Patents Assigned to Kenwood Corporation
  • Display mode determining device, display, display mode determining method, and non-transitory storage medium
    Patent number: 10477136
    Abstract: A display mode determining device includes a video data acquisition unit configured to acquire video data of a video including a voice, a database referring unit configured to refer to a database of use frequency of words in which use frequency information indicating use frequency of each word is stored, and a determining unit configured to, based on the video data acquired by the video data acquisition unit and based on the use frequency information referred to by the database referring unit, obtain the use frequency of each word included in text data representing the voice included in the video to determine display mode of the word according to the use frequency thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsumi Naganuma, Hideki Takehara, Akinori Suyama, Satoru Hirose
  • Vehicle display controller, vehicle display system, vehicle display control method, and non-transitory storage medium
    Patent number: 10474912
    Abstract: A vehicle display controller includes a video data acquisition unit that acquires first video data of a rear side of a vehicle, a positional relationship acquisition unit that acquires a positional relationship between a guide sign on a traveling course of the vehicle and the vehicle, a guide sign information acquisition unit that acquires an indication on the guide sign, a recognition processor that recognizes, after the positional relationship indicates that the vehicle has passed the guide sign, a back surface of the passed guide sign in the first video data, a combination processor that generates a combined video obtaining by combining the indication on the guide sign with the back surface of the passed guide sign, and a display controller that causes the combined video to be displayed on a display that is used to check the rear side of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Izumi Saeki
  • Controller, control method, and computer-readable recording medium
    Patent number: 10465429
    Abstract: A controller includes an imaging unit, a reception unit, a detection unit, and an opening/closing control unit. The imaging unit acquires an image of a peripheral area P of an opening/closing body provided in a main body part (vehicle body). The reception unit receives, from a first terminal that transmits a first signal of a predetermined strength, the first signal. The detection unit detects a motion of a subject included in the image. The opening/closing control unit controls an opening operation of the opening/closing body when a change in a reception strength of the first signal received by the reception unit represents a change synchronizing with the detected motion of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Hisashi Koiso
  • Moving picture coding device, moving picture coding method, and moving picture coding program, and moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method, and moving picture decoding program
    Patent number: 10469865
    Abstract: A motion vector predictor candidate generating unit makes a prediction based on a motion vector of one of coded neighboring blocks that are neighboring to a coding target block in space or time and generates a plurality of motion vector predictor candidates. A motion vector predictor redundant candidate removing unit removes the motion vector predictor candidates having identity among the motion vector predictor candidates predicted based on a coded neighboring block that is neighboring in space from a motion vector predictor candidate list with at least one being left. A motion vector predictor selecting unit selects a motion vector predictor from the plurality of motion vector predictor candidates. A first bitstream generating unit codes information representing the selected motion vector predictor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Fukushima, Hiroya Nakamura, Hideki Takehara
  • Moving picture coding device, moving picture coding method, moving picture, coding program, moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method, and moving picture decoding program
    Patent number: 10448044
    Abstract: A merging motion information candidate generation unit derives, when information indicating whether or not to derive a merging motion information candidate shared for all prediction blocks in a coding block is information indicating the derivation of a merging motion information candidate shared for all the prediction blocks in the coding block, a plurality of merging motion information candidates shared for all the prediction blocks in the coding block. A merging motion information selection unit selects one merging motion information candidate from the plurality of merging motion information candidates and uses the selected merging motion information candidate in a prediction block subject to coding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Takehara, Hiroya Nakamura, Shigeru Fukushima
  • Pitch angular velocity correction value calculation device, attitude angle calculation device, and method for calculating pitch angular velocity correction value
    Patent number: 10429207
    Abstract: A pitch angular velocity correction value calculation device includes a pitch angle calculation unit and a correction value calculation unit. The pitch angle calculation unit calculates a pitch angle among attitude angles of a vehicle on the basis of a pitch angular velocity that is an angular velocity of the vehicle detected by a triaxial gyro sensor, and a correction value of the pitch angular velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Hidenori Fukushima
  • Vehicle display device and vehicle display method for displaying images
    Patent number: 10427683
    Abstract: An image acquisition unit acquires an image around a vehicle. A distance acquisition unit acquires a distance to a first object included in the acquired image. An image processing unit processes the image such that a distance to a second object located beneath the first object included in the acquired image is reflected, in accordance with the acquired distance. A viewpoint transformation processing unit subjects the processed image to viewpoint transformation to produce an image as viewed from above the vehicle. A display processing unit causes a display unit to display the image subjected to transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamada, Ichiro Ishida
  • Moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method, and moving picture decoding program
    Patent number: 10425657
    Abstract: A motion vector decoding unit derives a motion vector of a prediction block subject to decoding on the basis of a motion vector of a candidate block included in candidate blocks selected from neighboring blocks. The motion compensation prediction unit performs motion compensation prediction using the derived motion vector. In case a motion vector number of a first block and a motion vector number of a second block are identical with each other, the motion vector decoding unit determines whether or not to set the second block as a candidate block in accordance with whether or not a reference index indicating a reference picture that the motion vector of the first block refers to and a reference index indicating a reference picture that the motion vector of the second block refers to are identical with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Takehara
  • Imaging scanner
    Patent number: 10416469
    Abstract: In a virtual slide scanner device, a stage supports a prepared slide in which a sample is fixed. A light source illuminates the prepared slide. An imaging device captures an image of the sample formed by an object lens. An X direction shifting mechanism and a Y direction shifting mechanism shifts a light beam in a two-dimensional direction in a light path from the object lens and the imaging device. A shift control unit controls the X direction shifting mechanism and the Y direction shifting mechanism. A signal processing unit produces a synthesized image by synthesizing shifted pixel images captured by the imaging device by shifting the light beam in the two-dimensional direction using the X direction shifting mechanism and the Y direction shifting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Tengeiji
  • Monitoring device and memory medium for monitoring communication between terminal devices in a group
    Patent number: 10419298
    Abstract: A plurality of groups each including a plurality of terminal devices are formed, and each of a plurality of base station devices assigns a channel to each group to enable communication from one of the terminal devices included in the group to which the channel is assigned to another terminal device included in the group, and a receiving unit receives information on the number of terminal devices included in the groups registered in each base station device. A display unit displays information indicating the number of terminal devices for each base station device based on the received information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Nagahama, Ichiro Shishido
  • Radio communication device
    Patent number: 10418958
    Abstract: A voice level comparator compares a level of a voice signal collected by a microphone with a VOX level. A transmission determination unit instructs a transmitter to transmit the voice signal, when the level of the voice signal is equal to or greater than the VOX level, based on a comparison result by the voice level comparator. A timer starts to measure an elapsed time from a point of time when a switch is operated. A VOX level selector seta a first VOX level as the VOX level when the elapsed time measured by the timer exceeds a reference elapsed time, and sets a second VOX level which is smaller than the first VOX level as the VOX level when the elapsed time measured by the timer stays within the reference elapsed time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Furuta
  • Picture coding device, picture coding method, picture coding program
    Patent number: 10412384
    Abstract: In a case where a partition mode in which luma signals are partitioned horizontally and vertically is set when an intra prediction of a picture signal is made in units of minimal coding blocks set in advance, an intra prediction unit is configured to make an intra prediction of a chroma signal in units of prediction blocks of the intra prediction of chroma signals within the minimal coding block set in accordance with a chroma format. A second bitstream constructing unit constructs a bitstream of information relating to a luma intra prediction mode of a prediction block of luma signals and information relating to a chroma intra prediction mode of a prediction block of chroma signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroya Nakamura, Shigeru Fukushima
  • Input device and input method
    Patent number: 10409399
    Abstract: A contact unit includes a plurality of areas capable of exciting a surface of a touch panel individually. A control unit controls a state of the plurality of areas individually based on a pre-stored excitation pattern when a user control unit is used. The excitation pattern describes a state transition pattern of the plurality of areas corresponding to a track of a multi-touch gesture such as a pinch-out gesture and a pinch-in gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Eiiti Hosono
  • Remote control for earphone
    Patent number: D862421
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya Arimoto
  • Battery charger for earphone
    Patent number: D864110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi Yoshimura
  • Digital audio disc player for vehicle
    Patent number: D864191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Yu Sakata
  • Digital audio disc player for vehicle
    Patent number: D864192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Suzuki
  • Automotive multi-media player
    Patent number: D865754
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaya Mihara
  • Battery charger for earphone
    Patent number: D866461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Arimoto, Satoshi Yoshimura
  • Earphone
    Patent number: D866528
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Takaaki Maeda