Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Sano

Hiroaki Sano 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: 10796172
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a delimiting line detection unit that detects a delimiting line candidate based on image data obtained by capturing a surrounding of a vehicle; and an exclusion determination unit that determines whether to exclude the delimiting line candidate. When a white delimiting line candidate having higher luminance than the road surface luminance and a black delimiting line candidate having lower luminance are detected, and one of the white and black delimiting line candidates is set as at least one first delimiting line candidate, and the other thereof is set as a second delimiting line candidate while the at least one first delimiting line candidate includes a pair of first delimiting line candidates between which the second delimiting line candidate is arranged and a distance between the pair is equal to or smaller than a threshold, the second delimiting line candidate is excluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka Okada, Hiroaki Sano, Tetsuo Yamamoto, Atsushi Yoshihara, Jun Kanetake, Ryo Yoshimura, Tomoki Shidori
  • Publication number: 20200311961
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a first generation unit which generates first target parking frame information based on an image taken by a first shooting unit that is provided at a side position of a vehicle; a second generation unit which generates second target parking frame information based on an image taken by a second shooting unit that is provided at a front or rear position of the vehicle; and a determination unit which determines a stop position in a parking frame by generating third target parking frame information to serve as a stop target based on the first target parking frame information generated by the first generation unit and the second target parking frame information generated by the second generation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Hiroki MORINAGA, Tetsuo YAMAMOTO, Hiroaki SANO, Akihiko SHIOTANI
  • Publication number: 20200303683
    Abstract: An organic device comprising light emitting elements arranged on a substrate is provided. Each of the light emitting elements comprises, from a side of the substrate, a reflection layer, a light-shielding member, a first electrode, an organic layer including a light emitting layer, and a second electrode. The light emitting elements comprise a first element and a second element arranged adjacent to each other. A length in a second direction of a portion of the light-shielding member is longer than that of the portion in a first direction, the portion being arranged in a region where the first and second element are adjacent to each other, and the first direction is a direction in which the first and second element are arranged and the second direction is a direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sano, Takayuki Ito
  • Publication number: 20200274103
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic compound layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. A protective layer and a planarization layer are disposed in this order on the light emission side of whichever of the first and second electrodes is closer to the light emission side. A surface of the protective layer adjacent to the planarization layer has an uneven shape. The planarization layer is in contact with the protective layer. A surface of the planarization layer away from the protective layer is flat. The refractive index of the planarization layer is equal to or lower than that of the protective layer and equal to or higher than that of a light emission medium in contact with the planarization layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Koji Ishizuya, Hiroaki Sano
  • Publication number: 20200259113
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a plurality of first electrodes, a second electrode, a functional layer disposed between each first electrode and the second electrode, and an insulating layer having a slope portion on the first electrode, wherein the functional layer is continuously disposed so as to cover the first electrode, a neighboring first electrode, and the insulating layer covering the first electrode and the neighboring first electrode, the functional layer on the first electrode has a layer thickness smaller than a height from an upper surface of the first electrode to an upper surface of the insulating layer, and the functional layer on the slope portion of the insulating layer has a layer thickness of 20 nm or more in a direction perpendicular to a slope surface of the slope portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsuo Takahashi, Norifumi Kajimoto, Koji Ishizuya, Hiroaki Sano, Hiroyuki Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20200252570
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus including a plurality of pixels each having: a photoelectric conversion unit; a first charge holding unit; a second charge holding unit; a first gate; and a second gate. In a period when the photoelectric conversion unit is storing charges to be transferred to the first charge holding unit, the potential of the first gate is set to a first potential, and the potential of the second gate is set to a second potential. Both the first potential and the second potential are higher than the potential of the first gate in a period when the charges of the photoelectric conversion unit are transferred to the first charge holding unit and the potential of the second gate in a period when the charges of the photoelectric conversion unit are transferred to the second charge holding unit. The first potential is lower than the second potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sekine, Hiroaki Sano, Hisashi Takado, Takahiro Yamasaki, Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10734455
    Abstract: An organic device is provided. The device comprises a substrate and a plurality of light emitting elements formed on a first surface of the substrate. Each of the plurality of light emitting elements includes, from a side of the first surface, a first electrode, an organic layer formed on the first electrode and including a light emitting layer, and a second electrode formed on the organic layer. The organic device further comprises a third electrode formed between the first electrodes of adjacent light emitting elements of the plurality of light emitting elements, and an insulating layer covering a portion between the first electrode and the third electrode, an end portion of the first electrode, and an end portion of the third electrode. The insulating layer includes a recess between the first electrode and the third electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norifumi Kajimoto, Tetsuo Takahashi, Koji Ishizuya, Hiroaki Sano
  • Publication number: 20200203581
    Abstract: A phosphor-containing member includes a transparent member, and particles of a single crystal phosphor dispersed in the transparent member. The single crystal phosphor has a composition represented by a compositional formula (Y1?a?bLuaCeb)3+cAl5?cO12 (where 0?a?0.9994, 0.0002?b?0.0067, ?0.016?c?0.315), and Commission International de l'Eclairage (CIE) chromaticity coordinates x, y of an emission spectrum satisfy a relationship of ?0.4377x+0.7384?y??0.4377x+0.7504 when a peak wavelength of excitation light is 450 nm and temperature is 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Daisuke INOMATA, Yusuke ARAI, Hiroaki SANO, Kazuo AOKI, Kiyoshi SHIMAMURA, Encarnacion Antonia GARCIA VILLORA
  • Publication number: 20200200347
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a laser diode that emits a blue light, and a wavelength conversion part that absorbs a part of light emitted from the laser diode and converts a wavelength thereof. The wavelength conversion part includes a YAG-based single crystal phosphor. Irradiance of light emitted from the laser diode and irradiated on the wavelength conversion part is not less than 80 W/mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicants: TAMURA CORPORATION, KOHA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mikihiko UWANI, Akira ITO, Hiroyuki SAWANO, Kentaro TONE, Hiroaki SANO, Daisuke INOMATA, Kazuyuki IIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20200193189
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an extraction unit which extracts a horizontal edge line in which edge points are arranged consecutively in a horizontal direction from an image taken that contains an image of a parking frame; a detection unit which detects a three-dimensional indication body to serve as a stop position indication body in the parking frame based on the horizontal edge line extracted by the extraction unit; and a determining unit which, in a case where a plurality of the horizontal edge lines are arranged in a vertical direction in an image of the three-dimensional indication body detected by the detection unit, determines the stop position regarding one of the plurality of the horizontal edge lines other than a highest horizontal edge line in the vertical direction as corresponding to a top end line of the three-dimensional indication body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka OKADA, Hiroaki SANO, Tetsuo YAMAMOTO, Atsushi YOSHIHARA, Jun KANETAKE, Ryo YOSHIMURA, Tomoki SHIDORI
  • Publication number: 20200193191
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a detection unit which detects a target object based on edge information acquired from image data; and a judging unit which judges whether a certain region in the image data is an improper region that is not suitable for detection of the target object based on an edge pattern of edge information in the certain region and a feature pattern indicating a feature of the target object, and the detection unit detects the target object excluding a region that has been judged to be the improper region by the judging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka OKADA, Hiroaki SANO, Tetsuo YAMAMOTO, Atsushi YOSHIHARA, Jun KANETAKE, Ryo YOSHIMURA, Tomoki SHIDORI
  • Publication number: 20200193193
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an extraction unit which extracts a horizontal edge line in which edge points are arranged consecutively in a horizontal direction from an image taken that contains an image of a parking frame; a detection unit which detects, in a case where an edge length of a series edge line in which a plurality of the horizontal edge lines are arranged in the horizontal direction like a broken line is longer than or equal to a prescribed threshold value among a plurality of the horizontal edge lines extracted by the extraction unit, the series edge line as corresponding to a deep-side boundary line of a parking frame; and a determining unit which determines a stop position in the parking frame based on the boundary line detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka OKADA, Hiroaki SANO, Tetsuo YAMAMOTO, Atsushi YOSHIHARA, Jun KANETAKE, Ryo YOSHIMURA, Tomoki SHIDORI
  • Publication number: 20200193186
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a detection unit which detects partition line candidates that are candidates for a partition line for partitioning a parking frame, based on edge lines that are detected based on luminance of each pixel of image data taken by shooting a neighborhood of a vehicle; and a generation unit which generates an integrated partition line candidate by integrating the partition line candidates detected by the detection unit, according to a prescribed integration condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka OKADA, Hiroaki SANO, Tetsuo YAMAMOTO, Atsushi YOSHIHARA, Jun KANETAKE, Ryo YOSHIMURA, Tomoki SHIDORI
  • Publication number: 20200193185
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a delimiting line detection unit configured to detect a delimiting line candidate based on image data obtained by capturing a surrounding of a vehicle, the delimiting line candidate being a candidate of a delimiting line that delimits a parking space; and an exclusion determination unit configured to determine whether or not to exclude the delimiting line candidate detected by the delimiting line detection unit from the candidate of the delimiting line. In a case where a plurality of the delimiting line candidates is detected within a predetermined range in the image data, the exclusion determination unit determines whether or not to exclude the delimiting line candidate from the candidate of the delimiting line by comparing edge strength of the plurality of delimiting line candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka OKADA, Hiroaki SANO, Tetsuo YAMAMOTO, Atsushi YOSHIHARA, Jun KANETAKE, Ryo YOSHIMURA, Tomoki SHIDORI
  • Publication number: 20200193210
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an extraction unit which extracts, from image data taken by shooting a neighborhood of a vehicle, edge points that are to be used for detecting partition lines of a parking frame and whose edge intensity values are larger than an edge threshold value; and a correction unit which corrects the edge threshold value based on a density of the edge points extracted by the extraction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka OKADA, Hiroaki SANO, Tetsuo YAMAMOTO, Atsushi YOSHIHARA, Jun KANETAKE, Ryo YOSHIMURA, Tomoki SHIDORI
  • Publication number: 20200193192
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a delimiting line detection unit that detects a delimiting line candidate based on image data obtained by capturing a surrounding of a vehicle; and an exclusion determination unit that determines whether to exclude the delimiting line candidate. When a white delimiting line candidate having higher luminance than the road surface luminance and a black delimiting line candidate having lower luminance are detected, and one of the white and black delimiting line candidates is set as at least one first delimiting line candidate, and the other thereof is set as a second delimiting line candidate while the at least one first delimiting line candidate includes a pair of first delimiting line candidates between which the second delimiting line candidate is arranged and a distance between the pair is equal to or smaller than a threshold, the second delimiting line candidate is excluded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka OKADA, Hiroaki SANO, Tetsuo YAMAMOTO, Atsushi YOSHIHARA, Jun KANETAKE, Ryo YOSHIMURA, Tomoki SHIDORI
  • Publication number: 20200193175
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a calculation unit which calculates chroma values of pixels of image data taken by a shooting device based on differences between R values or G values and B values, respectively; a correction unit which corrects luminance values of pixels that satisfy a prescribed condition for being a yellow pixel using the calculated chroma values as emphasis amounts, respectively; and a detection unit which detects a line drawn on a road surface based on the corrected luminance values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka OKADA, Hiroaki SANO, Tetsuo YAMAMOTO, Atsushi YOSHIHARA, Jun KANETAKE, Ryo YOSHIMURA, Tomoki SHIDORI
  • Publication number: 20200193188
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an extraction unit configured to extract at least one edge line based on image data obtained by an imaging device configured to capture a surrounding of a vehicle; a giving unit configured to give a priority to each of the at least one edge line; a registration unit configured to register the at least one edge line in descending order of the priority while limiting a number of registration of the at least one edge line to an upper limit or smaller of the number of registration; and a detection unit configured to detect a parking space, based on the at least one edge line registered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka OKADA, Hiroaki SANO, Tetsuo YAMAMOTO, Atsushi YOSHIHARA, Jun KANETAKE, Ryo YOSHIMURA, Tomoki SHIDORI
  • Publication number: 20200193190
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an extraction unit which extracts edge lines based on image data taken by an imaging device by shooting a neighborhood of a vehicle; a selection unit which selects, as a pair of edge lines, edge lines that satisfy a prescribed condition from the extracted edge lines; an exclusion unit which, in a case where a non-paint-out region exists between the pair of edge lines, excludes quasi-edge lines that form the non-paint-out region from the pair of edge lines; and a detection unit which detects a partition line that partitions a parking frame based on the pair of edge lines from which the quasi-edge lines are excluded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka OKADA, Hiroaki SANO, Tetsuo YAMAMOTO, Atsushi YOSHIHARA, Jun KANETAKE, Ryo YOSHIMURA, Tomoki SHIDORI
  • Publication number: 20200193579
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a setting unit configured to set an area, as a first area, in which at least one delimiting line for delimiting a parking space is detected in a first image of plural images continuously captured while moving; and a prediction unit configured to predict, based on the first area, a second area in which the at least one delimiting line is to be detected in at least one second image of the plural images, the at least one second image being captured later in time than the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka OKADA, Hiroaki SANO, Tetsuo YAMAMOTO, Atsushi YOSHIHARA, Jun KANETAKE, Ryo YOSHIMURA, Tomoki SHIDORI