Patents by Inventor Kosuke Kubota
Kosuke Kubota 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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Patent number: 11892628Abstract: A video display system includes: a screen on which an mage for displaying a virtual image is projected; a light source that emits laser light; a scanner that projects the image onto the screen by biaxially scanning the laser light onto the screen; and a controller that generates the image and controls the light source using an image signal for causing the generated image to be projected onto the screen by the laser light, and receives an input of sensing information measured using a temperature sensor and controls the scanner in accordance with the input sensing information. When the sensing information indicates a temperature outside a given temperature range, the controller causes the scanner to reduce an amplitude of the biaxial scanning in at least one axial direction to a smaller value than when the sensing information indicates a second brightness or a temperature within the given temperature range.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahito Ogata, Yoshiteru Mino, Kosuke Kubota, Toshiya Mori
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Patent number: 11683431Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to change an operation mode between a first operation mode and a second operation mode depending on preset time frames, set the time frames in response to an operation performed via a network by an administrative user having administration authority, and change a current operation mode to the first operation mode or the second operation mode in response to an operation input by a general user on an operation panel of the information processing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kosuke Kubota, Daichi Takahashi, Masakazu Ketsuka
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Publication number: 20220003998Abstract: A video display system includes: a screen on which an mage for displaying a virtual image is projected; a light source that emits laser light; a scanner that projects the image onto the screen by biaxially scanning the laser light onto the screen; and a controller that generates the image and controls the light source using an image signal for causing the generated image to be projected onto the screen by the laser light, and receives an input of sensing information measured using a temperature sensor and controls the scanner in accordance with the input sensing information. When the sensing information indicates a temperature outside a given temperature range, the controller causes the scanner to reduce an amplitude of the biaxial scanning in at least one axial direction to a smaller value than when the sensing information indicates a second brightness or a temperature within the given temperature range.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahito OGATA, Yoshiteru MINO, Kosuke KUBOTA, Toshiya MORI
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Patent number: 11181737Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke Kubota, Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Masahito Ogata, Toshiya Mori
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Patent number: 11125994Abstract: A display apparatus that displays a virtual image having a shape that follows an object to be superimposed when viewed from a user is provided. An optical system that is included in the display apparatus and displays a virtual image that is three-dimensional includes a laser that emits laser light, a MEMS scanner that performs scanning with the laser light, a screen that forms an image on a surface of the screen with the MEMS scanner scanning the surface with the laser light, a projection unit that generates a virtual image by projecting the image formed onto a display medium, and a drive unit that reciprocates the screen scanned with the laser light in a predetermined section along an optical path of the optical system at a predetermined cycle.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Kosuke Kubota, Masahito Ogata, Toshiya Mori
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Patent number: 11064172Abstract: An image display system includes: a light source driver configured to supply, to a light source, a drive current including a first current and a second current; a processor configured to output the set value of the first current to the light source driver; and a corrector configured to perform a correction process on the first current. The processor is configured to set, based on a correspondence relationship between the gradation value and the current value of the first current, the set value of the first current to a current value determined with reference to the correspondence relationship when the gradation value is in a second gradation range in which numerical values are smaller than numerical values in the first gradation range, the correction process correcting the correspondence relationship such that a difference between a measured intensity and a target intensity of the light source falls within a prescribed range.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihito Inukai, Kosuke Kubota, Yukihiro Chokyu
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Publication number: 20210160396Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to change an operation mode between a first operation mode and a second operation mode depending on preset time frames, set the time frames in response to an operation performed via a network by an administrative user having administration authority, and change a current operation mode to the first operation mode or the second operation mode in response to an operation input by a general user on an operation panel of the information processing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke KUBOTA, Daichi TAKAHASHI, Masakazu KETSUKA
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Patent number: 10983343Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke Kubota, Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Yoshiteru Mino, Toshiya Mori
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Patent number: 10819963Abstract: A display device has a movable screen that is movable in a movement direction, a drive controller, a projector, and a position detector. The drive controller moves the movable screen relative to a reference position set at a prescribed position in a movement range of the movable screen. The projector performs drawing on the movable screen by irradiating the movable screen with light used for scanning the movable screen and projects a virtual image onto a target space based on light that passes through the movable screen. The position detector executes position detection processing for detecting that the movable screen is located at a detection position set in relation to the prescribed position. The position detector moves the movable screen and executes the position detection processing in a non-display period in which the movable screen is not irradiated with light from the projector.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiteru Mino, Kosuke Kubota, Masahito Ogata, Yuta Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20200314399Abstract: An image display system includes: a light source driver configured to supply, to a light source, a drive current including a first current and a second current; a processor configured to output the set value of the first current to the light source driver; and a corrector configured to perform a correction process on the first current. The processor is configured to set, based on a correspondence relationship between the gradation value and the current value of the first current, the set value of the first current to a current value determined with reference to the correspondence relationship when the gradation value is in a second gradation range in which numerical values are smaller than numerical values in the first gradation range, the correction process correcting the correspondence relationship such that a difference between a measured intensity and a target intensity of the light source falls within a prescribed range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihito INUKAI, Kosuke KUBOTA, Yukihiro CHOKYU
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Patent number: 10754154Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori, Kosuke Kubota, Masahito Ogata, Masanaga Tsuji
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Patent number: 10701323Abstract: The image display system includes a processing unit and a driving unit. The processing unit is configured to receive an image signal indicative of an instruction value of luminance of a light source. The driving unit is configured to supply a drive current to the light source in accordance with the instruction value indicated by the image signal received by the processing unit. The driving unit includes a shaping circuit and an adjusting unit. The shaping circuit includes a plurality of D/A converters and an arithmetic unit. The arithmetic unit is configured to output the drive current to the light source based on a computation result of analog signals outputted from the plurality of D/A converters. The adjusting unit is configured to determine values of digital signals inputted into the plurality of D/A converters of the shaping circuit in accordance with the instruction value.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihito Inukai, Kosuke Kubota, Yukihiro Chokyu
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Patent number: 10670780Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ken′ichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori, Kosuke Kubota, Masahito Ogata, Hiroaki Okayama, Satoshi Kuzuhara
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Patent number: 10664729Abstract: A consumables management system includes: a service providing device side communication unit that performs communication relevant to consumption information of a consumable item with a mobile device present within a communication area set in advance corresponding to a service providing device; a mobile device side communication unit that is mounted in the mobile device and performs communication relevant to the consumption information with the service providing device side communication unit in a case where the mobile device is present within the communication area; and a notification unit that notifies an administrator possessing the mobile device that a remaining amount of the consumable item mounted in the service providing device has been reduced to a predetermined threshold remaining amount or less in a case where it is determined that the remaining amount of the consumable item has been reduced to the threshold remaining amount or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuru Sato, Noriyuki Suzumura, Kosuke Kubota, Hosana Kimura
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Patent number: 10663722Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMNET CO., LTD.Inventors: Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori, Kosuke Kubota, Masahito Ogata
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Patent number: 10571701Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori, Kosuke Kubota, Masahito Ogata
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Publication number: 20200012103Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: KEN'ICHI KASAZUMI, TOSHIYA MORI, KOSUKE KUBOTA, MASAHITO OGATA, MASANAGA TSUJI
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Publication number: 20200012097Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2017Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: KOSUKE KUBOTA, KEN'ICHI KASAZUMI, MASAHITO OGATA, TOSHIYA MORI
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Patent number: 10502953Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke Kubota, Toshiya Mori, Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Masahito Ogata
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Publication number: 20190373230Abstract: A display device has a movable screen that is movable in a movement direction, a drive controller, a projector, and a position detector. The drive controller moves the movable screen relative to a reference position set at a prescribed position in a movement range of the movable screen. The projector performs drawing on the movable screen by irradiating the movable screen with light used for scanning the movable screen and projects a virtual image onto a target space based on light that passes through the movable screen. The position detector executes position detection processing for detecting that the movable screen is located at a detection position set in relation to the prescribed position. The position detector moves the movable screen and executes the position detection processing in a non-display period in which the movable screen is not irradiated with light from the projector.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Yoshiteru MINO, Kosuke KUBOTA, Masahito OGATA, Yuta YAMAMOTO