Patents by Inventor Hironobu TSUKAZAKI

Hironobu TSUKAZAKI 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).

  • Alarm device
    Patent number: 10632912
    Abstract: An alarm device includes: a host vehicle information acquisition unit; a vehicle external information acquisition unit; a visual attention target calculation unit calculating a target to which attention of a driver is required based on host vehicle information and vehicle external information; a sight line information acquisition unit acquiring sight line information about the driver; an eyeball position information acquisition unit acquiring eyeball position information about the driver; a visual attention point calculation unit calculating a point to which the driver pays attention, based on the sight line information and the eyeball position information; a determination unit determining whether the driver pays attention to the target, based on the target and the point; and a notification unit notifying the driver of a determination result when determined that the driver does not pay attention to the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke Tsukao, Hironobu Tsukazaki
  • ALARM DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190308554
    Abstract: An alarm device includes: a host vehicle information acquisition unit; a vehicle external information acquisition unit; a visual attention target calculation unit calculating a target to which attention of a driver is required based on host vehicle information and vehicle external information; a sight line information acquisition unit acquiring sight line information about the driver; an eyeball position information acquisition unit acquiring eyeball position information about the driver; a visual attention point calculation unit calculating a point to which the driver pays attention, based on the sight line information and the eyeball position information; a determination unit determining whether the driver pays attention to the target, based on the target and the point; and a notification unit notifying the driver of a determination result when determined that the driver does not pay attention to the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke TSUKAO, Hironobu TSUKAZAKI