Patents by Inventor Kana YAMASHITA

Kana YAMASHITA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240383335
    Abstract: A display system mounted on a vehicle that travels in a driving mode selected from among a plurality of driving modes having different degrees of autonomy of driving tasks, the display system includes: a display unit configured to display information to a driver; and a control unit configured to execute at least one of setting a refresh interval of predetermined information displayed on the display unit to be longer than that before a driving mode change and setting visibility of the predetermined information to be lower than that before the driving mode change, when a degree of autonomy decreases due to the driving mode change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kana YAMASHITA, Takashi OTA
  • Publication number: 20240336141
    Abstract: A display device includes an image generation unit configured to generate a status image presented to a driver of the vehicle, the status image representing to a current status of the vehicle and surroundings of the vehicle; a map information acquisition unit configured to acquire the map information and recognize an acquisition status of the map information; a display mode setting unit configured to set a display mode; and a display control unit configured to display the status image on a display unit in the display mode. The acquisition status includes a first case, a second case, and a third case in which the map information is temporarily unavailable. The display mode setting unit sets the display mode so that the display mode of the first case, the second case and the third case are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironori ITO, Naoki NISHIMURA, Takashi OTA, Hisanobu INOUE, Kana YAMASHITA