Patents by Inventor Minoru Yoshimura
Minoru Yoshimura 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: 10609337Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image processor configured to: acquire a plurality of captured images captured by a plurality of cameras installed on a vehicle; generate a composite image showing a vicinity of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint, using the plurality of captured images; generate a vicinity image by superimposing a distance indicator that shows at least one distance from the vehicle on the composite image, the distance indicator encompassing a periphery of the vehicle in the composite image; and output the vicinity image to a display to cause the vicinity image to be displayed on the display.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Akihide Fujio, Koichi Yamamoto, Azusa Minode, Yasushi Seike, Minoru Yoshimura
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Patent number: 10124728Abstract: An image processing apparatus that processes an image includes an image processor configured to: acquire a photographic image from a camera photographing a region near a host vehicle; derive a trace line showing a moving trace of a path on which the host vehicle has moved previously; derive a prediction line showing a predicted moving path of the host vehicle; generate a support image by superimposing the trace line and the prediction line on the photographic image when a wheel of the host vehicle is turned; and output the support image to a display apparatus that displays the support image.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Akihide Fujio, Koichi Yamamoto, Azusa Minode, Yasushi Seike, Minoru Yoshimura
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Patent number: 9372831Abstract: A remote starter transmits vehicle position information at a time of parking start to an information processor upon the parking start of a vehicle. The information processor judges whether to transmit a request for starting of the vehicle based on the vehicle position information and mobile-terminal position information upon reception of the request for starting of the vehicle and the mobile-terminal position information from a mobile terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Satoshi Harumoto, Ryuji Nishimura, Mitsuru Ohta, Itsuki Hamaue, Minoru Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20160094807Abstract: An image processing apparatus that processes an image includes an image processor configured to: acquire a photographic image from a camera photographing a region near a host vehicle; derive a trace line showing a moving trace of a path on which the host vehicle has moved previously; derive a prediction line showing a predicted moving path of the host vehicle; generate a support image by superimposing the trace line and the prediction line on the photographic image when a wheel of the host vehicle is turned; and output the support image to a display apparatus that displays the support image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Akihide FUJIO, Koichi YAMAMOTO, Azusa MINODE, Yasushi SEIKE, Minoru YOSHIMURA
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Publication number: 20160088260Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image processor configured to: acquire a plurality of captured images captured by a plurality of cameras installed on a vehicle; generate a composite image showing a vicinity of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint, using the plurality of captured images; generate a vicinity image by superimposing a distance indicator that shows at least one distance from the vehicle on the composite image, the distance indicator encompassing a periphery of the vehicle in the composite image; and output the vicinity image to a display to cause the vicinity image to be displayed on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Akihide FUJIO, Koichi YAMAMOTO, Azusa MINODE, Yasushi SEIKE, Minoru YOSHIMURA
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Patent number: 8427291Abstract: Image and sound information are acquired from a camera and a microphone and the information is stored into a second RAM for a first time period from detection of occurrence of an abnormal condition of a vehicle by a sensor. When occurrence of an abnormal condition of the vehicle has been detected by the sensor during the first time period from the detection of occurrence of an abnormal condition of the vehicle, image and sound information is acquired from the camera and the microphone and the information is stored into the second RAM for a second time period from the previous detection of occurrence of an abnormal condition of the vehicle, and the image and sound information stored into the second RAM for the second time period Tb are stored into a nonvolatile ROM.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2008Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Shinichi Tanaka, Minoru Yoshimura
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Patent number: 7978057Abstract: There is provided an information storage apparatus capable of storing information on a parked vehicle acquired before and after detection of unusual conditions with lesser amount of power to be consumed. During halt of a vehicle, at least one of image information and sound information of the interior of the vehicle is acquired by an anti-theft device main body, and the acquired information is transmitted from the anti-theft device main body to a drive recorder at a transmission interval that varies between before and after detection of unusual vehicle conditions by the anti-theft device main body. A drive recorder main body allows a second RAM to store therein information received from an anti-theft device at a second transmission period and information received from the anti-theft device at a first transmission period.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2008Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Shinichi Tanaka, Minoru Yoshimura
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Patent number: 7692531Abstract: The present invention teaches a remote starting control system having a simple construction and being low in cost, that can be mounted on a vehicle having an immobilizing function. The system, which is mounted on a vehicle equipped with an immobilizer for capturing a code output in response to an insertion of an ignition key into a key cylinder and permitting an engine start when judging the captured code to be a unique code of the vehicle so as to control engine starting according to an instruction from a portable transmitter, comprises a device for storing a code in an EEPROM each time the code is supplied to a signal line, and a device for supplying the code stored in the EEPROM to the immobilizer when receiving a start instruction of the engine from the portable transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2004Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Manabu Matsubara, Minoru Yoshimura
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Patent number: 7688178Abstract: A remote start controller is mounted on a vehicle, which includes a keyless entry device for controlling a locking action of doors of the vehicle in response to a user's operation with respect to a lock button of a transmitter. The remote start controller includes a CPU. Upon detecting that the lock button of the transmitter is operated in a first predetermined way, the CPU causes an engine of the vehicle to start.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2005Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Masaki Koike, Minoru Yoshimura, Yasuomi Kimura
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Patent number: 7649443Abstract: An antitheft apparatus includes a control section. When a status change from a closed state to an open state of a luggage door caused by regular means is detected in an arming state being ready to output an alarm, the control section shifts a status from the arming state to a disarmed state being not ready to output an alarm; when a status change from the open state to the closed state of the luggage door is detected in the disarmed state, the control section shifts the status from the disarmed state to the arming state after a predetermined length of preparatory period; and when an arming command to shift the status from the disarmed state to the arming state is given within the length of preparatory period, the control section shifts the status from the disarmed state to the arming state.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2007Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Manabu Matsubara, Minoru Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20090309972Abstract: It is an object to provide a drive recorder and a system that that can reduce operations for adjusting an attachment position of a camera. The drive recorder for recording images captured by a camera in a recording medium includes, mode selection means for selecting an angle adjustment mode of the camera, and a control unit for outputting image data based on the images to a display unit (120) when the mode selection means selects the angle selection mode. The system includes such a drive recorder.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Fujio Tonokawa, Minoru Yoshimura
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Patent number: 7634333Abstract: A remote starting device prevents the temperature of exhaust gas from being made too high or the amount of toxic gas around a vehicle from being made too large by engine starting by remote control. The remote starting device controls a starter for starting an engine of the vehicle when receiving an engine start command from a portable transmitter. The remote starting device includes a section for deciding whether the engine starting has been frequently conducted, and a section for limiting the engine starting through receiving the engine start command from the portable transmitter when it is decided that the engine starting has been frequently conducted.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2008Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Manabu Matsubara, Minoru Yoshimura
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Patent number: 7610129Abstract: A remote vehicle starter allows a user to start an engine of a vehicle remotely. The starter includes a parameter-signal generating unit, a receiving unit, an engine starting unit and a controller. The parameter-signal generating unit generates a vehicle-parameter signal on a basis of a power source. The receiving unit receives an instruction for starting the engine. The engine starting unit starts the engine when receives the instruction for starting the engine from the receiving unit and receiving the vehicle-parameter signal satisfying a starting permission condition from the parameter-signal generating unit. The controller controls an engine starting by the engine starting unit, in accordance with a power source voltage value of the power source.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2005Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Akira Matsuura, Minoru Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20090158202Abstract: An information processing method includes the steps of generating additional information associated with a predetermined position in a content to be displayed, storing content data indicating the content, specifying the position in the content, which is associated with the additional information, displaying the content indicated by the stored content data, controlling display so that a display area including the specified position is displayed in preference to other display areas in the display of the content, adding an additional image which is an image different from the content, and which is displayed by being associated with a certain position in the content, and performing update of the additional information, which is the update of allowing information indicating the added additional image and the position associated with the additional image to be included in the additional information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki MATSUDA, Junji AJIOKA, Minoru YOSHIMURA
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Publication number: 20090153312Abstract: Image and sound information are acquired from a camera and a microphone and the information is stored into a second RAM for a first time period from detection of occurrence of an abnormal condition of a vehicle by a sensor. When occurrence of an abnormal condition of the vehicle has been detected by the sensor during the first time period from the detection of occurrence of an abnormal condition of the vehicle, image and sound information is acquired from the camera and the microphone and the information is stored into the second RAM for a second time period from the previous detection of occurrence of an abnormal condition of the vehicle, and the image and sound information stored into the second RAM for the second time period Tb are stored into a nonvolatile ROM.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Shinichi Tanaka, Minoru Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20090144182Abstract: A task management system includes: an attribute information acquiring unit acquiring attribute information indicating an attribute of a document corresponding to document data; a billing destination information generator extracting attribute information specifying a billing destination of a cost caused as a price of performance of a task using the document data from the attribute information acquired by the attribute information acquiring unit and generating billing destination information indicating the billing destination on the basis of the extracted attribute information; a process content information storage storing process content information indicating a content of a process performed on the document data by a task terminal used by a task performer; a task content specifier specifying the content of the task performed on the document data by the task performer on the basis of the process content information stored in the process content information storage; a cost correlation storage storing a correlatType: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki Matsuda, Junji Ajioka, Minoru Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20090121850Abstract: There is provided an information storage apparatus capable of storing information on a parked vehicle acquired before and after detection of unusual conditions with lesser amount of power to be consumed. During halt of a vehicle, at least one of image information and sound information of the interior of the vehicle is acquired by an anti-theft device main body, and the acquired information is transmitted from the anti-theft device main body to a drive recorder at a transmission interval that varies between before and after detection of unusual vehicle conditions by the anti-theft device main body. A drive recorder main body allows a second RAM to store therein information received from an anti-theft device at a second transmission period and information received from the anti-theft device at a first transmission period.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Shinichi Tanaka, Minoru Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20090099711Abstract: A remote starting device prevents the temperature of exhaust gas from being made too high or the amount of toxic gas around a vehicle from being made too large by engine starting by remote control. The remote starting device controls a starter for starting an engine of the vehicle when receiving an engine start command from a portable transmitter. The remote starting device includes a section for deciding whether the engine starting has been frequently conducted, and a section for limiting the engine starting through receiving the engine start command from the portable transmitter when it is decided that the engine starting has been frequently conducted.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Inventors: Manabu Matsubara, Minoru Yoshimura
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Patent number: 7514811Abstract: A remote control engine starting device includes an immobilizer and a remote engine starter for starting an engine when an engine start command is given from a remote location. The immobilizer further includes an interrogating signal outputting section, which outputs an interrogating signal when a signal related to engine starting is received, and an engine start permitting section, which gives engine start permission when a remote engine starter code that the remote engine starter outputs in response to the interrogating signal matches a remote engine starter verifying code preregistered in the immobilizer. The remote engine starter further includes an engine start signal outputting sections which outputs a signal related to engine starting and a code outputting section, which in response to the interrogating signal, outputs the remote engine starter code preregistered in the remote engine starter.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2007Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Manabu Matsubara, Minoru Yoshimura
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Patent number: 7489050Abstract: A remote start-up control apparatus which takes in a key code outputted on the basis of insertion of a key cylinder of an ignition key, and which is mounted on a vehicle which was equipped with an immobilizer unit for enabling a start-up of an engine, in case that it was judged that the taken-in key code is in conformity with a predetermined key code, and which carries out start-up control of an engine in response to an instruction of a portable transmitter, has a unit for supplying a key code which has been stored in an EEPROM to the immobilizer, when it received a start-up instruction of the engine according to a remote operation, and a unit for prohibiting supply of the key code, in case that there occurred vehicle theft.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2004Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Akira Matsuura, Minoru Yoshimura