Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki NABE

Yoshiaki NABE 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: 11110938
    Abstract: A steering angle display device includes a display part disposed along a ring portion of a steering wheel of a vehicle; and a controller configured, during automated driving control in which a steering angle of the vehicle is controlled in accordance with road situations without rotating the steering wheel, to cause a steering angle indication indicating the controlled steering angle to be displayed at a position of the display part in accordance with the controlled steering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Susumu Mega, Yoshiaki Nabe
  • Publication number: 20190276050
    Abstract: A steering angle display device includes a display part disposed along a ring portion of a steering wheel of a vehicle; and a controller configured, during automated driving control in which a steering angle of the vehicle is controlled in accordance with road situations without rotating the steering wheel, to cause a steering angle indication indicating the controlled steering angle to be displayed at a position of the display part in accordance with the controlled steering angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Susumu MEGA, Yoshiaki NABE
  • Publication number: 20180257539
    Abstract: A vehicle operation device includes an operation portion mounted on a predetermined portion of a steering wheel, the operation portion allowing a switching operation to be performed by a tilt operation. When the operation portion is in an on state of the switching operation, a portion of the operation portion projects from a front surface and a back surface of the steering wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yoshiaki NABE, Susumu MEGA
  • Patent number: 9855846
    Abstract: A switch device includes a push switch including first and second push portions that are parallel arranged, and an operating switch arranged between the first and second push portions and including a switch operation direction different from a switch operation direction of the first and second push portions. The operating switch protrudes from an operation surface of the first and second push portions so as to allow the first and second push portions to be individually recognized when operating the push switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Nabe, Susumu Mega, Hiroki Danjoh, Taro Oike, Keiichirou Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20170025236
    Abstract: A switch device includes a push switch including first and second push portions that are parallel arranged, and an operating switch arranged between the first and second push portions and including a switch operation direction different from a switch operation direction of the first and second push portions. The operating switch protrudes from an operation surface of the first and second push portions so as to allow the first and second push portions to be individually recognized when operating the push switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiaki NABE, Susumu MEGA, Hiroki DANJOH, Taro OIKE, Keiichirou YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160379777
    Abstract: The operation device includes ball sensors and a determination unit. Each of the ball sensors has a ball, whereof a portion is exposed from an opening provided in an operation surface, rotating in a first direction which is the direction of an operation performed on the operation surface, and a second direction which is a direction opposite to the first direction; a support rotatably supporting the ball, and a rotation sensor for detecting the rotation of the ball. The ball sensors are disposed so as to be arranged on the operation surface along the first direction. The determination unit determines the operations performed in the first direction and the second direction on the operation surface based on detection signals outputted from the rotation sensors of the of ball sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiaki NABE, Takeyoshi MORI, Shinichi UEDA
  • Publication number: 20160320900
    Abstract: An operating device includes: a communication unit that performs communication with an electronic device as the object of operation; a display control unit that acquires, via the communication unit, a first display image displayed by the electronic device, and that outputs, to a display device mounted on a vehicle, display control information for displaying a second display image based on the acquired first display image; an operation detection unit that is disposed on a steering wheel of the vehicle and that outputs detection information based on detection of an operation performed on an operation plane; and a control unit that generates operation information on the basis of the detection information acquired from the operation detection unit and that outputs the operation information to the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventor: Yoshiaki NABE