Patents by Inventor Noboru Katsumata

Noboru Katsumata 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: 11117520
    Abstract: A display control device includes a video data acquiring unit that acquires video data from a plurality of cameras photographing a periphery of a vehicle, a bird's-eye view video generator that applies view point conversion processing and synthesis processing to the video data to generate a bird's-eye view video, an adjacent information acquiring unit that acquires first obstacle information serving as information about obstacles around the vehicle when the vehicle has moved backward and entered the parked state, and second obstacle information serving as the information about the obstacles around the vehicle when the vehicle moves forward to exit the parked state, a comparing unit that compares the first obstacle information with the second obstacle information to determine whether the number of obstacles around the vehicle has increased when the vehicle exits the parked state, and a display controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shimizu, Ichiro Ishida, Takuji Teruuchi, Naoto Hayashi, Noboru Katsumata
  • Patent number: 10873720
    Abstract: A bird's-eye view video generation device includes a video data acquiring unit configured to acquire video data of surroundings video of a vehicle captured by cameras; a bird's-eye view video generator configured to generate a bird's-eye view video displaying a predetermined display area around the vehicle by performing viewpoint conversion and synthesizing processings on the video data of the surroundings videos with a vehicle icon; a reference object detector configured to detect a reference object around the vehicle; an orientation specifying unit configured to specify a relative orientation of the reference object with respect to the vehicle; a superimposing processor configured to generate a superimposed bird's-eye view video by superimposing information representing the relative orientation on the bird's-eye view video based on the vehicle icon or the information representing the relative orientation; and a display controller configured to cause a display panel to display the superimposed bird's-eye vie
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Asayama, Noboru Katsumata, Takuji Teruuchi
  • Publication number: 20200329192
    Abstract: An in-vehicle display control device includes a display video data generating unit 31 that obtains captured video data from a rear camera 2 used in capturing the rearward portion of a vehicle, and generates display video data to be displayed in a rearview monitor 3 meant for displaying rearward videos of the vehicle; a range setting unit 35 that sets a first-type range and a second type range with respect to the display video data, the second-type range being placed on either side of the first-type range and positioned in each side portion of the display video data; a video processing unit 36 that, with respect to the video data in the second-type range set by the range setting unit 35, performs an information volume reduction operation for reducing the volume of information to be provided to the driver; and a display control unit 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Noboru Katsumata, Hideaki Okamura, Izumi Saeki
  • Patent number: 10730434
    Abstract: A vehicular display control device includes a rear video data acquiring unit configured to acquire rear video data from a rear camera disposed to face rear portion of a vehicle to capture rear view of the vehicle, a rear side video data acquiring unit configured to acquire rear side video data from rear side cameras disposed on right-side and left-side of the vehicle to face rear portion of the vehicle to capture rear right-side view and rear left-side view of the vehicle, a state detecting unit configured to detect surrounding state of the vehicle, a video synthesizing unit configured to, according to the surrounding state of the vehicle, synthesize the rear side video data in upper portion on right-side and left-side of the rear video data, and a display controller configured to display the synthesized video data in a display for displaying the rear video data of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Katsumata, Izumi Saeki, Hideaki Okamura
  • Patent number: 10735641
    Abstract: An in-vehicle display control device includes a display video data generating unit 31 that obtains captured video data from a rear camera 2 used in capturing the rearward portion of a vehicle, and generates display video data to be displayed in a rearview monitor 3 meant for displaying rearward videos of the vehicle; a range setting unit 35 that sets a first-type range and a second type range with respect to the display video data, the second-type range being placed on either side of the first-type range and positioned in each side portion of the display video data; a video processing unit 36 that, with respect to the video data in the second-type range set by the range setting unit 35, performs an information volume reduction operation for reducing the volume of information to be provided to the driver; and a display control unit 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Katsumata, Hideaki Okamura, Izumi Saeki
  • Patent number: 10567673
    Abstract: An on-vehicle display control device includes a rear video data acquiring unit configured to acquire first video data from a rear camera on a rear part of a vehicle to image a rear view; a rear side video data acquiring unit configured to acquire second video data from rear side cameras on right and left parts of the vehicle to image rear side views, a clipping unit configured to clip a first area that is a part of the first video data and second areas located on right and left sides of the first area, and a display controller configured to display video data clipped as the first area on a rearview monitor to display rear video, display the second video data on side monitors to display rear side video, and display video data clipped as the second area on the side monitors under a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Izumi Saeki, Noboru Katsumata
  • Patent number: 10567672
    Abstract: An on-vehicle display control device includes a rear video data acquiring unit configured to acquire first video data from a rear camera on a rear part of a vehicle to image a rear view; a rear side video data acquiring unit configured to acquire second video data from rear side cameras on right and left parts of the vehicle to image rear side views, a clipping unit configured to clip a first area that is a part of the first video data and second areas located on right and left sides of the first area, and a display controller configured to display video data clipped as the first area on a rearview monitor to display rear video, display the second video data on side monitors to display rear side video, and display video data clipped as the second area on the side monitors under a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Izumi Saeki, Noboru Katsumata
  • Patent number: 10531016
    Abstract: An on-vehicle display control device includes a rear video data acquiring unit configured to acquire first video data from a rear camera on a rear part of a vehicle to image a rear view; a rear side video data acquiring unit configured to acquire second video data from rear side cameras on right and left parts of the vehicle to image rear side views, a clipping unit configured to clip a first area that is a part of the first video data and second areas located on right and left sides of the first area, and a display controller configured to display video data clipped as the first area on a rearview monitor to display rear video, display the second video data on side monitors to display rear side video, and display video data clipped as the second area on the side monitors under a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Izumi Saeki, Noboru Katsumata
  • Publication number: 20200007792
    Abstract: An on-vehicle display control device includes a rear video data acquiring unit configured to acquire first video data from a rear camera on a rear part of a vehicle to image a rear view; a rear side video data acquiring unit configured to acquire second video data from rear side cameras on right and left parts of the vehicle to image rear side views, a clipping unit configured to clip a first area that is a part of the first video data and second areas located on right and left sides of the first area, and a display controller configured to display video data clipped as the first area on a rearview monitor to display rear video, display the second video data on side monitors to display rear side video, and display video data clipped as the second area on the side monitors under a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Izumi Saeki, Noboru Katsumata
  • Publication number: 20200007793
    Abstract: An on-vehicle display control device includes a rear video data acquiring unit configured to acquire first video data from a rear camera on a rear part of a vehicle to image a rear view; a rear side video data acquiring unit configured to acquire second video data from rear side cameras on right and left parts of the vehicle to image rear side views, a clipping unit configured to clip a first area that is a part of the first video data and second areas located on right and left sides of the first area, and a display controller configured to display video data clipped as the first area on a rearview monitor to display rear video, display the second video data on side monitors to display rear side video, and display video data clipped as the second area on the side monitors under a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Izumi Saeki, Noboru Katsumata
  • Publication number: 20190275942
    Abstract: A display control device includes a video data acquiring unit that acquires video data from a plurality of cameras photographing a periphery of a vehicle, a bird's-eye view video generator that applies view point conversion processing and synthesis processing to the video data to generate a bird's-eye view video, an adjacent information acquiring unit that acquires first obstacle information serving as information about obstacles around the vehicle when the vehicle has moved backward and entered the parked state, and second obstacle information serving as the information about the obstacles around the vehicle when the vehicle moves forward to exit the parked state, a comparing unit that compares the first obstacle information with the second obstacle information to determine whether the number of obstacles around the vehicle has increased when the vehicle exits the parked state, and a display controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shimizu, Ichiro Ishida, Takuji Teruuchi, Naoto Hayashi, Noboru Katsumata
  • Publication number: 20190230309
    Abstract: A bird's-eye view video generation device includes a video data acquiring unit configured to acquire video data of surroundings video of a vehicle captured by cameras; a bird's-eye view video generator configured to generate a bird's-eye view video displaying a predetermined display area around the vehicle by performing viewpoint conversion and synthesizing processings on the video data of the surroundings videos with a vehicle icon; a reference object detector configured to detect a reference object around the vehicle; an orientation specifying unit configured to specify a relative orientation of the reference object with respect to the vehicle; a superimposing processor configured to generate a superimposed bird's-eye view video by superimposing information representing the relative orientation on the bird's-eye view video based on the vehicle icon or the information representing the relative orientation; and a display controller configured to cause a display panel to display the superimposed bird's-eye vie
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Manabu Asayama, Noboru Katsumata, Takuji Teruuchi
  • Publication number: 20190061624
    Abstract: A vehicular display control device includes a rear video data acquiring unit configured to acquire rear video data from a rear camera disposed to face rear portion of a vehicle to capture rear view of the vehicle, a rear side video data acquiring unit configured to acquire rear side video data from rear side cameras disposed on right-side and left-side of the vehicle to face rear portion of the vehicle to capture rear right-side view and rear left-side view of the vehicle, a state detecting unit configured to detect surrounding state of the vehicle, a video synthesizing unit configured to, according to the surrounding state of the vehicle, synthesize the rear side video data in upper portion on right-side and left-side of the rear video data, and a display controller configured to display the synthesized video data in a display for displaying the rear video data of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Noboru Katsumata, Izumi Saeki, Hideaki Okamura
  • Publication number: 20180259346
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a video acquisition unit configured to acquire videos obtained by imaging the surroundings of a vehicle; a bird's-eye view video generator configured to generate a bird's-eye view video that is obtained by performing viewpoint conversion on the videos acquired by the video acquisition unit to realize a view from above the vehicle and synthesizing a virtual vehicle video representing a positon of the vehicle; an object specifying unit configured to specify a direction-indicated object as a specified object; a positional information acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information about the specified object; a vehicle information acquisition unit configured to acquire a current position and a travel direction of the vehicle; a direction specifying unit configured to specify a direction of the specified object radially from the vehicle; and a display controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventor: Noboru Katsumata
  • Publication number: 20180249093
    Abstract: An on-vehicle display control device includes a rear video data acquiring unit configured to acquire first video data from a rear camera on a rear part of a vehicle to image a rear view; a rear side video data acquiring unit configured to acquire second video data from rear side cameras on right and left parts of the vehicle to image rear side views, a clipping unit configured to clip a first area that is a part of the first video data and second areas located on right and left sides of the first area, and a display controller configured to display video data clipped as the first area on a rearview monitor to display rear video, display the second video data on side monitors to display rear side video, and display video data clipped as the second area on the side monitors under a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Izumi Saeki, Noboru Katsumata
  • Publication number: 20180249066
    Abstract: An in-vehicle display control device includes a display video data generating unit 31 that obtains captured video data from a rear camera 2 used in capturing the rearward portion of a vehicle, and generates display video data to be displayed in a rearview monitor 3 meant for displaying rearward videos of the vehicle; a range setting unit 35 that sets a first-type range and a second type range with respect to the display video data, the second-type range being placed on either side of the first-type range and positioned in each side portion of the display video data; a video processing unit 36 that, with respect to the video data in the second-type range set by the range setting unit 35, performs an information volume reduction operation for reducing the volume of information to be provided to the driver; and a display control unit 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Noboru Katsumata, Hideaki Okamura, Izumi Saeki
  • Publication number: 20180208115
    Abstract: A first acquisition unit acquires a first type image. A first image production unit subjects the first type image to viewpoint transform so as to produce a first type bird's-eye image. A display controller displays the first type bird's-eye image. A second acquisition unit acquires a second type image that shows a range more distanced from the vehicle than the first type image from a position higher than that of the first type image. A second image production unit subjects the second type image to viewpoint transform so as to produce a second type bird's-eye image. An object detector detects an object around the vehicle. The display controller displays the second type bird's-eye image corresponding to a direction of the object detected, in addition to the first type bird's-eye image when the object is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventor: Noboru KATSUMATA
  • Patent number: 8731049
    Abstract: A compression unit compresses image data. An marker insertion unit inserts a synchronization marker for each of the image data compressed by the image compression unit. A transmitter transmits the image data into which the synchronous marker has been inserted, using a transmission method of digital audio signals. A bit sequence constituting the synchronization marker is so set as to become a value different from a bit sequence, converging to zero, which is generated by the transmitter or a receiver for receiving the image data transmitted from the transmitter when a mute function is activated in the transmitter or the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Noboru Katsumata
  • Publication number: 20120051419
    Abstract: A compression unit compresses image data. An marker insertion unit inserts a synchronization marker for each of the image data compressed by the image compression unit. A transmitter transmits the image data into which the synchronous marker has been inserted, using a transmission method of digital audio signals. A bit sequence constituting the synchronization marker is so set as to become a value different from a bit sequence, converging to zero, which is generated by the transmitter or a receiver for receiving the image data transmitted from the transmitter when a mute function is activated in the transmitter or the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: JVC KENWOOD HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Noboru KATSUMATA
  • Publication number: 20100110291
    Abstract: A wireless image transferring apparatus includes a free-run transmitter and a free-run receiver. The free-run transmitter includes a marker appending unit for appending a vertical synchronization marker to image data and a nondisplay period adjustment unit for adjusting the length of nondisplay period of image data according to monitoring information supplied, the transmitter transmitting the image data and receiving the monitoring information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Mikio Owashi, Noboru Katsumata