Patents by Inventor Ryusuke Ohta

Ryusuke Ohta 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: 12607795
    Abstract: An optical device includes a light guide and a holding member to constitute a light guide unit having a corner and a corner extended outer surface. The corner extended outer surface includes a curved surface that has a radius of curvature of a predetermined standard value or more. A louver is arranged such that an imaginary spherical shape is spaced apart from prisms of the light guide in a state where the imaginary spherical shape is closest to the prisms while being in contact with the louver and the corner extended outer surface without intersecting with blades of the louver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2025
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MIRISE Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ando, Masaaki Kawauchi, Kojiro Tachi, Masatoshi Tsuji, Heng Liu, Ryusuke Ohta
  • Publication number: 20260079291
    Abstract: An optical device includes a light guide and a holding member to constitute a light guide unit having a corner and a corner extended outer surface. The corner extended outer surface includes a curved surface that has a radius of curvature of a predetermined standard value or more. A louver is arranged such that an imaginary spherical shape is spaced apart from prisms of the light guide in a state where the imaginary spherical shape is closest to the prisms while being in contact with the louver and the corner extended outer surface without intersecting with blades of the louver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: Hiroshi ANDO, Masaaki KAWAUCHI, Kojiro TACHI, Masatoshi TSUJI, Heng LIU, Ryusuke OHTA
  • Patent number: 12434564
    Abstract: A control unit is provided in a wearable terminal mounted on a head of an occupant of a vehicle, and controls a display unit that is positioned immediately before an eye of the occupant when the wearable terminal is mounted on the head and can display a plurality of types of object images, and the control unit decides whether or not to display a specific object image that is a predetermined object image on the display unit based on at least one of information on a line of sight of the occupant and information on a swing of the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Aoki, Ryusuke Ohta, Daisuke Itagaki, Hitoshi Muraki
  • Patent number: 12288354
    Abstract: An extraction unit of a mobile terminal extracts a plurality of feature points from within a shooting range of a camera, based on shooting results of the camera provided on AR glasses. A determination unit determines a boundary between a first region corresponding to an inside of a vehicle cabin and a second region corresponding to an outside of the vehicle cabin within the shooting range of the camera based on discontinuity of movement vectors of the feature points when a vehicle moves. A specifying unit specifies a position of the AR glasses based on a determination result by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Aoki, Ryusuke Ohta, Daisuke Itagaki
  • Publication number: 20240354986
    Abstract: An extraction unit of a mobile terminal extracts a plurality of feature points from within a shooting range of a camera, based on shooting results of the camera provided on AR glasses. A determination unit determines a boundary between a first region corresponding to an inside of a vehicle cabin and a second region corresponding to an outside of the vehicle cabin within the shooting range of the camera based on discontinuity of movement vectors of the feature points when a vehicle moves. A specifying unit specifies a position of the AR glasses based on a determination result by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki AOKI, Ryusuke OHTA, Daisuke ITAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20240296581
    Abstract: The storage unit stores first feature point information of the AR glasses obtained by photographing the AR glasses with a camera (tracking camera or camera) and extracting features. Further, the specifying unit combines second feature point information obtained by photographing the AR glasses brought into the car with a tracking camera and extracting features with the first feature point information stored in the storage unit. The position of the AR glasses brought into the vehicle is determined based on the verification results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki AOKI, Daisuke Itagaki, Ryusuke Ohta
  • Patent number: 12039898
    Abstract: In AR glasses, an incident angle calculation unit calculates first and second angles of incidence of first and second markers, respectively, to an imager relative to a reference line in the real world in accordance with image plane coordinates of the first and second markers in the image captured by the imager. A separation distance calculation unit calculates a camera-to-marker distance, which is a distance from the imager to the first marker, in accordance with the calculated first and second angles of incidence, and an inter-marker separation distance between the first and second markers along the reference line in the real world. A display adjustment unit adjusts a projection position and size of the AR image with respect to the first marker in the image plane coordinates in accordance with the camera-to-marker distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Takayuki Aoki, Ryusuke Ohta, Hitoshi Muraki, Tomohiro Inada
  • Patent number: 12030426
    Abstract: A lever operation device includes an operation lever which rotates integrally with a steering wheel of a vehicle and receives operations at least in upward and downward directions and around which a predetermined region is set so as to prevent the operation lever from contacting with a leg of a user seated in a driver's seat when the steering wheel is rotated to a maximum steering angle, and an operation portion that is arranged on the operation lever so as not to be located out of the region and includes plural operating positions each assigned an executable function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Sato, Nobuyuki Ishigure, Tadashi Usuya, Akio Nishiyama, Masahiro Kato, Shinji Hara, Takayuki Aoki, Ryusuke Ohta, Toshihiko Kosugi, Shinji Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20240210694
    Abstract: A control unit is provided in a wearable terminal mounted on a head of an occupant of a vehicle, and controls a display unit that is positioned immediately before an eye of the occupant when the wearable terminal is mounted on the head and can display a plurality of types of object images, and the control unit decides whether or not to display a specific object image that is a predetermined object image on the display unit based on at least one of information on a line of sight of the occupant and information on a swing of the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki AOKI, Ryusuke Ohta, Daisuke Itagaki, Hitoshi Muraki
  • Patent number: 11878731
    Abstract: A switch device includes a switch body, which is attached to and rotated integrally with an irregularly-shaped steering unit, and a lever unit, which is held pivotally about a switch body. The lever unit includes a lever shaft including a base, which extends in a direction intersecting the steering shaft, and an arm, which is formed integrally with the base and extends in a direction that differs from the direction in which the base extends. The lever unit also includes a lever head at the distal end of the lever shaft, and the lever head extends from the lever shaft in the width direction, which intersects an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Kato, Nobuyuki Ishigure, Yuki Sato, Tadashi Usuya, Takayuki Aoki, Shinji Matsubara, Toshihiko Kosugi, Ryusuke Ohta, Shinji Hara
  • Patent number: 11875530
    Abstract: An image display system includes a display configured to be attached to the head of a user who is an occupant of a vehicle, to display a subject image to be superimposed on a field of vision of the user; a SLAM camera fixed to the display to capture a SLAM image of surroundings of the display; one or more light on-vehicle displays disposed within a vehicle cabin to emit light that serves as an AR marker; and an image controller configured to determine a display position of the subject image based on the SLAM image including the AR marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Aoki, Hideki Kobayashi, Ryusuke Ohta, Tomohiro Inada, Hitoshi Muraki
  • Patent number: 11815695
    Abstract: An image display system includes a wearable device including a display configured to display an image in a field of vision of a user and a first sensor configured to detect an absolute movement of the display, and a mobile terminal including a second sensor configured to detect an absolute movement of the vehicle. The image display system further includes an image controller including a computer installed in the mobile terminal to display a subject image on the display in an AR display mode. The image controller is configured to determine a display position of the subject image on the display based at least on the absolute movement of the display detected by the first sensor and the absolute movement of the vehicle detected by the second sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Aoki, Ryusuke Ohta, Tomohiro Inada, Hitoshi Muraki
  • Patent number: 11673597
    Abstract: A switch device includes a switch body, which is arranged at the back side of a steering unit, and a lever unit, which is attached to the switch body to allow for switching by a pivotal operation about a first axis, which extends in the axial direction of a steering shaft. The lever unit includes a lever shaft, which extends in a direction intersecting the first axis of the pivotal operation, a lever head, which is arranged at the distal end of the lever shaft and has a larger dimension than the diameter of the lever shaft, and a push operation unit, which allows for switching by a push operation. The push operation unit is arranged so that the operation direction of the push operation is directed toward the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ishigure, Yuki Sato, Tadashi Usuya, Akio Nishiyama, Masahiro Kato, Takayuki Aoki, Shinji Matsubara, Toshihiko Kosugi, Ryusuke Ohta, Shinji Hara
  • Publication number: 20230161169
    Abstract: An image display system includes a wearable device including a display configured to display an image in a field of vision of a user and a first sensor configured to detect an absolute movement of the display, and a mobile terminal including a second sensor configured to detect an absolute movement of the vehicle. The image display system further includes an image controller including a computer installed in the mobile terminal to display a subject image on the display in an AR display mode. The image controller is configured to determine a display position of the subject image on the display based at least on the absolute movement of the display detected by the first sensor and the absolute movement of the vehicle detected by the second sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Takayuki AOKI, Ryusuke OHTA, Tomohiro INADA, Hitoshi MURAKI
  • Publication number: 20220396199
    Abstract: A lever operation device includes an operation lever which rotates integrally with a steering wheel of a vehicle and receives operations at least in upward and downward directions and around which a predetermined region is set so as to prevent the operation lever from contacting with a leg of a user seated in a driver's seat when the steering wheel is rotated to a maximum steering angle, and an operation portion that is arranged on the operation lever so as not to be located out of the region and includes plural operating positions each assigned an executable function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki SATO, Nobuyuki ISHIGURE, Tadashi USUYA, Akio NISHIYAMA, Masahiro KATO, Shinji HARA, Takayuki AOKI, Ryusuke OHTA, Toshihiko KOSUGI, Shinji MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210280380
    Abstract: A switch device includes a switch body including a switch contact point, a lever unit pivoted about the switch body to switch the switch contact point between different states, and a guard arranged on a lever shaft of the lever unit and shaped to conceal the switch body at the proximal end of the lever shaft. The lever shaft includes a root portion, which is connected to the switch body, and a bent portion, which is bent and extended from the root portion. The guard is shaped so that the distance to a pivotal center of the lever unit is not constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro Kato, Nobuyuki Ishigure, Yuki Sato, Masaki Tsuda, Takayuki Aoki, Shinji Matsubara, Toshihiko Kosugi, Ryusuke Ohta, Shinji Hara
  • Publication number: 20210276606
    Abstract: A switch device includes a switch body, which is arranged at the back side of a steering unit, and a lever unit, which is attached to the switch body to allow for switching by a pivotal operation about a first axis, which extends in the axial direction of a steering shaft. The lever unit includes a lever shaft, which extends in a direction intersecting the first axis of the pivotal operation, a lever head, which is arranged at the distal end of the lever shaft and has a larger dimension than the diameter of the lever shaft, and a push operation unit, which allows for switching by a push operation. The push operation unit is arranged so that the operation direction of the push operation is directed toward the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ishigure, Yuki Sato, Tadashi Usuya, Akio Nishiyama, Masahiro Kato, Takayuki Aoki, Shinji Matsubara, Toshihiko Kosugi, Ryusuke Ohta, Shinji Hara
  • Publication number: 20210276605
    Abstract: A switch device includes a switch body, which is attached to and rotated integrally with an irregularly-shaped steering unit, and a lever unit, which is held pivotally about a switch body. The lever unit includes a lever shaft including a base, which extends in a direction intersecting the steering shaft, and an arm, which is formed integrally with the base and extends in a direction that differs from the direction in which the base extends. The lever unit also includes a lever head at the distal end of the lever shaft, and the lever head extends from the lever shaft in the width direction, which intersects an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro Kato, Nobuyuki Ishigure, Yuki Sato, Tadashi Usuya, Takayuki Aoki, Shinji Matsubara, Toshihiko Kosugi, Ryusuke Ohta, Shinji Hara
  • Patent number: 5543689
    Abstract: A high frequency power source of the invention comprises power supplying means for amplifying a high frequency signal and for supplying high frequency power; and output regulation means for monitoring the high frequency power and regulating the power supplying means according to the high frequency power.A plasma generator comprises a chamber for generating plasma on the basis of high frequency power; and an high frequency power supply for supplying high frequency power to the chamber, the high frequency power supply includes, power supplying means for amplifying a high frequency signal and supplying high frequency power; and output regulation means for monitoring the high frequency power and power supplying means and regulating the power supplying means according to the high frequency power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Ryusuke Ohta, Yoshihiro Sekizawa