deceleration end locations. In the case where a vehicle performs decelerating action, a deceleration end location at which the vehicle ends deceleration in the decelerating action is specified. A variation range that matches the road type of a road on which the deceleration end location is provided is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki NIWA, Takashi FUKUKAWA, Tomoki KODAN, Kuniaki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20090270029
    Abstract: A vehicular audio/visual system that receives a transmitted electric wave of video or sound, and that outputs the electric wave from an output unit includes: a positional information detecting unit that detects positional information of a vehicle; a receiving area storage unit that stores at least one of an allowable area in which receiving the electric wave is allowed and a prohibited area in which receiving the electric wave is not allowed; an allowable area determination unit that refers to the receiving area storage unit on the basis of the detected positional information and that determines whether receiving the electric wave is allowed; and a prohibiting unit that prohibits power supply to an antenna amplifier of an antenna that receives the electric wave or power supply to a tuner connected to the antenna, when it is determined that receiving the electric wave is not allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventor: Takashi FUKUKAWA