Patents by Inventor Yoshikuni Hashimoto

Yoshikuni Hashimoto 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: 10475242
    Abstract: An image display control device of an embodiment includes: a mirror image creation unit that creates a mirror image of an area behind and on the side of a vehicle body based on an image captured with an image pickup unit provided on the vehicle body; an image superimposition unit that superimposes a line drawing from which at least a lower part of the vehicle body is recognizable, and the mirror image created by the mirror image creation unit; and a display control unit that controls a display device to display an image created by superimposing the mirror image and the line drawing by the image superimposition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Hashimoto, Koichiro Honda, Kanae Kitamura
  • Patent number: 10112539
    Abstract: An image display control apparatus including an image generation portion generating an output image which resembles a map of a room mirror using at least a vehicle outside image based on at least one of a detection result of an eye point position acquisition portion detecting a position of an eye point of a driver and a detection result of an angle acquisition portion detecting an angle of a display device, and a display control portion controlling the display device so that the display device displays the output image generated by the image generation portion. The output image which is similar to the map of the room mirror may be displayed at the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tamotsu Kameshima, Yoshikuni Hashimoto, Takayuki Higo, Naoki Kajigai
  • Patent number: 10032298
    Abstract: An image display control apparatus according to an embodiment includes, for example, includes a region identification portion distinguishing between a first region corresponding to a window in a vehicle inside image and a second region in the vehicle inside image excluding the first region, an image generation portion generating an image at least for a display range displayed at a display device, the image including a composite image where the vehicle inside image at the second region and a vehicle outside image conforming to the second region are superimposed on each other with a specified ratio and a vehicle outside image at the first region, a display range decision portion configured to change the display range, and a display control portion controlling the display device so that the image generated by the image generation portion is displayed at the display range which is decided by the display range decision portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Hashimoto, Tamotsu Kameshima, Takayuki Higo, Naoki Kajigai
  • Publication number: 20170305345
    Abstract: An image display control apparatus includes an image generating portion generating a display image to be displayed on a display apparatus, the display image including a mirror image of a vehicle outside image based on at least a part of a captured image in which at least a rear side of a vehicle is captured, a reference image setting portion being capable of setting a reference image corresponding to a position that is away towards the rear side of the vehicle, the reference image being set as an image to be included in the display image while the vehicle is moving forward, and a display control portion controlling the display apparatus so that the display image is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikuni HASHIMOTO, Susumu FUJITAKA, Jun AOKI
  • Publication number: 20170282813
    Abstract: An image display control device according to an embodiment includes an image generator configured to generate a display image to be displayed on a display device, the display image containing a vehicle exterior image based on at least a part of a captured image by an imager an imaging area of which is from a direction in which a rear end of a vehicle body can be captured to a direction upward from a horizontal direction and a rearward of a vehicle; an area changer configured to change an area of the captured image to be contained in the display image for forward travel and backward travel of the vehicle; and a display controller configured to control the display device to display the display image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshikuni HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160350974
    Abstract: An image display control device of an embodiment includes: a mirror image creation unit that creates a mirror image of an area behind and on the side of a vehicle body based on an image captured with an image pickup unit provided on the vehicle body; an image superimposition unit that superimposes a line drawing from which at least a lower part of the vehicle body is recognizable, and the mirror image created by the mirror image creation unit; and a display control unit that controls a display device to display an image created by superimposing the mirror image and the line drawing by the image superimposition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikuni HASHIMOTO, Koichiro HONDA, Kanae KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160288717
    Abstract: An image display control apparatus according to an embodiment includes, as an example, an image generation portion generating an output image which resembles a map of a room mirror using at least a vehicle outside image based on at least one of a detection result of an eye point position acquisition portion detecting a position of an eye point of a driver and a detection result of an angle acquisition portion detecting an angle of a display device, and a display control portion controlling the display device so that the display device displays the output image generated by the image generation portion. Accordingly, in the present embodiment, as an example, the output image similar to the map of the room mirror may be displayed at the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tamotsu Kameshima, Yoshikuni Hashimoto, Takayuki Higo, Naoki Kajigai
  • Publication number: 20160042543
    Abstract: An image display control apparatus according to an embodiment includes, for example, includes a region identification portion distinguishing between a first region corresponding to a window in a vehicle inside image and a second region in the vehicle inside image excluding the first region, an image generation portion generating an image at least for a display range displayed at a display device, the image including a composite image where the vehicle inside image at the second region and a vehicle outside image conforming to the second region are superimposed on each other with a specified ratio and a vehicle outside image at the first region, a display range decision portion configured to change the display range, and a display control portion controlling the display device so that the image generated by the image generation portion is displayed at the display range which is decided by the display range decision portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikuni HASHIMOTO, Tamotsu KAMESHIMA, Takayuki HIGO, Naoki KAJIGAI
  • Patent number: 8600112
    Abstract: A crosswalk detection device executes a predetermined arithmetic processing on a calculated value calculated based on data obtained through a scanning operation using a main pattern. Next, the device determines whether or not a crosswalk is in a predetermined image based on a relationship between a calculated result of the arithmetic processing and a position of the main pattern MP on the predetermined image. The above-explained calculated value is, for example, an average of the brightness of pixels overlapping each sub pattern of the main pattern. Hence, even if a white pattern of the crosswalk is cracked or the white pattern has a separated part, the value of data is hardly affected. Accordingly, it is possible to precisely determine whether or not the crosswalk is in the predetermined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Hashimoto, Jun Adachi, Masahiro Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20130016915
    Abstract: A crosswalk detection device executes a predetermined arithmetic processing on a calculated value calculated based on data obtained through a scanning operation using a main pattern. Next, the device determines whether or not a crosswalk is in a predetermined image based on a relationship between a calculated result of the arithmetic processing and a position of the main pattern MP on the predetermined image. The above-explained calculated value is, for example, an average of the brightness of pixels overlapping each sub pattern of the main pattern. Hence, even if a white pattern of the crosswalk is cracked or the white pattern has a separated part, the value of data is hardly affected. Accordingly, it is possible to precisely determine whether or not the crosswalk is in the predetermined image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Hashimoto, Jun Adachi, Masahiro Mizuno