Patents by Inventor Kiyofumi Tabata

Kiyofumi Tabata 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: 11975760
    Abstract: A vehicular recording controller apparatus includes: a video data acquiring unit that acquires video data captured by a camera capturing a video of the setting around a vehicle; an event detecting unit that detects an event on the vehicle; a position determining unit that determines whether the position of the vehicle is within the field of view of an external camera making a video available for use by a user of the vehicle; and a recording function control unit that controls a parking-mode recording function for storing video data captured by the camera when the event detecting unit detects an event while the vehicle is parked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyofumi Tabata
  • Patent number: 11798294
    Abstract: Provided are a video data acquisition unit that acquires video data; a parking detection unit that detects whether the vehicle is parked; a moving body detection unit that detects a moving body from video data while the vehicle is parked; an acceleration detection unit that detects acceleration applied to the vehicle; a parking position determination unit that determines whether the vehicle is parked at a location where people or vehicles often pass close to the vehicle, based on position information of the vehicle; and a recording function control unit that selectively performs a process of storing video data based on detection of a moving body by the moving body detection unit, and a process of storing video data based on acceleration detected by the acceleration detection unit, according to a determination result of the parking position determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyofumi Tabata
  • Patent number: 11769358
    Abstract: Provided are a video data acquisition unit that acquires video data; an event detection unit that detects an event; a recording function control unit that operates a parking recording function for storing video data, based on detection of the event, while the vehicle is parked; a surrounding information acquisition unit that acquires surrounding information; and a determination unit that determines whether the vehicle is in an environment where there is a high risk of an object colliding with the vehicle, based on the surrounding information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyofumi Tabata
  • Publication number: 20230260289
    Abstract: An on-vehicle recording control device includes a video data acquisition unit configured to acquire video data captured by imagers that capture images of surroundings of a vehicle; a parking detection unit configured to detect that the vehicle has been parked; an another vehicle detection unit configured to detect another vehicle from the acquired video data; an event detection unit configured to detect an event with respect to the vehicle; and a recording controller configured to temporarily store, after the parking detection unit detects that the vehicle has been parked, the video data in which the another vehicle has been detected by the another vehicle detection unit, and to store, in an associated manner, when the event detection unit detects the event while the vehicle is parked, the video data due to the detected event and the video data in which the another vehicle has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventor: Kiyofumi Tabata
  • Patent number: 11685320
    Abstract: Included are: a video data acquiring unit configured to acquire video data acquired by a plurality of image capturing units that capture images of surroundings of a vehicle; an event detector configured to detect an event concerning the vehicle; a parking detector configured to detect whether the vehicle is in a parked state; an object detector configured to detect a surrounding object present at a distance less than a certain distance from the vehicle while the vehicle is parked, and a recording function controller configured to, when the object detector detects a surrounding object present at a distance less than the certain distance from the vehicle while the vehicle is parked, perform recording due to the event detected by the event detector, using video data captured by a camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyofumi Tabata
  • Patent number: 11495066
    Abstract: An event data recorder as a recording device for vehicles capable of recording clear sound data that may contribute to investigation of a cause of an accident in event recording data, regardless of a sound volume of an audio sound played back in the own vehicle, includes a video data acquisition unit configured to acquire video data including sound data and imaging an area around the own vehicle, a sound volume detection unit configured to detect a sound volume of an audio sound played back in the vehicle, and a recording control unit configured to record video data including data by which a sound volume of an audio sound can be determined and sound data on which an effect of an audio sound is small, when a sound volume of an audio sound detected by the sound volume detection unit is greater than a sound volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiyofumi Tabata
  • Patent number: 11354911
    Abstract: Provided are a video data acquisition unit that acquires video data captured by a camera; an event detection unit that detects an event occurring on a vehicle; a parking tendency determination unit that determines a tendency of a parking time at a parking position of the vehicle; and a recording function control unit that, when an event is detected while the vehicle is parked, controls a parking recording function for storing the video data captured by the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyofumi Tabata
  • Publication number: 20200410258
    Abstract: Provided are a video data acquisition unit that acquires video data; a parking detection unit that detects whether the vehicle is parked; a moving body detection unit that detects a moving body from video data while the vehicle is parked; an acceleration detection unit that detects acceleration applied to the vehicle; a parking position determination unit that determines whether the vehicle is parked at a location where people or vehicles often pass close to the vehicle, based on position information of the vehicle; and a recording function control unit that selectively performs a process of storing video data based on detection of a moving body by the moving body detection unit, and a process of storing video data based on acceleration detected by the acceleration detection unit, according to a determination result of the parking position determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Kiyofumi Tabata
  • Publication number: 20200380806
    Abstract: Provided are a video data acquisition unit that acquires video data; an event detection unit that detects an event; a recording function control unit that operates a parking recording function for storing video data, based on detection of the event, while the vehicle is parked; a surrounding information acquisition unit that acquires surrounding information; and a determination unit that determines whether the vehicle is in an environment where there is a high risk of an object colliding with the vehicle, based on the surrounding information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventor: Kiyofumi Tabata
  • Publication number: 20200369319
    Abstract: A vehicular recording controller apparatus includes: a video data acquiring unit that acquires video data captured by a camera capturing a video of the setting around a vehicle; an event detecting unit that detects an event on the vehicle; a position determining unit that determines whether the position of the vehicle is within the field of view of an external camera making a video available for use by a user of the vehicle; and a recording function control unit that controls a parking-mode recording function for storing video data captured by the camera when the event detecting unit detects an event while the vehicle is parked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventor: Kiyofumi Tabata
  • Publication number: 20200369220
    Abstract: Included are: a video data acquiring unit configured to acquire video data acquired by a plurality of image capturing units that capture images of surroundings of a vehicle; an event detector configured to detect an event concerning the vehicle; a parking detector configured to detect whether the vehicle is in a parked state; an object detector configured to detect a surrounding object present at a distance less than a certain distance from the vehicle while the vehicle is parked, and a recording function controller configured to, when the object detector detects a surrounding object present at a distance less than the certain distance from the vehicle while the vehicle is parked, perform recording due to the event detected by the event detector, using video data captured by a camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventor: Kiyofumi Tabata
  • Publication number: 20200372261
    Abstract: Provided are a video data acquisition unit that acquires video data captured by a camera; an event detection unit that detects an event occurring on a vehicle; a parking tendency determination unit that determines a tendency of a parking time at a parking position of the vehicle; and a recording function control unit that, when an event is detected while the vehicle is parked, controls a parking recording function for storing the video data captured by the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventor: Kiyofumi Tabata
  • Publication number: 20200258329
    Abstract: An event data recorder as a recording device for vehicles capable of recording clear sound data that may contribute to investigation of a cause of an accident in event recording data, regardless of a sound volume of an audio sound played back in the own vehicle, includes a video data acquisition unit configured to acquire video data including sound data and imaging an area around the own vehicle, a sound volume detection unit configured to detect a sound volume of an audio sound played back in the vehicle, and a recording control unit configured to record video data including data by which a sound volume of an audio sound can be determined and sound data on which an effect of an audio sound is small, when a sound volume of an audio sound detected by the sound volume detection unit is greater than a sound volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Kiyofumi TABATA
  • Patent number: 10596966
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes an imaging unit configured to capture a video around a vehicle, a generation unit configured to generate a bird's eye view video obtained by converting a viewpoint of the captured video so it seems as if the vehicle is seen from above, a horizontally long display unit disposed in front of a driver's seat in the vehicle, an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a steering angle of the vehicle, an orientation determination unit configured to determine as to whether a steering orientation of the vehicle is left or right based on the information on the steering angle of the vehicle, and a display control unit configured to perform control in such a way that a display mode of the bird's eye view video displayed on the display unit is changed according to the steering orientation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Tabata, Shuji Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10315517
    Abstract: A first display panel and a second display panel display information used for vehicle driving. An information acquisition unit acquires a condition of the vehicle. A switching unit switches from a first display mode of the first display panel and the second display panel to a second display mode of the first display panel and the second display panel for displaying information of a smaller information volume than an information volume of information displayed in the first display mode, based on the condition of the vehicle acquired in the information acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Segawa, Kiyofumi Tabata, Tatsuo Oi, Akimitsu Ochiai
  • Patent number: 10298891
    Abstract: An image drawing apparatus includes a light source unit that outputs a laser light, a sensor that measures an index regarding brightness of the laser light, a scanner that reflects and scans the laser light, and an image processor that controls the light source unit, outputs the laser light to a drawing area narrower than a scanning area of the scanner so that an image based on image data that has been input is drawn, outputting an adjustment laser light to adjust the brightness of the laser light to an outside of the drawing area, stops the output of the adjustment laser light when a period (e.g., variable) until the time the output of the adjustment laser light becomes stable is passed after the output of the adjustment laser light is started, and adjusts the laser light brightness based on the index regarding the adjustment laser light brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiyofumi Tabata
  • Patent number: 10104350
    Abstract: An image display device according to the exemplary embodiment includes: an RGB laser diode that outputs a light beam; a laser driver that drives the RGB laser diode based on input image data; a scanning mirror that scans the light beam by reflecting the light beam at an angle according to a drive voltage; and a scanner control unit that applies a bias voltage to the scanning mirror based on an angle with respect to a horizontal plane, or a static angle of the scanning mirror that is at a standstill when the drive voltage is not applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyofumi Tabata
  • Publication number: 20180126905
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes an imaging unit configured to capture a video around a vehicle, a generation unit configured to generate a bird's eye view video obtained by converting a viewpoint of the captured video so it seems as if the vehicle is seen from above, a horizontally long display unit disposed in front of a driver's seat in the vehicle, an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a steering angle of the vehicle, an orientation determination unit configured to determine as to whether a steering orientation of the vehicle is left or right based on the information on the steering angle of the vehicle, and a display control unit configured to perform control in such a way that a display mode of the bird's eye view video displayed on the display unit is changed according to the steering orientation of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Kiyofumi TABATA, Shuji OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170332059
    Abstract: An image drawing apparatus includes a light source unit that outputs a laser light, a sensor that measures an index regarding brightness of the laser light, a scanner that reflects and scans the laser light, and an image processor that controls the light source unit, outputs the laser light to a drawing area narrower than a scanning area of the scanner so that an image based on image data that has been input is drawn, outputting an adjustment laser light to adjust the brightness of the laser light to an outside of the drawing area, stops the output of the adjustment laser light when a period (e.g., variable) until the time the output of the adjustment laser light becomes stable is passed after the output of the adjustment laser light is started, and adjusts the laser light brightness based on the index regarding the adjustment laser light brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventor: Kiyofumi TABATA
  • Publication number: 20170313192
    Abstract: A first display panel and a second display panel display information used for vehicle driving. An information acquisition unit acquires a condition of the vehicle. A switching unit switches from a first display mode of the first display panel and the second display panel to a second display mode of the first display panel and the second display panel for displaying information of a smaller information volume than an information volume of information displayed in the first display mode, based on the condition of the vehicle acquired in the information acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru SEGAWA, Kiyofumi TABATA, Tatsuo OI, Akimitsu OCHIAI