Patents by Inventor Hajime Terasaki

Hajime Terasaki 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).

  • Patent number: 10538241
    Abstract: A vehicle front-wheel turning control apparatus includes a drive force transmission path, a braking force controller, a detector, and a front-wheel turning controller. The detector detects one of occurred contact of the vehicle with respect to a forward object at an occurred contact position and unavoidable contact thereof at an unavoidable contact position. The front-wheel turning controller turns one, of the left and right front wheels, to which the drive force is transmitted, by causing the braking force controller to apply the braking force to the one of the left and right front wheels, on a basis of a state of the drive force transmitted to each of the left and right front wheels and one of the occurred and unavoidable contact positions, when the one of the occurred contact and the unavoidable contact is detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Nakatake, Yoshiaki Utsugi, Shinji Matsushita, Tsukasa Sato, Toshi Ishida, Hajime Terasaki
  • Patent number: 10086666
    Abstract: A coupling structure for vehicle chassis members couples a ball joint member and an axle housing used for a vehicle to each other. The structure includes a socket that has a substantially columnar external shape, is provided in the ball joint member, and has a socket bolt groove throughout a circumference in an outer circumferential surface of the socket. The structure also includes a collar that has a substantially cylindrical shape and is disposed so as to surround an outer circumferential surface of the socket. The axle housing has a coupling hole having a substantially columnar internal shape into which the socket is inserted. The ball joint member and the axle housing are coupled to each other by disposing the socket in the coupling hole while the socket is surrounded by the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidehisa Tomizawa, Toshi Ishida, Hajime Terasaki, Yoshiaki Utsugi, Masaru Kogure, Yuichiro Tsukasaki, Toshiyuki Hyuga, Noritaka Hayashi, Kensuke Ohshima
  • Publication number: 20180056994
    Abstract: A vehicle front-wheel turning control apparatus includes a drive force transmission path, a braking force controller, a detector, and a front-wheel turning controller. The detector detects one of occurred contact of the vehicle with respect to a forward object at an occurred contact position and unavoidable contact thereof at an unavoidable contact position. The front-wheel turning controller turns one, of the left and right front wheels, to which the drive force is transmitted, by causing the braking force controller to apply the braking force to the one of the left and right front wheels, on a basis of a state of the drive force transmitted to each of the left and right front wheels and one of the occurred and unavoidable contact positions, when the one of the occurred contact and the unavoidable contact is detected by the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato NAKATAKE, Yoshiaki UTSUGI, Shinji MATSUSHITA, Tsukasa SATO, Toshi ISHIDA, Hajime TERASAKI
  • Publication number: 20160089943
    Abstract: A coupling structure for vehicle chassis members couples a ball joint member and an axle housing used for a vehicle to each other. The structure includes a socket that has a substantially columnar external shape, is provided in the ball joint member, and has a socket bolt groove throughout a circumference in an outer circumferential surface of the socket. The structure also includes a collar that has a substantially cylindrical shape and is disposed so as to surround an outer circumferential surface of the socket. The axle housing has a coupling hole having a substantially columnar internal shape into which the socket is inserted. The ball joint member and the axle housing are coupled to each other by disposing the socket in the coupling hole while the socket is surrounded by the collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Hidehisa TOMIZAWA, Toshi ISHIDA, Hajime TERASAKI, Yoshiaki UTSUGI, Masaru KOGURE, Yuichiro TSUKASAKI, Toshiyuki HYUGA, Noritaka HAYASHI, Kensuke OHSHIMA
  • Patent number: 7119843
    Abstract: A mobile phone includes a phone body 1 having a wireless transmitting and receiving function of an image and sound and a virtual image optical display device 2 for forming a virtual image on a retina of an eye of a user by passing image information from an image information driving part 3 through an imaging optical system. The virtual image optical display device 2 positioned in front of the eye of the user is made as small as possible to make an eyepiece part of the mobile phone compact. An imaging optical system 4 of the virtual image optical display device 2 is separated into an optical system 4a on an image information driving part side and an optical system 4c on an eyepiece part side via a folding part 4b. The optical system 4c on the eyepiece part side is mounted on the arm 6 attached to the phone body 1 through the hinge 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Terasaki, Yoshitaka Kurosaka, Yoshinori Hatayama
  • Patent number: 7106348
    Abstract: The present method represents a three-dimensional shape model by polygons according to a plurality of object images information picked up by rotating a real object for every arbitrary angle to assign texture information on each polygon from object image information having the largest projection area of the relevant polygon. In order to improve the color continuity between adjacent polygons, the object image information having correspondence between a polygon of interest and an adjacent polygon thereof is selected so as to be the object image information approximating the shooting position and the shooting direction. An alternative method divides an object image into a plurality of regions, obtains difference between an object image and a background image in region level, outputs a mean value of the absolute value of difference in the region level, and detects the region having the mean value of absolute values of difference equal to or greater than a threshold value as the object portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinori Matsumoto, Hajime Terasaki, Kazuhide Sugimoto, Tsutomu Arakawa
  • Patent number: 6847371
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for representing a three-dimensional shape model by polygons according to a plurality of object images information obtained by rotating a real object arbitrary angles to assign texture information on each polygon. The texture information is assigned according to the amount of texture information for a particular polygon. Various criteria are disclosed as factors in determining the amount of texture information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinori Matsumoto, Hajime Terasaki, Kazuhide Sugimoto, Tsutomu Arakawa
  • Publication number: 20040252077
    Abstract: A display device which is to be mounted on the head and can ensure as wide an external field of view as possible even when mounted on the head is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventor: Hajime Terasaki
  • Publication number: 20020060686
    Abstract: The present method represents a three-dimensional shape model by polygons according to a plurality of object images information picked up by rotating a real object for every arbitrary angle to assign texture information on each polygon from object image information having the largest projection area of the relevant polygon. In order to improve the color continuity between adjacent polygons, the object image information having correspondence between a polygon of interest and an adjacent polygon thereof is selected so as to be the object image information approximating the shooting position and the shooting direction. An alternative method divides an object image into a plurality of regions, obtains difference between an object image and a background image in region level, outputs a mean value of the absolute value of difference in the region level, and detects the region having the mean value of absolute values of difference equal to or greater than a threshold value as the object portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinori Matsumoto, Hajime Terasaki, Kazuhide Gugimoto, Tsutomu Arakawa
  • Publication number: 20020058531
    Abstract: A mobile phone includes a phone body 1 having a wireless transmitting and receiving function of an image and sound and a virtual image optical display device 2 for forming a virtual image on a retina of an eye of a user by passing image information from an image information driving part 3 through an imaging optical system. The virtual image optical display device 2 positioned in front of the eye of the user is made as small as possible to make an eyepiece part of the mobile phone compact. An imaging optical system 4 of the virtual image optical display device 2 is separated into an optical system 4a on an image information driving part side and an optical system 4c on an eyepiece part side via a folding part 4b. The optical system 4c on the eyepiece part side is mounted on the arm 6 attached to the phone body 1 through the hinge 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Terasaki, Yoshitaka Kurosaka, Yoshinori Hatayama
  • Patent number: 6384859
    Abstract: A method is proposed for automatically obtaining depth. information from a 2-D motion image, so as to create an image for a 3-D display. Further, methods are proposed for selecting appropriate frames for the calculation of the depth information, or discontinuing the calculation, and for conducting image., processing using the depth information. Examples of various types of image processing can be listed as including the creation of a viewfinder image seen from a different point, natural scaling operations to an image area, and separation of a desired image area. First, a motion information of an object on a screen is extracted by block matching or the like. Second, the actual movement of the object in the 3-D world is calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinori Matsumoto, Hajime Terasaki, Kazuhide Sugimoto, Masazumi Katayama, Tsutomu Arakawa, Osamu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6356272
    Abstract: The present method represents a three-dimensional shape model by polygons according to a plurality of object images information picked up by rotating a real object for every arbitrary angle to assign texture information on each polygon from object image information having the largest projection area of the relevant polygon. In order to improve the color continuity between adjacent polygons, the object image information having correspondence between a polygon of interest and an adjacent polygon thereof is selected so as to be the object image information approximating the shooting position and the shooting direction. An alternative method divides an object image into a plurality of regions, obtains difference between an object image and a background image in region level, outputs a mean value of the absolute value of difference in the region level, and detects the region having the mean value of absolute values of difference equal to or greater than a threshold value as the object portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinori Matsumoto, Hajime Terasaki, Kazuhide Sugimoto, Tsutomu Arakawa
  • Publication number: 20010045979
    Abstract: A method is proposed for automatically obtaining depth information from a 2-D motion image, so as to create an image for a 3-D display. Further, methods are proposed for selecting appropriate frames for the calculation of the depth information, or discontinuing the calculation, and for conducting image processing using the depth information. Examples of various types of image processing can be listed as including the creation of a viewfinder image seen from a different point, natural scaling operations to an image area, and separation of a desired image area. First, a motion information of an object on a screen is extracted by block matching or the like. Second, the actual movement of the object in the 3-D world is calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinori Matsumoto, Hajime Terasaki, Kazuhide Sugimoto, Masazumi Katayama
  • Publication number: 20010005204
    Abstract: The present method represents a three-dimensional shape model by polygons according to a plurality of object images information picked up by rotating a real object for every arbitrary angle to assign texture information on each polygon from object image information having the largest projection area of the relevant polygon. In order to improve the color continuity between adjacent polygons, the object image information having correspondence between a polygon of interest and an adjacent polygon thereof is selected so as to be the object image information approximating the shooting position and the shooting direction. An alternative method divides an object image into a plurality of regions, obtains difference between an object image and a background image in region level, outputs a mean value of the absolute value of difference in the region level, and detects the region having the mean value of absolute values of difference equal to or greater than a threshold value as the object portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukinori Matsumoto, Hajime Terasaki, Kazuhide Sugimoto, Tsutomu Arakawa
  • Patent number: 5691899
    Abstract: A suspension control system for controlling at least one shock absorber provided between sprung and unsprung masses of an automotive vehicle to provide a variable damping force characteristic. The control system includes a low pass filter for filtering out noise superimposed on an electric signal indicative of a sensed steering angle. The noise removed steering angle indicative signal is fed to a control unit operable in a normal control mode for controlling the shock absorber based on a sensed vehicle behavior to provide an optimum damping force characteristic and in a roll control mode for controlling the shock absorber based on the noise removed vehicle steering angle indicative signal to provide a damping force greater than that provided in the normal control mode. The control unit operates in the roll control mode when the noise removed steering angle indicative signal exceeds a predetermined first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Unisia Jecs Corporation
    Inventor: Hajime Terasaki
  • Patent number: 5513299
    Abstract: Pick-and-place grasp candidates for positions at which an object can be picked and placed on a table are calculated based on the initial and goal states of the object, the surrounding environment state at the initial and goal states and the geometrical data of a robot hand. A space characterization is prepared which represents various states relating to the object around the grasp position in each of the calculated pick-and-place grasp candidates. The magnitude of the space in which the hand can be moved is estimated from the prepared space characterizations. Based on the results, position and orientation for pick-and-place grasp is selected from the pick-and-place grasp candidates. If the object cannot be moved from its initial state to its goal state through one grasp and movement action, the object is once returned onto the table and regrasped by the robot hand. Regrasp orientation of the object is selected from stable orientations which depend on the geometric data of objects to be handled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Terasaki, Hironobu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5325468
    Abstract: Pick-and-place grasp candidates for positions at which an object can be picked and placed on a table are calculated based on the initial and goal states of the object, the surrounding environment state at the initial and goal states and the geometrical data of a robot hand. A space characterization is prepared which represents various states relating to the object around the grasp position in each of the calculated pick-and-place grasp candidates. The magnitude of the space in which the hand can be moved is estimated from the prepared space characterizations. Based on the results, position and orientation for pick-and-place grasp is selected from the pick-and-place grasp candidates. If the object cannot be moved from its initial state to its goal state through one grasp and movement action, the object is once returned onto the table and regrasped by the robot hand. Regrasp orientation of the object the is selected from stable orientations which depend on the geometric data of objects to be handled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Terasaki, Hironobu Takahashi