Patents by Inventor Ryusuke HOTTA

Ryusuke HOTTA 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).

  • Driving support apparatus for improving awareness of unrecognized object
    Patent number: 9514547
    Abstract: When a driving support apparatus is under automatic driving of a vehicle or an automatic driving button is pressed under manual driving, vicinity image data is acquired from an in-vehicle camera. When a predetermined target object is recognized in the vicinity image data, a visibility reduction process is applied to image data of the recognized target object. The visibility reduction process applies at least one of defocusing; decreasing color information; and decreasing edge intensity, to the image data of the recognized target object. In contrast, any visibility reduction process is not applied to any other image data other than the image data of the recognized target object. An image display apparatus displays the vicinity image by a combination of the image data of the recognized target object of which the visibility is reduced and the other image data of which the visibility is not reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutsugu Nagatomi, Tadashi Kamada, Akira Takahashi, Yukimasa Tamatsu, Ryusuke Hotta, Shohei Morikawa
  • DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150015596
    Abstract: When a driving support apparatus is under automatic driving of a vehicle or an automatic driving button is pressed under manual driving, vicinity image data is acquired from an in-vehicle camera. When a predetermined target object is recognized in the vicinity image data, a visibility reduction process is applied to image data of the recognized target object. The visibility reduction process applies at least one of defocusing; decreasing color information; and decreasing edge intensity, to the image data of the recognized target object. In contrast, any visibility reduction process is not applied to any other image data other than the image data of the recognized target object. An image display apparatus displays the vicinity image by a combination of the image data of the recognized target object of which the visibility is reduced and the other image data of which the visibility is not reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Yasutsugu NAGATOMI, Tadashi KAMADA, Akira TAKAHASHI, Yukimasa TAMATSU, Ryusuke HOTTA, Shohei MORIKAWA