Patents by Inventor Takahiro Kudo
Takahiro Kudo 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).
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Patent number: 7697730Abstract: In a biometrics authentication device which uses biometrics information to authenticate individuals, guidance is provided such that image capture of biometrics information is performed appropriately. An image capture device is caused to perform a plurality of image capture operations (including distance measurement) at short intervals. And when image capture NG occurs frequently, a control unit stacks the NG results, and if image capture NGs are not resolved even after a prescribed number of image capture operations, judges that the relation between the body part and the image capture device must be corrected, analyzes the stacked image capture NG causes, and displays a guidance screen on a display device according to the analysis result.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2005Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Frontech LimitedInventors: Sagiri Okamura, Kiyotaka Awatsu, Yasuhiko Mita, Takahiro Kudo
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Patent number: 7685256Abstract: For cooking data provided via a communication network, use track records of the cooking data corresponding with their actual use status are accurately managed. When receiving a request for transmission of cooking data from a terminal (S11), a server transmits the cooking data to the terminal (S12, S13), and at this time receives use history data with a microwave oven for previously transmitted cooking data (S14). The server manages use track records of the cooking data based on use history data received from terminals.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2002Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takahiro Kudo, Jun Ozawa, Satoshi Matsuura, Masaaki Sano
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Patent number: 7660722Abstract: The users are allowed to easily retrieve contents data such as recipe data. A personal computer (103) receives recipe data from a server (101) via a communication network (102), and stores the received recipe data in a memory card (104). The personal computer updates recipe hierarchical information (142) in the memory card (104), i.e., information which indicates classified levels of recipe data based on retrieval keys, with reference to overall hierarchical information (133), i.e., information which indicates the hierarchical relation of retrieval keys in the whole recipes, so that the newly stored recipe data is included in the recipe hierarchical information.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2002Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Jun Ozawa, Takahiro Kudo, Satoshi Matsuura
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Patent number: 7610492Abstract: A biometric authentication device has high security by preventing intra-device information from being falsified and stolen by a third party. A biometric authentication device includes a biometric information storage module, a biometric information authenticating module for individual authentication, a mutual authentication module with the terminal, a registration counter corresponding to the mutual authentication, an authentication counter corresponding to the biometric authentication, a stoppage flag set when the value of the counter is larger than a predetermined value, and authentication control module for preventing the module from operating depending on the stoppage flag.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2005Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Frontech LimitedInventors: Kiyotaka Awatsu, Sagiri Okamura, Takumi Kishino, Yasuyuki Higashiura, Takahiro Kudo, Toshinori Makino
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Patent number: 7574661Abstract: A mobile terminal that appropriately predicts an application that a user is likely to use that includes: an input device that selects and executes any of two or more applications; a GPS reception unit; a behavior pattern extraction unit that creates a usage prediction rule of the application executed on the input device , in association with a usage location detected by the GPS reception unit; and an information display control unit that specifies, based on the usage prediction rule, an application corresponding to the current location detected by the GPS reception unit , and causes a display to display the specified application as a prediction result.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2004Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Satoshi Matsuura, Takahiro Kudo, Eiichi Naito, Hideyuki Yoshida, Jun Ozawa, Mototaka Yoshioka
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Publication number: 20090157291Abstract: Provided is a destination setting assistance apparatus (103) comprising: a baggage information acquisition section (204) for acquiring identification information relating to items loaded in a mobile unit; an items-to-be-carried DB storage section (201) for storing an items-to-be-carried database having written therein items-to-be-carried relating to destinations and/or categories thereof; a destination setting assistance section (206) for assisting in an operation for setting the destinations by using the identification information having been acquired by the baggage information acquisition section (204) and the items-to-be-carried database stored in the items-to-be-carried DB storage section (201); and a route setting section (209) for setting a route to one of the destinations, which is set with assistance of the destination setting assistance section (206).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2005Publication date: June 18, 2009Inventors: Takahiro Kudo, Nobuyuki Nakano, Ryotaro Iwami, Tomohiro Terada
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Patent number: 7536258Abstract: In a car navigation system (1), a position information detection means (11) detects position information on a vehicle using, for example, a GPS. A travel information history of the vehicle obtained based on the detected position information is accumulated in a travel information history means (15). When detecting an event such as start of an engine, an action prediction means (17) predicts a destination of the vehicle by referring to a route to the current time and to the accumulated travel information history. Commercial or traffic information regarding the predicted destination is acquired by an information acquisition means (18) from a server (2), and then is displayed on a screen, for example, by an information provision means (19).Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2006Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takahiro Kudo, Jun Ozawa
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Publication number: 20090069974Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a display control device that can assist a driver to check a blind spot more appropriately. In a control device 16 to be mounted on a vehicle to control left front and right front obstruction sensors 11a and 11b for detecting an obstacle ahead of the vehicle, a left camera 12a mounted on left side part of the vehicle to take a video indicative of a view from the vehicle, a right camera 12b mounted on right side part of the vehicle to take a video indicative of a view from the vehicle, and a display device 13 for displaying a video on a screen, the CPU 16b has the display device 13 display, on the basis of detection results of the left front and right front obstruction sensors 11a and 11b, a video taken by the camera 12a or 12b opposite to a direction in which an obstacle is out of line.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2005Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazushi Kawase, Takahiro Kudo
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Patent number: 7487918Abstract: In an information acquisition system such as a car navigation system, a history accumulation DB 104 accumulates user's travel history. A condition determination section 107 determines a condition for retrieval for performing accurate prediction, and a prediction section 108 predicts a travel destination using the condition for retrieval. An information-to-be-presented determination section 110 acquires information relating to the travel destination predicted by the prediction section 108 from a received information DB 802 or the like.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2003Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takahiro Kudo, Jun Ozawa, Satoshi Matsuura
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Publication number: 20090009533Abstract: A display controller can prevent a display from displaying unnecessary information on the video to improve visibility in displaying the video. The display controller comprises a controller for controlling a display to display a video and navigation information on respective video and navigation display areas allocated to a screen of the display. The controller permits the concern information concerned with a user among the navigation information to be displayed on the video display area in addition to the navigation display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2005Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., LtdInventors: Takahiro Kudo, Kazushi Kawase
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Patent number: 7442912Abstract: An optical logic device performs a logic operation on a plurality of input light signals. The optical logic device has a photoelectric conversion portion, in which photoreceivers for receiving input light signals are provided in parallel, that outputs an electric signal obtained by adding up outputs of the photoreceivers, and a comparator that compares a voltage level of the electric signal outputted from the photoelectric conversion portion with a predetermined voltage level.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2005Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Morio Wada, Akira Miura, Tsuyoshi Yakihara, Masayuki Suehiro, Daisuke Hayashi, Shinji Iio, Toshimasa Umezawa, Takahiro Kudo, Takashi Mogi, Shoujirou Araki, Machio Dobashi, Katsuya Ikezawa
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Patent number: 7412326Abstract: A map display device which scroll-displays a travel route simply scroll-displays a route from a current driving location to a destination on an entire screen.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2006Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mototaka Yoshioka, Jun Ozawa, Takahiro Kudo
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Patent number: 7317604Abstract: An over-current protection device is constituted of a current detection unit for detecting a current from a power-supply source to a load having a magnetism detection element with a magnetic impedance (MI) effect, an AC-current supply device for supplying an AC current to the detection element, a bias-current supply device for supplying a bias current to a bias coil, a peak detection device for detecting a peak of impedance of the magnetism detection element as a variation of voltage, and a switch corresponding to a phase for selecting an output of the peak detection device. In the current detection unit, a holding device for holding a switch output and an amplifier are disposed in common for detecting the current in each phase, thereby expanding a current detectable range and reducing power consumption and cost.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2005Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Kudo, Junzo Tanaka, Kimitada Ishikawa
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Patent number: 7218494Abstract: An overload current protection device for cutting off power applied from a power supply to a load (3) such as a motor by means of a contactor (switch) (2) at overloading. With the configuration, an element (40) having a magnetic impedance effect as current detection units (4a, 4b, 4c) is used to thereby expand a current detection range by eliminating magnetic saturation due to a core, a problem with a conventional current transformer, thereby providing at low costs an overload current protection device having a wide current detection range.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2002Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Kudo, Yujiro Kitaide, Kimitada Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20070078599Abstract: A map display device which scroll-displays a travel route simply scroll-displays a route from a current driving location to a destination on an entire screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2006Publication date: April 5, 2007Inventors: Mototaka Yoshioka, Jun Ozawa, Takahiro Kudo
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Publication number: 20070038372Abstract: In a car navigation system (1), a position information detection means (11) detects position information on a vehicle using, for example, a GPS. A travel information history of the vehicle obtained based on the detected position information is accumulated in a travel information history means (15). When detecting an event such as start of an engine, an action prediction means (17) predicts a destination of the vehicle by referring to a route to the current time and to the accumulated travel information history. Commercial or traffic information regarding the predicted destination is acquired by an information acquisition means (18) from a server (2), and then is displayed on a screen, for example, by an information provision means (19).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2006Publication date: February 15, 2007Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Kudo, Jun Ozawa
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Publication number: 20060268566Abstract: A light receiving module for receiving a plurality of light rays that includes a first optical element having a plurality of light emitting sections, a second optical element having a plurality of light receiving sections, and a gradient index lens which condenses a plurality of light rays being output from the plurality of light emitting sections to the plurality of light receiving sections respectively, the gradient index lens being disposed between the first optical element and the second optical element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2006Publication date: November 30, 2006Inventors: Morio Wada, Toshimasa Umezawa, Takahiro Kudo, Takashi Mogi, Kenji Kusumoto
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Patent number: 7130743Abstract: In a car navigation system (1), a position information detection means (11) detects position information on a vehicle using, for example, a GPS. A travel information history of the vehicle obtained based on the detected position information is accumulated in a travel information history means (15). When detecting an event such as start of an engine, an action prediction means (17) predicts a destination of the vehicle by referring to a route to the current time and to the accumulated travel information history. Commercial or traffic information regarding the predicted destination is acquired by an information acquisition means (18) from a server (2), and then is displayed on a screen, for example, by an information provision means (19).Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2002Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Kudo, Jun Ozawa
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Patent number: 7085116Abstract: In an overload current protection device for cutting off power from a power supply to a load (3) such as a motor by means of a contactor (switch) (2) at overloading, an MI element having a magnetic impedance (MI) effect as current detectors (4a, 4b, and 4c) is installed at a position capable of detecting a current flowing through the secondary winding of power supply transformers (5a, 5b, and 5c) that generate a control power supply to thereby reduce costs without using a constant voltage power supply and expand a current detection range by eliminating magnetic saturation due to a core, a problem with a conventional current transformer, thereby providing at low costs a high-precision overload current protection device having a wide current detection range.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2002Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Kudo, Yujiro Kitaide, Kimitada Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20060167592Abstract: An execution support system 1 including a car navigation system terminal 100 that communicates with TVs (291 and 292) or air conditioners (293 and 294) via an Internet (900), where the car navigation system terminal (100) includes: a prediction function unit (110) that predicts a destination to which it is headed and outputs prediction result data indicating a result of the prediction; and a script function unit (120) that specifies a control operation for the respective TVs (291 and 292) and the air conditioners (293 and 294) in accordance with the prediction result data, and causes the respective TVs (291 and 292) and the air conditioners (293 and 294) to execute the specified control operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2004Publication date: July 27, 2006Inventors: Takahiro Kudo, Satoshi Matsuura, Jun Ozawa