Patents by Inventor Masato Okuda

Masato Okuda 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: 9832609
    Abstract: A sensor remote control system is provided. The sensor remote control system includes a sensor device configured to transmit and receive a detection signal in a direction to detect information in the direction, and a remote control device configured to transmit, to the sensor device, a control signal to remotely control the sensor device. The remote control device includes an orientation sensor configured to detect an oriented direction of the remote control device, and a communicator configured to generate the control signal based on the oriented direction detected by the orientation sensor, and transmit the control signal to the sensor device. The sensor device performs the detection based on the control signal received from the remote control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Masato Okuda
  • Patent number: 9682761
    Abstract: A remote steering system is provided. The remote steering system includes a steering device configured to control a traveling direction of a ship by at least adjusting an angle of a rudder, and a remote control device configured to remotely control the steering device. The remote control device includes an azimuth sensor configured to detect an oriented azimuth of the remote control device, and a controller communication unit configured to transmit, to the steering device, at least one of the oriented azimuth detected by the azimuth sensor and a change amount of the oriented azimuth. The steering device receives the at least one of the oriented azimuth and the change amount from the remote control device, and controls the traveling direction of the ship based on the at least one of the oriented azimuth and the change amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Masato Okuda
  • Patent number: 9671930
    Abstract: An information display device is provided. The information display device includes a controller for being able to execute a plurality of applications, a user interface for allowing a user to instruct the controller, and a display unit for simultaneously displaying an application selection menu item for allowing the user to select one of the applications and a common menu item that is used in common between different applications, and an information image created by execution of the selected application. The display unit is configured to display the information image, the application selection menu item, and the common menu item at substantially the same positions on a display screen of the display unit, regardless of which application is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masato Okuda
  • Patent number: 9654199
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute a process, the process comprising, transferring a first acknowledge packet to the first device from the second device, the first acknowledge packet indicating that the second device anticipates receiving a first packet among the plurality of packets having been transferred from the first device to the second device; determining whether a second acknowledge packet indicates that the second device anticipates receiving the first packet, when the apparatus receives the second acknowledge packet from the second device after receiving the first acknowledge packet, and delaying transferring the second acknowledge packet to the first device when it is determined that the second device anticipates receiving the first packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Masato Okuda
  • Publication number: 20170097408
    Abstract: An underwater detection device is provided, which includes an echo signal processing module configured to acquire echo signals and detect signal levels of the echo signals corresponding to water depths, the echo signals being reflection waves caused by ultrasonic waves transmitted underwater, a detection image display controlling module configured to display on a display unit a detection image indicating the signal levels of the echo signals corresponding to the water depths and placed in a chronological order, and a menu display controlling module configured to display first superordinate menu buttons on the detection image displayed on the display unit, one of the first superordinate menu buttons displayed in one of end sections of the detection image where oldest information is displayed, the rest of the first superordinate menu buttons displayed to extend from the one of the first superordinate menu buttons in one of depth directions and time axis directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Takuto Hazama, Takashi Matsumura, Masato Okuda, Yuriko Onishi, Masaaki Matsubara
  • Patent number: 9612120
    Abstract: A route planning apparatus is provided. The apparatus may include a display, a user interface, a caution information reader, and a route verifier. The display displays a user-scheduled route on a map. The user interface accepts an input of time and date to travel on the route. The caution information reader reads caution information having influence on the travel and associated with position, and time and date. The route verifier verifies whether the travel on the route is available based on one or more positions, and times and dates at which the caution information read by the caution information reader indicates, one or more positions on the route, and the inputted travel time and date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryu Shimizutani, Masato Okuda, Masami Tagawa, Tomihiko Oda, Takatoshi Morita
  • Patent number: 9541403
    Abstract: A route display device is provided. The device includes an acquirer installed in a movable body and configured to acquire a position and a direction of the movable body. The device also includes a route memory configured to store a route with a plurality of waypoints. The device also includes a display unit including a display screen having a linear route display section and configured to linearly display the route in a vertical axis of the linear route display section and positional relation of either one of the movable body and one or more targets with respect to the route in left-and-right directions of the route in a horizontal axis of the linear route display section. The device also includes a display controller configured to control a display position of either one of the movable body and the target with respect to the route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Ohmori, Masato Okuda
  • Publication number: 20160364842
    Abstract: An image processing device according to an embodiment includes a display control unit, a pattern specification unit, and a pattern collating unit. The display control unit generates a composite image that is a surrounding image of a vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint, based on images input from in-vehicle cameras, and displays thereof on a display unit. The pattern specification unit specifies an image pattern to be output as the input image among image patterns, for each in-vehicle camera. The pattern collating unit determines whether all image pattern responses from the in-vehicle cameras match with the image pattern. The display control unit displays a certain preparation image on the display unit when the display switching condition to the composite image is satisfied, and displays the composite image thereon instead of the preparation image, when the pattern collating unit determines that all the image pattern responses match with the image pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicants: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouei KIYO, Satoru MATSUYAMA, Shinichi MORIYAMA, Goro ASAI, Masato OKUDA, Yohei SATOMI, Yuka SHIDOCHI
  • Patent number: 9493219
    Abstract: A ship alarm display device that displays a plurality of sets of alarm information to be easily understood is provided. An alarm information acquiring module acquires the alarm information from apparatuses installed in a ship. A transmission source classification list memory stores transmission source classification lists obtained by associating each apparatus with a transmission source category. An importance list memory stores importance lists obtained by associating the alarm information with a level of importance. A display target specifying module specifies the transmission category and the level of importance as a display target. An information selecting module selects the alarm information corresponding to the specified display target from the plurality of sets of alarm information stored in memory, based on the transmission source classification lists and the importance lists. An alarm information displaying module displays only the selected alarm information in a list, on a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Okuda, Ryu Shimizutani
  • Patent number: 9401786
    Abstract: A wireless station includes: a transmitter configured to transmit data to a terminal device by at least one of a first wireless communication method using a reserved first wireless resource, the first wireless communication method using a reserved second wireless resource being a different frequency band from the first wireless resource, and a second wireless communication method; and a processor coupled to the transmitter and configured to: perform transmission of the data by the first wireless communication method using the first wireless resource prioritized over at least one of the first wireless communication method using the second wireless resource and the second wireless communication method, and perform, when the remaining first wireless resource has become less than or equal to a first threshold value, transmission of the data by the at least one of the first wireless communication method using the second wireless resource and the second wireless communication method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeshi Kawasaki, Yuji Kojima, Masato Okuda
  • Publication number: 20160123739
    Abstract: An information remote notification device is provided. The information remote notification device includes an orientation sensor configured to detect an oriented direction of the information remote notification device, a communicator configured to acquire sensor information from an external terminal device, and a notifier configured to notify the sensor information corresponding to the oriented direction detected by the orientation sensor. The sensor information is obtained by transmitting and receiving a detection signal and includes at least information obtained from a direction corresponding to the oriented direction detected by the orientation sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Masato OKUDA
  • Publication number: 20160121980
    Abstract: An information remote notification device is provided. The information remote notification device includes an orientation sensor configured to detect an oriented direction of the information remote notification device, a communicator configured to acquire, from an external terminal device provided in a ship, at least navigational information related to the oriented direction and navigation of the ship, and a notifier configured to notify the navigational information and related to the oriented direction detected by the orientation sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Masato OKUDA
  • Publication number: 20160127868
    Abstract: A sensor remote control system is provided. The sensor remote control system includes a sensor device configured to transmit and receive a detection signal in a direction to detect information in the direction, and a remote control device configured to transmit, to the sensor device, a control signal to remotely control the sensor device. The remote control device includes an orientation sensor configured to detect an oriented direction of the remote control device, and a communicator configured to generate the control signal based on the oriented direction detected by the orientation sensor, and transmit the control signal to the sensor device. The sensor device performs the detection based on the control signal received from the remote control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Masato OKUDA
  • Publication number: 20160121989
    Abstract: A remote steering system is provided. The remote steering system includes a steering device configured to control a traveling direction of a ship by at least adjusting an angle of a rudder, and a remote control device configured to remotely control the steering device. The remote control device includes an azimuth sensor configured to detect an oriented azimuth of the remote control device, and a controller communication unit configured to transmit, to the steering device, at least one of the oriented azimuth detected by the azimuth sensor and a change amount of the oriented azimuth. The steering device receives the at least one of the oriented azimuth and the change amount from the remote control device, and controls the traveling direction of the ship based on the at least one of the oriented azimuth and the change amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Masato OKUDA
  • Patent number: 9265055
    Abstract: A base station apparatus including: a processor configured to extract an specified packet flow among packet flows which are to be transmitted by using a link aggregation of a first radio link and a second radio link, to generate encapsulated packets by adding a link aggregation information to reception packets which are included in the specified packet flow, the link aggregation information indicating that the specified packet flow are to be transmitted by using the link aggregation, and to control the first wireless interface and the second wireless interface such that the encapsulated packets are transmitted by the link aggregation, based on a distribution of the encapsulated packets between the first radio link and the second radio link being determined based on radio qualities, and such that the reception packets which are not included in the specified packet flow are transmitted via the first radio link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Masato Okuda
  • Publication number: 20160042716
    Abstract: An electronic map display device is provided. The device acquires electronic maps and displays the electronic maps, each electronic map being acquired per acquisition unit. The electronic map display device may include a map information display determiner for determining whether the electronic map is currently available per acquisition unit, and a map information display interface for displaying information relating to the electronic map per the acquisition unit depending on whether the electronic map is currently available. The map information display interface varies the exterior edge of each of the electronic maps depending on the status of the electronic map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Ryu Shimizutani, Masato Okuda, Masami Tagawa, Tomihiko Oda, Takatoshi Morita, Petri Turkulainen
  • Patent number: 9214132
    Abstract: An electronic map display device is provided. The device acquires electronic maps and displays the electronic maps, each electronic map being acquired per acquisition unit. The electronic map display device may include a map information display determiner for determining whether the electronic map is currently available per acquisition unit, and a map information display interface for displaying information relating to the electronic map per the acquisition unit depending on whether the electronic map is currently available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryu Shimizutani, Masato Okuda, Masami Tagawa, Tomihiko Oda, Takatoshi Morita, Petri Turkulainen
  • Patent number: 9198081
    Abstract: A receiving device includes a packet receiver that is coupled to a plurality of paths, and a packet transmitter that generates reception-acknowledgement information indicating that the packet receiver receives a packet when the packet receiver receives the packet over one of the paths, and that transmits the reception-acknowledgement information to a path that is among the plurality of paths and different from the path over which the packet receiver has received the packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Masato Okuda
  • Publication number: 20150330804
    Abstract: An information display device is provided. The information display device includes a memory configured to store information along with a position, a display unit configured to display the information, and a controller configured to control the display unit. The controller controls the display unit to simultaneously display a first display section and a second display section. The information is displayed within the first display section when the position is within a first target section and a first display condition is satisfied. The information is displayed within the second display section when the position is within a second target section and a second display condition is satisfied. Each of the first and second display conditions is specifiable by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Masato Okuda, Takashi Omori
  • Publication number: 20150330803
    Abstract: An information display device is provided. The information display device includes a memory configured to store information along with its position, a display unit configured to display the information, and a controller configured to control the display unit. The controller controls the display unit to simultaneously display first and horizontal plot sections. In the perspective plot section, part of the information is displayed such that its display position in vertical directions becomes higher as a distance from the information display device or a movable body to which the device is mounted, to the position becomes longer. In the horizontal plot section, other part of the information is displayed such that its display position is changed in lateral directions according to an azimuth of the position with respect to the information display device or the movable body, and the display position is fixed in the vertical directions regardless of the distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Masato Okuda, Takashi Omori