Patents by Inventor Takashi Mine

Takashi Mine 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: 20240121506
    Abstract: A system includes an electronic device having an image sensor that performs shooting by controlling an exposure period of performing photoelectric conversion on incident light and accumulating charge by using electronic shutter and a notification apparatus capable of communicating with the electronic device. Information indicating at least either of an exposure start timing and an exposure end timing of the image sensor is transmitted from the electronic device to the notification apparatus, and notification is performed in the notification apparatus according to at least either of the exposure start timing and the exposure end timing based on the information transmitted from the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yosuke MINE, Takashi ICHIMIYA
  • Patent number: 11685406
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment including a structure of a road near a vehicle and another vehicle, a deriver configured to derive a predicted probability that the other vehicle will travel in the future along each of routes which are assumed when a plurality of routes along which the other vehicle is able to travel are assumed on a road on which the other vehicle recognized by the recognizer travels, and a travel controller configured to control behavior of the vehicle based on the predicted probability derived by the deriver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Yoshihara, Takashi Mine, Yuki Kizumi
  • Patent number: 11631257
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a surroundings recognition device includes an acquirer configured to acquire first road information including a road boundary near a host vehicle from map information on the basis of position information of the host vehicle, a recognizer configured to recognize a road boundary near the host vehicle on the basis of an output of an external environment sensor, and a determiner configured to determine that a first road boundary matches a second road boundary when the second road boundary included in second road information that is a recognition result of the recognizer is within a road boundary determination area based on a position of the first road boundary included in the first road information acquired by the acquirer. The determiner sets a size of the road boundary determination area on the basis of a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Kizumi, Takashi Mine, Keisuke Oka, Masahiko Asakura, Yuta Takada
  • Patent number: 11440546
    Abstract: There is provided a travel control apparatus. A control unit controls a position of the self-vehicle in a width direction so as to ensure a first predetermined interval between the self-vehicle and the other vehicle and to ensure a second predetermined interval between the self-vehicle and the boundary of the first lane. In a case in which both the first predetermined interval and the second predetermined interval cannot be ensured, the control unit controls the position of the self-vehicle in the width direction to preferentially ensure the first predetermined interval when the other vehicle has crossed a first boundary between the first lane and the second lane and to preferentially ensure the second predetermined interval when the other vehicle has not crossed the first boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Oka, Yuki Kizumi, Takashi Mine, Masahiko Asakura
  • Patent number: 11305779
    Abstract: A behavior prediction device predicts behavior of another vehicle traveling around a host vehicle, and the behavior prediction device includes: a reference position setting unit that sets a reference position (reference line) along a shape of a road; a position detection unit that detects a position of the other vehicle; a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance from the reference position (reference line) to the other vehicle on the basis of information about the reference position (reference line) and information about the position of the other vehicle; and a prediction unit that predicts a trajectory of the other vehicle on the basis of information about the distance in time series calculated by the distance calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Mine, Takeru Goto
  • Publication number: 20210284142
    Abstract: The present invention provides a control device including a recognizing unit that recognizes another vehicle present in an adjacent lane adjacent to a travel lane in which a self-vehicle travels, a determining unit that, on the basis of behavior of the other vehicle recognized by the recognizing unit and a determination standard set with respect to the behavior, determines whether or not the other vehicle will change lanes into the travel lane of the self-vehicle, and a controller that, in accordance with a result of the determination by the determining unit as to whether or not the other vehicle will change lanes, controls travel of the self-vehicle, wherein the determining unit changes the determination standard in accordance with a distance between the self-vehicle and the other vehicle in a travel direction of the self-vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi Mine, Yuki Kizumi, Keisuke Oka, Masahiko Asakura
  • Publication number: 20210253136
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment including a structure of a road near a vehicle and another vehicle, a deriver configured to derive a predicted probability that the other vehicle will travel in the future along each of routes which are assumed when a plurality of routes along which the other vehicle is able to travel are assumed on a road on which the other vehicle recognized by the recognizer travels, and a travel controller configured to control behavior of the vehicle based on the predicted probability derived by the deriver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Koichi Yoshihara, Takashi Mine, Yuki Kizumi
  • Publication number: 20210248391
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a surroundings recognition device includes an acquirer configured to acquire first road information including a road boundary near a host vehicle from map information on the basis of position information of the host vehicle, a recognizer configured to recognize a road boundary near the host vehicle on the basis of an output of an external environment sensor, and a determiner configured to determine that a first road boundary matches a second road boundary when the second road boundary included in second road information that is a recognition result of the recognizer is within a road boundary determination area based on a position of the first road boundary included in the first road information acquired by the acquirer. The determiner sets a size of the road boundary determination area on the basis of a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki Kizumi, Takashi Mine, Keisuke Oka, Masahiko Asakura, Yuta Takada
  • Publication number: 20210245753
    Abstract: There is provided a travel control apparatus. A control unit controls a position of the self-vehicle in a width direction so as to ensure a first predetermined interval between the self-vehicle and the other vehicle and to ensure a second predetermined interval between the self-vehicle and the boundary of the first lane. In a case in which both the first predetermined interval and the second predetermined interval cannot be ensured, the control unit controls the position of the self-vehicle in the width direction to preferentially ensure the first predetermined interval when the other vehicle has crossed a first boundary between the first lane and the second lane and to preferentially ensure the second predetermined interval when the other vehicle has not crossed the first boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Keisuke OKA, Yuki KIZUMI, Takashi MINE, Masahiko ASAKURA
  • Publication number: 20200290629
    Abstract: A behavior prediction device predicts behavior of another vehicle traveling around a host vehicle, and the behavior prediction device includes: a reference position setting unit that sets a reference position (reference line) along a shape of a road; a position detection unit that detects a position of the other vehicle; a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance from the reference position (reference line) to the other vehicle on the basis of information about the reference position (reference line) and information about the position of the other vehicle; and a prediction unit that predicts a trajectory of the other vehicle on the basis of information about the distance in time series calculated by the distance calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi MINE, Takeru GOTO
  • Patent number: 10109077
    Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to implement, by specifying a process target area, an image generation device which generates an image (video) from which an image quality improving effect can be recognized and a display device which displays the image. An image generation device (1000) includes a screen duplication unit (1), a mask area determination unit (2), a composition unit (3), and an image quality adjustment unit (4). The screen duplication unit (1) extracts and outputs at least a part of an image area of an input image as a process target image. The mask area determination unit (2) determines a mask area of the process target image and generates a mask image specifying the mask area. The image quality adjustment unit (4) performs predetermined image process to the mask area, which is determined by the mask area determination unit (2) in the process target image and outputs the image, to which the image process is performed, as an image after image quality adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Murahashi, Takashi Mine, Naoki Shiobara
  • Patent number: 9639771
    Abstract: An image processing device (1000) includes a luminance variation detection unit (1), an angular variation detection unit (2), an image region detection unit (3), and an image processing unit (4). The luminance variation detection unit (1) detects a degree of variation of pixel value in a pixel reference region including a pixel of interest and pixels around the pixel of interest. The angular variation detection unit (2) acquires a contour direction where the pixel value is constant in the pixel reference region for each pixel and detects a degree of variation of the acquired contour direction. The image region detection unit (3) acquires an image region detection signal representing characteristics of the image region including the pixel of interest based on the degree of variation of the pixel value and the degree of variation of the contour direction. The image processing unit (4) performs a predetermined image process on the pixel of interest based on the image region detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Mine, Yoshimitsu Murahashi
  • Patent number: 9514515
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing device capable of performing appropriate noise removal or reduction on input images of various resolution. The image processing device includes a contour direction estimating unit (21) that estimates a contour direction in which a signal value is a constant value for each pixel, a low pass filter unit (20a) that smoothes the signal value of the pixel based on the signal value of each reference pixel serving as a pixel of a reference region according to the pixel and arranged in the contour direction of the pixel estimated by the contour direction estimating unit for each pixel, and a parameter deciding unit (20b) that decides intensity of smoothing by the low pass filter unit according to an enlargement factor obtained based on a ratio of resolution of an input image signal and resolution of an output image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Mine, Yoshimitsu Murahashi
  • Publication number: 20160203617
    Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to implement, by specifying a process target area, an image generation device which generates an image (video) from which an image quality improving effect can be recognized and a display device which displays the image. An image generation device (1000) includes a screen duplication unit (1), a mask area determination unit (2), a composition unit (3), and an image quality adjustment unit (4). The screen duplication unit (1) extracts and outputs at least a part of an image area of an input image as a process target image. The mask area determination unit (2) determines a mask area of the process target image and generates a mask image specifying the mask area. The image quality adjustment unit (4) performs predetermined image process to the mask area, which is determined by the mask area determination unit (2) in the process target image and outputs the image, to which the image process is performed, as an image after image quality adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu MURAHASHI, Takashi MINE, Naoki SHIOBARA
  • Publication number: 20160171338
    Abstract: An image processing device (1000) includes a luminance variation detection unit (1), an angular variation detection unit (2), an image region detection unit (3), and an image processing unit (4). The luminance variation detection unit (1) detects a degree of variation of pixel value in a pixel reference region including a pixel of interest and pixels around the pixel of interest. The angular variation detection unit (2) acquires a contour direction where the pixel value is constant in the pixel reference region for each pixel and detects a degree of variation of the acquired contour direction. The image region detection unit (3) acquires an image region detection signal representing characteristics of the image region including the pixel of interest based on the degree of variation of the pixel value and the degree of variation of the contour direction. The image processing unit (4) performs a predetermined image process on the pixel of interest based on the image region detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi MINE, Yoshimitsu MURAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160005148
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing device capable of performing appropriate noise removal or reduction on input images of various resolution. The image processing device includes a contour direction estimating unit (21) that estimates a contour direction in which a signal value is a constant value for each pixel, a low pass filter unit (20a) that smoothes the signal value of the pixel based on the signal value of each reference pixel serving as a pixel of a reference region according to the pixel and arranged in the contour direction of the pixel estimated by the contour direction estimating unit for each pixel, and a parameter deciding unit (20b) that decides intensity of smoothing by the low pass filter unit according to an enlargement factor obtained based on a ratio of resolution of an input image signal and resolution of an output image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi MINE, Yoshimitsu MURAHASHI
  • Patent number: 8687125
    Abstract: An image processing system for processing a target pixel to be processed, which target pixel corresponds to inputted image data, a plurality of pixels including the target pixel being arranged in a matrix manner, includes an NR circuit (106). The NR circuit (106) includes a signal processing process circuit (114) for carrying out subtraction or addition, with respect to a pixel value Aij of the target pixel, of a value equivalent to a noise quantity Er calculated in advance, in a case where the pixel value Aij of the target pixel is larger or smaller, respectively, than a first couple of estimated values Bij and Cij for the pixel value Aij of the target pixel, the first couple of estimated values Bij and Cij being estimated from pixel values of respective pixels adjacent to the target pixel, centered at the target pixel, in a temporal axis or in a spatial axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaji Numao, Seiichi Gohshi, Takashi Mine
  • Patent number: 8687124
    Abstract: A signal processing device (201) includes noise reduction units (101), cascade-connected to each other, each of which includes: a signal selection section (31) for selecting a representative value from sampled signals obtained from an input signal by sampling a target signal and signals which are away from the target signal by given intervals; a voltage determination section (51) for determining which of a determined representative value and a voltage of the target signal is larger; and a signal output section (61) for increasing or decreasing the voltage of the target signal depending on a result of the determining and outputs the target signal as the output signal. A combination of intervals between the target signal and the signals excluding the target signal vary from noise reduction unit (101) to noise reduction unit (101). A noise reduction unit on a more upstream side has a larger maximum value of the intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiichi Gohshi, Takaji Numao, Takashi Mine
  • Patent number: 8654259
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (101) of the present invention includes an NR circuit (106) for carrying out a signal processing process in which a predetermined noise amount is added to or subtracted from data of a target pixel in accordance with a result of a comparison of signal levels between the target pixel and at least two surrounding pixels which are beside the target pixel, the NR circuit (106) adding or subtracting the predetermined noise amount to or from data of respective pixels adjacent to each other temporally or positionally in respective different signal processing processes. This allows providing a liquid crystal display device having a noise reduction effect. It is thus possible to provide a liquid crystal display device enabling less blur of an image after a noise reduction process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaji Numao, Seiichi Gohshi, Takashi Mine
  • Patent number: 8561562
    Abstract: In a friction reducing device for a ship body by forming an air bubble curtain on a ship's bottom by generating air bubbles from air ejection holes formed on the bottom, the air ejection holes are arranged in a ship width direction to constitute a plurality of air-ejection hole groups. The air-ejection hole groups include at least a center air-ejection hole group formed at the center of the ship width direction at a bow side and a pair of side air-ejection hole groups formed at a stern side from the center air-ejection hole group at both sides of the center air-ejection hole group in the ship width direction. A length of the center air-ejection hole group in the ship width direction is formed to be longer than a length of each of the side air-ejection hole groups in the ship width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Takano, Chiharu Kawakita, Seijiro Higasa, Shuji Mizokami, Shoichi Kameyama, Takashi Mine