Patents by Inventor Michio OBORA

Michio OBORA 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: 20230331162
    Abstract: A display controller includes: an image generator configured to generate a three-dimensional image of surroundings of a vehicle and output a display image; an instruction determiner configured to determine an instruction of a user in accordance with a position operated by the user; and a viewpoint changer configured to change a viewpoint parameter related to generation of the three-dimensional image on a basis of the instruction of the user, wherein the instruction determiner sets a plurality of regions corresponding to different viewpoint parameters in the display image, the instruction determiner determines the instruction of the user on a basis of a region where the position operated by the user, the viewpoint changer changes the viewpoint parameter in accordance with the instruction of the user, and the instruction determiner sets the plurality of regions in the three-dimensional image after a change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi MICHIGUCHI, Yusuke TSUJI, Naotaka EGAWA, Michio OBORA, Yoshimasa OKABE, Masaki SATO
  • Publication number: 20220379876
    Abstract: Provided is a display control apparatus that generates a display overhead image including overhead images of each of a vacant parking space and a vehicle and outputs the display overhead image to a display apparatus. The display overhead image includes at least one of an overhead image of the vacant parking space outside of a current viewing angle of a vehicle-mounted camera and an overhead image of the vacant parking space hidden behind a static object as seen from a current position of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Michio OBORA