Patents by Inventor Osamu TANNAI

Osamu TANNAI 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).

  • Head-up display apparatus
    Patent number: 11130404
    Abstract: A head-up display apparatus 200 includes: a projection optical system 30 that projects a virtual image; an environment monitor portion 72 as an object detection part that detects an object present in a detection region and detects a distance from the projection optical system 30 to the object as a target distance; an arrangement change apparatus 462 as a projection distance change part that periodically changes a projection distance of a virtual image from the projection optical system 30; and a main control apparatus 90 and a display control portion 18 as an image addition part that adds a related-information image as a virtual image by the projection optical system 30 to the detected object at timing when the target distance substantially matches the projection distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Norihide Yamada, Junji Hashimura, Osamu Tannai, Toshiyuki Kojima, Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Head-Up Display Apparatus
    Publication number: 20200055399
    Abstract: A head-up display apparatus 200 includes: a projection optical system 30 that projects a virtual image; an environment monitor portion 72 as an object detection part that detects an object present in a detection region and detects a distance from the projection optical system 30 to the object as a target distance; an arrangement change apparatus 462 as a projection distance change part that periodically changes a projection distance of a virtual image from the projection optical system 30; and a main control apparatus 90 and a display control portion 18 as an image addition part that adds a related-information image as a virtual image by the projection optical system 30 to the detected object at timing when the target distance substantially matches the projection distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Norihide YAMADA, Junji HASHIMURA, Osamu TANNAI, Toshiyuki KOJIMA, Kazuhiro SUGAWARA