Patents by Inventor Takashi Shimotani

Takashi Shimotani 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).

  • Publication number: 20240096189
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a vehicle outside monitoring apparatus capable of appropriately dealing with an attention-requiring state when a specific target object other than the subject vehicle or target person is in the attention-requiring state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo SHIMOTANI, Tadashi MIYAHARA, Keisaku FUKUDA, Kuniyo IEDA, Takashi IRIE
  • Patent number: 10331433
    Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus with a hybrid OS structure including a first OS for executing a native application pre-installed in the in-vehicle apparatus and a second OS for executing a distribution application acquired from an external apparatus is provided. The in-vehicle apparatus includes a storage device that stores the multiple OSs and the applications; an update unit that updates each software in the storage device; and a stop unit that makes a function of the second OS temporarily stop during an update operation of the update unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Shimotani
  • Publication number: 20170255461
    Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus with a hybrid OS structure including a first OS for executing a native application pre-installed in the in-vehicle apparatus and a second OS for executing a distribution application acquired from an external apparatus is provided. The in-vehicle apparatus includes a storage device that stores the multiple OSs and the applications; an update unit that updates each software in the storage device; and a stop unit that makes a function of the second OS temporarily stop during an update operation of the update unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventor: Takashi SHIMOTANI
  • Patent number: 7236102
    Abstract: A driver of a vehicle that is going to enter a loop intersection is allowed to perceive vehicles traveling on a loop road and vehicles that are going to enter the loop intersection from separate roads. Infrared ray sensors for detecting vehicles in the loop intersection, and infrared ray sensors for detecting vehicles that are going to enter the loop intersection from the roads. Billboards equipped with display units at places that can be seen from the roads to display the vehicles that are detected by the infrared ray sensors. Transmitters transmit, to a unit mounted on the vehicle, information related to the detected vehicles, so that the vehicles are displayed on a display unit of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Shimotani
  • Publication number: 20050231384
    Abstract: A driver of a vehicle that is going to enter a loop intersection is allowed to perceive vehicles traveling on a loop road and vehicles that are going to enter the loop intersection from separate roads. Infrared ray sensors for detecting vehicles in the loop intersection, and infrared ray sensors for detecting vehicles that are going to enter the loop intersection from the roads. Billboards equipped with display units at places that can be seen from the roads to display the vehicles that are detected by the infrared ray sensors. Transmitters transmit, to a unit mounted on the vehicle, information related to the detected vehicles, so that the vehicles are displayed on a display unit of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventor: Takashi Shimotani