Patents Assigned to Fujitsu Ten Limited
  • Patent number: 10328866
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for processing an image according to one embodiment includes a generating unit, a display control unit, and a change receiving unit. The display control unit generates a synthetic image providing a view of a vehicle from a virtual viewpoint, based on a plurality of onboard camera images. The display control unit displays the generated synthetic image on a display unit. The change receiving unit receives a change in the relative positional relation between an image region that is based on one of the camera images and image regions that are based on the other camera images in the synthetic image. The generating unit generates a synthetic image, based on a changed positional relation every time a change in the positional relation is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenta Shimizu, Masahiro Yamada, Yasuyoshi Sawada, Takumi Hayashida, Azusa Matsuoka, Naoyuki Okada, Minoru Fujioka, Yuka Shidochi, Toshinori Esaka
  • Patent number: 10325161
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle state determining device. An extracting unit is configured to extract feature points from images acquired by an imaging device mounted on a vehicle. An estimating unit is configured to estimate the movement amount of the vehicle at each time set at intervals of a predetermined time, on the basis of the feature points extracted by the extracting unit. A determining unit is configured to perform determination on movement of the vehicle on the basis of the movement amount estimated by the estimating unit, and the change amount of the movement amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yuuki Matsumoto, Atsushi Mino, Naoshi Kakita
  • Patent number: 10316780
    Abstract: A controller of an air-fuel-ratio sensor includes a control unit, a voltage-abnormality detecting unit, and a short-circuit-abnormality detecting unit. The control unit controls a current and a voltage of a gas sensor element through a plurality of terminals connected with the gas sensor element. The voltage-abnormality detecting unit changes, when at least one of voltages of the plurality of terminals is out of a predetermined range, a voltage level of an output voltage. The short-circuit-abnormality detecting unit causes, when the voltage level of the output voltage changes from a first voltage into a second voltage, a control unit to perform for a predetermined time a protective operation that suppresses currents from the control unit to the plurality of terminals, and detects, when the voltage level of the output voltage is the second voltage after the protective operation is released, a short-circuit abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masatoshi Watanabe, Shigeto Umeyama, Motoki Komiya, Keisuke Kido, Chiharu Morisaki, Hiroto Miura
  • Patent number: 10320204
    Abstract: An electric storage apparatus according to one exemplary aspect of an embodiment of the disclosure includes a battery unit, a determination unit, and a connection controlling unit. In the battery unit, a plurality of storage batteries is connected in parallel. Each of the storage batteries includes serially connected electric storage elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventor: Yukio Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10310065
    Abstract: There is provided a radar device. A Fourier transform unit decomposes each of respective beat signals into a plurality of frequency components. A bearing computing unit specifies arrival angles of reflected-wave signals based on peak frequency components included in the plurality of frequency components, and calculates the signal intensities of arrival angle components of the reflected waves with respect to a plurality of neighborhood frequency components of the peak frequency components when the plurality of arrival angles of the reflected-wave signals are specified. A calculating unit selects one frequency component having the highest signal intensity from among the plurality of neighborhood frequency components, with respect to each of the arrival angles specified at a plurality of frequencies, and computes a distance between the radar device and a target on the basis of the one frequency component selected with respect to each of the arrival angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventor: Takayuki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10308119
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply control apparatus controls (i) storage of electricity generated by an alternator powered by an internal combustion engine of a vehicle and (ii) main and auxiliary power supplies that supply stored electricity to a load. The apparatus includes a first switch, a second switch, a controller and a switching circuit. The first switch is provided between the main power supply and the alternator. The second switch is provided between the auxiliary power supply and the alternator. The controller controls a connection state of the first switch and a connection state of the second switch based on a state of the vehicle. The switching circuit turns on the first switch and/or the second switch in a case where a first voltage of the main power supply is smaller than a second voltage of the auxiliary power supply by a threshold value or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventor: Yoshinori Shibachi
  • Patent number: 10300911
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus that is mounted in a vehicle issues a warning to a driver of the vehicle to stop the vehicle in a case where the collision has occurred between the vehicle and an object. The vehicle control apparatus stops the vehicle regardless of an operation by the driver after issuing the warning to the driver, in a case where the vehicle is not detected to be stopped. Thus, while giving a priority on prompting the driver to voluntarily stop the vehicle, it is possible to prevent the driver from fleeing a scene of the accident or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN Limited
    Inventor: Masaya Shioe
  • Patent number: 10297225
    Abstract: An information processing system according to the embodiments includes an in-vehicle device (electronic device), a portable communication terminal, a terminal position computing unit (computing unit), and a specific process executing unit (executing unit). The in-vehicle device is provided in a vehicle (predetermined facility). The portable communication terminal is capable of mutual communication with the in-vehicle device. The terminal position computing unit computes a position of the portable communication terminal based upon a motion of the portable communication terminal. The specific process executing unit, when the position of the portable communication terminal computed by the terminal position computing unit is a predetermined position that is predefined in the facility, executes a specific process corresponding to the predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Shizuka Tamura, Yoshitaka Hirashima, Toshio Kitahara, Toshihiro Murata, Minoru Maehata
  • Patent number: 10296322
    Abstract: A controller according to an embodiment includes a main processing unit and a storage. The main processing unit shifts, when receiving an updating request of a control program during executing this control program, to program shifting through a restart in a state where a device power source is held. The program shifting starts an updating program for updating the control program instead of the control program. The storage is configured to be able to hold information while the device power source is held. The main processing unit causes the storage to store, before the restart, update requesting information indicating that the updating request is received, causes the storage to store a history of the restart, and performs a start determination on the updating program on the basis of the update requesting information and the history that are referred after the restart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoto Mori, Shigeto Umeyama
  • Patent number: 10281446
    Abstract: An engine control device of a vehicle engine includes a processor that detects an operation state of the engine and controls an output of a heater which heats an intake air oxygen concentration sensor detecting oxygen concentration of intake air of the engine. The intake air includes a portion of exhaust gas recirculated to an intake passage of the engine as EGR gas. The processor controls the output of the heater, according to a detected operation state of the engine, so that the intake air oxygen concentration sensor enters one of (i) an active state where a temperature of the intake air oxygen concentration sensor becomes greater than or equal to an activation temperature, (ii) a semi-active state where the sensor temperature is lower than the activation temperature and higher than an inactivation temperature, and (iii) an inactive state where the sensor temperature is lower than the inactivation temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN Limited
    Inventor: Masatoshi Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 10283874
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes: an antenna array that: i) includes a plurality of antennas arranged next to each other in a predetermined direction, ii) is supplied with power from a power source, and iii) transmits radio waves; and a plurality of dummy antennas that: i) are provided on opposite sides of the antenna array in the predetermined direction, ii) are supplied with power from an electric field leaked from the antennas of the antenna array, and iii) transmit radio waves. Thus, it is possible to prevent an accuracy of detecting a target from deteriorating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Junzoh Tsuchiya, Kenji Oka, Ryuichi Hashimoto, Norihisa Nishimoto, Kenta Shirahige
  • Patent number: 10271144
    Abstract: A speaker unit according to an embodiment includes a diaphragm, a frame, and a current plate. The frame supports an outer circumferential portion of the diaphragm. The current plate is provided in the frame so as to be located at a backside of the diaphragm, and its principal surface is arranged in a direction along an amplitude direction of the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuichi Nakajima, Kayo Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 10247146
    Abstract: A solenoid valve device according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a solenoid valve, a determination unit, a setting unit, and a correction setting unit. The solenoid valve is provided on a fluid channel with a fluid passing there through and adjusts a flow rate of the fluid. The determination unit determines a target degree of valve opening of the solenoid valve. The setting unit sets a driving signal for driving the solenoid valve in such a manner that a degree of valve opening of the solenoid valve is the target degree of valve opening. The correction setting unit sets a differential pressure correction signal for driving the solenoid valve in accordance with a differential pressure on the fluid channel between a front and a back of the solenoid valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventor: Sumiaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10241144
    Abstract: A deterioration detecting apparatus includes: a capacitor that is connected to an electric power source through a connection switch; a deterioration detection switch that is provided between the electric power source and a ground point; a charging-path forming unit that controls the connection switch and the deterioration detection switch, such that the electric power source, the capacitor, and the ground point are connected, to form a charging path for charging the capacitor; a voltage detecting unit that detects a voltage of the capacitor charged through the charging path; and a deterioration detecting unit that detects a deterioration in elements such as the capacitor positioned on the charging path, on the basis of the voltage of the capacitor detected by the voltage detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventor: Sho Tamura
  • Patent number: 10242475
    Abstract: A driving support device according to an embodiment includes an estimation unit, a rendering unit, and an erasing unit. The estimation unit estimates a running state of a movable body based on an image taken on the movable body. The rendering unit produces a prediction line that indicates a predicted direction of travel of the movable body based on the running state estimated by the estimation unit, and superimposes and renders the prediction line on the taken image. The erasing unit erases the prediction line rendered by the rendering unit in a case where the estimation unit estimates that the movable body is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN Limited
    Inventors: Akihide Fujio, Hiroki Murasumi, Yuuki Matsumoto, Shigeto Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10234946
    Abstract: An input device according to an embodiment includes a vibration element, an acquisition unit, and an element controller. The vibration element causes an operation surface to vibrate. The acquisition unit acquires information on at least one of a traveling state and a traveling environment of the moving body. The element controller causes the vibration element to vibrate at a vibration strength according to at least the one of the traveling state and the traveling environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventor: Takashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10227062
    Abstract: A water-droplet detecting apparatus according to an embodiment includes a setting unit, a first extraction unit, a second extraction unit, and a determination unit. The setting unit sets concentric circles having a center at arbitrary one point of a captured image of an image capturing unit. The first extraction unit extracts candidate pixels based on gradients of pixels on a circumference of each of the concentric circles. The candidate pixels are candidates for pixels that are estimated to indicate a water droplet adhered to the image capturing unit. The second extraction unit extracts one or more candidate circles based on the candidate pixels extracted by the first extraction unit. The one or more candidate circles are candidates for circles that indicate a shape of the water droplet. The determination unit determines whether or not the water droplet is adhered based on an extraction result of the second extraction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Kono, Junji Hashimoto, Yasushi Tani, Tomohide Kasame, Teruhiko Kamibayashi, Hiroki Murasumi
  • Patent number: 10223384
    Abstract: A drive recorder sends to a server a moving image file showing a situation of surroundings of vehicle in a moment at which large acceleration occurred. The server determines, based on moving image file, whether or not to prohibit from being overwritten moving image file showing surroundings of vehicle in a moment at which an event occurred. Based on a determination result determined by the server, the drive recorder prohibits from being overwritten an image data set showing the moment 1) at which the event occurred or 2) optionally before and/or after the event occurred including the moment at which the event occurred. Thus, the drive recorder can surely prohibit the image data set to be prohibited from being overwritten. Moreover, it is possible to effectively use a storage area of a memory by allowing overwriting image data set that does not necessarily need to be prohibited from being overwritten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN Limited
    Inventor: Kohei Ono
  • Patent number: 10210640
    Abstract: A driving support device according to an embodiment includes an estimation unit, a rendering unit, and an erasing unit. The estimation unit estimates a running state of a movable body based on an image taken on the movable body. The rendering unit produces a prediction line that indicates a predicted direction of travel of the movable body based on the running state estimated by the estimation unit, and superimposes and renders the prediction line on the taken image. The erasing unit erases the prediction line rendered by the rendering unit in a case where the estimation unit estimates that the movable body is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN Limited
    Inventors: Akihide Fujio, Hiroki Murasumi, Yuuki Matsumoto, Shigeto Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10197619
    Abstract: A power supply monitoring apparatus includes: a plurality of power supplies that are connected in series; and a capacitor that is connected to each of positive and negative electrodes of the plurality of power supplies via a plurality of switch elements. The power supply monitoring apparatus determines states of the plurality of switch elements, using a voltage value of the capacitor that is acquired when a first switch element of the plurality of switch elements is turned on, the first switch element being connected to one of a total negative-electrode side and a total positive-electrode side of the plurality of power supplies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN Limited
    Inventors: Shota Kawanaka, Sho Tamura