Patents by Inventor Kosuke Mitani

Kosuke Mitani 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: 10940798
    Abstract: A camera monitor system includes: a capturing device; a displaying device; a detecting device detecting at least one of a state of an engine switch of a vehicle, a state of an engine, a state of a gear shift, an open/closed state of a door, and a seated state of a driver; and a control device controlling consumed power by the capturing device and the displaying device on the basis of at least one type of detection output of the detecting device. The control device controls at least one of the capturing device and the displaying device to a low power consumption state when a specified time elapses since the detection output of the detecting device is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Mano, Kosuke Mitani, Naoki Tatara
  • Publication number: 20200236338
    Abstract: A first left camera unit (1025) is accommodated in a left lamp chamber and has a first angle of view (?1). A second left camera unit (1026) is accommodated in the left lamp chamber and has a second angle of view (?2) that is wider than the first angle of view (?1). A first right camera unit (1035) is accommodated in a right lamp chamber and has a third angle of view (?3). A second right camera unit (1036) is accommodated in the right lamp chamber and has a fourth angle of view (?4) that is wider than the third angle of view (?3). An image recognizer (1043) is configured to perform image recognition based on a left image that is selected one of a first left image acquired by the first left camera unit (1025) and a second left image acquired by the second left camera unit (1026), and based on a right image that is selected one of a first right image acquired by the first right camera unit (1035) and a second right image acquired by the second right camera unit (1036).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Mitani, Takanori Namba, Mitsuharu Mano
  • Patent number: 10611305
    Abstract: A camera monitor system includes: left and right capturing devices; left and right displaying devices; and a control device detecting an abnormality of each of the left and right capturing devices and controlling a displaying state of each of the left and right displaying devices based on the detected abnormality. The control device individually controls each of the left and right displaying devices to be in a low power consumption state in accordance with a mode of the detected abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Mano, Kosuke Mitani, Naoki Tatara
  • Publication number: 20180072228
    Abstract: A camera monitor system includes: left and right capturing devices; left and right displaying devices; and a control device detecting an abnormality of each of the left and right capturing devices and controlling a displaying state of each of the left and right displaying devices based on the detected abnormality. The control device individually controls each of the left and right displaying devices to be in a low power consumption state in accordance with a mode of the detected abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu MANO, Kosuke MITANI, Naoki TATARA
  • Publication number: 20180072229
    Abstract: A camera monitor system includes: a capturing device; a displaying device; a detecting device detecting at least one of a state of an engine switch of a vehicle, a state of an engine, a state of a gear shift, an open/closed state of a door, and a seated state of a driver; and a control device controlling consumed power by the capturing device and the displaying device on the basis of at least one type of detection output of the detecting device. The control device controls at least one of the capturing device and the displaying device to a low power consumption state when a specified time elapses since the detection output of the detecting device is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu MANO, Kosuke MITANI, Naoki TATARA
  • Patent number: 9180814
    Abstract: A 3D object detecting device includes a driving-lane detecting unit that detects a driving lane of a vehicle; a 3D-object detecting unit that detects, by using pattern recognition technology, a type of 3D object with respect to images captured by side cameras; and a recognition-priority setting unit that varies and sets a recognition priority for the detected type of 3D object, based on the detected driving lane. In accordance with the driving lane of the vehicle, the recognition-priority setting unit sets the priority for pattern recognition lower for a type of 3D object that is less likely to exist in rear left and right sides of the vehicle, to thereby reduce the possibility that a 3D object that should not be regarded as a warning target is erroneously detected from the images as a warning subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kosuke Mitani, Takaki Okino
  • Publication number: 20150029012
    Abstract: A 3D object detecting device includes a driving-lane detecting unit that detects a driving lane of a vehicle; a 3D-object detecting unit that detects, by using pattern recognition technology, a type of 3D object with respect to images captured by side cameras; and a recognition-priority setting unit that varies and sets a recognition priority for the detected type of 3D object, based on the detected driving lane. In accordance with the driving lane of the vehicle, the recognition-priority setting unit sets the priority for pattern recognition lower for a type of 3D object that is less likely to exist in rear left and right sides of the vehicle, to thereby reduce the possibility that a 3D object that should not be regarded as a warning target is erroneously detected from the images as a warning subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kosuke Mitani, Takaki Okino