Patents by Inventor Toshiya Mori

Toshiya 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).

  • Patent number: 10222625
    Abstract: A display device includes a video element and a parallax optical element. The video element projects, onto a windshield, a stereoscopic vision image in which a plurality of rectangular left-eye images and a plurality of rectangular right-eye images are alternately arrayed in a first array pattern. The parallax optical element is provided between the video element and the windshield and includes a plurality of separation parts arrayed in a lattice-like fashion and in a second array pattern; the separation parts separating the stereoscopic vision image into the left-eye images and the right-eye images. At least one of the first array pattern and the second array pattern is a nonuniform array pattern that conforms to a curved surface of the windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori
  • Publication number: 20190018240
    Abstract: The display device includes: a display unit that projects a light beam onto a windshield so that the light beam is reflected from the windshield such that one or more virtual images are displayed in a space further than the windshield in a depth direction through the windshield; and a controller that controls the display unit so that a first vertical image and a second vertical image included in the one or more virtual images and have different distances from the windshield in the depth direction, are displayed in a time-division manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: KEN'ICHI KASAZUMI, TOSHIYA MORI, KOSUKE KUBOTA, MASAHITO OGATA
  • Publication number: 20190018250
    Abstract: Provided is a display device that allows a distance from a display medium to an object ahead to be easily ascertained. The display device includes a display unit that projects a light beam onto a windshield so as to be reflected from the windshield such that a virtual image is displayed in a space further than the windshield in the depth direction, and a controller that controls the display unit so that a reference pattern to be superimposed on a pedestrian present in the space is displayed so as to correspond to the position of the pedestrian.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken'ichi KASAZUMI, Toshiya MORI, Kosuke KUBOTA, Masahito OGATA
  • Patent number: 10182221
    Abstract: This display device is provided with a display unit and a connection unit. The display unit reflects a naked-eye-stereoscopic display image onto a glass windshield. The correction unit corrects, in accordance with correction patterns corresponding to the curved shape of the glass windshield, the image to be displayed includes a left-eye image and a right-eye image. The image to be displayed includes a left-eye image and a right-eye image. The correction patterns include: a first pattern for correcting the left-eye image: and a second pattern for correcting the right-eye image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kenichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori
  • Publication number: 20190011611
    Abstract: The present invention provides a Fresnel lens that can reduce generation of concentric stray light. The Fresnel lens includes a sawtooth corrugated face that is formed by alternately disposing a first face inclined relative to optical axis A and a second face substantially parallel to optical axis A, and a light shielding mask is formed at a position corresponding to the second face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: KEN'ICHI KASAZUMI, TOSHIYA MORI, KOSUKE KUBOTA, MASAHITO OGATA, HIROAKI OKAYAMA, SATOSHI KUZUHARA
  • Publication number: 20180314064
    Abstract: A head-up display includes an optical system that radiates light forming a projected image toward an eye box. The eye box is a predetermined range in which eyes of an observer are assumed to be present. The optical system includes a Fresnel lens having a bumpy surface having a sawtooth-shaped cross-section. The bumpy surface is formed concentrically around an optical axis, and formed by alternately disposing first surfaces as light condensing surfaces that allow incident light to converge toward a focal point, and second surfaces as wall surfaces that do not allow the incident light to converge toward the focal point. The second surfaces are inclined with respect to the optical axis of the Fresnel lens at an angle to reflect the incident light striking the wall surfaces, in a direction toward outside of a range of the eye box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: KEN'ICHI KASAZUMI, TOSHIYA MORI, HIROAKI OKAYAMA, SATOSHI KUZUHARA, YOSUKE ASAI
  • Publication number: 20180284435
    Abstract: A display device includes: a video display that displays a video for projecting a virtual image onto a target space on a video display surface; an optical element; and a projector. The optical element moves a partial video, which is a part of the video displayed on the video display surface, to a position distant from the video display in a projection direction in which the video is projected. The projector projects a virtual image viewed by a user by projecting light output from the video display and the optical element to a reflecting member. The optical element has an incident surface on which the partial video is incident, and an emitting surface from which the partial video incident on the incident surface emits. The incident surface and the emitting surface are parallel to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: KOSUKE KUBOTA, TOSHIYA MORI, KEN'ICHI KASAZUMI, MASAHITO OGATA
  • Publication number: 20180284434
    Abstract: A display device includes a video display, an optical element, and a projector. The video display displays a video on the video display surface. The optical element receives, on an incident surface, at least a part of the video displayed on the video display surface, and emits an incident video, which is the part of the video received on the incident surface, from an emitting surface. The projector projects a virtual image viewed by a user by projecting light output from the video display and the optical element to a reflecting member. An inclined portion inclined with respect to at least a part of the video display surface is provided on at least a part of the emitting surface of the optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: MASAHITO OGATA, TOSHIYA MORI, KOSUKE KUBOTA, KEN'ICHI KASAZUMI
  • Publication number: 20180259771
    Abstract: A head-up display includes a display device and a projection optical system. The projection optical system has a lens group including at least one lens element and projects onto a reflecting member an image displayed on the display device. The lens group includes a drive lens that shifts along an optical path to change its distance from the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: SATOSHI KUZUHARA, HIROAKI OKAYAMA, TOSHIYA MORI
  • Publication number: 20180259770
    Abstract: A head-up display includes a display device and a projection optical system. The projection optical system has a lens group including at least one lens element and projects onto a reflecting member an image displayed on the display device. The lens group includes a drive lens that shifts along an optical path to change its distance from the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: SATOSHI KUZUHARA, HIROAKI OKAYAMA, TOSHIYA MORI
  • Publication number: 20180194280
    Abstract: An information processing system is provided with a modeling unit. The modeling unit models, based on a degree of similarity among individual travel histories of a plurality of drivers, individual travel histories of at least one or more drivers from among the individual travel histories of the plurality of drivers to construct a driver model indicating a relationship between conditions of the at least one or more drivers and travel environments of at least one or more vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi SHIBATA, Toshiya MORI, Masanaga TSUJI, Nobuyuki NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20180188530
    Abstract: To provide a display device that can suppress generation of a double image. Display device includes plate-shape windshield having translucency and a projection unit that projects light expressing an image onto windshield such that the light is reflected toward a user by windshield. The projection unit changes a display distance between an eye of the user and a position of an image visually recognized as a virtual image by the user through windshield by the light projection. Windshield is formed such that a wedge angle that is of an angle formed between a front side and a back side at a region located at any level of windshield is continuously decreased with increasing level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: KEN'ICHI KASAZUMI, TOSHIYA MORI, HIROAKI OKAYAMA, SATOSHI KUZUHARA
  • Publication number: 20180157037
    Abstract: A display device displays a virtual image of a first picture and a virtual image of a second picture by using a display medium. This display device includes a light source that emits light, a fixed screen, a movable screen, a driver, and a scanner. The fixed screen is fixedly disposed on an optical path between the light source and the display medium. The movable screen is also disposed on this optical path. The driver moves the movable screen along the optical path. The scanner scans the fixed screen and the movable screen with the light emitted from the light source, thereby forming the first picture on the fixed screen and the second picture on the movable screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: KEN'ICHI KASAZUMI, TOSHIYA MORI, HIROAKI OKAYAMA, SATOSHI KUZUHARA, HIROYUKI FURUYA, AKIRA KUROZUKA, SHINSUKE NAKAZONO
  • Publication number: 20180113307
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device that can easily perform control for driving a movable screen. Display device includes light source that emits a light beam, scanner that causes the light beam from light source to scan, movable screen in which a first image is formed by transmitting the light beam from scanner, projection unit that projects the first image formed in movable screen on windshield and displays a virtual image of the first image in a space in front of windshield, and driver that causes movable screen to reciprocate in a first direction separating from scanner and in a second direction approaching scanner. Movable screen reciprocates in a posture inclined to moving directions of movable screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: KEN'ICHI KASAZUMI, TOSHIYA MORI, HIROAKI OKAYAMA, SATOSHI KUZUHARA, HIROYUKI FURUYA, HIROSHI GOTOU, AKIRA KUROZUKA
  • Publication number: 20180105186
    Abstract: An information processing system that appropriately estimates a driving conduct includes: a detector that detects a vehicle environment state, which is at least one of surroundings of a vehicle and a driving state of the vehicle; a behavior learning unit configured to cause a neural network to learn a relationship between the vehicle environment state detected by the detector and a behavior of the vehicle implemented after the vehicle environment state; and a behavior estimation unit configured to estimate a behavior of the vehicle by inputting, into the neural network that learned, the vehicle environment state detected at a current point in time by the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideto MOTOMURA, Mohamed Sahim KOURKOUSS, Yoshihide SAWADA, Toshiya MORI, Masanaga TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20180105185
    Abstract: During autonomous driving of a vehicle, useful Information is presented to an occupant. An image generator in driving assistance device generates a first image representing an action the vehicle is capable of executing depending on a travel environment during autonomous driving and a second image representing a basis of the action. Image output unit outputs the first image and the second image generated by the image generator to notification device in the vehicle in association with each other. The action vehicle is capable of executing may be selected from among action candidates by a driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: KAZUYA WATANABE, KOICHI EMURA, MASANAGA TSUJI, TOSHIYA MORI, WATARU NAKAI
  • Publication number: 20180093676
    Abstract: The driving assistance device acquires, from an autonomous driving controller that determines an action of a vehicle during autonomous driving of the vehicle, action information indicating a first action that the vehicle is caused to execute. The driving assistance device acquires, from a detector that detects a surrounding situation and a travel state of the vehicle, detection information indicating a detection result. The driving assistance device determines a second action which is executable in place of the first action, based on the detection information. The driving assistance device generates a first image representing the first action and a second image representing the second action. The driving assistance device outputs the first image and the second image to a notification device such that the first image and the second image are displayed within a fixed field of view of a driver of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: KOICHI EMURA, MASANAGA TSUJI, TOSHIYA MORI, WATARU NAKAI
  • Patent number: 9927610
    Abstract: This display device is provided with a display unit, a beam splitter, and a first mirror. The display unit emits a first image and a second image. The beam splitter has, incident thereon, the first image and the second image which are emitted from the display unit. The beam splitter transmits the incident first image and reflects the incident second image to project the first image and the second image on a display medium. The first mirror has, incident thereon, the first image which has been transmitted through the beam splitter. The first mirror reflects the incident first image to project the first image on the display medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori
  • Publication number: 20180074497
    Abstract: Provided is a technology for improving accuracy in determining the next action. Travel history generator generates, for each driver, a travel history associating an environmental parameter indicating a travel environment through which a vehicle has previously traveled with an action selected by the driver in response to the environmental parameter. Acquisition unit acquires a travel history similar to a travel history of a current driver from among travel histories generated by travel history generator. Driver model generator generates a driver model based on the travel history acquired by acquisition unit. Determination unit determines the next action based on the driver model generated by driver model generator) and an environmental parameter indicating a current travel environment of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: MASANAGA TSUJI, TOSHIYA MORI, KOICHI EMURA, WATARU NAKAI
  • Publication number: 20180052458
    Abstract: An information processing system capable of estimating a driving conduct suited to a driver includes: a history obtainer that obtains a personal driving environment history of each of a plurality of drivers, each of the personal driving environment histories indicating one or more vehicle behaviors selected by the driver, and a driving environment associated with each of the one or more behaviors, the driving environment being a driving environment of the vehicle at a point in time of selection of the behavior it is associated with; and a modeler that models, from a driving environment history including the personal driving environment histories of the plurality of drivers, the personal driving environment history of at least one of the plurality of drivers, to build a driver model indicating a relationship between a behavior and a driving environment for the vehicle of the at least one of the plurality of drivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanaga TSUJI, Toshiya MORI, Koichi EMURA