Patents by Inventor Takuya HASHIKAWA

Takuya HASHIKAWA 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: 20250363663
    Abstract: A foot position estimating device includes a processor configured to detect a human region representing a human in a predetermined region from an image generated by a camera configured to capture the predetermined region, and estimate a point of intersection of a line from a reference point in the human region to a vanishing point of the image with an edge of the human region as a foot position of the human, thereby correctly estimating a foot position of the human represented in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yokoyama, Takuya Hashikawa
  • Publication number: 20250356656
    Abstract: A counting device includes a processor configured to: detect one or more persons in a predetermined region from each of a plurality of time-series images, track, for each of the one or more detected persons, the person in one or more images representing the person among the plurality of images, determine whether the position in the images of each of the one or more detected persons is within a hiding determination area in a region in the images corresponding to the predetermined region, based on the result of tracking, and count, when duration during which the position in the images of any of the one or more detected persons is outside the hiding determination area is not less than a predetermined time threshold, the number of the one or more persons represented in an image during the duration as the number of those remaining in the predetermined region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2025
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yokoyama, Takuya Hashikawa
  • Publication number: 20250285443
    Abstract: A monitoring device includes a processor configured to detect a person from each of a plurality of time-series images generated by a camera, track the detected person in one or more images representing the person among the plurality of images, determine whether the position of the detected person in the images has been within a first area in the images corresponding to an exclusion zone for a first period and whether the position of the detected person in the images has been within a second area in the images adjacent to the first area for a second period longer than the first period, based on the tracking result, and determine that the detected person has entered the exclusion zone, when the position of the detected person in the images has been within the first area for the first period or within the second area for the second period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2025
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yokoyama, Takuya Hashikawa
  • Patent number: 10857944
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Nakasho, Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka, Kinji Yamamoto, Takashi Hiramaki, Takuya Hashikawa, Naotaka Kubota, Osamu Kimura, Itsuko Ohashi, Yasumasa Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10793070
    Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus having an acquisition unit that acquires a three-dimensional model image. The three-dimensional model image indicates an irregular state of a road surface. The three-dimensional model image includes image data outputted from an imaging unit that takes a peripheral image including the road surface in a traveling direction of a vehicle and includes height data that indicates heights of individual regions of the road surface represented in the peripheral image. The periphery monitoring apparatus also includes a control that superimposes an indicator of a height of the road surface based on the height data onto each region included in the acquired three-dimensional model image and displays the three-dimensional model image on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Watanabe, Yoji Inui, Kinji Yamamoto, Takashi Hiramaki, Takuya Hashikawa, Tetsuya Maruoka, Naotaka Kubota, Osamu Kimura, Itsuko Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20200035207
    Abstract: A display control apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire predetermined data and imaged image data from an imaging unit that images a periphery of a vehicle; a storage unit configured to store therein vehicle shape data expressing a three-dimensional shape of the vehicle; and a display processor configured to switch transparency of the vehicle shape data based on the predetermined data when the vehicle shape data is superimposed and displayed on display data expressing the periphery of the vehicle based on the imaged image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya MARUOKA, Itsuko OHASHI, Kazuya WATANABE, Yoji INUI, Kinji YAMAMOTO, Takashi HIRAMAKI, Takuya HASHIKAWA, Naotaka KUBOTA, Osamu KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200031281
    Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a three-dimensional model image indicating an irregular state of a road surface, the three-dimensional model image including taken image data output from an imaging unit that takes a peripheral image including the road surface in a traveling direction of a vehicle and including height data that indicates heights of individual regions of the road surface represented in the peripheral image; and a control unit configured to superimpose an indicator indicating a height of the road surface based on the height data onto each region included in the acquired three-dimensional model image and display the three-dimensional model image on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya WATANABE, Yoji INUI, Kinji YAMAMOTO, Takashi HIRAMAKI, Takuya HASHIKAWA, Tetsuya MARUOKA, Naotaka KUBOTA, Osamu KIMURA, Itsuko OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200031283
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki NAKASHO, Kazuya WATANBE, Tetsuya MARUOKA, Kinji YAMAMOTO, Takashi HIRAMAKI, Takuya HASHIKAWA, Naotaka KUBOTA, Osamu KIMURA, Itsuko OHASHI, Yasumasa YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190244324
    Abstract: A display control device according to an embodiment includes an acquirer configured to acquire image data from an imager to image surroundings of a vehicle, storage that stores therein vehicle-shape data representing a three-dimensional shape of the vehicle, and a display processor configured to display a certain region of the vehicle-shape data at transmittance different from transmittance of another region, when superimposing, for display, the vehicle-shape data on display data which is based on the image data and represents the surroundings of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya WATANABE, Yoji INUI, Kinji YAMAMOTO, Takashi HIRAMAKI, Takuya HASHIKAWA, Tetsuya MARUOKA, Naotaka KUBOTA, Osamu KIMURA, Itsuko FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 10157595
    Abstract: A display control device includes: a reception unit that receives an input for designating a first point on a first image, which is displayed on a display screen provided in a vehicle compartment and shows a peripheral environment of a vehicle at a first timing; a display processing unit that displays a first display object at the first point; a specifying unit that specifies a second point at which a first target, which is located at the first point, is located on a second image, which shows the peripheral environment of the vehicle at a second timing after the first timing; and an update unit that displays, along with the second image, the first display object at the second point on the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Hashikawa, Naotaka Kubota, Yoji Inui, Morio Sakai
  • Publication number: 20180253106
    Abstract: A periphery monitoring device includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a first image in which a first connection device provided in a vehicle and a second connection device provided in a towed vehicle are captured; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire height information of the second connection device; and a guidance controller configured to calculate a positional relationship between the first connection device and the second connection device based on a display position of the second connection device in the first image and the height information, calculate a path of the vehicle until the first connection device and the second connection device are connected to each other based on the positional relationship, and to guide the vehicle along the path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoji INUI, Tetsuya MARUOKA, Kazuya WATANABE, Kinji YAMAMOTO, Itsuko FUKUSHIMA, Takuya HASHIKAWA, Naotaka KUBOTA, Takashi HIRAMAKI, Osamu KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180089907
    Abstract: A periphery monitoring device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires an image indicating a peripheral environment of a vehicle and information corresponding to a state of the vehicle, the image being captured by an imaging device that is provided in the vehicle; a memory that stores a vehicle model that indicates a three-dimensional shape of the vehicle; a processing unit that processes the vehicle model based on the information; and an output unit that superimposes the vehicle model processed by the processing unit on a position within the image indicating the peripheral environment corresponding to a position within the peripheral environment where the vehicle is present, and displays the image indicating the peripheral environment and having the vehicle model superimposed thereon on a display screen that is provided in a vehicle compartment of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya MARUOKA, Kazuya WATANABE, Yoji INUI, Kinji YAMAMOTO, Takashi HIRAMAKI, Takuya HASHIKAWA, Naotaka KUBOTA, Osamu KIMURA, Itsuko OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20170372682
    Abstract: A display control device includes: a reception unit that receives an input for designating a first point on a first image, which is displayed on a display screen provided in a vehicle compartment and shows a peripheral environment of a vehicle at a first timing; a display processing unit that displays a first display object at the first point; a specifying unit that specifies a second point at which a first target, which is located at the first point, is located on a second image, which shows the peripheral environment of the vehicle at a second timing after the first timing; and an update unit that displays, along with the second image, the first display object at the second point on the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya HASHIKAWA, Naotaka KUBOTA, Yoji INUI, Morio SAKAI