Patents by Inventor Shigeru Inoue

Shigeru Inoue 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).

  • Publication number: 20220406076
    Abstract: Provided is a warning control apparatus comprising: an obtainment unit configured to obtain recognition information including position information and a moving direction of each of a plurality of targets present outside a moving object; a classification unit configured to classify the plurality of targets into one or more groups based on the position information and the moving direction of each of the plurality of targets; a risk level determination unit configured to determine, based on position information and a moving direction of the group, a risk level at which each of the one or more groups approaches a moving object; a selection unit configured to select, based on the determined risk level, a plurality of groups to be warned; and a transmission control unit configured to control transmission of warning information including position information of the selected one or more groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Moriya HORIUCHI, Shigeru INOUE, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Yuta SAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220406179
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a reception control unit configured to perform control to receive, when a movable object is located at a first point, presence information of a risk area including a plurality of position coordinates specified through image recognition by another movable object, a determination unit configured to determine whether the movable object is in a vicinity of the risk area based on the plurality of position coordinates included in the presence information of the risk area for which the reception control unit has performed the control to receive, a transmission control unit configured to perform control to transmit, when the determination unit determines that the movable object is in the vicinity of the risk area, information related to presence of the movable object, and a control unit configured to execute control of the movable object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro KUREHASHI, Shigeru INOUE, Moriya HORIUCHI, Yuta SAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220406189
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a risk area identification unit for identifying a risk area outside a movable object with respect to a movement of the movable object based on an image captured by an image capturing apparatus mounted on the movable object, and a transmission control unit for performing control to transmit risk area information including position information of the risk area, and precision information related to a calculation precision of the position information to an outside of the movable object without designating a destination, wherein the transmission control unit transmits the position information and the precision information to cause a terminal having received the position information and the precision information to determine whether a position thereof corresponds to an inside of the risk area, and cause an alert unit included in the terminal to output an alert when it is determined that the terminal is inside the risk area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro KUREHASHI, Moriya HORIUCHI, Shigeru INOUE, Yuta SAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220406190
    Abstract: A communication device includes a target locating unit configured to locate a position of a target having a risk of approaching a moving body. The communication device includes a transmission unit configured to transmit request information including positional information of an external terminal, for which the positional information is requested, based on the position of the target located by the target locating unit. The communication device includes a reception unit configured to receive response information with respect to the request information. The transmission unit is configured to transmit warning information based on the positional information of the external terminal included in the response information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro KUREHASHI, Shigeru INOUE, Yasuaki GUNJI, Hiroshi FURUMI, Yasuhiro MIYACHI
  • Publication number: 20220406191
    Abstract: An alert control device including: a risk area identifying unit for identifying a risk area outside a mobile object based on operation information of the mobile object; a transmission control unit for controlling transmission of risk area information containing risk area location information outward the mobile object; a reception control unit for controlling reception of response information for the risk area information; and the output control unit for controlling output of alert information at least into the mobile object based on the response information. An alert controlling method including: identifying a risk area outside a mobile object based on operation information of the mobile object; controlling transmission of risk area information containing risk area location information outward the mobile object; controlling reception of response information for the risk area information; and controlling output of alert information at least into the mobile object based on the response information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Shigeru INOUE, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Moriya HORIUCHI, Yuta SAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220392231
    Abstract: A control apparatus comprises: an area identification unit configured to identify an unrecognizable area not possible to be recognized from a moving object; an arrival time calculation unit configured to calculate an arrival time taken by the moving object to arrive at a location in the unrecognizable area; a region setting unit configured to set a first region and a second region in the unrecognizable area based on the arrival time; an alerting level setting unit configured to set an alerting level for the first region and an alerting level for the second region different from each other; and a transmission control unit configured to control transmission of warning information including: location information of the first region and location information of the second region; and information indicating the alerting level for the first region and the alerting level for the second region set by the alerting level setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Moriya HORIUCHI, Shigeru INOUE, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Yuta SAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220388528
    Abstract: A control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a location of a warning target, and the number of the warning targets, the warning target being recognized from an image captured by an image capture device mounted on a moving body; a reception control unit configured to perform a control to receive, from a plurality of external terminals existing near the location of the warning target acquired by the acquisition unit, trajectory information indicating a past movement trajectory of each of the plurality of external terminals; a selection unit configured to select, from among the plurality of external terminals, one or more external terminals that are transmission targets of warning information based on the past movement trajectory; and a transmission control unit configured to perform a control to transmit the warning information to the one or more external terminals selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Yuta SAKAGAWA, Shigeru INOUE, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Moriya HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220388506
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes an area identification unit to identify an area for which an analysis is not required based on information of an image captured from a position of a movable object, a first time period calculation unit to identify a first time period that is a time period for the movable object to reach the identified area, a second time period calculation unit to calculate a second time period that is an arrival time period to reach a movement area of the movable object from a position in the identified area, a risk area setting unit to set, in the identified area, a risk area where an object approaching the movable object may be present based on the first time period and the second time period and on the identified area, and a transmission control unit to control transmission of risk area information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Moriya HORIUCHI, Shigeru INOUE, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Yuta SAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220392346
    Abstract: An alert control apparatus includes: an alert control unit to issue a first alert to an occupant in a moving body if an object in a particular category is present within a region to which the moving body is headed, and issue a second alert to the occupant if an object in a category other than the particular category is present within the region; a reception control unit to perform, when the moving body enters a new movement section on a movement route, control for receiving a category of an object present within the new movement section from an external apparatus. If there is an object for which an alert is to be issued during movement within the new section, the alert control unit, based on the category received from the external apparatus, controls as to which of the first and second alerts is to be issued.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Yuta SAKAGAWA, Shigeru INOUE, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Moriya HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220321854
    Abstract: To enable routing control to be easily performed in a video system. Signal output equipment generates and outputs a digital signal for transmission in which the digital signal includes a video signal and a predetermined number of identification information groups related to the video signal. A routing unit outputs an inputted digital signal for transmission to a predetermined signal output unit on the basis of at least any identification information included in the predetermined number of identification information groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: KOJI KAMIYA, SHIGERU INOUE, NORIMASA OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220084409
    Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image from an image capturing unit installed in a movable object, a reception control unit configured to control reception of risk area information including location information from another movable object, a determination unit configured to determine whether a notification target is present in a region based on the location information included in the risk area information based on the image, and a transmission control unit configured to control transmission of a determination result of the determination unit to the other movable object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro KUREHASHI, Shigeru INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220084410
    Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image captured by an image capturing unit installed in a movable object. The communication control apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a risk area from the image. The communication control apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate location information of the risk area. The communication control apparatus includes a transmission control unit configured to control transmission of risk area information including the location information. The communication control apparatus includes a reception control unit configured to control reception of a response to the risk area information. The communication control apparatus includes an output control unit configured to control output of notification information based on the response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro KUREHASHI, Shigeru INOUE
  • Publication number: 20210295682
    Abstract: A mobile object monitoring system including a terminal unit installed in a vehicle and a monitoring unit configured to monitor an unknown mobile object around the vehicle. The terminal unit includes: an information acquisition component that acquires unknown mobile object information including information on presence or absence of an unknown mobile object; a determination component that determines presence or absence of an unknown mobile object regarding a blind spot; a time-of-absence information generation component that generates a time-of-absence information set concerning an unknown mobile object that includes absence information of an unknown mobile object in the blind spot and time information on a time of determination; and a communication component that transmits the time-of-absence information set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Shigeru INOUE, Hideki MATSUNAGA, Masamitsu TSUCHIYA, Kenji KOMORI, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Hiroki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210295681
    Abstract: A mobile object monitoring system that includes one or more terminal units and a monitoring unit that monitors an unknown mobile object around the one or more terminal units. Each terminal unit includes: an information acquisition component that acquires unknown mobile object information; a detected information generation component that generates a detected information set concerning an unknown mobile object; and a terminal-side communication component that transmits the detected information set. The monitoring unit includes: a collecting-side communication component that receives the detected information set; and a determination component that determines presence or absence of an unknown mobile object based on a collection of one or more detected information sets that have been received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Shigeru INOUE, Hideki MATSUNAGA, Masamitsu TSUCHIYA, Kenji KOMORI, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Hiroki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210286366
    Abstract: A movable object control device to appropriately collaborate with other movable objects comprises a processor including an event detection section detecting a possible event that influences a movable object of interest running, a communication section for communicating with other movable objects, an area determining section determining a presence area for each of plural action plans associated with the possible event detected by the event detection section, the presence area being an area where other movable objects are present with which the movable object of interest needs to communicate, an evaluation section evaluating communication between the movable object of interest and each of the other movable objects included in the presence area and an action plan determining section selecting an action plan to be performed from among the plural action plans based an evaluation result by the evaluation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Shigeru INOUE, Hideki MATSUNAGA, Masamitsu TSUCHIYA, Kenji KOMORI, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Hiroki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210276551
    Abstract: An information processing system for movable objects includes a processor comprising an information receiving section receiving information on a distance from a rear end of a most rearward first movable object in a row of plural first movable objects on a road to a movable object stopping prohibited area and a length of a second movable object that is stopping behind the most rearward first movable object, a determining section determining whether the distance and the length that are received by the information receiving section meet a predetermined condition, and a signal sending section sending the plural first movable objects forming the row a signal including a first instruction to instruct the plural first movable objects to shorten a gap distance between movable objects next to each other to a first distance, if the first determining section determines that the distance and the length meet the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Shigeru INOUE, Hideki MATSUNAGA, Masamitsu TSUCHIYA, Kenji KOMORI, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Hiroki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210280066
    Abstract: Provided is a communication apparatus including: a target specification unit for specifying a position of a target at risk of approaching a moving body; and a communication unit for transmitting, based on the target position specified by the target specification unit, warning information including positional information of an external terminal to output a warning; a program causing a computer to function as: a target specification unit for specifying a position of a target at risk of approaching a moving body; and a communication unit for transmitting, based on the target position specified by the target specification unit, warning information including positional information of an external terminal to output a warning; and a communication method including: specifying a position of a target at risk of approaching a moving body; and transmitting, based on the specified target position, warning information including positional information of an external terminal to output a warning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro KUREHASHI, Shigeru INOUE, Hiroshi FURUMI, Yasuhiro MIYACHI, Yasuaki GUNJI
  • Publication number: 20210281968
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image obtaining unit which obtains an image around a moving object. The information processing apparatus includes a determining unit which determines a risk area based on an image obtained by the image obtaining unit. The information processing apparatus includes a communication unit which transmits risk area information related to a risk area determined by the determining unit to an information collecting apparatus which collects information from a plurality of moving objects. The communication unit transmits risk area information to the information collecting apparatus when the moving object is within a region where information is provided by the information collecting apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro KUREHASHI, Shigeru INOUE
  • Patent number: 10027730
    Abstract: In response to a request, one of primary content data as a copyrighted work and incidental content data is received from a server. With a music editing and sharing application, the content data is used in a secondary usage fashion for editing in order to produce new incidental content data. The incidental content data is not the one that is produced by arranging directly the primary content data as an editing material but play control information for giving an instruction defining a play mode. The incidental content data is uploaded to an incidental content server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshimasa Miyoshi, Hideo Nagasaka, Takashi Tominaga, Tadaaki Kimijima, Shigeru Inoue, Soichiro Atsumi, Mamoru Tokashiki
  • Patent number: D930649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teruo Matsue, Toshio Tatai, Shigeru Inoue