Patents by Inventor Chihiro Hirose
Chihiro Hirose 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).
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Publication number: 20230380014Abstract: A power control device of the present invention controls the electric power of a vehicle which includes hot-wire heaters provided respectively in a plurality of areas which are obtained by dividing a front window. In particular, the power control device of the present invention switches between alternating control and entire surface control based on an external air temperature of the vehicle and a speed of the vehicle, the alternating control being for sequentially energizing each hot-wire heater provided in each of the plurality of areas, and the entire surface control being for simultaneously energizing all the hot-wire heaters provided in the plurality of areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Enomoto, Yaojun Hu, Chihiro Hirose, Tetsuya Kitakatsu, Shishou Gen, Toru Yasunaga
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Publication number: 20200225050Abstract: The information providing apparatus according to the present invention is an information providing apparatus which can be installed in a plurality of moving bodies, and comprises: a movement related information acquisition unit configured to acquire movement related information which is information relating to movement of one moving body and which is information stored in association with the one moving body; a moving body-identifying information acquiring unit configured to acquire moving body-identifying information which is information useful for identifying a moving body in which the information providing apparatus is currently installed; an information output unit configured to output provision information based on the movement related information associated with the one moving body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventor: Chihiro HIROSE
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Patent number: 10310264Abstract: A virtual image display device is provided with a portable terminal holding unit, a combiner and base unit. The portable terminal holding unit detachably holds a portable terminal equipped with a display for displaying a guide image. The combiner reflects the light of the guide image displayed by the portable terminal to let an observer visually recognize the image as a virtual image. The base unit is connected to the portable terminal holding unit and the combiner.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Imasaka, Kenji Nakamura, Hideaki Takahashi, Shunichiro Nagao, Chihiro Hirose, Atsushi Honda
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Publication number: 20180231776Abstract: A virtual image display device is provided with a portable terminal holding unit, a combiner and base unit. The portable terminal holding unit detachably holds a portable terminal equipped with a display for displaying a guide image. The combiner reflects the light of the guide image displayed by the portable terminal to let an observer visually recognize the image as a virtual image. The base unit is connected to the portable terminal holding unit and the combiner.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Yusuke IMASAKA, Kenji NAKAMURA, Hideaki TAKAHASHI, Shunichiro NAGAO, Chihiro HIROSE, Atsushi HONDA
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Patent number: 9993194Abstract: A sleepiness calculation device is provided. In a smartphone, I/F obtains heart rate of the subject measured by a heartbeat sensor and measurement time, determines active state of a subject in the state discriminant section, and send it to a server. Next, in the server, a correction section obtains sleepiness baseline heart rate from a sleepiness baseline heart rate table storing sleepiness baseline heart rate of the subject for each active state according to an active state sent from the smartphone. Next, the sleepiness baseline heart rate obtained by the correction section is corrected based on fatigue degree, sleep time, and state of meals. Thereafter, the corrected sleepiness baseline heart rate (correction sleepiness baseline heart rate) is sent to the smartphone. Sleepiness level calculation section of the smartphone calculates sleepiness level of the subject based on correction sleepiness baseline heart rate and heart rate obtained by I/F.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Hirofumi Shimokawa, Chihiro Hirose, Mitsuo Yasushi
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Publication number: 20180064387Abstract: A sleepiness calculation device is provided. In a smartphone, I/F obtains heart rate of the subject measured by a heartbeat sensor and measurement time, determines active state of a subject in the state discriminant section, and send it to a server. Next, in the server, a correction section obtains sleepiness baseline heart rate from a sleepiness baseline heart rate table storing sleepiness baseline heart rate of the subject for each active state according to an active state sent from the smartphone. Next, the sleepiness baseline heart rate obtained by the correction section is corrected based on fatigue degree, sleep time, and state of meals. Thereafter, the corrected sleepiness baseline heart rate (correction sleepiness baseline heart rate) is sent to the smartphone. Sleepiness level calculation section of the smartphone calculates sleepiness level of the subject based on correction sleepiness baseline heart rate and heart rate obtained by I/F.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2015Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Hirofumi SHIMOKAWA, Chihiro HIROSE, Mitsuo YASUSHI
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Publication number: 20160062117Abstract: A virtual image display device 200 is provided with a portable terminal holding unit 7, a combiner 5 and base unit 3. The portable terminal holding unit 7 detachably holds a portable terminal 100 equipped with a display 110 for displaying a guide image Im. The combiner 5 reflects the light of the guide image Im displayed by the portable terminal 100 to let an observer visually recognize the image as a virtual image Iv. The base unit 3 is connected to the portable terminal holding unit 7 and the combiner 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2013Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Yusuke IMASAKA, Kenji NAKAMURA, Hideaki TAKAHASHI, Shunichiro NAGAO, Chihiro HIROSE, Atsushi HONDA
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Patent number: 8922592Abstract: A map display apparatus includes a display that displays a map viewed at a given angle for bird's eye view with respect to the ground; a touch panel that is disposed on the display; a determining unit that determines strength of touch of an object on the touch panel; a display controller that controls a display format of the map displayed on the display, based on a result of determination by the determining unit, where the display controller scrolls the map when the strength of touch is at most a given strength, and changes the angle for bird's eye view when the strength of touch exceeds the given strength.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2009Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Pioneer CorporationInventors: Chihiro Hirose, Yozo Takehara
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Publication number: 20140012499Abstract: A guiding device, includes: a first position detecting unit which detects a present position; an obtaining unit which obtains a present position detected by a second position detecting unit, from a sensor unit having the second position detecting unit which detects the present position; a detecting unit which detects a communication condition with the sensor unit; a determining unit which determines whether to preferentially use the present position detected by the first position detecting unit or the present position detected by the second position detecting unit, based on the communication condition; and a controlling unit which displays a guidance based on the present position determined by the determining unit, on a display unit. Therefore, since the present position can be calculated with accuracy, it becomes possible to appropriately perform the guide based on the present position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: Pioneer CorporationInventors: Chihiro Hirose, Shunichiro Nagao, Isao Endo, Hitoshi Kaneko, Kazuaki Tanaka
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Publication number: 20130261969Abstract: A navigation apparatus includes an obtaining unit, a storage unit, an extracting unit, a navigation unit and a determination unit. The obtaining unit obtains an image captured by an imaging unit. The storage unit stores landmark information relating to facilities. The extracting unit extracts at least one landmark corresponding to a navigation point from the stored landmark information when moving along a route. The navigation unit guides the navigation point by use of the at least one landmark extracted. The determination unit determines, at a position possible to take an image of a characteristic object corresponding to the landmark information thereat, whether the characteristic object can be recognized from the obtained image. The navigation unit guides the navigation point after omitting a landmark corresponding to the characteristic object from the at least one extracted landmark if the determination unit determines that the characteristic object cannot be recognized.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2010Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: Pioneer CorporationInventors: Yukihito Nakamura, Chihiro Hirose
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Patent number: 8204681Abstract: A navigation device provides route guidance only by voice guidance even if route guidance by a display screen is impossible. A navigation device displays on a display device a navigation screen including a map about a current position. The display device can enter a no-display state. In the navigation device, regardless of the state of the navigation screen, a route guidance method is performed. More particularly, in the display state, a guidance route is determined by a normal mode and route guidance is performed by both voice and display. In the no-display state, a guidance route including fewer movement methods is determined and route guidance is made only by voice guidance. Thus, in the no-display state where the navigation screen is not displayed, a guidance route is determined so as to enable route guidance only by voice.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2007Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Pioneer CorporationInventor: Chihiro Hirose
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Publication number: 20110249030Abstract: A map display apparatus includes a display that displays a map viewed at a given angle for bird's eye view with respect to the ground; a touch panel that is disposed on the display; a determining unit that determines strength of touch of an object on the touch panel; a display controller that controls a display format of the map displayed on the display, based on a result of determination by the determining unit, where the display controller scrolls the map when the strength of touch is at most a given strength, and changes the angle for bird's eye view when the strength of touch exceeds the given strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2009Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Chihiro Hirose, Yozo Takehara
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Publication number: 20090177380Abstract: A navigation device provides route guidance only by voice guidance even if route guidance by a display screen is impossible. A navigation device displays on a display device a navigation screen including a map about a current position. The display device can enter a no-display state. In the navigation device, regardless of the state of the navigation screen, a route guidance method is performed. More particularly, in the display state, a guidance route is determined by a normal mode and route guidance is performed by both voice and display. In the no-display state, a guidance route including fewer movement methods is determined and route guidance is made only by voice guidance. Thus, in the no-display state where the navigation screen is not displayed, a guidance route is determined so as to enable route guidance only by voice.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2007Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicant: Pioneer CorporationInventor: Chihiro Hirose
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Publication number: 20080275636Abstract: A deviation judging unit judges whether a moving object has deviated from a guided route to a destination, a distance calculating unit calculates a distance from a deviated point to a planned route point when the deviation judging unit judges that the moving object has deviated from the guided route before passing the planned route point on the guided route, a route judging unit judges whether to pass the planned route point based on the distance, and a re-searching unit re-searches a route based on a result of judgment by the route judging unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2005Publication date: November 6, 2008Inventor: Chihiro Hirose
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Publication number: 20080114542Abstract: The present invention provides a route searching device that can detect an optimum route with higher precision, a route searching method, and a route searching program. The route searching device detects an optimum route among possible routes from a first point to a second point, on the basis of link costs that are set for a plurality of links constituting the possible routes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2005Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: Ippei Nambata, Chihiro Hirose
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Patent number: 7171306Abstract: A route searching system is provided with: a road map database for storing a road map data; a searching device for performing a link cost calculation on the basis of the road map data and thereby searching an optimal route. The searching device increases or decreases the link cost of a link corresponding to a road section that requires a difficult turn on a route option, the difficult turn being a right turn or a left turn, one of which is more difficult than the other in accordance with a traffic rule, and connecting a node corresponding to an intersection, in at least two cases depending on the difficulty of the difficult turn at the intersection.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2004Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Pioneer CorporationInventor: Chihiro Hirose
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Patent number: 7054744Abstract: A route provision apparatus includes: a veering detecting unit for employing the current positioning data obtained by a position acquisition unit and route data for an originally determined travel route to detect whether a vehicle has veered away from a determined travel route; and a travel route determination unit for determining a new travel route when the vehicle has veered away from the determined travel route, wherein the travel route determination unit employs the detection results obtained by the veering detecting unit 62 to determine a new travel route in accordance with one or more of route determination conditions.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2003Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Pioneer CorporationInventors: Chihiro Hirose, Ippei Nambata, Kenichiro Yano
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Publication number: 20040215389Abstract: A route searching system is provided with: a road map database for storing a road map data; a searching device for performing a link cost calculation on the basis of the road map data and thereby searching an optimal route. The searching device increases or decreases the link cost of a link corresponding to a road section that requires a difficult turn on a route option, the difficult turn being a right turn or a left turn, one of which is more difficult than the other in accordance with a traffic rule, and connecting a node corresponding to an intersection, in at least two cases depending on the difficulty of the difficult turn at the intersection.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2004Publication date: October 28, 2004Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventor: Chihiro Hirose
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Publication number: 20040083055Abstract: A route provision apparatus includes: a veering detecting unit for employing the current positioning data obtained by a position acquisition unit and route data for an originally determined travel route to detect whether a vehicle has veered away from a determined travel route; and a travel route determination unit for determining a new travel route when the vehicle has veered away from the determined travel route, wherein the travel route determination unit employs the detection results obtained by the veering detecting unit 62 to determine a new travel route in accordance with one or more of route determination conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2003Publication date: April 29, 2004Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Chihiro Hirose, Ippei Nambata, Kenichiro Yano