Patents by Inventor Takao Nihei

Takao Nihei 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: 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: 20200198534
    Abstract: A notification control apparatus is provided in a vehicle, and includes: a projection controller that controls projection of a crosswalk pattern onto a road ahead of the vehicle; and an erroneous preventer that prevents an erroneous start of the vehicle during a projection period of the crosswalk pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki ITO, Yosuke KOBAYASHI, Koyo MORIYA, Takao NIHEI
  • 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: 20200104114
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to acquire a drive state of a drive system that is provided with electronic devices, and control, based on the drive state of the drive system, program rewriting onto a target electronic device included in the electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shotaro ARAKAWA, Tomohide UCHIMI, Yuta FURUKAWA, Kazuki ITO, Takao NIHEI
  • Publication number: 20190302769
    Abstract: A detour determination device includes: a detector; an acquirer; a communicator; and a determiner. The determiner, in operation, detects whether another vehicle exists on a route to a destination. The acquirer, in operation, acquires travelling information of a host vehicle. The communicator, in operation, transmits the travelling information of the host vehicle to the another vehicle and receives travelling information from the another vehicle, when the another vehicle exists. The determiner, in operation, determines necessity of detouring of the host vehicle in accordance with the travelling information of the host vehicle and the received travelling information of the another vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota NAKAMURA, Takao NIHEI
  • Patent number: 7418242
    Abstract: An apparatus that can lower the possibility of failing reception modulation in communication where data is transmitted with and without directivity and prevent deterioration of transmission efficiency caused by retransmission. With this apparatus, a gain control signal multiplex section (203) time division multiplexes a directional transmission signal and a gain control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sumasu, Shoji Miyamoto, Sadaki Futagi, Keiji Takakusaki, Takao Nihei
  • Publication number: 20070183482
    Abstract: A CDMA communication apparatus wherein resistance against phase noise can be improved without degradation of transmission efficiency. In this apparatus, spread parts (110-1 to 110-n) spread the respective ones of transmission signals (1 to n). Coordinate transformation parts (120-1 to 120-n) interchange the in-phase and quadrature components of the signals as spread for each chip. A multiplexing part (130) multiplexes the n signals as coordinate transformed with known signals used for transmission path compensation. Coordinate transformation parts (250-1 to 250-n) interchange, for each chip, the in-phase and quadrature components of serial signals as outputted from a P/S conversion part (240) such that the coordinate transformations of the coordinate transformation parts (120-1 to 120-n) at the transmission end are reversed. Despread parts (260-1 to 260-n) despread the n signals as coordinate transformed by the coordinate transformation parts (250-1 to 250-n) to output reception signals (1 to n).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichi Fujita, Takao Nihei
  • Publication number: 20070055651
    Abstract: A search support apparatus that makes it easy to search for an object and communicate with a communication apparatus which manages the object. In this apparatus, when control section 105 receives object information from demodulation section 102a, it reads object information (search conditions) registered in object information section 103b in condition registration section 103, compares the information with the input object information, generates a control signal for controlling a reporting operation of operation section 106 according to the comparison result and outputs the control signal to operation section 106. Operation section 106 executes a reporting operation according to the comparison result of the object information at control section 105, and is constructed of rotation control section 106a and vibration motor 106b as shown in FIG. 4. Rotation control section 106a controls the intensity or the period of vibration of vibration motor 106b according to the control signal input from control section 105.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryutaro Yamanaka, Takao Nihei
  • Publication number: 20060285582
    Abstract: An apparatus that can lower the possibility of failing reception modulation in communication where data is transmitted with and without directivity and prevent deterioration of transmission efficiency caused by retransmission. With this apparatus, a gain control signal multiplex section (203) time division multiplexes a directional transmission signal and a gain control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Atsushi Sumasu, Shoji Miyamoto, Sadaki Futagi, Keiji Takakusaki, Takao Nihei