Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Nakano
Nobuyuki Nakano 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).
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Publication number: 20190283773Abstract: An information estimating system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an operation item for vehicle-mounted equipment mounted on a vehicle and a vehicle environment state, which is at least one of a vehicle status and a traveling state of the vehicle when the operation item is operated for each of a plurality of drivers, a learning unit configured to learn the operation item and the vehicle environment state of each of the plurality of drivers acquired by the acquisition unit in association with each other, and an estimator configured to estimate the operation item for the vehicle environment state at a predetermined time point of a specific driver based on the learned result learned by the learning unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: TOSHIYA MORI, NOBUYUKI NAKANO, MASANAGA TSUJI, TADASHI SHIBATA, AKIRA TANAKA
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Publication number: 20190005727Abstract: A display system includes a projector that projects a virtual image onto a target space to allow a target person to visibly recognize the virtual image and a controller that controls display of the virtual image. When the projector projects a virtual image corresponding to a caution object, the controller selects at least one reference point from one or more candidate points existing around the caution object and associates the virtual image with the at least one reference point.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: AKIRA TANAKA, TADASHI SHIBATA, NOBUYUKI NAKANO, MASANAGA TSUJI, SHOHEI HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20190005726Abstract: A display system for use in a mobile body includes an acquisition unit that acquires detection information of at least one detection object that exists in a target space, a display unit that displays a virtual image in the target space, and a controller that controls display of the display unit. In the target space, at least one detection area is provided. The at least one detection object includes a first detection object that exists closest to the mobile body and a second detection object that has the shortest time to collision with the mobile body. The controller determines, as a display object, at least one of the first detection object and the second detection object in the at least one detection object that exists in the detection area based on the detection information, and causes the display unit to display the virtual image corresponding to the display object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: NOBUYUKI NAKANO, TADASHI SHIBATA, MASANAGA TSUJI, AKIRA TANAKA, SHOHEI HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20180275414Abstract: A display device includes a display unit, an imaging optical element, a detector, and an adjustor. The display unit includes a display surface for displaying an image. The imaging optical element includes an element plane. The imaging optical element causes the image displayed on the display surface to be imaged as an aerial image in an aerial display region positioned plane-symmetrically to the display surface with respect to the element plane. The detector detects a position of a head of a user existing in front of the display region. The adjustor adjusts a position of the image with respect to the imaging optical element based on a detection result obtained by the detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: AKIRA TANAKA, NOBUYUKI NAKANO, MASANAGA TSUJI
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Publication number: 20180194280Abstract: An information processing system is provided with a modeling unit. The modeling unit models, based on a degree of similarity among individual travel histories of a plurality of drivers, individual travel histories of at least one or more drivers from among the individual travel histories of the plurality of drivers to construct a driver model indicating a relationship between conditions of the at least one or more drivers and travel environments of at least one or more vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2017Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadashi SHIBATA, Toshiya MORI, Masanaga TSUJI, Nobuyuki NAKANO
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Patent number: 9987864Abstract: A first score line camera captures an image of one sides of a plurality of tablets being conveyed by a conveyor drum. During transfer from the conveyor drum to a first conveyor belt, all the tablets are turned upside down while their directional properties are maintained. A second score line camera captures an image of opposite side of the tablets being conveyed by the first conveyor belt. Based on image data about both the front sides and back sides of the tablets acquired by the first and second score line cameras, a first ink-jet head performs front-side printing process on a front side of a tablet to conform to a predetermined direction relative to a score line in this front side. The second ink-jet head performs back-side printing process on a back side of a tablet to conform to a direction on the back side same as the predetermined direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki Nakano, Takashi Gama
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Publication number: 20170182820Abstract: A first score line camera captures an image of one sides of a plurality of tablets being conveyed by a conveyor drum. During transfer from the conveyor drum to a first conveyor belt, all the tablets are turned upside down while their directional properties are maintained. A second score line camera captures an image of opposite side of the tablets being conveyed by the first conveyor belt. Based on image data about both the front sides and back sides of the tablets acquired by the first and second score line cameras, a first ink-jet head performs front-side printing process on a front side of a tablet to conform to a predetermined direction relative to a score line in this front side. The second ink-jet head performs back-side printing process on a back side of a tablet to conform to a direction on the back side same as the predetermined direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2015Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Nobuyuki NAKANO, Takashi GAMA
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Patent number: 9384166Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicular input device which is capable of improving accuracy for detecting a contactless input from a driver. A vehicular input device includes a contactless operation detecting unit for detecting a contactless operation on a center display, distance detecting units, distance information storing units in which distance information items obtained from the distance detecting units are stored for each of the distance detecting units, a proximity object determining unit for determining whether or not an object is in proximity of any of predetermined specific positions in a vehicle based on the stored distance information items, and a detecting operation controlling unit for limiting the detection by the contactless operation detecting unit when the object is determined to be in the proximity of any of the specific positions.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Kojima, Nobuyuki Nakano, Masaki Tada
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Publication number: 20130090807Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicular input device which is capable of improving accuracy for detecting a contactless input from a driver. A vehicular input device includes a contactless operation detecting unit for detecting a contactless operation on a center display, distance detecting units, distance information storing units in which distance information items obtained from the distance detecting units are stored for each of the distance detecting units, a proximity object determining unit for determining whether or not an object is in proximity of any of predetermined specific positions in a vehicle based on the stored distance information items, and a detecting operation controlling unit for limiting the detection by the contactless operation detecting unit when the object is determined to be in the proximity of any of the specific positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Inventors: Yoshihiro Kojima, Nobuyuki Nakano, Masaki Tada
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Patent number: 8284168Abstract: A user interface device allocates each of functions for operating an instrument to fingertips in response to a hand movement and allowing an operator to intuitively comprehend the allocation of each of the functions to the fingertips. The device includes a GUI button allocation section that first allocates a GUI button, read out from a GUI button data storing section, to each fingertip in a hand shape acquired by a hand shape acquiring section when a contact position acquiring section detects a contact to an operation surface by the operator. Then, in accordance with a change of hand shape direction, the GUI button allocation section reallocates the GUI button to each fingertip of the hand shape.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Terada, Atsushi Yamashita, Takuya Hirai, Nobuyuki Nakano
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Patent number: 8239131Abstract: A navigation device displays, on a screen, a route guidance object indicating a route along which the vehicle is to travel, and includes: an image pickup section that obtains a photographed image ahead of the vehicle; a white line detection section that detects a road white line in the photographed image; a map information storage section that stores map information including road shape data which represents the road shape; a road shape data correction section that corrects the road shape data, based on a detection result of the road white line, such that the route guidance object is displayed along the road white line; a route guidance object generation section that generates the route guidance object, based on the corrected road shape data; and the display section that displays the generated route guidance object on the screen.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Kindo, Takashi Akita, Nobuyuki Nakano, Ryotaro Iwami, Susumu Kawabata
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Publication number: 20100268452Abstract: Provided is a navigation device which can superpose a route guide object on an actually captured image so that the route guide object coincides with a road even if the accuracy of the road shape data is at the current level. The navigation device displays on a screen, a route guide object indicating a route along which a vehicle should advance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2008Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kindo, Takashi Akita, Nobuyuki Nakano, Ryotaro Iwami, Susumu Kawabata
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Publication number: 20090309848Abstract: A user interface device, which allocates each of the functions for operating an instrument to fingertips in response to a hand movement and allowing an operator to intuitively comprehend the allocation of each of the functions to the fingertips, is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2007Publication date: December 17, 2009Inventors: Tomohiro Terada, Atsushi Yamashita, Takuya Hirai, Nobuyuki Nakano
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Patent number: 7593810Abstract: An interactive route guide device capable of providing an appropriate amount of information with an appropriate timing in accordance with a user's desire. In the interactive route guide device, a storage device stores at least one table which defines a type of guide information to be provided for a route from a departure point to a destination point. An arithmetic processing unit generates the guide information according to the table in the storage device, and an output device outputs the generated guide information. The user uses an input device to input a guide request. The arithmetic processing unit manages at least a content of the inputted guide request and the number of times the guide request is inputted, and edits the table stored in the storage device in accordance with the content of the inputted guide request and the number of times the guide request is inputted.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2005Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Nobuyuki Nakano, Ryotaro Iwami, Tomohiro Terada, Takeshi Takahashi
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Publication number: 20090157291Abstract: Provided is a destination setting assistance apparatus (103) comprising: a baggage information acquisition section (204) for acquiring identification information relating to items loaded in a mobile unit; an items-to-be-carried DB storage section (201) for storing an items-to-be-carried database having written therein items-to-be-carried relating to destinations and/or categories thereof; a destination setting assistance section (206) for assisting in an operation for setting the destinations by using the identification information having been acquired by the baggage information acquisition section (204) and the items-to-be-carried database stored in the items-to-be-carried DB storage section (201); and a route setting section (209) for setting a route to one of the destinations, which is set with assistance of the destination setting assistance section (206).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2005Publication date: June 18, 2009Inventors: Takahiro Kudo, Nobuyuki Nakano, Ryotaro Iwami, Tomohiro Terada
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Publication number: 20090040138Abstract: A technical object of the present invention is to provide a three-dimensional image displaying system having an ability to provide an observer with a three-dimensional image that is easy to see. In a three-dimensional image displaying system (1) of the present invention, a display device (3) sequentially executes a display process for a piece of data outputted from an image generating device (2) so as to emit a light which is a plurality of lights multiplexed over a time axis, wherein each light represents an object. A focal length changing device (4) gives a sense of three-dimensionality, in other words, a sense of distance to each object included in the light so as to generate a three-dimensional image light having an ability to enter a vision in three-dimensional manner. A reflection component (6) reflects the multiplexed light in a direction of the observer (V) so as to provide the observer with a three-dimensional image in which the object is synthesized.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2005Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Takeshi Takahashi, Nobuyuki Nakano, Ryotaro Iwami, Tomohiro Terada
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Patent number: 7477990Abstract: A navigation apparatus for guiding a vehicle to a destination, a data storing section stores an information set including at least location information for identifying a location of a travel burden point on a road network, link information indicating a road linked to the travel burden point, and a reference hesitation value indicating a degree of a driver's hesitation to go through the travel burden point, and a characteristic value of the driver. A point guidance data generating section generates point guidance data representing guidance for the travel burden point based on a current location derived by a location deriving section, a path obtained by a path obtaining section, and the information set and the driver characteristic value stored in the data storing section.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2004Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Ryotaro Iwami, Nobuyuki Nakano, Tomohiro Terada, Takeshi Takahashi
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Patent number: 7421336Abstract: A navigation device decreasing the frequency at which a user data stored in a data storage section, the navigation device includes a route receiving section for receiving route data, a data selecting section for selecting candidate location data indicating at least one location which exists on the route represented by the route data or in a vicinity of the route, and a location-change designating section for designating a location of change at which a guiding method is to be changed. Further, the navigation device includes a determination section for determining whether a user has arrived at the location of change, and a navigation guidance section for guiding the user to the destination with a relatively detailed method when the determination section determines that the user has arrived at the location of change.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2004Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryotaro Iwami, Nobuyuki Nakano, Tomohiro Terada, Takeshi Takahashi
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Publication number: 20070156331Abstract: A navigation device, in order to allow a user to depart for his/her destination immediately, and to provide the user with guidance information in accordance with an appropriate route to the destination, comprises an area input section (1) for the user to input a name of an area neighboring his/her destination, an arithmetic processing section (4), which searches for a route which leads the user to the area whose name is inputted in the area input section, and provides the user with guidance, in accordance with the route found by the search, so as to guide the user to the area whose name is inputted in the area input section (1). Also, the arithmetic processing section (4) specifies, after the guidance to guide the user to the area has started, a destination by exchanging a dialogue with the user. Then, the arithmetic processing section (4) selects a route which leads the user to the destination, and provides the user with guidance so as to guide the user to the destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2004Publication date: July 5, 2007Inventors: Tomohiro Terada, Nobuyuki Nakano, Ryoutarou Iwami, Takeshi Takahashi
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Publication number: 20070106458Abstract: By using map data stored in a data storage section, a navigation device comprises: a route receiving section for receiving route data indicating a route from a current position derived by a position deriving section to a destination designated by a destination designating section; a data selecting section for selecting candidate location data indicating at least one location which exists on the route represented by the route data or in a vicinity of the route, and satisfies a predetermined condition; a location-change designating section for designating a location of change at which a guiding method is to be changed, based on the candidate location data selected by the data selecting section; a determination section for determining whether a user has arrived at the location of change; and a navigation guidance section for guiding the user to the destination with a relatively detailed method when the determination section determines that the user has arrived at the location of change.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2004Publication date: May 10, 2007Inventors: Ryotaro Iwami, Nobuyuki Nakano, Tomohiro Terada, Takeshi Takahashi