Patents by Inventor Itsuko OHASHI
Itsuko OHASHI 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: 10857944Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus includes: a detector configured to detect a roughness state of a road surface in a traveling direction of a vehicle; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a guide marker to be superimposed onto an image based on captured image data output from an imager that captures an image of a peripheral region including the traveling direction of the vehicle, the guide marker being displayed in a manner that follows a roughness state of the road surface in the traveling direction of the vehicle; and a controller configured to superimpose the guide marker onto the image in the display manner that follows the roughness state and display the image on a display device.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Nakasho, Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka, Kinji Yamamoto, Takashi Hiramaki, Takuya Hashikawa, Naotaka Kubota, Osamu Kimura, Itsuko Ohashi, Yasumasa Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10793070Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus having an acquisition unit that acquires a three-dimensional model image. The three-dimensional model image indicates an irregular state of a road surface. The three-dimensional model image includes image data outputted from an imaging unit that takes a peripheral image including the road surface in a traveling direction of a vehicle and includes height data that indicates heights of individual regions of the road surface represented in the peripheral image. The periphery monitoring apparatus also includes a control that superimposes an indicator of a height of the road surface based on the height data onto each region included in the acquired three-dimensional model image and displays the three-dimensional model image on a display device.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya Watanabe, Yoji Inui, Kinji Yamamoto, Takashi Hiramaki, Takuya Hashikawa, Tetsuya Maruoka, Naotaka Kubota, Osamu Kimura, Itsuko Ohashi
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Publication number: 20200035207Abstract: A display control apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire predetermined data and imaged image data from an imaging unit that images a periphery of a vehicle; a storage unit configured to store therein vehicle shape data expressing a three-dimensional shape of the vehicle; and a display processor configured to switch transparency of the vehicle shape data based on the predetermined data when the vehicle shape data is superimposed and displayed on display data expressing the periphery of the vehicle based on the imaged image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuya MARUOKA, Itsuko OHASHI, Kazuya WATANABE, Yoji INUI, Kinji YAMAMOTO, Takashi HIRAMAKI, Takuya HASHIKAWA, Naotaka KUBOTA, Osamu KIMURA
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Publication number: 20200031283Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus includes: a detector configured to detect a roughness state of a road surface in a traveling direction of a vehicle; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a guide marker to be superimposed onto an image based on captured image data output from an imager that captures an image of a peripheral region including the traveling direction of the vehicle, the guide marker being displayed in a manner that follows a roughness state of the road surface in the traveling direction of the vehicle; and a controller configured to superimpose the guide marker onto the image in the display manner that follows the roughness state and display the image on a display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki NAKASHO, Kazuya WATANBE, Tetsuya MARUOKA, Kinji YAMAMOTO, Takashi HIRAMAKI, Takuya HASHIKAWA, Naotaka KUBOTA, Osamu KIMURA, Itsuko OHASHI, Yasumasa YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20200031281Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a three-dimensional model image indicating an irregular state of a road surface, the three-dimensional model image including taken image data output from an imaging unit that takes a peripheral image including the road surface in a traveling direction of a vehicle and including height data that indicates heights of individual regions of the road surface represented in the peripheral image; and a control unit configured to superimpose an indicator indicating a height of the road surface based on the height data onto each region included in the acquired three-dimensional model image and display the three-dimensional model image on a display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya WATANABE, Yoji INUI, Kinji YAMAMOTO, Takashi HIRAMAKI, Takuya HASHIKAWA, Tetsuya MARUOKA, Naotaka KUBOTA, Osamu KIMURA, Itsuko OHASHI
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Patent number: 10495458Abstract: An image processing system for a vehicle includes: a viewpoint image generating unit that generates a viewpoint image viewed from a predetermined virtual viewpoint when assumed that a surrounding image corresponding to surrounding image data is projected on a virtual projection plane whose arrangement position has been set in advance, based on inclination information corresponding to an inclination of the vehicle and the surrounding image data obtained by capturing an image of a periphery of the vehicle; and an output image generating unit that generates and outputs output image data in order to cause a display device to display an output image in which an own vehicle model image having an inclination according to an inclination of the vehicle corresponding to the inclination information is superimposed on the viewpoint image.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naotaka Kubota, Tetsuya Maruoka, Yoji Inui, Takashi Hiramaki, Osamu Kimura, Itsuko Ohashi
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Patent number: 9994157Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire first image data that is captured by a first imaging unit provided on a left side of a vehicle body, and second image data that is captured by a second imaging unit provided on a right side of the vehicle body; and an output unit configured to combine third image data which is generated by rotating, and magnifying or minifying the first image data in such a way that a plurality of left reference points included in the first image data are respectively displayed at pre-set positions, and fourth image data which is generated by rotating, and magnifying or minifying the second image data in such a way that a plurality of right reference points included in the second image data are respectively displayed at pre-set positions, and to output the combined image data.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka, Itsuko Ohashi
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Patent number: 9973734Abstract: A vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus includes: an image acquisition section that acquires captured image data output from an imaging section that is provided in a vehicle and images a circumference of the vehicle; a state acquisition section that acquires vehicle state data output from a vehicle state detection section that is provided in the vehicle and detects at least a roll state of the vehicle; a setting section that sets a center of rotation to rotate a display image depending on the roll state if the display image is displayed on a display device based on the captured image data; an image adjustment section that rotates a display state of the display image about the center of rotation that is set depending on the roll state; and an output section that outputs the display image to the display device.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka, Itsuko Ohashi
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Patent number: 9950739Abstract: A vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus includes: an acquisition section that acquires a steering angle of front wheels of a vehicle; a trajectory calculation section that calculates a rear wheel width trajectory indicating a moving predicted path of a rear wheel of an inside of turning during turning of the vehicle by steering of the front wheels; and a display control section that superimpose-displays the rear wheel width trajectory in captured side image data output from an imaging section that captures side images of the vehicle when the steering angle of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka, Itsuko Ohashi
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Publication number: 20180089907Abstract: A periphery monitoring device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires an image indicating a peripheral environment of a vehicle and information corresponding to a state of the vehicle, the image being captured by an imaging device that is provided in the vehicle; a memory that stores a vehicle model that indicates a three-dimensional shape of the vehicle; a processing unit that processes the vehicle model based on the information; and an output unit that superimposes the vehicle model processed by the processing unit on a position within the image indicating the peripheral environment corresponding to a position within the peripheral environment where the vehicle is present, and displays the image indicating the peripheral environment and having the vehicle model superimposed thereon on a display screen that is provided in a vehicle compartment of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuya MARUOKA, Kazuya WATANABE, Yoji INUI, Kinji YAMAMOTO, Takashi HIRAMAKI, Takuya HASHIKAWA, Naotaka KUBOTA, Osamu KIMURA, Itsuko OHASHI
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Publication number: 20180066941Abstract: An image processing system for a vehicle includes: a viewpoint image generating unit that generates a viewpoint image viewed from a predetermined virtual viewpoint when assumed that a surrounding image corresponding to surrounding image data is projected on a virtual projection plane whose arrangement position has been set in advance, based on inclination information corresponding to an inclination of the vehicle and the surrounding image data obtained by capturing an image of a periphery of the vehicle; and an output image generating unit that generates and outputs output image data in order to cause a display device to display an output image in which an own vehicle model image having an inclination according to an inclination of the vehicle corresponding to the inclination information is superimposed on the viewpoint image.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naotaka KUBOTA, Tetsuya MARUOKA, Yoji INUI, Takashi HIRAMAKI, Osamu KIMURA, Itsuko OHASHI
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Patent number: 9902323Abstract: A periphery surveillance apparatus includes: a storage section storing captured image data from a capturing section capturing an image of a region including a road surface and a region upward therefrom, in a traveling direction of a vehicle; a display section selectively displaying at least one of past and present images, the past image based on captured image data corresponding to a current underfloor area among captured image data stored in the storage section, and the present image based on new captured image data captured and output by the capturing section; and a control section performing switching to the past image when a permission condition for permitting display of the past image is established during displaying the present image and performing switching to the present image when a recovery condition for performing recovery to the present image is established during displaying the past image.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka, Itsuko Ohashi
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Patent number: 9895974Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a first acquisition portion acquiring a captured image data outputted from an imaging portion that is provided at a vehicle and that images a surrounding of the vehicle, a second acquisition portion acquiring an inclination angle of the vehicle on a basis of a state information of the vehicle, the state information outputted from a vehicle state detection portion that is provided at the vehicle, and an output portion being configured to output an output image data to a display device, the output image data including the captured image data and an inclination angle display information indicating the inclination angle of the vehicle, the output portion changing a display method within the output image data in accordance with the inclination angle of the vehicle and outputting the output image data.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka, Itsuko Ohashi
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Publication number: 20160182863Abstract: A vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus includes: an image acquisition section that acquires captured image data output from an imaging section that is provided in a vehicle and images a circumference of the vehicle; a state acquisition section that acquires vehicle state data output from a vehicle state detection section that is provided in the vehicle and detects at least a roll state of the vehicle; a setting section that sets a center of rotation to rotate a display image depending on the roll state if the display image is displayed on a display device based on the captured image data; an image adjustment section that rotates a display state of the display image about the center of rotation that is set depending on the roll state; and an output section that outputs the display image to the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya WATANABE, Tetsuya MARUOKA, Itsuko OHASHI
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Publication number: 20160152264Abstract: A vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus includes: an acquisition section that acquires a steering angle of front wheels of a vehicle; a trajectory calculation section that calculates a rear wheel width trajectory indicating a moving predicted path of a rear wheel of an inside of turning during turning of the vehicle by steering of the front wheels; and a display control section that superimpose-displays the rear wheel width trajectory in captured side image data output from an imaging section that captures side images of the vehicle when the steering angle of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2015Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya WATANABE, Tetsuya MARUOKA, Itsuko OHASHI
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Publication number: 20160090044Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire first image data that is captured by a first imaging unit provided on a left side of a vehicle body, and second image data that is captured by a second imaging unit provided on a right side of the vehicle body; and an output unit configured to combine third image data which is generated by rotating, and magnifying or minifying the first image data in such a way that a plurality of left reference points included in the first image data are respectively displayed at pre-set positions, and fourth image data which is generated by rotating, and magnifying or minifying the second image data in such a way that a plurality of right reference points included in the second image data are respectively displayed at pre-set positions, and to output the combined image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya WATANABE, Tetsuya MARUOKA, Itsuko OHASHI
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Publication number: 20160059700Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a first acquisition portion acquiring a captured image data outputted from an imaging portion that is provided at a vehicle and that images a surrounding of the vehicle, a second acquisition portion acquiring an inclination angle of the vehicle on a basis of a state information of the vehicle, the state information outputted from a vehicle state detection portion that is provided at the vehicle, and an output portion being configured to output an output image data to a display device, the output image data including the captured image data and an inclination angle display information indicating the inclination angle of the vehicle, the output portion changing a display method within the output image data in accordance with the inclination angle of the vehicle and outputting the output image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya WATANABE, Tetsuya MARUOKA, Itsuko OHASHI
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Publication number: 20160009225Abstract: A periphery surveillance apparatus includes: a storage section storing captured image data from a capturing section capturing an image of a region including a road surface and a region upward therefrom, in a traveling direction of a vehicle; a display section selectively displaying at least one of past and present images, the past image based on captured image data corresponding to a current underfloor area among captured image data stored in the storage section, and the present image based on new captured image data captured and output by the capturing section; and a control section performing switching to the past image when a permission condition for permitting display of the past image is established during displaying the present image and performing switching to the present image when a recovery condition for performing recovery to the present image is established during displaying the past image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya WATANABE, Tetsuya MARUOKA, Itsuko OHASHI