Patents by Inventor Toshio Mori

Toshio Mori 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: 20240296393
    Abstract: An optimization proposal device disclosed herein comprises: an optimization target receiving means for receiving an input of an optimization target for achieving a target performance indicator of a city; a personal data receiving means for receiving input of personal data about a plurality of individuals belonging to the city; a personal data analysis means for analyzing requests from the plurality of individuals, on the basis of the received personal data; an individual classification means for classifying individuals on the basis of the analyzed requests; an individual proposal action specifying means for specifying a proposed action for each individual, on the basis of the classification; and an output means for outputting the specified proposed action for each individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoji MORI, Toshio Koide, Wataru ITONACA
  • Publication number: 20230014663
    Abstract: A picture recognition apparatus includes: a person detector that detects a person included in a captured picture and specifies a detection position and a detection size of the person in the captured picture; a frame line determiner that determines a size of a frame line different from the detection size on the basis of the specified detection position of the person; a picture generator that generates a display picture in which the frame line of the determined size is superimposed on the detection position of the captured picture; and a display controller that causes a display device to display the generated display picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Nobuo KAWAI, Masahiro ONDA, Toshio MORI, Tsuyoshi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11146755
    Abstract: A dashcam serving as an on-vehicle image capturing and recording apparatus includes: a cancellation processing unit configured to perform cancellation processing for reducing an electronic device sound on a sound acquired by a surrounding image/sound acquisition unit based on the characteristics of an electronic device sound acquired by an electronic device sound acquisition unit; and an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality of a vehicle, in which the acquired sound of the surroundings of the vehicle and a cancel sound are temporality recorded, a recording control unit is configured to discard the cancel sound and integrate only the sound of the surroundings of the vehicle with the image and record the integrated data when the abnormality detection unit does not detect an abnormality and otherwise records the cancel sounds and the sounds of the surroundings of the vehicle along with the image as overwriting prohibited data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Mori, Katsuyuki Nagai, Akinori Sugata, Takayuki Arase, Hitoshi Sunohara
  • Publication number: 20200412999
    Abstract: A dashcam serving as an on-vehicle image capturing and recording apparatus includes: a cancellation processing unit configured to perform cancellation processing for reducing an electronic device sound on a sound acquired by a surrounding image/sound acquisition unit based on the characteristics of an electronic device sound acquired by an electronic device sound acquisition unit; and an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality of a vehicle, in which the acquired sound of the surroundings of the vehicle and a cancel sound are temporality recorded, a recording control unit is configured to discard the cancel sound and integrate only the sound of the surroundings of the vehicle with the image and record the integrated data when the abnormality detection unit does not detect an abnormality and otherwise records the cancel sounds and the sounds of the surroundings of the vehicle along with the image as overwriting prohibited data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio MORI, Katsuyuki NAGAI, Akinori SUGATA, Takayuki ARASE, Hitoshi SUNOHARA
  • Patent number: 10868997
    Abstract: A recording control device includes: a video data acquisition unit configured to acquire data on a video obtained by shooting an outside of a vehicle; a buffer memory configured to temporarily store the data on the video; an event detection unit configured to detect occurrence of a predetermined event; a traveling information acquisition unit configured to acquire traveling information on the vehicle; and a recording control unit configured to determine a first period based on the traveling information and to record the data on the video, among the data on the video stored in the buffer memory, obtained from a time point as far back as the first period before the time point of detection of the event until a time point at which a second period has passed since the time point of detection of the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Takuji Teruuchi, Akinori Sugata, Tsuneo Satomi, Toshio Mori
  • Patent number: 10723266
    Abstract: An on-vehicle display control device includes a video data acquiring unit that acquires video data from multiple bird's-eye view video cameras for videos of a front, a rear, a left side, and a right side of a vehicle, and video data from rear side cameras for videos of rear left-side and rear right-side views of the vehicle; a bird's-eye view video generating unit that generates a bird's-eye view video by performing a viewpoint conversion and synthesizing processes on the videos of the bird's-eye view video cameras; a confirmation request detecting unit that detects a left-right situation confirmation request; and a display controller that displays, when the confirmation request is detected, on a display in a direction of the confirmation request, the video from the rear side camera in the confirmation request direction and the video in a direction corresponding to the confirmation request direction in the bird's-eye view video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Mori, Takuji Teruuchi, Manabu Asayama, Tsuneo Satomi, Akinori Sugata
  • Patent number: 10710505
    Abstract: A bird's-eye view video generation device includes a video data acquiring unit that acquires videos from multiple cameras capturing videos of front, rear, a left side, and a right side of a vehicle, an obstacle information acquiring unit that acquires information from an obstacle sensor detecting at least one obstacle around the vehicle, a bird's-eye view video generating unit that generates a bird's-eye view video by synthesizing videos converted by a viewpoint conversion process on the acquired videos and generate, when the obstacle information acquiring unit detects the obstacle, the bird's-eye view video where a display region in a direction of the detected obstacle is extended by reducing a display area of the video in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the detected obstacle toward a direction opposite to the direction of the detected obstacle, and a display controller that displays the generated bird's-eye view video on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Asayama, Tsuneo Satomi, Toshio Mori
  • Patent number: 10587801
    Abstract: An bird's-eye view video generation device includes a video capturing unit configured to capture a surrounding video of a vehicle, an obstacle information obtaining unit configured to obtain obstacle information including a distance to the obstacle, a video generating unit configured to generate an bird's-eye view video by performing viewpoint conversion with respect to the surrounding video so that, when the distance to the detected obstacle is equal to or longer than a threshold value, generate the bird's-eye view video in which a vehicle icon is displayed at the center thereof enclosed by the bird's-eye view video and the obstacle information is superimposed thereon, and when the distance is shorter than the threshold value, generate the bird's-eye view video in which the obstacle information is superimposed on the center thereof enclosed by the bird's-eye view video, and a display controller configured to display the bird's-eye view video in a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuneo Satomi, Manabu Asayama, Toshio Mori
  • Publication number: 20190222797
    Abstract: A recording control device includes: a video data acquisition unit configured to acquire data on a video obtained by shooting an outside of a vehicle; a buffer memory configured to temporarily store the data on the video; an event detection unit configured to detect occurrence of a predetermined event; a traveling information acquisition unit configured to acquire traveling information on the vehicle; and a recording control unit configured to determine a first period based on the traveling information and to record the data on the video, among the data on the video stored in the buffer memory, obtained from a time point as far back as the first period before the time point of detection of the event until a time point at which a second period has passed since the time point of detection of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Takuji TERUUCHI, Akinori SUGATA, Tsuneo SATOMI, Toshio MORI
  • Publication number: 20190146317
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion device is provided that includes: light-transmissive substrate that includes an incidence surface and an emission surface opposite the incidence surface, and emits, from the emission surface, laser light that enters the incidence surface; a phosphor layer that emits fluorescent light when excited by the laser light emitted from the emission surface; and a light diffuser layer between the emission surface and the phosphor layer. The light diffuser layer is, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the emission surface, disposed only in a portion of a region in which the phosphor layer is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta WATANABE, Toshio MORI, Hiroshi ASANO, Yosuke HONDA, Ran ZHENG, Sachiko AZUMA
  • Publication number: 20190116315
    Abstract: An bird's-eye view video generation device includes a video capturing unit configured to capture a surrounding video of a vehicle, an obstacle information obtaining unit configured to obtain obstacle information including a distance to the obstacle, a video generating unit configured to generate an bird's-eye view video by performing viewpoint conversion with respect to the surrounding video so that, when the distance to the detected obstacle is equal to or longer than a threshold value, generate the bird's-eye view video in which a vehicle icon is displayed at the center thereof enclosed by the bird's-eye view video and the obstacle information is superimposed thereon, and when the distance is shorter than the threshold value, generate the bird's-eye view video in which the obstacle information is superimposed on the center thereof enclosed by the bird's-eye view video, and a display controller configured to display the bird's-eye view video in a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Tsuneo Satomi, Manabu Asayama, Toshio Mori
  • Publication number: 20190100144
    Abstract: A bird's-eye view video generation device includes a video data acquiring unit that acquires videos from multiple cameras capturing videos of front, rear, a left side, and a right side of a vehicle, an obstacle information acquiring unit that acquires information from an obstacle sensor detecting at least one obstacle around the vehicle, a bird's-eye view video generating unit that generates a bird's-eye view video by synthesizing videos converted by a viewpoint conversion process on the acquired videos and generate, when the obstacle information acquiring unit detects the obstacle, the bird's-eye view video where a display region in a direction of the detected obstacle is extended by reducing a display area of the video in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the detected obstacle toward a direction opposite to the direction of the detected obstacle, and a display controller that displays the generated bird's-eye view video on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Manabu Asayama, Tsuneo Satomi, Toshio Mori
  • Publication number: 20190100143
    Abstract: An on-vehicle display control device includes a video data acquiring unit that acquires video data from multiple bird's-eye view video cameras for videos of a front, a rear, a left side, and a right side of a vehicle, and video data from rear side cameras for videos of rear left-side and rear right-side views of the vehicle; a bird's-eye view video generating unit that generates a bird's-eye view video by performing a viewpoint conversion and synthesizing processes on the videos of the bird's-eye view video cameras; a confirmation request detecting unit that detects a left-right situation confirmation request; and a display controller that displays, when the confirmation request is detected, on a display in a direction of the confirmation request, the video from the rear side camera in the confirmation request direction and the video in a direction corresponding to the confirmation request direction in the bird's-eye view video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Toshio Mori, Takuji Teruuchi, Manabu Asayama, Tsuneo Satomi, Akinori Sugata
  • Patent number: 10146115
    Abstract: A wavelength converter includes, in sequence, a substrate, a reflective layer, and a phosphor layer. The phosphor layer contains a sealing layer and a phosphor dispersed in the sealing layer. The sealing layer is made of a hybrid material containing a glass component and a resin component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Mori, Ran Zheng
  • Patent number: 10134958
    Abstract: A phosphor layer contains phosphor particles, and satisfies the following relations: y?0.0623x2+0.2107x+28.789 and y??0.1172x2+7.584x+81.148 where x represents the average particle size (?m) of the phosphor particles, and y represents the thickness (?m) of the phosphor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ran Zheng, Toshio Mori
  • Publication number: 20180173085
    Abstract: A wavelength converter includes, in sequence, a substrate, a reflective layer, and a phosphor layer. The phosphor layer contains a sealing layer and a phosphor dispersed in the sealing layer. The sealing layer is made of a hybrid material containing a glass component and a resin component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Toshio MORI, Ran ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20180108814
    Abstract: A phosphor layer contains phosphor particles, and satisfies the following relations: y?0.0623x2+0.2107x+28.789 and y??0.1172x2+7.584x+81.148 where x represents the average particle size (?m) of the phosphor particles, and y represents the thickness (?m) of the phosphor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Ran ZHENG, Toshio MORI
  • Patent number: 9785039
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion member includes a substrate, a dichroic mirror layer, an SiO2 layer, a ZnO layer, and a phosphor layer, which are sequentially stacked from the substrate. The dichroic mirror layer reflects at least part of light incident from the above. The phosphor layer includes a plurality of phosphors and ZnO between the phosphors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Motoya, Kenta Watanabe, Ran Zheng, Sachiko Azuma, Yoshihisa Nagasaki, Takahiro Hamada, Mitsuru Nitta, Takashi Maniwa, Toshio Mori, Kazuhiro Matsuo
  • Patent number: 9441821
    Abstract: An LED unit which serves as an illumination light source includes: a light-emitting element; a circuit board provided in a drive circuit which drives the light-emitting element; a lead wire electrically connecting the light-emitting element and the drive circuit; and a case including a first opening which is an elongated opening into which the lead wire is inserted. The circuit board includes a second opening which is an elongated opening into which the lead wire is inserted, and the first opening and the second opening are disposed so that a straight line extending in a lengthwise direction of the first opening and a straight line extending in a lengthwise direction of the second opening three-dimensionally cross each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nozomu Hashimoto, Toshio Mori, Katsushi Seki, Youji Tachino, Yukiya Kanazawa
  • Patent number: RE47591
    Abstract: An LED lamp provides a strong red color with a natural appearance. The LED lamp is provided with an LED module and a filter. The LED module includes a blue LED with a main emission peak in the 440 nm to 460 nm wavelength band, a green/yellow phosphor that is excited by light emitted by the blue LED, and a red phosphor that is excited by light emitted by at least one of the blue LED and the green/yellow phosphor. The filter reduces the spectral radiation intensity of at least a portion of the 570 nm to 590 nm wavelength band among light emitted by the LED module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoko Matsubayashi, Hiroshi Yagi, Masanori Shimizu, Yoshio Manabe, Atsushi Motoya, Kazuhiro Matsuo, Toshio Mori