Patents by Inventor Ousmane Monzon SANGARE

Ousmane Monzon SANGARE 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: 10379541
    Abstract: A mobile unit control device includes an imaging unit, an identification unit, and a control unit. When installed on a mobile unit, the imaging unit captures at least a portion of the surroundings of the mobile unit to obtain an image thereof. When the image captured by the imaging unit includes a figure of a person, the identification unit determines a trunk of the person in the figure of the person as a representative point. The control unit controls a movement of the mobile unit on the basis of the position of the representative point determined by the identification unit in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ousmane Monzon Sangare, Masahiro Akamatsu, Masayuki Otani
  • Publication number: 20180231983
    Abstract: A mobile unit control device includes an imaging unit, an identification unit, and a control unit. When installed on a mobile unit, the imaging unit captures at least a portion of the surroundings of the mobile unit to obtain an image thereof. When the image captured by the imaging unit includes a figure of a person, the identification unit determines a trunk of the person in the figure of the person as a representative point. The control unit controls a movement of the mobile unit on the basis of the position of the representative point determined by the identification unit in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Ousmane Monzon SANGARE, Masahiro AKAMATSU, Masayuki OTANI