Patents Assigned to Kenwood Corporation
  • Patent number: 10748292
    Abstract: A first motion vector detecting unit calculates a first matching error by detecting a first motion vector based on a first frame and a second frame. A second motion vector detecting unit calculates a second matching error by detecting a second motion vector based on the second frame and a third frame. A local determining unit determines whether a discontinuously moving object is present in a continuously moving background, based on an absolute difference value between the first motion vector and the second motion vector, and the first and second matching errors. An integrating unit integrates determination values for each block within a frame. A determining unit determines whether an image signal is a specific moving image in which the discontinuously moving object is present in a continuously moving background, based on a pattern of integrated values of at least two frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Aiba
  • Patent number: 10742793
    Abstract: In a base station device, a receiver receives a normal signal from one terminal device included in one of a plurality of groups each including a plurality of terminal devices. The transmitter transmits the normal signal received by the receiver to the rest of the terminal devices included in the group. When the receiver has received an emergency signal from one terminal device included in one group, the transmitter transmits the emergency signal that has been received by the receiver to the rest of the terminal devices included in the group and terminal devices other than those in the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masamichi Nishioka
  • Patent number: 10741056
    Abstract: In a terminal device, a receiver receives a plurality of signals from a plurality of other terminal devices. When the receiver has received a plurality of emergency signals, a setting unit sets priorities for a plurality of other terminal devices that are the transmission sources for the plurality of emergency signals. A notification unit gives notification of information regarding the plurality of other terminal devices that have transmitted the emergency signals, based on the priorities that have been set by the setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masamichi Nishioka
  • Patent number: 10730434
    Abstract: A vehicular display control device includes a rear video data acquiring unit configured to acquire rear video data from a rear camera disposed to face rear portion of a vehicle to capture rear view of the vehicle, a rear side video data acquiring unit configured to acquire rear side video data from rear side cameras disposed on right-side and left-side of the vehicle to face rear portion of the vehicle to capture rear right-side view and rear left-side view of the vehicle, a state detecting unit configured to detect surrounding state of the vehicle, a video synthesizing unit configured to, according to the surrounding state of the vehicle, synthesize the rear side video data in upper portion on right-side and left-side of the rear video data, and a display controller configured to display the synthesized video data in a display for displaying the rear video data of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Katsumata, Izumi Saeki, Hideaki Okamura
  • Patent number: 10735641
    Abstract: An in-vehicle display control device includes a display video data generating unit 31 that obtains captured video data from a rear camera 2 used in capturing the rearward portion of a vehicle, and generates display video data to be displayed in a rearview monitor 3 meant for displaying rearward videos of the vehicle; a range setting unit 35 that sets a first-type range and a second type range with respect to the display video data, the second-type range being placed on either side of the first-type range and positioned in each side portion of the display video data; a video processing unit 36 that, with respect to the video data in the second-type range set by the range setting unit 35, performs an information volume reduction operation for reducing the volume of information to be provided to the driver; and a display control unit 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Katsumata, Hideaki Okamura, Izumi Saeki
  • Patent number: 10725294
    Abstract: A virtual image display device includes: a display unit that generates an image display light by modulating an illumination light; and a projection optical system that includes at least a concave mirror for reflecting the image display light toward a virtual image presentation plate. The display unit is provided at a position nearer a focal point within a meridional plane of a composite optical system formed by the virtual image presentation plate and the projection optical system than a focal point within a sagittal plane of the composite optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Kojima
  • Patent number: 10724898
    Abstract: Light emitted from a light source is irradiated to a reflective light modulator which modulates irradiated light to reflect based on image data and the light reflected by the light modulator is projected. A ratio of return light returning from the light modulator to the light source to the light irradiated to the light modulator is calculated based on the image data. A light amount of the light emitted from the light source is calculated by using the calculated ratio and a detection output of an optical sensor provided between the light source and the light modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Okamoto, Naoya Aizu
  • Patent number: 10723266
    Abstract: An on-vehicle display control device includes a video data acquiring unit that acquires video data from multiple bird's-eye view video cameras for videos of a front, a rear, a left side, and a right side of a vehicle, and video data from rear side cameras for videos of rear left-side and rear right-side views of the vehicle; a bird's-eye view video generating unit that generates a bird's-eye view video by performing a viewpoint conversion and synthesizing processes on the videos of the bird's-eye view video cameras; a confirmation request detecting unit that detects a left-right situation confirmation request; and a display controller that displays, when the confirmation request is detected, on a display in a direction of the confirmation request, the video from the rear side camera in the confirmation request direction and the video in a direction corresponding to the confirmation request direction in the bird's-eye view video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Mori, Takuji Teruuchi, Manabu Asayama, Tsuneo Satomi, Akinori Sugata
  • Patent number: 10722113
    Abstract: A gaze detection apparatus includes a light source configured to irradiate an eyeball of a subject with detection light, a position detection unit configured to detect positions of pupil centers indicating centers of pupils of right and left respective eyeballs and positions of corneal reflection centers indicating centers of corneal reflexes of the right and left respective eyeballs from an image of the eyeball irradiated with the detection light, a curvature radius calculation unit configured to calculate corneal curvature radii of the right and left respective eyeballs from a position of the light source and the positions of the corneal reflection centers, a gaze detection unit configured to detect gaze directions of the right and left respective eyeballs from the positions of the pupil centers and the corneal curvature radii, a viewpoint detection unit, an output control unit, and a determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Shuji Hakoshima
  • Patent number: 10719203
    Abstract: A program is installable in an information processing device. A processor acquires version information for each function provided in a current version of the installed program, the version information indicating that the function is different from a function provided in an older version. A display unit displays a UI element for allowing selection of a function provided in a new version. The display unit displays a UI element corresponding to a function identical to the older version in a first mode and displaying a UI element corresponding to the function different from the older version in a second mode different from the first mode, based on the acquired version information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoya Umemura, Ichiro Shishido, Kenji Katami
  • Patent number: 10715744
    Abstract: A vehicular display control device includes a video acquiring unit configured to acquire video data captured by a rear camera configured to capture a rear view of a vehicle, a frequency detecting unit configured to detect a frequency of a driver's action in the vehicle for changing a range of view with respect to a display installed in front of the driver, a video data generating unit configured to clip, when the frequency of the driver's action detected by the frequency detecting unit becomes high, a clipping range in the captured video data acquired by the video acquiring unit wider than a clipping range before the frequency of the driver's action becomes high to generate video data for a predetermined time, and a display controller configured to cause a display installed in front of the driver to display the video data generated by the video data generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Wada, Takuji Teruuchi, Toshiya Endo, Takeshi Yamazaki, Hiroki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10715769
    Abstract: A first image display element modulates first illumination light in which red illumination light and infrared illumination light are alternately switched, based on an image signal for visible light image and an image signal for infrared light image, and emits first image light in which red image light and infrared image light are alternately switched. A second image display element modulates green illumination light based on a green image signal, and emits green image light. A third image display element modulates blue illumination light based on a blue image signal, and emits blue image light. A synthesizer synthesizes the first image light, the green image light, and the blue image light with one another, and obtains synthesized image light. A projection unit projects the synthesized image light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatsugu Aizaki, Shinji Kikuma, Yasuki Arihara
  • Patent number: 10715445
    Abstract: In a communication device, a frame received via a port on the reception side is transmitted via a port on the transmission side. A first detector detects linkup of a port on the transmission side. When linkup is detected, a second detector detects a state closer to an overflow of a transmission buffer that accumulates a frame to be transmitted via the port on the transmission side. When a state closer to an overflow is detected, a control unit executes flow control via a port on the reception side when no transmission failure is detected in the port on the transmission side, and the control unit determines non-execution of flow control via the port on the reception side when a transmission failure is detected in the port on the transmission side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasujiro Owada, Kiyoharu Ohtani
  • Patent number: 10710505
    Abstract: A bird's-eye view video generation device includes a video data acquiring unit that acquires videos from multiple cameras capturing videos of front, rear, a left side, and a right side of a vehicle, an obstacle information acquiring unit that acquires information from an obstacle sensor detecting at least one obstacle around the vehicle, a bird's-eye view video generating unit that generates a bird's-eye view video by synthesizing videos converted by a viewpoint conversion process on the acquired videos and generate, when the obstacle information acquiring unit detects the obstacle, the bird's-eye view video where a display region in a direction of the detected obstacle is extended by reducing a display area of the video in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the detected obstacle toward a direction opposite to the direction of the detected obstacle, and a display controller that displays the generated bird's-eye view video on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Asayama, Tsuneo Satomi, Toshio Mori
  • Patent number: 10715734
    Abstract: A bird's-eye view video generation device includes a video data acquisition unit configured to acquire video data from multiple cameras configured to capture videos of surroundings of a vehicle, a bird's-eye view video generator configured to generate a bird's-eye view video from a virtual viewpoint above the vehicle by performing viewpoint conversion processing on the acquired video data to synthesize the viewpoint-converted videos, an obstacle information acquisition unit configured to acquire information from at least one detector configured to detect at least one obstacle around the vehicle and to specify a position thereof, and a display controller configured to display the bird's-eye view video in a display, wherein, when the position of the obstacle overlaps a synthesis boundary between the videos, the bird's-eye view video generator is further configured to generate a bird's-eye view video obtained by changing the position of the virtual viewpoint of the bird's-eye view video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoki Sakuragi
  • Patent number: 10715896
    Abstract: A speaker includes a flange portion, a locking member and a connecting portion. The flange portion includes a penetration hole. The locking member is arranged in the penetration hole and includes a locking portion that protrudes from the flange portion and is to be locked in a mounting hole in a prescribed size. The connecting portion connects an end surface facing the penetration hole with the locking member and is to be cut by a hand tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kumakura, Akira Shigeta, Koji Yamazawa
  • Patent number: 10703271
    Abstract: An image acquisition unit acquires an image around a vehicle. A generator generates a bird's-eye image based on the acquired image. A road surface information acquisition unit acquires information on a road surface around the vehicle. A road surface determination unit determines whether a road surface that requires attention is found by referring to the acquired information on the road surface. When it is determined that a road surface that requires attention is found, an image processor superimposes an image showing the road surface that requires attention on the bird's-eye image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuyuki Nagai
  • Patent number: D889437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yui Ando, Satoshi Yoshimura, Takuya Arimoto, Shuji Tanifuji, Arwa Borsadwala
  • Patent number: D889438
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Arimoto
  • Patent number: D890123
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi Yoshimura