Patents by Inventor Makoto Funabiki

Makoto Funabiki 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: 11604360
    Abstract: The head-up display includes an imaging position changer configured to change a position of a virtual image between a far visual position far from an observer and a near visual position close to the observer. The imaging position changer inclines the virtual image at the far visual position by a second inclination angle with respect to a perpendicular plane to a reference light beam reaching a center of a viewpoint region in which a viewpoint of the observer is located, to move an upper end thereof in a forward direction of the moving object, and inclines the virtual image at the near visual position by a first inclination angle smaller than the second inclination angle with respect to the perpendicular plane to the reference light beam, to move the upper end in the forward direction of the moving object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Okayama, Satoshi Kuzuhara, Yusuke Nihei, Koji Taniguchi, Makoto Funabiki
  • Patent number: 11249308
    Abstract: Display device included in a moving body includes road information acquisition unit that acquires road information about a road in a traveling direction of the moving body and display controller that displays a virtual image illustrating at least one graphic as seen from the moving body on a display medium while superimposing the virtual image on a real space in the traveling direction when the at least one graphic is assumed to be disposed at a predetermined position in the traveling direction. Display controller updates a mode of the at least one graphic using the road information acquired by the road information acquisition unit, and displays the virtual image illustrating the updated at least one graphic on the display medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chisato Yamashita, Keiichiro Obayashi, Makoto Funabiki, Jun Imamura
  • Publication number: 20210103151
    Abstract: The head-up display includes an imaging position changer configured to change a position of a virtual image between a far visual position far from an observer and a near visual position close to the observer. The imaging position changer inclines the virtual image at the far visual position by a second inclination angle with respect to a perpendicular plane to a reference light beam reaching a center of a viewpoint region in which a viewpoint of the observer is located, to move an upper end thereof in a forward direction of the moving object, and inclines the virtual image at the near visual position by a first inclination angle smaller than the second inclination angle with respect to the perpendicular plane to the reference light beam, to move the upper end in the forward direction of the moving object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroaki OKAYAMA, Satoshi KUZUHARA, Yusuke NIHEI, Koji TANIGUCHI, Makoto FUNABIKI
  • Patent number: 10937345
    Abstract: A video display system according to an embodiment includes a display unit, a projection unit, and a display control unit. The display unit displays an image thereon. The projection unit projects a virtual image corresponding to the image onto a target space with outgoing light of the display unit. The display control unit is able to change a projection distance from a viewpoint of a user, who is viewing the virtual image, to the virtual image projected onto the target space. The display control unit changes the projection distance in a change pattern. The change pattern varies according to situation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignees: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Funabiki, Koji Taniguchi, Hiroaki Okayama, Masafumi Higashiyama, Yosuke Shibazaki
  • Patent number: 10921604
    Abstract: A video display system includes a display unit, a projection unit, and a display control unit. The display unit displays an image. The projection unit projects a virtual image onto a target space with outgoing light of the display unit. The display control unit shifts a projection position of the virtual image by changing at least one of a projection distance or an angle of depression. The projection distance is a distance from a viewpoint to the virtual image. The angle of depression is an angle from which the virtual image is viewed from the user's viewpoint. The display control unit changes the projection distance of the virtual image in accordance with a distance instruction and changes at least one of the projection distance or the angle of depression such that the virtual image is projected onto a displayable region of the target space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Funabiki, Koji Taniguchi, Hiroaki Okayama, Masafumi Higashiyama, Yosuke Shibazaki
  • Patent number: 10796415
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a first obtainer that obtains a captured image from an imaging device that captures a view in front of a vehicle; a second obtainer that obtains a remaining distance to a next guide point; an image processor that performs image processing on a specified region, in the captured image, corresponding to a position distanced by the remaining distance; and an output unit that outputs the captured image processed by the image processor, wherein the image processor controls an edge strength of a subject in the specified region, in accordance with the remaining distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Koyama, Makoto Funabiki, Chisato Yamashita, Keiichiro Obayashi
  • Patent number: 10795167
    Abstract: A video display system according to an embodiment includes a display unit, a projection unit, and a display control unit. The display unit displays an image thereon. The projection unit projects a virtual image, corresponding to the image, onto a target space with outgoing light of the display unit. The display control unit performs change processing of changing, in accordance with at least one of a projection distance or an angle of depression, specifics of sway correction for correcting sway of the virtual image with respect to the target space. The projection distance is a distance from a viewpoint of a user, who is viewing the virtual image projected onto the target space, to the virtual image. The angle of depression is an angle from which the virtual image is viewed from the user's viewpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Funabiki, Koji Taniguchi, Hiroaki Okayama, Masafumi Higashiyama, Yosuke Shibazaki
  • Publication number: 20200064629
    Abstract: Display device included in a moving body includes road information acquisition unit that acquires road information about a road in a traveling direction of the moving body and display controller that displays a virtual image illustrating at least one graphic as seen from the moving body on a display medium while superimposing the virtual image on a real space in the traveling direction when the at least one graphic is assumed to be disposed at a predetermined position in the traveling direction. Display controller updates a mode of the at least one graphic using the road information acquired by the road information acquisition unit, and displays the virtual image illustrating the updated at least one graphic on the display medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: CHISATO YAMASHITA, KEIICHIRO OBAYASHI, MAKOTO FUNABIKI, JUN IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190392740
    Abstract: A video display system according to an embodiment includes a display unit, a projection unit, and a display control unit. The display unit displays an image thereon. The projection unit projects a virtual image corresponding to the image onto a target space with outgoing light of the display unit. The display control unit is able to change a projection distance from a viewpoint of a user, who is viewing the virtual image, to the virtual image projected onto the target space. The display control unit changes the projection distance in a change pattern. The change pattern varies according to situation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicants: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto FUNABIKI, Koji TANIGUCHI, Hiroaki OKAYAMA, Masafumi HIGASHIYAMA, Yosuke SHIBAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190391401
    Abstract: A video display system according to an embodiment includes a display unit, a projection unit, and a display control unit. The display unit displays an image thereon. The projection unit projects a virtual image, corresponding to the image, onto a target space with outgoing light of the display unit. The display control unit performs change processing of changing, in accordance with at least one of a projection distance or an angle of depression, specifics of sway correction for correcting sway of the virtual image with respect to the target space. The projection distance is a distance from a viewpoint of a user, who is viewing the virtual image projected onto the target space, to the virtual image. The angle of depression is an angle from which the virtual image is viewed from the user's viewpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicants: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto FUNABIKI, Koji TANIGUCHI, Hiroaki OKAYAMA, Masafumi HIGASHIYAMA, Yosuke SHIBAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190391400
    Abstract: A video display system includes a display unit, a projection unit, and a display control unit. The display unit displays an image. The projection unit projects a virtual image onto a target space with outgoing light of the display unit. The display control unit shifts a projection position of the virtual image by changing at least one of a projection distance or an angle of depression. The projection distance is a distance from a viewpoint to the virtual image. The angle of depression is an angle from which the virtual image is viewed from the user's viewpoint. The display control unit changes the projection distance of the virtual image in accordance with a distance instruction and changes at least one of the projection distance or the angle of depression such that the virtual image is projected onto a displayable region of the target space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicants: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto FUNABIKI, Koji TANIGUCHI, Hiroaki OKAYAMA, Masafumi HIGASHIYAMA, Yosuke SHIBAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10378916
    Abstract: A peripheral information obtaining unit, a road information obtaining unit, and a communication unit which are included in a driving environment obtaining unit obtain information indicating a current state of a drive environment. A driver information obtaining unit and a vehicle information obtaining unit which are included in a driving state obtaining unit obtain information indicating a driving state of a current driver. A display controller controls at least one of a display position and a display timing of a guidance sign to be displayed on a display unit, based on at least one of the pieces of information which are output from the driving environment obtaining unit, the driving state obtaining unit, and a route guiding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Funabiki, Keiichiro Obayashi, Takayoshi Koyama, Jun Imamura, Tadashi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20190206029
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a first obtainer that obtains a captured image from an imaging device that captures a view in front of a vehicle; a second obtainer that obtains a remaining distance to a next guide point; an image processor that performs image processing on a specified region, in the captured image, corresponding to a position distanced by the remaining distance; and an output unit that outputs the captured image processed by the image processor, wherein the image processor controis an edge strength of a subject in the specified region, in accordance with the remaining distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi KOYAMA, Makoto FUNABIKI, Chisato YAMASHITA, Keiichiro OBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170309257
    Abstract: A display control device includes a determination unit and a controller. The determination unit determines whether or not a subject viewed from a passenger falls within a display range of a virtual image based on the position information of the subject acquired from a recognition unit that recognizes the subject in the foreground of a moving object and the estimated value of a depression angle acquired from an estimation unit that estimates the depression angle when the virtual image is viewed from the passenger. In a case where the subject is determined to fall within the display range, the controller controls a display unit to generate an image that represents a first display image showing the information corresponding to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: TAKASHI AKITA, KEIICHIRO OBAYASHI, MAKOTO FUNABIKI, TAKAYOSHI KOYAMA, JUN IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160327402
    Abstract: A peripheral information obtaining unit, a road information obtaining unit, and a communication unit which are included in a driving environment obtaining unit obtain information indicating a current state of a drive environment. A driver information obtaining unit and a vehicle information obtaining unit which are included in a driving state obtaining unit obtain information indicating a driving state of a current driver. A display controller controls at least one of a display position and a display timing of a guidance sign to be displayed on a display unit, based on at least one of the pieces of information which are output from the driving environment obtaining unit, the driving state obtaining unit, and a route guiding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Makoto FUNABIKI, Keiichiro OBAYASHI, Takayoshi KOYAMA, Jun IMAMURA, Tadashi SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 9210299
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an adaptor device for a source device that can reduce a connection time to a switching destination in the case where a connection destination is switched. For this, an adaptor device for a source device (104) includes a storage unit (206) that stores format information that is information indicating the format of the video signal; a dummy signal generating unit (204) that generates a dummy signal that is a dummy video signal having the same format as that specified by the format information obtained from the storage unit (206); a control unit (203) that causes the dummy signal generating unit (204) to generate the dummy signal when the video signal is not obtained from the source device; and a wireless transmitting and receiving unit (202) that selectively wirelessly transmits the video signal and the generated dummy signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Murase, Makoto Funabiki, Keiichiro Obayashi
  • Patent number: 9019989
    Abstract: In response to a video and audio bandwidth allocation request command signal and an audio bandwidth allocation request command signal from a source device, a coordinator device allocates a first reservation period for transmitting AV stream data from the source device to a sink device and a second reservation period for transmitting audio stream data from the source device to a sink device within a predetermined frame period, and transmits a beacon signal including information on allocation of the first reservation period and the second reservation period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Tatsuta, Makoto Funabiki, Hiroshi Ohue
  • Patent number: 8953017
    Abstract: A source device combines right-eye video frame data with left-eye video frame data into combined video frame data every video frame. Then, the source device generates a plurality of packets by dividing the combined video frame data into packets so as to insert information on a horizontal position for a horizontal display time interval and information on a vertical position for a vertical display time interval of a first pixel of the combined video frame data stored in the packets, into a header of each packet for transmitting the combined video frame data, as information for identifying right-eye video frame data and left-eye video frame data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Tatsuta, Makoto Funabiki, Hiroshi Ohue, Hiroshi Mitani, Toshiroh Nishio
  • Patent number: 8675682
    Abstract: A wireless node device receives data island packets from an HDMI device with a time cycle, and prohibits wireless transmission of a data island notification message when a video output format and an audio output format included in the data island packet are the same as a video output format and an audio output format included in the data island packet, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Funabiki, Akihiro Tatsuta, Hiroshi Ohue
  • Patent number: 8601520
    Abstract: In the wireless HDMI converter, appropriate audio data input switching is performed, and, when an instruction is received, an audio data extraction unit extracts audio data from video and audio data received by an HDMI input interface from an STB, and an optical audio output interface outputs the extracted audio data to a home theater, thereby avoiding failure of wireless communication by a wireless interface or deterioration of the quality of such wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Yoshida, Makoto Funabiki, Tetsuya Sato