Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Teshima

Tomoaki Teshima 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: 7965871
    Abstract: A moving-state determining device acquires a first overhead image from a bird's-eye image obtained at first image pickup timing and acquires a second overhead image, which can be regarded as the same road surface area as that of the first overhead image, for each of moving directions assumed for the moving body from a bird's-eye image obtained at second image pickup timing different from the first image pickup timing by a predetermined time period. The device compares a degree of similarity between the first overhead image and each of a plurality of second overhead images to acquire the second overhead image with the largest similarity degree as the same road surface area as that of the first overhead image. The device acquires the moving direction and a lateral displacement amount in the moving from a coordinate conversion condition based on which the second overhead image has been obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, Keio University
    Inventors: Toru Ihara, Keiichi Yamamoto, Tomoaki Teshima, Hideo Saito, Shinji Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20080013790
    Abstract: A moving-state determining device acquires a first overhead image from a bird's-eye image obtained at first image pickup timing and acquires a second overhead image, which can be regarded as the same road surface area as that of the first overhead image, for each of moving directions assumed for the moving body from a bird's-eye image obtained at second image pickup timing different from the first image pickup timing by a predetermined time period. The device compares a degree of similarity between the first overhead image and each of a plurality of second overhead images to acquire the second overhead image with the largest similarity degree as the same road surface area as that of the first overhead image. The device acquires the moving direction and a lateral displacement amount in the moving from a coordinate conversion condition based on which the second overhead image has been obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Toru Ihara, Keiichi Yamamoto, Tomoaki Teshima, Hideo Saito, Shinji Ozawa