Patents by Inventor Youhei Iwashita

Youhei Iwashita 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: 7873474
    Abstract: A mapping block locates the own vehicle and another vehicle on a map DB. Another-vehicle intersection detecting block detects intersections located on a traveling path of another vehicle. An own-vehicle intersection detecting block detects intersections located in front of the own vehicle. A collision-intersection identifying block identifies an intersection that is identical to each other as the possible collision intersection by comparing the intersections detected. An information providing block conducts information provision based on calculations of an arriving time of another vehicle by using a distance to the possible collision intersection and a vehicle speed. Accordingly, the collision possibility with another vehicle can be accurately determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Yamamoto, Youhei Iwashita, Tomokazu Okugi
  • Publication number: 20070282532
    Abstract: A mapping block locates the own vehicle and another vehicle on a map DB. Another-vehicle intersection detecting block detects intersections located on a traveling path of another vehicle. An own-vehicle intersection detecting block detects intersections located in front of the own vehicle. A collision-intersection identifying block identifies an intersection that is identical to each other as the possible collision intersection by comparing the intersections detected. An information providing block conducts information provision based on calculations of an arriving time of another vehicle by using a distance to the possible collision intersection and a vehicle speed. Accordingly, the collision possibility with another vehicle can be accurately determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Masashi Yamamoto, Youhei Iwashita, Tomokazu Okugi