Patents by Inventor Keiko KABE

Keiko KABE 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: 10252704
    Abstract: A vehicle reverse assistant includes a rear side sensor, a towed object detector, and a stop determination threshold distance setter. The rear side sensor is provided at a rear portion of an own vehicle. The rear side sensor senses a rear side sensing region. The towed object detector detects whether a towed object is connected to the rear portion of the own vehicle. The stop determination threshold distance setter sets one end of a stop determination threshold distance at a position spaced apart at a constant distance from a rear end of the towed object on a basis of a sensing signal supplied from the rear side sensor when the towed object detector detects connection of the towed object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Murakoshi, Keiko Kabe, Kanto Itabashi
  • Patent number: 10223920
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes a surrounding environment recognition unit and a display unit. The display unit displays an own-vehicle icon and line icons on right and left sides of the own-vehicle icon. The line icons correspond to the lane markers of an own-vehicle-traveling lane, and are displayed, with a clearance between them narrowing as is farther away from the own-vehicle icon. The own-vehicle icon is on fixed display. The line icons are on movable display in a lateral direction of a display area, in an opposite direction to a direction of movement of the own vehicle in a direction of a lane width of the own-vehicle-traveling lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Subaru Corporation
    Inventor: Keiko Kabe
  • Patent number: 10082670
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes a surrounding environment recognition unit and a display unit. The display unit displays a first vehicle icon corresponding to an own vehicle, line icons on both sides of the first vehicle icon, and an adjacent-lane icon sideward of a corresponding one of the line icons. The line icons and the adjacent-lane line icon are displayed, with clearances between them narrowing as is farther away from the first vehicle icon. The first vehicle icon is on fixed display. The line icons and the adjacent-lane line icon are on movable display, in a lateral direction of a display area. The surrounding environment recognition unit recognizes presence or absence of an obstacle in the adjacent lane. The display unit provides color-coded display of a display region corresponding to the adjacent lane, according to the presence or the absence of the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keiko Kabe
  • Publication number: 20180157038
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes a surrounding environment recognition unit and a display unit. The display unit displays a first vehicle icon corresponding to an own vehicle, line icons on both sides of the first vehicle icon, and an adjacent-lane icon sideward of a corresponding one of the line icons. The line icons and the adjacent-lane line icon are displayed, with clearances between them narrowing as is farther away from the first vehicle icon. The first vehicle icon is on fixed display. The line icons and the adjacent-lane line icon are on movable display, in a lateral direction of a display area. The surrounding environment recognition unit recognizes presence or absence of an obstacle in the adjacent lane. The display unit provides color-coded display of a display region corresponding to the adjacent lane, according to the presence or the absence of the obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventor: Keiko KABE
  • Publication number: 20180158339
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes a surrounding environment recognition unit and a display unit. The display unit displays an own-vehicle icon and line icons on right and left sides of the own-vehicle icon. The line icons correspond to the lane markers of an own-vehicle-traveling lane, and are displayed, with a clearance between them narrowing as is farther away from the own-vehicle icon. The own-vehicle icon is on fixed display. The line icons are on movable display in a lateral direction of a display area, in an opposite direction to a direction of movement of the own vehicle in a direction of a lane width of the own-vehicle-traveling lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventor: Keiko KABE
  • Publication number: 20170334413
    Abstract: A vehicle reverse assistant includes a rear side sensor, a towed object detector, and a stop determination threshold distance setter. The rear side sensor is provided at a rear portion of an own vehicle. The rear side sensor senses a rear side sensing region. The towed object detector detects whether a towed object is connected to the rear portion of the own vehicle. The stop determination threshold distance setter sets one end of a stop determination threshold distance at a position spaced apart at a constant distance from a rear end of the towed object on a basis of a sensing signal supplied from the rear side sensor when the towed object detector detects connection of the towed object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Masayuki MURAKOSHI, Keiko KABE, Kanto ITABASHI