Patents by Inventor Kazuki Kojima

Kazuki Kojima 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: 11479890
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions. The instructions, when executed, cause a processor of an embroidery pattern displaying device provided with a capturing portion and a displaying portion to perform steps. The steps include detecting a marker associated with an embroidery pattern arranged within an augmented reality space from a real image that is an image of a real space captured by the capturing portion. The steps include displaying, when the marker is detected from the real image, a pattern image indicating the embroidery pattern associated with the detected marker, superimposed on the real image with the detected marker as a reference, on the displaying portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Kamihira, Kazuki Kojima
  • Publication number: 20220289228
    Abstract: An HMI control device is provided to control an HMI device mounted in a vehicle capable of autonomous steering control. The HMI control device is configured to: acquire an execution status of the autonomous steering control; acquire congestion information; acquire an entry status of the vehicle into a congestion section included in the congestion information; present, on the HMI device, the congestion information and lane information related to a possibility of a lane change in a case where the autonomous steering control is being executed and the entry status indicates an entry into the congestion section; and present, as the lane information, lane change information in a case where (i) a traffic congestion occurs in the congestion section of a different lane and (ii) a congestion traveling after a lane change from an own lane to the different lane in which the traffic congestion is occurred is recommended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Asako NAGATA, Shizuka YOKOYAMA, Yuji OTA, Takuya KUME, Kazuki KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220274621
    Abstract: An HMI control device is configured to control an HMI device mounted in a vehicle, which is capable of performing an autonomous driving as a first task. The HMI control device is configured to: acquire a possible duration for the autonomous driving; and present, by the HMI device, a second task that an occupant on a driver's seat is able to start executing during the autonomous driving based on the possible duration acquired by the time acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yuji OTA, Asako NAGATA, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Shizuka YOKOYAMA, Takuya KUME, Kazuki KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 11396874
    Abstract: A vane pump that includes a first communication passage that extends along an outer periphery of the cam ring and that guides a fluid that has not flowed into the first suction port from the first inflow passage to the second suction port; a second communication passage that extends along the outer periphery of the cam ring on an opposite side of the first communication passage with respect to the rotor and that guides a fluid that has not flowed into the second suction port from the second inflow passage to the first suction port; and a rectifying portion that guides the fluid from the second inflow passage so that the fluid flows into the second suction port along the outer periphery of the cam ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Torii, Kazuki Kojima, Naohito Yoshida, Tsuyoshi Ebihara
  • Patent number: 11391368
    Abstract: A drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle includes: (a) a hybrid drive unit having (a-1) an automatic transmission, (a-2) a first rotating machine and (a-3) an engine connected to the first rotating machine through a hydraulically-operated connecting/disconnecting device; (b) an electric drive unit including a second rotating machine; and (c) a hybrid control device configured, in event of an anomaly that disables a shift control of the automatic transmission, to generate an electric power by causing the first rotating machine to be rotated by the engine and drive the hybrid vehicle to run by causing the second rotating machine of the electric drive unit to be operated with use of the generated electric power, in a state in which a power transmission through the automatic transmission is cut off and the connecting/disconnecting device is engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Kitai, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Kazuki Kojima, Hironori Sugiura, Ryuki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20220172652
    Abstract: A display control device is used in a vehicle to control a display of a head-up display The display control device acquires external information based on recognition of a traveling environment around the vehicle, and causes the head-up display to display a superimposition content for providing a route guidance to be superimposed on a foreground in a guidance area. Further, the display control device causes the head-up display to end a display of the superimposition content at a timing based on an end determination using at least the external information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Akihiko YAGYU, Daisuke TAKEMORI, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Kazuki KOJIMA, Shiori MANEYAMA, Takeshi HATOH
  • Publication number: 20220144087
    Abstract: In a display control device for a head-up display mounted in a vehicle, when a lane keeping control function of driving a vehicle to travel in a traveling lane is terminated, a termination notification image to notify a driver of a termination of the lane keeping control function is generated and caused to be displayed by the head-up display. As another example, in a configuration where the operation of the lane keeping control function is continued even when one of a right road line and a left road line of the traveling lane is not detected, a continuation notification image to notify a driver of a continuation of the lane keeping control function is generated and caused to be displayed by the head-up display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke TAKEMORI, Akihiko YAGYU, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Kazuki KOJIMA, Shiori MANEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220130296
    Abstract: A display control device mounted on a vehicle: determines whether a caution point exists in front of a vehicle; determines whether the caution point is included in an angle of view of a head-up display mounted on the vehicle; displays a caution content as a superimposed content with the caution point as a superimposition target in response to the caution point being determined to be included in the angle of view; displays the caution content as a non-superimposed content with no superimposition target in response to the caution point being determined to be not included in the angle of view; determines a type of the caution point; displays the caution content associated with the determined type of the caution point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Akira KAMIYA, Takamitsu SUZUKI, Takashi ICHIDA, Takeshi HATOH, Kazuki KOJIMA, Daisuke TAKEMORI
  • Publication number: 20220118983
    Abstract: A display control device is used for a vehicle having a function of performing a lane change control based on a driver's input to control a display on a head-up display. The display control device acquires route information of the vehicle, and displays a route guidance content providing a route guidance based on the route information to be superimposed on a road surface, and displays a lane change content indicating a control content of the lane change control to be superimposed on a road surface. When a display request to display one of the route guidance content and the lane change content is generated while the other is being displayed, the display control device displays the lane change content in preference to the route guidance content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko YAGYU, Daisuke TAKEMORI, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Kazuki KOJIMA, Shiori MANEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220107201
    Abstract: A display for a vehicle is controlled, and route information of the vehicle is acquired. An acquired route content indicating a lane change trajectory is superimposed and displayed based on the route information on a road surface, and a route guidance content for executing the route guidance is superimposed and display in a position deviated from the lane change trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Akihiko YAGYU, Daisuke TAKEMORI, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Kazuki KOJIMA, Shiori MANEYAMA, Takeshi HATOH
  • Publication number: 20220093020
    Abstract: A display control device controls a superimposed display of a content by a head-up display for a vehicle. The display control device estimates a visible area of a road surface in a foreground included in an angle of view of the head-up display, and an invisible area of the road surface in the foreground included in the angle of view; distinguishes, in a route content, a visible part superimposed in the visible area, an invisible part superimposed in the invisible area, and an overlapping portion between the visible part and the invisible part; and causes the overlapping portion to be displayed in a display mode different from display modes of a visible non-overlapping portion of the visible part out of the overlapping portion and an invisible non-overlapping portion of the invisible part out of the overlapping portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Akira KAMIYA, Daisuke TAKEMORI, Kazuki KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220084458
    Abstract: A display control device, for a vehicle, controls a display of a virtual image by a head-up display. The display control device generates a guidance display object that guides a traveling route for the vehicle. The display control device recognizes a remaining distance from the vehicle to a guide point at which a route guidance by the guidance display object is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yasushi SAKUMA, Takeshi HATOH, Daisuke TAKEMORI, Kazuki KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220055481
    Abstract: In a display control device for a vehicle to control a display on a head-up display, when lane change information related to a lane change of the vehicle is acquired from a lane change control unit that controls the lane change of the vehicle, a lane change content indicating an estimated trajectory of the lane change is displayed to be superimposed on a road surface as a superimposition target based on the lane change information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Akihiko Yagyu, Daisuke Takemori, Kazuki Kojima, Shiori Maneyama
  • Publication number: 20220058998
    Abstract: In a display control device for a head-up display in a vehicle, a boundary information regarding a boundary of a travel lane recognized for driving control of the vehicle is acquired, and guidance information used for route guidance is acquired. When an estimated trajectory content indicating an estimated trajectory of the vehicle controlled based on the boundary information and a route guidance content providing guidance on a route at a predetermined point based on the guidance information are displayed together, the estimated trajectory content and the route guidance content are displayed in different modes from each other, or a display range of the estimated trajectory content is limited to a range not beyond a predetermined point for the route guidance. As another example, when the guidance information is acquired during display of the estimated trajectory content, the route guidance content is displayed while hiding the estimated trajectory content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Akihiko Yagyu, Daisuke Takemori, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Kazuki Kojima, Shiori Maneyama
  • Publication number: 20220024314
    Abstract: In a display control for a head-up display of a vehicle, offset information is acquired from a lane keeping control unit that controls the vehicle to travel within a subject vehicle lane on which the vehicle travels. The offset information indicates an offset control to move a traveling position from a center portion of the subject vehicle lane to one of right and left sides. Based on the offset information, an offset content indicating fulfillment of the offset control is superimposedly displayed on a road surface in a foreground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Akihiko YAGYU, Daisuke TAKEMORI, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Kazuki KOJIMA, Shiori MANEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220018678
    Abstract: In a display control device for a head-up display of a vehicle, it is determined whether a lane change control unit is in a standby state waiting for a lane change of the vehicle. When it is determined that the lane change control unit is not in the standby state, a fulfillment notification content indicating an execution state of the lane change is displayed on a road surface in a foreground in a superimposing manner. When it is determined that the lane change control unit is in the standby state, a standby notification content in a mode different from the fulfillment notification content is displayed on the road surface of the foreground in a superimposing manner, or a standby notification content in a mode associated with the fulfillment notification content is displayed as a non-superimposition content independent of a superimposition target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke TAKEMORI, Akihiko YAGYU, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Kazuki KOJIMA, Shiori MANEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220016980
    Abstract: In a display control device for a head-up display of a vehicle, a schedule notification content indicating a fulfillment schedule of a lane change is displayed on a road surface in a foreground in a superimposing manner. When the schedule notification content overreaches an angle of view, a non-superimposition content indicating the fulfillment schedule of the lane change independent of a superimposition target may be displayed, or the schedule notification content may be hidden. In a case where an arrow-shaped schedule notification content, having a tip portion indicating an adjacent lane as a destination of the lane change, is displayed in a superimposing manner on a road surface in the foreground, when the tip portion of the schedule notification content in a reference shape overreaches the angle of view, the schedule notification content may be transformed so that the tip portion is positioned within the angle of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke TAKEMORI, Akihiko YAGYU, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Kazuki KOJIMA, Shiori MANEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210372810
    Abstract: When the display is controlled by the head-up display used in the vehicle, prior to the display of the superimposed contents to be superimposed and displayed on the specific superimposed object existing in the foreground of the vehicle, the non-superimposed content which has substantially the same meaning as the superposed content to be superimposed and displayed on the foreground in a non-superimposed state on the superimposed object is superimposed and displayed on the foreground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi HATO, Takashi ICHIDA, Takamitsu SUZUKI, Yusuke KONDO, Kohji OHYAMA, Kazuki KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210356034
    Abstract: An intermediate wall is provided with a return oil hole through which oil discharged from a friction engagement device returns toward an oil reservoir. A chain drive is disposed adjacent to the intermediate wall. The chain drive transmits a driving force from an input member and/or a rotary electric machine to an oil pump. There is provided an oil guide through which oil flowing through the return oil hole is guided to a region other than a chain placement region inside a case. The chain placement region is a region where a chain of the chain drive is placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro TORII, Kazuki KOJIMA, Masahiro ITO, Yuya ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210356289
    Abstract: A display system applied to a vehicle includes a navigation device guiding a route to a destination and a display control device displaying multiple route guidance contents in superimposed manner on a road surface using a head-up display. When the navigation device determines that a first route guidance and a second route guidance included in route guidance information are successive guidance, (i) the navigation device concurrently displays images of the first route guidance and the second route guidance, and (ii) the display control device activates display of a first guidance content that performs the first route guidance, and then activates display of a second guidance content that performs the second route guidance after deactivating the display of the first guidance content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi HORIHATA, Kazuki KOJIMA, Akira KAMIYA, Motohiro FUKUMOTO, Takeshi HATO