Patents by Inventor Teruo Yoshitomi

Teruo Yoshitomi 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: 10930250
    Abstract: The information control apparatus optimizes display control based on safety around a vehicle and a driver's level of ease regarding driving. An information control apparatus according to an embodiment includes a vehicle information acquisition interface that acquires information related to a vehicle, a driver information acquisition interface that acquires information related to a driver, and a controller that predicts the safety around the vehicle and the level of ease of the driver regarding driving based on the information related to the vehicle and the information related to the driver. The controller controls display information based on the safety and the level of ease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Marelli Corporation
    Inventors: Teruo Yoshitomi, Yuusuke Tanizawa, Haruhiko Satou, Soichiro Aoyagi
  • Patent number: 10788904
    Abstract: Provided is an in-vehicle information processing system that can be operated intuitively. An in-vehicle information processing system (10) includes a display (11), a touch operation interface (12), an imaging unit (13), and a controller (14). The display (11) includes at least one screen. The touch operation interface (12) detects contact by an operation hand of an operator. The imaging unit (13) captures an image of the touch operation interface (12) and at least a portion of the operation hand. The controller (14) associates position coordinates in an operation region (R2) on the screen with position coordinates in a predetermined region (R1) of the touch operation interface (12) and causes at least a portion of the operation hand to be displayed in overlap on the screen on the basis of the image captured by the imaging unit (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruhiko Satou, Teruo Yoshitomi
  • Publication number: 20200273433
    Abstract: The information control apparatus optimizes display control based on safety around a vehicle and a driver's level of ease regarding driving. An information control apparatus according to an embodiment includes a vehicle information acquisition interface that acquires information related to a vehicle, a driver information acquisition interface that acquires information related to a driver, and a controller that predicts the safety around the vehicle and the level of ease of the driver regarding driving based on the information related to the vehicle and the information related to the driver. The controller controls display information based on the safety and the level of ease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Teruo Yoshitomi, Yuusuke Tanizawa, Haruhiko Satou, Soichiro Aoyagi
  • Publication number: 20200156657
    Abstract: An information control apparatus is capable of optimizing control of output information based on the volume of information of the surroundings of a vehicle. The information control apparatus includes a vehicle information acquisition interface that acquires information related to a vehicle, a driver information acquisition interface that acquires information related to a driver, and a controller that calculates a first volume of information of surroundings of the vehicle based on the information related to the vehicle and the information related to the driver and controls output information based on the first volume of information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Yuusuke Tanizawa, Teruo Yoshitomi, Haruhiko Satou, Soichiro Aoyagi
  • Patent number: 10430029
    Abstract: Principally, character input operation can be carried out surely in a simplified manner and in a short time. A character input assist device includes one or more side edge parts provided at a panel surface of a touch panel to have a step serving as a finger hold, and a character icon display controller that is configured to display, along the side edge parts at the panel surface, a plurality of first character icons and second character icons associated with a selected first character icon, and an icon identifiers provided at the side edge parts to allow the position of each of the first character icons or the second character icons to be individually identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Teruo Yoshitomi
  • Publication number: 20190278392
    Abstract: Provided is an in-vehicle information processing system that can be operated intuitively. An in-vehicle information processing system (10) includes a display (11), a touch operation interface (12), an imaging unit (13), and a controller (14). The display (11) includes at least one screen. The touch operation interface (12) detects contact by an operation hand of an operator. The imaging unit (13) captures an image of the touch operation interface (12) and at least a portion of the operation hand. The controller (14) associates position coordinates in an operation region (R2) on the screen with position coordinates in a predetermined region (R1) of the touch operation interface (12) and causes at least a portion of the operation hand to be displayed in overlap on the screen on the basis of the image captured by the imaging unit (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruhiko SATOU, Teruo YOSHITOMI
  • Publication number: 20170344200
    Abstract: Principally, character input operation can be carried out surely in a simplified manner and in a short time. A character input assist device includes one or more side edge parts provided at a panel surface of a touch panel to have a step serving as a finger hold, and a character icon display controller that is configured to display, along the side edge parts at the panel surface, a plurality of first character icons and second character icons associated with a selected first character icon, and an icon identifiers provided at the side edge parts to allow the position of each of the first character icons or the second character icons to be individually identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Teruo YOSHITOMI
  • Publication number: 20090067058
    Abstract: A Head-up display system includes a display for projecting a light to provide a display image, and a reflecting means located in the proximity of a front windshield glass of the vehicle. The reflecting means has a reflection surface for receiving the light projected from the display to reflect toward a driver so that the driver can see the light reflected by the reflecting means as a virtual display image in a vehicle-front of the vehicle. The reflection surface forms a background of the virtual display image, being set to have a color darker than a color of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Mikio ISHII, Teruo Yoshitomi