Patents by Inventor Shigeru TAKINAMI

Shigeru TAKINAMI 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: 11443534
    Abstract: In this vehicular monitoring device, an imaging unit 2 captures an image of the driver of a vehicle. A driving state measurement unit 70 analyzes the image captured by the imaging unit 2 and measures a plurality of driving states including the eye opening degree of the driver. A travel state determination unit 71 determines the travel state of the vehicle. An alarm determination unit 72 uses the driving states and the travel state as a basis to determine whether to activate an alarm device 5. When a statistical amount calculated from time series data for the eye opening degree acquired from the driving state measurement unit 70 is outside of a predetermined normal determination reference range, the driving states other than the eye opening degree are normal, and the travel state is determined to be normal, the alarm determination unit 72 causes the driving state measurement unit 70 to perform eye opening degree detection processing again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Shigeru Takinami, Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Mayumi Iwao
  • Patent number: 11403858
    Abstract: In this vehicular monitoring device, an imaging unit 2 captures an image of the driver of a vehicle. A driving state measurement unit 70 analyzes the image captured by the imaging unit 2 and measures a plurality of driving states including the eye opening degree of the driver. A travel state determination unit 71 determines the travel state of the vehicle. An alarm determination unit 72 uses the driving states and the travel state as a basis to determine whether to activate an alarm device 5. When the driving state measurement unit 70 fails to measure the eye opening degree but it is determined that the travel state and the driving states other than the eye opening degree are normal, the alarm determination unit 72 causes the driving state measurement unit 70 to perform measurement of the eye opening degree again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Shigeru Takinami, Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Mayumi Iwao
  • Patent number: 11267478
    Abstract: An imaging unit 2 captures an image of a driver of a vehicle. A driving state measurement unit 70 analyzes the image captured by the imaging unit 2 and measures a plurality of driving states including the driver's face orientation angle. A traveling state determination unit 71 determines the traveling state of the vehicle. An alarm determination unit 72 determines whether to activate an alarm device 5 on the basis of the driving states and the traveling state. When the face orientation angle acquired from the driving state measurement unit 70 is out of a normal determination reference range, and it is determined that the driving states other than the face orientation angle are normal and the traveling state is also normal, the alarm determination unit 72 causes the driving state measurement unit 70 to re-execute the face orientation angle detection process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Shigeru Takinami, Mayumi Iwao
  • Publication number: 20210347365
    Abstract: An imaging unit 2 captures an image of a driver of a vehicle. A driving state measurement unit 70 analyzes the image captured by the imaging unit 2 and measures a plurality of driving states including the driver's face orientation angle. A traveling state determination unit 71 determines the traveling state of the vehicle. An alarm determination unit 72 determines whether to activate an alarm device 5 on the basis of the driving states and the traveling state. When the face orientation angle acquired from the driving state measurement unit 70 is out of a normal determination reference range, and it is determined that the driving states other than the face orientation angle are normal and the traveling state is also normal, the alarm determination unit 72 causes the driving state measurement unit 70 to re-execute the face orientation angle detection process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhiko YAMAGUCHI, Shigeru TAKINAMI, Mayumi IWAO
  • Publication number: 20210350155
    Abstract: In this vehicular monitoring device, an imaging unit 2 captures an image of the driver of a vehicle. A driving state measurement unit 70 analyzes the image captured by the imaging unit 2 and measures a plurality of driving states including the eye opening degree of the driver. A travel state determination unit 71 determines the travel state of the vehicle. An alarm determination unit 72 uses the driving states and the travel state as a basis to determine whether to activate an alarm device 5. When a statistical amount calculated from time series data for the eye opening degree acquired from the driving state measurement unit 70 is outside of a predetermined normal determination reference range, the driving states other than the eye opening degree are normal, and the travel state is determined to be normal, the alarm determination unit 72 causes the driving state measurement unit 70 to perform eye opening degree detection processing again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Shigeru TAKINAMI, Kazuhiko YAMAGUCHI, Mayumi IWAO
  • Publication number: 20210350156
    Abstract: In this vehicular monitoring device, an imaging unit 2 captures an image of the driver of a vehicle. A driving state measurement unit 70 analyzes the image captured by the imaging unit 2 and measures a plurality of driving states including the eye opening degree of the driver. A travel state determination unit 71 determines the travel state of the vehicle. An alarm determination unit 72 uses the driving states and the travel state as a basis to determine whether to activate an alarm device 5. When the driving state measurement unit 70 fails to measure the eye opening degree but it is determined that the travel state and the driving states other than the eye opening degree are normal, the alarm determination unit 72 causes the driving state measurement unit 70 to perform measurement of the eye opening degree again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Shigeru TAKINAMI, Kazuhiko YAMAGUCHI, Mayumi IWAO