Patents by Inventor Yasutsugu NAGATOMI

Yasutsugu NAGATOMI 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: 9785845
    Abstract: A drive support display device supporting a drive of a self-vehicle based on a detection result by an object detector regarding a nearby area of the self-vehicle. The device receives object information from an external source, the object information identifying a nearby object existing in the nearby area of the self-vehicle, determines whether the nearby object is detected by the object detector, and provides a warning indicator when the determination section determines that the nearby object is an undetected nearby object that is not detected by the object detector. As a result, the undetected nearby object, which is already identified as existing somewhere nearby the self-vehicle but is invisible therefrom, may be emphasized in an image provided by the drive support display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shohei Morikawa, Toshiaki Nakayama, Hirotaka Goto, Yasutsugu Nagatomi
  • Patent number: 9744901
    Abstract: An apparatus mountable on a vehicle includes a movable device, a sensor, and a drive controller. The movable device is mountable on the vehicle so that a person around the vehicle sees the movable device. The movable device has at least one light emitter and is capable of rotating around an imaginary line extending in a height direction of the vehicle. The sensor detects a positional relationship between the vehicle and the person. The drive controller rotates the movable device toward the person based on the positional relationship detected by the sensor. The number of the light emitters shining steadily is increased after the drive controller rotates the movable device toward the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Goto, Hiroaki Tanaka, Katsuyoshi Nishii, Toshiaki Nakayama, Shohei Morikawa, Yasutsugu Nagatomi
  • Patent number: 9529889
    Abstract: An information terminal, which is mounted on a vehicle and executes multiple applications, includes a categorizer, a selector, and an executer. The categorizer categorizes the applications into categories. The selector selects a priority application to be executed with high priority from each category according to a driving situation of the vehicle. The executer executes the priority application selected by the selector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichiro Ishii, Yasutsugu Nagatomi, Tadashi Kamada
  • Patent number: 9514547
    Abstract: When a driving support apparatus is under automatic driving of a vehicle or an automatic driving button is pressed under manual driving, vicinity image data is acquired from an in-vehicle camera. When a predetermined target object is recognized in the vicinity image data, a visibility reduction process is applied to image data of the recognized target object. The visibility reduction process applies at least one of defocusing; decreasing color information; and decreasing edge intensity, to the image data of the recognized target object. In contrast, any visibility reduction process is not applied to any other image data other than the image data of the recognized target object. An image display apparatus displays the vicinity image by a combination of the image data of the recognized target object of which the visibility is reduced and the other image data of which the visibility is not reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutsugu Nagatomi, Tadashi Kamada, Akira Takahashi, Yukimasa Tamatsu, Ryusuke Hotta, Shohei Morikawa
  • Patent number: 9493072
    Abstract: In a driver's safety confirmation support system, a moving object detection section detects a moving object approaching to a vehicle in any of detection areas around a vehicle. When the moving object detection section detects the moving object in the detection area on a left side of the vehicle, a display control section controls a right display section provided in a right area relative to a driver's seat to display information regarding the moving object detected. When the moving object detection section detects the moving object in the detection area on a right side of the vehicle, the display control section controls a left display section provided in a left area relative to the driver's seat to display information regarding the moving object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Goto, Katsuyoshi Nishii, Toshiaki Nakayama, Shohei Morikawa, Yasutsugu Nagatomi
  • Publication number: 20150360565
    Abstract: In a driver's safety confirmation support system, a moving object detection section detects a moving object approaching to a vehicle in any of detection areas around a vehicle. When the moving object detection section detects the moving object in the detection area on a left side of the vehicle, a display control section controls a right display section provided in a right area relative to a driver's seat to display information regarding the moving object detected. When the moving object detection section detects the moving object in the detection area on a right side of the vehicle, the display control section controls a left display section provided in a left area relative to the driver's seat to display information regarding the moving object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Hirotaka GOTO, Katsuyoshi NISHII, Toshiaki NAKAYAMA, Shohei MORIKAWA, Yasutsugu NAGATOMI
  • Publication number: 20150339534
    Abstract: A drive support display device supporting a drive of a self-vehicle based on a detection result by an object detector regarding a nearby area of the self-vehicle. The device receives object Information from an external source, the object information identifying a nearby object existing in the nearby area of the self-vehicle, determines whether the nearby object is detected by the object detector, and provides a warning indicator when the determination section determines that the nearby object is an undetected nearby object that is not detected by the object detector. As a result, the undetected nearby object, which Is already identified as existing somewhere nearby the self-vehicle but is invisible therefrom, may be emphasized in an image provided by the drive support display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Shohei MORIKAWA, Toshiaki NAKAYAMA, Hirotaka GOTO, Yasutsugu NAGATOMI
  • Publication number: 20150258928
    Abstract: An apparatus mountable on a vehicle includes a movable device, a sensor, and a drive controller. The movable device is mountable on the vehicle so that a person around the vehicle sees the movable device. The movable device has at least one light emitter and is capable of rotating around an imaginary line extending in a height direction of the vehicle. The sensor detects a positional relationship between the vehicle and the person. The drive controller rotates the movable device toward the person based on the positional relationship detected by the sensor. The number of the light emitters shining steadily is increased after the drive controller rotates the movable device toward the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Hirotaka GOTO, Hiroaki TANAKA, Katsuyoshi NISHII, Toshiaki NAKAYAMA, Shohei MORIKAWA, Yasutsugu NAGATOMI
  • Publication number: 20150015596
    Abstract: When a driving support apparatus is under automatic driving of a vehicle or an automatic driving button is pressed under manual driving, vicinity image data is acquired from an in-vehicle camera. When a predetermined target object is recognized in the vicinity image data, a visibility reduction process is applied to image data of the recognized target object. The visibility reduction process applies at least one of defocusing; decreasing color information; and decreasing edge intensity, to the image data of the recognized target object. In contrast, any visibility reduction process is not applied to any other image data other than the image data of the recognized target object. An image display apparatus displays the vicinity image by a combination of the image data of the recognized target object of which the visibility is reduced and the other image data of which the visibility is not reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Yasutsugu NAGATOMI, Tadashi KAMADA, Akira TAKAHASHI, Yukimasa TAMATSU, Ryusuke HOTTA, Shohei MORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20140280177
    Abstract: An information terminal, which is mounted on a vehicle and executes multiple applications, includes a categorizer, a selector, and an executer. The categorizer categorizes the applications into categories. The selector selects a priority application to be executed with high priority from each category according to a driving situation of the vehicle. The executer executes the priority application selected by the selector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichiro ISHII, Yasutsugu NAGATOMI, Tadashi KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20140236383
    Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus in a vehicle executes a vehicular application software-program and communicates with an information center that manages a general attribute of the application software-program. The in-vehicle apparatus includes an information acquisition section and an information transmission section. The information acquisition section acquires a general-attribute information data while the application software-program is executed, the general-attribute information data being an information data on the general attribute of the application software-program. The information transmission section transmits the general-attribute information data acquired by the information acquisition section to the information center (i) when a period of time for which the application software-program is executed reaches a predetermined threshold period of time or (ii) when an execution count that is a count of executions of the application software-program reaches a predetermined threshold execution count.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutsugu NAGATOMI, Tadashi KAMADA, Yuichiro ISHII