Patents by Inventor Tadashi Shibata

Tadashi Shibata 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: 10649207
    Abstract: A display system includes a display unit which displays a virtual image in a target space, a controller which controls display of the display unit, and an obtaining unit which obtains vibration information about vibration applied to the display unit. The controller changes the display mode of the virtual image based on the vibration information, when the vibration exceeds a first threshold value and a viewing distance of the virtual image exceeds a second threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanaga Tsuji, Tadashi Shibata, Nobuyuki Nakano, Akira Tanaka, Shohei Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20200124849
    Abstract: A display system includes a display unit which displays a virtual image in a target space, a controller which controls display of the display unit, and an obtaining unit which obtains vibration information about vibration applied to the display unit. The controller changes the display mode of the virtual image based on the vibration information, when the vibration exceeds a first threshold value and a viewing distance of the virtual image exceeds a second threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: MASANAGA TSUJI, TADASHI SHIBATA, NOBUYUKI NAKANO, AKIRA TANAKA, SHOHEI HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10625673
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Shibata, Toshiya Mori, Masanaga Tsuji, Nobuyuki Nakano
  • Patent number: 10600250
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Nakano, Tadashi Shibata, Masanaga Tsuji, Akira Tanaka, Shohei Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20190340448
    Abstract: An event prediction system includes an accumulation unit and a generator. The accumulation unit accumulates a plurality of pieces of learning data each including history information representing a situation of a mobile object upon occurrence of an event associated with driving of the mobile object. The generator generates a prediction model for prediction of relative coordinates of an occurrence place of the event relative to the mobile object by using the plurality of pieces of learning data. Each of the plurality of pieces of learning data further includes label information representing the relative coordinates of the occurrence place of the event relative to the mobile object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: SHOHEI HAYASHI, TOSHIYA MORI, TADASHI SHIBATA, NOBUYUKI NAKANO, MASANAGA TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20190295508
    Abstract: An image display system includes a display unit displaying an image, a projection unit projecting in a target space a virtual image corresponding to the image with an output light of the display unit, a body unit provided thereto the display unit and the projection unit, and an image producing unit including a first correction unit and a second correction unit. The first correction unit performs a first correction processing of correcting, based on a first orientation signal indicative of a first orientation change of the body unit, a display position of the virtual image in the target space. The second correction unit performs a second correction processing of correcting, based on a second orientation signal indicative of a second orientation change of the body unit which is faster than the first orientation change, the display position of the virtual image in the target space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LT D.
    Inventors: Masanaga TSUJI, Toshiya MORI, Ken'ichi KASAZUMI, Yoshiteru MINO, Tadashi SHIBATA, Nobuyuki NAKANO, Akira TANAKA, Shohei HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190283773
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: TOSHIYA MORI, NOBUYUKI NAKANO, MASANAGA TSUJI, TADASHI SHIBATA, AKIRA TANAKA
  • 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: 20190005726
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: NOBUYUKI NAKANO, TADASHI SHIBATA, MASANAGA TSUJI, AKIRA TANAKA, SHOHEI HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190005727
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: AKIRA TANAKA, TADASHI SHIBATA, NOBUYUKI NAKANO, MASANAGA TSUJI, SHOHEI HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180194280
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi SHIBATA, Toshiya MORI, Masanaga TSUJI, Nobuyuki NAKANO
  • Patent number: 9854967
    Abstract: A detector detects head postures and gaze directions from images of a person to be measured captured by an imaging unit; a generation unit generates a gaze direction distribution with respect to each of the head postures, from the head postures and the gaze directions detected by the detector; a calibration unit determines predetermined one of the head postures as a reference posture, and calculates calibration parameters to be used to calibrate the gaze direction distribution with respect to the reference posture; and a correction unit corrects the gaze direction distributions with respect to the head postures other than the reference posture by using the calibration parameters calculated by the calibration unit. This reduces the influence on the calibration which may vary due to change in the head posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Kimura, Tadashi Shibata
  • Patent number: 9597962
    Abstract: A display control device of the present invention is a device that controls an indication status of a display device disposed in front of a driver's seat of a vehicle, and includes a traveling status obtaining unit that obtains a traveling status of the vehicle, which includes at least a speed of the vehicle; a traveling status determining unit that determines, based on the traveling status, whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied, the predetermined condition corresponding to at least a condition that both of a first region to be displayed on the display device and a second region other than the first region are present on an analog speed meter that presents the speed; and a display control unit that displays the first region of the analog speed meter on the display device, and does not display the second region of the analog speed meter on the display device when the predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Tomokazu Imaizumi, Tadashi Shibata, Takashi Toda, Takahiro Kuroda
  • Patent number: 9593231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tire having as a member, a rubber composition comprising (a) 100 mass parts of a rubber component comprising at least one selected from a natural rubber and a diene base synthetic rubber, (b) silica having a nitrogen-absorbing specific surface area (N2SA) of 180 to 270 m2/g and 0.1 to 10.0 mass parts of (c) a partial ester compound of maleic anhydride and a (poly)oxypropylene derivative described above. The tire further comprises as a tread rubber, a rubber composition comprising (A) a rubber component comprising a conjugate diene base rubber, (B) a filler comprising 10 mass % or more of a white filler based on the whole fillers and (C) a partial ester compound of maleic anhydride and a (poly)oxypropylene derivative. This tire has good abrasion resistance, enhanced low heat build-up property, improved processability, excellent driving stability, good physical properties and excellent wet gripping property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Shibata, Eiji Nakamura, Hirofumi Aoki
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20160066782
    Abstract: A detector detects head postures and gaze directions from images of a person to be measured captured by an imaging unit; a generation unit generates a gaze direction distribution with respect to each of the head postures, from the head postures and the gaze directions detected by the detector; a calibration unit determines predetermined one of the head postures as a reference posture, and calculates calibration parameters to be used to calibrate the gaze direction distribution with respect to the reference posture; and a correction unit corrects the gaze direction distributions with respect to the head postures other than the reference posture by using the calibration parameters calculated by the calibration unit. This reduces the influence on the calibration which may vary due to change in the head posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: MASAYUKI KIMURA, TADASHI SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20150375620
    Abstract: A display control device of the present invention is a device that controls an indication status of a display device disposed in front of a driver's seat of a vehicle, and includes a traveling status obtaining unit that obtains a traveling status of the vehicle, which includes at least a speed of the vehicle; a traveling status determining unit that determines, based on the traveling status, whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied, the predetermined condition corresponding to at least a condition that both of a first region to be displayed on the display device and a second region other than the first region are present on an analog speed meter that presents the speed; and a display control unit that displays the first region of the analog speed meter on the display device, and does not display the second region of the analog speed meter on the display device when the predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: TSUYOSHI TANAKA, TOMOKAZU IMAIZUMI, TADASHI SHIBATA, TAKASHI TODA, TAKAHIRO KURODA
  • Publication number: 20100182339
    Abstract: A stream processing section (12) analyzes input stream data and, if the stream data includes a compressed/coded graphics object, decodes the graphics object line by line and writes the decoded graphics object into a graphics object buffer (14), and, if the stream data includes control information of a graphics object, writes the control information into a control information buffer (13). A graphics control section (15) renders a graphics object stored in the graphics object buffer (14) in a graphics plane (16) based on control information stored in the control information buffer (13). When a decoding error has occurred, the stream processing section (12) restarts decoding from the next or a subsequent line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Nobutaka Kitajima, Akira Tanaka, Tadashi Shibata
  • Patent number: 7709561
    Abstract: There is provided a rubber composition for a tread obtained by compounding (a) 5-40 parts by mass of a softening agent including an oil in which an extraction quantity with dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) by IP346 process is controlled to less than 3% by mass and (b) 5-40 parts by mass of a liquid polymer having a viscosity average molecular weight of 45,000-100,000 based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component, and considerably improving the fracture properties and wear resistance and controlling the lowering of the modulus of elasticity as compared with the case of compounding the conventional high aromatic oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Ohashi, Tadashi Shibata
  • Patent number: 7397951
    Abstract: SRAMs A, B, C, and D having pixel data of each small block of each large block, for example a small block Aij for the SRAM A, to simultaneously read out a plurality of pixel data in the small block by specifying an address assigned to each small block, and a matrix of coefficient in which a matrix of plural coefficients are arranged are provided. Also provided are a coefficient matrix controller 12 and an adding section 13 to multiply the plural coefficients respectively by pixel data corresponding to each thereof and obtain a sum of the multiplied results. Each pixel data of each small block forming one large block, the pixel data being read out from the SRAMs A, B, C, and D, are multiplied by the coefficient matrix rearranged into a predetermined order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Ogawa, Kiyoto Ito, Tadashi Shibata