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).
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Publication number: 20180005604Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2015Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masato HIRAI, Akiko IMAISHI, Yoshimichi UMEKI, Tsutomu MATSUBARA, Naoki TSURU, Takahiro YAMAGUCHI, Takanori HIKIMA, Takashi YAMAUCHI
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Publication number: 20170330463Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2014Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Haozhou LI, Hitoshi SAWADA, Tsutomu MATSUBARA
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Patent number: 9604573Abstract: An information display apparatus includes: an around-the-vehicle sensor 3 that detects an obstacle around a vehicle; a transmissive display apparatus 4 which has a plurality of LEDs 42 disposed inside a vehicle interior structural member, and performs a display by lights of LEDs 42 transmitted through a surface of the structural member and irradiated outside; and a controller 2 that determines a driver's driving operation based on vehicle information about a driving operation, and allows the transmissive display apparatus 4 provided at the structural member present in a direction of a blind spot area in which the obstacle is detected by the around-the-vehicle sensor 3, among the blind spot areas formed by the vehicle interior structural members obstructing the visual field of a driver looking outside the vehicle in the driving operation, to display information on the obstacle.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hirokazu Shimizu, Tsutomu Matsubara, Taro Kumagai
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Patent number: 9542821Abstract: A home security system includes an in-home system and a vehicle-mounted system, wherein the in-home system includes an in-home sensor that is mounted in a home and is capable of detect a state of the home, and an in-home communication module that is capable of communicating with the vehicle-mounted system to sense an abnormality from information of the in-home sensor, and wherein the vehicle-mounted system includes a vehicle-mounted device that is mounted on a vehicle that is capable of a vehicle outside output, and a vehicle-mounted communication module that is capable of communicating with the in-home system via the in-home communication module, and when the in-home system senses the abnormality, an instruction is received from the in-home system via the in-home communication module and vehicle-mounted communication module to deal with the abnormality using the vehicle-mounted device according to the instruction.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Watanabe, Masahiro Abukawa, Takeshi Mitsui, Takehisa Mizuguchi, Yoshihiro Nakai, Tsutomu Matsubara
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Publication number: 20160266767Abstract: When three warnings (a brake abnormality, a charging abnormality and an oil pressure reduction) occur in a vehicle, a brake abnormality icon, a charging abnormality icon and an oil pressure reduction icon are displayed in an icon displaying region of a display. On the other hand, brake abnormality warning information, charging abnormality warning information and oil pressure reduction warning information are displayed, in an information displaying region, in a switching manner every fixed time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takehisa MIZUGUCHI, Yoshihiko MORI, Yoshiaki WATANABE, Hiroyuki YOKOTA, Takeshi MITSUI, Tsutomu MATSUBARA, Masato HIRAI, Masami AIKAWA, Masahiro KOSAKADA, Masakazu OKUDA
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Publication number: 20160144785Abstract: An information display apparatus includes: an around-the-vehicle sensor 3 that detects an obstacle around a vehicle; a transmissive display apparatus 4 which has a plurality of LEDs disposed inside a vehicle interior structural member, and performs a display by lights of LEDs 42 transmitted through a surface of the structural member and irradiated outside; and a controller 2 that determines a driver's driving operation based on vehicle information about a driving operation, and allows the transmissive display apparatus 4 provided at the structural member present in a direction of a blind spot area in which the obstacle is detected by the around-the-vehicle sensor 3, among the blind spot areas formed by the vehicle interior structural members obstructing the visual field of a driver looking outside the vehicle in the driving operation, to display information on the obstacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2013Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hirokazu SHIMIZU, Tsutomu MATSUBARA, Taro KUMAGAI
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Patent number: 9069453Abstract: A display input device is comprised of a touch panel 1 for carrying out a display of an image and an input of an image, a vibration sensor (a proximity sensor 12) for detecting a vibration of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to the touch panel 1, a vibration correcting unit 304 for making a vibration correction when the vibration of the object to be detected which is detected by the vibration sensor has an amount equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, and a control unit 3 for carrying out a process of transforming an image in a display area having a fixed range displayed on the above-mentioned touch panel according to the position of the object to be detected to which the above-mentioned vibration correction has been made.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2009Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
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Patent number: 8963849Abstract: A display input device is comprised of a touch panel 1 for carrying out a display of information and an input of information, a proximity sensor 12 for detecting a movement of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to the touch panel 1 in a noncontact manner, and a control unit 3 for, when the proximity sensor 12 detects an approach of the object to be detected to within a predetermined distance from the touch panel 1, moving a specific display object displayed on the touch panel 1 close to a stop position of the object to be detected to display the specific display object.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2009Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
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Patent number: 8890819Abstract: A display input device includes a control unit for correcting horizontal coordinates of an object to be detected on an xy coordinate plane extending on a touch panel 1, which are acquired by a proximity sensor 12, according to an angle of elevation ?, an angle of deviation ? and a vertical distance z between the object to be detected and a surface of the touch panel, ? being the angle of a straight line OC with respect to the surface of the touch panel, the straight line OC extending between a predetermined point O positioned on the touch panel and a predetermined point C positioned outside the touch panel, and ? being the angle between a straight line which is an orthogonal projection of the line OC onto the xy coordinate plane, and an x axis on the xy coordinate plane.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2010Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
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Publication number: 20140300492Abstract: A home security system includes an in-home system and a vehicle-mounted system, wherein the in-home system includes an in-home sensor that is mounted in a home and is capable of detect a state of the home, and an in-home communication module that is capable of communicating with the vehicle-mounted system to sense an abnormality from information of the in-home sensor, and wherein the vehicle-mounted system includes a vehicle-mounted device that is mounted on a vehicle that is capable of a vehicle outside output, and a vehicle-mounted communication module that is capable of communicating with the in-home system via the in-home communication module, and when the in-home system senses the abnormality, an instruction is received from the in-home system via the in-home communication module and vehicle-mounted communication module to deal with the abnormality using the vehicle-mounted device according to the instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Watanabe, Masahiro Abukawa, Takeshi Mitsui, Takehisa Mizuguchi, Yoshihiro Nakai, Tsutomu Matsubara
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Patent number: 8677287Abstract: A display input device is comprised of a touch panel 1 for carrying out a display of information and an input of information, a vibration detection sensor (proximity sensors 12 or an acceleration sensor 23) for detecting a vibration of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to the touch panel 1, and a control unit 3 for, when it is determined that a relative vibration between the touch panel and the object to be detected, which is detected by the vibration detection sensor, has an amount equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, carrying out a process of enlarging an image in a display area having a fixed range, which is displayed on the touch panel 1, to display the enlarged image.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
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Patent number: 8612141Abstract: A navigation system capable of enabling a user to use navigation functions such as route guidance without setting a destination. It includes an information recording unit for storing a driving history, a destination estimating unit for estimating a destination from the driving history stored in the information recording unit, a route computing unit for calculating a route to the destination estimated by the destination estimating unit, and an information display unit for causing the route calculated by the route computing unit to be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tadashi Miyahara, Toyoaki Kitano, Hideto Miyazaki, Tsutomu Matsubara, Kuniyo Ieda, Minoru Ozaki, Syoji Tanaka, Takashi Nakagawa, Tomohiro Shiino, Wataru Yamazaki
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Patent number: 8315796Abstract: A navigation device includes a map database 5 that holds map data; a location and direction measurement unit 4 that measures the current location and direction of a vehicle; a route calculation unit 12 that, based on map data read from the map database 5, calculates a route from the current location measured by the location and direction measurement unit to a destination; a camera 7 that captures video images ahead of the vehicle; a video image acquisition unit 8 that acquires the video images ahead of the vehicle captured by the camera; a road width acquisition unit 16 that, based on road width data included in the map data read from the map database, calculates the width of a road segment that enters last into an intersection to which the vehicle is to be guided from among road segments that make up the route calculated by the route calculation unit; a video image composition processing unit 14 that limits the length of a portion that indicates a turning direction of a route guide arrow to the road width caType: GrantFiled: September 10, 2008Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshihisa Yamaguchi, Takashi Nakagawa, Toyoaki Kitano, Hideto Miyazaki, Tsutomu Matsubara, Katsuya Kawai
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Publication number: 20120179365Abstract: A navigation system capable of enabling a user to use navigation functions such as route guidance without setting a destination. It includes an information recording unit for storing a driving history, a destination estimating unit for estimating a destination from the driving history stored in the information recording unit, a route computing unit for calculating a route to the destination estimated by the destination estimating unit, and an information display unit for causing the route calculated by the route computing unit to be displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2009Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Tadashi Miyahara, Toyoaki Kitano, Hideto Miyazaki, Tsutomu Matsubara, Kuniyo Ieda, Minoru Ozaki, Syoji Tanaka, Takashi Nakagawa, Tomohiro Shiino, Wataru Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20120173245Abstract: A navigation system is provided which facilitates discrimination between an icon of a facility associated with a route, along which the user is expected to move from now on, and an ordinary icon. To achieve this, it includes a destination estimating unit for acquiring information about a driving history and for estimating a destination from the information about the driving history acquired; a drawing decision changing unit for drawing a destination candidate estimated by the destination estimating unit in a form different from an icon of a non-destination candidate; and an information display unit for causing the icon drawn by the drawing decision changing unit to be displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2009Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tadashi Miyahara, Toyoaki Kitano, Hideto Miyazaki, Tsutomu Matsubara, Kuniyo Ieda, Minoru Ozaki, Syoji Tanaka, Takashi Nakagawa, Tomohiro Shiino, Wataru Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20110285657Abstract: A display input device includes a control unit for correcting horizontal coordinates of an object to be detected on an xy coordinate plane extending on a touch panel 1, which are acquired by a proximity sensor 12, according to an angle of elevation ?, an angle of deviation ? and a vertical distance z between the object to be detected and a surface of the touch panel, ? being the angle of a straight line OC with respect to the surface of the touch panel, the straight line OC extending between a predetermined point O positioned on the touch panel and a predetermined point C positioned outside the touch panel, and ? being the angle between a straight line which is an orthogonal projection of the line OC onto the xy coordinate plane, and an x axis on the xy coordinate plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
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Publication number: 20110234639Abstract: A display input device is comprised of a touch panel 1 for carrying out a display of information and an input of information, a vibration detection sensor (proximity sensors 12 or an acceleration sensor 23) for detecting a vibration of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to the touch panel 1, and a control unit 3 for, when it is determined that a relative vibration between the touch panel and the object to be detected, which is detected by the vibration detection sensor, has an amount equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, carrying out a process of enlarging an image in a display area having a fixed range, which is displayed on the touch panel 1, to display the enlarged image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Inventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
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Publication number: 20110221776Abstract: A display input device is comprised of a touch panel 1 for carrying out a display of an image and an input of an image, a proximity sensor 12 for detecting a movement of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to the touch panel 1 in a non-contact manner, and a control unit 3 for, when the proximity sensor 12 detects an approach of the object to be detected to within a predetermined distance from the touch panel 1, processing an image around a display area having a fixed range on the touch panel 1 in a vicinity of the object to be detected, and displaying the image in distinction from an image in the display area having the fixed range.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Inventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
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Publication number: 20110208428Abstract: A navigation apparatus is provided which displays an own-vehicle driving condition without making it difficult to view a map display. The navigation apparatus includes own-vehicle location determination means 1 that determines a location of an own vehicle; a map database 11 having map data recorded therein; vehicle data acquisition means 6 that acquires vehicle data; a displaying means 5 that displays on the map data an own-vehicle mark indicating the location of the own-vehicle; and data processing means 13 that determines a driving condition using the vehicle data, to thereby vary the own vehicle mark, wherein the vehicle driving condition is represented by means of the own vehicle mark.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2009Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Tsutomu Matsubara, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Mitsuo Shimotani, Masako Ota, Takashi Sadahiro
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Patent number: D799083Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Reiko Sakata, Kei Kasuga, Masami Aikawa, Tsutomu Matsubara