Patents by Inventor Nobutoshi Higaki

Nobutoshi Higaki 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: 20230294517
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device provided in a vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry recognizes a traffic regulation mark indicating a traffic regulation provided on a traveling route of the vehicle. The processing circuitry controls a display device to display first content information and second content information in a display area in front of a driver's seat of the vehicle. The first content information indicates content of a regulation in an effective range indicated by the traffic regulation mark in a case where the vehicle enters the effective range of the regulation. The second content information indicates content other than the first content information. The processing circuitry controls display of the first content information and the second content information in the display area on the basis of priorities set for the first content information and the second content information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki ITO, Kazuomi KATO, Isao NOGUCHI, Nobutoshi HIGAKI, Tetsuji YAMAMOTO, Kenya MATSUSHITA, Tomonori UEMURA
  • Publication number: 20220317443
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to: recognize a traffic regulation mark provided on a traveling path of a car, the traffic regulation mark indicating traffic regulation; specify a valid regulation range used as a valid range of regulation indicated by the traffic regulation mark based on the recognized traffic regulation mark; and control a display device mounted on the car to display regulations information on a display area, the regulations information including contents of regulation indicated by the recognized traffic regulation mark. The processor is configured to switch displaying the regulations information into another upon satisfying a predetermined condition in a case where the valid regulation range is not specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji MATSUI, Masato NOGUCHI, Nobutoshi HIGAKI, Kazuomi KATO, Tetsuji YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10943487
    Abstract: Control apparatus that controls headlamp of a vehicle and HUD of the vehicle includes acquirer that obtains information about an object situated ahead of the vehicle from monitoring apparatus monitoring an area ahead of the vehicle, light emission controller that controls the light emission form of headlamp based on a position at which the object is present, and display controller that causes HUD to display an alert image indicating the position of the object such that the alert image is superimposed on or situated adjacent to the actual position of the object in a view that is observed in a forward direction with respect to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ikuya Mitsuya, Takanosuke Adachi, Hiroki Oobayashi, Shinya Ema, Takao Nihei, Nobutoshi Higaki, Yuki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20200180502
    Abstract: Control apparatus that controls headlamp of a vehicle and HUD of the vehicle includes acquirer that obtains information about an object situated ahead of the vehicle from monitoring apparatus monitoring an area ahead of the vehicle, light emission controller that controls the light emission form of headlamp based on a position at which the object is present, and display controller that causes HUD to display an alert image indicating the position of the object such that the alert image is superimposed on or situated adjacent to the actual position of the object in a view that is observed in a forward direction with respect to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ikuya MITSUYA, Takanosuke ADACHI, Hiroki OOBAYASHI, Shinya EMA, Takao NIHEI, Nobutoshi HIGAKI, Yuki NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20110113216
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a ROM for storing a program therein; a RAM for temporarily storing therein the program read from the ROM; a program execution unit that is adapted to read and execute the program from the ROM or the RAM; a memory management unit that translates a virtual address output by the program execution unit to a physical address of the ROM or the RAM; a page table storage unit for storing therein a page table which is referred to by the memory management unit, and in which mapping data of a virtual address with a physical address of the ROM or the RAM corresponding to the virtual address is stored; a detection unit that detects change of an event in the information processing apparatus; an operation switching unit that is adapted to instruct, when the detection unit detects the change of the event during a ROM-operation in which the program execution unit reads the program from the ROM, switching from the ROM-operation to a RAM-operation in which the program execution unit
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Toita, Nobutoshi Higaki, Toshihiro Hishida
  • Publication number: 20080272905
    Abstract: There is provided an attendance management system capable of easily checking attendance without requiring a special procedure or an individual authentication card or an attendance permission card. The attendance management system (100) includes a desk (103) having an identifier which can be imaged, a mobile telephone (102) having the camera function, and a center device (101) for checking attendance according to the identifier of the desk (103) and an identifier of the mobile telephone (102) transmitted from the mobile telephone (102). According to the identifier of the desk and the identifier of the mobile telephone, it is possible to check which student (mobile telephone) is present at which lesson (desk). Thus, it is possible to easily check attendance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutoshi Higaki, Masahiko Tamura, Tamihiro Izumi, Kazumi Endo, Osamu Kato, Akihiro Oyama