Patents by Inventor Takashi Adachi
Takashi Adachi 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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Publication number: 20250033492Abstract: A conveying vehicle includes a power storage, a travel drive source driving a wheel of the conveying vehicle by being driven by electric power stored in the power storage, a travel control unit controlling driving of the travel drive source, and a power supply unit supplying electric power stored in the power storage to a towed vehicle as another vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: DMG MORI CO., LTDInventors: Hideki NAGASUE, Masaaki NAKAGAWA, Takashi ADACHI
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Patent number: 12122406Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiaki Seo, Minoru Higuchi, Shinichi Murakami, Koji Dan, Ryo Iitaka, Takashi Adachi, Takaya Yamazaki, Aya Sasaki
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Publication number: 20240177342Abstract: An information processing device that can notify of information on an object affecting accuracy in self-position estimation includes: a self-position estimating unit configured to estimate a self-position on the basis of an image; an accuracy determining unit configured to determine accuracy in estimation of the self-position; an image analyzing unit configured to detect an object from the image; and a notification unit configured to notify of information on the object detected by the image analyzing unit in a case in which the accuracy is outside of a predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventor: TAKASHI ADACHI
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Publication number: 20240105061Abstract: A flight management server having an assessment unit that assesses whether or not there will be a requirement to switch communication performed by a first flying vehicle during flight between terrestrial communication and satellite communication; and a determination unit that determines a detection range for providing a report in response to detection of a second flying vehicle different from the first flying vehicle, the detection range being defined with respect to a position of the first flying vehicle; wherein the determination unit makes the detection range for a case in which the assessment unit has assessed that there will be a requirement to switch between the terrestrial communication and the satellite communication larger than the detection range for a case in which the assessment unit has assessed that there will be no requirement to switch between the terrestrial communication and the satellite communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: KDDI CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi ADACHI
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Publication number: 20240107408Abstract: A flight management server having an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a scheduled flight path of a flying vehicle; a detection unit that detects that a switching process is to be executed for switching communication performed by the flying vehicle during flight between terrestrial communication using terrestrial communication equipment and satellite communication using a communication satellite; and an identification unit that identifies a position of the flying vehicle during execution of the switching process based on the scheduled flight path to be followed after the switching process has started.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: KDDI CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi ADACHI
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Publication number: 20240107412Abstract: A flight management server having an assessment unit that assesses whether or not there is an object different from a flying vehicle within a detection range defined with respect to a position of the flying vehicle during flight; and a switching control unit that controls switching of communication performed by the flying vehicle during flight between terrestrial communication using terrestrial communication equipment and satellite communication using a communication satellite on the condition that the assessment unit has assessed that the object is not within the detection range.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: KDDI CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi ADACHI
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Patent number: 11895392Abstract: A control apparatus is provided and includes a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display part or all of an image in a first region on a display screen displayed by the display unit. The image indicates an imaging range which an imaging apparatus can image by changing the imaging range. A change control unit is configured to change, on the image indicating the range which an imaging apparatus can image, a position or size of an image to be displayed in the first region by the display control unit. An output unit is configured to output an instruction to cause the imaging apparatus to image an imaging range corresponding to a range indicating an image displayed in a second region which is a part of the first region.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takashi Adachi
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Publication number: 20230264484Abstract: A test image printer of an inkjet printer causes a test image, including a mark with a predefined shape and usable to correct an image captured by an image capturing device, and a test pattern usable to inspect a plurality of nozzles, to be printed on a recording medium. An image capture controller controls the image capturing device to capture an image of the test image printed on the recording medium. A corrector compares the image of the mark captured by the image capturing device, to the predefined shape of the mark, to calculate a correction value, and corrects the image of the test pattern, captured by the image capturing device, based on the calculated correction value. An inspector inspects the plurality of nozzles based on the image of the test pattern corrected by the corrector.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Bandhit SUKSIRI, Masayoshi KIMURA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takashi ADACHI, Hirohito NIHASHI, Ryugo NIMURA
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Publication number: 20230150528Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Toshiaki SEO, Minoru HIGUCHI, Shinichi MURAKAMI, Koji DAN, Ryo IITAKA, Takashi ADACHI, Takaya YAMAZAKI, Aya SASAKI
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Patent number: 11568557Abstract: To improve calculation efficiency by properly reducing the number of regression regions based on a size of an object to be detected, a processing apparatus has at least one processor or circuit configured to function as: a size obtain unit configured to obtain a size of a predetermined object in the image; a set unit configured to divide the image into a plurality of regions based on the size of the predetermined object obtained by the size obtain unit, and to set regression regions for estimating a number of the predetermined object, wherein the set unit is configured to inhibit to set the regression regions smaller than a predetermined minimum size corresponding to the predetermined object, and an estimate unit configured to estimate the number of the predetermined object by performing a regression process on the regression regions set by the set unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takashi Adachi
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Patent number: 11551455Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising, a tracking unit configured to detect an object and track the object in images to be processed, the images being sequential with respect to time, a determining unit configured to determine a stay time for which the object stays, on the basis of a result of the tracking, and an associating unit configured to specify, on the basis of the result of the tracking, one predetermined location from one or more predetermined locations included in the images to be processed, and associate the specified one predetermined location with the stay time.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Adachi, Mari Yamasaki
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Patent number: 11521413Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising a setting unit configured to set a plurality of areas for detecting an object in a moving image, a detection unit configured to analyze the moving image and detect an object, a determination unit configured to determine a stay time for which the object has stayed within the area on the basis of a result of detecting the object in the moving image, a specifying unit configured to, when the same object has been detected in a plurality of the areas by the detection unit, specify an area, among the plurality of areas, to be associated with the stay time, on the basis of a predetermined condition, and an output unit configured to output information in which the area specified by the specifying unit and the stay time are associated with each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mari Yamasaki, Takashi Adachi
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Publication number: 20220053138Abstract: A control apparatus includes: a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display part or all of an image in a first region on a display screen displayed by the display unit, the image indicating an imaging range which an imaging apparatus can image by changing the imaging range; a change control unit configured to change a position or size of an image to be displayed in the first region by the display control unit, on the image indicating the range which an imaging apparatus can image; and an output unit configured to output an instruction to cause the imaging apparatus to image an imaging range corresponding to a range indicating an image displayed in a second region which is a part of the first region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventor: Takashi Adachi
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Patent number: 11245850Abstract: A specifying unit specifies a longest side among sides of a polygonal region set on an image captured by an image capturing unit. A display control unit causes a display unit to display the image on which the polygonal region and information concerning the polygonal region are superimposed. The display control unit causes the display unit to display the information at a position based on the longest side specified by the specifying unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ritsuko Otake, Takashi Adachi
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Patent number: 11214277Abstract: A control device for a vehicle capable of switching between an automated driving mode in which driving force of a vehicle having a transmission is automatically controlled and a manual driving mode in which the driving force of the vehicle is controlled on the basis of a driver's operation on the vehicle includes: an operation element to which the driver's operation is input; and a travel control unit that outputs a command value for selecting a gear range of the transmission. The travel control unit selects which of ordinary gear change control and gear change restricting control is to be performed on the basis of an operation performed on the operation element when there is an automated driving release request in which the automated driving mode is released and the automated driving mode is switched to the manual driving mode during traveling of the vehicle in the automated driving mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Adachi, Kentaro Arai, Tomoyuki Noguchi, Masayuki Sadakiyo, Hisashi Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20210397392Abstract: A print system includes a printer including an ink head from which ink is discharged onto a recording medium, and a management computer communicably connected to the printer. The management computer includes a receiver to receive operating condition information of the printer from the printer, a predictor to predict whether maintenance work of the printer is necessary or not based on the operating condition information received by the receiver, and a notifier to notify at least one of a user of the printer, a service engineer, and a call center if the predictor predicts that the maintenance work is necessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Takashi ADACHI, Hirohito NIHASHI, Bandhit SUKSIRI
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Patent number: 11203358Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus including a driving force generation unit, a driving force distribution mechanism distributing a driving force from the driving force generation unit to a front wheel and a rear wheel, and an electronic control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform: determining whether a mode switching instruction from self-drive mode enabling a self-drive function to manual drive mode disabling the self-drive function has been input; and controlling the driving force distribution mechanism so that a driving force distribution rate of rear wheel driving force relative to front wheel driving force is a first distribution rate during driving in the self-drive mode, and thereafter so that the driving force distribution rate is a second distribution rate greater than the first distribution rate when it is determined that the mode switching instruction has been input.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shogo Takano, Kota Saito, Takashi Adachi, Chao Niu, Masakatsu Hori
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Patent number: 11188743Abstract: In order to facilitate setting of an appropriate detection condition in detecting an object included in an image, an image processing apparatus obtains an image captured by an image capturing unit; causes a display unit to display first information representing the number of persons who have a size included in a first range that is a range from a first size to a second size; and accepts an operation of changing the first range by a user. The image processing apparatus causes the display unit to display the first information and second information representing the number of persons who have a size included in a second range that is a range based on the operation by the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Adachi, Taichi Matsui
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Patent number: 11184544Abstract: A control apparatus includes: a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display part or all of an image in a first region on a display screen displayed by the display unit, the image indicating an imaging range which an imaging apparatus can image by changing the imaging range; a change control unit configured to change a position or size of an image to be displayed in the first region by the display control unit, on the image indicating the range which an imaging apparatus can image; and an output unit configured to output an instruction to cause the imaging apparatus to image an imaging range corresponding to a range indicating an image displayed in a second region which is a part of the first region.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2017Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takashi Adachi
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Patent number: 11180136Abstract: An autonomous parking apparatus incorporated into a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a torque converter, a transmission, a detector detecting a creep torque acting on an axle, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform instructing a self-parking of the vehicle, determining whether it is necessary to perform a creep torque reduction control based on a creep torque detected when the self-parking is instructed, and controlling the transmission in accordance with a determination result in the determining. When it is determined that it is necessary to perform the creep torque reduction control, the microprocessor is configured to control the transmission so as to increase engaging force of engagement elements of the transmission or change speed stage of the transmission to high speed side than when it is determined that it is unnecessary to perform the creep torque reduction control.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Sadakiyo, Hisashi Ishikawa, Tomoyuki Noguchi, Takashi Adachi