Patents Assigned to Kenwood Corporation
  • Patent number: 10616951
    Abstract: A detector detects communication from a transmitting terminal device to a receiving terminal device on a given channel. A storage stores information on the transmitting terminal device and the receiving terminal device when the detector detects the communication. A requesting unit requests the transmitting terminal device for an interruption in the communication when the detector detects the communication. A communication unit performs interrupting communication on the given channel when the transmitting terminal device stops the communication on the given channel in response to the request by the requesting unit. An invitation unit prompts the transmitting terminal device and the receiving terminal device to resume the communication on the given channel based on the information stored in the storage, when the communication unit terminates the interrupting communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuya Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 10609588
    Abstract: A detector in a control device detects a quality of a signal received by a first base station device and transmitted from a terminal device using a first channel. A channel setting controller in the control device changes a reception channel of a second base station device from a second channel to the first channel when the detector detects a drop in the quality of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Shimoshimano, Ichiro Shishido
  • Patent number: 10608687
    Abstract: A radio device comprising: a transmitter that transmits a transmission voice; a receiver that receives a reception voice; a recorder that records the reception voice; a playback controller that performs rewind playback of a reception voice recorded in the recorder during the reception voice being received; and a transmit-receive controller that causes the transmitter to transmit the under playback signal to notify that it is during the rewind playback when it is detected that reception of the reception voice is completed during the rewind playback, and that causes the transmitter to transmit a playback end signal indicating that the rewind playback is finished when the rewind playback is finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Kuramochi, Rikiya Kasahara
  • Patent number: 10594947
    Abstract: An imaging unit is configured to capture an image of a subject in the water. A lighting unit is configured to illuminate the subject. A histogram generator is configured to divide a range from the minimum to the maximum luminance values of a luminance signal, included in an image signal generated by capturing the image of the subject into a plurality of luminance groups, and to generate histogram data representing the distribution of frequencies of the plurality of luminance groups. Based on the generated histogram data, a histogram analyzer is configured to analyze the distribution of frequencies of the plurality of luminance groups. According to the result of the analysis for the histogram data by the histogram analyzer, a distance controller is configured to control to adjust the distance between the subject and the lighting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Kida
  • Patent number: 10587801
    Abstract: An bird's-eye view video generation device includes a video capturing unit configured to capture a surrounding video of a vehicle, an obstacle information obtaining unit configured to obtain obstacle information including a distance to the obstacle, a video generating unit configured to generate an bird's-eye view video by performing viewpoint conversion with respect to the surrounding video so that, when the distance to the detected obstacle is equal to or longer than a threshold value, generate the bird's-eye view video in which a vehicle icon is displayed at the center thereof enclosed by the bird's-eye view video and the obstacle information is superimposed thereon, and when the distance is shorter than the threshold value, generate the bird's-eye view video in which the obstacle information is superimposed on the center thereof enclosed by the bird's-eye view video, and a display controller configured to display the bird's-eye view video in a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuneo Satomi, Manabu Asayama, Toshio Mori
  • Patent number: 10581536
    Abstract: A wireless communicator includes: a signal strength meter configured to display a signal strength of a received signal; and an AGC circuit configured to perform AGC control for controlling an amplitude of the received signal be in a predetermined range, wherein the AGC circuit is further configured to perform switching, based on a predetermined condition, between two values to provide the switched value to the signal strength meter, one of the values being an AGC signal strength value for displaying the signal strength based on the AGC control, and another of the values being an expanded signal strength value for displaying the signal strength for which the AGC control is not operated based on a value obtained by detecting the received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Yasunori Naiki
  • Patent number: 10579259
    Abstract: An electronic scorebook creation device determines a catching fielder candidate order in which multiple fielders are arranged on the basis of operation input to a displayed field image and the positions of the fielders on the field image, and displays a catching fielder selection button group in which the fielders are arranged according to the catching fielder candidate order. The electronic scorebook creation device also determines a batted ball type candidate order in which batted ball type candidates are arranged, and displays a batted ball type selection button group in which batted ball type candidates are arranged according to the batted ball type candidate order. The electronic scorebook creation device further determines a batting result candidate order in which batting result candidates are arranged, and displays a batting result selection button group in which batting result candidates are arranged according to the batting result candidate order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Onoda, Jiro Uzaki
  • Patent number: 10575128
    Abstract: A determination unit refers to position information of a terminal device registered in a given base station device to determine ease of connection to another base station device. A generator generates, for the terminal device, guidance information to prompt the terminal device to move to a position where a likelihood of connection to the other base station device is increased, based on a result of determination in the determination unit. A transmitter transmits the guidance information generated in the generator to the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fuminori Suzuki, Ichiro Shishido, Tomonori Nagahama
  • Patent number: 10567665
    Abstract: A display control device for controlling displaying of images taken by a plurality of cameras each having a function of changing a zoom magnification includes: an operation unit including an operation element provided for each of the cameras to accept an operator's operation of setting the zoom magnification of the cameras, the operation unit being configured to output a input pulse signal corresponding to an operation amount of the operation element; and a W/T pulse convertor configured to convert the input pulse signal to a reference pulse signal that is uniformized variations in the zoom magnification of respective cameras with respect to a predetermined operation amount of the operation element, and output the second control signal to a corresponding camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuta Yufune
  • Patent number: 10567673
    Abstract: An on-vehicle display control device includes a rear video data acquiring unit configured to acquire first video data from a rear camera on a rear part of a vehicle to image a rear view; a rear side video data acquiring unit configured to acquire second video data from rear side cameras on right and left parts of the vehicle to image rear side views, a clipping unit configured to clip a first area that is a part of the first video data and second areas located on right and left sides of the first area, and a display controller configured to display video data clipped as the first area on a rearview monitor to display rear video, display the second video data on side monitors to display rear side video, and display video data clipped as the second area on the side monitors under a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Izumi Saeki, Noboru Katsumata
  • Patent number: 10567672
    Abstract: An on-vehicle display control device includes a rear video data acquiring unit configured to acquire first video data from a rear camera on a rear part of a vehicle to image a rear view; a rear side video data acquiring unit configured to acquire second video data from rear side cameras on right and left parts of the vehicle to image rear side views, a clipping unit configured to clip a first area that is a part of the first video data and second areas located on right and left sides of the first area, and a display controller configured to display video data clipped as the first area on a rearview monitor to display rear video, display the second video data on side monitors to display rear side video, and display video data clipped as the second area on the side monitors under a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Izumi Saeki, Noboru Katsumata
  • Patent number: 10554978
    Abstract: An encoder encodes moving image data and generates encoded moving image data. A transmission buffer accumulates the encoded moving image data. A transmission/reception unit transmits the encoded moving image data to an image reception device via a wireless communication line. A failure detector predicts whether or not the failure of a real-time transmission of the encoded moving image data occurs, and detects the time until the failure occurs. When the failure is predicted to occur, an encoding controller controls the encoder to decrease, within the detected time, the target bit rate when the encoder encodes the moving image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoru Sakazume
  • Patent number: 10553237
    Abstract: A transmission controller monitors a sound pressure determination signal and a distance determination signal. The transmission controller controls a transmission voice processor to start an operation of generating a transmission voice signal, when the distance determination signal indicates that a distance is equal to or less than a first distance. The transmission controller controls to start an operation of determining a sound pressure of a voice signal, when the distance determination signal indicates that the distance is equal to or less than a second distance shorter than the first distance. The transmission controller supplies a transmission control signal to a transmission circuit so that the transmission circuit transmits the transmission voice signal as a radio wave, when the sound pressure determination signal indicates that the sound pressure is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Manabu Nakano
  • Patent number: 10549693
    Abstract: A bird's-eye view video generation device includes a video acquisition unit configured to acquire surroundings videos obtained by capturing videos of surroundings of a vehicle; a vehicle information acquisition unit configured to acquire vehicle information to estimate move of the vehicle in a turning direction; and a controller configured to, when move of the vehicle in the turning direction is estimated based on the vehicle information that is acquired by the vehicle information acquisition unit, generate a bird's-eye view video obtained by changing a position to display the bird's-eye view video containing a virtual vehicle image such that a surroundings video in a direction that has to be checked in the estimated turning direction is displayed widely. The generated bird's-eye view video is desolated by a display controller on a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sunohara, Fumio Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 10547815
    Abstract: A bird's-eye view video generation device includes a video data acquisition unit configured to acquire surroundings video data by capturing videos of surroundings of a vehicle, an inclination data acquisition unit configured to acquire inclination data representing an inclination of the vehicle, a bird's-eye view video generator configured to perform viewpoint conversion processing on the videos of the surroundings using a virtual viewpoint at which the vehicle is looked down from above and synthesize the converted videos of the surroundings to generate a bird's-eye view video, and a controller configured to cause the bird's-eye view video generator to perform the viewpoint conversion processing on the videos of the surroundings using the virtual viewpoint whose position is adjusted based on the inclination data acquired by the inclination data acquisition unit and synthesize the converted videos of the surroundings of the vehicle to generate the bird's-eye view video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Takayuki Arase
  • Patent number: 10547862
    Abstract: In a picture coding device, a significant coefficient information coding controller 706 and an arithmetic encoder 701 code significant difference coefficient information indicating that a difference coefficient value is not zero and significant for each of the difference coefficients in the partial region of the coding target. A difference coefficient value coding controller 707 and the arithmetic encoder 701 code difference coefficient values when significant difference coefficient information is significant for each of pixels in the partial region of the coding target. The significant coefficient information coding controller 706 decides a context for coding the significant difference coefficient information in the partial region of the coding target based on information indicating significance of the difference coefficient in the coded partial region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Kumakura, Shigeru Fukushima
  • Patent number: D875076
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Sakata, Masaya Mihara
  • Patent number: D875156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuji Tanifuji
  • Patent number: D876381
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: D876524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi Yoshimura