Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Kumon
Hitoshi Kumon 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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Publication number: 20230419751Abstract: A vehicle display device includes: a mode setting unit provided in a vehicle for setting a mode of the vehicle to one of a first mode and a second mode; an acquisition unit provided in the vehicle for acquiring a driving diagnosis result of the vehicle; and a display unit that can display an image representing the driving diagnosis result in a first manner when the vehicle is in the first mode, and that can display the image representing the driving diagnosis result in a second manner that is more difficult for an occupant of the vehicle to recognize than in the first manner when the vehicle is in the second mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Kota WASHIO, Ryosuke TOSAKA, Hitoshi KUMON, Yuichi KUBOTA, Toko TAGA
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Publication number: 20230296395Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a display control unit that is configured to: display markers in positions, on a display unit, corresponding to future positions of a host vehicle which are acquired from an autonomous driving control unit that autonomously drives the host vehicle, and move display positions of the markers on the display unit in accordance with travel of the host vehicle and toward a reference position on the display unit corresponding to the host vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hitoshi KUMON
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Patent number: 11698265Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a display control unit that is configured to: display markers in positions, on a display unit, corresponding to future positions of a host vehicle which are acquired from an autonomous driving control unit that autonomously drives the host vehicle, and move display positions of the markers on the display unit in accordance with travel of the host vehicle and toward a reference position on the display unit corresponding to the host vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hitoshi Kumon
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Patent number: 11584230Abstract: An interface device to be mounted on an autonomous vehicle includes: a right operation switch and a left operation switch provided on a steering wheel; a display device disposed ahead of the steering wheel; and an IF controller configured to control the display device, the controller being configured to cause the display device to display an intention confirmation image when it is necessary to confirm a driver's intention regarding autonomous travel. The intention confirmation image includes an inquiry image, a right guide image displayed on the right side of a horizontal center of the inquiry image, the right guide image indicating a choice selectable with the right operation switch, and a left guide image displayed on the left side of the horizontal center of the inquiry image, the left guide image indicating a choice selectable with the left operation switch.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hitoshi Kumon
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Publication number: 20230022485Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The vehicle display control device is configured such that the processor controls a vehicle display device for displaying an image on a display region so as to be superimposed on a portion of a view ahead of a vehicle. The processor is configured so as to detect a preceding vehicle traveling at a vehicle front side of a host vehicle, and in cases in which the preceding vehicle has been detected, causes an image that includes a plurality of inter-vehicle marker objects from the host vehicle side toward the preceding vehicle side to be displayed in the display region, and causes sequential emphasis display of the plurality of inter-vehicle marker objects in sequence from the host vehicle side toward the preceding vehicle side.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eriko FUJITA, Hitoshi KUMON
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Patent number: 11393196Abstract: An assistance device enabling communication with a wearable device includes: a memory; and a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to acquire line-of-sight information about a line of sight of a user wearing the wearable device, based on the line-of-sight information, generate blind region state information indicating a state of a blind region shielded by a shielding object in a visual field region of the user, and output the blind region state information to the wearable device.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro Itoh, Hitoshi Kumon, Shuntaro Shinohara, Yoshitaka Fuwamoto, Shioya Kageyama, Shintaro Inoue, Kiyofumi Nakajima
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Patent number: 11376514Abstract: An experience system includes: an air conditioner configured to blow a wind into a space inside a moving body; and a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to generate a virtual image in which at least a part of a roof of the moving body is opened, the virtual image including sky above the moving body and a surrounding landscape of the moving body, output the virtual image to a display device, and control wind-blowing of the air conditioner in conjunction with a display of the virtual image on the display device.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro Itou, Hitoshi Kumon, Kotomi Teshima, Yoshie Mikami, Yuta Maniwa
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Patent number: 11351918Abstract: A driver-assistance device includes: a memory; and a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: acquire both line-of-sight information on a line of sight of a driver and image data resulting from imaging surroundings of a vehicle; set a display position and display contents of an image generated from the image data based on the line-of-sight information; and output the display position and the display contents together with the image.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro Itoh, Hitoshi Kumon
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Publication number: 20210379499Abstract: An experience system includes: an air conditioner configured to blow a wind into a space inside a moving body; and a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to generate a virtual image in which at least a part of a roof of the moving body is opened, the virtual image including sky above the moving body and a surrounding landscape of the moving body, output the virtual image to a display device, and control wind-blowing of the air conditioner in conjunction with a display of the virtual image on the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro ITOU, Hitoshi KUMON, Kotomi TESHIMA, Yoshie MIKAMI, Yuta MANIWA
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Patent number: 11151775Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: generate a first virtual image when one wearer of a first wearer wearing a first wearable device configured to communicate with the processor and a second wearer wearing a second wearable device configured to communicate with the processor rides in a moving body and another wearer virtually rides in the moving body, the first virtual image reflecting a behavior of the other wearer and representing a state where the other wearer virtually rides in the moving body as observed from a viewpoint of the one wearer, the first virtual image; and output the generated first virtual image to the first or the second wearable device worn by the one wearer.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro Itou, Hitoshi Kumon, Kotomi Teshima, Yoshie Mikami, Yuta Maniwa
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Publication number: 20210231452Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a display control unit that is configured to: display markers in positions, on a display unit, corresponding to future positions of a host vehicle which are acquired from an autonomous driving control unit that autonomously drives the host vehicle, and move display positions of the markers on the display unit in accordance with travel of the host vehicle and toward a reference position on the display unit corresponding to the host vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hitoshi KUMON
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Publication number: 20210208584Abstract: A moving body control device includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: acquire spatial information of at least one of an outside and inside of a moving body; generate a virtual image including the information of the at least one of the outside and inside of the moving body based on the spatial information; output the generated virtual image to a display unit visually recognizable by a user who rides on the moving body; acquire a detection result of a predetermined action of the user when the user performs an action; update and output the virtual image based on the action of the user in the detection result; and output a control signal for the moving body, the control signal being based on the detection result.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kotomi TESHIMA, Hitoshi KUMON, Kazuhiro ITOU, Yoshie MIKAMI, Yuta MANIWA
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Patent number: 11052823Abstract: A vehicle rear monitoring system includes a camera that captures an image of an area to a rear of a vehicle, and a processing unit that processes the image captured by the camera. The processing unit creates a first vehicle rear image that is displayed in a first display area that is a portion of a display area of a display device, when traveling forward, and creates a second vehicle rear image that is displayed in a second display area that is within the display area of the display device and that is an area that includes the first display area and is larger than the first display area, when traveling backward.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hitoshi Kumon
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Publication number: 20210174573Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: generate a first virtual image when one wearer of a first wearer wearing a first wearable device configured to communicate with the processor and a second wearer wearing a second wearable device configured to communicate with the processor rides in a moving body and another wearer virtually rides in the moving body, the first virtual image reflecting a behavior of the other wearer and representing a state where the other wearer virtually rides in the moving body as observed from a viewpoint of the one wearer, the first virtual image; and output the generated first virtual image to the first or the second wearable device worn by the one wearer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro ITOU, Hitoshi KUMON, Kotomi TESHIMA, Yoshie MIKAMI, Yuta MANIWA
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Patent number: 11002560Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a display control unit that is configured to: display markers in positions, on a display unit, corresponding to future positions of a host vehicle which are acquired from an autonomous driving control unit that autonomously drives the host vehicle, and move display positions of the markers on the display unit in accordance with travel of the host vehicle and toward a reference position on the display unit corresponding to the host vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hitoshi Kumon
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Publication number: 20210094419Abstract: An interface device to be mounted on an autonomous vehicle includes: a right operation switch and a left operation switch provided on a steering wheel; a display device disposed ahead of the steering wheel; and an IF controller configured to control the display device, the controller being configured to cause the display device to display an intention confirmation image when it is necessary to confirm a driver's intention regarding autonomous travel. The intention confirmation image includes an inquiry image, a right guide image displayed on the right side of a horizontal center of the inquiry image, the right guide image indicating a choice selectable with the right operation switch, and a left guide image displayed on the left side of the horizontal center of the inquiry image, the left guide image indicating a choice selectable with the left operation switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hitoshi Kumon
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Patent number: 10953749Abstract: The vehicular display device includes: a touchscreen disposed substantially at a center position in a vehicle width direction in front of a cockpit of a vehicle; a reception section at least partially provided to the touchscreen and configured to receive operation input from a user; and a display control section configured to display, on a display screen of the touchscreen, a first screen corresponding to a first function and a second screen corresponding to a second function such that the first screen and the second screen are arrayed in a left-right direction, the display control section being configured to perform, in accordance with a predetermined first instruction operation received by the reception section, switching control in which a display position of the first screen and a display position of at least a part of display content on the second screen are switched in the display screen.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hitoshi Kumon, Hironori Nagata
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Publication number: 20200309555Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a display control unit that is configured to: display markers in positions, on a display unit, corresponding to future positions of a host vehicle which are acquired from an autonomous driving control unit that autonomously drives the host vehicle, and move display positions of the markers on the display unit in accordance with travel of the host vehicle and toward a reference position on the display unit corresponding to the host vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hitoshi KUMON
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Patent number: 10737624Abstract: A viewing device for a vehicle is provided with plural cameras, an image generation unit, a display and a switching control unit. The plural cameras have different imaging ranges. On the basis of captured images from one or a plural number of the cameras, the image generation unit generates plural viewing images that differ in at least one of viewpoint or viewing angle. The display displays the viewing images. The switching control unit is capable of switching a viewing image being displayed at the display to another of the viewing images.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hitoshi Kumon, Yasunobu Takahashi, Yuto Ohtsuka
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Patent number: 10688932Abstract: A viewing device for a vehicle is provided with plural cameras, an image generation unit, a display and a switching control unit. The plural cameras have different imaging ranges. On the basis of captured images from one or a plural number of the cameras, the image generation unit generates plural viewing images that differ in at least one of viewpoint or viewing angle. The display displays the viewing images. The switching control unit is capable of switching a viewing image being displayed at the display to another of the viewing images.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hitoshi Kumon, Yasunobu Takahashi, Yuto Ohtsuka