Patents by Inventor Shinichi Murakami

Shinichi Murakami 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: 12122406
    Abstract: An information display device includes a display unit configured to display information about an object such that the information about the object at least partially overlaps with forward view of a user, and a controller configured to control display of the display unit. The controller is configured to estimate or acquire a prospective moving direction of the object, acquire a sight-line frequency representing a frequency with which a sight-line of the user is directed to the object within a prescribed period, determine whether the sight-line frequency is equal to or more than a prescribed frequency threshold, and cause the display unit to display the prospective moving direction of the object at least on condition that the controller determines that the sight-line frequency is less than the frequency threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Seo, Minoru Higuchi, Shinichi Murakami, Koji Dan, Ryo Iitaka, Takashi Adachi, Takaya Yamazaki, Aya Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20240246489
    Abstract: A drive assistance system includes a display object configurator that sets, as a display object or a non-display object, each of traffic participants recognized as alert objects from among nearby traffic participants, and a display controller that performs highlight image processing for highlighting the presence of the display object. When a first traffic participant set as the display object and a second traffic participant set as the non-display object are present in the vicinity of the subject vehicle and recognized as alert objects with the recognition of the first traffic participant by the driver being detected while the highlight image processing is performed, the display object configurator compares the degrees of influence of the first and second traffic participants, sets, as the display object, one of the first and second traffic participants designated on the basis of a result of the comparison, and sets the other as the non-display object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Koji DAN, Toshiaki SEO, Takaya YAMAZAKI, Minoru HIGUCHI, Aya SASAKI, Shinichi MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20240223134
    Abstract: The high voltage amplifier includes: an input circuit configured to amplify an input signal and connected to a positive-electrode-side level shift circuit and a negative-electrode-side level shift circuit; a high-voltage output circuit including a positive-electrode-side output circuit configured to amplify a signal from the positive-electrode-side level shift circuit and a negative-electrode-side output circuit configured to amplify a signal from the negative-electrode-side level shift circuit; a feedback circuit which feeds back an output signal from the high-voltage output circuit to the input signal; a detection circuit configured to detect currents of the positive-electrode-side and negative-electrode-side output circuits, and an offset adjustment circuit configured to increase an offset amount of the negative-electrode-side level shift circuit to a negative side when a current of the positive-electrode-side output circuit increases, and increase an offset amount of the positive-electrode-side level shif
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ryohei KUDO, Tomoharu NAGASHIMA, Hisaaki KANAI, Wen Li, Shinichi MURAKAMI, Naoya ISHIGAKI
  • Publication number: 20240017673
    Abstract: The virtual image display device comprises a surrounding state recognizer that acquires a travel direction distance and a lateral direction distance to an object, and a display controller that displays object icon images I1, I2 in a screen 51. The display controller is capable of switching between displaying an image in a normal mode, in which the display positions of the images I1, I2 move closer in a lateral direction to a lateral reference line L1 as the travel direction distance increases, and move farther away in a screen vertical direction from a screen bottom line L2 as the travel direction distance increases, and displaying the image in a magnification mode, in which a vertical scale, which is the ratio of the distance between the line L2 and the display positions in the screen vertical direction to the orientation direction distance, is larger than in the normal display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Toshiaki SEO, Minoru HIGUCHI, Shinichi MURAKAMI, Koji DAN, Ryo IITAKA, Takaya YAMAZAKI, Aya SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230150528
    Abstract: An information display device includes a display unit configured to display information about an object such that the information about the object at least partially overlaps with forward view of a user, and a controller configured to control display of the display unit. The controller is configured to estimate or acquire a prospective moving direction of the object, acquire a sight-line frequency representing a frequency with which a sight-line of the user is directed to the object within a prescribed period, determine whether the sight-line frequency is equal to or more than a prescribed frequency threshold, and cause the display unit to display the prospective moving direction of the object at least on condition that the controller determines that the sight-line frequency is less than the frequency threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiaki SEO, Minoru HIGUCHI, Shinichi MURAKAMI, Koji DAN, Ryo IITAKA, Takashi ADACHI, Takaya YAMAZAKI, Aya SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11640718
    Abstract: A capturing device has a lens block that includes a lens for focusing light from a subject during a daytime, the subject includes a vehicle. The capturing device further includes an image sensor that captures an image based on light from the subject focused by the lens, and a processor that generates a face image of an occupant riding in the vehicle based on a first number of captured imaged of the subject which are captured by the image sensor at different times. The processor generates the face image of the occupant further based on a second number of captured images in which a luminance value of a region of interest is equal to or smaller than a threshold value among the first number of captured images of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: I-PRO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuma Kobayashi, Tetsuo Tanaka, Toshiaki Ito, Shinichi Murakami, Michinori Kishimoto, Hiroshi Mitani, Jyouji Wada
  • Publication number: 20230089868
    Abstract: A lighting control device that controls lighting fixtures includes: a command generator that generates one or more commands for controlling the lighting fixtures; a signal transceiver that communicates with the lighting fixtures; and a communication protocol setter that sets which one of two or more types of communication protocols is to be used. The two or more types of communication protocols include a first communication protocol. The signal transceiver simultaneously transmits, using the first communication protocol, a first command to each of the lighting fixtures. The first command is included in the one or more commands and requests a response. The communication protocol setter sets the first communication protocol as the communication protocol to be used for one or more of the lighting fixtures that have responded to the first command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Kentaro UEDA, Shinichi MURAKAMI, Yohei HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230036590
    Abstract: A charged particle beam scanning module, a charged particle beam device, and a computer that can correct an INL error in a DAC circuit in real time. The charged particle beam scanning module includes a scanning controller configured to output a scanning digital signal of a charged particle beam, a DAC circuit configured to convert the scanning digital signal into a scanning analog signal and output the scanning analog signal, and an ADC circuit configured to convert the scanning analog signal into an evaluation digital signal. A sampling frequency at which the DAC circuit samples the scanning digital signal is a first frequency, and a sampling frequency at which the ADC circuit samples the scanning analog signal is a second frequency smaller than the first frequency. The scanning controller determines an output characteristic of the DAC circuit by evaluating the scanning digital signal and the evaluation digital signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Wen LI, Shinichi MURAKAMI, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Makoto SUZUKI, Wataru MORI
  • Patent number: 11567114
    Abstract: A capacitance detection area sensor includes capacitance sensor elements arranged in a two-dimensional array, is shaped into an appropriate shape, and capacitively coupled to an external electrode. To the external electrode, a sensing signal having a potential difference is supplied. The first and second sensor output signals are acquired from a capacitance sensor element capacitively coupled to the external electrode, at the timing of the sensing signal being a first signal and being a second signal, respectively. A differential signal is generated from a difference between the acquired first and second sensor output signals, and an image indicating the shape of the external electrode is generated based on the level of the differential signal, in different colors or different tones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, OHT, INC.
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Sugawa, Rihito Kuroda, Tetsuya Goto, Hiroshi Hamori, Shinichi Murakami, Toshiro Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20230010272
    Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam device with low blanking noise and improved signal detection accuracy. As means therefor, a charged particle beam device is configured by: a stage where a sample is mountable; a charged particle gun performing charged particle emission to the sample; a voltage source; a first switching circuit to which a voltage is supplied from the voltage source; a second switching circuit having one end connected to a ground; a third switching circuit having one end connected to the ground; a fourth switching circuit to which a voltage is supplied from the voltage source; a first blanking electrode connected to the first switching circuit and the second switching circuit; a second blanking electrode facing the first blanking electrode and connected to the third switching circuit and the fourth switching circuit; and a control circuit controlling the first switching circuit, the second switching circuit, the third switching circuit, and the fourth switching circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Shinichi MURAKAMI, Tomoyo SASAKI, Yuuji KASAI, Yuzuru MIZUHARA, Wen LI
  • Patent number: 11211225
    Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam control device having improved signal detection accuracy. The charged particle beam control device (detection block) includes: a detector provided in a charged particle beam device, and configured to detect secondary electrons emitted from a sample by irradiating the sample with a charged particle beam and output an electric signal based on the detected secondary electrons; a signal wiring configured to transmit the electric signal; a noise detection wiring configured to detect a noise signal generated in the charged particle beam device; and an arithmetic circuit configured to generate a signal obtained by subtracting the noise signal from the electric signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Murakami, Makoto Suzuki, Shunsuke Mizutani, Akio Yamamoto, Wen Li
  • Patent number: 11199511
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for specifying a medium more simply. A medium sensor device includes an antenna, a storage unit that stores a medium identification table in which a medium corresponding to an antenna impedance has been determined beforehand, and a medium specification unit that specifies the impedance of the antenna and specifies a medium in the vicinity of the antenna by referring to the medium identification table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Ikeda, Masami Makuuchi, Shinichi Murakami, Ryo Kadoi, Tomoharu Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20210370847
    Abstract: A capturing device has a lens block that includes a lens for focusing light from a subject during a daytime, the subject includes a vehicle. The capturing device further includes an image sensor that captures an image based on light from the subject focused by the lens, and a processor that generates a face image of an occupant riding in the vehicle based on a first number of captured imaged of the subject which are captured by the image sensor at different times. The processor generates the face image of the occupant further based on a second number of captured images in which a luminance value of a region of interest is equal to or smaller than a threshold value among the first number of captured images of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuma KOBAYASHI, Tetsuo TANAKA, Toshiaki ITO, Shinichi MURAKAMI, Michinori KISHIMOTO, Hiroshi MITANI, Jyouji WADA
  • Publication number: 20210293866
    Abstract: A capacitance detection area sensor includes capacitance sensor elements arranged in a two-dimensional array, is shaped into an appropriate shape, and capacitively coupled to an external electrode. To the external electrode, a sensing signal having a potential difference is supplied. The first and second sensor output signals are acquired from a capacitance sensor element capacitively coupled to the external electrode, at the timing of the sensing signal being a first signal and being a second signal, respectively. A differential signal is generated from a difference between the acquired first and second sensor output signals, and an image indicating the shape of the external electrode is generated based on the level of the differential signal, in different colors or different tones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, OHT Inc.
    Inventors: Shigetoshi SUGAWA, Rihito KURODA, Tetsuya GOTO, Hiroshi HAMORI, Shinichi MURAKAMI, Toshiro YASUDA
  • Patent number: 11117529
    Abstract: A capturing camera has a lens block that includes a lens for focusing light from a vehicle as a subject, an image sensor that captures an image based on light from the vehicle focused by the lens, a filter unit that rotatably supports a polarization filter which limits the light from the vehicle received by the image sensor, a sensor that detects a daytime mode or a night mode, a processor that disposes the polarization filter on a front side of the image sensor in the daytime mode, and disposes a band pass filter on the front side of the image sensor in the night mode, and an illuminator that irradiates the subject with IR light in the night mode. The filter unit switchably supports the polarization filter and the band pass filter that transmits the IR light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuma Kobayashi, Tetsuo Tanaka, Toshiaki Ito, Shinichi Murakami, Michinori Kishimoto, Hiroshi Mitani, Jyouji Wada
  • Publication number: 20210109037
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for specifying a medium more simply. A medium sensor device includes an antenna, a storage unit that stores a medium identification table in which a medium corresponding to an antenna impedance has been determined beforehand, and a medium specification unit that specifies the impedance of the antenna and specifies a medium in the vicinity of the antenna by referring to the medium identification table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki IKEDA, Masami MAKUUCHI, Shinichi MURAKAMI, Ryo KADOI, Tomoharu NAGASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210066033
    Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam control device having improved signal detection accuracy. The charged particle beam control device (detection block) includes: a detector provided in a charged particle beam device, and configured to detect secondary electrons emitted from a sample by irradiating the sample with a charged particle beam and output an electric signal based on the detected secondary electrons; a signal wiring configured to transmit the electric signal; a noise detection wiring configured to detect a noise signal generated in the charged particle beam device; and an arithmetic circuit configured to generate a signal obtained by subtracting the noise signal from the electric signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Shinichi Murakami, Makoto Suzuki, Shunsuke Mizutani, Akio Yamamoto, Wen Li
  • Publication number: 20200387724
    Abstract: A driver state detection device includes at least two state detection units that include a first state detection unit and a second state detection unit that detect a state of a driver of a vehicle, in which the first state detection unit and the second state detection unit are disposed at positions between which the driver is interposed in a vehicle width direction, and the first state detection unit and the second state detection unit are disposed in front of a rear end of a driver's seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki Maruyama, Minoru Higuchi, Shinichi Murakami, Toshihiro Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10847344
    Abstract: In a charged particle beam control device, irradiation accuracy of an electron beam can be prevented from deteriorating due to a variation in a ground potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Murakami, Wen Li, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Masazumi Tone
  • Patent number: 10692687
    Abstract: A low noise blanking unit corresponds to a wide range of acceleration voltages (from several times higher than related voltages to low acceleration voltages) of an electron beam. A blanking unit of the measurement and inspection device includes a blanking control circuit, in which (i) an upper and a lower blanking electrodes are arranged in the irradiation direction of an electron beam; electrodes on the reverse sides of two opposing electrodes in each of the blanking electrodes arranged in the same direction are connected with the ground, (ii) when blanking is ON, positive voltages are output to remaining electrodes of the upper blanking electrode and negative voltages are output to remaining electrodes of the lower blanking electrode, and (iii) when the blanking is OFF, the same ground reference signal is output to the remaining electrodes of the upper blanking electrode and to the remaining electrodes of the lower blanking electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wen Li, Shinichi Murakami, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Yuko Sasaki, Minoru Yamazaki, Hajime Kawano