Patents by Inventor Yasushi Sugama
Yasushi Sugama 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).
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Publication number: 20240085553Abstract: An obstacle detection device (3) receives information on observation point cloud data formed of a plurality of reflection points (14) observed within a measurement range including a water surface (10), and includes: a plane detection unit (31) to detect planes extending near the plurality of reflection points (14) included in the observation point cloud data; a pseudo water surface detection unit (32) to detect a pseudo water surface; a wave peak detection unit (34) to detect a reflection point (14) corresponding to a wave peak (16); and an obstacle detection unit (3e) to take the reflection points (14) corresponding to the pseudo water surface and the reflection point (14) corresponding to the wave peak (16), as reflection points (14) included in water surface point cloud data, and to determine a reflection point (14) not included in the water surface point cloud data, as a reflection point (14) of an obstacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kohei HIROMATSU, Michinori YOSHIDA, Yasushi SUGAMA
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Publication number: 20230377000Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires user identification information as information identifying a user and position information as at least one item of information out of present position information as information indicating the user's present position and destination information as information indicating a destination, acquires purchase information indicating a purchased item purchased by the user in the past by using the user identification information, and acquires a learned model, an estimation unit that estimates an advertisement to be provided to the user by using the position information, the purchase information and the learned model, and a provision control unit that executes a process for providing the advertisement to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masahiro ABUKAWA, Yasushi SUGAMA, Satoru FURUTA
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Publication number: 20220194430Abstract: An information processing device with improved prediction accuracy of the moving routes of obstacles is obtained. The information processing device according to the present disclosure includes an object position information acquisition unit to acquire obstacle position information showing a position of at least one obstacle existing around a vehicle, an obstacle potential map generation unit to generate an obstacle potential map of risk of a traffic accident for the at least one obstacle based on the obstacle position information, and an obstacle moving route prediction unit to predict a moving route of the at least one obstacle based on the obstacle potential map and generate obstacle moving route prediction information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Yasushi SUGAMA
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Patent number: 10268175Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes obtaining one of image information of a recording medium placed in a sensing area and tag information attached to the recording medium; obtaining environmental control information corresponding to the obtained one of image information and tag information from a storage; and based on the obtained environmental control information, controlling one or more of a light-emitting device, a display device, an audio device, a temperature control device, an air-flow control device, a vibration device, and an aroma emitting device that are disposed around the sensing area.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignees: FUJITSU LIMITED, FUJTISU FACILITIES LIMITEDInventors: Yasushi Sugama, Yasushi Tateno, Masatoshi Kimura, Kazunori Maruyama, Tetsuo Yamamoto, Kota Ichinose
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Publication number: 20180122097Abstract: An apparatus for position and orientation estimation executes a process for detecting first point group indicating an object body based on model data of the object body from three-dimensional point group, a process for generating a pattern group including a plurality of second point group respectively representing patterns in which a position and an orientation of the model data are respectively changed at a position of the first point group, a process for converting the first point group and the second point group of the patterns of the pattern group into distance images, a process for comparing the distance image of the first point group with each of the distance images of the second point group of the patterns of the pattern group, and a process for selecting one of the distance images of the second point group of the patterns based on a result of the comparing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Kazuki Osamura, Yasushi Sugama, Taichi Murase, Toshiyuki Yoshitake
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Patent number: 9762872Abstract: An apparatus includes a projector to project an image, a three-dimensional sensor to measure three-dimensional data of an image projection range onto which the image is to be projected, and a processor to extract a plane area from the image projection range based on the three-dimensional data measured by the three-dimensional sensor, as a direction of the plane area, identify at least one of a long-side direction, a short-side direction, and a normal primary alignment direction of the plane area, using the direction of the plane area, perform a of an image area for the image to be projected by the projector with the plane area, and perform a secondary alignment of the image area with the plane area by performing a tracking process between a first contour of the image area aligned by the primary alignment and a sSpecond contour of the plane area.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Yasushi Sugama
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Publication number: 20170243052Abstract: A book detection apparatus detects a plurality of surface regions on the basis of three-dimensional measurement data that is obtained by a three-dimensional sensor and that falls within a search area, and determines, when a positional relationship between two surface regions among the plurality of surface regions satisfies a positional condition corresponding to a positional relationship between two opened pages of an opened book, the two surface regions as a book region that includes the book.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Yasushi Sugama, Masafumi Tada
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Publication number: 20170213092Abstract: An apparatus for video generation includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute a road surface end detection process to detect, from an image including a road surface along which a vehicle travels, a road surface end of the road surface in a widthwise direction, execute a calculation process to calculate a distance from the vehicle to the road surface end, execute a generation process to generate, when the calculated distance is smaller than a given threshold value, a video for inducing a driver of the vehicle to steer to a direction in which the distance increases, and execute a display control process to cause a display apparatus to display the generated video.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2016Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Yasushi Sugama, Yusaku Fujii, Takato OHASHI
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Publication number: 20170210293Abstract: A video generation device includes a processor configured to detect a second vehicle present in front of a first vehicle or behind the first vehicle in a first direction in which the first vehicle travels. The first vehicle is mounted with the video generation device. The processor is configured to detect a first distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle. The processor is configured to compare the first distance to a predetermined threshold value to acquire a first comparison result. The processor is configured to determine a first speed of a first image on basis of the first comparison result. The first image is included in a video and to be moved within the video in a direction determined on basis of the first direction. The processor is configured to generate the video on basis of the first speed and display the video via a display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2016Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Yasushi Sugama, Yusaku Fujii, Takato OHASHI
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Publication number: 20170104969Abstract: An apparatus includes a projector to project an image, a three-dimensional sensor to measure three-dimensional data of an image projection range onto which the image is to be projected, and a processor to extract a plane area from the image projection range based on the three-dimensional data measured by the three-dimensional sensor, as a direction of the plane area, identify at least one of a long-side direction, a short-side direction, and a normal direction of the plane area, using the direction of the plane area, perform a primary alignment of an image area for the image to be projected by the projector with the plane area, and perform a secondary alignment of the image area with the plane area by performing a tracking process between a first contour of the image area aligned by the primary alignment and a second contour of the plane area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2016Publication date: April 13, 2017Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Yasushi Sugama
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Publication number: 20170031341Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes obtaining one of image information of a recording medium placed in a sensing area and tag information attached to the recording medium; obtaining environmental control information corresponding to the obtained one of image information and tag information from a storage; and based on the obtained environmental control information, controlling one or more of a light-emitting device, a display device, an audio device, a temperature control device, an air-flow control device, a vibration device, and an aroma emitting device that are disposed around the sensing area.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Yasushi Sugama, Yasushi Tateno, Masatoshi Kimura, Kazunori Maruyama, Tetsuo Yamamoto, Kota Ichinose
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Patent number: 9245370Abstract: An image drawing apparatus includes a drawing position judging unit configured to judge a figure drawn on the scan line to be processed and extract each of vertexes constituting the judged figure, an vertex information reading unit configured to read vertex information, an image generating unit configured to generate graphics data of the scan line, and a line buffer configured to store the graphics data, wherein the vertex information reading unit includes a cache memory, a cache tag configured to store an address storing the vertex information when the vertex information is stored in the cache memory, and a control unit configured to refer to the cache tag, and read the vertex information from the address of the cache memory when the address is stored, and store the vertex information in the cache memory and store the address in the cache tag when the address is not stored.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Yasushi Sugama
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Patent number: 9177354Abstract: A rendering apparatus acquires graphic information of a figure to be rendered in a rendering area; specifies for each division area of the rendering area, graphic information of a figure to be rendered in the division area; calculates based on data size of the specified graphic information and for each division area, total data size of graphic information of the figure to be rendered in the division area; selects a division area as a rendering destination, based on each calculated total data size and a data capacity of a memory area to which graphic information is to be stored that is among the acquired graphic information and for the figure to be rendered; writes to the memory area, the graphic information of the figure to be rendered in the selected division area; and generates based on the written graphic information, an image for the selected division area.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Yasushi Sugama
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Patent number: 9007387Abstract: A drawing processing apparatus is disclosed. A graphic index of a graphic included in a display screen or graphic description information which includes a setting parameter to be applied to the graphic is determined for each of regions dividing the display screen. A data size of the graphic description information is aggregated for the regions. A start address in a memory is determined to store the graphic description information into a successive storage area in the memory, based on the aggregated data size. The data size of an area of an overflow occurrence target is stored when the overflow occurs. The graphic description information of the regions is successively written from the start address when the overflow does not occur. A write process is stopped, and resumed from the area of the overflow occurrence target by using the data size when the overflow occurs.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Yasushi Sugama
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Patent number: 8976183Abstract: A method and system for approximating a curve, and a graphic display control method and apparatus are disclosed. The method for approximating a curve comprises the steps of acquiring number information of subdividing points for subdividing a curve needed to be approximated based on coordinate information of control points of the curve, acquiring coordinate information of the subdividing points based on the number information of the subdividing points and the coordinate information of the control points, and connecting the subdividing points with straight lines based on the coordinate information of the subdividing points. The invention could achieve efficient curve approximation and in turn achieve efficient graphic-display control.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Yasushi Sugama, Zhiming Tan, Xianghui Bai
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Patent number: 8902217Abstract: An image generating method includes: generating first and second projected two-dimensional images of a front object seen from first and second viewpoints, the front object being a part of the three-dimensional image divided by a predetermined boundary surface; interpolating the first and second projected two-dimensional images to generate a first interpolated two-dimensional image of the front object seen from a third viewpoint locating on a straight line connecting the first and second viewpoint; generating third and fourth projected two-dimensional images of a rear object seen from the first and second viewpoints, the rear object being another part of the three-dimensional image divided by the predetermined boundary surface; interpolating the third and fourth projected two-dimensional images to generate a second interpolated two-dimensional image of the rear object seen from the third viewpoint; and overwriting the first interpolated two-dimensional image on the second interpolated two-dimensional image.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Yasushi Sugama
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Publication number: 20140152681Abstract: A rendering apparatus acquires graphic information of a figure to be rendered in a rendering area; specifies for each division area of the rendering area, graphic information of a figure to be rendered in the division area; calculates based on data size of the specified graphic information and for each division area, total data size of graphic information of the figure to be rendered in the division area; selects a division area as a rendering destination, based on each calculated total data size and a data capacity of a memory area to which graphic information is to be stored that is among the acquired graphic information and for the figure to be rendered; writes to the memory area, the graphic information of the figure to be rendered in the selected division area; and generates based on the written graphic information, an image for the selected division area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Yasushi SUGAMA
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Patent number: 8605100Abstract: A drawing device includes a distinguish unit for distinguishing figure description information in scene data of each figure in a display screen, for tiles included in the display screen; an aggregation unit for aggregating a data size of the figure description information corresponding to the tiles; an address determination unit for determining a leading address in a memory area for storing the figure description information corresponding to each of the tiles, based on an aggregation result of each tile; and a memory write unit for sequentially writing, in the memory area, the figure description information distinguished as corresponding to the tiles, starting from the leading address determined for each corresponding tile, wherein the address determination unit determines the leading addresses so that the memory areas for storing the figure description information corresponding to the tiles are arranged in a physical address space in an order of drawing the tiles.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Semiconductor LimitedInventors: Yasushi Sugama, Masayuki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20130314430Abstract: A drawing processing apparatus is disclosed. A graphic index of a graphic included in a display screen or graphic description information which includes a setting parameter to be applied to the graphic is determined for each of regions dividing the display screen. A data size of the graphic description information is aggregated for the regions. A start address in a memory is determined to store the graphic description information into a successive storage area in the memory, based on the aggregated data size. The data size of an area of an overflow occurrence target is stored when the overflow occurs. The graphic description information of the regions is successively written from the start address when the overflow does not occur. A write process is stopped, and resumed from the area of the overflow occurrence target by using the data size when the overflow occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Yasushi SUGAMA
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Publication number: 20130027397Abstract: A drawing device includes a coordinate transformation unit receiving vertex information of a graphic and generating graphic information including at least positional information indicative of coordinates on a two-dimensional display surface of the graphic based on the vertex information; a selection unit receiving the graphic information from the coordinate transformation unit, calculating a drawing range in a predetermined direction of the graphic based on the graphic information, and outputting the graphic information of the graphic to be drawn in divided areas for each of the divided areas obtained by dividing the two-dimensional display surface; an image generating unit generating image data of the divided areas based on the graphic information output from the selection unit; and a line buffer storing the image data generated by the image generating unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Yasushi SUGAMA