Patents by Inventor Terunori KOBAYASHI

Terunori KOBAYASHI 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).

  • Data collection apparatus for estimating emotion of a person watching vehicle
    Patent number: 11935306
    Abstract: A data collection apparatus includes a processor and a storage. The processor is configured to: estimate an emotion of a person watching an own vehicle on the basis of an image data of a surrounding environment of the own vehicle; generate emotion data including an estimate of the emotion of the person watching the own vehicle; specify a state of the own vehicle viewed by the person watching the own vehicle; and correlate the emotion data with the specified state of the own vehicle. The storage is configured to be caused by the processor to store the emotion data correlated with the specified state of the own vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Goto, Terunori Kobayashi, Kotaro Uki, Hideyuki Takao
  • DATA COLLECTION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20210279480
    Abstract: A data collection apparatus includes a processor and a storage. The processor is configured to: estimate an emotion of a person watching an own vehicle on the basis of an image data of a surrounding environment of the own vehicle; generate emotion data including an estimate of the emotion of the person watching the own vehicle; specify a state of the own vehicle viewed by the person watching the own vehicle; and correlate the emotion data with the specified state of the own vehicle. The storage is configured to be caused by the processor to store the emotion data correlated with the specified state of the own vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo GOTO, Terunori KOBAYASHI, Kotaro UKI, Hideyuki TAKAO