Patents by Inventor Masanori Kosugi

Masanori Kosugi 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: 10999707
    Abstract: A position determination system includes communication units that are arranged on the communication subject and perform wireless communication with a terminal, and a position determination unit arranged on the communication subject. The position determination unit obtains received signal strength indicator data of radio waves transmitted on different frequencies between the terminal and each communication unit and determines the position of the terminal relative to the communication subject from the obtained received signal strength indicator data. The received signal strength indicator data is obtained for each communication unit and indicates the received signal strength indicator of each radio wave measured for each frequency. The communication units are respectively arranged on the communication subject in two divided sections obtained by dividing the communication subject along a reference line extending across the communication subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Masanori Kosugi
  • Patent number: 10906534
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an automatic stop device and an automatic stop method that enable an autonomous-driving traveling object to automatically stop. Automatic stop device automatically stops a vehicle in response to urgent information requiring urgency. Automatic stop device includes: urgent information receiver configured to receive the urgent information; urgency determiner configured to determine a degree of urgency about the urgent information by choosing from a plurality of levels in accordance with the urgent information; surrounding information acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a situation surrounding the vehicle; and stop time determiner configured to determine a time taken to automatically stop the vehicle. The time is determined in accordance with the degree of the urgency and the information about the situation surrounding the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Kosugi, Takashi Miura
  • Publication number: 20210019819
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus and information processing system that make it possible to get commissioned to control rental of a mobile object and dynamically set a free for controlling the rental of the mobile object. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a rental control unit configured to perform a control process related to rental of a mobile object; a pricing unit configured to dynamically set a control fee for the control process on a basis of an index acquired on a basis of rental information regarding the rental of the mobile object; and a transmission control unit configured to cause transmission of control result information to a predetermined external apparatus, the control result information including one or both of a content of the performed control process and the set control fee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Masanori KOSUGI, Takashi NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20210009036
    Abstract: A viewing device for a vehicle has: a monitor that displays a captured image of a vehicle rear side; and a control device that carries out display control that compresses the captured image such that a compression rate gradually becomes higher from a vehicle inner side toward outer sides, and displays an image on the monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Masanori KOSUGI, Takashi NAGAO, Tetsuya EGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210009037
    Abstract: When a relationship between a distance from a rear camera to a target subject, and a ratio of a size of the target subject displayed on a monitor with respect to a size of the target subject reflected in a half-mirror, is determined while fixing an angle of view of the rear camera to a predetermined value, the angle of view of the rear camera is set such that a size of the target subject at an infinite distance in the relationship becomes a size that is 0.33 times to 0.5 times a size of the target subject that is reflected in the half-mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Masanori KOSUGI, Takashi NAGAO, Tetsuya EGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210011143
    Abstract: A distance measurement system includes communication units arranged in a communication subject. The communication units form different radio wave transmission paths in accordance with a location of a communication device, and are configured such that when one of the radio wave transmission paths is blocked, communication with the communication device is enabled by another one of the radio wave transmission paths. The distance measurement system further includes a distance measurement unit that measures the distance between the communication device and the communication subject using one of the radio wave transmission paths by performing distance measurement communication that transfers a distance measurement signal between the communication units and the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Kazuki NAIKI, Hiroaki IWASHITA, Satoshi MORI, Kenichi KOGA, Yoshiyuki OYA, Masateru FURUTA, Masanori KOSUGI
  • Publication number: 20200322758
    Abstract: A position determination system includes communication units that are arranged on the communication subject and perform wireless communication with a terminal, and a position determination unit arranged on the communication subject. The position determination unit obtains received signal strength indicator data of radio waves transmitted on different frequencies between the terminal and each communication unit and determines the position of the terminal relative to the communication subject from the obtained received signal strength indicator data. The received signal strength indicator data is obtained for each communication unit and indicates the received signal strength indicator of each radio wave measured for each frequency. The communication units are respectively arranged on the communication subject in two divided sections obtained by dividing the communication subject along a reference line extending across the communication subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Masanori KOSUGI
  • Publication number: 20200304915
    Abstract: An acoustic device to be mounted in a vehicle, the acoustic device including at least two speakers arranged before a front face of an occupant sitting in a seat to sandwich a center line of the seat and a control unit that controls characteristics of sound output from each of the speakers such that a stereophonic sound image produced by sounds output from the at least two speakers is maintained. The at least two speakers are installed on a steering wheel of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Masanori KOSUGI, Takashi NAGAO, Tatsushi KATSUYAMA, Takeyoshi MORI
  • Patent number: 10763053
    Abstract: A switch device includes an operation switch including a switch knob formed integrally with a recess configured to allow a finger to be inserted. The operation switch includes a detector configured to detect a change in a physical amount caused by operation of the switch knob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Masanori Kosugi, Naofumi Kato
  • Patent number: 10752177
    Abstract: A vehicular visual recognition device, including: an imaging section that, from outside a vehicle, captures plural vehicle exterior capture images in which portions of the images overlap with each other; and a controller that effects control such that an image of a vehicle body portion of a vehicle cabin image set to a predetermined transmissive state overlaps with at least part of an overlapping portion of the plural vehicle exterior capture images, and such that the plural vehicle exterior capture images and the vehicle cabin image are combined and displayed at a display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Masanori Kosugi, Takashi Nagao, Tetsuya Egawa, Takuya Hayashi, Naofumi Kato
  • Publication number: 20200105482
    Abstract: A switch device includes an operation switch including a switch knob formed integrally with a recess configured to allow a finger to be inserted. The operation switch includes a detector configured to detect a change in a physical amount caused by operation of the switch knob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Masanori KOSUGI, Naofumi KATO
  • Publication number: 20200084625
    Abstract: An authentication system includes a first controller that performs wireless communication with a mobile terminal and a first authentication unit that executes authentication of the mobile terminal including ID authentication and code authentication through the wireless communication performed between the first controller and the mobile terminal. The first authentication unit executes the code authentication by determining whether a terminal-side calculation result obtained by the mobile terminal matches a controller-side calculation result obtained by the first controller. The authentication system further includes a second controller that communicates with the mobile terminal and a second authentication unit that applies encryption communication using a portion of the terminal-side calculation result and a portion of the controller-side calculation result to communication performed between the second controller and the mobile terminal and authenticates the encryption communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Masanori KOSUGI, Satoshi MORI, Kenichi KOGA, Kazuki NAIKI
  • Publication number: 20200067898
    Abstract: A system that prevents accomplishment of unauthorized communication between a terminal and a communication peer is provided. The system includes a measurement unit and a process execution unit. The measurement unit is arranged on at least one of the terminal or the communication peer to obtain a measured value corresponding to a distance between the terminal and the communication peer. The process execution unit determines whether the measured value is appropriate and controls actuation for authentication of the terminal through wireless communication performed between the terminal and the communication peer based on the determination result. The measurement unit executes a process for obtaining the measured value in a time period during which the communication for the authentication is not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Masanori KOSUGI, Shigenori NITTA, Masateru FURUTA, Tadashi FUKAGAI, Masayuki KAWAMURA, Yuki KONO
  • Publication number: 20190366950
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes an actuation unit that actuates an anomaly control switch that acknowledges execution of safety control, which improves safety during driving of a vehicle, upon detection of an occupant in an anomalous state from a monitoring result of a state of the occupant of the vehicle. The actuation unit causes the anomaly control switch to be actuated to allow the occupant to recognize a control content of the safety control. The vehicle control device further includes an operation acknowledgement unit that acknowledges operation of the anomaly control switch and a controller that executes the safety control when the operation acknowledgement unit acknowledges the operation of the anomaly control switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Masanori KOSUGI, Tetsuya EGAWA, Takashi NAGAO
  • Patent number: 10399496
    Abstract: There is provided a viewing device for a vehicle, including: an imaging portion that captures an image of a rear of a vehicle from a vehicle exterior; and a display portion that carries out image processing that combines a first captured image that has been captured by the imaging portion and a second captured image that shows a vehicle cabin interior in which a vehicle rear including the vehicle cabin interior is captured from the vehicle cabin interior, such that a region of a rear side window glass becomes longer than an apparent width of the rear side window glass that is actually seen from a position of capturing the second captured image, and displays the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Masanori Kosugi, Tetsuya Egawa, Takuya Hayashi, Takashi Nagao, Naofumi Kato
  • Publication number: 20190132081
    Abstract: A reception apparatus includes a receiver and circuitry. The receiver receives, from a transmission apparatus, a plurality of packets that include code word symbols which include an information word symbol and a parity symbol. The information word symbol is generated from transmission information. The parity symbol is calculated from the information word symbols. The circuitry decodes the code word symbols that are included in the plurality of packets. The number of first packets and the number of second packets among the plurality of packets are shared between the transmission apparatus and the reception apparatus. Each of the first packets includes the information word symbol. Each of the second packets includes the parity symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Masanori KOSUGI
  • Patent number: 10166822
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of tire air pressure detectors includes an information retention portion that retains one or more pieces of timing information indicating the time at which the tire air pressure detector has rotated to a specific detector angle in a first time band for withholding transmission of a radio wave signal, and a radio wave transmission control portion that transmits one or more of the pieces of timing information retained in the information retention portion to a receiver in a second time band enabling transmission of the radio wave signal. The receiver includes an axle rotation amount reader portion that receives axle rotation amount information generated in each of a plurality of axle rotation detection portions, and a position determination portion that calculates an axle rotation amount at the point in time at which the tire air pressure detectors have rotated to the specific detector angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Kosugi, Takao Araya, Koji Okumura
  • Publication number: 20180345905
    Abstract: A lock device includes a lock member arranged in a by-wire turning mechanism that turns a turning wheel by transmitting power of a turning actuator to a turning shaft. The lock member is moved between a lock position where the lock member is engaged with the turning actuator restricting operation of the turning actuator and an unlock position where the lock member is disengaged from the turning actuator permitting operation of the turning actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Masanori KOSUGI, Tetsuya EGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180251127
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an automatic stop device and an automatic stop method that enable an autonomous-driving traveling object to automatically stop. Automatic stop device automatically stops a vehicle in response to urgent information requiring urgency. Automatic stop device includes: urgent information receiver configured to receive the urgent information; urgency determiner configured to determine a degree of urgency about the urgent information by choosing from a plurality of levels in accordance with the urgent information; surrounding information acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a situation surrounding the vehicle; and stop time determiner configured to determine a time taken to automatically stop the vehicle. The time is determined in accordance with the degree of the urgency and the information about the situation surrounding the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Masanori KOSUGI, Takashi MIURA
  • Publication number: 20180207900
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave transmitting component including an electromagnetic wave transmitting unit (design member), a covering sheet (covering film), and a frame. The electromagnetic wave transmitting unit includes a flat plate shaped base plate section formed by arraying plural first tubes formed from a dielectric arrayed such that respective open ends of the first tubes are in-plane, and a protruding section joined to the first tubes of the base plate section and formed by arraying plural second tubes formed from a dielectric arrayed such that the respective open ends of the second tubes form a predetermined planar shape. The covering sheet covers the protruding section together with covering a surface of the base plate section on the protruding section side. The frame houses the electromagnetic wave transmitting unit and one opening of the frame is sealed by the base plate section of the electromagnetic wave transmitting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventor: Masanori KOSUGI