Patents by Inventor Masato Okuda
Masato Okuda 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).
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Patent number: 12174022Abstract: A route editing assistance device for editing a first route is provided. The route editing assistance device includes an input interface, and processing circuitry. The input interface is configured to accept position information indicating positions of a first set of waypoints representing the first route. The processing circuitry is configured to accept position information indicating positions of a second set of waypoints, wherein the second set of waypoints defines a second route, and generate display data for simultaneously displaying the first route and the second route on a display.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Okuda, Tomoko Fujimoto, Timo Kostiainen, Antti Kuukka
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Patent number: 12169299Abstract: A planar light source includes a support member; a light guide member including a first surface located proximate to an upper surface of the support member, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a through hole extending from the first surface to the second surface; a light source unit including a light-emitting element and a wavelength conversion member that covers an upper surface and a lateral surface of the light-emitting element and disposed on the support member at a position of the through hole; a light-transmissive member disposed between the light source unit and the light guide member in the through hole; and a light adjustment member disposed on the light source unit and the light-transmissive member. An upper surface of the wavelength conversion member of the light source unit is located higher than the second surface of the light guide member.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2023Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Seitaro Akagawa, Takuya Nakabayashi, Masato Okuda, Yasunori Shinomiya
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Patent number: 12140433Abstract: A route planning apparatus is provided for planning a navigation route of a ship. The route planning apparatus includes a display to display a chart on a screen; and an operation interface configured to designate a position in the screen. In addition, the route planning apparatus includes a storage configured to store one or more potential base points that may be a potential base point of a waypoint; a processing circuitry configured to: set a waypoint on the chart in response to a navigator's operation; extract the base points within a predetermined range of the set waypoint as a reference from the storage; and a determine the extracted potential base point to be the base point of the set waypoint.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Yamabayashi, Takatoshi Morita, Masato Okuda
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Patent number: 12111160Abstract: A navigation planning method and apparatus comprising a chart data receiving terminal configured to receive a chart data including position information of one or a plurality of targets; a waypoint receiving terminal configured to receive a plurality of waypoints including a latest waypoint for a navigation route of a movable body; a potential waypoint receiving terminal configured to receive a potential waypoint being movable on the chart; and processing circuitry configured to: determine a position of the potential waypoint as a next waypoint following the latest waypoint, the potential waypoint being movable, wherein the potential waypoint is determined by: receive a current position data of the potential waypoint; receive position information of the plurality of targets located within a predetermined distance from the current position of the potential waypoint; calculate an angle between a first bar and a second bar on the chart, wherein the first bar is to connect the latest waypoint with the potential waType: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Okuda, Shinji Ishihara
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Publication number: 20240159952Abstract: A planar light source includes a support member; a light guide member including a first surface located proximate to an upper surface of the support member, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a through hole extending from the first surface to the second surface; a light source unit including a light-emitting element and a wavelength conversion member that covers an upper surface and a lateral surface of the light-emitting element and disposed on the support member at a position of the through hole; a light-transmissive member disposed between the light source unit and the light guide member in the through hole; and a light adjustment member disposed on the light source unit and the light-transmissive member. An upper surface of the wavelength conversion member of the light source unit is located higher than the second surface of the light guide member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Seitaro AKAGAWA, Takuya NAKABAYASHI, Masato OKUDA, Yasunori SHINOMIYA
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Patent number: 11940280Abstract: A navigation planning device configured to receive a navigation start point, a navigation destination point for a navigation route of at least one of a vessel or an aircraft, and a plurality of waypoints between the navigation start point and the navigation destination point, where the plurality of waypoints may be received in at least one of random order or in sequential order. The navigation planning device is configured to determine a positional relationship between the plurality of waypoints, and determine at least one indicator data corresponding to at least one waypoint data of the plurality of waypoints, based on the positional relationship between the plurality of waypoints. The navigation planning device is further configured to output the at least one waypoint data and the corresponding at least one indicator data for the navigation route to a display.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Okuda, Takatoshi Morita
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Patent number: 11892671Abstract: A light-emitting module includes a light guide member including a first surface, a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, and a first through hole penetrating from the first surface to the second surface, a light source unit disposed in the first through hole, a first light-transmissive member disposed in the first through hole of the light guide member and covering the light source unit, and a reflective member disposed above the light source unit and disposed above the first light-transmissive member. In a plan view, an outer edge of the reflective member is located outside an outer edge of the light source unit, and the reflective member includes a resin member and a reflector having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the resin member.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori Shinomiya, Atsushi Kanda, Masato Okuda
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Patent number: 11879733Abstract: A tidal current information display device for a movable body includes a position measurement module to detect a position of the movable body, a geographical information selection module to determine geographic information to be displayed on a display screen based on the detected position, a tidal current information receiving module to receive and store tidal current information based on the detected position, a tidal current information display module to generate display data for displaying a first graphical user interface (GUI) for displaying the tidal current information corresponding to a predetermined position on the geographic information displayed on the display screen, and a voyage time calculation module to calculate an estimated time for the movable body to reach the predetermined position. The first GUI is configured for showing at least one of: the estimated time and a direction and speed of a tidal current at the estimated time.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masato Okuda
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Publication number: 20230176272Abstract: A light-emitting module includes a light guide member including a first surface, a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, and a first through hole penetrating from the first surface to the second surface, a light source unit disposed in the first through hole, a first light-transmissive member disposed in the first through hole of the light guide member and covering the light source unit, and a reflective member disposed above the light source unit and disposed above the first light-transmissive member. In a plan view, an outer edge of the reflective member is located outside an outer edge of the light source unit, and the reflective member includes a resin member and a reflector having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the resin member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori SHINOMIYA, Atsushi KANDA, Masato OKUDA
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Patent number: 11592296Abstract: The purpose is to provide a nautical chart display device which enables a measurement of a distance on an electronic nautical chart, like a measuring method which is performed by using a divider. The nautical chart display device includes a display unit, an operation detector, a registration processing module, and a change processing module. The display unit has a screen and displays a nautical chart on the screen. The operation detector detects a touch operation to the screen. The registration processing module accepts two points of the touch operation on the screen, and registers a scale at which a distance between the touched points on the screen matches a distance setting on the nautical chart as an additional scale. The change processing module changes the scale of the nautical chart to the additional scale.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takatoshi Morita, Masato Okuda
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Patent number: 11572235Abstract: An aligner device includes a robot hand, a lifting mechanism, sensors, a misalignment calculating unit, an x-y misalignment correcting unit, and a ? misalignment correcting unit. The robot hand includes vertically aligned hand members each configured to hold a planar workpiece. The lifting mechanism moves planar workpieces transported by the robot hand up from and down to the hand members, respectively. Each of the sensors, vertically spaced apart from each other, has a downward sensor surface to capture the outline of a planar workpiece brought close to the sensor surface by the workpiece lifting mechanism. The misalignment calculating unit calculates, by using the images of the captured outline shapes of the planar workpieces, an amount of positional misalignment of each planar workpiece with a reference position in X, Y and ? directions.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: DAIHEN CorporationInventors: Yasunobu Otogawa, Masato Okuda, Yuya Sakaguchi
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Publication number: 20220397399Abstract: A navigation planning method and apparatus comprising a chart data receiving terminal configured to receive a chart data including position information of one or a plurality of targets; a waypoint receiving terminal configured to receive a plurality of waypoints including a latest waypoint for a navigation route of a movable body; a potential waypoint receiving terminal configured to receive a potential waypoint being movable on the chart; and processing circuitry configured to: determine a position of the potential waypoint as a next waypoint following the latest waypoint, the potential waypoint being movable, wherein the potential waypoint is determined by: receive a current position data of the potential waypoint; receive position information of the plurality of targets located within a predetermined distance from the current position of the potential waypoint; calculate an angle between a first bar and a second bar on the chart, wherein the first bar is to connect the latest waypoint with the potential waType: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Okuda, Shinji Ishihara
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Publication number: 20220364867Abstract: A nautical chart processing device is provided. The nautical chart processing device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to receive position information indicating position of a pair of base points on an electronic chart, set a movable measurement point on a straight line connecting the pair of base points in real time, calculate, on the electronic chart, a distance between the movable measurement point and at least one base point of the pair of base points, and output position information of the movable measurement point and the calculated distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun YAMABAYASHI, Masato OKUDA, Tomoko FUJIMOTO, Timo KOSTIAINEN, Antti KUUKKA
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Publication number: 20220364865Abstract: A route planning apparatus is provided for planning a navigation route of a ship. The route planning apparatus includes a display to display a chart on a screen; and an operation interface configured to designate a position in the screen. In addition, the route planning apparatus includes a storage configured to store one or more potential base points that may be a potential base point of a waypoint; a processing circuitry configured to: set a waypoint on the chart in response to a navigator's operation; extract the base points within a predetermined range of the set waypoint as a reference from the storage; and a determine the extracted potential base point to be the base point of the set waypoint.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun YAMABAYASHI, Takatoshi MORITA, Masato OKUDA
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Publication number: 20220357160Abstract: A route editing assistance device for editing a first route is provided. The route editing assistance device includes an input interface, and processing circuitry. The input interface is configured to accept position information indicating positions of a first set of waypoints representing the first route. The processing circuitry is configured to accept position information indicating positions of a second set of waypoints, wherein the second set of waypoints defines a second route, and generate display data for simultaneously displaying the first route and the second route on a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato OKUDA, Tomoko FUJIMOTO, Timo KOSTIAINEN, Antti KUUKKA
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Publication number: 20220355908Abstract: A tidal information display device for a movable body includes a position measurement module configured to detect a position of the movable body, a geographical information selection module configured to determine geographic information to be displayed on a display screen based on the detected position, a tidal information module configured to receive and store tidal information based on the detected position, and a tidal information display module configured to generate display data for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) at a predetermined position on the display screen. The GUI is configured for showing the tidal information including at least one of: a present height of a tide, a high tide time, a low tide time, and a position of the tide.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventor: Masato OKUDA
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Publication number: 20220357158Abstract: A tidal current information display device for a movable body includes a position measurement module to detect a position of the movable body, a geographical information selection module to determine geographic information to be displayed on a display screen based on the detected position, a tidal current information receiving module to receive and store tidal current information based on the detected position, a tidal current information display module to generate display data for displaying a first graphical user interface (GUI) for displaying the tidal current information corresponding to a predetermined position on the geographic information displayed on the display screen, and a voyage time calculation module to calculate an estimated time for the movable body to reach the predetermined position. The first GUI is configured for showing at least one of: the estimated time and a direction and speed of a tidal current at the estimated time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventor: Masato OKUDA
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Patent number: D1018336Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Okuda, Kenichi Murakami
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Patent number: D1024810Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Okuda, Kenichi Murakami
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Patent number: D1042268Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Okuda, Shinichi Okano, Takashi Ohmori, Kenichi Murakami