Patents by Inventor Yuichiro NISHI

Yuichiro NISHI 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).

  • Flood detection device, flood detection system, flood detection program storage medium, and flood detection method
    Patent number: 11520081
    Abstract: A flood detection device includes a detection result acquisition section, a weather information acquisition section and an identification section. The detection result acquisition section acquires a detection result that, on the basis of a plurality of kinds of running state data relating to running of a vehicle, detects flooding of a road on which the vehicle is running. The weather information acquisition section acquires weather information including at least one of rainfall information representing a measured rainfall amount in a region in which the vehicle is running or rainfall estimation information representing an estimated rainfall amount. The identification section uses the respective acquisition results of the detection result acquisition section and the weather information acquisition section to identify flooding of the road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Ishihara, Hideki Kawai, Takayuki Yamabe, Yuichiro Nishi, Hiroyuki Yano
  • FLOOD DETECTION DEVICE, FLOOD DETECTION SYSTEM, FLOOD DETECTION PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM, AND FLOOD DETECTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20210080616
    Abstract: A flood detection device includes a detection result acquisition section, a weather information acquisition section and an identification section. The detection result acquisition section acquires a detection result that, on the basis of a plurality of kinds of running state data relating to running of a vehicle, detects flooding of a road on which the vehicle is running. The weather information acquisition section acquires weather information including at least one of rainfall information representing a measured rainfall amount in a region in which the vehicle is running or rainfall estimation information representing an estimated rainfall amount. The identification section uses the respective acquisition results of the detection result acquisition section and the weather information acquisition section to identify flooding of the road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki ISHIHARA, Hideki KAWAI, Takayuki YAMABE, Yuichiro NISHI, Hiroyuki YANO