Patents by Inventor Toshitaka Murata

Toshitaka Murata 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: 20200259997
    Abstract: A recording reproduction apparatus includes: a captured data acquisition unit configured to acquire first captured data captured by a first camera that captures an image of an outside of a moving body and second captured data captured by a second camera that captures an image in a direction opposed to a display surface of a display unit; an event detection unit configured to detect an event on the moving body; a recording controller configured to store, when an event has been detected, the first captured data as event recording data; a face detection unit configured to detect a human face from the second captured data; a reproduction controller configured to reproduce the event recording data when a human face has been detected within a period after storage of the event recording data; and a display controller configured to cause the display unit to display the reproduced event recording data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Keita HAYASHI, Toshitaka MURATA
  • Patent number: 10694156
    Abstract: A recording apparatus for a vehicle capable of recording a video image with reduced reflected glare is provided. A recording apparatus for a vehicle according to the present invention includes a main body part comprising at least a camera, a mounting part configured to mount the main body part so that the camera is oriented to photograph outside of a vehicle through a windshield provided in the vehicle, and a display unit configured to display information. The display unit is rotatably mounted at a lower part of the main body part and is positioned to block light from below the camera when the display unit rotates in a direction in which the camera photographs a video image and a display surface of the display unit faces downward, which is referred to as a first arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Toshitaka Murata, Yasuo Yamada, Keita Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20200176029
    Abstract: A recording control apparatus includes a video data acquisition unit configured to acquire video data obtained by shooting an area around a vehicle, an event detection unit configured to detect an occurrence of a predetermined event in the vehicle, a changing-point determination unit configured to determine whether or not the vehicle has passed a changing point on a traveling road based on a current position information of the vehicle, and a recording control unit configured to, when the event detection unit detects the occurrence of the event, record the video data including a first period as an event recording file in a recording unit, the first period being from a passing time point of the changing point to a detecting time point of the event, the changing point being a point that the vehicle has passed at least a first time earlier than the detecting time point of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuo YAMADA, Toshitaka MURATA
  • Publication number: 20200055476
    Abstract: There is provided an abnormality detection device includes a detector configured to detect a shake of a vehicle, a threshold setting unit configured to set at least one threshold for determining whether the detected shake of the vehicle is abnormal, a vehicle peripheral information acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one of a video around the vehicle, illuminance information around the vehicle, and sound information around the vehicle, and a vehicle information acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a driving state of the vehicle, wherein the threshold setting unit is further configured to control the at least one threshold based on the information acquired by the vehicle peripheral information acquisition unit, when the vehicle is determined to be being parked based on the information acquired by the vehicle information acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Toshitaka Murata, Keita Hayashi, Yasuo Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200043260
    Abstract: To provide a recording device enabling information to be acquired that enables a possibility of leading to identification of the cause of an accident to be raised. A recording device according to the present embodiment includes an imaging data acquisition unit configured to acquire imaging data obtained by capturing an outside or an inside of a vehicle, an event detection unit configured to detect an occurrence of an event, a route information acquisition unit configured to acquire route information for the vehicle, and a recording control unit configured to, when the event detection unit detects an occurrence of an event, record data in which the route information is included in the imaging data from a first timing before the occurrence of the event to a time point at which the event occurred as first recorded data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuo YAMADA, Toshitaka MURATA, Keita HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190335241
    Abstract: The video image display apparatus includes: a recorded video image data acquisition unit configured to acquire recorded video image data, each being captured by a plurality of vehicles, the recorded video image data being a moving image outside the vehicle; a display control unit configured to play back one of the acquired recorded video image data and have the display apparatus display it and configured to display, in the video image of the recorded video image data being played back, location information of recorded video image data other than the recorded video image data being played back so that a user can select the location information; and a playback switching processing unit configured to switch, when a user selects the location information displayed in the video image, playback from the recorded video image data being played back to the recorded video image data corresponding to the selected location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuo YAMADA, Takuji TERUUCHI, Toshitaka MURATA
  • Publication number: 20190308562
    Abstract: An on-vehicle display control device includes a video image data acquiring unit configured to acquire side rear video image data from a right/left side camera in a movable part, and rear video image data from a rear camera; and a display controller configured to clip and display, on a right/left side monitor, the side rear video image data so as to include a predetermined imaging range defined by a rearview checking range in the right/left side camera and to display, on the right/left side monitor, when the movable part is operated and the right/left side camera faces a direction in which the predetermined imaging range cannot be captured, a first video image from the right/left side camera and a second video image from the rear camera in addition to the first video image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamada, Toshitaka Murata, Keita Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20190230325
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus according to the present invention includes an image-data acquiring unit that sequentially acquires image data obtained by imaging a periphery of a vehicle, an event-signal acquiring unit that acquires an event signal indicating occurrence of a predetermined event to the vehicle, a condition detecting unit that detects, when the event-signal acquiring unit acquires the event signal, whether a positional relation of another vehicle with the vehicle satisfies a predetermined condition, and a writing controller that writes the image data in a memory in a ring buffer format, or writes, when the event-signal acquiring unit acquires the event signal, the image data including a period from when the event signal has been acquired until the condition detecting unit has detected that the condition is satisfied in the memory so that the image data is not overwritten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuo YAMADA, Toshitaka MURATA, Keita HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190222809
    Abstract: A recording device according to an embodiment includes an imaging data acquisition unit configured to acquire imaging data including video data and audio data, an event detection unit configured to detect occurrence of an event; and a recording control unit configured to record first imaging data including the video data and the audio data in a recording unit when recording of the imaging data in the recording unit is caused by the event detected by the event detection unit, and record second imaging data including the video data and not including the audio data in the recording unit when recording of the imaging data in the recording unit is not caused by the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Toshitaka MURATA, Yasuo YAMADA, Keita HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190092239
    Abstract: An image-pickup apparatus including: an image-pickup unit configured to capture an image of surroundings of a vehicle; a controller configured to control the image-pickup unit; an image processor configured to process image data output from the image-pickup unit; an output unit configured to output the image processed by the image processor to a display unit; and a detection unit configured to detect information regarding a course change of the vehicle, in which at least one of the image-pickup control performed by the controller and the image processing performed by the image processor applies weighting such that the weighting becomes larger in a course change direction based on the information regarding the course change detected by the detection unit is provided. Accordingly, it is possible to present images that enable the driver to appropriately check the state of the lane after the course change during the course change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuo YAMADA, Toshitaka MURATA, Keita HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190084495
    Abstract: A device includes a video acquiring unit 42 that is arranged on a vehicle and acquires videos captured by imaging units 10, at least one of the imaging devices being mounted on a movable part that is movable with respect to a body of the vehicle, a vehicle information acquiring unit 43 that acquires detection information indicating that movement of the movable part is detected, a bird's-eye view video generating unit 44 that generates a synthesized video by synthesizing the videos that are captured by the imaging units 10 and are acquired by the video acquiring unit 42, and a display control unit 45 that displays the synthesized video generated by the bird's-eye view video generating unit 44 on the display panel 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamada, Toshitaka Murata, Keita Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20190082150
    Abstract: A recording apparatus for a vehicle capable of recording a video image with reduced reflected glare is provided. A recording apparatus for a vehicle according to the present invention includes a main body part comprising at least a camera, a mounting part configured to mount the main body part so that the camera is oriented to photograph outside of a vehicle through a windshield provided in the vehicle, and a display unit configured to display information. The display unit is rotatably mounted at a lower part of the main body part and is positioned to block light from below the camera when the display unit rotates in a direction in which the camera photographs a video image and a display surface of the display unit faces downward, which is referred to as a first arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Toshitaka MURATA, Yasuo YAMADA, Keita HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180322655
    Abstract: An image acquiring unit that acquires periphery images in which a periphery of a vehicle is imaged by a forward-periphery imaging camera, a rearward-periphery imaging camera, a leftward-periphery imaging camera, or a rightward-periphery imaging camera, and a posture-change determining unit that determines whether a posture of the vehicle has changed based on the periphery images are included. Moreover, a bird's-eye-view-image generating unit generates a bird's-eye view image that is corrected according to a change of posture of the forward-periphery imaging camera, the rearward-periphery imaging camera, the leftward-periphery imaging camera, or the rightward-periphery imaging camera based on a determination result of the posture-change determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Nagai, Yasuo Yamada, Toshitaka Murata, Keita Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20140142167
    Abstract: Micellar preparation in which the solubility of a sparingly water-soluble anticancer agent has been heightened and which after intravenous administration, enables a high blood concentration to be maintained. The preparation has high medicinal activity and/or reduced side effects, and is formed from a block copolymer represented by formula (1): [wherein R1 represents hydrogen or C1-5 alkyl; R2 represents C1-5 alkylene; R3 represents methylene or ethylene; R4 represents hydrogen or C1-4 acyl; R5 represents hydroxyl, optionally substituted aryl C2-8 alkoxyl, substituted C1-4 alkylamino, or amino having a residue of either an amino acid or a peptide derivative; n is an integer of 5 to 1,000; m is an integer of 2 to 300; and x is an integer of 1 to 300; provided that the proportion of hydroxy in the R5's is 0 to 99% and x is not larger than m] and a sparingly water-soluble anticancer agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicants: Nanocarrier Kabushiki Kaisha, Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Shimizu, Toshitaka Murata, Katsuhiko Sagawa
  • Patent number: 8703878
    Abstract: Enzymes in the body vary among different species, and also vary among individuals of the same species. Thus, it has been demanded to develop a novel steroid-containing pharmaceutical preparation which can release a drug in a manner independent of the enzymes present in the body, and which is expected to have an efficacious therapeutic effect. Disclosed is a high-molecular weight conjugate of a steroid, comprising a structure in which a carboxylic acid group of a polymer having a polyethylene glycol moiety and a succinic acid monoamide moiety having two or more succinic acid monoamide units is ester-bonded to a hydroxy group in the steroid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Kitagawa, Toshitaka Murata
  • Patent number: 8388147
    Abstract: A screen assembly and a rear-projection type graphic display device are provided to block overscanned light Lo projected outside a fresnel lens screen. The screen assembly 20A includes the fresnel lens screen 21, a screen retainer 22 and a light blocking member 23. The fresnel lens screen 21 forms an image on the side of a front surface 21b by image light Le incoming through a back surface 21a. The screen retainer 22 has a back surface 22a whose area is larger than the back surface 21a and the front surface 21b and which is opposed to the front surface 21b to hold it, and a front surface 22b located on opposite side of the back surface 22a to allow an image formed by the image light incoming through the back surface 21a to be visible through the front surface 22b. The screen retainer 22 has an optical transparency. The light blocking member 23 is arranged so as to surround respective side surfaces of the screen 21 in the form of a frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: JVC Kenwood Corporation
    Inventors: Toshitaka Murata, Ryusaku Takahashi, Masahiko Miyake, Manabu Kobayashi, Takatsugu Aizaki, Hironobu Fukutomi
  • Patent number: 8337025
    Abstract: A projection type display device includes a image displaying element having image display areas for displaying a plurality of images respectively, a projection optical system having an emitting part for emitting projection light flux to the image display areas of the image displaying element, and a plurality of screens for displaying projected images by the projection light flux transmitted through the image display areas of the image displaying element. In the projection type display device, the image display areas are formed in respective areas in the image displaying element independent of each other. The projected images on the screens correspond to the image display areas, respectively. Each of the screens is arranged in such a position that the each of the screens is not overlapped with shadows of the other screens which are produced since the projection light flux is emitted from the emitting part to the screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: JVC Kenwood Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Kobayashi, Ryusaku Takahashi, Toshitaka Murata, Takatsugu Aizaki, Masahiko Miyake, Hironobu Fukutomi
  • Publication number: 20100292414
    Abstract: Enzymes in the body vary among different species, and also vary among individuals of the same species. Thus, it has been demanded to develop a novel steroid-containing pharmaceutical preparation which can release a drug in a manner independent of the enzymes present in the body, and which is expected to have an efficacious therapeutic effect. Disclosed is a high-molecular weight conjugate of a steroid, comprising a structure in which a carboxylic acid group of a polymer having a polyethylene glycol moiety and a succinic acid monoamide moiety having two or more succinic acid monoamide units is ester-bonded to a hydroxy group in the steroid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Kitagawa, Toshitaka Murata
  • Patent number: 7820759
    Abstract: A novel micellar preparation in which the solubility of a sparingly water-soluble anticancer agent has been heightened and which after intravenous administration, enables a high blood concentration to be maintained. The preparation has high medicinal activity and/or is reduced in side effects. The micellar preparation is formed from a block copolymer represented by the following general formula (1): [wherein R1 represents hydrogen or C1-5 alkyl; R2 represents C1-5 alkylene; R3 represents methylene or ethylene; R4 represents hydrogen or C1-4 acyl; R5 represents hydroxyl, optionally substituted aryl C2-8 alkoxyl, substituted C1-4 alkylamino, or amino having a residue of either an amino acid or a peptide derivative; n is an integer of 5 to 1,000; m is an integer of 2 to 300; and x is an integer of 1 to 300; provided that the proportion of hydroxy in the R5's is 0 to 99% and x is not larger than m] and a sparingly water-soluble anticancer agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignees: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha, Nanocarrier Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Shimizu, Toshitaka Murata, Katsuhiko Sagawa
  • Patent number: RE46190
    Abstract: Enzymes in the body vary among different species, and also vary among individuals of the same species. Thus, it has been demanded to develop a novel steroid-containing pharmaceutical preparation which can release a drug in a manner independent of the enzymes present in the body, and which is expected to have an efficacious therapeutic effect. Disclosed is a high-molecular weight conjugate of a steroid, comprising a structure in which a carboxylic acid group of a polymer having a polyethylene glycol moiety and a succinic acid monoamide moiety having two or more succinic acid monoamide units is ester-bonded to a hydroxy group in the steroid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Kitagawa, Toshitaka Murata