Patents by Inventor Kenji Okano
Kenji Okano 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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Publication number: 20240085764Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a plurality of contacts electrically connectable to an accessory and arranged in a first direction orthogonal to a direction in which the accessory is attached. The contacts include an attachment detection contact to detect an attachment of the accessory to the electronic apparatus, and a communication request contact for a communication request from the accessory to the electronic apparatus. The attachment detection and communication request contacts are disposed between a contact closest one end and a contact closest to another end in the first direction. The attachment detection contact is disposed between the communication request contact and the contact closest to the one end. In the first direction, a distance between the attachment detection contact and the communication request contact is shorter than that between the communication request contact and the contact closest to the other end.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Hiromichi Sakamoto, Kei Tohyama, Takayuki Shu, Hiromi Hayasaki, Kouji Ikeda, Yuhei Hattori, Kenji Ishii, Yoshinobu Okano
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Publication number: 20230388477Abstract: A calibration verification method for verifying a calibration result of a camera mounted to a vehicle includes: an image acquiring step for acquiring an image captured by a camera; an overlay position calculation step for calculating a display position of a required accuracy range based on positional information of a verification target and a required accuracy of the camera; an overlay image generation step for generating an overlay image indicating a display position of the required accuracy range, and causing a display device to display a verification image where the overlay image is overlaid on the image captured by the camera; and a determination step for determining that the calibration result of the camera satisfies the required accuracy of the camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Hiroaki MARUNO, Kenji OKANO, Hirofumi TAKASUKA, Atsushi YOSHIHARA
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Publication number: 20230252794Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is provided in which the detection range of a left-front-corner sonar (12a) located at the vehicle's left front corner is included in the field of view of a second imaging means (14) located at the vehicle's left front corner. When the left-front-corner sonar (12a) detects a three-dimensional object at the vehicle's left front corner, an image processing means (3) synthesizes an image of the image created using a second imaging means (14) and the images created with four cameras (7a-7d) for imaging the complete periphery of the vehicle, and creates a bird's-eye-view image (40b). The detection range of the left-front-corner sonar (12a) is included within a region of the bird's-eye image (40b) on the basis of the image created with the second imaging means (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Masayoshi MICHIGUCHI, Tatsuto RYUGO, Kenji OKANO, Yukiko KANNO
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Patent number: 11657618Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is provided in which the detection range of a left-front-corner sonar (12a) located at the vehicle's left front corner is included in the field of view of a second imaging means (14) located at the vehicle's left front corner. When the left-front-corner sonar (12a) detects a three-dimensional object at the vehicle's left front corner, an image processing means (3) synthesizes an image of the image created using a second imaging means (14) and the images created with four cameras (7a-7d) for imaging the complete periphery of the vehicle, and creates a bird's-eye-view image (40b). The detection range of the left-front-corner sonar (12a) is included within a region of the bird's-eye image (40b) on the basis of the image created with the second imaging means (14).Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayoshi Michiguchi, Tatsuto Ryugo, Kenji Okano, Yukiko Kanno
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Patent number: 11282235Abstract: In a vehicle surroundings recognition apparatus that recognizes a specific target around a vehicle from an image captured by an imaging unit, a shadow detection unit is configured to detect a shadow region based on a difference, between a plurality of elements constituting the image, in intensity of a specific color component included in colors represented by the plurality of elements and a difference in luminance between the plurality of elements, the shadow region being a region in the image in which a shadow is cast on a surface of the road. A feature point detection unit is configured to detect feature points in the image. A recognition unit is configured to recognize the target based on the shadow region detected by the shadow detection unit and a group of feature points detected by the feature point detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Takamichi Torikura, Kenji Okano, Matias Focken
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Patent number: 11170229Abstract: An attitude estimation device acquires a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras mounted to a vehicle so as to form a plurality of overlap areas in each of which imaging areas partly overlap with each other. The attitude estimation device detects feature portions contained in regions on images respectively including appearances of the overlap areas. Then, the attitude estimation device calculates, for each of the overlap areas, an amount of positional offset between the feature portions detected from the plurality of images respectively including appearances of the overlap areas, and estimates an attitude of the vehicle, based on a difference in the amount of offset calculated for each of the plurality of overlap areas.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Takamichi Torikura, Yuki Yamagami, Kenji Okano
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Publication number: 20210192230Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is provided in which the detection range of a left-front-corner sonar (12a) located at the vehicle's left front corner is included in the field of view of a second imaging means (14) located at the vehicle's left front corner. When the left-front-corner sonar (12a) detects a three-dimensional object at the vehicle's left front corner, an image processing means (3) synthesizes an image of the image created using a second imaging means (14) and the images created with four cameras (7a-7d) for imaging the complete periphery of the vehicle, and creates a bird's-eye-view image (40b). The detection range of the left-front-corner sonar (12a) is included within a region of the bird's-eye image (40b) on the basis of the image created with the second imaging means (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Masayoshi MICHIGUCHI, Tatsuto RYUGO, Kenji OKANO, Yukiko KANNO
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Patent number: 10970562Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is provided in which the detection range of a left-front-corner sonar (12a) located at the vehicle's left front corner is included in the field of view of a second imaging means (14) located at the vehicle's left front corner. When the left-front-corner sonar (12a) detects a three-dimensional object at the vehicle's left front corner, an image processing means (3) synthesizes an image of the image created using a second imaging means (14) and the images created with four cameras (7a-7d) for imaging the complete periphery of the vehicle, and creates a bird's-eye-view image (40b). The detection range of the left-front-corner sonar (12a) is included within a region of the bird's-eye image (40b) on the basis of the image created with the second imaging means (14).Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayoshi Michiguchi, Tatsuto Ryugo, Kenji Okano, Yukiko Kanno
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Patent number: 10926700Abstract: An image processing device includes an image acquiring unit, a detection unit, and a display processing unit. The image acquiring unit is configured to acquire a captured image from an image capturing device configured to capture an image of the periphery of a vehicle. The detection unit is configured to detect a lane marker defining a traveling track of the vehicle from the captured image acquired by the image acquiring unit. The display processing unit is configured to display, on a display device, a superimposition image as the captured image on which a marker image for supporting visibility of the lane marker is superimposed such that the marker image is superimposed on the lane marker detected by the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Ishida, Kenji Okano
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Publication number: 20200151912Abstract: In a vehicle surroundings recognition apparatus that recognizes a specific target around a vehicle from an image captured by an imaging unit, a shadow detection unit is configured to detect a shadow region based on a difference, between a plurality of elements constituting the image, in intensity of a specific color component included in colors represented by the plurality of elements and a difference in luminance between the plurality of elements, the shadow region being a region in the image in which a shadow is cast on a surface of the road. A feature point detection unit is configured to detect feature points in the image. A recognition unit is configured to recognize the target based on the shadow region detected by the shadow detection unit and a group of feature points detected by the feature point detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Takamichi TORIKURA, Kenji OKANO, Matias FOCKEN
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Publication number: 20200074209Abstract: In an object recognition device, an object recognition unit is configured to acquire a captured image and recognize an object in the acquired captured image. In the object recognition device, a shadow detection unit is configured to determine whether a shadow of the object is present in the acquired captured image, and an output unit is configured to output a determination result based on whether a shadow of the object is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Takuya MIWA, Kenji OKANO
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Publication number: 20200051299Abstract: A driving support device outputs, to a display means (103), a superimposed image in which a pair of left and right planar predicted trajectory guide marks (405), (406) corresponding to steering of the vehicle are superimposed onto a captured vehicle-rearview image including the tow vehicle connector (402) and the towed-vehicle connector (404). An image superimposing unit (112) superimposes sides (405a), (406a) of the predicted trajectory guide marks (405), (406) that are on the vehicle-width-center side further towards the outer edge relative to the tow vehicle connector (402), and superimposes sides (405b), (406b) of the predicted trajectory guide marks (405), (406) that are on the outer-edge side in the vehicle-width direction as predicted trajectories of the side edges of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Kenji OKANO, Yashio KISHI
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Publication number: 20200039437Abstract: An image processing device includes an image acquiring unit, a detection unit, and a display processing unit. The image acquiring unit is configured to acquire a captured image from an image capturing device configured to capture an image of the periphery of a vehicle. The detection unit is configured to detect a lane marker defining a traveling track of the vehicle from the captured image acquired by the image acquiring unit. The display processing unit is configured to display, on a display device, a superimposition image as the captured image on which a marker image for supporting visibility of the lane marker is superimposed such that the marker image is superimposed on the lane marker detected by the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2017Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Hiroshi ISHIDA, Kenji OKANO
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Publication number: 20190362160Abstract: An attitude estimation device acquires a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras mounted to a vehicle so as to form a plurality of overlap areas in each of which imaging areas partly overlap with each other. The attitude estimation device detects feature portions contained in regions on images respectively including appearances of the overlap areas. Then, the attitude estimation device calculates, for each of the overlap areas, an amount of positional offset between the feature portions detected from the plurality of images respectively including appearances of the overlap areas, and estimates an attitude of the vehicle, based on a difference in the amount of offset calculated for each of the plurality of overlap areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2017Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Takamichi TORIKURA, Yuki YAMAGAMI, Kenji OKANO
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Patent number: 10339812Abstract: A camera monitoring system for a vehicle includes a plurality of cameras disposed around an exterior of a vehicle. An image processing module communicates with the plurality of cameras, generating overhead view images from raw images taken by at least one of the plurality of cameras. A histogram module communicates with the image processing module, generating at least one histogram from the overhead view images. A likelihood module communicates with the histogram module and determines a likelihood of blockage for at least one of the plurality of cameras. A line alignment module communicates with the likelihood module and the image processing module to determine whether a trajectory of detected feature points in a selected camera aligns with a trajectory of detected feature points in an adjacent camera. A reporting module communicates with the line alignment module and reports a camera blockage status to at least one vehicle system or controller.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Malok Alamir Tamer, Kenji Okano
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Publication number: 20190163987Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is provided in which the detection range of a left-front-corner sonar (12a) located at the vehicle's left front corner is included in the field of view of a second imaging means (14) located at the vehicle's left front corner. When the left-front-corner sonar (12a) detects a three-dimensional object at the vehicle's left front corner, an image processing means (3) synthesizes an image of the image created using a second imaging means (14) and the images created with four cameras (7a-7d) for imaging the complete periphery of the vehicle, and creates a bird's-eye-view image (40b). The detection range of the left-front-corner sonar (12a) is included within a region of the bird's-eye image (40b) on the basis of the image created with the second imaging means (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Masayoshi MICHIGUCHI, Tatsuto RYUGO, Kenji OKANO, Yukiko KANNO
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Patent number: 10235575Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is provided in which the detection range of a left-front-corner sonar (12a) located at the vehicle's left front corner is included in the field of view of a second imaging means (14) located at the vehicle's left front corner. When the left-front-corner sonar (12a) detects a three-dimensional object at the vehicle's left front corner, an image processing means (3) synthesizes an image of the image created using a second imaging means (14) and the images created with four cameras (7a-7d) for imaging the complete periphery of the vehicle, and creates a bird's-eye-view image (40b). The detection range of the left-front-corner sonar (12a) is included within a region of the bird's-eye image (40b) on the basis of the image created with the second imaging means (14).Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2012Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayoshi Michiguchi, Tatsuto Ryugo, Kenji Okano, Yukiko Kanno
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Publication number: 20190012110Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor configured to: transfer data of a first memory regarding a migration source virtual machine which operates a first application on an operating system to a second memory of another information processing apparatus; stop the migration source virtual machine after completing transfer of the data of the first memory; and transfer data of an updated page which is stored in a part of the first memory used by the operating system and is updated while transferring the data of the first memory in a first order and transfer data of a first updated page which is stored in a part of the first memory used by a first application to the second memory in a next order, to resume the operations of the operating system and the first application when the transfer of the data of the updated page is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: KENJI OKANO, Kenji Tagashira, Takafumi ANRAKU
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Patent number: 10140528Abstract: A lane detection apparatus that detects a lane along which a vehicle travels includes: a side detection portion that detects a side lane division existing on a side of the vehicle; a front detection portion that detects a front lane division existing in front of the vehicle; a traveling speed detection portion that detects a traveling speed of the vehicle; a position correction portion that corrects a position of the front lane division based on a time lag of imaging timing between the side vehicle onboard camera and the front vehicle onboard camera, and the traveling speed; a checkup portion that compares a position of the side lane division and a corrected position of the front lane division; and an output portion that outputs the position of the side lane division as a detection result.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Kenji Okano
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Publication number: 20180253630Abstract: A camera monitoring system for a vehicle includes a plurality of cameras disposed around an exterior of a vehicle. An image processing module communicates with the plurality of cameras, generating overhead view images from raw images taken by at least one of the plurality of cameras. A histogram module communicates with the image processing module, generating at least one histogram from the overhead view images. A likelihood module communicates with the histogram module and determines a likelihood of blockage for at least one of the plurality of cameras. A line alignment module communicates with the likelihood module and the image processing module to determine whether a trajectory of detected feature points in a selected camera aligns with a trajectory of detected feature points in an adjacent camera. A reporting module communicates with the line alignment module and reports a camera blockage status to at least one vehicle system or controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2017Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Malok Alamir TAMER, Kenji OKANO