Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki MORIKAMI

Yasuyuki MORIKAMI 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).

  • Vehicle external environment recognition apparatus
    Patent number: 11670093
    Abstract: A vehicle external environment recognition apparatus includes a light source extraction processor, a light source pair identification processor, a degree of reliability derivation processor, a light source pair re-identification processor, and a vehicle identification processor. The light source pair identification processor identifies a first pair of light sources based on positional relation of extracted light sources. The degree of reliability derivation processor derives a degree of vehicle reliability of the first pair of light sources. The degree of vehicle reliability indicates how reliably the first pair of light sources is regarded as belonging to the identical vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Morikami, Yuki Katsuno
  • VEHICLE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220058404
    Abstract: A vehicle external environment recognition apparatus includes a light source extraction processor, a light source pair identification processor, a degree of reliability derivation processor, a light source pair re-identification processor, and a vehicle identification processor. The light source pair identification processor identifies a first pair of light sources based on positional relation of extracted light sources. The degree of reliability derivation processor derives a degree of vehicle reliability of the first pair of light sources. The degree of vehicle reliability indicates how reliably the first pair of light sources is regarded as belonging to the identical vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuyuki MORIKAMI, Yuki KATSUNO