Patents by Inventor Keiichiro Obayashi
Keiichiro Obayashi 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: 11249308Abstract: Display device included in a moving body includes road information acquisition unit that acquires road information about a road in a traveling direction of the moving body and display controller that displays a virtual image illustrating at least one graphic as seen from the moving body on a display medium while superimposing the virtual image on a real space in the traveling direction when the at least one graphic is assumed to be disposed at a predetermined position in the traveling direction. Display controller updates a mode of the at least one graphic using the road information acquired by the road information acquisition unit, and displays the virtual image illustrating the updated at least one graphic on the display medium.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Chisato Yamashita, Keiichiro Obayashi, Makoto Funabiki, Jun Imamura
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Patent number: 10796415Abstract: An image processing device includes: a first obtainer that obtains a captured image from an imaging device that captures a view in front of a vehicle; a second obtainer that obtains a remaining distance to a next guide point; an image processor that performs image processing on a specified region, in the captured image, corresponding to a position distanced by the remaining distance; and an output unit that outputs the captured image processed by the image processor, wherein the image processor controls an edge strength of a subject in the specified region, in accordance with the remaining distance.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayoshi Koyama, Makoto Funabiki, Chisato Yamashita, Keiichiro Obayashi
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Publication number: 20200064629Abstract: Display device included in a moving body includes road information acquisition unit that acquires road information about a road in a traveling direction of the moving body and display controller that displays a virtual image illustrating at least one graphic as seen from the moving body on a display medium while superimposing the virtual image on a real space in the traveling direction when the at least one graphic is assumed to be disposed at a predetermined position in the traveling direction. Display controller updates a mode of the at least one graphic using the road information acquired by the road information acquisition unit, and displays the virtual image illustrating the updated at least one graphic on the display medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: CHISATO YAMASHITA, KEIICHIRO OBAYASHI, MAKOTO FUNABIKI, JUN IMAMURA
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Patent number: 10378916Abstract: A peripheral information obtaining unit, a road information obtaining unit, and a communication unit which are included in a driving environment obtaining unit obtain information indicating a current state of a drive environment. A driver information obtaining unit and a vehicle information obtaining unit which are included in a driving state obtaining unit obtain information indicating a driving state of a current driver. A display controller controls at least one of a display position and a display timing of a guidance sign to be displayed on a display unit, based on at least one of the pieces of information which are output from the driving environment obtaining unit, the driving state obtaining unit, and a route guiding unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Funabiki, Keiichiro Obayashi, Takayoshi Koyama, Jun Imamura, Tadashi Shibata
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Publication number: 20190206029Abstract: An image processing device includes: a first obtainer that obtains a captured image from an imaging device that captures a view in front of a vehicle; a second obtainer that obtains a remaining distance to a next guide point; an image processor that performs image processing on a specified region, in the captured image, corresponding to a position distanced by the remaining distance; and an output unit that outputs the captured image processed by the image processor, wherein the image processor controis an edge strength of a subject in the specified region, in accordance with the remaining distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayoshi KOYAMA, Makoto FUNABIKI, Chisato YAMASHITA, Keiichiro OBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170309257Abstract: A display control device includes a determination unit and a controller. The determination unit determines whether or not a subject viewed from a passenger falls within a display range of a virtual image based on the position information of the subject acquired from a recognition unit that recognizes the subject in the foreground of a moving object and the estimated value of a depression angle acquired from an estimation unit that estimates the depression angle when the virtual image is viewed from the passenger. In a case where the subject is determined to fall within the display range, the controller controls a display unit to generate an image that represents a first display image showing the information corresponding to the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: TAKASHI AKITA, KEIICHIRO OBAYASHI, MAKOTO FUNABIKI, TAKAYOSHI KOYAMA, JUN IMAMURA
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Publication number: 20160327402Abstract: A peripheral information obtaining unit, a road information obtaining unit, and a communication unit which are included in a driving environment obtaining unit obtain information indicating a current state of a drive environment. A driver information obtaining unit and a vehicle information obtaining unit which are included in a driving state obtaining unit obtain information indicating a driving state of a current driver. A display controller controls at least one of a display position and a display timing of a guidance sign to be displayed on a display unit, based on at least one of the pieces of information which are output from the driving environment obtaining unit, the driving state obtaining unit, and a route guiding unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Makoto FUNABIKI, Keiichiro OBAYASHI, Takayoshi KOYAMA, Jun IMAMURA, Tadashi SHIBATA
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Patent number: 9210299Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an adaptor device for a source device that can reduce a connection time to a switching destination in the case where a connection destination is switched. For this, an adaptor device for a source device (104) includes a storage unit (206) that stores format information that is information indicating the format of the video signal; a dummy signal generating unit (204) that generates a dummy signal that is a dummy video signal having the same format as that specified by the format information obtained from the storage unit (206); a control unit (203) that causes the dummy signal generating unit (204) to generate the dummy signal when the video signal is not obtained from the source device; and a wireless transmitting and receiving unit (202) that selectively wirelessly transmits the video signal and the generated dummy signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2010Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Murase, Makoto Funabiki, Keiichiro Obayashi
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Patent number: 8436944Abstract: In a wireless communication adapter device, in order to reduce connection time to a destination when another sink device is selected as the destination, a control unit included in the wireless communications adaptor device determines whether a device ID of an adapter device for a sink device and EDID information corresponding to the device ID are registered in an EDID managing table. The device ID and the EDID information are obtained through authentication processing with the adapter device for the sink device. When the device ID is registered, the control unit copies the EDID information corresponding to the device ID to the EDID table. When the device ID is not registered, the control unit obtains the EDID information from the authenticated adapter device for the sink device, associates the EDID information with the device ID, and stores the EDID information and the device ID in the EDID managing table.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Koichi Murase, Makoto Funabiki, Keiichiro Obayashi
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Patent number: 8395712Abstract: A television (10) includes: a WiHD-RX (11) which receives signals transmitted from a camcorder (20) and a BD system (30); an orientation detection unit (102) which detects information indicating a relative position between a WiHD-TX (21) and a WiHD-RXTX (31); a communication status obtainment unit (104a) which obtains communication status information indicating whether or not it is possible to transmit a video signal or an audio signal from one of the camcorder (20) and the BD system (30) to the other; and a change information generation unit (104b) which generates, based on a detection result of by the orientation detection unit (102), and outputs change information when the communication status information indicates that the transmission is not possible. The change information indicates a direction for moving a communication range of the video signal or the audio signal from the WiHD-TX (21) closer to the WiHD-RXTX (31).Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Sato, Koichiro Tanaka, Keiichiro Obayashi, Makoto Funabiki
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Publication number: 20120115519Abstract: An acquiring state detecting part detects acquiring states of other wireless transmission apparatuses. The acquiring state represents whether or not a second wireless transmission apparatus acquired device information of the other wireless transmission apparatuses in a wireless transmission system. The transmission quality measuring part acquires measurement results of a transmission quality of each of combinations of a wireless transmission apparatus operating as a video and audio data signal transmitter apparatus and a wireless transmission apparatus operating as a video and audio data signal receiver apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2012Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventors: Makoto FUNABIKI, Keiichiro Obayashi
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Publication number: 20120047538Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an adaptor device for a source device that can reduce a connection time to a switching destination in the case where a connection destination is switched. For this, an adaptor device for a source device (104) includes a storage unit (206) that stores format information that is information indicating the format of the video signal; a dummy signal generating unit (204) that generates a dummy signal that is a dummy video signal having the same format as that specified by the format information obtained from the storage unit (206); a control unit (203) that causes the dummy signal generating unit (204) to generate the dummy signal when the video signal is not obtained from the source device; and a wireless transmitting and receiving unit (202) that selectively wirelessly transmits the video signal and the generated dummy signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2010Publication date: February 23, 2012Inventors: Koichi Murase, Makoto Funabiki, Keiichiro Obayashi
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Publication number: 20110292301Abstract: A television (10) includes: a WiHD-RX (11) which receives signals transmitted from a camcorder (20) and a BD system (30); an orientation detection unit (102) which detects information indicating a relative position between a WiHD-TX (21) and a WiHD-RXTX (31); a communication status obtainment unit (104a) which obtains communication status information indicating whether or not it is possible to transmit a video signal or an audio signal from one of the camcorder (20) and the BD system (30) to the other; and a change information generation unit (104b) which generates, based on a detection result of by the orientation detection unit (102), and outputs change information when the communication status information indicates that the transmission is not possible. The change information indicates a direction for moving a communication range of the video signal or the audio signal from the WiHD-TX (21) closer to the WiHD-RXTX (31).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Tetsuya Sato, Tanaka Koichiro, Keiichiro Obayashi, Makoto Funabiki
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Publication number: 20110285917Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a wireless communications adaptor device which can reduce the connection time to the destination when another sink device is selected as the destination. A control unit (203) included in the wireless communications adaptor device determines whether or not a device ID of an adapter device for a sink device (105 or 106) and EDID information corresponding to the device ID are registered in an EDID managing table (206). The device ID and the EDID information are obtained through authentication processing with the adapter device for the sink device (105 or 106). When the device ID is registered, the control unit (203) copies the EDID information corresponding to the device ID to the EDID table (205).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventors: Koichi Murase, Makoto Funabiki, Keiichiro Obayashi
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Publication number: 20110286717Abstract: Provided is a wireless video and audio transmission system which is more convenient for a user even when a destination to which video and audio data is transmitted is switched, from a video and audio output device such as a TV, to a video output device such as a liquid-crystal projector. In the wireless video and audio transmission system (10), one of a video output device (300), a wireless transmission device (100) and an audio output device (400) determines an audio mode of the audio output device (400) by judging whether or not either a video and audio output device (200) or the video output device (300) which is selected to receive a radio signal transmitted from the wireless transmission device (100) and to output video is capable of outputting audio.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventors: Makoto Funabiki, Keiichiro Obayashi, Koichi Murase
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Patent number: 6899270Abstract: A noncontact reader/writer is disclosed which performs, at a high speed, a processing of communication, such as read or write, with a plurality of noncontact information carriers such as noncontact IC cards. A transmitting unit transmits signals, such as commands, to the respective kinds of noncontact information carriers. A memory stores information about at least one of the kinds of noncontact information carriers with which the noncontact reader/writer communicated. A control unit decides, based on the stored information, the priority of the kinds of noncontact information carries in the communication processing and performs a communication processing. The stored information includes the kinds of noncontact information carriers or the number of occurences of communication with the respective kinds of noncontact information carriers.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2001Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keiichiro Obayashi, Yasuhiko Kitajima, Nobuhiko Fujii