Patents by Inventor Masahiro Nakatsukasa

Masahiro Nakatsukasa 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: 20240135717
    Abstract: A data extraction device, which extracts an image for transmission from images obtained by capturing surroundings outside a vehicle with an imaging device mounted on the vehicle each time the vehicle travels an extraction distance, includes: processing circuitry configured to acquire an image obtained by capturing the surroundings outside the vehicle; determine, as an object to be analyzed, an image captured at a position advanced by the extraction distance from a position at which a previously extracted image has been captured, and calculate an obstruction distance which indicates an actual distance from an imaging start position of the image having been determined as the object to be analyzed to a position of an obstruction included in the determined image; output the calculated obstruction distance as a next extraction distance; and extract the image that has been determined as the object to be analyzed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei KAMADA, Hideki FUKUHARA, Masahiro NAKATSUKASA
  • Publication number: 20230344911
    Abstract: The in-vehicle information processing device includes: a vehicle information acquisition unit for acquiring vehicle information including update information of software mounted in a vehicle and charge information of a battery, from an associated ECU, and determining a process not allowing the vehicle to travel and a recommended return time which is time when the vehicle is allowed to travel; a user action state estimation unit for acquiring a position of the vehicle and a user operation condition from an associated ECU, and estimating a user action state; and a user notification information generation unit for generating user notification information including information for assisting the user in action determination, on the basis of the process not allowing the vehicle to travel and the recommended return time, and the user action state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya HIGASHINO, Ayako INOUE, Tsubasa MORITA, Masahiro NAKATSUKASA, Hideki FUKUHARA
  • Patent number: 11726771
    Abstract: An update control device determines whether or not an update of an update target ECU is to be completed within stop time from when a vehicle temporarily stops until the vehicle starts traveling, when a response indicating that the update can be executed is given from an in-vehicle ECU having dependency with the update target in-vehicle ECU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Nakatsukasa, Ryo Mizobe
  • Publication number: 20230222917
    Abstract: A communication control device (5) includes: a vehicle information acquiring unit (41) to acquire vehicle information including communication performance information indicating performance of wireless communication in each of a plurality of vehicles (V); a data assignment unit (42) to assign individual pieces of data (D) included in a data group (DG) collected by a vehicle group (VG) to respective selected vehicles (V) among the plurality of vehicles (V) on the basis of the performance of the wireless communication; a data distribution unit (43) to execute control to distribute a piece of data (D) included in the data group (DG) to a corresponding one of the plurality of vehicles (V) by the wireless communication on the basis of a result of the assignment by the data assignment unit (42); and a transmission control unit (44) to execute control to transmit one of the pieces of data (D) which is assigned to a representative vehicle to a server (2) by the wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro NAKATSUKASA, Akihiro SANADA, Yoshihiro NAKAI
  • Publication number: 20210349709
    Abstract: An update control device determines whether or not an update of an update target ECU is to be completed within stop time from when a vehicle temporarily stops until the vehicle starts traveling, when a response indicating that the update can be executed is given from an in-vehicle ECU having dependency with the update target in-vehicle ECU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro NAKATSUKASA, Ryo MIZOBE
  • Publication number: 20190266878
    Abstract: When it is determined by a determining unit that there is a wireless communication terminal mislaid in a vehicle cabin, out of wireless communication terminals, a control unit selects a wireless communication method from among different multiple wireless communication methods depending on the degrees that the wireless communication terminals move away from the vehicle. A wireless communication unit can perform wireless communications while switching to each of the multiple wireless communication methods, and transmits notification information about the mislaying to a wireless communication terminal outside the vehicle cabin via wireless communications using the wireless communication method selected by the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro NAKATSUKASA
  • Patent number: 10382096
    Abstract: A control unit (22) controls a filter (30) of a communication device (3a) by wired communication via a LCX (4a) to pass or cut off a signal in a wireless frequency band, to cause the LCX (4a) and LCX (4b) to function as a single antenna or a plurality of antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Nakatsukasa, Yasunori Hoshihara, Hisao Nakano
  • Publication number: 20180351603
    Abstract: A control unit (22) controls a filter (30) of a communication device (3a) by wired communication via a LCX (4a) to pass or cut off a signal in a wireless frequency band, to cause the LCX (4a) and LCX (4b) to function as a single antenna or a plurality of antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro NAKATSUKASA, Yasunori HOSHIHARA, Hisao NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20180241420
    Abstract: A shield box unit installed inside a vehicle and storing a mobile wireless terminal blocks external radio waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisao NAKANO, Yasunori HOSHIHARA, Masahiro NAKATSUKASA
  • Publication number: 20170238196
    Abstract: The network connection information about a mobile communication terminal 30 is notified from a tablet terminal 20 joining a network B provided by the mobile communication terminal 30 to an HU 10 via short-range wireless communications. The dual-mode HU 10 uses the network connection information, notified from the tablet terminal 20, to configure anew a network C which the HU 10, the tablet terminal 20 and the mobile communication terminal 30 join.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro NAKATSUKASA, Yasuaki TAKIMOTO, Hideki FUKUHARA, Takehisa MIZUGUCHI
  • Patent number: 4948616
    Abstract: There is disclosed a sweetened condensed milk composition comprising palatinose and palatinose syrup. The final solid weight ratio of palatinose to palatinose syrup is less than 2:1 and preferably not more than 1:1. The sugar composition of a constituent sugar solution preferably includes not more than 70% of palatinose and not less than 20% trehalulose. Preferably, milk solid is not less than 25% and water is not more than 30% of the composition. Suitable milks may be selected from the group consisting of raw milk, partially fat-removed milk, nonfat milk and processed milk. Other suitable milk products may be selected from the group consisting of evaporated milk and evaporated nonfat milk. There is also disclosed a method for producing a sweetened condensed milk composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Lotte Company Limited
    Inventors: Yoshio Iijima, Ryohei Yamabe, Masahiro Nakatsukasa, Hiroko Ogiwara