Patents by Inventor Shinya Ema

Shinya Ema 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: 12017676
    Abstract: A driver monitoring device includes: a processor; and a memory. The memory stores instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the driver monitoring device to perform operations including: detecting an unbalanced posture of a driver based on an image of a driver's seat; determining whether the unbalanced posture is a habitual unbalanced posture of the driver; calculating an opening degree of at least one eye of the driver based on the image in a case in which it is determined that the unbalanced posture is other than the habitual unbalanced posture; determining whether it is a timing to give a notification in a case in which the vehicle is traveling and the opening degree is equal to or larger than a first threshold; and giving the notification to the driver in a case in which it is determined that it is the timing to give the notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Muratani, Satoshi Shimizu, Shinya Ema, Kunio Fujikawa, Kento Mizuta, Yucheng(Leo) Zhang, Kisei Takada
  • Publication number: 20230182762
    Abstract: A driver monitoring device includes: a processor; and a memory. The memory stores instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the driver monitoring device to perform operations including: detecting an unbalanced posture of a driver based on an image of a driver’s seat; determining whether the unbalanced posture is a habitual unbalanced posture of the driver; calculating an opening degree of at least one eye of the driver based on the image in a case in which it is determined that the unbalanced posture is other than the habitual unbalanced posture; determining whether it is a timing to give a notification in a case in which the vehicle is traveling and the opening degree is equal to or larger than a first threshold; and giving the notification to the driver in a case in which it is determined that it is the timing to give the notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke MURATANI, Satoshi SHIMIZU, Shinya EMA, Kunio FUJIKAWA, Kento MIZUTA, Yucheng(Leo) ZHANG, Kisei TAKADA
  • Patent number: 10943487
    Abstract: Control apparatus that controls headlamp of a vehicle and HUD of the vehicle includes acquirer that obtains information about an object situated ahead of the vehicle from monitoring apparatus monitoring an area ahead of the vehicle, light emission controller that controls the light emission form of headlamp based on a position at which the object is present, and display controller that causes HUD to display an alert image indicating the position of the object such that the alert image is superimposed on or situated adjacent to the actual position of the object in a view that is observed in a forward direction with respect to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ikuya Mitsuya, Takanosuke Adachi, Hiroki Oobayashi, Shinya Ema, Takao Nihei, Nobutoshi Higaki, Yuki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20200180502
    Abstract: Control apparatus that controls headlamp of a vehicle and HUD of the vehicle includes acquirer that obtains information about an object situated ahead of the vehicle from monitoring apparatus monitoring an area ahead of the vehicle, light emission controller that controls the light emission form of headlamp based on a position at which the object is present, and display controller that causes HUD to display an alert image indicating the position of the object such that the alert image is superimposed on or situated adjacent to the actual position of the object in a view that is observed in a forward direction with respect to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ikuya MITSUYA, Takanosuke ADACHI, Hiroki OOBAYASHI, Shinya EMA, Takao NIHEI, Nobutoshi HIGAKI, Yuki NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20120142309
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an emergency use device and a portable communication device. The emergency use device includes an identification information storage section which stores identification information indicating a usage state and a transmitting section which transmits the identification information stored in the identification information storage section in response to a request from the portable communication device. The portable communication device includes a personal information storage section which stores personal emergency information, a communication section which communicates with the emergency use device, and a communication section which transmits the personal emergency information to a predetermined organization which is allowed to read the personal emergency information stored in the storage section when identification information indicating that the emergency use device is used is received from the emergency use device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Oobayashi, Shinya Ema