Patents by Inventor Seiji Kudo
Seiji Kudo 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).
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Patent number: 11577695Abstract: A movable body comprising a monitoring device configured to monitor a surrounding environment of the movable body through a window member, a heating device configured to heat a portion of the window member within a monitoring area of the monitoring device, an air conditioning device, and a control device, wherein operation modes of the control device include a first mode in which both the heating device and the air conditioning device are driven, and a second mode in which the driving force of the air conditioning device is smaller than that in the first mode, and the control device evaluates the degree of fog on the portion of the window member and determines one of the operation modes based on the result of evaluation.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Seiji Kudo
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Patent number: 11491954Abstract: A movable body has a monitoring device that monitors a surrounding environment of the movable body through a window member. The movable body includes a heating device that heats a portion of the window member within a monitoring area of the monitoring device, an air conditioning device, and a control device. The monitoring device includes a detector that detects the surrounding environment, and a base member that faces an inner wall of the window member and is disposed such that a detection surface of the detector is located within a space between the base member and the window member. The space is in communication with the inside of the movable body, and the control device sets the driving force of the air conditioning device to be greater when a decrease in heating performance of the heating device is detected.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Seiji Kudo, Yuki Oshitani
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Patent number: 11376920Abstract: There is provided with a moving body control apparatus. An image capturing unit captures a periphery of a moving body through a transmitting portion. A heater is capable of heating the transmitting portion. An air-conditioning unit switches an air-conditioning state in the moving body between an inside air circulation state and an outside air introduction state. A control unit controls the heater. An ambient temperature detection unit detects an ambient temperature. The control unit starts the operation of the heater when the ambient temperature is not more than a predetermined temperature threshold. The predetermined temperature threshold of the case in which the air-conditioning state is set to the inside air circulation state is higher than the predetermined temperature threshold in the case in which the air-conditioning state is set to the outside air introduction state.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Seiji Kudo, Masaki Nakajima
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Patent number: 11285779Abstract: An image capturing unit captures a periphery of a moving body through a transmitting portion. A heater is capable of heating the transmitting portion. An air-conditioning unit switches an air-conditioning state in the moving body between an inside air circulation state and an outside air introduction state. A control unit controls the heater. The control unit can make the heater operate intermittently, and perform control so that an OFF time of the heater during an intermittent operation will be shorter in the case in which the air-conditioning state is set to the inside air circulation state than the case in which the air-conditioning state is set to the outside air introduction state.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Seiji Kudo, Masaki Nakajima
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Patent number: 11100903Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a display controlling unit configured to perform control so as to display a range of a part of a VR content as a display range on a display, and configured to be able to change a position of the display range, wherein the display controlling unit performs control so that, when a part of a VR content that is a display target is a non-video range, a range of a part of the VR content is displayed as a display range and a guide indicating a positional relationship between a video range and the non-video range of the VR content is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Seiji Kudo
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Publication number: 20200231018Abstract: There is provided with a moving body control apparatus. An image capturing unit captures a periphery of a moving body through a transmitting portion. A heater is capable of heating the transmitting portion. An air-conditioning unit switches an air-conditioning state in the moving body between an inside air circulation state and an outside air introduction state. A control unit controls the heater. An ambient temperature detection unit detects an ambient temperature. The control unit starts the operation of the heater when the ambient temperature is not more than a predetermined temperature threshold. The predetermined temperature threshold of the case in which the air-conditioning state is set to the inside air circulation state is higher than the predetermined temperature threshold in the case in which the air-conditioning state is set to the outside air introduction state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Seiji KUDO, Masaki NAKAJIMA
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Publication number: 20200231021Abstract: There is provided with a moving body control apparatus. An image capturing unit captures a periphery of a moving body through a transmitting portion. A heater is capable of heating the transmitting portion. An air-conditioning unit switches an air-conditioning state in the moving body between an inside air circulation state and an outside air introduction state. A control unit controls the heater. The control unit increases an output of the heater during the operation in the case in which the air-conditioning state is set to the inside air circulation state so that the output of the heater will be larger than the output of the heater in the case in which the air-conditioning state is set to the outside air introduction state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Seiji KUDO, Masaki NAKAJIMA
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Publication number: 20200198582Abstract: A movable body comprising a monitoring device configured to monitor a surrounding environment of the movable body through a window member, a heating device configured to heat a portion of the window member within a monitoring area of the monitoring device, an air conditioning device, and a control device, wherein operation modes of the control device include a first mode in which both the heating device and the air conditioning device are driven, and a second mode in which the driving force of the air conditioning device is smaller than that in the first mode, and the control device evaluates the degree of fog on the portion of the window member and determines one of the operation modes based on the result of evaluation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventor: Seiji KUDO
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Publication number: 20200198583Abstract: A movable body comprising a monitoring device configured to monitor a surrounding environment of the movable body through a window member, a heating device configured to heat a portion of the window member within a monitoring area of the monitoring device, an air conditioning device, and a control device, wherein the monitoring device includes a detector configured to detect the surrounding environment, and a base member that faces an inner wall of the window member and is disposed such that a detection surface of the detector is located within a space between the base member and the window member, the space is in communication with the inside of the movable body, and the control device sets the driving force of the air conditioning device to be greater when a decrease in heating performance of the heating device is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Seiji KUDO, Yuki OSHITANI
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Publication number: 20200035208Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a display controlling unit configured to perform control so as to display a range of a part of a VR content as a display range on a display, and configured to be able to change a position of the display range, wherein the display controlling unit performs control so that, when a part of a VR content that is a display target is a non-video range, a range of a part of the VR content is displayed as a display range and a guide indicating a positional relationship between a video range and the non-video range of the VR content is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventor: Seiji Kudo
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Patent number: 9875522Abstract: A display control apparatus includes: a plurality of acquiring units; a determining unit configured to determine, as a display target, image data acquired by at least one of the acquiring units on the basis of an acquisition result of the plurality of acquiring units; and a setting unit configured to set a first display mode in a case where two or more image data are determined as the display targets, and to set a second display mode in a case where one image data is determined as the display target, wherein in a case where formats of a plurality of acquired image data are not the same, the determining unit determines one format based on the formats of the plurality of image data, and determines one or more image data having the determined one format as the display target.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hirofumi Urabe, Tadaaki Nishino, Seiji Kudo
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Patent number: 9837046Abstract: A display control device comprises calibration unit configured to display an image for colorimetry on a screen of a display panel and performing calibration processing of adjusting display quality of the display panel on the basis of a colorimetry result obtained by colorimetry with a sensor; detection unit configured to detect a predetermined event that can decrease an accuracy of colorimetry of the sensor while the calibration processing is executed; and determination unit configured to perform determination processing of determining whether or not to stop the calibration processing by comparing the colorimetry results before the detection and after the detection of the predetermined event with the sensor when the detection unit has detected the predetermined event.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Seiji Kudo, Tomoyuki Ohno
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Publication number: 20170098295Abstract: A display control apparatus includes: a plurality of acquiring units; a determining unit configured to determine, as a display target, image data acquired by at least one of the acquiring units on the basis of an acquisition result of the plurality of acquiring units; and a setting unit configured to set a first display mode in a case where two or more image data are determined as the display targets, and to set a second display mode in a case where one image data is determined as the display target, wherein in a case where formats of a plurality of acquired image data are not the same, the determining unit determines one format based on the formats of the plurality of image data, and determines one or more image data having the determined one format as the display target.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventors: Hirofumi Urabe, Tadaaki Nishino, Seiji Kudo
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Publication number: 20150206505Abstract: A display control device comprises calibration unit configured to display an image for colorimetry on a screen of a display panel and performing calibration processing of adjusting display quality of the display panel on the basis of a colorimetry result obtained by colorimetry with a sensor; detection unit configured to detect a predetermined event that can decrease an accuracy of colorimetry of the sensor while the calibration processing is executed; and determination unit configured to perform determination processing of determining whether or not to stop the calibration processing by comparing the colorimetry results before the detection and after the detection of the predetermined event with the sensor when the detection unit has detected the predetermined event.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Seiji Kudo, Tomoyuki Ohno