Patents by Inventor Takuji Morimoto
Takuji Morimoto 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: 10814788Abstract: A recognized-region estimation device is provided with a visually-recognized-region calculating unit which calculates a visually-recognized region visually recognized by a driver of a mobile body in a mobile body coordinate system based on the mobile body on the basis of a line-of-sight direction of the driver, and a recognized-region calculating unit which calculates a recognized region recognized by the driver in the mobile body coordinate system on the basis of the visually-recognized region calculated by the visually-recognized-region calculating unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takahisa Hirata, Takashi Hirano, Takuji Morimoto
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Patent number: 10514878Abstract: Disclosed is a display controller including: a main display control unit for controlling a display performed by a main display unit on the basis of main operation information from a main operation unit; and a sub display control unit for controlling a display performed by a sub display unit on the basis of sub operation information from a sub operation unit. When the main operation unit is receiving an operation on the basis of the main operation information, the sub display control unit performs a control operation of not displaying, among the items which the sub display control unit causes the sub display unit to currently display, both the item related to an item to which an operation is being received by the main operation unit, and the item to which a function needing a change in display performed by the main display unit is assigned.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kimika Ikegami, Masanobu Osawa, Takuji Morimoto, Shogo Okamoto
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Publication number: 20190275946Abstract: A recognized-region estimation device is provided with a visually-recognized-region calculating unit which calculates a visually-recognized region visually recognized by a driver of a mobile body in a mobile body coordinate system based on the mobile body on the basis of a line-of-sight direction of the driver, and a recognized-region calculating unit which calculates a recognized region recognized by the driver in the mobile body coordinate system on the basis of the visually-recognized region calculated by the visually-recognized-region calculating unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2016Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takahisa HIRATA, Takashi HIRANO, Takuji MORIMOTO
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Publication number: 20190042176Abstract: Disclosed is a display controller including: a main display control unit for controlling a display performed by a main display unit on the basis of main operation information from a main operation unit; and a sub display control unit for controlling a display performed by a sub display unit on the basis of sub operation information from a sub operation unit. When the main operation unit is receiving an operation on the basis of the main operation information, the sub display control unit performs a control operation of not displaying, among the items which the sub display control unit causes the sub display unit to currently display, both the item related to an item to which an operation is being received by the main operation unit, and the item to which a function needing a change in display performed by the main display unit is assigned.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kimika IKEGAMI, Masanobu OSAWA, Takuji MORIMOTO, Shogo OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190017840Abstract: Provided are a first route condition acquirer to acquire a route condition of a planned travel route of a moving body, the route including a plurality of sections; a recommended operation definer to define a content of recommended operation information related to a device included in the moving body and an output point in the planned travel route at which the recommended operation information is output; a complexity level determiner to determine a complexity level of a route in one of the sections including the defined output point by using a static route condition out of the route condition of the planned travel route and, when the complexity level of the section is greater than or equal to a threshold value, determining a complexity level of each of the other sections in the planned travel route; and a recommended operation determiner to determine the output point using the determination result.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2016Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shogo OKAMOTO, Takuji MORIMOTO, Kimika IKEGAMI, Shin MIURA
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Patent number: 10178314Abstract: A reference line detection unit 12 extracts an edge from a distorted image taken by a fisheye camera to thereby determine a curved reference line. A distortion parameter calculation unit 13 calculates a distortion parameter such that the reference line is made linear. A distortion correction unit 14 corrects distortion of the distorted image by a distortion correction equation by using the distortion parameter.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takuji Morimoto, Tetsuji Haga
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Patent number: 10160458Abstract: When the number of pieces of traveling data belonging to the same category as a category of the current traveling data is equal to or greater than a first number being predetermined, a driving characteristic measurement apparatus selects the traveling data, and, when the number of pieces of the traveling data is less than the first number, selects traveling data whose number of pieces is not less than the first number, from among traveling data belonging to a category similar to the category of the current traveling data. The driving characteristic measurement apparatus measures driving characteristics on a currently traveling road using the selected traveling data.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shogo Okamoto, Takuji Morimoto, Kimika Ikegami
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Publication number: 20180194359Abstract: An intention inference part infers a future intention of a user. A time calculator to calculate an available time during which operation is properly executable, the operation corresponding to the feature intention of the user inferred by the intention inference part. A determination part determines, on a basis of the available time, whether the operation is executable or not. A recommendation-mode determination part controls an output device to output content of the operation in different modes depending on a determination of the determination part regarding whether the operation is executable or not.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2015Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takuji MORIMOTO, Kimika IKEGAMI, Shogo OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180149489Abstract: An in-vehicle device 1 regularly transmits to an information distribution server 2 an acquisition request that includes an own vehicle position and a facility search condition, and acquires facility information matching the condition around the vehicle. The in-vehicle device 1 controls the number of displays of the facility information on the basis of the information in an in-vehicle sensor group 12 when displaying the acquired facility information on a map.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2018Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yasutaka KONISHI, Kiyoshi MATSUTANI, Shinji AKATSU, Atsushi MATSUMOTO, Takuji MORIMOTO
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Publication number: 20180148066Abstract: When the number of pieces of traveling data belonging to the same category as a category of the current traveling data is equal to or greater than a first number being predetermined, a driving characteristic measurement apparatus selects the traveling data, and, when the number of pieces of the traveling data is less than the first number, selects traveling data whose number of pieces is not less than the first number, from among traveling data belonging to a category similar to the category of the current traveling data. The driving characteristic measurement apparatus measures driving characteristics on a currently traveling road using the selected traveling data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2015Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shogo OKAMOTO, Takuji MORIMOTO, Kimika IKEGAMI
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Patent number: 9909898Abstract: An in-vehicle device 1 regularly transmits to an information distribution server 2 an acquisition request that includes an own vehicle position and a facility search condition, and acquires facility information matching the condition around the vehicle. The in-vehicle device 1 controls the number of displays of the facility information on the basis of the information in an in-vehicle sensor group 12 when displaying the acquired facility information on a map.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yasutaka Konishi, Kiyoshi Matsutani, Shinji Akatsu, Atsushi Matsumoto, Takuji Morimoto
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Patent number: 9873355Abstract: An automatic adjuster, when carrying out an AR superimposed display using a head-up display in a vehicle like a car, is able to perform eye position adjustment for the AR superimposition automatically without increasing a burden to a driver by controlling, according to the eye position information acquired from an eye position detector, in such a manner as to shift the driver's eye position in accordance with the reference position of the superimposed display, which serves as a position where the AR superimposition is performed appropriately, and by controlling a movable part of the driver's power seat the driver of the vehicle takes.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Asako Shigeta, Takuji Morimoto, Takahisa Aoyagi
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Patent number: 9761224Abstract: An evaluation information posting device determines a rest state of a vehicle on the basis of rest information, determines a facility at which the vehicle has stopped off by using position information showing a rest position of the vehicle, map information including facility information about facilities located in an area surrounding the position shown by this position information, and a keyword about a facility at the rest position of the vehicle, and, by using both stop-off facility information about the facility which is a result of the determination, and a keyword about an evaluation which is provided for this facility, generates evaluation information about the stop-off facility and posts this evaluation information to an evaluation information managing server.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takuji Morimoto, Kiyoshi Matsutani, Shinji Akatsu, Atsushi Matsumoto, Yasutaka Konishi
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Publication number: 20170050542Abstract: An automatic adjuster, when carrying out an AR superimposed display using a head-up display in a vehicle like a car, is able to perform eye position adjustment for the AR superimposition automatically without increasing a burden to a driver by controlling, according to the eye position information acquired from an eye position detector, in such a manner as to shift the driver's eye position in accordance with the reference position of the superimposed display, which serves as a position where the AR superimposition is performed appropriately, and by controlling a movable part of the driver's power seat the driver of the vehicle takes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Asako SHIGETA, Takuji MORIMOTO, Takahisa AOYAGI
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Publication number: 20160185219Abstract: Provided is a vehicle-mounted display control device including: a vehicle state acquiring unit that acquires information related to a state of a vehicle as information to be provided to a driver; an urgency determining unit that determines urgency of the information acquired by the vehicle state acquiring unit; and a display mode deciding unit that decides a display mode so that the information will be displayed in a display area based on a result of determination by the urgency determining unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2013Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Reiko SAKATA, Takuji MORIMOTO
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Publication number: 20160042395Abstract: An advertisement information distribution device 2 receives an advertisement information distribution request including manufacturer information from a client terminal via a communicator 23, and distributes advertisement information. Because the distribution destination terminal information manager 24 manages the manufacturer information about the client terminal to which the advertisement information is distributed, the number of distributions of advertisement information can be counted for each manufacturer, and the advertising cost can be shared out among manufacturers according to the number of distributions to the manufacturers and monetary merits can be provided for the manufacturers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2013Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi MATSUMOTO, Takuji MORIMOTO, Yasutaka KONISHI, Shinji AKATSU, Kiyoshi MATSUTANI
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Publication number: 20160033297Abstract: An in-vehicle device 1 regularly transmits to an information distribution server 2 an acquisition request that includes an own vehicle position and a facility search condition, and acquires facility information matching the condition around the vehicle. The in-vehicle device 1 controls the number of displays of the facility information on the basis of the information in an in-vehicle sensor group 12 when displaying the acquired facility information on a map.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2013Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yasutaka KONISHI, Kiyoshi MATSUTANI, Shinji AKATSU, Atsushi MATSUMOTO, Takuji MORIMOTO
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Publication number: 20160005396Abstract: An evaluation information posting device determines a rest state of a vehicle on the basis of rest information, determines a facility at which the vehicle has stopped off by using position information showing a rest position of the vehicle, map information including facility information about facilities located in an area surrounding the position shown by this position information, and a keyword about a facility at the rest position of the vehicle, and, by using both stop-off facility information about the facility which is a result of the determination, and a keyword about an evaluation which is provided for this facility, generates evaluation information about the stop-off facility and posts this evaluation information to an evaluation information managing server.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2013Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takuji MORIMOTO, Kiyoshi MATSUTANI, Shinji AKATSU, Atsushi MATSUMOTO, Yasutaka KONISHI
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Publication number: 20150367861Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device of the present invention has a vehicle information acquisition unit 14 that acquires vehicle information on the state of a vehicle, and a control unit 11 that executes an application accompanied by at least one of a visual output and an auditory output and based on the vehicle information acquired by the vehicle information acquisition unit 14, instructs a vehicle control unit 15 controlling the travel state of the vehicle to link the output of the application with the travel state of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2013Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiko MORI, Takuji MORIMOTO
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Publication number: 20150358396Abstract: An information presentation device includes a device side communicator that communicates with an information distribution server that retrieves information corresponding to distribution request information from information to be distributed and performs a selection on the information retrieved thereby and distributes information selected thereby, an information inputter that inputs both the contents of a request for information that is desired to be distributed, and points specifying both a reward for provision of information corresponding to this request contents and a description of the selection, a request information setter that generates the distribution request information to which both the request contents and the points are set, and transmits the distribution request information to the information distribution server via the communicator, and an information presenter that receives, via the communicator, the information which the information distribution server selects according to the description.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2013Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shinji AKATSU, Kiyoshi MATSUTANI, Yasutaka KONISHI, Atsushi MATSUMOTO, Takuji MORIMOTO