Patents by Inventor Haruya Ara

Haruya Ara 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: 7415134
    Abstract: A traffic lane marking line recognition system for vehicle includes an image compositing device which composites images photographed at different time points by a camera to elongate a traffic lane marking line such as a white line in the photographed image based on a detected travel speed of the vehicle. At least one image, among the plurality of images, photographed at a past time point earlier by a time interval determined in accordance with the vehicle speed from a reference time point, when defining a photographed time point of a given one of the images to be composited as the reference time point, is selected as the image to be composited with the given one of the images. By selecting the image to be composited in accordance with the vehicle speed, the traffic lane marking lines can be recognized unerringly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Haruya Ara
  • Patent number: 7415133
    Abstract: A traffic lane marking line recognition system for a vehicle includes an image compositing device which composites images photographed at different time points by a camera to elongate a traffic lane marking line such as a white line in the photographed image, the brightness of the photographed images is detected, the brightness is corrected, taking one image among the plurality of images as a reference, such that the brightness of the plurality of images is equal to each other, and the plurality of images are composited after the brightness has been corrected. By making the brightness of the images to be composited equal to each other, it becomes possible to recognize the traffic lane marking line accurately and unerringly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Haruya Ara
  • Publication number: 20070253622
    Abstract: A traffic lane marking line recognition system for a vehicle includes an image compositing device which composites images photographed at different time points by a camera to elongate a traffic lane marking line such as a white line in the photographed image, the brightness of the photographed images is detected, the brightness is corrected, taking one image among the plurality of images as a reference, such that the brightness of the plurality of images is equal to each other, and the plurality of images are composited after the brightness has been corrected. By making the brightness of the images to be composited equal to each other, it becomes possible to recognize the traffic lane marking line accurately and unerringly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Haruya Ara
  • Publication number: 20070225913
    Abstract: A traffic lane marking line recognition system for vehicle includes an image compositing device which composites images photographed at different time points by a camera to elongate a traffic lane marking line such as a white line in the photographed image based on a detected travel speed of the vehicle. At least one image, among the plurality of images, photographed at a past time point earlier by a time interval determined in accordance with the vehicle speed from a reference time point, when defining a photographed time point of a given one of the images to be composited as the reference time point, is selected as the image to be composited with the given one of the images. By selecting the image to be composited in accordance with the vehicle speed, the traffic lane marking lines can be recognized unerringly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Haruya Ara