Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Kumon
Hitoshi Kumon 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: 20200184220Abstract: An assistance device enabling communication with a wearable device includes: a memory; and a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to acquire line-of-sight information about a line of sight of a user wearing the wearable device, based on the line-of-sight information, generate blind region state information indicating a state of a blind region shielded by a shielding object in a visual field region of the user, and output the blind region state information to the wearable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Kazuhiro ITOH, Hitoshi Kumon, Shuntaro Shinohara, Yoshitaka Fuwamoto, Shioya Kageyama, Shintaro Inoue, Kiyofumi Nakajima
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Patent number: 10671205Abstract: An operating apparatus includes: a first display; a second display; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to output a second image onto the second display. The electronic control unit is configured to output a first image onto the first display. The electronic control unit is configured to switch between the first mode and the second mode. In a first mode, a first mode image independent of the second image is output as the first image. In the second mode, a second mode image having the same appearance as the second image is output as the first image. The electronic control unit is configured to execute a first predetermined function in the first mode and a second predetermined function in the second mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hitoshi Kumon
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Publication number: 20200148112Abstract: A driver-assistance device includes: a memory; and a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: acquire both line-of-sight information on a line of sight of a driver and image data resulting from imaging surroundings of a vehicle; set a display position and display contents of an image generated from the image data based on the line-of-sight information; and output the display position and the display contents together with the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro ITOH, Hitoshi KUMON
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Publication number: 20200086794Abstract: A vehicle rear monitoring system includes a camera that captures an image of an area to a rear of a vehicle, and a processing unit that processes the image captured by the camera. The processing unit creates a first vehicle rear image that is displayed in a first display area that is a portion of a display area of a display device, when traveling forward, and creates a second vehicle rear image that is displayed in a second display area that is within the display area of the display device and that is an area that includes the first display area and is larger than the first display area, when traveling backward.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hitoshi KUMON
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Patent number: 10525885Abstract: A vehicle rear monitoring system includes a camera that captures an image of an area to a rear of a vehicle, and a processing unit that processes the image captured by the camera. The processing unit creates a first vehicle rear image that is displayed in a first display area that is a portion of a display area of a display device, when traveling forward, and creates a second vehicle rear image that is displayed in a second display area that is within the display area of the display device and that is an area that includes the first display area and is larger than the first display area, when traveling backward.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hitoshi Kumon
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Publication number: 20190291578Abstract: The vehicular display device includes: a touchscreen disposed substantially at a center position in a vehicle width direction in front of a cockpit of a vehicle; a reception section at least partially provided to the touchscreen and configured to receive operation input from a user; and a display control section configured to display, on a display screen of the touchscreen, a first screen corresponding to a first function and a second screen corresponding to a second function such that the first screen and the second screen are arrayed in a left-right direction, the display control section being configured to perform, in accordance with a predetermined first instruction operation received by the reception section, switching control in which a display position of the first screen and a display position of at least a part of display content on the second screen are switched in the display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hitoshi KUMON, Hironori NAGATA
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Publication number: 20190248287Abstract: A display device includes a traveling state recognition unit configured to recognize a traveling state of a vehicle, an intervening driving manipulation recognition unit configured to recognize intervention in a driving manipulation by a driver of the vehicle during autonomous driving control, a trajectory acquisition unit configured to acquire a trajectory of the autonomous driving control, a first calculation unit configured to calculate a first path of the vehicle if an amount of intervention in the driving manipulation is maintained, a second calculation unit configured to calculate a second path of the vehicle due to the autonomous driving control based on the trajectory; and a display control unit configured to cause a first pointer showing the first path and a second pointer showing the second path to be displayed on an in-vehicle display when the intervention in the driving manipulation during the autonomous driving control is recognized.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Sayaka Ono, Yoshitaka Fuwamoto, Hitoshi Kumon, Takayuki Iwamoto, Hiroki Mori, Takuji Narumi, Shunsuke Kondo, Tomohiro Tanikawa, Michitaka Hirose
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Patent number: 10346118Abstract: An on-vehicle operation device includes an operation unit, a first display device, a second display device and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control the second display to display a plurality of second images each indicating a second predetermined function and calculate a distance or a length of a trajectory between a first position and a second position. The first position corresponds to a first coordinate starting the touch input at the operation unit. The second position corresponds to a second coordinate ending the touch input at the operation unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform an off trigger including execution of the second predetermined function associated with the second position when the distance or the length of the trajectory is equal to or smaller than the predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hitoshi Kumon
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Patent number: 10343607Abstract: A viewing device for a vehicle, comprises: a plurality of imaging apparatuses that differ in imaging range; an image generation apparatus that, on the basis of images imaged by one or a plurality of the imaging apparatuses, generates a viewing image that is a composite of: an image to a vehicle rear, an image of a vehicle structure, the image being semi-transparent, and an image of a vehicle occupant on a rear seat; and a displayer that displays the viewing image.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hitoshi Kumon, Yasunobu Takahashi, Yuto Ohtsuka
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Publication number: 20180272948Abstract: A viewing device for a vehicle is provided with plural cameras, an image generation unit, a display and a switching control unit. The plural cameras have different imaging ranges. On the basis of captured images from one or a plural number of the cameras, the image generation unit generates plural viewing images that differ in at least one of viewpoint or viewing angle. The display displays the viewing images. The switching control unit is capable of switching a viewing image being displayed at the display to another of the viewing images.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hitoshi KUMON, Yasunobu TAKAHASHI, Yuto OHTSUKA
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Publication number: 20180272937Abstract: A viewing device for a vehicle, comprises: a plurality of imaging apparatuses that differ in imaging range; an image generation apparatus that, on the basis of images imaged by one or a plurality of the imaging apparatuses, generates a viewing image that is a composite of: an image to a vehicle rear, an image of a vehicle structure, the image being semi-transparent, and an image of a vehicle occupant on a rear seat; and a displayer that displays the viewing image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hitoshi KUMON, Yasunobu TAKAHASHI, Yuto OHTSUKA
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Publication number: 20180101351Abstract: An on-vehicle operation device includes an operation unit, a first display device, a second display device and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control the second display to display a plurality of second images each indicating a second predetermined function and calculate a distance or a length of a trajectory between a first position and a second position. The first position corresponds to a first coordinate starting the touch input at the operation unit. The second position corresponds to a second coordinate ending the touch input at the operation unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform an off trigger including execution of the second predetermined function associated with the second position when the distance or the length of the trajectory is equal to or smaller than the predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hitoshi KUMON
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Publication number: 20180095585Abstract: An operating apparatus includes: a first display; a second display; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to output a second image onto the second display. The electronic control unit is configured to output a first image onto the first display. The electronic control unit is configured to switch between the first mode and the second mode. In a first mode, a first mode image independent of the second image is output as the first image. In the second mode, a second mode image having the same appearance as the second image is output as the first image. The electronic control unit is configured to execute a first predetermined function in the first mode and a second predetermined function in the second mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hitoshi KUMON
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Patent number: 9723275Abstract: A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus includes a processing device. The processing device outputs a surrounding image as viewed from an eyepoint behind a host vehicle, including a current location of the host vehicle, to a display device mounted on the host vehicle on the basis of an image captured by a camera located a predetermined distance behind the current location of the host vehicle while the host vehicle is travelling forward or the host vehicle is stopped.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hitoshi Kumon
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Publication number: 20170174133Abstract: A vehicle rear monitoring system (1) includes a camera (40) that captures an image of an area to a rear of a vehicle, and a processing unit (10) that processes the image captured by the camera. The processing unit (10) creates a first vehicle rear image that is displayed in a first display area (22A) that is a portion of a display area of a display device, when traveling forward, and creates a second vehicle rear image that is displayed in a second display area (22) that is within the display area of the display device and that is an area that includes the first display area and is larger than the first display area, when traveling backward.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hitoshi KUMON
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Publication number: 20170160552Abstract: A vehicular information display apparatus includes: a head-up display unit and a controller configured to change an arrangement of information in the vehicle information image that includes vehicle information image that includes a first region, and a second region. The first region includes a first image portion representing current vehicle speed information. The first image portion includes a vehicle speed value display representing a vehicle speed value, and a unit display representing a unit of the vehicle speed value. The controller is configured to set a position of the vehicle speed value display such that the position of the vehicle speed value is left-aligned in the first region, and configured to change a position of the unit display to a position directly below a rightmost numeral of the vehicle speed value display.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigeto MURAMATSU, Hitoshi KUMON
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Patent number: 9541416Abstract: A map display controller includes an operation portion that is operated in a predetermined operation range, an operation detecting unit that detects an operation on the operation portion, a reaction force generating unit that applies a reaction force against a change in position of the operation portion to the operation portion when an operation in which the position of the operation portion is changed to pass over a predetermined area in the operation range in a predetermined direction is performed, and a control unit that switches a display mode of a map display displayed on a display device when it is detected from the detection result of the operation detecting unit that the position of the operation portion passes over the predetermined area in the predetermined direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hitoshi Kumon
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Publication number: 20160109256Abstract: A map display controller includes an operation portion that is operated in a predetermined operation range, an operation detecting unit that detects an operation on the operation portion, a reaction force generating unit that applies a reaction force against a change in position of the operation portion to the operation portion when an operation in which the position of the operation portion is changed to pass over a predetermined area in the operation range in a predetermined direction is performed, and a control unit that switches a display mode of a map display displayed on a display device when it is detected from the detection result of the operation detecting unit that the position of the operation portion passes over the predetermined area in the predetermined direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventor: Hitoshi KUMON
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Publication number: 20140347489Abstract: A vehicle rear monitoring system (1) includes a camera (40) that captures an image of an area to a rear of a vehicle, and a processing unit (10) that processes the image captured by the camera. The processing unit (10) creates a first vehicle rear image that is displayed in a first display area (22A) that is a portion of a display area of a display device, when traveling forward, and creates a second vehicle rear image that is displayed in a second display area (22) that is within the display area of the display device and that is an area that includes the first display area and is larger than the first display area, when traveling backward.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventor: Hitoshi Kumon
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Publication number: 20140300743Abstract: A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus includes a processing device. The processing device outputs a surrounding image as viewed from an eyepoint behind a host vehicle, including a current location of the host vehicle, to a display device mounted on the host vehicle on the basis of an image captured by a camera located a predetermined distance behind the current location of the host vehicle while the host vehicle is travelling forward or the host vehicle is stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hitoshi Kumon