Patents Assigned to Fujitsu Ten Limited
  • Communication apparatus
    Patent number: 9325829
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of commands is intermittently transmitted to an electronic apparatus in accordance with an operating procedure. Thus, the plurality of commands are intermittently executed on the electronic apparatus in accordance with the operating procedure, and an operation screen is displayed in stages. Therefore, a user can grasp the operating procedure until an intended operation screen is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Majima, Gaku Onishi, Katsuyuki Shibata, Norio Oya, Masanobu Washio, Keisuke Yamano
  • Content output system
    Patent number: 9319849
    Abstract: A content output system includes a plurality of mobile terminals that store content data, and a content display apparatus that is communicatively connected to the plurality of mobile terminals, obtains the content data from the mobile terminals, and displays the content data on a display. The content display apparatus displays the content data on the display in association with the mobile terminals that store the content data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited
    Inventors: Tomofumi Soda, Tadayuki Yamashita, Satoru Ikeda, Toshihiro Murata
  • Mobile terminal that determine whether the user is walking while watching the mobile terminal
    Patent number: 9319860
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a display screen, a first camera that is installed on a side of the mobile terminal having the display screen, a velocity sensor that derives moving velocity of the mobile terminal, and a controller configured to (i) determine a starting state of the display screen, (ii) determine a direction of a face of a user based on a shot image obtained from the first camera, and (iii) determine whether the user is walking while watching the mobile terminal based on the moving velocity, the starting state and the direction of the face of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinichi Tanaka, Hironori Ichioka
  • Vehicle controller
    Patent number: 9316196
    Abstract: A vehicle controller is installed in a vehicle and controls one or more operations of the vehicle. The vehicle controller includes a control unit that: (i) outputs a first code for authentication to a judging apparatus which judges whether to permit starting of a driving apparatus of the vehicle when a request for starting the driving apparatus is obtained from an information processor which is located outside the vehicle, (ii) controls locking and unlocking of doors of the vehicle when a request for door lock control is obtained from the information processor, and (iii) obtains from the judging apparatus an authentication result of whether the first code and a second code for authentication which the judging apparatus uses are identical. When obtaining the request for door lock control, the control unit controls the locking and unlocking of the doors based on the authentication result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Ryuji Nishimura, Akira Takee, Shingo Taguchi, Takeshi Sakamoto, Tetsuya Nomura, Satoshi Harumoto
  • Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9318426
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first bump that is located over a surface of a semiconductor element, and is formed on a first bump formation face distanced from a back surface of the semiconductor element at a first distance, and a second bump that is located over the surface of the semiconductor element, and is formed on a second bump formation face distanced from the back surface of the semiconductor element at a second distance being longer than the first distance, the second bump having a diameter larger than a diameter of the first bump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: FUJITSU LIMITED, FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Motoaki Tani, Shinya Iijima, Shinichi Sugiura, Hiromichi Watanabe
  • Radar apparatus and signal processing method
    Patent number: 9310470
    Abstract: There is provided a radar apparatus. A derivation unit derives this time-decided transverse distance of the target of this time processing, by filtering, with a predetermined filter constant, this time transverse distance of paired data of this time processing, and a predicted transverse distance. A change unit changes, when the transverse distance of an object moving target moving in a traveling direction of a vehicle mounted with the radar apparatus and the transverse distance of a specific target satisfy a predetermined relation, the filter constant for filtering this time transverse distance and the predicted transverse distance of the object moving target so that a reflection amount of this time transverse distance is reduced in comparison to before the change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Takumi Moriuchi, Masayuki Kishida, Hisateru Asanuma
  • Audio signal processing apparatus
    Patent number: 9305566
    Abstract: A computing part computes a correlation coefficient representing a level of correlation among acoustic signals for a plurality of channels. A filtering part smoothes a time variation of the correlation coefficient computed. A center component reducer reduces a correlation component that is common in the acoustic signals by using the correlation coefficient. Then, the correlation component extracted by the reducer is reduced from each of the acoustic signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventor: Isao Wakabayashi
  • IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160088260
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image processor configured to: acquire a plurality of captured images captured by a plurality of cameras installed on a vehicle; generate a composite image showing a vicinity of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint, using the plurality of captured images; generate a vicinity image by superimposing a distance indicator that shows at least one distance from the vehicle on the composite image, the distance indicator encompassing a periphery of the vehicle in the composite image; and output the vicinity image to a display to cause the vicinity image to be displayed on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Akihide FUJIO, Koichi YAMAMOTO, Azusa MINODE, Yasushi SEIKE, Minoru YOSHIMURA
  • Acoustic device and method of reproducing acoustic signal
    Patent number: 9294059
    Abstract: An acoustic device, which reproduces an acoustic signal of one acoustic source selected from a plurality of acoustic sources. A first averaging unit averages signal levels of the acoustic signal for a first time period to obtain a first average signal. A second averaging unit averages the signal levels for a second time period shorter than the first time period to obtain a second average signal. A selecting unit selects either the first average signal or the second average signal as one signal having a signal level higher than the other. A gain decreasing unit decreases a gain of the acoustic signal according to the signal level of the one signal if the signal level of the one signal is higher than a threshold value determined according to the one acoustic source. A correcting unit corrects the signal levels of the acoustic signal according to the gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiko Kubo, Yuji Tomita, Masanobu Maeda, Nahoko Akai
  • Distributor And Planar Antenna
    Publication number: 20160079674
    Abstract: Provided is a distributor capable of reducing insertion loss while suppressing a ratio in power distribution among output lines from being changed. The distributor 4 is a distributor that is connected with an input line Lin and output lines Lo1 to Lo3 respectively formed on a dielectric substrate 10 as microstrip lines, and distributes to the output lines Lo1 to Lo3 high frequency power fed from a feeding point to a branching point through the input line Lin. In addition, the distributor 4 is configured to include a stub area 42 that is formed in the input line Lin, is separated from the branching point 41, and has a rectangular shape wider than line widths of a first area La and a second area Lb of the input line Lin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicants: Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd., Fujitsu Ten Limited
    Inventors: Takeshi Okunaga, Akira Nakatsu, Eisuke Hayakawa, Hiroaki Yoshitake
  • Radar apparatus, vehicle control system, and signal processing method
    Patent number: 9285467
    Abstract: There is provided a radar apparatus. A setting unit is configured to set a first range including at least a reference target. A deriving unit is configured to derive a representative position of targets included in the first range on the basis of position information of the targets included in the first range. An acquiring unit is configured to acquire vehicle information indicating that the vehicle is running in a curve-shaped lane or a road shape in front of the vehicle is a curve shape. When the acquiring unit acquires the vehicle information, the setting unit sets a second range wider than the first range and the deriving unit derives a representative position of targets included in the second range on the basis of position information of the targets included in the second range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishimori, Masayuki Kishida, Hisateru Asanuma
  • Communication apparatus
    Patent number: 9262796
    Abstract: In an agent function, when a character image in motion is displayed, a number of the character images to be displayed is changed, depending on whether or not a speech utterance of a user is being received. In other words, during receipt the speech utterance of the user, the communication apparatus sends the character images to the vehicle-mounted apparatus at a first reduced frequency. Thus, even when a process of receiving the speech utterance and a process of displaying the character images are concurrently performed, the vehicle-mounted apparatus is not overloaded with the processes. Therefore, a stopping state of a process caused by overload of the vehicle-mounted apparatus with processes can be prevented and stoppage of the motion of the character image can also be prevented even during the receipt of the speech utterance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventor: Yuu Nagata
  • Signal processing device, radar device, vehicle control system, and signal processing method
    Patent number: 9261589
    Abstract: There is provided a signal processing device. Data indicative of a past sensing point, and a counter value indicative of existence possibility of the past sensing point are stored in a storage. Whether the past sensing point has continuity to a recent sensing point is determined. The counter value associated with the past sensing point determined as having no continuity to the recent sensing point is decreased. The data is deleted from the storage means when the counter value becomes less than a first threshold value. The sensing point possibly detected by pairing peak signals obtained in first and second periods in a wrong manner is identified as a specific sensing point. A first value is decreased from the counter value associated with the past sensing point, and a second value different from the first value is decreased from the counter value associated with the specific sensing point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Itoh, Masayuki Kishida
  • Engine control apparatus and control method for the same
    Patent number: 9261431
    Abstract: An engine control apparatus includes a stack detecting unit, a count processing unit, a stack value storage control unit, and an abnormality determination unit. The abnormality determination unit determines that a sensor has a stack abnormality when a count value by the count processing unit becomes equal to or more than an abnormality determination threshold. When maximum value of the detected value of the sensor detected during a determination period is lower than a value stored in a storage unit and a stack state has not been detected by the stack detecting unit during the determination period, the count processing unit does not count up a counter and does not reset the counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Shibayama, Masatoshi Watanabe, Yusuke Suzuki, Hiroshi Sawada
  • Portable terminal device and storage medium
    Patent number: 9258532
    Abstract: There is provided a portable terminal device and a storage medium having stored therein a parking position guiding program, which are capable of accurately assisting a search of a parking position when a user goes back to a parking position. A portable terminal device is configured to acquire position information representing a current position of a vehicle, stores the position information in a storage unit when the accuracy of the acquired position information satisfies a predetermined accuracy, and give a notice to a user to image an image of a surrounding area when the accuracy of the acquired position information does not satisfy a predetermined accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventor: Yukisuke Ozaki
  • Image Processing Apparatus
    Publication number: 20160021313
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus that processes an image includes: an image acquisition portion that acquires a captured image from an imaging apparatus which captures an image of a vicinity of a vehicle; and an image generator that generates a display image in which a support image for supporting driving is superimposed on the acquired captured image captured by the imaging apparatus, the image generator being configured to (i) make a determination as to whether the vehicle is in a stopped state or a moving state, and (ii) select a type of the support image to be superimposed on the acquired captured image in the display image based on the determination as to whether the vehicle is in the stopped state or the moving state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuuki MATSUMOTO, Atsushi MINO, Naoshi KAKITA
  • Information Providing Apparatus
    Publication number: 20160009296
    Abstract: In an information providing apparatus, a controller is configured to: (i) acquire traveling environment information indicating a traveling environment of the vehicle; (ii) acquire, from a predetermined server via a network, a determination condition that is used to determine whether or not use of a vehicle function included in the vehicle is suitable; and (iii) provide, to a user of the vehicle, a message suggesting use of the vehicle function in a case where the traveling environment indicated by the acquired traveling environment information satisfies the acquired determination condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Yusuke IGUCHI, Yoshihiro NAKAO
  • Antenna
    Patent number: 9236664
    Abstract: An antenna which reduces the number of end faces and perpendicular corners, and suffers from little deterioration of performance even if used for high frequency transmission/reception, in particular a microstrip patch antenna which is comprised of a dielectric substrate on the bottom surface of which a conductive ground plate is formed and on the top surface of which a patch antenna part formed by a conductor and a feeder circuit connected to the same are provided, wherein the feeder circuit is connected to the antenna part while offset by exactly a predetermined distance to either end side from a center of one side of said antennas part to which said feeder circuit is to be connected so that a transmission loss of the antenna becomes a predetermined value or less. The predetermined distance can be made 20 to 70% of the longitudinal side of the patch antenna part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignees: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eisuke Hayakawa, Takeshi Okunaga, Takaaki Fujita
  • Idling stop device, power control method, deterioration notification method and battery charging method
    Patent number: 9234470
    Abstract: An idling stop device is mounted on a vehicle. A microcomputer has an idling stop function of automatically stopping an engine of the vehicle when a predetermined stop condition is established and automatically starting the engine when a predetermined start condition is established during the stopping of the engine. A detecting unit detects that a power voltage of the microcomputer, which is obtained by dropping a voltage of a battery of the vehicle is lower than a minimal operation voltage of the microcomputer. A storage unit stores voltage decrease information irrespective of a state of the microcomputer if the power voltage is lower than the minimal operation voltage. A power control unit stops supply of power to some of electrical loads to which power is supplied from the battery when the engine is started, if the voltage decrease information is stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Ryoh Izumoto, Motoki Komiya, Yuuichiroh Shimizu, Yoshinori Shibachi
  • Display system
    Patent number: 9220177
    Abstract: A display system includes a display panel that displays information and a movement apparatus that moves the display panel. The movement apparatus includes: a slide mechanism configured to move the display panel linearly relative to a base chassis; a right-and-left tilt mechanism configured to change an angle of a display surface of the display panel in a right-and-left direction; an up-and-down tilt mechanism configured to change an angle of the display surface of the display panel in an up-and-down direction; and a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the display panel on a rotation axis orthogonal to the display surface of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventor: Masashi Hida