Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Matsubara

Tsutomu Matsubara 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: 20200164794
    Abstract: There are included a vehicle behavior estimating unit (10) that estimates behavior of a vehicle (1); pattern illuminating units (4a to 4d) that illuminate a projection pattern onto ground around the vehicle (1); and an illumination control unit (11). The illumination control unit (11) controls the pattern illuminating units (4a to 4d) to illuminate a projection pattern, on the basis of the behavior of the vehicle (1) estimated by the vehicle behavior estimating unit (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei KASUGA, Tsutomu MATSUBARA, Reiko SAKATA, Shinsaku FUKUTAKA, Takaaki KASE, Hiroshi YANO, Ryutaro MORISONO, Naoyuki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200114812
    Abstract: A second light device (4b) starts emission of a light pattern B after a first light device (4a) has started emission of a light pattern A. Elements included in the light pattern B and an element included in the light pattern A are arranged on the same straight line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko IMAISHI, Shinsaku FUKUTAKA, Munetaka NISHIHIRA, Reiko SAKATA, Kei KASUGA, Tsutomu MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20200066232
    Abstract: An input display device includes: a processor to execute a program; and a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, results in performance of steps including: acquiring a character string; receiving a touch drawing operation; detecting a state of the touch drawing operation; generating a track image showing the track, the track image having a line width corresponding to the state of the touch drawing operation; displaying the generated track image on a display; and superimposing the acquired character string on the displayed track image in accordance with a character size corresponding to the line width of the track image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato HIRAI, Akiko IMAISHI, Yoshimichi UMEKI, Tsutomu MATSUBARA, Naoki TSURU, Takahiro YAMAGUCHI, Takanori HIKIMA, Takashi YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 10510322
    Abstract: An input display device includes: a processor to execute a program; and a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, results in performance of steps including: receiving an input of a track by a receiving unit; generating a track image showing the track; acquiring a character string; and displaying the character string acquired in the acquiring to be superimposed on the track image. When the character string is acquired in the acquiring before the track image is generated, the displaying the character string is stood by.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Hirai, Akiko Imaishi, Yoshimichi Umeki, Tsutomu Matsubara, Naoki Tsuru, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Takanori Hikima, Takashi Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 10457318
    Abstract: A steering control information calculation unit (2) calculates a graph of steering control information in accordance with steering control information acquired by a steering control information acquisition unit (1). A mark information input unit (3) acquires mark information input by an adjusting person. A mark information processing unit (4) sets a mark on the graph of the steering control information when the mark information input unit (3) acquires the mark information. An adjustment information display unit (6) displays the graph of the steering control information and the mark set by the mark information processing unit (4) to be superimposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Reiko Sakata, Yoshimichi Umeki, Tsutomu Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20190270458
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to implement, at a low hardware cost, a device that changes an autonomous driving control parameter whose step size is variably set. An autonomous driving control parameter changing device according to the present invention includes, a gesture operation acquisition unit that acquires information on a gesture operation for moving the operation target icon, a parameter changing unit that changes the autonomous driving control parameter in an increase or decrease direction defined in association with a movement direction in which the operation target icon is moved, and a step size setting unit that variably sets a step size based on a predetermined condition, the step size corresponding to an amount of change in the autonomous driving control parameter made by the parameter changing unit per occurrence of the gesture operation, and the change operation screen includes a display of the step size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo SHIMOTANI, Yoshitaka NAKAMURA, Tadashi MIYAHARA, Naohiko OBATA, Tsutomu MATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 10343715
    Abstract: When an adjustment information input unit (1) acquires one of information of a feeling value and steering control information, a steering control information calculation unit (2) calculates data of a control characteristic graph visually representing control characteristics of steering using the acquired information. An adjustment information display unit (3) displays, on the same screen, a control characteristic graph in accordance with the data of the control characteristic graph and a feeling value operation section visually showing the feeling value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Reiko Sakata, Yoshimichi Umeki, Tsutomu Matsubara, Yoshiki Ono, Hiroaki Kitano, Masaya Endo
  • Publication number: 20180273085
    Abstract: A steering control information calculation unit (2) calculates a graph of steering control information in accordance with steering control information acquired by a steering control information acquisition unit (1). A mark information input unit (3) acquires mark information input by an adjusting person. A mark information processing unit (4) sets a mark on the graph of the steering control information when the mark information input unit (3) acquires the mark information. An adjustment information display unit (6) displays the graph of the steering control information and the mark set by the mark information processing unit (4) to be superimposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Reiko SAKATA, Yoshimichi UMEKI, Tsutomu MATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 9965957
    Abstract: An image of the nearby surroundings of a user's vehicle is displayed, which includes images of the user's vehicle and threshold lines that define a range of distance from the user's vehicle. The image of the nearby surroundings of the user's vehicle is changed in accordance with a positional relationship between another vehicle and the range of distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haozhou Li, Hitoshi Sawada, Tsutomu Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20180118258
    Abstract: When an adjustment information input unit (1) acquires one of information of a feeling value and steering control information, a steering control information calculation unit (2) calculates data of a control characteristic graph visually representing control characteristics of steering using the acquired information. An adjustment information display unit (3) displays, on the same screen, a control characteristic graph in accordance with the data of the control characteristic graph and a feeling value operation section visually showing the feeling value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Reiko SAKATA, Yoshimichi UMEKI, Tsutomu MATSUBARA, Yoshiki ONO, Hiroaki KITANO, Masaya ENDO
  • Publication number: 20180118260
    Abstract: A guide set unit (3) sets an edit guide for adjusting steering feeling to steering control information. An adjustment information display unit (2) displays, on the same screen, a control characteristic graph visually representing the steering control information and the edit guide. A graph edit unit (4) edits the control characteristic graph using edit information when the edit information input unit (1) acquires the edit information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Reiko SAKATA, Yoshimichi UMEKI, Tsutomu MATSUBARA
  • Patent number: D823858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Haozhou Li, Hitoshi Sawada, Tsutomu Matsubara
  • Patent number: D835126
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Reiko Sakata, Atsuki Tachibana, Tsutomu Matsubara
  • Patent number: D836661
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Reiko Sakata, Atsuki Tachibana, Tsutomu Matsubara
  • Patent number: D849758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Reiko Sakata, Atsuki Tachibana, Tsutomu Matsubara
  • Patent number: D869697
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Kasuga, Tsutomu Matsubara, Munetaka Nishihira, Reiko Sakata, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Akiko Imaishi
  • Patent number: D869698
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Kasuga, Tsutomu Matsubara, Munetaka Nishihira, Reiko Sakata, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Akiko Imaishi
  • Patent number: D877367
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Kasuga, Tsutomu Matsubara, Munetaka Nishihira, Reiko Sakata, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Akiko Imaishi
  • Patent number: D878640
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Tsutomu Matsubara
  • Patent number: D891282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Kei Kasuga, Reiko Sakata, Tsutomu Matsubara