Patents by Inventor Kinji Yamamoto

Kinji Yamamoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20200139888
    Abstract: A vehicle periphery display device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image from an imaging unit that images a periphery of a vehicle; and a control unit that causes a display unit to display a three-dimensional image representing the vehicle and a periphery of the vehicle based on the captured image, from a viewpoint which is located on a side opposite to a candidate of a target parking position with respect to a position of the vehicle and which faces a far side of the candidate of the target parking position, in a case where the target parking position for parking the vehicle is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kinji Yamamoto, Kazuya Watanabe, Takashi Hiramaki
  • Publication number: 20200134777
    Abstract: An image processing device according to an embodiment exemplarily includes, as an example: a processor that acquires a taken image obtained by imaging surroundings of a vehicle by an imaging unit mounted on the vehicle; projects the taken image to a stereoscopic projection plane including the vehicle and a first projection region rising above the vehicle and produces a composite image of the stereoscopic projection plane when viewed from a virtual viewpoint; causes a display to display the composite image; determines a target parking region in which the vehicle is parked in the stereoscopic projection plane; and shifts at least a part of a movement path of the vehicle from a position of the vehicle to the target parking region and the target parking region of the vehicle to a second projection region horizontal to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kinji YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10632915
    Abstract: A surroundings monitoring apparatus includes an image acquisition portion acquiring captured image data, an image conversion portion converting the captured image data to virtual image data with a plurality of virtual viewpoints, and a data control portion sequentially displaying the virtual image data at a display unit in a state where each of the virtual viewpoints moves from a first virtual viewpoint position at which an opposite side of the vehicle is viewed, through a second virtual viewpoint position at which the vehicle is viewed from an overhead region of the vehicle, and to a third virtual viewpoint position at which the one side of the vehicle is viewed. The data control portion rotates the virtual image data with reference to a line of sight of the virtual viewpoint while the virtual image data is displayed so that the virtual viewpoint passes through the second virtual viewpoint position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kinji Yamamoto, Naotaka Kubota, Kazuya Watanabe, Takayuki Nakasho
  • Patent number: 10625782
    Abstract: A surroundings monitoring apparatus according to embodiments, as an example, includes a control unit causing a display device to display a display image where an indicator which indicates a towed vehicle coupled to a towing vehicle is superimposed on a vehicle surrounding image including the towing vehicle and surroundings of the towing vehicle based on a captured image obtained by being imaged by an imaging unit which images the surroundings of the towing vehicle, the control unit acquiring towed vehicle information related to the towed vehicle and changing a display mode of the indicator based on the towed vehicle information. Thus, according to the surroundings monitoring apparatus of the embodiments, the towed vehicle may be easily imagined from the display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Itsuko Fukushima, Kazuya Watanabe, Kinji Yamamoto, Tetsuya Maruoka, Takayuki Nakasho
  • Publication number: 20200082185
    Abstract: A periphery monitoring device includes: a bird's-eye view image generation unit that generates a bird's-eye view image from a captured image obtained by imaging a periphery of a vehicle; an indicator control unit that superimposes at least one indicator of a target region indicator indicating a target region to which the vehicle is able to move, a 3D object indicator indicating a 3D object present around the vehicle, and an approaching object indicator indicating an approaching object approaching the vehicle, on the bird's-eye view image in a highlighting mode; and a display adjustment unit that displays an image region based on the captured image in the bird's-eye view image on which the indicator is superimposed with at least one of a luminance value and a saturation being reduced when the vehicle is guided to the target region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kinji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20200081608
    Abstract: A display control device includes: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire captured image data from an imaging unit that captures an image of a peripheral area of a vehicle; a display control unit configured to display, on a screen, display image data based on the captured image data; and an operation receiving unit configured to receive an operation on the screen, in which the display control unit displays display information that reminds a first operation capable of being performed next via the operation receiving unit when the operation receiving unit receives designation of an arbitrary point of the display image data displayed on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kinji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya WATANABE, Hiroyuki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200081607
    Abstract: A display control device includes: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire captured image data from an imaging unit that captures an image of a peripheral area of a vehicle; a display control unit configured to cause image data based on the captured image data to be displayed on a screen; and an operation receiving unit configured to receive designation of an arbitrary point on the screen, in which the display control unit enlarges display on the screen about the designated point as a center of enlargement in a state where a display position of the designated point does not move on the screen when the operation receiving unit receives the designation of the arbitrary point on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kinji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200081612
    Abstract: A display control device includes: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire captured image data from an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a peripheral area of a vehicle; a display control unit configured to cause composite image data generated based on the captured image data to be displayed on a composite image data screen; and an operation receiving unit configured to receive an operation from a user. The display control unit causes the composite image data screen to transit to a setting screen on which a display mode of vehicle information on the composite image data screen is selectable when the operation receiving unit receives selection of display information on the composite image data screen, and causes a selected display mode to be displayed on the composite image data screen when the operation receiving unit receives selection of the display mode on the setting screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kinji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya WATANABE, Jun ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20200084395
    Abstract: A periphery monitoring device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a current steering angle of a vehicle; an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image from an imaging unit that images a periphery of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to cause a display unit to display a composite image including a vehicle image illustrating the vehicle, and a peripheral image illustrating the periphery of the vehicle based on the captured image, and cause the display unit to display a virtual vehicle image illustrating a shape of the vehicle superimposed at a position where the vehicle exists when travels by a predetermined distance at the current steering angle based on a position of the vehicle illustrated by the vehicle image in the composite image when a detection unit capable of detecting an object coming in contact with the vehicle is in an operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya WATANABE, Kinji YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200031281
    Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a three-dimensional model image indicating an irregular state of a road surface, the three-dimensional model image including taken image data output from an imaging unit that takes a peripheral image including the road surface in a traveling direction of a vehicle and including height data that indicates heights of individual regions of the road surface represented in the peripheral image; and a control unit configured to superimpose an indicator indicating a height of the road surface based on the height data onto each region included in the acquired three-dimensional model image and display the three-dimensional model image on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya WATANABE, Yoji INUI, Kinji YAMAMOTO, Takashi HIRAMAKI, Takuya HASHIKAWA, Tetsuya MARUOKA, Naotaka KUBOTA, Osamu KIMURA, Itsuko OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200035207
    Abstract: A display control apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire predetermined data and imaged image data from an imaging unit that images a periphery of a vehicle; a storage unit configured to store therein vehicle shape data expressing a three-dimensional shape of the vehicle; and a display processor configured to switch transparency of the vehicle shape data based on the predetermined data when the vehicle shape data is superimposed and displayed on display data expressing the periphery of the vehicle based on the imaged image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya MARUOKA, Itsuko OHASHI, Kazuya WATANABE, Yoji INUI, Kinji YAMAMOTO, Takashi HIRAMAKI, Takuya HASHIKAWA, Naotaka KUBOTA, Osamu KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200031283
    Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus includes: a detector configured to detect a roughness state of a road surface in a traveling direction of a vehicle; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a guide marker to be superimposed onto an image based on captured image data output from an imager that captures an image of a peripheral region including the traveling direction of the vehicle, the guide marker being displayed in a manner that follows a roughness state of the road surface in the traveling direction of the vehicle; and a controller configured to superimpose the guide marker onto the image in the display manner that follows the roughness state and display the image on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki NAKASHO, Kazuya WATANBE, Tetsuya MARUOKA, Kinji YAMAMOTO, Takashi HIRAMAKI, Takuya HASHIKAWA, Naotaka KUBOTA, Osamu KIMURA, Itsuko OHASHI, Yasumasa YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10540807
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires an image by imaging surroundings of a vehicle; a generation unit that projects the image onto a three-dimensional projection plane including the vehicle at a first time point and a first projection area rising above the vehicle, and generates a composite image seen on the plane from a virtual viewpoint; a calculation unit that calculates a moving route of the vehicle from the first time point to a second time point on the plane; a change unit that changes a projection destination of at least a part of the moving route in the first projection area to a second projection area; and a display control unit that displays the composite image on the plane that includes the vehicle at the first time point, and the first and second projection areas seen from the virtual viewpoint on a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kinji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20200010018
    Abstract: A towing assistance apparatus includes an image acquisition unit successively acquiring a rear image and a lateral image serving as a surrounding image captured by an imaging unit that is provided at a towing vehicle to which a towed vehicle is configured to be connected, an angle acquisition unit acquiring a connection angle between the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle, and a display processing unit switching the surrounding image displayed at a display unit from the lateral image to the rear image in a case where the connection angle becomes equal to or greater than a first angle at which a change control for decreasing the connection angle is impossible by a steering of the towing vehicle during a rearward driving thereof in a state where the lateral image is displayed and the towing vehicle to which the towed vehicle is connected is in a rearward driving available state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Maruoka, Kazuya Watanabe, Kinji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20200010076
    Abstract: A driving support device includes: a setting unit configured to set a target parking position; and a support unit configured to: steer, during forward movement of a towing vehicle, a steering unit to a side opposite to the target parking position in a left-right direction of the towing vehicle; then output steering information for steering the steering unit toward the target parking position; and output stop information for stopping the towing vehicle after a connection state between the towing vehicle and a towed vehicle which is towed by the towing vehicle is inclined toward the target parking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kinji Yamamoto, Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka
  • Publication number: 20200001922
    Abstract: A tow support device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a connection angle between a tow vehicle and a towed vehicle; a setting unit that sets a target region to which at least the towed vehicle is movable; a course acquisition unit that acquires transition of a moving course of the towed vehicle based on a change in the connection angle in a case where the tow vehicle travels backward; and an output unit that outputs a first steering angle of the tow vehicle for maintaining the connection angle in a case where the moving course that transitions to correspond to backward traveling of the tow vehicle is a recommended moving course on which the towed vehicle is movable to the target region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kinji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka
  • Publication number: 20200001855
    Abstract: A driving support device that controls a steering unit such that a hitch angle between a tow vehicle, which tows a towed vehicle, and the towed vehicle becomes a target angle set as a target includes: an image control unit that causes a display unit to perform display of a captured image obtained by an imaging unit provided in the tow vehicle or the towed vehicle in a mirror image state and display of a setting image including a slider indicating the target angle input through an input unit; an acquisition unit that acquires input of the target angle at the time of backward movement of the tow vehicle from the input unit, in a state where the setting image is displayed; and a setting unit that sets the target angle based on the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya WATANABE, Tetsuya Maruoka, Kinji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190366929
    Abstract: A peripheral monitoring device according to one embodiment includes an acquirer configured to acquire a first rear image of a vehicle at first timing, the vehicle including a first coupler device which couples a towed vehicle; and an image processing unit configured to superimpose first identification information on the first rear image at second timing being after the first timing, the first identification information representing a position of the first coupler device at the second timing, and to display, on a display screen, the first rear image on which the first identification information has been superimposed, the display screen configured to be installed in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya MARUOKA, Itsuko FUKUSHIMA, Kazuya WATANABE, Kinji YAMAMOTO, Takashi HIRAMAKI, Naotaka KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20190359134
    Abstract: A periphery monitoring device includes: an image acquisition unit sequentially acquiring an image based on a captured image obtained by imaging a rear region of a towing vehicle to which a towed vehicle is connectable; an information acquisition unit acquiring similar point information satisfying a condition in one or more local regions with respect to the images; a search region setting unit setting turning search regions at an angular interval in a vehicle width direction about a connection element for connecting the towed vehicle to the towing vehicle with respect to the acquired similar point information; and an angle detection unit detecting an angle corresponding to the turning search region in which a count value is maximum when a number of pieces of the similar point information is counted among the turning search regions as a connection angle of the towed vehicle with respect to the towing vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kinji Yamamoto, Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka
  • Patent number: 10479275
    Abstract: Provided is a device whereby it is possible to accurately recognize which area has been enlarged when part of an overhead image displayed on a monitor is displayed as enlarged. When any one area of a plurality divided areas (D1-D4) is indicated, the divided areas being a result of dividing an overhead image displayed on a monitor (21), an image of the indicated divided area (D1-D4) is set as an image to be enlarged, and an auxiliary display area (21B) is set as an enlarged display area. Enlarged display unit forms a plurality of intermediate images (M) of an intermediate size between the size of the indicated divided area (D2) and the size of the enlarged display area, and the intermediate images are sequentially displayed beginning with the smallest intermediate image (M), using the indicated divided area (D2) as an origin point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidehiko Miyoshi, Noboru Nagamine, Kenji Miura, Kinji Yamamoto, Kenjiro Goto