Patents Assigned to Pioneer Corporation and
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Patent number: 10084350Abstract: A wireless power transmission system (10) can perform power transmission in a wireless manner. The wireless power transmission system is provided with: a power transmission coil (11); a power supplying device (14) configured to supply electric power to the power transmission coil; a metal detecting device (13) configured to perform metal detection for detecting whether or not there is metal in surroundings of the power transmission coil; and a controlling device (12) configured to provide a power transmission period which is a period for the power transmission and a metal detection period which is a period for the metal detection, and to control the power supplying device to supply electric power, which is lower than electric power supplied to the power transmission coil in the power transmission period, or not to supply electric power, to the power transmission coil in the metal detection period.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventor: Hideto Endo
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Patent number: 10071630Abstract: The display device is loaded on a vehicle, and connects the communication with the information processing terminal via the connection unit. Specifically, the display device obtains and displays an application image outputted by the information processing terminal. Also, the display device obtains, from the information processing terminal, a property of the application generating the application image. The property of the application may include information whether or not the application is controllable by an external device, the reliability of the application, the genre of the application and the display appropriateness. Then, the display device regulates the display of the application image based on the obtained property of the application and the running state of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Shunichiro Nagao, Yozo Takehara
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Patent number: 10070797Abstract: A measuring apparatus (100, 200, 300, 400) is an optical measuring apparatus provided with a probe portion (20, 20a, 20b, 20c) and a main body portion (10, 10b, 10c), which are electrically connected to each other. The probe portion has: a light source (21, 26); a reference voltage generating device (24) configured to apply predetermined reference voltage to the main body portion; and a storing device (25) configured to store therein in advance current adjustment information, which is information for adjusting a drive current to be supplied to the light source. The main body portion has: a drive current supplying device (12, 12a, 12b) configured to supply the drive current to the light source, due to the applied reference voltage; and a controlling device (11) configured to control the drive current supplying device on the basis of the stored current adjustment information.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventor: Kiyoshi Tateishi
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Publication number: 20180254607Abstract: A LIDAR unit includes: an LD driver, a laser diode, and a scanner corresponding to an emission unit; a photo detector, a current/voltage conversion circuit, a A/D converter and an valuable segmenter that correspond to a light receiving unit; a landmark position prediction unit and landmark map acquisition unit that acquire position information indicating the position of a landmark on a map; and a synchronization controller that generates a valuable pulse trigger signal and a segment extraction signal. Based on a predicted current vehicle position value and the position of the landmark on the map, the landmark position prediction unit determines a predicted angular range of the landmark. The synchronization controller generates the valuable pulse trigger signal and the segment extraction signal such that the scan density of the light pulse is higher in the predicted angular range than the scan density of the light pulse in the other range.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2015Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: Pioneer CorporationInventor: Kazutoshi KITANO
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Publication number: 20180251079Abstract: A speaker system for a mobile object capable of being easily mounted on the mobile object is provided. The speaker system includes a speaker unit, enclosure accommodating the speaker unit, and a tubular member one end of which is connected to an internal space of the enclosure, and the speaker unit and the enclosure are built in a back door thereof. A free space in a vehicle is utilized effectively, thereby mounting the speaker system for the mobile object in the vehicle easily.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicants: Pioneer Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer CorporationInventors: Takayuki NEGISHI, Yasumi UMETSU, Toru NAKAMURA, Tatsuya SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20180253200Abstract: To provide an electronic apparatus capable of easily and accurately performing an operation of changing a display. A navigation system displays standard map information in small scale on a liquid crystal display device, and displays status information on movement speed of a vehicle or guidance information on distance and direction to a cross point to turn next on a head-up display device. Only while a contact of a contact body on a surface of a touchpad continues to be detected, first scaled-up map information as the scaled-up standard map information continues to be displayed on the liquid crystal display device instead of the standard map information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto ABE, Koji SASAHARA, Takeru MIKI
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Patent number: 10061995Abstract: An imaging system (CM, 100) is provided with: an imaging device (CM) configured to selectively image a first imaging area and a second imaging area, which is larger than the first imaging area, the first imaging area being used to detect eyes of a user (1), the second imaging area being used to detect a body of the user; a detecting device (110, 120, 160) configured to detect trigger operation of the user; and a selecting device (13) configured to select the first imaging area or the second imaging area on the basis of a detection result of the trigger operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Makoto Kurahashi, Yugo Ishikawa
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Patent number: 10050676Abstract: A wireless power feeding apparatus (100) is configured to perform wireless communication with a power reception side apparatus (200) and to perform wireless power transmission to the power reception side apparatus. The wireless power feeding apparatus is provided with: a communicating device (120) configured to switch between a first communication method that allows one-to-many communication and a second communication method that has less communication delay than the first communication method, thereby performing the wireless communication; and a communication controlling device (110) configured to control the communicating device to switch from the first communication method to the second communication method and to perform the wireless communication in the second communication method, on condition that the wireless power feeding apparatus becomes in a state in which the power transmission can be performed, when the communicating device performs the wireless communication in the first communication method.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2013Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventor: Satoshi Yazaki
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Patent number: 10018839Abstract: A display device is configured to focus light for displaying an image on a position between a pupil and a retina of a user thereby to let the user see the image. Namely, the display device is a view-dependent display device. A gaze guiding unit of the display unit is configured to present information to guide gaze of the user to a guide point that is a position to which the gaze of the user is to be directed. Guiding the gaze of the user in this way makes it possible to let the user appropriately see the information presented by the display device.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventor: Akira Gotoda
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Patent number: 10015585Abstract: A speaker frame, including: a vibration support portion supporting a vibrating body of a speaker; a magnet support portion arranged inside of said vibration support portion and supporting magnetic circuit portion of said speaker; and a plurality of connection beams connecting said vibration support portion and said magnet support portion, wherein the vibration support portion and the magnet support portion have a circular ring shape having the same major axis length and minor axis length, said plurality of connection beams are arranged radially centering on a central axis from said magnet support portion to said vibration support portion, the central axis being parallel to a direction of an acoustic radiation, and a length of one of said connection beams and a length of another connection beams are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Shintaro Niidera, Satoshi Hachiya
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Patent number: 10008686Abstract: An optical device (10) includes a joining structure in which a first conductive film (110) and a second conductive film (130) are joined to each other. The first conductive film (110) that constitutes the joining structure is constituted by a conductive material. The second conductive film (130) that constitutes the joining structure is constituted by a metal material. A part of the second conductive film (130) comes into contact with the first conductive film (110). A plurality of concave portions are provided in a contact surface of the second conductive film (130) which comes into contact with the first conductive film (110). The contact surface has a surface roughness greater than a surface roughness of a non-contact surface of the second conductive film (130) which does not come into contact with the first conductive film (110).Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Saito, Masanobu Akagi, Kenichi Okuyama, Hiroki Tan, Kunihiko Shirahata
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Patent number: 9993194Abstract: A sleepiness calculation device is provided. In a smartphone, I/F obtains heart rate of the subject measured by a heartbeat sensor and measurement time, determines active state of a subject in the state discriminant section, and send it to a server. Next, in the server, a correction section obtains sleepiness baseline heart rate from a sleepiness baseline heart rate table storing sleepiness baseline heart rate of the subject for each active state according to an active state sent from the smartphone. Next, the sleepiness baseline heart rate obtained by the correction section is corrected based on fatigue degree, sleep time, and state of meals. Thereafter, the corrected sleepiness baseline heart rate (correction sleepiness baseline heart rate) is sent to the smartphone. Sleepiness level calculation section of the smartphone calculates sleepiness level of the subject based on correction sleepiness baseline heart rate and heart rate obtained by I/F.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Hirofumi Shimokawa, Chihiro Hirose, Mitsuo Yasushi
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Patent number: 9997975Abstract: A driving apparatus (101) is provided with: a base part (110); a driven part (130) which is capable of rotating; an elastic part (120a, 120b) which connects the base part and the driven part and which has elasticity for allowing the driven part to rotate around a rotational axis which is an axis along one direction (Y axis); a coil part (140) which is disposed on the base part, wherein the driven part is disposed on an outside of a winding of the coil; and a magnetic field applying part (151, 152) which applies the magnet field to the coil part.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventor: Jun Suzuki
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Patent number: 9990039Abstract: By the feedback including a factor of vector, the operational feeling of a user in a touch input is improved. In the electronic device, the user performs an input by making a contact body such as a finger contacts a contact face serving as a touch pad to move the contact body. The contact face is supported by a housing, and a drive device moves the contact face with respect to the housing. The control unit obtains the position information including the contact position of the contact body with the contact face and the information indicating the movement of the contact position, and moves the contact face based on the obtained position information when the contact body contacts the contact face.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Abe, Toshiya Kosaka
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Patent number: 9991461Abstract: Multiple organic layers (120) are located between a first electrode (110) and a second electrode (130), each organic layer including a light emitting layer. A charge generation layer (200) is located between mutually adjacent organic layers (120). In other words, the multiple organic layers (120) are mutually laminated and the charge generation layer (200) is located between the multiple organic layers (120). The charge generation layer (200) includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The first layer contains an electron transport material and the second layer contains a metal and a hole injection material. The third layer is formed using a hole transport material. The charge generation layer (200) contains an electron injection material for improving electron injection properties of the first layer, the charge generation layer provided on the first layer side than the second layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventor: Akihiro Tanaka
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Publication number: 20180152789Abstract: A speaker device includes: a diaphragm that radiates sound; an edge arranged in an outer periphery of the diaphragm; a frame arranged in an outer periphery of the edge, and including an annular attachment part connected to an outer peripheral region of the edge; and a connecting member arranged between the outer peripheral region and the attachment part and adhered to the outer peripheral region and the attachment part. An inner diameter of the attachment part is less than an inner diameter of the outer peripheral region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2018Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventor: Shintaro NIIDERA
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Patent number: 9978986Abstract: A light emitting apparatus (10) includes a substrate (100), an insulating layer (160), a light emitting element (102), a coating film (140), and a structure (150). The insulating layer (160) is formed over one surface of the substrate (100), and includes an opening (162). The light emitting element (102) is formed in the opening (162). The coating film (140) is formed over the one surface of the substrate (100), and covers a portion of the light emitting element (102), the insulating layer (160), and the one surface of the substrate (100). The coating film (140) does not cover another portion of the substrate (100) (for example, a portion of an end portion: hereinafter, referred to as a first portion). The structure (150) is located between the first portion of the substrate (100) and the insulating layer (160). The coating film (140) also covers the insulating layer (160).Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Fujita, Shinsuke Tanaka, Yuji Saito, Shinji Nakajima
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Patent number: 9978987Abstract: A light emitting portion (200) is formed on a first surface of a substrate (100) (upper surface of the substrate (100) in an example illustrated in FIG. 1). A sealing member (300) seals the light emitting portion (200). In addition, the substrate (100) includes a first resin layer (110), a first inorganic layer (120), and a second resin layer (130). The first resin layer (110) is formed of a first resin material. The second resin layer (130) is formed of the first resin material, and is positioned closer to the first surface side of the substrate (100) than the first resin layer (110). The first inorganic layer (120) is positioned between the first resin layer (110) and the second resin layer (130).Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Takeru Okada, Ayako Yoshida
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Patent number: 9971475Abstract: To provide an electronic apparatus capable of easily and accurately performing an operation of changing a display. A navigation system displays standard map information in small scale on a liquid crystal display device, and displays status information on movement speed of a vehicle or guidance information on distance and direction to a cross point to turn next on a head-up display device. Only while a contact of a contact body on a surface of a touchpad continues to be detected, first scaled-up map information as the scaled-up standard map information continues to be displayed on the liquid crystal display device instead of the standard map information.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2012Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Abe, Koji Sasahara, Takeru Miki
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Patent number: 9956476Abstract: A communication terminal receives information such as game information of a quiz including a predetermined question and an answer, a sender, goods or service, and a store offering the goods or the service from a communication terminal with a network communication unit. A CPU of the communication terminal judges whether an answer input from an input unit such as a touch panel or a microphone is correct. The communication terminal receives a location for receiving the goods or the service when playing the game.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2012Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventor: Fuminobu Kaku