Patents by Inventor Yohkichi Nishi

Yohkichi Nishi 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: 4866617
    Abstract: A method of an unmanned vehicle comprises the steps of placing a certain number of ground marks each of which comprises a plurality of line segments on a passage of the vehicle measuring amount of movement of the vehicle between the adjacent line segments when the vehicle moves across each of the ground marks, and obtaining a relative positional relation between the ground mark and the vehicle with reference to the amount of movement thereof whereby movement of the vehicle is properly guided in accordance with the thus obtained positional relation. In the case of a navigational guiding method typically employed in aircraft or ship, an estimated position of the vehicle is corrected with reference to the aforesaid relative positional relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
    Inventors: Tomoo Matsuda, Mitsuo Hosoi, Yohkichi Nishi, Eiji Yoshikawa