Patents by Inventor Yoshito OKADA

Yoshito OKADA 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: 12065242
    Abstract: A passive guidance mechanism enables smooth guiding to a desired position; and a flying object landing system enables smooth guiding to and landing at a desired position. A pair of guide rails are arranged side by side with a space therebetween, and are provided so that the space increases toward one set of tips of the guide rails. One guide rail is supported so as to be rotatable about a first shaft extending in a direction perpendicular to a plane including the guide rails, at or near the tip of the guide rail. The other guide rail is supported so as to be rotatable about a second shaft extending in a direction perpendicular to the plane including the guide rails, at or near the tip of the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masahiro Watanabe, Daiki Fujikura, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Yoshito Okada, Kazunori Ohno, Satoshi Tadokoro
  • Publication number: 20240248483
    Abstract: An information processing device for controlling a control target device to be controlled includes: a storage unit configured to store layout constraint condition information including information indicating relative positions of a first object disposed in a space in which the control target device is positioned and a second object different from the first object disposed in the space; and a control unit configured to generate map information indicating a map in the space based on a position of the control target device, at least one of first object-device relative position information indicating relative positions of the first object and the control target device or second object-device relative position information indicating relative positions of the second object and the control target device, and the layout constraint condition information stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kazunori OHNO, Yoshito OKADA, Shotaro KOJIMA, Masashi KONYO, Satoshi TADOKORO, Kenta GUNJI
  • Patent number: 11905037
    Abstract: An aerial vehicle takeoff and landing system, an aerial vehicle takeoff and landing apparatus, and an aerial vehicle capable of reducing the influence of the ground effect and capable of taking off and landing smoothly even in a comparatively small and limited space. A pair of rails are arranged side by side with a gap therebetween, and are arranged with a space in an extension direction on at least an under side and one end side. An aerial vehicle has a suspension portion provided at an upper portion thereof so as to be inserted between the rails from the one end side. With the suspension portion is inserted between the rails, the aerial vehicle can be suspended at a predetermined landing position of the rails, and the aerial vehicle suspended at the landing position can take off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, NPO INTERNATIONAL RESCUE SYSTEM INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kenjiro Tadakuma, Satoshi Tadokoro, Kazunori Ohno, Yoshito Okada, Masahiro Watanabe, Daiki Fujikura, Toshi Takamori
  • Publication number: 20230045539
    Abstract: A passive guidance mechanism enables smooth guiding to a desired position; and a flying object landing system enables smooth guiding to and landing at a desired position. A pair of guide rails are arranged side by side with a space therebetween, and are provided so that the space increases toward one set of tips of the guide rails. One guide rail is supported so as to be rotatable about a first shaft extending in a direction perpendicular to a plane including the guide rails, at or near the tip of the guide rail. The other guide rail is supported so as to be rotatable about a second shaft extending in a direction perpendicular to the plane including the guide rails, at or near the tip of the guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masahiro WATANABE, Daiki FUJIKURA, Kenjiro TADAKUMA, Yoshito OKADA, Kazunori OHNO, Satoshi TADOKORO
  • Publication number: 20220274719
    Abstract: An aerial vehicle takeoff and landing system, an aerial vehicle takeoff and landing apparatus, and an aerial vehicle capable of reducing the influence of the ground effect and capable of taking off and landing smoothly even in a comparatively small and limited space. A pair of rails are arranged side by side with a gap therebetween, and are arranged with a space in an extension direction on at least an under side and one end side. An aerial vehicle has a suspension portion provided at an upper portion thereof so as to be inserted between the rails from the one end side. With the suspension portion is inserted between the rails, the aerial vehicle can be suspended at a predetermined landing position of the rails, and the aerial vehicle suspended at the landing position can take off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, NPO International Rescue System Institute
    Inventors: Kenjiro TADAKUMA, Satoshi TADOKORO, Kazunori OHNO, Yoshito OKADA, Masahiro WATANABE, Daiki FUJIKURA, Toshi TAKAMORI