Patents by Inventor Keiji Ueminami

Keiji Ueminami 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: 7053795
    Abstract: A parking assistance apparatus for assisting a driver to once stop a vehicle at a predetermined reference position where the driver can view a target parking position in a lateral direction of the vehicle and then to perform parking operation from the reference position to the target parking position. The parking assistance apparatus includes: a camera being installed on the front of the vehicle and configured to capture an image from a side of the vehicle; an image display unit installed in a cabin of the vehicle and configured to display the image captured by the camera; and an image information control unit configured to control image information on the image display unit and to superimpose indicators to guide the vehicle to the reference position on the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Maemura, Keiji Ueminami, Atsushi Sugahara
  • Patent number: 7015828
    Abstract: To display road situations on front left and front right sides of a vehicle, and so on without fail as a camera video image in an interior of the vehicle. In the case that a running speed of the vehicle is changed along an almost U-shaped line I as indicated by arrows, an image picked up by a vehicle-equipped camera is displayed on a monitor screen in the interior at a display starting speed Vd or less (an arrow B) and display of the monitor screen is executed surely at a speed Vmin or less (an arrow F) during the deceleration, while the display of the monitor screen is stopped at a non-displaying speed Vu or more (an arrow C) and the display of the monitor screen is stopped surely at a speed Vmax or more (an arrow E) during the acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiji Ueminami, Takashi Ue, Akihiro Kanaoka
  • Publication number: 20040257443
    Abstract: To display road situations on front left and front right sides of a vehicle, and so on without fail as a camera video image in an interior of the vehicle. In the case that a running speed of the vehicle is changed along an almost U-shaped line I as indicated by arrows, an image picked up by a vehicle-equipped camera is displayed on a monitor screen in the interior at a display starting speed Vd or less (an arrow B) and display of the monitor screen is executed surely at a speed Vmin or less (an arrow F) during the deceleration, while the display of the monitor screen is stopped at a non-displaying speed Vu or more (an arrow C) and the display of the monitor screen is stopped surely at a speed Vmax or more (an arrow E) during the acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Keiji Ueminami, Takashi Ue, Akihiro Kanaoka
  • Publication number: 20040119610
    Abstract: A parking assistance apparatus for assisting a driver to once stop a vehicle at a predetermined reference position where the driver can view a target parking position in a lateral direction of the vehicle and then to perform parking operation from the reference position to the target parking position. The parking assistance apparatus includes: a camera being installed on the front of the vehicle and configured to capture an image from a side of the vehicle; an image display unit installed in a cabin of the vehicle and configured to display the image captured by the camera; and an image information control unit configured to control image information on the image display unit and to superimpose indicators to guide the vehicle to the reference position on the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Takahiro Maemura, Keiji Ueminami, Atsushi Sugahara