Patents by Inventor Yukimune KANEDA

Yukimune KANEDA 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: 11699305
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a maintenance-necessity detector and an automatic driving controller. The maintenance-necessity detector is configured to determine whether maintenance of the vehicle is necessary. The automatic driving controller is configured to cause the vehicle to move to a maintenance facility at which the maintenance of the vehicle is to be performed, on the basis of automatic driving that is independent of driving to be performed by an occupant of the vehicle, in a case where the maintenance is determined by the maintenance-necessity detector as being necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukimune Kaneda, Takuya Kishimoto, Konosuke Muramatsu, Yasuhiro Ito, Yuta Suzuki, Ikuo Hirose
  • Publication number: 20210097779
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a maintenance-necessity detector and an automatic driving controller. The maintenance-necessity detector is configured to determine whether maintenance of the vehicle is necessary. The automatic driving controller is configured to cause the vehicle to move to a maintenance facility at which the maintenance of the vehicle is to be performed, on the basis of automatic driving that is independent of driving to be performed by an occupant of the vehicle, in a case where the maintenance is determined by the maintenance-necessity detector as being necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yukimune KANEDA, Takuya KISHIMOTO, Konosuke MURAMATSU, Yasuhiro ITO, Yuta SUZUKI, Ikuo HIROSE