Patents by Inventor Kenichi Yadani

Kenichi Yadani 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: 11518306
    Abstract: A warning control device provided in a vehicle is disclosed. The warning control device includes a hardware processor to: determine whether a section in which the vehicle is travelling is a section prohibited from overtaking; determine whether the vehicle is attempting an overtaking action; and, in response to determining that the vehicle is travelling in the section prohibited from overtaking and that the vehicle is attempting the overtaking action, control a warning device connected to the warning control device to warn a driver of the vehicle when the overtaking by the vehicle is not permitted in accordance with driving rules, and control the warning device not to warn the driver when the overtaking by the vehicle is permitted in accordance with the driving rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuya Yamamoto, Kenichi Yadani, Yoshiteru Kawasaki, Eiji Irie
  • Publication number: 20210276582
    Abstract: A warning control device includes a hardware processor connected to a warning device issuing warning to a driver of a vehicle in which the warning control device is provided. The hardware processor executes a first determination to determine whether the vehicle is traveling in an overtaking prohibited section, and executes a second determination to determine whether the vehicle is attempting an overtaking action. The hardware processor executes a third determination to determine a risk degree of the vehicle on a basis of a result of the first determination and a result of the second determination, and output, to the warning device, a signal for controlling contents of warning to be issued by the warning device, the signal being based on a result of the third determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuya YAMAMOTO, Yoshiteru KAWASAKI, Kenichi YADANI, Eiji IRIE
  • Publication number: 20210188166
    Abstract: A warning control device provided in a vehicle is disclosed. The warning control device includes a hardware processor to: determine whether a section in which the vehicle is travelling is a section prohibited from overtaking; determine whether the vehicle is attempting an overtaking action; and, in response to determining that the vehicle is travelling in the section prohibited from overtaking and that the vehicle is attempting the overtaking action, control a warning device connected to the warning control device to warn a driver of the vehicle when the overtaking by the vehicle is not permitted in accordance with driving rules, and control the warning device not to warn the driver when the overtaking by the vehicle is permitted in accordance with the driving rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuya YAMAMOTO, Kenichi YADANI, Yoshiteru KAWASAKI, Eiji IRIE
  • Patent number: 9082013
    Abstract: An image recognition device including: a first recognition unit that performs image recognition within an image to find a first object; an obtaining unit that obtains an attribute of the first object found by the first recognition unit; an object specifying unit that refers to object correspondence information showing identifiers of second objects and associating each identifier with an attribute, and specifies an identifier of one of the second objects that is associated with the attribute of the first object; an area specifying unit that refers to area value information showing values that are associated with the identifiers of the second objects and are related to a first area occupied by the first object, and specifies a second area within the image by using a value associated with the identifier of the one of the second objects; and a second recognition unit that performs image recognition within the second area to find the one of the second objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kenichi Yadani, Ryouichi Kawanishi, Tsutomu Uenoyama, Tomohiro Konuma
  • Publication number: 20140112530
    Abstract: An image recognition device including: a first recognition unit that performs image recognition within an image to find a first object; an obtaining unit that obtains an attribute of the first object found by the first recognition unit; an object specifying unit that refers to object correspondence information showing identifiers of second objects and associating each identifier with an attribute, and specifies an identifier of one of the second objects that is associated with the attribute of the first object; an area specifying unit that refers to area value information showing values that are associated with the identifiers of the second objects and are related to a first area occupied by the first object, and specifies a second area within the image by using a value associated with the identifier of the one of the second objects; and a second recognition unit that performs image recognition within the second area to find the one of the second objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Yadani, Ryouichi Kawanishi, Tsutomu Uenoyama, Tomohiro Konuma