Patents by Inventor Takeshi Matsumura

Takeshi Matsumura 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: 20210152700
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing system including: an image processing device; a microphone that is capable of acquiring speech; a retaining unit configured to retain, in a history database, setting values for image processing utilized in the past; an acquiring unit configured to acquire, based at least on that a specific word has been recognized in a result of speech recognition on speech acquired by the microphone, one or more setting values from the history database using an extraction condition corresponding to the specific word, and a setting unit configured to set up a new job to be executed by the image processing device based on the one or more setting values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsumura, Toru Takahashi, Yuji Naya
  • Patent number: 10994724
    Abstract: A vehicle travel control apparatus includes an actuator and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to determine whether a driver of a vehicle is in an abnormal state where the driver loses an ability of driving the vehicle. The electronic control unit is also configured to stop the vehicle at an abnormality determination time point onward, and control a vehicle speed by using the actuator such that the vehicle speed does not become lower than a lower limit vehicle speed in a period from the abnormality determination time point to a time point when the vehicle is stopped. The lower limit vehicle speed is set in accordance with a road shape influencing timing when a driver of another vehicle traveling behind the vehicle visually recognizes the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsumura, Hirotada Otake
  • Patent number: 10970572
    Abstract: The driver condition detection system includes a driver monitor camera capturing a face of a driver of a vehicle and generating a facial image of the driver, and a driver condition detection part configured to detect a condition of the driver based on the facial image. If a part of face parts of the driver is hidden in the facial image, the driver condition detection part is configured to detect a condition of the driver based on face parts of the driver not hidden in the facial image. The face parts of the driver are a mouth, nose, right eye, and left eye of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeshi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 10946830
    Abstract: A seatbelt control device comprises a kinesthetic warning control part that is provided with a fitting operation part performing a fitting operation controlling a time for making the motor operate forward based on a motor current value when making the motor operate forward and controlling a belt tightness to an initial belt tightness, and a kinesthetic warning operation part performing a kinesthetic warning operation making the tightness of the seatbelt rise in stages from the initial belt tightness by repeating a forward operation making the motor operate forward and at least one operation of a braking operation short-circuiting the terminals of the motor to render the motor a short brake state or a reverse operation making the motor operate in reverse and k configured to perform the fitting operation before performing the kinesthetic warning operation on the seated passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunichiroh Sawai, Takeshi Matsumura, Jun Sato
  • Publication number: 20210067973
    Abstract: Provided is a communication device in which: a wireless network is formed of at least one sub-tree including a sub-root station; the sub-root station collects request wireless resource allocation information which a child station included in the sub-tree has; request wireless resource allocation information of the sub-root station itself is added to the collected request wireless resource allocation information, and the resultant information is reported to a parent station, the parent station notifies the sub-root station of wireless resource information available in the entire sub-tree; and the sub-root station allocates wireless resources to the sub-root station itself and the child station based on the wireless resource information notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Keiichi MIZUTANI, Hiroshi HARADA, Takeshi MATSUMURA, Takuya HABARA
  • Publication number: 20210067992
    Abstract: Provided are a communication apparatus that is operated under a wireless communication environment to which a full duplex communication scheme is applied and a communication method. The communication apparatus includes a communication section that performs wireless communication and a control section that controls operation of the communication section and processing of a signal transmitted and received by the communication section. Upon receiving, through a downlink control channel from a base station, designation regarding a resource in which interference is to be measured, the control section conducts, in the designated resource, measurement of interference from another terminal. In addition, the control section further controls transmission of interference information obtained by the measurement to the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: NAOKI KUSASHIMA, RYOTA KIMURA, KAZUYUKI SHIMEZAWA, RYO SAWAI, HIROTO KURIKI, KEIICHI MIZUTANI, TAKESHI MATSUMURA, HIROSHI HARADA
  • Publication number: 20210058219
    Abstract: Provided is a communication apparatus that flexibly switches execution/non-execution of FD. The communication apparatus includes the followings: a resource allocation unit that allocates, to another communication apparatus, reception radio resources in a predetermined frequency channel and allocates transmission radio resources at least partially overlapping the reception radio resources on a time axis; and a notification unit that notifies the other communication apparatus of information regarding the reception radio resources and the transmission radio resources. The resource allocation unit further allocates transmission radio resources at least partially overlapping the reception radio resources on a frequency axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: RYOTA KIMURA, RYO SAWAI, KAZUYUKI SHIMEZAWA, NAOKI KUSASHIMA, HIROSHI HARADA, KEIICHI MIZUTANI, TAKESHI MATSUMURA, HIROTO KURIKI
  • Publication number: 20210021723
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a microphone configured to acquire sound, a display device configured to display information, and at least one controller. The at least one controller is configured to cause the display device to display a first screen at least including one setting item with a set value that can be changed by an instruction, cause the display device to display a second screen including a selection object for transition to the first screen, and acquire text data based on speech acquired through the microphone during display of the second screen and change the set value of the one setting item on the basis of the text data without causing the display device to display the first screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Takeshi Matsumura, Yuji Naya
  • Patent number: 10896338
    Abstract: A control system comprising a reference image setting part setting a reference image of the face of the driver based on the image captured by the driver monitor camera, a monitoring part monitoring a condition of the driver based on the image captured by the driver monitor camera and the reference image, a first judging part judging if the face of the driver can no longer be recognized when monitoring the condition of the driver, a second judging part judging if the driver has been changed when the face of the driver can no longer be recognized, and a reference image resetting part resetting the reference image of the face of the driver based on the image captured by the driver monitor camera when it is judged that the driver has been changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsumura, Jun Sato, Kenichiroh Hara, Junya Kasugai, Koichiro Yamauchi, Kazuhiro Tomosue
  • Publication number: 20200389565
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming device, a display capable of displaying information, a microphone capable of acquiring a sound, and one or more controllers configured to function as a unit of performing control so as to display, on the display, a screen including an operation object that indicates, by a pointing position, a parameter related to a setting in forming the image, a unit of acquiring, based on voice information representing one-phrase voice expression acquired via the microphone, first identification information corresponding to the operation object and second identification information corresponding to an updating process on the pointing position, and a unit of performing control, based on at least information regarding a current pointing position indicated by the operation object, the first identification information, and the second identification information, so as to display a screen including the operation object updated in terms of the pointing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Yuji Naya, Toru Takahashi, Takeshi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20200381242
    Abstract: The driver condition detection system includes a driver monitor camera capturing a face of a driver of a vehicle and generating a facial image of the driver, and a driver condition detection part configured to detect a condition of the driver based on the facial image. If a part of face parts of the driver is hidden in the facial image, the driver condition detection part is configured to detect a condition of the driver based on face parts of the driver not hidden in the facial image. The face parts of the driver are a mouth, nose, right eye, and left eye of the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventor: Takeshi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 10799448
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a therapeutic agent illustrating an immediate and sustained effect on chronic intractable external otitis. The present invention provide a composition, pharmaceutical composition, food and feed for preventing and/or treating chronic intractable external otitis, each comprising interferon-? (IFN?) as an active ingredient. Orally administering the composition of the present invention can provide inhibition, alleviation, treatment and prevention for chronic intractable external otitis. According to the present invention, IFN? can give a sufficient effect even when administered in a very small amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, HOKUSAN CO. LTD
    Inventors: Akira Ito, Takeshi Matsumura, Toru Gotanda, Noriko Tabayashi, Noriko Itchoda, Takashi Aoki, Uiko Kagaya
  • Patent number: 10803294
    Abstract: A driver monitoring system 1 includes: an image capturing device 11 which captures a face image of the driver; and a control device 50 to which the face image captured by the image capturing device is transmitted. The control device includes: a facial orientation recognition unit which recognizes the facial orientation angle of the driver based on the face image captured by the image capturing device; a zero-point setting unit which sets a zero-point of a pitch angle, yaw angle, and roll angle of the face of the driver based on the facial orientation angle recognized by the facial orientation recognition unit, when zero-point setting conditions, including that the velocity of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined velocity, are satisfied; and a state diagnosis unit that diagnoses a state of the driver based on the current facial orientation angle with respect to the zero-point set by the zero-point setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsumura, Jun Sato, Kenichiroh Hara, Junya Kasugai, Koichiro Yamauchi, Kazuhiro Tomosue
  • Patent number: 10769460
    Abstract: The driver condition detection system includes a driver monitor camera capturing a face of a driver of a vehicle and generating a facial image of the driver, and a driver condition detection part configured to detect a condition of the driver based on the facial image. If a part of face parts of the driver is hidden in the facial image, the driver condition detection part is configured to detect a condition of the driver based on face parts of the driver not hidden in the facial image. The face parts of the driver are a mouth, nose, right eye, and left eye of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeshi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 10742454
    Abstract: Provided is a transmission device of a single carrier frequency-domain equalization scheme having a circuit in which a cyclic prefix (CP) and an overlap margin (OM) are inserted, and a time-domain windowing processing circuit to which is input a transmission symbol into which the CP and the OM have been inserted. The time-domain windowing processing circuit multiplies an arbitrary time-domain window function and suppresses out-of-band emission. In the time-domain windowing processing circuit, a window transition length of the time-domain window function is equal to or larger than a length of the CP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Keiichi Mizutani, Hiroshi Harada, Takeshi Matsumura, Yosuke Kodama
  • Patent number: 10706299
    Abstract: The control system of a vehicle comprises: a driver monitor camera capturing an face of a driver of a vehicle to generate a facial image of the driver; a driver condition detection part configured to detect a condition of the driver based on the facial image; a steering system operating wheels and a steering wheel of the vehicle; and a steering control part configured to set a target turning angle of the wheels and a target steering angle of the steering wheel to control the steering system. The steering control part is configured to make an upper limit value of the target steering angle a value up to a maximum angle when one eye of the driver is not hidden by the steering wheel in the facial image generated when the driver is facing the front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeshi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20200213457
    Abstract: An image forming system is configured to receive an input of natural language speech. Regardless of whether the natural language speech includes a combination of first words or second words, the image forming system can recognize the natural language speech as an instruction to select a specific print setting displayed on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Yuji Naya, Takeshi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 10604160
    Abstract: The driver condition detection system comprises a driver monitor camera capturing a face of a driver of a vehicle to generate a facial image of the driver, a vehicle speed sensor, a facial information detection part detecting a line of sight or facial direction of the driver based on the facial image, a threshold range setting part configured to set a threshold range allowed as the line of sight or facial direction of the driver, and a driver condition judging part. The driver condition judging part is configured to judge that the driver is looking aside if the line of sight or facial direction of the driver is outside the threshold range. The threshold range setting part is configured to change the threshold range, depending on the speed of the vehicle detected by the vehicle speed sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeshi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20200096229
    Abstract: Provided are a fan filter unit and a sterilization apparatus capable of shortening a sterilization operation time to be performed at a changeover. The sterilization apparatus has: a working space; a fan filter unit for supplying clean air to the working space; and a sterilizing gas charging unit on the air suction side of the fan filter unit. The fan filter unit comprises: a fan unit section constituted by an air blower and a pressurization chamber; a dust removal filter provided on the downstream side of the fan unit section; a passage bypassing the dust removal filter; and an opening and closing mechanism of the passage. By opening the opening and closing mechanism, the air flow not passing through the dust removal filter can be supplied to the secondary side of the fan filter unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Makoto YOKOYAMA, Takeshi MATSUMURA, Hirotoshi SATO
  • Patent number: 10598516
    Abstract: A gripping state detection device includes a steering state determination ECU that determines the gripping state of a driver with respect to the steering wheel of a vehicle. The steering state determination ECU determines which of a first steering state, a second steering state, and a hands-off state has occurred based on the electrostatic capacitance. The steering state determination ECU outputs a first determination result indicating that the steering wheel is gripped by the driver in a case where the determined state is the first steering state or the second steering state, and outputs a second determination result indicating that the steering wheel is not gripped by the driver in a case where the determined state is the hands-off state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDSOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takeshi Matsumura