Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Sugamoto

Yoshiaki Sugamoto 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).

  • Traveling control system for motor vehicle
    Patent number: 5648905
    Abstract: A traveling control system for a motor vehicle includes a detector for detecting an object which exists in front of the motor vehicle to follow a vehicle traveling ahead. The system further includes a first course determination device for estimating a first course on which the motor vehicle will travel hereafter, an identification device for identifying an first target vehicle among the objects existing on the first course, and a second course estimation device for estimating, based on the first target vehicle, a second course on which the motor vehicle will travel hereafter at least while the first target vehicle is outside of the first course. The identification device identifies a second target vehicle among vehicles which travel on the first or second courses while the first target vehicle is outside of the first course.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoji Izumi, Kenji Shimizu, Yoshiaki Sugamoto, Kazuyoshi Okuda, Satoru Ando, Toshihiro Ishihara, Takahiro Inada, Tsunehisa Okuda