Patents by Inventor Yoshikata KIMURA

Yoshikata KIMURA 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: 9862342
    Abstract: A vehicular emergency alert device mounted on a vehicle (100) and configured to issue an emergency alert signal to notify an emergency service center outside the vehicle of a location of the vehicle in the event of a collision of the vehicle includes: a collision detecting unit (11) that detects the collision of the vehicle (100) to output a collision detection signal; an emergency alert unit (13) that issues an emergency alert signal in response to the collision detection signal and relays the collision detection signal to the vehicle; and one or more modules (12) each of which performs a predetermined operation in response to the collision detection signal relayed by the emergency alert unit (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Kobayashi, Kengo Iwata, Masanobu Kosaka, Hikari Arimi, Risa Fujita, Yoshikata Kimura
  • Publication number: 20160236639
    Abstract: A vehicular emergency alert device mounted on a vehicle (100) and configured to issue an emergency alert signal to notify an emergency service center outside the vehicle of a location of the vehicle in the event of a collision of the vehicle includes: a collision detecting unit (11) that detects the collision of the vehicle (100) to output a collision detection signal; an emergency alert unit (13) that issues an emergency alert signal in response to the collision detection signal and relays the collision detection signal to the vehicle; and one or more modules (12) each of which performs a predetermined operation in response to the collision detection signal relayed by the emergency alert unit (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro KOBAYASHI, Kengo IWATA, Masanobu KOSAKA, Hikari ARIMI, Risa FUJITA, Yoshikata KIMURA