Patents by Inventor Fuminori Taniguchi
Fuminori Taniguchi 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).
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Patent number: 10369159Abstract: [Problem] To provide a therapeutic agent for estrogen-dependent gynecological diseases such as endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and uterus adenomyosis. [Solution] To use an estrogen receptor ?-inhibiting ? partial agonist represented by the formula (a), a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate of either of the afore-mentioned, as an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignees: Nobelpharma Co., Ltd., National University Corporation Tottori UniversityInventors: Kenichiro Nakao, Tasuku Harada, Fuminori Taniguchi
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Publication number: 20190022111Abstract: [Problem] To provide a therapeutic agent for estrogen-dependent gynecological diseases such as endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and uterus adenomyosis. [Solution] To use an estrogen receptor ?-inhibiting ? partial agonist represented by the formula (a), a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate of either of the afore-mentioned, as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Kenichiro NAKAO, Tasuku HARADA, Fuminori TANIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20180200266Abstract: [Problem] To provide a therapeutic agent for estrogen-dependent gynecological diseases such as endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and uterus adenomyosis. [Solution] To use an estrogen receptor ?-inhibiting ? partial agonist represented by the formula (a), a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate of either of the afore-mentioned, as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Kenichiro NAKAO, Tasuku HARADA, Fuminori TANIGUCHI
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Patent number: 9123247Abstract: A surrounding area monitoring apparatus for vehicle includes an infrared camera mounted on a vehicle for capturing images of surrounding area around the vehicle, a unit for generating and displaying images based on image data captured by the camera, and a controller for calibrating output of the camera with respect to a relation between pixels, based on image data produced by imaging a surface of a shutter that opens and closes an aperture introducing a light to the camera, The controller estimates whether a temperature of the camera is stable, based on an operation state of the vehicle, and determines a possibility that a driver is looking at the unit, based on a behavior of the vehicle. When the temperature of the camera is estimated stable and the possibility that the driver is looking at the unit is determined to be low, the means for calibrating executes the calibration.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Negoro, Yuji Yokochi, Naoto Akutsu, Morimichi Nishigaki, Kenichi Sawada, Fuminori Taniguchi, Nobuhiko Fujii
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Publication number: 20130002874Abstract: A surrounding area monitoring apparatus for vehicle includes an infrared camera mounted on a vehicle for capturing images of surrounding area around the vehicle, a unit for generating and displaying images based on image data captured by the camera, and a controller for calibrating output of the camera with respect to a relation between pixels, based on image data produced by imaging a surface of a shutter that opens and closes an aperture introducing a light to the camera. The controller estimates whether a temperature of the camera is stable, based on an operation state of the vehicle, and determines a possibility that a driver is looking at the unit, based on a behavior of the vehicle. When the temperature of the camera is estimated stable and the possibility that the driver is looking at the unit is determined to be low, the means for calibrating executes the calibration.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaki Negoro, Yuji Yokochi, Naoto Akutsu, Morimichi Nishigaki, Kenichi Sawada, Fuminori Taniguchi, Nobuhiko Fujii
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Publication number: 20120147188Abstract: A vehicle vicinity monitoring apparatus detects a bicycle rider from infrared images. The vehicle vicinity monitoring apparatus converts the infrared images into binarized images, and calculates correlated errors of areas from a reference template. The vehicle vicinity monitoring apparatus judges an object of interest as the bicycle rider when the amplitude of the correlated errors changes periodically.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Yokochi, Atsuhiro Eguchi, Masaki Negoro, Fuminori Taniguchi, Tomokazu Takagi, Naoto Akutsu
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Patent number: 8115809Abstract: A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus which includes: an imaging device that captures a surroundings of a vehicle; a temperature measuring device that measures a temperature of the imaging device; and an OFF signal output device that outputs a command signal to set a power supply of the imaging device to the OFF state in accordance with the temperature of the imaging device measured by the temperature measuring device.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2005Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fuminori Taniguchi, Hiroshi Hattori, Hideki Hashimoto, Nobuharu Nagaoka
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Patent number: 8077204Abstract: A vehicle periphery monitoring device comprising a distance detecting unit which detects the distance between cameras and an object, an object image extracting unit which extracts a first image portion of the object from the acquired image, a filtering unit which performs a filtering process to the acquired image, in which a target edge width is set to be narrower as the assumed value of the width is smaller and the distance is longer, and in which a target edge direction is set to a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction, and an object type identifying unit which identifies, on the basis of a shape of a second image portion extracted by the filtering process, whether or not the type of the object in real space corresponding to the second image portion is the specific type.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Yokochi, Nobuharu Nagaoka, Fuminori Taniguchi
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Patent number: 8005266Abstract: A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus capable of recognizing the type of object existing around a vehicle with accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masakazu Saka, Hiroyuki Koike, Fuminori Taniguchi
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Patent number: 7982748Abstract: A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus is provided herein which is capable of determining an object type, particularly capable of determining an animal other than a human being among objects. The vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus which monitors the surroundings of a vehicle by using an image captured by a camera (2R, 2L) mounted on the vehicle, including an object extraction process unit which extracts an image area of the object from the captured image (steps 1 to 6) and an object type determination process unit which determines the object type according to whether the image area of the object extracted by the object extraction process unit includes a first object area of an inverse triangular shape and a second object area located below the first object area and within a predetermined range from the first object area (steps 31 to 36).Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2007Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fuminori Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Koike, Masakazu Saka
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Patent number: 7949151Abstract: A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus is provided herein which is capable of determining an object type, particularly capable of determining an animal other than a human being among objects. The vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus which monitors the surroundings of a vehicle by using an image captured by a camera (2R, 2L) mounted on the vehicle, including an object extraction process unit which extracts an image area of the object from the captured image (steps 1 to 6) and an object type determination process unit which determines the object type according to whether the image area of the object extracted by the object extraction process unit includes a first object area in which the ratio of widths in different directions is within a predetermined range and a plurality of second object areas located below the first object area and smaller in area than the first object area (steps 31 to 37).Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2007Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fuminori Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Koike, Masakazu Saka
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Publication number: 20100283845Abstract: A vehicle periphery monitoring device comprising a distance detecting unit which detects the distance between cameras and an object, an object image extracting unit which extracts a first image portion of the object from the acquired image, a filtering unit which performs a filtering process to the acquired image, in which a target edge width is set to be narrower as the assumed value of the width is smaller and the distance is longer, and in which a target edge direction is set to a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction, and an object type identifying unit which identifies, on the basis of a shape of a second image portion extracted by the filtering process, whether or not the type of the object in real space corresponding to the second image portion is the specific type.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2008Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Yokochi, Nobuharu Nagaoka, Fuminori Taniguchi
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Patent number: 7567688Abstract: The luminance signal of a reference image obtained by an infrared camera is adjusted such that the luminance signal of the reference image obtained is greater at all times than the luminance signal of a searching image obtained by an infrared camera. Correlative calculations are performed on the reference image and the searching image to detect one object in the reference image and the searching image without detecting the background of the images in error.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2005Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuharu Nagaoka, Fuminori Taniguchi, Masahito Watanabe
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Patent number: 7436982Abstract: A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus, includes: an infrared imaging device that captures an image; a binarized object extraction device that extracts a binarized object by binarizing the image; an extraction region setting device that sets, as an extraction region, a region adjacent to one of an upper end and a lower end of the binarized object extracted by the binarized object extraction device; a search region setting device that sets a search region around the extraction region; a similar object extraction device that, when an object having a shape similar to that of the object in the extraction region is present in the search region, extracts the object in the search region as a similar object; and an identical object determination device that determines whether or not the object in the extraction region and the similar object in the search region are identical.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fuminori Taniguchi, Hobuharu Nagaoka, Takayuki Tsuji
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Publication number: 20080130954Abstract: A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus is provided herein which is capable of determining an object type, particularly capable of determining an animal other than a human being among objects. The vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus which monitors the surroundings of a vehicle by using an image captured by a camera (2R, 2L) mounted on the vehicle, including an object extraction process unit which extracts an image area of the object from the captured image (steps 1 to 6) and an object type determination process unit which determines the object type according to whether the image area of the object extracted by the object extraction process unit includes a first object area in which the ratio of widths in different directions is within a predetermined range and a plurality of second object areas located below the first object area and smaller in area than the first object area (steps 31 to 37).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fuminori Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Koike, Masakazu Saka
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Patent number: 7370975Abstract: An image processing apparatus which includes: an imaging device; a reference luminance property storage device that stores a predetermined reference luminance property; a luminance property calculating device that calculates a luminance property of the imaging device from an image obtained by the imaging device; a comparing device that compares the reference luminance property and the luminance property; a displacement determining device that determines whether or not the luminance property has relative displacement with respect to the reference luminance property based on a comparison result of the comparing device; and a luminance property correcting device that corrects the luminance property, wherein, when the luminance property is determined by the displacement determining device to have relative displacement with respect to the reference luminance property, the luminance property correcting device corrects the luminance property so as to become equivalent to the reference luminance property.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2005Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fuminori Taniguchi, Nobuharu Nagaoka
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Publication number: 20070291987Abstract: A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus capable of recognizing the type of object existing around a vehicle with accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masakazu Saka, Hiroyuki Koike, Fuminori Taniguchi
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Publication number: 20070269079Abstract: A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus is provided herein which is capable of determining an object type, particularly capable of determining an animal other than a human being among objects. The vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus which monitors the surroundings of a vehicle by using an image captured by a camera (2R, 2L) mounted on the vehicle, including an object extraction process unit which extracts an image area of the object from the captured image (steps 1 to 6) and an object type determination process unit which determines the object type according to whether the image area of the object extracted by the object extraction process unit includes a first object area of an inverse triangular shape and a second object area located below the first object area and within a predetermined range from the first object area (steps 31 to 36).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2007Publication date: November 22, 2007Applicant: Honda Motor Co., LtdInventors: Fuminori Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Koike, Masakazu Saka
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Patent number: 7233233Abstract: A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus recognizes a pedestrian from existence of a leg, in the case in which a width in real space of a binarized object is suitable as a pedestrian's leg, the binarized object has longwise shape, the lower end position of the binarized object exists in the lower part (lower half) of a gray scale object region, and a serial luminance transition exists in the binarized object. The vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus also recognizes a pedestrian from existence of an umbrella held up by the pedestrian, in the case in which an umbrella region with a low temperature exists above the binarized object, the width of the umbrella region is suitable as a pedestrian's umbrella, and, the spatial correlation between the centroid position of the umbrella region and the centroid position of the binarized object is suitable as a spatial relationship between a pedestrian and his/her umbrella.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fuminori Taniguchi, Nobuharu Nagaoka
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Publication number: 20060115120Abstract: A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus which includes: an imaging device that captures a surroundings of a vehicle; a temperature measuring device that measures a temperature of the imaging device; and an OFF signal output device that outputs a command signal to set a power supply of the imaging device to the OFF state in accordance with the temperature of the imaging device measured by the temperature measuring device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2005Publication date: June 1, 2006Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fuminori Taniguchi, Hiroshi Hattori, Hideki Hashimoto, Nobuharu Nagaoka