Patents by Inventor Manabu KARASAWA

Manabu KARASAWA 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: 20240051484
    Abstract: An in-vehicle imaging device includes an impact detecting unit configured to detect an impact on a vehicle, a connection processing unit configured to connect to a first phone contact when the impact detected by the impact detecting unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined magnitude and to set a second phone contact as a destination of a connection when the impact is less than the predetermined magnitude, and an operation detecting unit configured to detect a user's operation. The connection processing unit connects to the second phone contact when the impact is less than the predetermined magnitude and the operation detecting unit detects an operation for connecting to a phone contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Tomohiro MATSUOKA, Fumihiko YOKOYAMA, Takeshi KUCHINOMACHI, Yasuo SUGITA, Yoshiharu KOJI, Manabu KARASAWA
  • Publication number: 20230379432
    Abstract: A video recording device includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire data indicating a result of detecting a phenomenon associated with an action of taking the video recording device out from a vehicle, a determination unit configured to determine whether the result indicated by the data meets a predetermined condition, and a control unit configured to control the video recording device such that an operation for an interface used to operate the video recording device is disabled when the result indicated by the data is determined to meet the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Fumihiko YOKOYAMA, Tomohiro MATSUOKA, Takeshi KUCHINOMACHI, Yasuo SUGITA, Takashi HIMUKASHI, Manabu KARASAWA, Yoshiharu KOJI
  • Patent number: 9886117
    Abstract: A setting unit dynamically sets a first area and a second area on a touch sensor mounted on a grip portion that a driver grips on a steering wheel. A first detector is configured to detect a state where a first area in a touch sensor mounted on a grip portion that a driver grips on a steering wheel is touched. A second detector is configured to detect a state where a particular input operation is performed on a second area located on the upper side of the first area in the touch sensor. A controller is configured to control an operation target device to be operated with the touch sensor according to the particular input operation when the first detector detects the state where the first area is touched and the second detector detects the state where the particular input operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Karasawa, Koichi Nakajima, Ryo Kondo, Toru Doigaki, Shunsuke Fukuda, Ryo Idegami
  • Publication number: 20160062531
    Abstract: A setting unit dynamically sets a first area and a second area on a touch sensor mounted on a grip portion that a driver grips on a steering wheel. A first detector is configured to detect a state where a first area in a touch sensor mounted on a grip portion that a driver grips on a steering wheel is touched. A second detector is configured to detect a state where a particular input operation is performed on a second area located on the upper side of the first area in the touch sensor. A controller is configured to control an operation target device to be operated with the touch sensor according to the particular input operation when the first detector detects the state where the first area is touched and the second detector detects the state where the particular input operation is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Manabu KARASAWA, Koichi NAKAJIMA, Ryo KONDO, Toru DOIGAKI, Shunsuke FUKUDA, Ryo IDEGAMI
  • Patent number: 9267809
    Abstract: A first detector is configured to detect a state where a first area in a touch sensor mounted on a grip portion that a driver grips on a steering wheel is touched. A second detector is configured to detect a state where a particular input operation is performed on a second area located on the upper side of the first area in the touch sensor. A controller is configured to control an operation target device to be operated with the touch sensor according to the particular input operation when the first detector detects the state where the first area is touched and the second detector detects the state where the particular input operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Karasawa, Koichi Nakajima, Ryo Kondo, Toru Doigaki, Shunsuke Fukuda, Ryo Idegami
  • Publication number: 20140156107
    Abstract: A first detector is configured to detect a state where a first area in a touch sensor mounted on a grip portion that a driver grips on a steering wheel is touched. A second detector is configured to detect a state where a particular input operation is performed on a second area located on the upper side of the first area in the touch sensor. A controller is configured to control an operation target device to be operated with the touch sensor according to the particular input operation when the first detector detects the state where the first area is touched and the second detector detects the state where the particular input operation is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu KARASAWA, Koichi NAKAJIMA, Ryo KONDO, Toru DOIGAKI, Shunsuke FUKUDA, Ryo IDEGAMI