Patents by Inventor Taro Kumagai
Taro Kumagai 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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Publication number: 20240135729Abstract: There is provided an occupant detection device with a reduced processing load. An occupant detection device includes an image obtainer to obtain a captured image from an imaging device including, in an imaging range, a driver present in a driver seat of a vehicle and a passenger present in a passenger seat or a rear seat of the vehicle, an occupant detector to obtain the captured image from the image obtainer, the occupant detector being capable of detecting the driver and the passenger in the captured image, and a detection target determiner to determine whether a detection target of the occupant detector is one of occupants of the driver and the passenger or both of the occupants of the driver and the passenger.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Taro KUMAGAI
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Publication number: 20240104942Abstract: A passenger state determination device includes: a third determination part finally determining a state of a passenger based on a first determination result as a determination result of the state of the passenger by the first determination part and a second determination result as a determination result of the state of the passenger by the second determination part. The third determination part determines the first determination result to be a final determination result of the state of the passenger in a normal state, and when the first determination result is changed and the third determination part determines that the first determination result after the change is not appropriate, the third determination part determines the second determination result or the first determination result before the change to be a final determination result of the state of the passenger.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Taro KUMAGAI
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Publication number: 20230408679Abstract: It is an object to provide technology enabling an increase in accuracy of determination of an occupant in an interior of a vehicle. An occupant determination apparatus includes: a size detection unit to detect a size of a moving subject in the interior based on a reflected wave acquired by an acquisition unit; an occupant detection unit to detect whether there is an occupant in the interior based on the reflected wave acquired by the acquisition unit by a reflection of a wave; and a controller to determine whether there is a predetermined occupant in the interior based on a result of detection of the size detection unit and a result of detection of the occupant detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Taro KUMAGAI, Takumi TAKEI
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Publication number: 20230326324Abstract: An in-vehicle monitoring device includes: an in-vehicle information acquisition unit to acquire in-vehicle information; an occupant detection unit and a notification object detection unit to detect an occupant in a vehicle and a notification object in the vehicle, respectively, using the in-vehicle information; a first ride determination unit to determine whether ride of the occupant or the notification object in the vehicle is a first ride; a left-behind determination unit to determine whether the notification object is left behind; and a notification control unit to determine that notification is necessary when a first condition is satisfied in a case where it is determined that the notification object is left behind. In a case where the ride is a first ride, the notification control unit determines necessity of notification using a second condition relaxed as compared with the first condition in a case where the ride is not a first ride.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Taro KUMAGAI
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Publication number: 20230154226Abstract: Provided is a gesture detection apparatus that accurately detects a hand of an occupant in gesturing. The gesture detection apparatus includes a face frame information acquisition unit, a hand candidate detection unit, and a determination unit. The face frame information acquisition unit acquires face frame information. The face frame is set so as to surround the face of the occupant detected on the basis of the video. The hand candidate detection unit detects a hand candidate on the basis of the video. The determination unit rejects the information of the hand candidate so that the hand candidate is not detected as the hand of the occupant in the gesture of the occupant as a detection target on the basis of a predetermined condition regarding the overlap between the face frame in the video and the hand candidate frame set to surround the hand candidate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2020Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Taro KUMAGAI, Takuya MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20230060049Abstract: A face detection device includes processing circuitry configured to acquire, from an imaging device mounted on a vehicle and imaging an at least one occupant inside the vehicle, a captured image in which the at least one occupant is imaged; set a search area in which a face of the at least one occupant is searched in the acquired captured image; search the search area and detect the face of the at least one occupant; determine whether or not the detection of the face of the at least one occupant has succeeded; and expand the search area when determining that the detection of the face of the at least one occupant has failed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kazuki KUNIHIRO, Taro KUMAGAI
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Patent number: 11131876Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, the liquid crystal panel has a display surface of a planar shape on which a plurality of pixels are located. The front protective plate is located so as to face the display surface of the liquid crystal panel. The optical path changing portion is located between an emission surface of the front protective plate and an air layer located closer to the back side than the emission surface is and located closest to the emission surface. The optical path changing portion changes an optical path of light that enters the optical path changing portion so as to expand an emission angle when the incident light is emitted from the emission surface of the front protective plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2015Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuriko Takada, Akimasa Yuuki, Takanori Okumura, Tetsuya Satake, Taro Kumagai
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Patent number: 11087120Abstract: An area determining unit (3) for determining whether a detected face area is located within an area set for authenticating an occupant sitting on a front seat of a vehicle, a face orientation detecting unit (4) for detecting orientation of a face of a person on the basis of position information in a taken image of an element of the face of the person detected when the face area is determined to be located within the set area, a face orientation determining unit (5) for determining whether the orientation of the face of the person detected is within a range of the face orientation set for authenticating the occupant sitting on the front seat of the vehicle, and an authentication processing unit (6) for collating characteristic information of the taken image of the face area with characteristic information of a taken image for authentication accumulated in advance and authenticating the person whose face area is detected when the orientation of the face of the person is determined to be within the set range ofType: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Taro Kumagai
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Publication number: 20210197856Abstract: An image processing device includes: an image recognition unit for executing image recognition processing on an image captured by a camera for imaging a vehicle interior; and a threshold value setting unit for setting at least one threshold value among one or more threshold values to be used for the image recognition processing to a value being different depending on driving mode information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2018Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yumi HOSHINA, Taro KUMAGAI
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Publication number: 20210174065Abstract: An area determining unit (3) for determining whether a detected face area is located within an area set for authenticating an occupant sitting on a front seat of a vehicle, a face orientation detecting unit (4) for detecting orientation of a face of a person on the basis of position information in a taken image of an element of the face of the person detected when the face area is determined to be located within the set area, a face orientation determining unit (5) for determining whether the orientation of the face of the person detected is within a range of the face orientation set for authenticating the occupant sitting on the front seat of the vehicle, and an authentication processing unit (6) for collating characteristic information of the taken image of the face area with characteristic information of a taken image for authentication accumulated in advance and authenticating the person whose face area is detected when the orientation of the face of the person is determined to be within the set range ofType: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2016Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Taro KUMAGAI
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Patent number: 10410423Abstract: An HUD superimposes a display object, as a stereoscopic image or a planar image, on an actual scene. A display control device acquires information about a moving object and information about surrounding and estimates a relative distance between a display obstacle and the moving object. When it is determined that the display obstacle exists or can exist between the display object and the moving object, the display control device changes the display mode of the display object in accordance with the amount of change in the relative distance and notifies the HUD of the display mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shuhei Ota, Takashi Hirano, Taro Kumagai
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Publication number: 20190147261Abstract: Included are a detection information acquiring unit (101) for acquiring detection information showing that an operator's input operation has been detected; a vehicle information acquiring unit (102) for acquiring vehicle information showing the travelling state of a vehicle; an identification processing unit (104) for identifying the operator who has performed the input operation; and a control unit (103) for controlling either output of the detection information or a start of a voice recognition process of recognizing the operator's voice, on the basis of either the vehicle information or the vehicle information and a result of the identification by the identification processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2016Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yumi HOSHINA, Taro KUMAGAI, Takashi HIRANO, Masanobu OSAWA
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Patent number: 10168786Abstract: An emphasis level R is calculated in accordance with a difference between a position of a hand of an operator A specified based on a detection signal of a 3D camera 6 and a predetermined position of a hand for performing a gesture operation. A notification of a presence of an operation object intended for the gesture operation is provided with the calculated emphasis level R to thereby guide the hand of the operator A to a predetermined position of a hand, every time the emphasis level R is calculated in response to the detection of the hand of the operator A by the 3D camera 6.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2014Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Hirano, Taro Kumagai, Shuhei Ota
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Publication number: 20180061134Abstract: An HUD superimposes a display object, as a stereoscopic image or a planar image, on an actual scene. A display control device acquires information about a moving object and information about surrounding and estimates a relative distance between a display obstacle and the moving object. When it is determined that the display obstacle exists or can exist between the display object and the moving object, the display control device changes the display mode of the display object in accordance with the amount of change in the relative distance and notifies the HUD of the display mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2015Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shuhei OTA, Takashi HIRANO, Taro KUMAGAI
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Patent number: 9881605Abstract: According to an in-vehicle control apparatus, it is configured to receive information of a plurality of operation keys displayed on a display, to identify from a result of voice recognition of a user's speech, the operation key corresponding thereto on the basis of the information of the operation keys, and to execute a function assigned to the operation key upon receiving an instruction for execution by the user using a decision key, so that it is possible to perform an operation without making contact directly with the plurality of operation keys displayed on the display and without the need of a complex key operation. Further, solely by mounting just one decision key on a steering wheel, it becomes possible to safely perform the operation about the operation key displayed on the display without the user releasing his/her hand from the steering wheel during driving.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi Takei, Taro Kumagai
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Patent number: 9644986Abstract: A drive support system includes a motion information acquiring unit 1 that acquires motion information of a driver of a vehicle; a vehicle information acquiring unit 2 that acquires vehicle information about a state of the vehicle; a controller 4 that decides drive support contents corresponding to the motion pattern matching the motion information of the driver and to the state of the vehicle the vehicle information indicates from the support condition data that records drive support contents corresponding to a motion pattern of a driver to be provided with the drive support and the state of the vehicle; and an information presentation unit 6 that presents the drive support contents the controller 4 decides.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Taro Kumagai
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Patent number: 9604573Abstract: An information display apparatus includes: an around-the-vehicle sensor 3 that detects an obstacle around a vehicle; a transmissive display apparatus 4 which has a plurality of LEDs 42 disposed inside a vehicle interior structural member, and performs a display by lights of LEDs 42 transmitted through a surface of the structural member and irradiated outside; and a controller 2 that determines a driver's driving operation based on vehicle information about a driving operation, and allows the transmissive display apparatus 4 provided at the structural member present in a direction of a blind spot area in which the obstacle is detected by the around-the-vehicle sensor 3, among the blind spot areas formed by the vehicle interior structural members obstructing the visual field of a driver looking outside the vehicle in the driving operation, to display information on the obstacle.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hirokazu Shimizu, Tsutomu Matsubara, Taro Kumagai
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Patent number: D791144Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Haozhou Li, Takaki Yagisawa, Taro Kumagai
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Patent number: D797022Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Taro Kumagai, Tetsuya Satake, Takashi Hirano, Takanori Okumura
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Patent number: D834477Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Taro Kumagai, Tetsuya Satake, Takashi Hirano, Takanori Okumura