Patents by Inventor Masashi Koga

Masashi Koga 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: 11900698
    Abstract: An information processing device and an information processing method that prevent unnecessary warning are provided. An information processing device includes a host vehicle information acquisition part configured to acquire host vehicle information on a host vehicle, a setting part configured to set an allowable range for a driver's sight of the host vehicle based on the host vehicle information, a driver information acquisition part configured to acquire driver information on the driver, a determination part (inattentive driving determination part) configured to determine whether or not the driver is looking at the allowable range based on the allowable range and the driver information, and an output part (sound output part, vibration part, display part) configured to output a predetermined notification based on the determination of the determination part (inattentive driving determination part).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: CLARION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Akachi, Masashi Koga, Hiroshige Furugori, Hiroki Abe
  • Publication number: 20230410519
    Abstract: A suspicious person alarm notification system includes one camera including artificial intelligence and a radar and capturing an image of a person, and a server communicating with the camera. The camera receives a signal presenting in an emission direction of the radar, acquires vital information on the person from the signal, acquires, by using the artificial intelligence, motion information on the person from a captured image, calculate an index indicating suspicious person likelihood of the person based on the vital information and the motion information on the person, and transmit, to the server, person information related to the person in response to determining that the index is equal to or greater than a threshold value. The server outputs an alarm indicating that a suspicious person is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: i-PRO Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masashi KOGA
  • Publication number: 20230254456
    Abstract: The monitoring camera is capable of performing artificial intelligence, and includes a capturing unit configured to capture an image of the imaging area, a detection unit configured to detect a person in the captured image of the imaging area based on the artificial intelligence, and a controller configured to determine a position of a face of the person in the captured image and determines a camera parameter of the monitoring camera based on a brightness or a moving speed of the face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: i-PRO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi KOGA, Jun IKEDA, Satoshi KAWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 11665322
    Abstract: The monitoring camera is capable of performing artificial intelligence, and includes a capturing unit configured to capture an image of the imaging area, a detection unit configured to detect a person in the captured image of the imaging area based on the artificial intelligence, and a controller configured to determine a position of a face of the person in the captured image and determines a camera parameter of the monitoring camera based on a brightness or a moving speed of the face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: I-PRO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Koga, Jun Ikeda, Satoshi Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20220375131
    Abstract: A camera device includes an imaging unit for capturing an image of an imaging area in which a subject is present, a memory for storing a camera parameter related to imaging, a detection unit for detecting the subject from the captured image, a first determination unit for primarily determining a color of a target portion of the detected subject, a second determination unit for adjusting a determination result of a predetermined color corresponding to the target portion determined by the first determination unit based on the camera parameter, when the color of the target portion determined by the first determination unit is the predetermined color having a plurality of gradations, and a communication unit for transmitting an adjustment result of the predetermined color corresponding to the determined target portion and information on the target portion to an external device in association with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: i-PRO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi KOGA, Takeshi SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20220311935
    Abstract: A monitoring camera includes an image-capturing element that has a plurality of pixels, and that is configured to acquire, for each of the pixels, a blue component signal, a red component signal, and a green component signal corresponding to light which is from a subject and which is incident through fog or haze, an optical filter that is disposed between the subject and the image-capturing element, and that is configured to transmit specific-wavelength light having a wavelength equal to or larger than a specific wavelength among light from the subject, and a processor that is configured to generate and output a captured image of the subject based on either a blue component signal, a red component signal and a green component signal for each of the pixels corresponding to the specific-wavelength light or a blue component signal for each of the pixels corresponding to the specific-wavelength light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi KOGA, Jun IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11180082
    Abstract: An object is to provide a warning output device, a warning output method, and a warning output system that make it possible to appropriately output warning. A warning output device includes: a driver's state acquisition unit configured to acquire inattentive driving information indicating that a driver performs inattentive driving; a vehicle state acquisition unit configured to acquire a vehicle state; a vehicle warning reception unit configured to receive vehicle warning, which is warning corresponding to the vehicle state; an adaptive rule acquisition unit configured to acquire adaptive rule information generated when the driver performs inattentive driving and the warning is received; and an output unit configured to output inattentive driving warning, which is warning related to inattentive driving when the driver's state acquisition unit acquires the inattentive driving information and the vehicle state satisfies a predetermined condition specified in the adaptive rule information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: CLARION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Akachi, Masashi Koga, Hiroshige Furugori, Hiroki Abe, Hiroshi Sugihara, Makoto Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20210253025
    Abstract: An information processing device and an information processing method that prevent unnecessary warning are provided. An information processing device includes a host vehicle information acquisition part configured to acquire host vehicle information on a host vehicle, a setting part configured to set an allowable range for a driver's sight of the host vehicle based on the host vehicle information, a driver information acquisition part configured to acquire driver information on the driver, a determination part (inattentive driving determination part) configured to determine whether or not the driver is looking at the allowable range based on the allowable range and the driver information, and an output part (sound output part, vibration part, display part) configured to output a predetermined notification based on the determination of the determination part (inattentive driving determination part).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Masashi AKACHI, Masashi KOGA, Hiroshige FURUGORI, Hiroki ABE
  • Publication number: 20210235005
    Abstract: The monitoring camera is capable of performing artificial intelligence, and includes a capturing unit configured to capture an image of the imaging area, a detection unit configured to detect a person in the captured image of the imaging area based on the artificial intelligence, and a controller configured to determine a position of a face of the person in the captured image and determines a camera parameter of the monitoring camera based on a brightness or a moving speed of the face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi KOGA, Jun IKEDA, Satoshi KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20200164797
    Abstract: An object is to provide a warning output device, a warning output method, and a warning output system that make it possible to appropriately output warning. A warning output device includes: a driver's state acquisition unit configured to acquire inattentive driving information indicating that a driver performs inattentive driving; a vehicle state acquisition unit configured to acquire a vehicle state; a vehicle warning reception unit configured to receive vehicle warning, which is warning corresponding to the vehicle state; an adaptive rule acquisition unit configured to acquire adaptive rule information generated when the driver performs inattentive driving and the warning is received; and an output unit configured to output inattentive driving warning, which is warning related to inattentive driving when the driver's state acquisition unit acquires the inattentive driving information and the vehicle state satisfies a predetermined condition specified in the adaptive rule information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: CLARION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi AKACHI, Masashi KOGA, Hiroshige FURUGORI, Hiroki ABE, Hiroshi SUGIHARA, Makoto SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10569652
    Abstract: Information can be displayed on display devices according to information to be notified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: CLARION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Akachi, Haruki Kobayashi, Shizue Kato, Hiroshige Furugori, Masashi Koga
  • Publication number: 20180264943
    Abstract: Information can be displayed on display devices according to information to be notified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: CLARION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi AKACHI, Haruki KOBAYASHI, Shizue KATO, Hiroshige FURUGORI, Masashi KOGA
  • Patent number: 10008204
    Abstract: This invention can enhance the convenience of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: CLARION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruki Kobayashi, Hiroshige Furugori, Masashi Koga, Masashi Akachi
  • Patent number: 9911041
    Abstract: A monitoring device monitors facility elements in a building. Self-localization of the monitoring device is estimated by collating measured three-dimensional shapes with a map for localization including the shapes and positions of structural objects inside a building excluding the shapes and positions of facility elements. The monitoring device extracts the shape and position of a facility element candidate from the measured three-dimensional shapes; and calculates a similarity between the shape and position of each of the facility elements in the periphery of the self-localization extracted from the facility element collation map. The monitoring device identifies which of the facility elements in the periphery of the self-localization extracted from the facility element collation map is the facility element candidate extracted from the measured three-dimensional shape on the basis of the calculated similarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masashi Koga
  • Publication number: 20170103756
    Abstract: This invention can enhance the convenience of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: CLARION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruki KOBAYASHI, Hiroshige FURUGORI, Masashi KOGA, Masashi AKACHI
  • Patent number: 8957789
    Abstract: A vehicle support information system mounted in a vehicle, the vehicle support system including: a man-detecting unit; a vehicle-position detecting unit; a communication unit; a man-position/waiting-score calculating unit; a stopping-vehicle determining unit determining whether or not the vehicle should be stopped, based on a man position and a waiting score of an at least one potential-crossing-man; a travelling controller for stopping the vehicle when the stopping-vehicle determining unit determines that the vehicle should be stopped; and a man-crossing-signal display unit displaying information to inform the at least one potential-crossing-man whether or not the at least one potential-crossing-man can safely cross the road, based on an instruction of the stopping-vehicle determining unit, wherein the man-position/waiting-score calculating unit outputs the man-position/waiting-score to the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Hara, Takuya Naka, Saku Egawa, Masashi Koga
  • Publication number: 20140232567
    Abstract: A vehicle support information system mounted in a vehicle, the vehicle support system including: a man-detecting unit; a vehicle-position detecting unit; a communication unit; a man-position/waiting-score calculating unit; a stopping-vehicle determining unit determining whether or not the vehicle should be stopped, based on a man position and a waiting score of an at least one potential-crossing-man; a travelling controller for stopping the vehicle when the stopping-vehicle determining unit determines that the vehicle should be stopped; and a man-crossing-signal display unit displaying information to inform the at least one potential-crossing-man whether or not the at least one potential-crossing-man can safely cross the road, based on an instruction of the stopping-vehicle determining unit, wherein the man-position/waiting-score calculating unit outputs the man-position/waiting-score to the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka HARA, Takuya NAKA, Saku EGAWA, Masashi KOGA
  • Publication number: 20140168423
    Abstract: A monitoring device monitors facility elements in a building. Self-localization of the monitoring device is estimated by collating measured three-dimensional shapes with a map for localization including the shapes and positions of structural objects inside a building excluding the shapes and positions of facility elements. The monitoring device extracts the shape and position of a facility element candidate from the measured three-dimensional shapes; and calculates a similarity between the shape and position of each of the facility elements in the periphery of the self-localization extracted from the facility element collation map. The monitoring device identifies which of the facility elements in the periphery of the self-localization extracted from the facility element collation map is the facility element candidate extracted from the measured three-dimensional shape on the basis of the calculated similarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Koga
  • Patent number: 8749401
    Abstract: A vehicle support system for supporting a man in safely crossing a road without crosswalks installed is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Hitcha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Hara, Takuya Naka, Saku Egawa, Masashi Koga
  • Patent number: 8576055
    Abstract: A collision avoidance assisting system for a vehicle, for expecting a risk of colliding upon a moving object (or a moving obstacle), including a pedestrian, more correctly, but without annoying a driver, excessively, by estimating the risk to be excessively high, comprises a moving object detecting means for detecting a moving object existing on periphery of the vehicle; a footway boundary detecting means for detecting a position and a configuration of a footway boundary object on periphery of the vehicle; a risk estimation means for estimating a risk that the moving object detected by said moving object detecting means collides on the vehicle; and an alarm means for calling an attention to a driver of the vehicle, upon basis of the risk of collision estimated by the risk estimation means, wherein the risk of collision between the moving object, which is detected by the moving object detecting means, and that vehicle is estimated by taking at least the position information of the moving object, the position i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Hara, Yuji Hosoda, Masashi Koga