Patents by Inventor Masato UTSUNOMIYA

Masato UTSUNOMIYA 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: 20240157961
    Abstract: A vehicle system: estimates a position of a host vehicle; acquires, from outside of the host vehicle, a probe data map generated based on probe data; recognizes periphery information indicating a periphery of the host vehicle using a detection result of an autonomous sensor; specifies an attention point using the probe data map; recognizes a driver status; compares feature information indicated by the probe data map with the periphery information of the host vehicle and determines whether the probe data map has a high quality or a low quality; determines, based on the driver status, whether the driver performs a safety confirmation for the attention point indicated by the probe data map when the probe data map is determined to have the high quality; and notifies the driver of a determination result of the safety confirmation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Masato UTSUNOMIYA, Asaki UMEZAWA, Kazuki IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20220144088
    Abstract: A display device control apparatus is provided to control a display device provided on an instrument panel of a vehicle. The display device control apparatus acquires a state of the vehicle, and sets an inclination of a display screen unit included in the display device according to the state of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Satoru TANAKA, Kiyotaka TAGUCHI, Masato UTSUNOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20220004348
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes a display and a display controller executing a content display process to display, on the display, a content indicating an operation time of a vehicle. The display controller stops executing of the content display process in response to the vehicle being not operated at the operation time indicated by the displayed content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Masato UTSUNOMIYA, Jinhae CHOI, Shohei SATO, Hiroki MATSUI