Patents by Inventor Masahiro Abukawa

Masahiro Abukawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20240135310
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires mobile object information, parcel information, pickup delivery information as information regarding at least one of pickup and delivery, map information, weather information, and traffic information, a calculation control unit that calculates a delivery company burden, as a cost defrayment by a delivery company, in regard to each combination of target parcels and a mobile object by using the mobile object information, the parcel information, the pickup delivery information, the map information, the weather information and the traffic information, a determination unit that determines an optimum combination out of a plurality of combinations based on the delivery company burden calculated in regard to each combination of target parcels and a mobile object, and an output unit that outputs the optimum combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshie IMAI, Kentaro ISHIKAWA, Shunya OSAWA, Masato TSUCHIYA, Yoshiki MITSUI, Nobuaki MOTOYAMA, Satoru FURUTA, Masahiro ABUKAWA
  • Patent number: 11926319
    Abstract: A driving monitoring device (100) decides an applicable collision pattern that applies to a collision pattern of a case where a vehicle (200) collides with a mobile object, based on a velocity vector of the vehicle, a velocity vector of the mobile object, and so on. Subsequently, the driving monitoring device calculates a time until collision, which is a time taken until the vehicle collides with the mobile object, in the applicable collision pattern. Then, the driving monitoring device calculates a danger level of an accident in which the vehicle collides with the mobile object, based on the applicable collision pattern and the time until collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruo Nakata, Masahiko Tanimoto, Yosuke Ishiwatari, Masahiro Abukawa
  • Publication number: 20230377000
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires user identification information as information identifying a user and position information as at least one item of information out of present position information as information indicating the user's present position and destination information as information indicating a destination, acquires purchase information indicating a purchased item purchased by the user in the past by using the user identification information, and acquires a learned model, an estimation unit that estimates an advertisement to be provided to the user by using the position information, the purchase information and the learned model, and a provision control unit that executes a process for providing the advertisement to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro ABUKAWA, Yasushi SUGAMA, Satoru FURUTA
  • Publication number: 20230368124
    Abstract: A delivery management device includes a communication unit and a control unit. The control unit acquires vehicle position information and user position information when a request for delivery of a parcel is received, selects one vehicle among a plurality of vehicles based on contents of the request, information acquired from a storage device, the vehicle position information and the user position information, makes the selected vehicle as a responsible vehicle move to the user present position, and receives a pickup completion notification indicating that the responsible vehicle moved to the user present position and a shipment parcel has been loaded onto the responsible vehicle or a completion notification indicating that the responsible vehicle arrived at the user present position and a reception parcel has been taken out of the responsible vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro ISHIKAWA, Yoshie IMAI, Masato TSUCHIYA, Nobuaki MOTOYAMA, Masahiro ABUKAWA, Satoru FURUTA
  • Patent number: 11624805
    Abstract: A failure detection apparatus (10) acquires, as target data, sensor data output in a past reference period by a sensor (31), such as a millimeter wave radar or LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging), mounted on a moving body (100). The failure detection apparatus (10) determines whether detected data indicating a characteristic of a detected object indicated by normal data, which is sensor data output when the sensor (31) is normal, is included in the acquired detected data in the past reference period. In this way, the failure detection apparatus (10) determines whether a failure has occurred in the sensor (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Tsushima, Masahiko Tanimoto, Masahiro Abukawa
  • Patent number: 11366477
    Abstract: A first image-data acquisition unit (101) acquires a plurality of pieces of image data in which different areas in a facility in which an autonomous driving vehicle conducts autonomous traveling are shown. A priority setting unit (102) analyzes a status shown in each of the plurality of pieces of image data and sets a priority to each image data. A first image-data display unit (103) decides a display mode at a time of displaying the plurality of pieces of image data according to the priority set by the priority setting unit (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takefumi Hasegawa, Masahiro Abukawa, Shu Murayama, Yohei Miki, Michinori Yoshida, Kentaro Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11256932
    Abstract: An acquisition unit of a falling object detection apparatus installed and used in a first vehicle acquires a depth image of a second vehicle, on which a load is mounted and which is traveling in front of the first vehicle, and of the area around the second vehicle. A determination unit of the falling object detection apparatus determines whether the load has not made a movement different from that of the second vehicle, using the depth image acquired by the acquisition unit. A detection unit of the falling object detection apparatus detects a fall of the load based on a result of determination by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takefumi Hasegawa, Shu Murayama, Masahiro Abukawa
  • Patent number: 11220272
    Abstract: A detected data acquisition unit (21) acquires detected data outputted during a past reference period by a sensor (31) mounted on a moving body (100). A peripheral data acquisition unit (22) acquires peripheral data detected by a peripheral body existing on peripheral of the moving body (100). A failure determination unit (23) determines whether or not there is a failure in the sensor (31) based on whether or not the detected data includes detected data that identifies a detected content of which difference from a peripheral content identified from the peripheral data is within a reference scope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Tsushima, Masahiko Tanimoto, Masahiro Abukawa
  • Publication number: 20210339678
    Abstract: An information presentation device includes: an imager to image an area around a vehicle and generate a vehicle outside image; an imager to image an inside of the vehicle and generate a vehicle inside image; a display including multiple display portions; and circuitry to recognize one or more obstacles from the vehicle outside image, generate obstacle information indicating a result of the recognition, generate, from the vehicle inside image, line-of-sight information indicating a direction of a line of sight of a driver, make a determination regarding display on each display portion based on the obstacle information and line-of-sight information, and control display on each display portion based on the determination. The circuitry causes, for each obstacle, an image including the obstacle to be displayed on one of the display portions located in a direction of the obstacle or a direction close thereto as viewed from the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki KUDO, Masahiro ABUKAWA, Takahiro OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20210197811
    Abstract: A course prediction device (1) includes a blind spot calculation unit (11) and a prediction unit (12). The blind spot calculation unit (11) acquires a sensing result sequentially from a sensor which is arranged in a mobile object and which detects whether an object exists, and calculates, based on sensor information, a blind spot area expressing such an area that an object existing therein cannot be detected by the sensor. The blind spot calculation unit (11) also detects an object entering the blind spot area based on the sensor information. The prediction unit (12) predicts a course in the blind spot area of the detected object based on the sensing result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki TSUSHIMA, Yoshie IMAI, Shu MURAYAMA, Masahiro ABUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210173400
    Abstract: A first image-data acquisition unit (101) acquires a plurality of pieces of image data in which different areas in a facility in which an autonomous driving vehicle conducts autonomous traveling are shown. A priority setting unit (102) analyzes a status shown in each of the plurality of pieces of image data and sets a priority to each image data. A first image-data display unit (103) decides a display mode at a time of displaying the plurality of pieces of image data according to the priority set by the priority setting unit (102).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takefumi HASEGAWA, Masahiro ABUKAWA, Shu MURAYAMA, Yohei MIKI, Michinori YOSHIDA, Kentaro ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210141054
    Abstract: A failure detection apparatus (10) acquires, as target data, sensor data output in a past reference period by a sensor (31), such as a millimeter wave radar or LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging), mounted on a moving body (100). The failure detection apparatus (10) determines whether detected data indicating a characteristic of a detected object indicated by normal data, which is sensor data output when the sensor (31) is normal, is included in the acquired detected data in the past reference period. In this way, the failure detection apparatus (10) determines whether a failure has occurred in the sensor (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki TSUSHIMA, Masahiko TANIMOTO, Masahiro ABUKAWA
  • Patent number: 10940856
    Abstract: A crossing detection unit (21) detects a pedestrian who is about to cross a roadway on which a vehicle (100) travels. A behavior detection unit (22) detects a behavior of a nearby vehicle traveling around the vehicle (100). A stop determination unit (23) determines whether or not to stop the vehicle (100) in view of the detection of the pedestrian who is about to cross the roadway by the crossing detection unit (21) and the behavior of the nearby vehicle detected by the behavior detection unit (22). A vehicle control unit (24) stops the vehicle (100) before the pedestrian when the stop determination unit (23) determines to stop the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Hirata, Takehiko Hanada, Masahiro Abukawa
  • Publication number: 20210065553
    Abstract: An information processing device is mounted on a movable body. A calculation unit acquires sensor data in which detection points are indicated, the detection points being acquired by scanning a periphery of a sensor by the sensor, the sensor being located at the periphery of the movable body, analyzes the acquired sensor data, and calculates a distribution range of the detection points. Based on the distribution range of the detection points calculated by the calculation unit, a removal unit extracts a detection point for the movable body from among the detection points indicated in the sensor data, and removes the extracted detection point for the movable body from the sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki TSUSHIMA, Masahiko TANIMOTO, Masahiro ABUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210056322
    Abstract: An acquisition unit of a falling object detection apparatus installed and used in a first vehicle acquires a depth image of a second vehicle, on which a load is mounted and which is traveling in front of the first vehicle, and of the area around the second vehicle. A determination unit of the falling object detection apparatus determines whether the load has not made a movement different from that of the second vehicle, using the depth image acquired by the acquisition unit. A detection unit of the falling object detection apparatus detects a fall of the load based on a result of determination by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takefumi HASEGAWA, Shu MURAYAMA, Masahiro ABUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200384990
    Abstract: A driving monitoring device (100) decides an applicable collision pattern that applies to a collision pattern of a case where a vehicle (200) collides with a mobile object, based on a velocity vector of the vehicle, a velocity vector of the mobile object, and so on. Subsequently, the driving monitoring device calculates a time until collision, which is a time taken until the vehicle collides with the mobile object, in the applicable collision pattern. Then, the driving monitoring device calculates a danger level of an accident in which the vehicle collides with the mobile object, based on the applicable collision pattern and the time until collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo NAKATA, Masahiko TANIMOTO, Yosuke ISHIWATARI, Masahiro ABUKAWA
  • Patent number: 10796569
    Abstract: A direction identification unit (21) identifies a traveling direction in which a surrounding vehicle travels in a partial region of a region indicated by image information (42) obtained by photographing using a camera (31). A feature amount acquisition unit (22) acquires a reference feature amount (41) being a feature amount computed from a reference image corresponding to the identified traveling direction. A vehicle determination unit (23) computes an image feature amount being a feature amount of the image information of the partial region and compares the computed image feature amount with the acquired reference feature amount (41), thereby determining whether the surrounding vehicle is present in the partial region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takefumi Hasegawa, Masahiro Abukawa, Akira Hirata, Michinori Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20200283006
    Abstract: A detected data acquisition unit (21) acquires detected data outputted during a past reference period by a sensor (31) mounted on a moving body (100). A peripheral data acquisition unit (22) acquires peripheral data detected by a peripheral body existing on peripheral of the moving body (100). A failure determination unit (23) determines whether or not there is a failure in the sensor (31) based on whether or not the detected data includes detected data that identifies a detected content of which difference from a peripheral content identified from the peripheral data is within a reference scope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki TSUSHIMA, Masahiko TANIMOTO, Masahiro ABUKAWA
  • Patent number: 10410072
    Abstract: A driving support apparatus (10) converts at least one of a first map (43) and a second map (53) so that the first map (43) and the second map (53) become three-dimensional maps in a same coordinate system. The first map (43) is a three-dimensional map indicating three-dimensional positions of objects around a vehicle (100). The second map (53) is a three-dimensional map indicating three-dimensional positions of objects around an external apparatus (200) that is one of a roadside apparatus (201) and a different vehicle (202) from the vehicle (100). Then, the driving support apparatus (10) synthesizes the first map (43) and the second map (53) after the conversion, thereby generating a composite map (44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Michinori Yoshida, Naoyuki Tsushima, Takefumi Hasegawa, Masahiro Abukawa
  • Patent number: 10232772
    Abstract: A driver assistance system according to the present invention has an other-vehicle information acquisition unit that acquires travel direction information of an other-vehicle; a storage unit in which a spot where the visibility of a driver in a vehicle is reduced and information on a direction, associated with the spot, in which the visibility of the driver of the vehicle is reduced are stored in association with each other; a visibility determination unit that determines whether or not the visibility of a driver in the other-vehicle is reduced on the basis of the travel direction information acquired by the other-vehicle information acquisition unit and the information on the direction in which the visibility is reduced stored in the storage unit; and a warning processing unit that warns a driver of an own-vehicle that the visibility of the driver in the other-vehicle is reduced if the visibility determination unit determines that the visibility of the driver in the other-vehicle is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Eisuke Yonezawa, Masahiro Abukawa, Naoyuki Tsushima, Michinori Yoshida, Shu Murayama