Patents by Inventor Teruhisa Takano
Teruhisa Takano 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: 9963144Abstract: A travel control device acquires subject vehicle information including the position of a subject vehicle, acquires lane marker information including positions of lane markers, sets control areas with reference to the lane markers, and controls a travel position of the subject vehicle so that the subject vehicle travels between a pair of control areas set at right and left of the subject vehicle. The lane markers include a change-point lane marker and includes a course change point. When the pair of control areas set with reference to the change-point lane marker comprises one of the pair at a course change side of the subject vehicle and the other of the pair, the ratio of a width of the other to a width of the one is set larger than the ratio of the widths of control areas set with reference to a lane marker other than the change-point lane marker.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahide Nakamura, Tsuneyuki Watanabe, Teruhisa Takano, Takahiro Yano, Yukinori Nishida
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Patent number: 9842261Abstract: A vehicle monitoring system is provided which determines the mode of display and the compressibility of a moving image, a streaming video and a still image based on a monitoring level determined by vehicle conditions detected. The system generates a monitoring image using the determined display mode or compressed at the determined compressibility and transmits the monitoring image to an external terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2012Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Teruhisa Takano, Shinji Yasuhara
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Publication number: 20170274898Abstract: A travel control device acquires subject vehicle information including the position of a subject vehicle, acquires lane marker information including positions of lane markers, sets control areas with reference to the lane markers, and controls a travel position of the subject vehicle so that the subject vehicle travels between a pair of control areas set at right and left of the subject vehicle. The lane markers include a change-point lane marker and includes a course change point When the pair of control areas set with reference to the change-point lane marker comprises one of the pair at a course change side of the subject vehicle and the other of the pair, the ratio of a width of the other to a width of the one is set larger than the ratio of the widths of control areas set with reference to a lane marker other than the change-point lane marker.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2014Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Masahide Nakamura, Tsuneyuki Watanabe, Teruhisa Takano, Takahiro Yano, Yukinori Nishida
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Patent number: 9683861Abstract: An estimated route presentation apparatus including a control device is provided. The control device executes an image acquisition function to acquire a captured image captured by a camera provided on the vehicle, an estimated route calculation function to: detect an end part of a diagram displayed on a road surface from an image of the road surface included in the captured image; obtain a center of gyration of the vehicle traveling, on the basis of changes in the direction and distance of the movement of the end part as the vehicle travels; and calculate an estimated route of the vehicle with reference to the center of gyration, and a presentation control function to present the calculated estimated route.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Teruhisa Takano, Akihiko Kouzai, Shinji Yasuhara
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Patent number: 9457842Abstract: A parking mode selection apparatus selects one parking mode among from plural parking modes including at least a perpendicular parking or a parallel parking. The parking mode selection apparatus includes a steer angle detector that detects a steer angle of a steering wheel, an operation detector that detects, based on the steer angle detected by the steer angle detector, a predetermined operation in which the steering wheel is returned to a neutral position after rotated to a right or a left, and a parking mode selector. The parking mode selector selects, when the predetermined operation is detected by the operation detector, a parking mode that coincides with a steered direction to the right or the left of the steer angle detected by the steer angle detector and is associated with said steer angle.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2011Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Teruhisa Takano, Masahiko Kikuchi, Hajime Kasai, Yoshiro Takamatsu, Kouki Minegishi, Makoto Shibano
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Publication number: 20160227098Abstract: An information presentation system comprising a control device is provided. The control device executes an image acquisition function to acquire a captured image around a vehicle captured by an onboard camera, a delay state determination function to determine a delay state using a delay time of wireless communication between an onboard apparatus and a terminal apparatus, a predicted image generation function to calculate a position of the vehicle after the delay time on a basis of state information of the vehicle and generate a predicted image using the captured image that has been acquired so as to predict the predicted image to be captured by the camera at the calculated position of the vehicle and a presentation function to present the predicted image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Shinji Yasuhara, Teruhisa Takano, Akihiko Kouzai
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Publication number: 20160216128Abstract: An estimated route presentation apparatus including a control device is provided. The control device executes an image acquisition function to acquire a captured image captured by a camera provided on the vehicle, an estimated route calculation function to: detect an end part of a diagram displayed on a road surface from an image of the road surface included in the captured image; obtain a center of gyration of the vehicle traveling, on the basis of changes in the direction and distance of the movement of the end part as the vehicle travels; and calculate an estimated route of the vehicle with reference to the center of gyration, and a presentation control function to present the calculated estimated route.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Teruhisa Takano, Akihiko Kouzai, Shinji Yasuhara
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VEHICLE MONITORING DEVICE, VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND VEHICLE MONITORING METHOD
Publication number: 20150109446Abstract: A vehicle monitoring system is basically provided with a control device, a communication device and an external terminal device. The control device performs a monitoring-image-forming function in which a single monitoring image is formed from captured images taken by a plurality of vehicle cameras. The control device also performs a mapping-information-assigning function in which mapping information is appended to the single monitoring image for projecting a monitoring image onto projection surfaces, which is established by a lateral side of a columnar-shaped projection model of a columnar body having a mounting surface upon which the vehicle rests as a bottom surface. The control device also performs a transmission function in which information containing the monitoring image and appended mapping information is transmitted to the external terminal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Teruhisa Takano -
Patent number: 8890716Abstract: In order to provide parking assist even in a situation where an end portion of a vehicle is predicted to come into contact with an obstacle, an available parking space is set, and a target parking position is set within the available parking space. When it is determined that the end portion of the vehicle will come into contact with an end portion of the available parking space if the vehicle travels to be parked in the target parking position, an entering angle of the vehicle with respect to the available parking space is changed so that the vehicle may travel toward a target parking space with the end portion of the vehicle spaced away from a front end point P of the available parking space, and a parking path for the vehicle to travel to a non-final target parking position is calculated.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Teruhisa Takano, Daisuke Tanaka
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Patent number: 8803707Abstract: A parking assistance system for a vehicle includes multiple on-board cameras (11, 12, 13, 14) each configured to capture an image of a surrounding area of the vehicle, overhead image generating means (21) for joining the captured multiple images and generating an overhead image viewed from above the vehicle, and display means (22) for displaying the generated overhead image and a steering wheel turning frame corresponding to a steering wheel turning position at which steering wheel turning is performed on the way of reverse movement of the vehicle to a predetermined target parking position.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2009Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Teruhisa Takano
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Publication number: 20140085477Abstract: A vehicle monitoring system is provided which determines the mode of display and the compressibility of a moving image, a streaming video and a still image based on a monitoring level determined by vehicle conditions detected. The system generates a monitoring image using the determined display mode or compressed at the determined compressibility and transmits the monitoring image to an external terminal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Teruhisa Takano, Shinji Yasuhara
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Patent number: 8498770Abstract: Upon a driver of a vehicle setting a target parking position, a parking assist system calculates a recommended parking start position which the vehicle can reach with a current steering angle of the vehicle unchanged and from which the vehicle can reach the parking target position with a constant steering angle. The parking assist system then draws a parking start frame figure F2 indicating a recommended parking start position on an overhead image around the vehicle generated using images captured by onboard cameras and displays the same on the display unit. It is therefore possible to properly assist the driving operation for parking allow inexperienced drivers to easily perform parking.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2008Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Teruhisa Takano
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Publication number: 20130144492Abstract: A parking mode selection apparatus selects one parking mode among from plural parking modes including at least a perpendicular parking or a parallel parking. The parking mode selection apparatus includes a steer angle detector that detects a steer angle of a steering wheel, an operation detector that detects, based on the steer angle detected by the steer angle detector, a predetermined operation in which the steering wheel is returned to a neutral position after rotated to a right or a left, and a parking mode selector. The parking mode selector selects, when the predetermined operation is detected by the operation detector, a parking mode that coincides with a steered direction to the right or the left of the steer angle detected by the steer angle detector and is associated with said steer angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Inventors: Teruhisa Takano, Masahiko Kikuchi, Hajime Kasai, Yoshiro Takamatsu, Kouki Minegishi, Makoto Shibano
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Publication number: 20130096816Abstract: In order to provide parking assist even in a situation where an end portion of a vehicle is predicted to come into contact with an obstacle, an available parking space is set, and a target parking position is set within the available parking space. When it is determined that the end portion of the vehicle will come into contact with an end portion of the available parking space if the vehicle travels to be parked in the target parking position, an entering angle of the vehicle with respect to the available parking space is changed so that the vehicle may travel toward a target parking space with the end portion of the vehicle spaced away from a front end point P of the available parking space, and a parking path for the vehicle to travel to a non-final target parking position is calculated.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Inventors: Teruhisa Takano, Daisuke Tanaka
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Patent number: 8319614Abstract: A target parking position serving as a parking target of a vehicle is set, and a parking start position from which the vehicle can start to reach the target parking position while maintaining a predetermined steering angle is set. Then, a vehicle mark V indicating a current position, a target parking frame F1 indicating the target parking position, and a parking start frame F2 indicating the parking start position are drawn on a bird's eye image of a periphery of the vehicle, and a display device 5 is allowed to display an image in which the vehicle mark V, the target parking frame F1 and the parking start frame F2 are drawn on the bird's eye image. At this time, the parking start frame F2 is drawn on the bird's eye image so that a drawing mode thereof can be changed in response to a current steering angle of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Teruhisa Takano
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Patent number: 8267502Abstract: An inkjet printer includes an ejector, a wave guide, an electromagnetic wave supplier, and a reflector. The ejector is configured to eject ink toward a medium. Through the wave guide, the medium with the ink ejected by the ejector is inserted. The electromagnetic wave supplier is disposed at a start end of the wave guide to supply electromagnetic waves to the wave guide. The reflector is disposed at a terminal end of the wave guide to reflect the electromagnetic waves supplied by the electromagnetic wave supplier.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2010Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiki Onozawa, Ryuji Yamada, Akira Minemura, Teruhisa Takano
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Patent number: 8134595Abstract: An image processing system so disclosed has respective image pickup parts and respective viewpoint conversion parts configured to perform viewpoint conversion of original images captured by the respective image pickup parts to generate converted images. The image processing system also includes a display device controllable to display the converted images.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2007Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Teruhisa Takano
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Patent number: 8061833Abstract: An inkjet printer includes an inkjet head, an electromagnetic-wave supplier, a wave guide, and a ventilator. The inkjet head is configured to eject ink onto a surface of a medium. The electromagnetic-wave supplier is configured to generate electromagnetic waves. The wave guide has an internal space into which the medium is to be fed. The wave guide is connected to the electromagnetic-wave supplier to apply the electromagnetic waves to the medium. The ventilator is configured to flow a gas in the internal space of the wave guide.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2009Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiki Onozawa, Ryuji Yamada, Teruhisa Takano
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Publication number: 20110095910Abstract: A parking assistance system for a vehicle includes multiple on-board cameras (11, 12, 13, 14) each configured to capture an image of a surrounding area of the vehicle, overhead image generating means (21) for joining the captured multiple images and generating an overhead image viewed from above the vehicle, and display means (22) for displaying the generated overhead image and a steering wheel turning frame corresponding to a steering wheel turning position at which steering wheel turning is performed on the way of reverse movement of the vehicle to a predetermined target parking position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2009Publication date: April 28, 2011Inventor: Teruhisa Takano
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Publication number: 20100302318Abstract: An inkjet printer includes an ejector, a wave guide, an electromagnetic wave supplier, and a reflector. The ejector is configured to eject ink toward a medium. Through the wave guide, the medium with the ink ejected by the ejector is inserted. The electromagnetic wave supplier is disposed at a start end of the wave guide to supply electromagnetic waves to the wave guide. The reflector is disposed at a terminal end of the wave guide to reflect the electromagnetic waves supplied by the electromagnetic wave supplier.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiki Onozawa, Ryuji Yamada, Akira Minemura, Teruhisa Takano