Patents by Inventor Masafumi Nohara

Masafumi Nohara 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: 12190008
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of display units and a reflector. The plurality of display units emits display light representing an image to be displayed from a display screen. The reflector is disposed to face the display screen of each of the plurality of display units and reflects the display light emitted from each of the plurality of display units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Yokoi, Shinsuke Hisatsugu, Masafumi Nohara
  • Publication number: 20240289105
    Abstract: A data communication system includes: a function management server that manages a function related to a vehicle; and an in-vehicle system mounted in the vehicle. The function management server and the in-vehicle system perform data communication with each other. The function management server acquires driving data of the driver from the in-vehicle system, specifies a recommend function, and distributes the recommend function information related to the specified recommend function to the in-vehicle system. When the in-vehicle system receives the recommend function information distributed from the function management server, the in-vehicle system presents the recommend function specified by the received recommend function information to the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Masato Utsunomiya, Masafumi Nohara, Kazuki Izumi
  • Publication number: 20240282216
    Abstract: An in-vehicle system includes a driving proficiency acquisition unit acquiring a driving proficiency level of a driver, a driving proficiency determination unit determining the driving proficiency level of the driver; and a function learning presentation unit presenting learning of functions to the driver in stepwise manner according to a determination result of the driving proficiency level of the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Masafumi NOHARA, Masato UTSUNOMIYA, Kazuki IZUMI, Asaki UMEZAWA, Keiji OKAMOTO, Yo KITAMURA, Haozhou LI, Taro KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240184862
    Abstract: A personal information system includes an acquisition unit, a storage unit, a personal storage unit, and a control unit. The acquisition unit is configured to identify an occupant of a vehicle and acquire a status of the occupant. The storage unit stores usage history information of a vehicle device and state information of the occupant acquired by the acquisition unit. The personal storage unit is set for each occupant and is configured to retrieve, as personal information, the usage history information and the state information from the storage unit for each occupant and sequentially store the usage history information and the state information. The control unit is configured to perform control that utilizes the personal information stored in the personal storage unit to provide a service, in a manner matching characteristics of each occupant when operating the vehicle device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Natsuko KURATA, Asuka SAKAI, Taro KOBAYASHI, Masafumi NOHARA, Kazuhiro MATSUI, Haozhou Li, Keiji OKAMOTO, Jinhae CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240157897
    Abstract: A device for mobile object, which is usable in a mobile object, includes an occupant information specifying unit and a request estimation unit. The occupant information specifying unit specifies an occupant information record for each of multiple occupants existing in the mobile object by distinguishing the multiple occupants from one another. The multiple occupants are detected by a sensor of the mobile object. The request estimation unit estimates a request of one of the multiple occupants corresponding to a combination of the occupant information records of the multiple occupants based on the occupant information records of the multiple occupants specified by the occupant information specifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Haozhou LI, Masafumi NOHARA, Natsuko MIYAZAKI, Keiji OKAMOTO, Taro KOBAYASHI, Asuka SAKAI, Kazuhiro MATSUI, Jinhae CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240106989
    Abstract: A surrounding information acquisition unit is configured to acquire surrounding information around a subject vehicle. A vehicle speed acquisition unit is configured to acquire a subject vehicle speed. A display control unit is configured to cause a display device to display a surrounding image indicating the surrounding information and a subject vehicle image indicating the subject vehicle. The display control unit is configured to, when the subject vehicle speed is low, set a display scale to telescopic and cause the display device to display the surrounding image and the subject vehicle image. The display control unit is configured to, when the subject vehicle speed is high, set the display scale to a wide angle and cause the display device to display the surrounding image and the subject vehicle image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Masafumi NOHARA, Haozhou LI, Taro KOBAYASHI, Asaki UMEZAWA, Yo KITAMURA, Jinhae CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240083459
    Abstract: In a technique for controlling a first vehicle, display information and position specifying information are received from a second vehicle different from the first vehicle via inter-vehicle communications. The display information is information for display and independently set for the second vehicle in the second vehicle. The position specifying information is information for specifying a position of the second vehicle. The position of the second vehicle relative to the first vehicle is specified based on the position specifying information. Display on a display device is controlled to superimpose information indicated by the display information on the position of the second vehicle in a landscape in front of the first vehicle based on the position of the second vehicle and the display information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Asuka SAKAI, Taro KOBAYASHI, Natsuko MIYAZAKI, Masafumi NOHARA, Haozhou LI, Kazuhiro MATSUI, Jinhae CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240071231
    Abstract: A human machine interface is configured to select an information display destination from among a plurality of display areas. The HCU acquires a sight line direction of a driver based on an image of an in-vehicle camera. The HCU displays, upon detecting a hop-off action of the driver based on an output signal of an in-vehicle sensor in a situation in which an attention target event such as a puddle, a step, other vehicle or the like exists on a road surface near a door of a driver's seat, in the display area corresponding to the driver's sight line direction, text or an image practically indicating (a) a content of an attention target event or (b) how to deal with a situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Masafumi Nohara, Taro Kobayashi, Natsuko Miyazaki, Keiji Okamoto, Asuka Sakai, Kazuhiro Matsui, Haozhou Li, Jinhae Choi
  • Publication number: 20240025420
    Abstract: An information provision system is configured to detect driver information, which is information including biological information of a driver, transmit information acquired inside the vehicle to a user terminal provided outside the vehicle, acquire the driver information, extract information necessary for grasping health condition of the driver from the driver information to generate health-related information, and transmit the health-related information to the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Taro KOBAYASHI, Masafumi NOHARA, Keiji OKAMOTO, Kazuhiro MATSUI, Natsuko MIYAZAKI, Jinhae CHOI, Haozhou LI, Asuka SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20220197582
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of display units and a reflector. The plurality of display units emits display light representing an image to be displayed from a display screen. The reflector is disposed to face the display screen of each of the plurality of display units and reflects the display light emitted from each of the plurality of display units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuo YOKOI, Shinsuke HISATSUGU, Masafumi NOHARA
  • Patent number: 11328464
    Abstract: A vehicular display apparatus is provided. The apparatus acquires image data of a display target object. The apparatus arranges the display target object in a virtual space based on the image data, arranges a virtual light source and a virtual viewpoint in the virtual space, and generates, as the display image, an image of the display target object viewed from the virtual viewpoint, and displays the display image with a display unit. The display target object includes an instrument with a needle and a shiny dial. The apparatus generates the display image through setting an area on the display target object as a reflection area and setting reflectance of a reflection suppression area smaller than reflectance set for the dial, where the reflection suppression area is a partial area of the dial and is set to cover places overlapping with the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Nohara, Yoshio Oofuka
  • Patent number: 11320660
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a display portion attached to a vehicle. The vehicle display device acquires a position of a viewpoint-related part provided by a viewpoint of a driver or a point that moves together with the viewpoint. The vehicle display device acquires image data for generating a display image to be displayed on the display portion. The vehicle display device generates the display image based on the image data and display the display image on the display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Nohara, Yoshio Oofuka
  • Publication number: 20200160576
    Abstract: A vehicular display apparatus is provided. The apparatus acquires image data of a display target object. The apparatus arranges the display target object in a virtual space based on the image data, arranges a virtual light source and a virtual viewpoint in the virtual space, and generates, as the display image, an image of the display target object viewed from the virtual viewpoint, and displays the display image with a display unit. The display target object includes an instrument with a needle and a shiny dial. The apparatus generates the display image through setting an area on the display target object as a reflection area and setting reflectance of a reflection suppression area smaller than reflectance set for the dial, where the reflection suppression area is a partial area of the dial and is set to cover places overlapping with the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Masafumi NOHARA, Yoshio OOFUKA
  • Publication number: 20200150444
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a display portion attached to a vehicle. The vehicle display device acquires a position of a viewpoint-related part provided by a viewpoint of a driver or a point that moves together with the viewpoint. The vehicle display device acquires image data for generating a display image to be displayed on the display portion. The vehicle display device generates the display image based on the image data and display the display image on the display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Masafumi NOHARA, Yoshio OOFUKA
  • Patent number: D556701
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masafumi Nohara, Yoshimichi Nakamori