Patents by Inventor Tatsuki HOTANI

Tatsuki HOTANI 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: 20240331400
    Abstract: A threshold-value setting device sets a threshold value corresponding to a predetermined distance in order to give a user a warning about a warning object approaching within a distance less than the predetermined distance, and includes a threshold-value processor and an image processor. The threshold-value processor acquires a vertical position in a camera image obtained by image capturing of surroundings of the vehicle with the camera, i.e., a designated position in accordance with a user's operation and generates an icon having a size appropriate to the designated position and having a shape imitating the shape of the warning object. The image processor superimposes the icon on the designated position in the camera image and displays the icon-superimposed camera image on a display. The threshold-value processor sets the designated position as the threshold value in accordance with a determination operation performed by the user based on the displayed icon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo ITO, Jun IMAMURA, Takayuki SUZUKI, Tatsuki HOTANI, Akitoshi YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20240320790
    Abstract: A display device includes a receiving unit configured to receive a surrounding video; a setting unit configured to receive a correction setting of image quality for the surrounding video; a determination unit configured to determine a recommended correction processing for the surrounding video; and a notification unit configured to notify of the recommended correction setting for the surrounding video based on a determination result by the determination unit and the correction setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki IWAHANA, Takayuki SUZUKI, Tetsuo NAKAMURA, Akitoshi YAMASHITA, Tatsuki HOTANI
  • Patent number: 11683454
    Abstract: An in-cabin monitoring system includes a camera which captures an image of an inside of a cabin of a vehicle, a light source which irradiates the inside of the cabin with light, and a controller which controls the camera and the light source. The light source is capable of emitting first light which is light to be emitted when checking whether a person is present using the camera and second light which is stronger than the first light. The controller captures an image of the inside of the cabin using the camera while causing the light source to emit the second light, before the person gets in the vehicle and after the person gets out of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Takahashi, Shinji Takenaka, Yoshiteru Mino, Tatsuki Hotani
  • Publication number: 20220321845
    Abstract: An in-cabin monitoring system includes a camera which captures an image of an inside of a cabin of a vehicle, a light source which irradiates the inside of the cabin with light, and a controller which controls the camera and the light source. The light source is capable of emitting first light which is light to be emitted when checking whether a person is present using the camera and second light which is stronger than the first light. The controller captures an image of the inside of the cabin using the camera while causing the light source to emit the second light, before the person gets in the vehicle and after the person gets out of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki TAKAHASHI, Shinji TAKENAKA, Yoshiteru MINO, Tatsuki HOTANI
  • Publication number: 20220306001
    Abstract: An in-cabin monitoring system includes an electronic mirror provided inside a vehicle cabin, a camera that captures an image of an imaging target inside the vehicle cabin, and a light source that is provided in the electronic mirror and emits light into the vehicle cabin. The light source includes a plurality of light emitting diodes, and at least one light emitting diode of the plurality of light emitting diodes are disposed such that optical axes of the one or more light emitting diodes extend in directions different from a direction of an optical axis of an other light emitting diode of the plurality of light emitting diodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiteru MINO, Hideki TAKAHASHI, Tatsuki HOTANI, Shinji TAKENAKA