Patents by Inventor Shigetoshi TOKITA

Shigetoshi TOKITA 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: 10769816
    Abstract: A thermal image processing device includes a thermal image acquiring unit configured to acquire a thermal image detected by an infrared detector provided in a vehicle, an object detecting unit configured to detect an object from the thermal image, a positional relationship calculating unit configured to calculate a positional relationship between the detected object and the vehicle and to calculate a change in the positional relationship, and a determining unit configured to determine whether to calibrate the infrared detector on the basis of the change in the calculated positional relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigetoshi Tokita
  • Publication number: 20200058066
    Abstract: A parking lot management system includes a parking lot identifying unit configured to identify position information on a parking lot; a vehicle position information acquiring unit configured to acquire current position information on a vehicle; a detecting unit configured to detect a relative positional relationship between the parking lot and the vehicle based on the positional information on the parking lot and the current position information on the vehicle; a determining unit configured to determine whether the parking lot is rentable or not based on a detection result; a rental processing unit configured to set the parking lot to be rentable or unrentable based on a determination result; and a destination information acquiring unit configured to acquire set-destination information on the vehicle, wherein the determining unit is further configured to determine whether the parking lot is rentable or not based on the detection result and the set-destination information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Shigetoshi Tokita
  • Patent number: 10521679
    Abstract: A human detection device comprises an image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image captured by an imaging device, a human detecting unit configured to detect a human from the acquired image, a ground contact position identifying unit configured to identify a ground contact position of the human on the basis of a lower end portion of the detected human, a feature portion extracting unit configured to extract a feature portion of the detected human, a ratio calculating unit configured to calculate a ratio of the feature portion on the basis of a vertical size of the detected human and a vertical size of the extracted feature portion and a correction determining unit configured to determine whether the identified ground contact position is to be corrected on the basis of the identified ground contact position or the calculated ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Shigetoshi Tokita
  • Publication number: 20190221004
    Abstract: A thermal image processing device includes a thermal image acquiring unit configured to acquire a thermal image detected by an infrared detector provided in a vehicle, an object detecting unit configured to detect an object from the thermal image, a positional relationship calculating unit configured to calculate a positional relationship between the detected object and the vehicle and to calculate a change in the positional relationship, and a determining unit configured to determine whether to calibrate the infrared detector on the basis of the change in the calculated positional relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventor: Shigetoshi TOKITA
  • Publication number: 20180247140
    Abstract: A human detection device comprises an image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image captured by an imaging device, a human detecting unit configured to detect a human from the acquired image, a ground contact position identifying unit configured to identify a ground contact position of the human on the basis of a lower end portion of the detected human, a feature portion extracting unit configured to extract a feature portion of the detected human, a ratio calculating unit configured to calculate a ratio of the feature portion on the basis of a vertical size of the detected human and a vertical size of the extracted feature portion and a correction determining unit configured to determine whether the identified ground contact position is to be corrected on the basis of the identified ground contact position or the calculated ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventor: Shigetoshi TOKITA
  • Publication number: 20180114078
    Abstract: An image acquisition unit in a vehicle detection device acquires an image input from an imaging device capable of imaging a scene diagonally behind a vehicle. A first image recognition unit searches an area, in the image acquired, in which to detect a vehicle located diagonally behind by using a discriminator for detecting a front of a vehicle, and detects a vehicle from within the area. A second image recognition unit extracts, in the image acquired, a plurality of feature points from within an area in which the vehicle detected by the first image recognition unit is present or estimated to be present, detects an optical flow of the feature points, and tracks the vehicle in the image. A detection signal output unit outputs a detection signal indicating that the vehicle is detected diagonally behind to a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Shigetoshi TOKITA
  • Patent number: 9824588
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a monitor unit configured to monitor a speed and a position of a host car and a preceding car; a reception unit configured to receive traffic signal information including at least a current display state of a traffic light in an intersection and timing information of a change of the display state of the traffic light; a prediction unit configured to generate a first prediction result and a second prediction result; and a warning unit configured to give a first-stage warning when the first prediction result indicates that the preceding car will go into the intersection after the traffic light changes to the red signal display state, and give a second-stage warning when the second prediction result indicates that the preceding car cannot stop without braking suddenly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigetoshi Tokita
  • Publication number: 20160328975
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a monitor unit configured to monitor a speed and a position of a host car and a preceding car; a reception unit configured to receive traffic signal information including at least a current display state of a traffic light and information on a timing when the display of the traffic light is changed; a prediction unit configured to generate a first prediction result and a second prediction result; and a warning unit configured to give a first-stage warning when the first prediction result indicates that the preceding car will go into the intersection where the traffic light changes to the red signal display state, and give a second-stage warning when the second prediction result indicates that the preceding car cannot stop before the intersection where the traffic light is in the red signal display state without braking suddenly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventor: Shigetoshi TOKITA