Patents by Inventor Noeru SATO

Noeru SATO 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).

  • Patent number: 10269331
    Abstract: A display control device for a vehicle includes: a display controller that displays a determined display image including a display of a traveling state of the vehicle on a windshield of the vehicle; a visibility reducing area detector that detects a presence or an absence of a visibility reducing area on the windshield, the visibility reducing area reduces visibility of a driver; and a gaze detector that detects a gaze of the driver. When the visibility reducing area is detected, but the display of the traveling state does not overlap with the visibility reducing area, and the driver keeps the gaze on the visibility reducing area, the display controller displays, on the visibility reducing area, a traveling direction information necessary for driving the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Subaru Corporation
    Inventors: Noeru Sato, Takeshi Torii, Ryuichi Sumikawa
  • Publication number: 20190100244
    Abstract: A drive assist device includes a determiner and a display controller. The determiner determines a parameter related to a current driving state of a vehicle. The display controller controls display of a display object that moves in response to operation of a steering wheel, and controls a movement of the display object with respect to a movement of the steering wheel, in accordance with a magnitude of the parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Takeshi TORII, Noeru SATO, Hiroyuki MORIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10227002
    Abstract: A vehicle display system includes a display device, a driver state determiner, and a display controller. The display device is configured to provide a display on a window in a rear portion of a vehicle. The driver state determiner is configured to determine whether a driver of the vehicle checks a rear area of the vehicle. The display controller is configured to control displaying of the display device to change the display provided by the display device in accordance with a determination result of the driver state determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Subaru Corporation
    Inventors: Noeru Sato, Takeshi Torii, Ryuichi Sumikawa
  • Patent number: 10169885
    Abstract: A vehicle display system includes a display device, a position acquiring unit, and a distortion correction processor. The display device is mounted on a vehicle. The position acquiring unit is configured to acquire a position of a target by which an image to be displayed by the display device is to be viewed. The distortion correction processor is configured to correct, on a basis of the position of the target acquired by the position acquiring unit, distortion of the image to be displayed by the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Subaru Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Sumikawa, Noeru Sato, Takeshi Torii
  • Publication number: 20180268230
    Abstract: A vehicle display system includes a display device, a determiner, and a display controller. The display device is configured to provide a display on a window of a vehicle. The determiner is configured to determine awakening levels of a driver and an occupant of the vehicle. The display controller is configured to control displaying of the display device, and change the display provided by the display device in accordance with the awakening levels of the driver and the occupant determined by the determiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Takeshi TORII, Noeru SATO, Ryuichi SUMIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180268209
    Abstract: A vehicle display system includes a display device, an authentication device, and a display controller. The display device is mounted on a vehicle. The authentication device is configured to perform authentication of an intended person present outside the vehicle. The display controller is configured to control, on a basis of a result of the authentication, the display device to perform displaying that is directed to the intended person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Noeru SATO, Takeshi TORII, Ryuichi SUMIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180268701
    Abstract: A vehicle display system includes a display device, a determiner, and a display controller. The display device is mounted on a vehicle. The determiner is configured to determine whether a person present outside the vehicle enters a blind spot of a driver of the vehicle. The display controller is configured to control, when the person enters the blind spot, the display device to display a warning to the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Noeru SATO, Takeshi TORII, Ryuichi SUMIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180264941
    Abstract: A vehicle display system includes a display device, a driver state determiner, and a display controller. The display device is configured to provide a display on a window in a rear portion of a vehicle. The driver state determiner is configured to determine whether a driver of the vehicle checks a rear area of the vehicle. The display controller is configured to control displaying of the display device to change the display provided by the display device in accordance with a determination result of the driver state determiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Noeru SATO, Takeshi TORII, Ryuichi SUMIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180268564
    Abstract: A vehicle display system includes a display device, a position acquiring unit, and a distortion correction processor. The display device is mounted on a vehicle. The position acquiring unit is configured to acquire a position of a target by which an image to be displayed by the display device is to be viewed. The distortion correction processor is configured to correct, on a basis of the position of the target acquired by the position acquiring unit, distortion of the image to be displayed by the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Ryuichi SUMIKAWA, Noeru SATO, Takeshi TORII
  • Publication number: 20180264940
    Abstract: A vehicle display system includes a display device, a driver state determiner, and a display controller. The display device is configured to provide a display on a window of a vehicle. The driver state determiner is configured to determine whether a driver of the vehicle is in a normal state. The display controller is configured to control displaying of the display device, depending on whether the driver is in the normal state. The display controller is configured to control the displaying of the display device to provide a display for the driver when the driver is determined by the driver state determiner as being in the normal state, and to provide a display for an outside of the vehicle when the driver is determined by the driver state determiner as not being in the normal state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Takeshi TORII, Noeru SATO, Ryuichi SUMIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180264944
    Abstract: A vehicle display system includes a display device, a position acquiring unit, and a display controller. The display device is configured to provide a display on a window of a vehicle. The position acquiring unit is configured to acquire a position of a target person present outside the vehicle. The display controller is configured to control the display device to invert the display to be provided for the target person, on the basis of the position of the target person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Takeshi TORII, Noeru SATO, Ryuichi SUMIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170270899
    Abstract: A display control device for a vehicle includes: a display controller that displays a determined display image including a display of a traveling state of the vehicle on a windshield of the vehicle; a visibility reducing area detector that detects a presence or an absence of a visibility reducing area on the windshield, the visibility reducing area reduces visibility of a driver; and a gaze detector that detects a gaze of the driver. When the visibility reducing area is detected, but the display of the traveling state does not overlap with the visibility reducing area, and the driver keeps the gaze on the visibility reducing area, the display controller displays, on the visibility reducing area, a traveling direction information necessary for driving the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Noeru SATO, Takeshi TORII, Ryuichi SUMIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170269370
    Abstract: A display control device for a vehicle includes: a display controller that displays a predetermined display image on a windshield of the vehicle; a visibility reducing area detector that detects a presence or an absence of a visibility reducing area which reduces a visibility of the display image on the windshield; and a gaze detector that detects a gaze of a driver. When the display image overlaps with the visibility reducing area and the driver does not keep the gaze on the display image, the display controller moves the display image to an outside of the visibility reducing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Noeru SATO, Takeshi TORII, Ryuichi SUMIKAWA