Patents by Inventor Shuji HAKOSHIMA

Shuji HAKOSHIMA 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: 20240153309
    Abstract: A line-of-sight detection device includes a display unit configured to display an image, light sources configured to emit detection light to apply the detection light to an eyeball of a subject, an imaging unit configured to capture an image of the eyeball to which the detection light is applied, a position detection unit configured to detect, from the captured image, a position of a pupil center of the eyeball to which the detection light is applied and a position of a corneal reflex center, a gaze point detection unit configured to calculate a position of a gaze point of the subject based on the positions of the pupil center and corneal reflex center, and a light source control unit configured to change the light source for emitting the detection light among the light sources based on a target distance between the pupil center and the corneal reflex center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Shuji Hakoshima
  • Patent number: 11957411
    Abstract: A visual function detection apparatus includes: a display controller that causes an image for determination to be displayed on a display screen of a display unit; a gazing point detector that detects a position of a gazing point of the test subject observing the display screen; a positional relation detector that detects a positional relation between a position of the image for determination on the display screen and the position of the gazing point; and a visual function detector that detects a visual function of the test subject based on the positional relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Hakoshima, Miku Komurata, Katsuyuki Shudo
  • Patent number: 11883102
    Abstract: A visual function detection apparatus includes: a display controller configured to cause an image for determination to be displayed in a display region on a display screen of a display unit and move the image for determination within the display region; a gazing point detector configured to detect a position of a gazing point of a test subject observing the display screen; a relation detector configured to detect relation information among a position of the image for determination on the display screen, a moving direction of the image for determination, and a moving direction of the gazing point; and a visual function detector configured to detect a visual function of the test subject based on the relation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Miku Komurata, Shuji Hakoshima
  • Patent number: 11807264
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes: a driver identifying unit that identifies a driver driving a vehicle; an evaluation data obtaining unit that obtains, based on an identification result of the driver identifying unit, evaluation data on the driver's visual cognitive ability for an event that occurs when the driver is driving the vehicle; an event detecting unit that detects, on the basis of surrounding information data indicating a situation of the vehicle's surroundings, whether or not the event has occurred; and a processing unit that determines, in a case where the event has been detected and on the basis of the evaluation data on the driver, the evaluation data being related to the event, whether or not notification information is to be output from an output unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takei, Masaru Ninomiya, Shuji Hakoshima, Miku Komurata
  • Publication number: 20230181033
    Abstract: A cornea curvature radius calculation device includes a first light source and a second light source that emit detection light from positions different from each other and that apply the detection light to at least one of eyeballs of a subject; an imaging unit that captures an image of the eyeball of the subject to which the detection light is applied; a position calculator that, based on the image of the eyeball of the subject that is captured by the imaging unit, calculates each of a position of a first cornea reflection center according to the detection light from the first light source and a position of a second cornea reflection center according to the detection light from the second light source; a center distance calculator; and a cornea curvature radius calculator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: Shuji Hakoshima
  • Publication number: 20230181034
    Abstract: A distance calculation device includes a first light source and a second light source that emit detection light from positions different from each other and that apply the detection light to at least one of eyeballs of a subject; an imaging unit that captures an image of the eyeball of the subject to which the detection light is applied; a position calculator that, based on the image of the eyeball of the subject that is captured by the imaging unit, calculates each of a position of a first cornea reflection center according to the detection light from the first light source and a position of a second cornea reflection center according to the detection light from the second light source; a center-center distance calculator that calculates a center-center distance between the position of the first cornea reflection center and the second cornea reflection center; and an object distance calculator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: Shuji Hakoshima
  • Patent number: 11653831
    Abstract: A visual performance examination device includes a display control unit that displays an indicator at each of a plurality of positions in a display screen of a display device; an image data obtaining unit that obtains an image data of eyes of a test subject, which are irradiated with a detection light emitted from a light source; a position calculating unit that, based on the image data, calculates a position data of corneal reflexes of the eyes when each of a plurality of indicators displayed at the positions in the display screen is shown; and an evaluating unit that, based on relative positions of the indicators and relative positions of the corneal reflexes, outputs evaluation data about visual performance of the test subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Shuji Hakoshima
  • Publication number: 20220144302
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes: a driver identifying unit that identifies a driver driving a vehicle; an evaluation data obtaining unit that obtains, based on an identification result of the driver identifying unit, evaluation data on the driver's visual cognitive ability for an event that occurs when the driver is driving the vehicle; an event detecting unit that detects, on the basis of surrounding information data indicating a situation of the vehicle's surroundings, whether or not the event has occurred; and a processing unit that determines, in a case where the event has been detected and on the basis of the evaluation data on the driver, the evaluation data being related to the event, whether or not notification information is to be output from an output unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takei, Masaru Ninomiya, Shuji Hakoshima, Miku Komurata
  • Publication number: 20220092880
    Abstract: An eyeball detection device includes an imaging device that obtains a face image which includes the left and right eyeball images of the target person; a first distance calculating unit that calculates a first-type distance representing the distance between the target person and the imaging device; and an eyeball searching unit that performs a search for the left and right eyeball images from the face image and, when only one of the left and right eyeball images of the target person is detected, searches for the other eyeball image of the target person based on the search result regarding the already-detected eyeball image as obtained by the eyeball detecting unit, based on the first-type distance, and based on a second-type distance representing the distance between the left and right eyeballs of the target person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takei, Shuji Hakoshima
  • Patent number: 11266307
    Abstract: An evaluation device includes a display screen; a gaze point detection unit that detects a position of a gaze point of an examinee; an area setting unit that sets a specific area for a first indicator on the display screen; a determination unit that determines whether the gaze point is present in the specific area based on the position thereof; a display controller that displays a second indicator at a different position from the first indicator when determining that the gaze point is present in the specific area; a arithmetic unit that determines whether the examinee has recognized the second indicator; and an evaluation unit that evaluates a visual function of the examinee based on a determination result from the arithmetic unit. The display controller doesn't display the second indicator when determining that the gaze point isn't present in the specific area after the second indicator has been displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Shuji Hakoshima
  • Patent number: 11241152
    Abstract: An evaluation device includes: a display screen configured to displays images; a gaze point detection unit configured to detect a position of a gaze point of an examinee who observes the display screen; a display controller configured to display an indicator at an offset position having a predetermined relative positional relationship with the gaze point on the display screen based on a detection result of the position of the gaze point; an arithmetic unit configured to determine whether the examinee has recognized the indicator; and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a visual function of the examinee based on a determination result from the arithmetic unit, wherein the arithmetic unit is further configured to determine that the examinee has recognized the indicator when the gaze point moves toward the indicator and thus the offset position is located outside the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Shuji Hakoshima
  • Publication number: 20210401287
    Abstract: An evaluation apparatus includes a display; a detecting unit configured to detect a position of a gaze point of a subject; a display controller configured to display an evaluation image including a main target and sub-targets, and instruction information as an image for instructing the subject to gaze at the main target to hide the instruction information; an region setting unit configured to set determination regions for the main target and the sub-targets; a determination unit configured to determine, after hiding the instruction information, whether the gaze point is positioned within the determination regions based on the detected position of the gaze point; an arithmetic unit configured to calculate a movement count by which the gaze point has moved from one of the determination regions to another based on a determination result; and an evaluation unit configured to acquire evaluation data of the subject based on the movement count.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventor: Shuji Hakoshima
  • Publication number: 20210401336
    Abstract: An evaluation apparatus includes a display; a gaze point detection unit configured to detect a position of a gaze point of a subject; a display controller configured to display an evaluation image including a main target image, sub target images, and an instruction information to gaze at the main target image; a region setting unit configured to set determination regions for the sub target images; a determination unit configured to determine whether the gaze point is present in the determination regions based on the position of the gaze point; an arithmetic unit configured to measure an arrival time from a predetermined time to a first arrival time of the gaze point at the determination regions based on a result of the determination unit; and an evaluation unit configured to obtain an evaluation data of the subject based on an average or a total value of the arrival times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventor: Shuji Hakoshima
  • Publication number: 20210303066
    Abstract: A display device includes a storage unit configured to store positional data of a gaze point of a subject with respect to a video; an arithmetic unit configured to calculate gaze information that visually indicates the gaze point from the positional data; and a display control unit configured to cause a display screen of a display unit to display the gaze information in a superimposed manner on the video in accordance with a replay elapsed time of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Shuji Hakoshima, Katsuyuki Shudo
  • Publication number: 20210290133
    Abstract: An evaluation device includes a display configured to display evaluation purpose images; a gaze point detecting unit configured to detect positional data of a gaze point of a subject who observes the display; an area setting unit configured to set determination areas in the evaluation purpose images; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the positional data of the gaze point, whether the gaze point is present inside the determination areas to define determination values for the determination areas; an arithmetic unit configured to calculate, based on the determination values, a number of the at least one determination area in which the gaze point is present; and an evaluation unit configured to obtain evaluation data for evaluating a possibility that the subject is a person with a developmental disability based on the number of the at least one determination area in which the gaze point is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Shuji Hakoshima, Kenji Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20210244270
    Abstract: A visual performance examination device includes a display control unit that displays an indicator at each of a plurality of positions in a display screen of a display device; an image data obtaining unit that obtains an image data of eyes of a test subject, which are irradiated with a detection light emitted from a light source; a position calculating unit that, based on the image data, calculates a position data of corneal reflexes of the eyes when each of a plurality of indicators displayed at the positions in the display screen is shown; and an evaluating unit that, based on relative positions of the indicators and relative positions of the corneal reflexes, outputs evaluation data about visual performance of the test subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Shuji Hakoshima
  • Patent number: 11023039
    Abstract: A visual line detection apparatus includes a light source, a position detection unit configured to detect positions of pupil centers and positions of corneal reflection centers, a curvature radius calculation unit configured to calculate corneal curvature radii from a position of the light source and the positions of the corneal reflection centers, a viewpoint detection unit configured to detect viewpoints from the positions of the pupil centers and the corneal curvature radii, an extraction unit configured to extract pupil parameters indicating sizes of the pupils of the right and left respective eyeballs from the image of the eyeballs, and a correction unit configured to correct the viewpoint of the left eyeball and the viewpoint of the right eyeball on the basis of the pupil parameters and calculate a synthesized viewpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Shuji Hakoshima
  • Patent number: 11019994
    Abstract: A visual performance examination device includes an image data obtaining unit that obtains image data of the right eye and image data of the left eye of a test subject who is irradiated with a detection light emitted from a light source; a position calculating unit that, based on the image data of the right eye, calculates first-type relative position data indicating the relative position between the pupil and the corneal reflex of the right eye, and, based on the image data of the left eye, calculates second-type relative position data indicating the relative position between the pupil and the corneal reflex of the left eye; and an evaluating unit that, based on the first-type relative position data and the second-type relative position data, outputs evaluation data about the visual performance of the test subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Shuji Hakoshima
  • Patent number: 10896324
    Abstract: A line-of-sight detection device includes an image data acquisition unit that acquires image data of a face of a subject irradiated with detection light emitted from at least one light source, a line-of-sight detection unit that detects a line of sight of the subject based on the image data, an image processing unit that performs image processing on the image data to generate a feature image of the face and an eyeglasses reflection image indicating a reflection image of the at least one light source on eyeglasses worn on the face, and a display controller that causes a display device to display the feature image and the eyeglasses reflection image in a different display form in a composite image in which the feature image and the eyeglasses reflection image are combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Shudo, Shuji Hakoshima
  • Publication number: 20200383568
    Abstract: A visual function detection apparatus includes: a display controller that causes an image for determination to be displayed on a display screen of a display unit; a gazing point detector that detects a position of a gazing point of the test subject observing the display screen; a positional relation detector that detects a positional relation between a position of the image for determination on the display screen and the position of the gazing point; and a visual function detector that detects a visual function of the test subject based on the positional relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Shuji Hakoshima, Miku Komurata, Katsuyuki Shudo