Patents by Inventor Ken'ichi Kasazumi

Ken'ichi Kasazumi 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: 11106045
    Abstract: The display system displays a virtual image as if it is at a target position in a target space. The system satisfies a condition where |1/L1?1/L2max| is larger than 0 but is equal to or smaller than 0.06. L1 [m] denotes a display distance defined as a distance from a point-of-view position for the virtual image to a display position of the virtual image. L2max [m] denotes a maximum value of a target distance defined as a distance from the point-of-view position to the target position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori
  • Publication number: 20210233499
    Abstract: An image display system includes a display unit displaying an image, a projection unit projecting in a target space a virtual image corresponding to the image with an output light of the display unit, a body unit provided thereto the display unit and the projection unit, and an image producing unit including a first correction unit and a second correction unit. The first correction unit performs a first correction processing of correcting, based on a first orientation signal indicative of a first orientation change of the body unit, a display position of the virtual image in the target space. The second correction unit performs a second correction processing of correcting, based on a second orientation signal indicative of a second orientation change of the body unit which is faster than the first orientation change, the display position of the virtual image in the target space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanaga TSUJI, Toshiya MORI, Ken'ichi KASAZUMI, Yoshiteru MINO, Tadashi SHIBATA, Nobuyuki NAKANO, Akira TANAKA, Shohei HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11004424
    Abstract: An image display system includes a display unit displaying an image, a projection unit projecting in a target space a virtual image corresponding to the image with an output light of the display unit, a body unit provided thereto the display unit and the projection unit, and an image producing unit including a first correction unit and a second correction unit. The first correction unit performs a first correction processing of correcting, based on a first orientation signal indicative of a first orientation change of the body unit, a display position of the virtual image in the target space. The second correction unit performs a second correction processing of correcting, based on a second orientation signal indicative of a second orientation change of the body unit which is faster than the first orientation change, the display position of the virtual image in the target space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanaga Tsuji, Toshiya Mori, Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Yoshiteru Mino, Tadashi Shibata, Nobuyuki Nakano, Akira Tanaka, Shohei Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10983343
    Abstract: A display system according to an aspect includes a screen, a drive control unit, and a projection unit. The drive control unit has the screen moved in a movement direction. The projection unit renders an image on the screen by irradiating the screen with a light beam that scans the screen and projects a virtual image onto a projection plane with the light beam transmitted through the screen. The drive control unit has the screen moved in the movement direction such that an optical path leading to a rendering point on the screen varies its length according to a tilt angle defined by the projection plane with respect to a reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Kubota, Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Yoshiteru Mino, Toshiya Mori
  • Publication number: 20200355930
    Abstract: The display system displays a virtual image as if it is at a target position in a target space. The system satisfies a condition where |1/L1?1/L2max| is larger than 0 but is equal to or smaller than 0.06. L1 [m] denotes a display distance defined as a distance from a point-of-view position for the virtual image to a display position of the virtual image. L2max [m] denotes a maximum value of a target distance defined as a distance from the point-of-view position to the target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken'ichi KASAZUMI, Toshiya MORI
  • Patent number: 10754154
    Abstract: A display device includes an image forming unit, a projection unit, a main body, and a position correcting unit. The image forming unit includes a display surface and forms an image on the display surface. The projection unit projects a virtual image corresponding to an image on a target space by using output light from the image forming unit. The main body is equipped with an image forming unit and a projection unit. The position correcting unit changes a display position of a virtual image relative to the main body on the basis of an orientation signal representing an orientation of the main body. The position correcting unit includes a plurality of correcting units that change a display position of a virtual image by using different means. The position correcting unit selects at least one correcting unit from a plurality of correcting units in accordance with a frequency component of an orientation signal, and causes the selected correcting unit to change a display position of a virtual image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori, Kosuke Kubota, Masahito Ogata, Masanaga Tsuji
  • Patent number: 10705334
    Abstract: To provide a display device that can suppress generation of a double image. Display device includes plate-shape windshield having translucency and a projection unit that projects light expressing an image onto windshield such that the light is reflected toward a user by windshield. The projection unit changes a display distance between an eye of the user and a position of an image visually recognized as a virtual image by the user through windshield by the light projection. Windshield is formed such that a wedge angle that is of an angle formed between a front side and a back side at a region located at any level of windshield is continuously decreased with increasing level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori, Hiroaki Okayama, Satoshi Kuzuhara
  • Patent number: 10670780
    Abstract: The present invention provides a Fresnel lens that can reduce generation of concentric stray light. The Fresnel lens includes a sawtooth corrugated face that is formed by alternately disposing a first face inclined relative to optical axis A and a second face substantially parallel to optical axis A, and a light shielding mask is formed at a position corresponding to the second face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken′ichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori, Kosuke Kubota, Masahito Ogata, Hiroaki Okayama, Satoshi Kuzuhara
  • Patent number: 10663722
    Abstract: The display device includes: a display unit that projects a light beam onto a windshield so that the light beam is reflected from the windshield such that one or more virtual images are displayed in a space further than the windshield in a depth direction through the windshield; and a controller that controls the display unit so that a first vertical image and a second vertical image included in the one or more virtual images and have different distances from the windshield in the depth direction, are displayed in a time-division manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMNET CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori, Kosuke Kubota, Masahito Ogata
  • Patent number: 10642032
    Abstract: A head-up display includes an optical system that radiates light forming a projected image toward an eye box. The eye box is a predetermined range in which eyes of an observer are assumed to be present. The optical system includes a Fresnel lens having a bumpy surface having a sawtooth-shaped cross-section. The bumpy surface is formed concentrically around an optical axis, and formed by alternately disposing first surfaces as light condensing surfaces that allow incident light to converge toward a focal point, and second surfaces as wall surfaces that do not allow the incident light to converge toward the focal point. The second surfaces are inclined with respect to the optical axis of the Fresnel lens at an angle to reflect the incident light striking the wall surfaces, in a direction toward outside of a range of the eye box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori, Hiroaki Okayama, Satoshi Kuzuhara, Yosuke Asai
  • Patent number: 10591725
    Abstract: A display device is provided and may include a light source that emits a light beam, a scanner that causes the light beam to scan, a movable screen in which an image is formed by transmitting the light beam from scanner, an optical system configured to project the image on a display medium, and a driver configured to cause the movable screen to reciprocate in moving directions. The image includes a first image and a second image. The movable screen reciprocates in a posture inclined with respect to the moving directions such that a second end of the movable screen is positioned closer to the scanner than a first end of the movable screen. The scanner forms the second image in the movable screen while the movable screen moves such that a forming direction of the second image is inclined with respect to a direction approaching the scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori, Hiroaki Okayama, Satoshi Kuzuhara, Hiroyuki Furuya, Hiroshi Gotou, Akira Kurozuka
  • Patent number: 10571701
    Abstract: Provided is a display device that allows a distance from a display medium to an object ahead to be easily ascertained. The display device includes a display unit that projects a light beam onto a windshield so as to be reflected from the windshield such that a virtual image is displayed in a space further than the windshield in the depth direction, and a controller that controls the display unit so that a reference pattern to be superimposed on a pedestrian present in the space is displayed so as to correspond to the position of the pedestrian.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori, Kosuke Kubota, Masahito Ogata
  • Publication number: 20200012097
    Abstract: A HUD device that allows an occupant of a moving body to view a virtual image by projecting an image on a display medium includes a display item information acquisition unit that acquires display item information showing position and display content of display item, a travel information acquisition unit that acquires travel information indicating position of the moving body at predetermined time intervals, and a state information acquisition unit that acquires state information indicating state of the moving body, and specifies at display timings display position on the basis of position indicated by display item information and position indicated by travel information acquired last.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: KOSUKE KUBOTA, KEN'ICHI KASAZUMI, MASAHITO OGATA, TOSHIYA MORI
  • Publication number: 20200012103
    Abstract: A display device includes an image forming unit, a projection unit, a main body, and a position correcting unit. The image forming unit includes a display surface and forms an image on the display surface. The projection unit projects a virtual image corresponding to an image on a target space by using output light from the image forming unit. The main body is equipped with an image forming unit and a projection unit. The position correcting unit changes a display position of a virtual image relative to the main body on the basis of an orientation signal representing an orientation of the main body. The position correcting unit includes a plurality of correcting units that change a display position of a virtual image by using different means. The position correcting unit selects at least one correcting unit from a plurality of correcting units in accordance with a frequency component of an orientation signal, and causes the selected correcting unit to change a display position of a virtual image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: KEN'ICHI KASAZUMI, TOSHIYA MORI, KOSUKE KUBOTA, MASAHITO OGATA, MASANAGA TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20200004015
    Abstract: A display device is provided and may include a light source that emits a light beam, a scanner that causes the light beam to scan, a movable screen in which an image is formed by transmitting the light beam from scanner, an optical system configured to project the image on a display medium, and a driver configured to cause the movable screen to reciprocate in moving directions. The image includes a first image and a second image. The movable screen reciprocates in a posture inclined with respect to the moving directions such that a second end of the movable screen is positioned closer to the scanner than a first end of the movable screen. The scanner forms the second image in the movable screen while the movable screen moves such that a forming direction of the second image is inclined with respect to a direction approaching the scanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken'ichi KASAZUMI, Toshiya MORI, Hiroaki OKAYAMA, Satoshi KUZUHARA, Hiroyuki FURUYA, Hiroshi GOTOU, Akira KUROZUKA
  • Publication number: 20190391392
    Abstract: A screen includes a surface inclined with respect to a reference plane. A driver moves the screen in a movement direction orthogonal to the reference plane. When forming a first virtual image serving as a virtual image on a first virtual plane whose inclination angle ? with respect to an optical axis of a projector is smaller than a predetermined value, a controller is configured to hold the screen in the movement direction. When forming a second virtual image serving as the virtual image on a second virtual plane whose inclination angle ? with respect to the optical axis of the projector is larger than the predetermined value, the controller is configured to move the screen in the movement direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: MASAHITO OGATA, TOSHIYA MORI, KEN'ICHI KASAZUMI, HIROAKI OKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10502953
    Abstract: A display device includes: a video display that displays a video for projecting a virtual image onto a target space on a video display surface; an optical element; and a projector. The optical element moves a partial video, which is a part of the video displayed on the video display surface, to a position distant from the video display in a projection direction in which the video is projected. The projector projects a virtual image viewed by a user by projecting light output from the video display and the optical element to a reflecting member. The optical element has an incident surface on which the partial video is incident, and an emitting surface from which the partial video incident on the incident surface emits. The incident surface and the emitting surface are parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Kubota, Toshiya Mori, Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Masahito Ogata
  • Patent number: 10488656
    Abstract: A display device includes a video display, an optical element, and a projector. The video display displays a video on the video display surface. The optical element receives, on an incident surface, at least a part of the video displayed on the video display surface, and emits an incident video, which is the part of the video received on the incident surface, from an emitting surface. The projector projects a virtual image viewed by a user by projecting light output from the video display and the optical element to a reflecting member. An inclined portion inclined with respect to at least a part of the video display surface is provided on at least a part of the emitting surface of the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahito Ogata, Toshiya Mori, Kosuke Kubota, Ken'Ichi Kasazumi
  • Patent number: 10488655
    Abstract: A display device displays a virtual image of a first picture and a virtual image of a second picture by using a display medium. This display device includes a light source that emits light, a fixed screen, a movable screen, a driver, and a scanner. The fixed screen is fixedly disposed on an optical path between the light source and the display medium. The movable screen is also disposed on this optical path. The driver moves the movable screen along the optical path. The scanner scans the fixed screen and the movable screen with the light emitted from the light source, thereby forming the first picture on the fixed screen and the second picture on the movable screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori, Hiroaki Okayama, Satoshi Kuzuhara, Hiroyuki Furuya, Akira Kurozuka, Shinsuke Nakazono
  • Publication number: 20190329716
    Abstract: A display device that displays a virtual image by projecting an image onto a display medium includes: a light source unit; a screen that is movably disposed on an optical path from the light source unit to the display medium; a self-emitting display unit that is disposed adjacent to the optical path; a scan unit that scans the screen with the light emitted from the light source unit; and a drive unit that moves the screen along the optical path. The screen is disposed to project an image imaged on the screen by scanning of the scan unit onto the display medium. The self-emitting display unit is disposed to project an image generated by the self-emitting display unit onto the display medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: KOSUKE KUBOTA, KEN'ICHI KASAZUMI, TOSHIYA MORI