Patents by Inventor Takayuki Nakasho
Takayuki Nakasho 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: 11648932Abstract: A periphery monitoring device includes a coupling determiner that determines whether a towed vehicle is coupled to a towing vehicle to which the towed vehicle can be coupled; a target setter that sets a target moving position to be a target for moving at least the towed vehicle coupled to the towing vehicle; a storing controller that stores, as a moving target image, an image, including the target moving position, of a peripheral image generated by as imager provided at the towing vehicle; and an image controller that displays the stored moving target image in association with the towing vehicle or the towed vehicle included in a current image generated by the imager and currently displayed on a display device.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Kinji Yamamoto, Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka, Takayuki Nakasho, Itsuko Fukushima
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Patent number: 11591018Abstract: A parking assistance device includes an overhead image generation unit generating an overhead image from a captured image obtained by capturing an image around a towing vehicle, a towing determination unit determining whether a towed vehicle is towed, an overhead image display range setting unit selecting a trimming range from a plurality of display ranges at least including a first display range and a second display range wider than the first display range, and a display image generation unit generating an overhead image for display by trimming the trimming range of the overhead image, and a display image including the overhead image for display on which the towing vehicle is superimposed. The overhead image display range setting unit selects the first display range when the towing vehicle does not tow the towed vehicle, and selects the second display range when the towing vehicle tows the towed vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya Maruoka, Kazuya Watanabe, Kinji Yamamoto, Itsuko Fukushima, Takayuki Nakasho
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Patent number: 11584436Abstract: A driver assistance device according to an embodiment includes a coupling angle acquirer that acquires a coupling angle between a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle coupled to the towing vehicle; and a notifier that issues a given notification in the towing vehicle when the towing vehicle is driven with the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle differing in orientation at a given value or more based on the coupling angle, the towing vehicle moves in a given distance or less while maintaining a steering angle, and the steering angle of the towing vehicle enables the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle to be placed in a serial state with the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle substantially matching with each other in orientation.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya Maruoka, Kazuya Watanabe, Kinji Yamamoto, Itsuko Fukushima, Takayuki Nakasho
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Patent number: 11400974Abstract: A towing assistance device includes an acquirer, a determiner, and a notifier. The acquirer acquires a coupling angle between a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle. The determiner determines whether the towed vehicle is movable backward in a coupling posture with the coupling angle maintained, when the towing vehicle is moved backward at a current steering angle. The notifier issues information on a steering angle at which the towed vehicle is movable backward in the coupling posture, among selectable steering angles of the towing vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya Watanabe, Takayuki Nakasho, Masahiko Sakabe, Kazunori Ono
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Publication number: 20210370912Abstract: A periphery monitoring device includes a coupling determiner that determines whether a towed vehicle is coupled to a towing vehicle to which the towed vehicle can be coupled; a target setter that sets a target moving position to be a target for moving at least the towed vehicle coupled to the towing vehicle; a storing controller that stores, as a moving target image, an image, including the target moving position, of a peripheral image generated by as imager provided at the towing vehicle; and an image controller that displays the stored moving target image in association with the towing vehicle or the towed vehicle included in a current image generated by the imager and currently displayed on a display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2018Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kinji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya WATANABE, Tetsuya MARUOKA, Takayuki NAKASHO, Itsuko FUKUSHIMA
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Publication number: 20210129905Abstract: A towing assistance device includes an acquirer, a determiner, and a notifier. The acquirer acquires a coupling angle between a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle. The determiner determines whether the towed vehicle is movable backward in a coupling posture with the coupling angle maintained, when the towing vehicle is moved backward at a current steering angle. The notifier issues information on a steering angle at which the towed vehicle is movable backward in the coupling posture, among selectable steering angles of the towing vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya WATANABE, Takayuki NAKASHO, Masahiko SAKABE, Kazunori ONO
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Patent number: 10909750Abstract: A periphery monitoring device includes: an image acquisition unit acquiring an image obtained from an imaging unit imaging a situation surrounding a towing vehicle to which a towed vehicle is connectable; a projection plane acquisition unit acquiring a three-dimensional virtual projection plane onto which the image can be projected and which is provided with a side plane rising in a height direction from a grounding surface of the towing vehicle; a projection processing unit projecting the image onto the virtual projection plane; a viewpoint setting unit setting a viewpoint position and a gazing point position with respect to the virtual projection plane; an image display unit causing a display device to display an image obtained by viewing the gazing point position from the viewpoint position with respect to the virtual projection plane; and a determination unit determining whether or not the towed vehicle is connected to the towing vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Itsuko Fukushima, Kazuya Watanabe, Kinji Yamamoto, Tetsuya Maruoka, Takayuki Nakasho
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Patent number: 10875577Abstract: A traction assist apparatus includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to acquire a coupling angle between a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle towed by the towing vehicle and acquire a current steered angle of the towing vehicle. The hardware processor is configured to, when the towing vehicle is moved backward at the current steered angle, determine whether the towed vehicle is movable backward in a balance state where the coupling angle is maintained, and monitor whether steering of the towing vehicle is continued in the balance state. The hardware processor is configured to provide notification of presence or absence of the balance state and provide notification of whether the monitoring is continued.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kinji Yamamoto, Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka, Itsuko Fukushima, Takayuki Nakasho
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Patent number: 10857944Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus includes: a detector configured to detect a roughness state of a road surface in a traveling direction of a vehicle; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a guide marker to be superimposed onto an image based on captured image data output from an imager that captures an image of a peripheral region including the traveling direction of the vehicle, the guide marker being displayed in a manner that follows a roughness state of the road surface in the traveling direction of the vehicle; and a controller configured to superimpose the guide marker onto the image in the display manner that follows the roughness state and display the image on a display device.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Nakasho, Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka, Kinji Yamamoto, Takashi Hiramaki, Takuya Hashikawa, Naotaka Kubota, Osamu Kimura, Itsuko Ohashi, Yasumasa Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20200346690Abstract: A parking assistance device includes an overhead image generation unit generating an overhead image from a captured image obtained by capturing an image around a towing vehicle, a towing determination unit determining whether a towed vehicle is towed, an overhead image display range setting unit selecting a trimming range from a plurality of display ranges at least including a first display range and a second display range wider than the first display range, and a display image generation unit generating an overhead image for display by trimming the trimming range of the overhead image, and a display image including the overhead image for display on which the towing vehicle is superimposed. The overhead image display range setting unit selects the first display range when the towing vehicle does not tow the towed vehicle, and selects the second display range when the towing vehicle tows the towed vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2018Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuya MARUOKA, Kazuya WATANABE, Kinji YAMAMOTO, Itsuko FUKUSHIMA, Takayuki NAKASHO
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Patent number: 10807643Abstract: A peripheral monitoring device according to an embodiment includes an acquirer configured to acquire a first image generated by an imaging device, and acquire a steering angle of a vehicle, the imaging device that images an area behind the vehicle; a calculator configured to calculate an estimate of trajectory of a first coupling device from the steering angle, the first coupling device being mounted on the vehicle to couple the vehicle to a towed vehicle; and an output configured to display the first image on a display screen for use in an interior of the vehicle and to superimpose a second image on the first image on the display screen. The second image is of a linear shape representing the estimate of trajectory. The linear shape widens continuously or in stages as being away from a vehicle-side end.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuya Maruoka, Kazuya Watanabe, Takayuki Nakasho, Masahiko Sakabe, Kazunori Ono
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Publication number: 20200317267Abstract: A parking assistance device according to an embodiment includes: an image processing unit that generates a surrounding image representing a situation around a towing vehicle based on an image capturing result obtained by an image capturing unit provided in the towing vehicle; a path obtaining unit that obtains a guidance path for guiding a towed vehicle to a target parking position, the guidance path extending from the target parking position as a starting point in a case where the target parking position of the towed vehicle connected to the towing vehicle is set; and a display processing unit that displays the guidance path such that the guidance path is superimposed on the surrounding image when the guidance path is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2018Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuya MARUOKA, Kazuya WATANABE, Kinji YAMAMOTO, Itsuko FUKUSHIMA, Takayuki NAKASHO
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Publication number: 20200223482Abstract: A driver assistance device according to an embodiment includes a coupling angle acquirer that acquires a coupling angle between a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle coupled to the towing vehicle; and a notifier that issues a given notification in the towing vehicle when the towing vehicle is driven with the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle differing in orientation at a given value or more based on the coupling angle, the towing vehicle moves in a given distance or less while maintaining a steering angle, and the steering angle of the towing vehicle enables the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle to be placed in a serial state with the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle substantially matching with each other in orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuya MARUOKA, Kazuya WATANABE, Kinji YAMAMOTO, Itsuko FUKUSHIMA, Takayuki NAKASHO
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Patent number: 10710504Abstract: A surroundings-monitoring device according to embodiments includes, as an example, a memory unit that stores therein captured image data output from an imaging unit imaging an area including a road surface in a forward direction of a vehicle and an area extending upward from the road surface and an output unit that outputs, to a display device, captured image data having been previously imaged by the imaging unit and including a road surface corresponding to a position of the current vehicle in the imaged road surface, from among the captured image data stored in the memory unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Nakasho, Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka
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Publication number: 20200207415Abstract: A traction assist apparatus includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to acquire a coupling angle between a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle towed by the towing vehicle and acquire a current steered angle of the towing vehicle. The hardware processor is configured to, when the towing vehicle is moved backward at the current steered angle, determine whether the towed vehicle is movable backward in a balance state where the coupling angle is maintained, and monitor whether steering of the towing vehicle is continued in the balance state. The hardware processor is configured to provide notification of presence or absence of the balance state and provide notification of whether the monitoring is continued.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya WATANABE, Tesuya MARUOKA, Itsuko FUKUSHIMA, Takayuki NAKASHO
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Publication number: 20200148222Abstract: A driving support device includes a support unit configured to support driving by setting a target location for guiding a vehicle and a set route to the target location, a setting unit configured to set a transmissivity in accordance with a state of the vehicle with respect to the target location or the set route, and a generating unit configured to generate a display image including an indicator for supporting driving with the transmissivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kinji YAMAMOTO, Tetsuya MARUOKA, Kazuya WATANABE, Itsuko FUKUSHIMA, Takayuki NAKASHO
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Patent number: 10632915Abstract: A surroundings monitoring apparatus includes an image acquisition portion acquiring captured image data, an image conversion portion converting the captured image data to virtual image data with a plurality of virtual viewpoints, and a data control portion sequentially displaying the virtual image data at a display unit in a state where each of the virtual viewpoints moves from a first virtual viewpoint position at which an opposite side of the vehicle is viewed, through a second virtual viewpoint position at which the vehicle is viewed from an overhead region of the vehicle, and to a third virtual viewpoint position at which the one side of the vehicle is viewed. The data control portion rotates the virtual image data with reference to a line of sight of the virtual viewpoint while the virtual image data is displayed so that the virtual viewpoint passes through the second virtual viewpoint position.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kinji Yamamoto, Naotaka Kubota, Kazuya Watanabe, Takayuki Nakasho
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Patent number: 10625782Abstract: A surroundings monitoring apparatus according to embodiments, as an example, includes a control unit causing a display device to display a display image where an indicator which indicates a towed vehicle coupled to a towing vehicle is superimposed on a vehicle surrounding image including the towing vehicle and surroundings of the towing vehicle based on a captured image obtained by being imaged by an imaging unit which images the surroundings of the towing vehicle, the control unit acquiring towed vehicle information related to the towed vehicle and changing a display mode of the indicator based on the towed vehicle information. Thus, according to the surroundings monitoring apparatus of the embodiments, the towed vehicle may be easily imagined from the display image.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Itsuko Fukushima, Kazuya Watanabe, Kinji Yamamoto, Tetsuya Maruoka, Takayuki Nakasho
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Publication number: 20200031398Abstract: A peripheral monitoring device according to an embodiment includes an acquirer configured to acquire a first image generated by an imaging device, and acquire a steering angle of a vehicle, the imaging device that images an area behind the vehicle; a calculator configured to calculate an estimate of trajectory of a first coupling device from the steering angle, the first coupling device being mounted on the vehicle to couple the vehicle to a towed vehicle; and an output configured to display the first image on a display screen for use in an interior of the vehicle and to superimpose a second image on the first image on the display screen. The second image is of a linear shape representing the estimate of trajectory. The linear shape widens continuously or in stages as being away from a vehicle-side end.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuya MARUOKA, Kazuya WATANABE, Takayuki NAKASHO, Masahiko SAKABE, Kazunori ONO
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Publication number: 20200031283Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus includes: a detector configured to detect a roughness state of a road surface in a traveling direction of a vehicle; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a guide marker to be superimposed onto an image based on captured image data output from an imager that captures an image of a peripheral region including the traveling direction of the vehicle, the guide marker being displayed in a manner that follows a roughness state of the road surface in the traveling direction of the vehicle; and a controller configured to superimpose the guide marker onto the image in the display manner that follows the roughness state and display the image on a display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki NAKASHO, Kazuya WATANBE, Tetsuya MARUOKA, Kinji YAMAMOTO, Takashi HIRAMAKI, Takuya HASHIKAWA, Naotaka KUBOTA, Osamu KIMURA, Itsuko OHASHI, Yasumasa YAMAMOTO