Patents by Inventor Chikara Yamamoto
Chikara Yamamoto 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: 20240161551Abstract: A notification device includes: a travel information acquisition section that is configured to acquire travel information of a vehicle; an environment information acquisition section that is configured to acquire, from satellite data, environment information at a location at which the vehicle has been present, based on the travel information of the vehicle which is acquired by the travel information acquisition section; an estimation section that is configured to estimate a degree of contamination and tarnishing of the vehicle based on the environment information which is acquired by the environment information acquisition section; and a notification section that is configured to notify a user of the vehicle of a timing for at least one of a vehicle wash or a vehicle inspection, based on an estimation result by the estimation section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shusuke YAMAMOTO, Chikara OKAZAKI, Kohta WATATSU, Hideyuki TANAKA, Shinya MURASE, Yuki TATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20240151548Abstract: An output device, including: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to: acquire an objective that a user wishes to achieve after boarding a vehicle; and output a candidate site having a shortest total time among candidate sites that would enable the objective to be achieved, the total time including a predicted required time from a current location of the user and a predicted waiting time at a parking lot associated with the candidate site.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shusuke YAMAMOTO, Chikara OKAZAKI, Kohta WATATSU, Hideyuki TANAKA, Shinya MURASE, Yuki TATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20240153056Abstract: An output device including: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to: acquire a satellite image in which a target region is photographed and event information relating to events that have occurred in the target region; and output, from among roads in the target region, a road for which a safety degree calculated based on the satellite image and the event information is less than a threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shusuke YAMAMOTO, Chikara OKAZAKI, Kohta WATATSU, Hideyuki TANAKA, Shinya MURASE, Yuki TATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20240144824Abstract: An information processing device is provided, which includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: acquire a vehicle size of a vehicle and an overhead view image of a parking lot captured in a satellite image taken of ground-level by an artificial satellite; and propose, to an occupant of the vehicle, a parking lot in which the vehicle is able to park, the parking lot being designated based on the acquired vehicle size and the acquired overhead view image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shusuke YAMAMOTO, Chikara OKAZAKI, Kohta WATATSU, Hideyuki TANAKA, Shinya MURASE, Yuki TATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20240144521Abstract: An information processing device is provided, which includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: acquire a satellite image of the ground photographed by an artificial satellite; and provide, to a user, point information indicating points at which a number of persons present on the ground is equal to or greater than a first predetermined number, the points being identified based on the acquired satellite image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shusuke YAMAMOTO, Chikara OKAZAKI, Kohta WATATSU, Hideyuki TANAKA, Shinya MURASE, Yuki TATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20240137652Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition section that acquires a satellite image of a ground area captured by an artificial satellite, and a control section that controls onboard equipment installed at a vehicle appearing in the satellite image based on an analysis result of the satellite image that the acquisition section has acquired.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shusuke YAMAMOTO, Chikara OKAZAKI, Kohta WATATSU, Hideyuki TANAKA, Shinya MURASE, Yuki TATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20240135806Abstract: An output device, including a processor is provided. The processor is configured to: receive information indicating a target site and a target day; acquire a satellite image of the target site captured on a day that is related to the target day; and output data indicating a congestion level on the target day, at the target site, the congestion level being predicted based on the satellite image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shusuke YAMAMOTO, Chikara OKAZAKI, Kohta WATATSU, Hideyuki TANAKA, Shinya MURASE, Yuki TATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 11856337Abstract: A projection-type display device includes: a display element including a rectangular displayable region in which an image is displayable; and a projection optical system. Assuming that a focal length of the projection optical system is f and a length of a long side of the displayable region is w, 0.15<|f|/w<0.45 is satisfied. An absorption layer that absorbs light is provided in at least a portion of a non-optically effective surface of a lens which is disposed closer to a reduction side than a first lens closest to an enlargement side in the projection optical system and at least a part of a portion which is irradiated with light that has been emitted from an image and reflected by an enlargement-side surface of the first lens or a reduction-side surface of the first lens.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yukiko Nagatoshi, Akiko Nagahara, Chikara Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20230388706Abstract: An electric device includes a sounding body, a sound source storing unit storing actual use sound sources, a correction value storing unit, a sound pressure correction unit, and a control unit. The correction value storing unit stores correction values for correcting the actual use sound sources, respectively, so that respective sound pressures of the actual use sound sources reproduced from the sounding body are brought close to respective target values when the actual use sound sources are reproduced by the sounding body. The sound pressure correction unit obtains corrected actual use sound sources by correcting the actual use sound sources with the corresponding correction values. The control unit synthesizes the corrected actual use sound sources and controls the sounding body to reproduce a synthesized actual use sound source from the sounding body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Susumu MIYATA, Chikara YAMAMOTO, Yoshiki SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20230353939Abstract: A notification sound generation device includes a speaker, a controller, a resistor, and a correction unit. The speaker is configured to generate a notification sound to surroundings of a vehicle. The controller is configured to output a sound signal that causes the speaker to generate the notification sound. The resistor has a resistance value corresponding to a correction amount for correcting a sound pressure variation of the speaker or a resistance value corresponding to a sound pressure value of the speaker. The correction unit is configured to correct the sound signal based on a physical quantity correlated with the resistance value of the resistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Chikara YAMAMOTO, Tadashi MATSUI
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Publication number: 20230213845Abstract: A projection apparatus includes a display element that displays an image, a projection optical system that forms a projection image by projecting the image, an imaging unit that includes an imaging optical system which images a first region including an optical axis of the projection optical system in the projection image, and an imaging element which captures an image formed by the imaging optical system, and a processor that controls focus adjustment on a second region not including the optical axis in the projection image based on information acquired from the imaging unit, in which a position of the projection image is changeable by changing a relative position between at least a part of the projection optical system and the display element, and a predetermined conditional expression is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Chikara YAMAMOTO, Kazuki Inoue
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Patent number: 11592730Abstract: The projection device includes a display element that displays an image, a projection optical system that forms an intermediate image of the image within an air space and projects the intermediate image to form a projected image, and a light shielding member that is disposed within the air space. The light shielding member includes a light shielding region which is positioned outside optical paths of all effective luminous fluxes emitted from the display element and used to form the projected image. The projection device satisfies a predetermined conditional expression.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Chikara Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20220303679Abstract: A sound output device includes a waveform output unit and a sounding body. The waveform output unit is configured to output a sound waveform that includes a second waveform generated by a frequency modulation to a first waveform having a desired center frequency. The sounding body is configured to generate a sound corresponding to the sound waveform output from the waveform output unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventor: Chikara YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220264064Abstract: A projection-type display device includes: a display element including a rectangular displayable region in which an image is displayable; and a projection optical system. Assuming that a focal length of the projection optical system is f and a length of a long side of the displayable region is w, 0.15<|f|/w<0.45 is satisfied. An absorption layer that absorbs light is provided in at least a portion of a non-optically effective surface of a lens which is disposed closer to a reduction side than a first lens closest to an enlargement side in the projection optical system and at least a part of a portion which is irradiated with light that has been emitted from an image and reflected by an enlargement-side surface of the first lens or a reduction-side surface of the first lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yukiko NAGATOSHI, Akiko NAGAHARA, Chikara YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 11378873Abstract: A projection display device of a front projection type includes a light valve that modulates light based on image data and emits the light and an image forming optical system that projects an optical image of the light modulated by the light valve onto a projection surface, in which the image forming optical system includes a first optical system that includes at least one lens and a first reflection member that reflects the light emitted from the light valve toward the first optical system, the first optical system and the first reflection member are configured to be rotatable in a pitch direction, and the first reflection member rotates by a pitch angle ?/2 in conjunction with rotation of the first optical system by a pitch angle ?.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Chikara Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20220066297Abstract: The projection device includes a display element that displays an image, a projection optical system that forms an intermediate image of the image within an air space and projects the intermediate image to form a projected image, and a light shielding member that is disposed within the air space. The light shielding member includes a light shielding region which is positioned outside optical paths of all effective luminous fluxes emitted from the display element and used to form the projected image. The projection device satisfies a predetermined conditional expression.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Chikara YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220050284Abstract: The objective lens for an endoscope includes a stop, at least one lens which is disposed closer to an object side than the stop and of which an image-side lens surface is a concave surface, and at least one set of cemented lenses that is disposed closer to an image side than the stop; focusing on an object positioned at a nearest point from an object positioned at a farthest point is performed by movement of some lenses of an entire system along an optical axis; the objective lens for an endoscope has a total angle of view of 120° or more in a state where focusing on the object positioned at the farthest point is performed and in a state where focusing on the object positioned at the nearest point is performed; and the objective lens for an endoscope satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Chikara YAMAMOTO, Masato KONDO
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Patent number: 11215907Abstract: An optical unit includes: a projection optical system on which light from a display unit is incident; a common optical system that projects light passing through the projection optical system to a projection target object and forms an image of a subject at a side of the projection target object; an optical member for guiding light passing through the projection optical system to the common optical system and guiding an intermediate image formed by at least a part of the common optical system to an imaging element; and an imaging optical system for forming the intermediate image on the imaging element, and an image forming position of the intermediate image is present between a component closest to a side of the projection target object among components constituting the common optical system and the optical member.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kazuki Inoue, Chikara Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20210384873Abstract: An audio output device includes PWM output devices, a weighting unit, a mixer, and an amplifier. The PWM output devices divide audio data into multiple parts including an upper bit part to a lower bit part, and output the multiple parts of the audio data as PWM outputs. The weighting unit weights the PWM outputs from the PWM output devices. The mixer synthesizes the PWM outputs after being weighted. The amplifier supplies an electric current to a sounding body in accordance with a synthesis result by the mixer to cause the sounding body to emit a sound.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventor: Chikara YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 11169369Abstract: An objective optical system for an endoscope forms an intermediate image at a position conjugate to an object surface, forms the intermediate image on an imaging plane again, and includes an aperture stop that is provided between the intermediate image and the imaging plane. Conditional expression (1) is satisfied in a case in which a distance between a lens surface closest to an object and a paraxial entrance pupil position on an optical axis is denoted by FS and a focal length of the entire system is denoted by f, |FS/f|<0.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Chikara Yamamoto