Patents by Inventor AKINORI OZEKI

AKINORI OZEKI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230419394
    Abstract: An information presentation method is for outputting information related to a stop position of a mobile body to a user terminal in an information processing system for lending a cabin of the mobile body. The method includes registering position information representing a stop position of the mobile body, and registering purpose information representing a purpose of use of the cabin of the mobile body. The method also includes outputting, to the user terminal, trend information representing a trend of a purpose of use of the cabin in an area including the position information of mobile bodies. The trend information is output on the basis of correspondence information by which the position information of the mobile bodies is correlated with the purpose information of the mobile bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayasu BABA, Hiroshi KATO, Kazuhiko YAMAUCHI, Akinori OZEKI, Sadako YAMAGATA, Shota AKAURA
  • Publication number: 20230419922
    Abstract: A display device includes a housing, a variable reflectance element, a display to display at least a portion of a rearward image, a display device control circuit, and an actuator to switch the variable reflectance element between first and second postures. In the first posture, the display displays the portion of the rearward image. In the second posture, the display displays the rearward image. In the second posture, the reflectivity of the incident light varies between first and second values of a first and a second illuminance, respectively. The first illuminance indicates brightness around a vehicle and is detected by a sensor. The second illuminance indicates intensity of light emitted on a front surface of the display device and is detected by another sensor. When the display displays at least the portion of the rearward image, the display is visible to a driver through the variable reflectance element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akinori OZEKI, Osamu TAKEYASU, Ryuko ARISAWA, Takayuki HIRANO
  • Patent number: 11787341
    Abstract: A display device includes a housing with an opening; an electro-optic layer that includes a transmissive-reflective layer and configured to vary reflectivity of incident light; a display provided on the electro-optic layer; a control circuit that controls an operation of the display device; and an actuator that switches the electro-optic layer between first and second postures, wherein the control circuit: controls an operation of the display, generates a trimmed image matching a shape of the opening or a shape of the display, outputs the trimmed image to the display, controls the reflectivity of the electro-optic layer when the electro-optic layer is in the second posture, and does not control the reflectivity of the electro-optic layer when the electro-optic layer is in the first posture, and the display is visible to a driver through the electro-optic layer when the control circuit controls the display to display the trimmed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akinori Ozeki, Osamu Takeyasu, Ryuko Arisawa, Takayuki Hirano
  • Publication number: 20230177597
    Abstract: An information processing system according to the present disclosure includes an owner terminal, a user terminal, and a management device. The owner terminal outputs vehicle information indicating whether at least a partial period of a lendable period is designated as a standing period in which a vehicle is not traveling. The user terminal outputs driver’s license information indicating whether a user is holding a driver’s license. The managing apparatus selects a vehicle at least a vehicle cabin of which is available to the user from a plurality of vehicles including a vehicle in a standing period in a lendable period, based on matching permission information, in which correspondences among whether vehicles are in respective standing periods, whether users are holding respective driver’s licenses, and whether vehicle lending is permitted are registered in advance, the vehicle information, and the driver’s license information, and outputs information indicating the selected vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko YAMAUCHI, Hiroshi KATO, Takenori MATSUMOTO, Akinori OZEKI, Chinatsu YONEYAMA, Masashi FUMOTO, Matthew KAMIYA, Tatsuyuki NEGISHI, Kiyotaka TANIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230034601
    Abstract: A display device includes a housing with an opening; an electro-optic layer that includes a transmissive-reflective layer and configured to vary reflectivity of incident light; a display provided on the electro-optic layer; a control circuit that controls an operation of the display device; and an actuator that switches the electro-optic layer between first and second postures, wherein the control circuit: controls an operation of the display, generates a trimmed image matching a shape of the opening or a shape of the display, outputs the trimmed image to the display, controls the reflectivity of the electro-optic layer when the electro-optic layer is in the second posture, and does not control the reflectivity of the electro-optic layer when the electro-optic layer is in the first posture, and the display is visible to a driver through the electro-optic layer when the control circuit controls the display to display the trimmed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Akinori OZEKI, Osamu TAKEYASU, Ryuko ARISAWA, Takayuki HIRANO
  • Patent number: 11501737
    Abstract: A display system includes an image capture device, a display device, and at least one of a first illuminance sensor and a second illuminance sensor. The image capture device captures an image rearward of the vehicle. The display device is coupled to the image capture device, and receives at least a portion of the rearward image captured by the image capture device. The first illuminance sensor detects brightness around the vehicle, and the second illuminance sensor detects intensity of light emitted onto a front surface of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akinori Ozeki, Osamu Takeyasu, Ryuko Arisawa, Takayuki Hirano
  • Publication number: 20210248979
    Abstract: A display system includes an image capture device, a display device, and at least one of a first illuminance sensor and a second illuminance sensor. The image capture device captures an image rearward of the vehicle. The display device is coupled to the image capture device, and receives at least a portion of the rearward image captured by the image capture device. The first illuminance sensor detects brightness around the vehicle, and the second illuminance sensor detects intensity of light emitted onto a front surface of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akinori OZEKI, Osamu TAKEYASU, Ryuko ARISAWA, Takayuki HIRANO
  • Patent number: 11024261
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display system includes a display device that displays an image rearward of a vehicle, a first illuminance sensor that detects the brightness around the vehicle, and a second illuminance sensor that detects the intensity of the light emitted onto the front surface of the display device, and the display device includes a housing with an opening on the front side, an electro-optic layer with a transmissive-reflective layer that transmits a portion of incident light and reflects another portion of the incident light, the electro-optic layer being configured to vary the reflectivity of the incident light, a display placed on the rear side of the electro-optic layer and configured to display at least a portion of the rearward image of the vehicle, and a control circuit that controls the brightness of the display based on a value of at least one of first illuminance and second illuminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akinori Ozeki, Osamu Takeyasu, Ryuko Arisawa, Takayuki Hirano
  • Publication number: 20200312275
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display system includes a display device that displays an image rearward of a vehicle, a first illuminance sensor that detects the brightness around the vehicle, and a second illuminance sensor that detects the intensity of the light emitted onto the front surface of the display device, and the display device includes a housing with an opening on the front side, an electro-optic layer with a transmissive-reflective layer that transmits a portion of incident light and reflects another portion of the incident light, the electro-optic layer being configured to vary the reflectivity of the incident light, a display placed on the rear side of the electro-optic layer and configured to display at least a portion of the rearward image of the vehicle, and a control circuit that controls the brightness of the display based on a value of at least one of first illuminance and second illuminance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akinori OZEKI, Osamu TAKEYASU, Ryuko ARISAWA, Takayuki HIRANO
  • Patent number: 10747488
    Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus worn on the head of a user and a method for controlling the head-mounted display apparatus are disclosed. The head-mounted display apparatus includes a gesture sensor that detects a swipe gesture manipulation that indicates a direction, the swipe gesture manipulation being performed in a manipulation space, a display, a processor, and a memory storing a program. The program, when executed by the processor, executes a switching operation, in which first display information to be displayed on the display is switched to second display information according to the direction indicated by the swipe gesture manipulation detected by the gesture sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fuchikami, Kazuki Funase, Akinori Ozeki, Hideshi Aoki
  • Publication number: 20200226516
    Abstract: A method and system render a processor able to determine a sectioning position for sectioning a cuisine preparation process after the processor is initially unable to determine the sectioning position for sectioning the cuisine preparation processes into a) a pre-preservation process of steps preparing and preserving an ingredient using a predetermined preservation process that is no longer than its predetermined preservation period after which its quality deteriorates, and b) a finishing process performed no later than the end of the predetermined preservation period. A screen displays an area for receiving an instruction to switch the time for performing the finishing process, in response to the processor being rendered unable to section the cuisine preparation process into separately displayed pre-preservation steps and finishing steps when the input time at which the finishing process is to be performed is later than the end of the predetermined preservation period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Hirokazu KITO, Atsuko OONO, Yoshimi NISHII, Mitsuhiro ASO, Akinori OZEKI
  • Patent number: 10591310
    Abstract: A method for providing information concerning travel by public transportation to a user via a terminal device capable of acquiring a time and a position includes acquiring, from the terminal device, information indicating the user's alighting location, acquiring a departure time and a boarding location based on whether a traveling speed calculated from a first time and a first position and a second time and a second position acquired from the terminal device have exceeded a first threshold value, identifying a transportation service the user has boarded based on the departure time, the boarding location, and operation information, determining whether the identified transportation service stops at the alighting location acquired from the terminal device, and providing the user, via the terminal device, information indicating that this transportation service does not stop at the alighting location if it is determined that the transportation service does not stop at the alighting location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kazuki Funase, Kenji Tagawa, Tetsuji Fuchikami, Akinori Ozeki, Hideshi Aoki
  • Publication number: 20190317717
    Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus worn on the head of a user and a method for controlling the head-mounted display apparatus are disclosed. The head-mounted display apparatus includes a gesture sensor that detects a swipe gesture manipulation that indicates a direction, the swipe gesture manipulation being performed in a manipulation space, a display, a processor, and a memory storing a program. The program, when executed by the processor, executes a switching operation, in which first display information to be displayed on the display is switched to second display information according to the direction indicated by the swipe gesture manipulation detected by the gesture sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tetsuji FUCHIKAMI, Kazuki FUNASE, Akinori OZEKI, Hideshi AOKI
  • Patent number: 10442351
    Abstract: A navigation terminal includes a communicator, an alerter, and a processor. The processor obtains destination information indicating a user's destination, obtains first location information indicating the location of the navigation terminal, starts navigation according to a route calculated based on the destination information and the first location information, obtains second location information indicating the location of the navigation terminal after starting the navigation, starts the alerter when the distance from the location indicated by the second location information to a predetermined spot on the route becomes smaller than or equal to the first distance, and causes the communicator to transmit a control signal to a wearable terminal of the user to vibrate a vibrator in the wearable terminal when the distance from the location indicated by the second location information to the predetermined spot becomes smaller than or equal to a second distance smaller than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Hideshi Aoki, Tetsuji Fuchikami, Kazuki Funase, Akinori Ozeki
  • Patent number: 10359982
    Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus worn on the head of a user and a method for controlling the head-mounted display apparatus are disclosed. The head-mounted display apparatus includes a gesture sensor that detects a swipe gesture manipulation that indicates a direction, the swipe gesture manipulation being performed in a manipulation space, a display, a processor, and a memory storing a program. The program, when executed by the processor, executes a switching operation, in which first display information to be displayed on the display is switched to second display information according to the direction indicated by the swipe gesture manipulation detected by the gesture sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fuchikami, Kazuki Funase, Akinori Ozeki, Hideshi Aoki
  • Patent number: 10193881
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling interaction among an information terminal, an electronic mail server, and a wearable terminal. The method causes an information terminal to receive electronic mail from an electronic mail server by using a mail application for executing transmission and reception of the electronic mail, the mail application being stored in a memory of the information terminal. The method also causes the information terminal to transfer the received electronic mail to a wearable terminal having a second display, and to receive viewing information from the wearable terminal, the viewing information indicating that the electronic mail was displayed on the second display. The method further causes the information terminal to determine whether the electronic mail is being displayed on the second display, and to automatically display, on the first display, a reply-mail creation screen for creating a reply mail to the electronic mail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Akinori Ozeki, Tetsuji Fuchikami, Kazuki Funase, Hideshi Aoki
  • Patent number: 10126838
    Abstract: A wearable terminal includes: a body having a display that performs display, a sensor that detects a first angle of rotation by which the display has been rotated with respect to a first axis as an axis of rotation, and a controller that controls the display according to the first angle of rotation; and a band that is connected to the body and extends around the forearm in an arcuate shape, wherein the first axis is perpendicular to a second axis and is parallel to a direction in which the forearm extends, when the first angle of rotation is within a first angle range, the controller causes a first display image displayed, and when the first angle of rotation changes from the first angle range to a second angle range, the controller causes a part of the first display image and a part of a second display image simultaneously displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kazuki Funase, Tetsuji Fuchikami, Akinori Ozeki, Hideshi Aoki
  • Patent number: 10120456
    Abstract: In a wearable terminal, a controller determines whether a direction of a display surface detected by a detector is within a first angle range. In a case where a latest direction of the display surface is out of the first angle range, the controller puts the display in a sleep state, but otherwise the controller puts the display in an active state. Furthermore, the controller specifies a second angle range from the second reference direction. The controller switches the display from the sleep state to the active state in a case the controller determines that the plurality of directions of the display surface detected in the first period and that the direction of the display surface newly detected by the detector is out of the second angle range. In the second display control, the display is switched from the sleep state to the active state even when the newly detected direction of the display surface is out of the first angle range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fuchikami, Kazuki Funase, Akinori Ozeki, Hideshi Aoki
  • Patent number: RE48852
    Abstract: A wearable terminal includes: a body having a display that performs display, a sensor that detects a first angle of rotation by which the display has been rotated with respect to a first axis as an axis of rotation, and a controller that controls the display according to the first angle of rotation; and a band that is connected to the body and extends around the forearm in an arcuate shape, wherein the first axis is perpendicular to a second axis and is parallel to a direction in which the forearm extends, when the first angle of rotation is within a first angle range, the controller causes a first display image displayed, and when the first angle of rotation changes the first angle range to a second angle range, the controller causes a part of the first display image and a part of a second display image simultaneously displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kazuki Funase, Tetsuji Fuchikami, Akinori Ozeki, Hideshi Aoki
  • Patent number: RE48857
    Abstract: A wearable terminal includes: a body having a display that performs display, a sensor that detects a first angle of rotation by which the display has been rotated with respect to a first axis as an axis of rotation, and a controller that controls the display according to the first angle of rotation; and a band that is connected to the body and extends around the forearm in an arcuate shape, wherein the first axis is perpendicular to a second axis and is parallel to a direction in which the forearm extends, when the first angle of rotation is within a first angle range, the controller causes a first display image displayed, and when the first angle of rotation changes the first angle range to a second angle range, the controller causes a part of the first display image and a part of a second display image simultaneously displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kazuki Funase, Tetsuji Fuchikami, Akinori Ozeki, Hideshi Aoki