Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Sempuku

Tsuyoshi Sempuku 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: 11087564
    Abstract: A determination unit (6) determines whether a user having entered an authentication area (102) provided on a floor surface is an action-required person. A management unit (12) associates a determination result with respect to an action-required person produced by the determination unit (6) with location information of the user, and records resultant data in a person information database (13). A display control unit (14) controls a display unit (15) to display an image showing a location of an action-required person using the person information database (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Saikawa, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Hisataka Kizu
  • Publication number: 20200245145
    Abstract: A pass determination device includes: a receiving unit for receiving authentication information from an authentication device of a user; a determining unit for determining whether or not to permit the user to pass on the basis of the authentication information received by the receiving unit; and a display unit for displaying a position of an authentication area in a first display mode from before the user enters the authentication area, the authentication area being an area through which the user having the authentication device is to pass so that an authentication process based on the authentication information of the authentication device is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi SEMPUKU, Yoshinori SAIKAWA, Hisataka KIZU
  • Publication number: 20200242851
    Abstract: A determination unit (6) determines whether a user having entered an authentication area (102) provided on a floor surface is an action-required person. A management unit (12) associates a determination result with respect to an action-required person produced by the determination unit (6) with location information of the user, and records resultant data in a person information database (13). A display control unit (14) controls a display unit (15) to display an image showing a location of an action-required person using the person information database (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori SAIKAWA, Tsuyoshi SEMPUKU, Hisataka KIZU
  • Patent number: 9852632
    Abstract: Herein provided are an object detection section 2 that detects an object existing in a periphery of an own vehicle from a periphery image acquired by a video sensor 1; a risk degree calculation section 4 that calculates a degree of risk that the own vehicle collides with the object detected by the object detection section 2; and a collision-risk target setting section 5 that sets the object detected by the object detection section 2 as a collision-risk target on the basis of the degree of risk calculated by the risk degree calculation section 4, and a warning image determination section 6 determines a size of a rectangle that encompasses the collision-risk target set by the collision-risk target setting section 5, according to the degree of risk calculated by the risk degree calculation section 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Publication number: 20160004755
    Abstract: An information providing device includes: a device management unit acquiring information of a connected device; a history database storing the information acquired by the device management unit as a history; a function estimation unit estimating a function to be presented to a user, based on the information of the connected device and the history stored in the history database; an availability determination unit determining availability of the function estimated by the function estimation unit; and an output unit outputting the function to be presented to the user, based on an indication of the function estimation unit. The function estimation unit confirms that the estimated function is a function to be presented to the user and causes the output unit to output the function when the availability determination unit determines that the estimated function is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi SEMPUKU
  • Patent number: 9069453
    Abstract: A display input device is comprised of a touch panel 1 for carrying out a display of an image and an input of an image, a vibration sensor (a proximity sensor 12) for detecting a vibration of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to the touch panel 1, a vibration correcting unit 304 for making a vibration correction when the vibration of the object to be detected which is detected by the vibration sensor has an amount equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, and a control unit 3 for carrying out a process of transforming an image in a display area having a fixed range displayed on the above-mentioned touch panel according to the position of the object to be detected to which the above-mentioned vibration correction has been made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Patent number: 9057623
    Abstract: A navigation device includes a road periphery display change unit 3 that selects a road R which connects to, intersects with, or is adjacent to a guidance route/a travel plan route 21 from a map database 5, and displays the road in a high contrast on the inside of a predetermined distance from the guidance route/the travel plan route 21, displays the road in a low contrast on the outside of the predetermined distance, and displays the road by changing continuously or stepwise a gradation in an intermediate region between the inside and the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Yoko Sano, Hiroshi Shigehara, Makoto Otsuru, Kotoyu Sasayama
  • Patent number: 8963849
    Abstract: A display input device is comprised of a touch panel 1 for carrying out a display of information and an input of information, a proximity sensor 12 for detecting a movement of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to the touch panel 1 in a noncontact manner, and a control unit 3 for, when the proximity sensor 12 detects an approach of the object to be detected to within a predetermined distance from the touch panel 1, moving a specific display object displayed on the touch panel 1 close to a stop position of the object to be detected to display the specific display object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Patent number: 8958982
    Abstract: Disclosed is a navigation device including: a target candidate extracting unit for extracting target candidates located along a guidance route from a map database on a basis of a vehicle position, the guidance route, and intersection information about a target intersection for guidance; a target determining unit for determining a target on a basis of knowledge about target determination from among the target candidates extracted by the target candidate extracting unit; a guidance sentence generating unit for generating a guidance sentence by using the target determined by the target determining unit; and a sound output unit for outputting voice guidance on a basis of the guidance sentence generated by the guidance sentence generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Takeyuki Hori, Sachiko Harada, Yoko Sano
  • Publication number: 20150015712
    Abstract: Herein provided are an object detection section 2 that detects an object existing in a periphery of an own vehicle from a periphery image acquired by a video sensor 1; a risk degree calculation section 4 that calculates a degree of risk that the own vehicle collides with the object detected by the object detection section 2; and a collision-risk target setting section 5 that sets the object detected by the object detection section 2 as a collision-risk target on the basis of the degree of risk calculated by the risk degree calculation section 4, and a warning image determination section 6 determines a size of a rectangle that encompasses the collision-risk target set by the collision-risk target setting section 5, according to the degree of risk calculated by the risk degree calculation section 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Patent number: 8924157
    Abstract: A navigation device includes a map creation unit, a display unit, and a display controller. The display unit displays, on a map created by the map creation unit, roadside target facility symbols representing facilities as navigation targets that are located along the navigation route, on-map facility symbols representing facilities that differ from the facilities as the navigation targets on the created map, and facility display switching buttons for receiving operation of switching display/non-display of the on-map facility symbols by facility category. The display controller switches the display/non-display of the on-map facility symbols in accordance with the operation received through the facility display button, and, when the received operation indicates the display of the on-map facility symbols, control the display unit to display the on-map facility symbols in a different display mode from a display mode of the roadside target facility symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Sano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Patent number: 8890819
    Abstract: A display input device includes a control unit for correcting horizontal coordinates of an object to be detected on an xy coordinate plane extending on a touch panel 1, which are acquired by a proximity sensor 12, according to an angle of elevation ?, an angle of deviation ? and a vertical distance z between the object to be detected and a surface of the touch panel, ? being the angle of a straight line OC with respect to the surface of the touch panel, the straight line OC extending between a predetermined point O positioned on the touch panel and a predetermined point C positioned outside the touch panel, and ? being the angle between a straight line which is an orthogonal projection of the line OC onto the xy coordinate plane, and an x axis on the xy coordinate plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Patent number: 8700329
    Abstract: A navigation apparatus is provided that is highly convenient for a user to view a map screen and a menu window. A display controller 15 determines a view mode of each of a map screen and a menu window, based on information about a travel condition of a moving object from a route search unit 12 and an own-vehicle location identification unit, when the menu window is displayed according to information entered from an input unit 10. A display map generator 16 generates a map screen according to information about the view mode from the display controller 15. A display menu generator 17 generates a menu window according to information about the view mode from the display controller 15. A display unit 21 displays the map screen from the display map generator 16 and the menu window from the menu generator 17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hideto Miyazaki, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Shoji Tanaka, Kuniyo Ieda, Takashi Sadahiro
  • Patent number: 8677287
    Abstract: A display input device is comprised of a touch panel 1 for carrying out a display of information and an input of information, a vibration detection sensor (proximity sensors 12 or an acceleration sensor 23) for detecting a vibration of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to the touch panel 1, and a control unit 3 for, when it is determined that a relative vibration between the touch panel and the object to be detected, which is detected by the vibration detection sensor, has an amount equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, carrying out a process of enlarging an image in a display area having a fixed range, which is displayed on the touch panel 1, to display the enlarged image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Publication number: 20130317745
    Abstract: The GUI controller (13) displays nearby facility display switching buttons on a map. When a nearby facility display switching button is pressed (touched), the map element display controller (14) displays the nearby facility symbols of the facility category corresponding to the pressed (touched) button, in a display mode that is different from a display mode for roadside facility symbols, which are object of interest located along the navigation route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoko Sano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Patent number: 8577603
    Abstract: Disclosed is a navigation device including a guidance route calculation unit 3 for calculating a guidance route by using point information about a destination, point information about a current position, and map information, a guidance map generating unit 5 for generating a guidance route map by using the calculated guidance route and the map information, a guidance route surrounding facility icon arrangement unit 6 for extracting a facility icon required for the calculated guidance route according to a facility icon extraction rule, and for determining an offset arrangement position of this facility icon, and a display unit 11 for attaching the facility icon at the above-mentioned determined offset arrangement position on the above-mentioned guidance route map to display the facility icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Hirai, Yoko Sano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Makoto Otsuru, Kotoyu Sasayama
  • Publication number: 20130096822
    Abstract: Disclosed is a navigation device including: a target candidate extracting unit for extracting target candidates located along a guidance route from a map database on a basis of a vehicle position, the guidance route, and intersection information about a target intersection for guidance; a target determining unit for determining a target on a basis of knowledge about target determination from among the target candidates extracted by the target candidate extracting unit; a guidance sentence generating unit for generating a guidance sentence by using the target determined by the target determining unit; and a sound output unit for outputting voice guidance on a basis of the guidance sentence generated by the guidance sentence generating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Takeyuki Hori, Sachiko Harada, Yoko Sano
  • Publication number: 20130073197
    Abstract: Disclosed is a navigation device including a guidance route calculation unit 3 for calculating a guidance route by using point information about a destination, point information about a current position, and map information, a guidance map generating unit 5 for generating a guidance route map by using the calculated guidance route and the map information, a guidance route surrounding facility icon arrangement unit 6 for extracting a facility icon required for the calculated guidance route according to a facility icon extraction rule, and for determining an offset arrangement position of this facility icon, and a display unit 11 for attaching the facility icon at the above-mentioned determined offset arrangement position on the above-mentioned guidance route map to display the facility icon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Hirai, Yoko Sano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Makoto Otsuru, Kotoyu Sasayama
  • Publication number: 20130047106
    Abstract: Evaluation values are set for placement candidate positions as indices for determining appropriate positions as positions for relocating objects; among from the placement candidate positions set for an object that comes later in an order of display, the placement candidate position that is set by an evaluation value indicative of being most appropriate as a position to be relocated is extracted, and whether or not the object that comes later in the order of display is adapted to a likely placement at the corresponding placement candidate position is determined; and the object is relocated at the placement candidate position that is determined the likely placement and drawn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kotoyu Sasayama, Makoto Otsuru, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Yoko Sano, Takeyuki Hori
  • Publication number: 20120323487
    Abstract: A navigation device includes a road periphery display change unit 3 that selects a road R which connects to, intersects with, or is adjacent to a guidance route/a travel plan route 21 from a map database 5, and displays the road in a high contrast on the inside of a predetermined distance from the guidance route/the travel plan route 21, displays the road in a low contrast on the outside of the predetermined distance, and displays the road by changing continuously or stepwise a gradation in an intermediate region between the inside and the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Yoko Sano, Hiroshi Shigehara, Makoto Otsuru, Kotoyu Sasayama