Patents by Inventor Norio SAMMA

Norio SAMMA 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: 11264000
    Abstract: A display control device controls display of a virtual image which is superimposed on foreground of a vehicle by projection of a display light image from an optical unit to a projection area. The display control device sets a projection position of the display light image which is projected in the projection area on the basis of a relative position of a superimposition object on which the virtual image is superimposed, obtains a measurement information from one vehicle height sensor measuring a displacement in a vertical direction occurring in the vehicle, obtains a gradient information indicating a gradient of a road on which the vehicle travels on the basis of three-dimensional map data, and corrects the projection position of the display light image on the basis of the measurement information and the gradient information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Shibata, Masayuki Imanishi, Norio Samma, Takeshi Hato, Takeshi Kawashima, Sei Iguchi, Hiroto Banno, Daisuke Takemori
  • Patent number: 11189250
    Abstract: A display control device for controlling a display position of a virtual image displayed and superimposed on a foreground in a vehicle (A), includes: an information acquisition unit for acquiring state information of the vehicle and extracting attitude change information and vibration information of the vehicle from the state information; a position correction unit for correcting a displacement of the display position of the virtual image with respect to the foreground caused by the attitude change of the vehicle, based on the attitude change information; a rough road determination unit for determining whether a road is a rough road, the road on which the vehicle is traveling or scheduled to travel, based on the vibration information; and a correction suppression unit for suppressing a correction control of the display position executed by the position correction unit and continuing to display the virtual image, based on a rough road determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Hato, Takeshi Kawashima, Daisuke Takemori, Hiroto Banno, Akira Kamiya, Shingo Yamashita, Shunsuke Shibata, Masayuki Imanishi, Norio Samma
  • Publication number: 20200273435
    Abstract: A display control device controls display of a virtual image which is superimposed on foreground of a vehicle by projection of a display light image from an optical unit to a projection area. The display control device sets a projection position of the display light image which is projected in the projection area on the basis of a relative position of a superimposition object on which the virtual image is superimposed, obtains a measurement information from one vehicle height sensor measuring a displacement in a vertical direction occurring in the vehicle, obtains a gradient information indicating a gradient of a road on which the vehicle travels on the basis of three-dimensional map data, and corrects the projection position of the display light image on the basis of the measurement information and the gradient information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Shunsuke SHIBATA, Masayuki IMANISHI, Norio SAMMA, Takeshi HATO, Takeshi KAWASHIMA, Sei IGUCHI, Hiroto BANNO, Daisuke TAKEMORI
  • Publication number: 20200132462
    Abstract: A sensor calibration device acquires a measured value of an attitude of a vehicle based on an output of an attitude sensor, acquires vehicle speed information indicating a traveling speed of the vehicle, acquires map information on a road on which the vehicle travels, and sets a calibration value applied to the measured value to cause a calculated position of the vehicle calculated based on the vehicle speed information and the measured value to come close to a reference position indicated in the map information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Shunsuke SHIBATA, Masayuki IMANISHI, Norio SAMMA, Takeshi HATO, Takeshi KAWASHIMA, Daisuke TAKEMORI, Hiroto BANNO, Sei IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190333481
    Abstract: A display control device for controlling a display position of a virtual image displayed and superimposed on a foreground in a vehicle (A), includes: an information acquisition unit for acquiring state information of the vehicle and extracting attitude change information and vibration information of the vehicle from the state information; a position correction unit for correcting a displacement of the display position of the virtual image with respect to the foreground caused by the attitude change of the vehicle, based on the attitude change information; a rough road determination unit for determining whether a road is a rough road, the road on which the vehicle is traveling or scheduled to travel, based on the vibration information; and a correction suppression unit for suppressing a correction control of the display position executed by the position correction unit and continuing to display the virtual image, based on a rough road determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Takeshi HATO, Takeshi KAWASHIMA, Daisuke TAKEMORI, Hiroto BANNO, Akira KAMIYA, Shingo YAMASHITA, Shunsuke SHIBATA, Masayuki IMANISHI, Norio SAMMA
  • Publication number: 20190077419
    Abstract: An autonomous driving control apparatus that controls the driving operation of a vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation of the vehicle and achieves autonomous driving is provided. The autonomous driving control apparatus is provided with: a driving operation decision portion that determines a content of the driving operation of the vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation of the vehicle; a driving operation control portion that controls the driving operation of the vehicle according to the decided content of the driving operation; and a driving information output portion that drives a driving portion provided on a seat of the vehicle to output the decided content of the driving operation as driving information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Norio SAMMA, Sei IGUCHI, Hirotaka GOTO, Yukihiro KATO