Patents by Inventor Masao Nakane

Masao Nakane 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: 11881065
    Abstract: An information recording device acquires outside image information corresponding to an outside image obtained by photographing the outside of a moving body from the moving body; acquires autonomous driving information indicating a state of autonomous driving control of the moving body; acquires display information for simultaneously displaying at least a part of the outside image and an autonomous driving state image indicating the state of the autonomous driving control at a time of photographing the outside image, based on the outside image information and the autonomous driving information; and records the display information in a recording medium. The autonomous driving state image includes brake information indicating whether braking of the moving body is under the autonomous driving control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Morimichi Nozawa, Takayoshi Kobayashi, Masao Nakane
  • Publication number: 20230386333
    Abstract: A notification apparatus includes an image obtaining unit and a notifying unit. The image obtaining unit obtains a surrounding image as an image of a surrounding of a moving body photographed from the moving body. The notifying unit notifies information regarding a type of an object when an object different from a predetermined feature appears in a first area where the predetermined feature is expected to appear inside the surrounding image. The first area is determined based on map information including position information of the predetermined feature and a position of the moving body at a time when the surrounding image is photographed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuhiro WATANABE, Masao NAKANE
  • Publication number: 20230215228
    Abstract: An information recording device acquires outside image information corresponding to an outside image obtained by photographing the outside of a moving body from the moving body; acquires autonomous driving information indicating a state of autonomous driving control of the moving body; acquires display information for simultaneously displaying at least a part of the outside image and an autonomous driving state image indicating the state of the autonomous driving control at a time of photographing the outside image, based on the outside image information and the autonomous driving information; and records the display information in a recording medium. The autonomous driving state image includes brake information indicating whether braking of the moving body is under the autonomous driving control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Morimichi NOZAWA, Takayoshi KOBAYASHI, Masao NAKANE
  • Publication number: 20220189221
    Abstract: An information recording device acquires outside image information corresponding to an outside image obtained by photographing the outside of a moving body from the moving body; acquires autonomous driving information indicating a state of autonomous driving control of the moving body; acquires display information for simultaneously displaying at least a part of the outside image and an autonomous driving state image indicating the state of the autonomous driving control at a time of photographing the outside image, based on the outside image information and the autonomous driving information; and records the display information in a recording medium. The autonomous driving state image includes brake information indicating whether braking of the moving body is under the autonomous driving control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Morimichi Nozawa, Takayoshi Kobayashi, Masao Nakane
  • Patent number: 11302123
    Abstract: Outside image information corresponding to an outside image of the outside of a moving body photographed from the moving body is acquired, autonomous driving information indicating the state of autonomous driving control of the moving body is acquired, based on the outside image information and the autonomous driving information, display information for simultaneously displaying at least a part of the outside image and the autonomous driving state image indicating the state of the autonomous driving control of the moving body at the time of photographing the outside image is acquired, and the display information is recorded in a recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Morimichi Nozawa, Takayoshi Kobayashi, Masao Nakane
  • Publication number: 20210056784
    Abstract: Outside image information corresponding to an outside image of the outside of a moving body photographed from the moving body is acquired, autonomous driving information indicating the state of autonomous driving control of the moving body is acquired, based on the outside image information and the autonomous driving information, display information for simultaneously displaying at least a part of the outside image and the autonomous driving state image indicating the state of the autonomous driving control of the moving body at the time of photographing the outside image is acquired, and the display information is recorded in a recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Morimichi NOZAWA, Takayoshi KOBAYASHI, Masao NAKANE
  • Patent number: 8789265
    Abstract: In an electronic component mounting system including a plurality of electronic component mounting apparatuses coupled in series, the system mounting an electronic component on a substrate to manufacture a mounted substrate, a substrate carried into a mounting conveyor is temporarily placed in a standby state in a substrate standby area formed by a first transfer conveyor (carry-in conveyor) of one electronic component mounting apparatus and a second transfer conveyor (carry-out conveyor) of another electronic component mounting apparatus positioned upstream of the one electronic component mounting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shuzo Yagi, Masao Nakane, Noboru Furuta
  • Patent number: 8125651
    Abstract: An object is to provide a substrate conveyance apparatus and a substrate detection device capable of improving flexibility in arrangement layout. The substrate detection device includes a projector 41 for projecting inspection light 40 so as to pass through a predetermined position on a path of a substrate 4 conveyed by conveyance belts 26, a light receiver 42 for receiving the inspection light 40 projected by the projector 41, and a detector (a control device 15) for detecting that the substrate 4 reaches the predetermined position based on a decrease in the amount of received light of the inspection light 40 received by the light receiver 42 when the substrate 4 conveyed by the conveyance belts 26 reaches the predetermined position and a portion of the inspection light 40 is blocked by the substrate 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shuzo Yagi, Masao Nakane, Yoshinori Isobata
  • Publication number: 20100309484
    Abstract: An object is to provide a substrate conveyance apparatus and a substrate detection device capable of improving flexibility in arrangement layout. The substrate detection device includes a projector 41 for projecting inspection light 40 so as to pass through a predetermined position on a path of a substrate 4 conveyed by conveyance belts 26, a light receiver 42 for receiving the inspection light 40 projected by the projector 41, and a detector (a control device 15) for detecting that the substrate 4 reaches the predetermined position based on a decrease in the amount of received light of the inspection light 40 received by the light receiver 42 when the substrate 4 conveyed by the conveyance belts 26 reaches the predetermined position and a portion of the inspection light 40 is blocked by the substrate 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuzo Yagi, Masao Nakane, Yoshinori Isobata
  • Publication number: 20090049682
    Abstract: In an electronic component mounting system including a plurality of electronic component mounting apparatuses coupled in series, the system mounting an electronic component on a substrate to manufacture a mounted substrate, a substrate carried into a mounting conveyor is temporarily placed in a standby state in a substrate standby area formed by a first transfer conveyor (carry-in conveyor) of one electronic component mounting apparatus and a second transfer conveyor (carry-out conveyor) of another electronic component mounting apparatus positioned upstream of the one electronic component mounting apparatus. This eliminates the waste of time attributable to transfer of substrates and enhances the production efficiency by a compact facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuzo Yagi, Masao Nakane, Noboru Furuta
  • Publication number: 20090049681
    Abstract: The inventive electronic component mounting apparatus for mounting an electronic component on a substrate includes a substrate positioning unit for individually positioning a single large-sized substrate or two small-sized substrates carried into a mounting conveyor in respective mounting work positions and a substrate underside support part arranged below the mounting conveyor and including a first underside support part and a second underside support part. It is thus possible to position a single substrate in a mounting work position in case a large-sized substrate is handled and to individually position a plurality of substrates in a plurality of mounting work positions in case a small-sized substrate is handled. This ensures flexible component mounting work on plural types of substrates by a compact facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuzo Yagi, Masao Nakane, Noboru Furuta
  • Publication number: 20080191979
    Abstract: A red light sensor (222D), a green light sensor (232D), and a blue light sensor (242D) are provided on the LCD panel (200) of a display device (100). A processing section (170) of the display device (100) corrects, in an LCD correction control unit (173), a video image display state at positions corresponding to the red light sensor (222D), the green light sensor (232D), and the blue light sensor (242D) in the LCD panel (200) based on a state of outside light detected by the red light sensor (222D), the green light sensor (232D), and the blue light sensor (242D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Masao Nakane, Takehiko Go, Yuji Takatori, Junya Ochi
  • Patent number: 4511974
    Abstract: An indicating method and apparatus of cargo load condition of a forklift truck. In this method and apparatus weight and centroid position of the loaded cargo are calculated by a calculation control circuit based on loads applied to a lift mechanism and a tilt mechanism of the truck. The calculated weight and centroid position are displayed on two-dimensional coordinates illustrated on a displaying device in contrast with an overturn danger line which is determined forecasting the forward overturn of the truck. The load condition may be displayed in three-dimensional coordinates in relation to lift height of the cargo as well as the weight and the centroid position thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Masao Nakane, Motohiko Takahashi, Takaki Ogawa
  • Patent number: 4294334
    Abstract: An axle shaft, a piston holder, an axle housing and associated components are preliminarily assembled as a unit and the unit is inserted into a differential housing in one of the steps in an assembly line operation for a heavy load vehicle. The axle shaft has a splined portion engaging the gear box and is supported by bearings in the piston holder and axle housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1981
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Akibumi Shinoda, Masao Nakane
  • Patent number: 4234057
    Abstract: A lift truck having a wheeled truck body and a load lifting assembly which includes a pair of outer masts attached to the truck body, a corresponding pair of inner masts telescopically mounted in the pair of outer masts, a load lifter movably mounted on the pair of inner masts via a first and a second groups of lift rollers. The lift truck is characterized by comprising a resiliently biased contact pressure adjusting screw arrangement for adjusting contact pressures between the lift rollers and said inner mast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1980
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Masao Nakane, Masahiko Nishii