Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Tomatsu

Yoshiaki Tomatsu 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: 11915496
    Abstract: A body information acquisition device includes: a skeleton point detection unit configured to detect a skeleton point of a person included in a captured image; a body information acquisition unit configured to acquire body information of the person based on detection of the skeleton point; and an imaging state determination unit configured to determine whether an imaging state of the person reflected in the captured image corresponds to a specific imaging state specified based on a predetermined evaluation index value, in which the body information acquisition unit does not acquire the body information based on the detection of the skeleton point when the imaging state corresponds to the specific imaging state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Godai Tanaka, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Hirotaka Watanabe, Takahisa Hayakawa, Kazumichi Hara
  • Publication number: 20220398765
    Abstract: An image analysis apparatus includes a person information acquisition unit configured to analyze a captured image of a monitored space imaged by a camera so as to acquire information of a person imaged in the captured image, and a hidden state detection unit configured to detect occurrence of a hidden state in which a plurality of the persons are imaged to overlap in the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Takayuki Nakagome
  • Publication number: 20220284716
    Abstract: A body information acquisition device includes: a skeleton point detection unit configured to detect a skeleton point of a person included in a captured image; a body information acquisition unit configured to acquire body information of the person based on detection of the skeleton point; and an imaging state determination unit configured to determine whether an imaging state of the person reflected in the captured image corresponds to a specific imaging state specified based on a predetermined evaluation index value, in which the body information acquisition unit does not acquire the body information based on the detection of the skeleton point when the imaging state corresponds to the specific imaging state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Godai TANAKA, Yoshiaki TOMATSU, Hirotaka WATANABE, Takahisa HAYAKAWA, Kazumichi HARA
  • Patent number: 11380009
    Abstract: A physique estimation device includes: a camera capturing an image of an inside of a vehicle; a skeleton point coordinate acquisition unit acquiring positions of skeleton points of a body image of an occupant included in a captured image of the inside as skeleton point coordinates in a two-dimensional coordinate system of the captured image; a front coordinate estimation unit machine learned such that, by receiving a distance between preset skeleton points and an angle of a skeleton line obtained by connecting the skeleton points with respect to a reference line, a front coordinate that is an arrangement of the skeleton points when the occupant is viewed from front is estimated and output; and a physique determination unit determining a physique of the occupant based on the front coordinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Godai Tanaka, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Takayuki Nakagome
  • Patent number: 11268847
    Abstract: A seat load detection method includes a process in which a control unit records a transition of a load detection signal and a transition of a seat load, a process in which the control unit specifies a timing when a load sensor detects a collision of a vehicle based on a transition record of the load detection signal, and a process in which the control unit calculates a correction value of the seat load based on a difference value between a stable seat load provided after the control unit detects the collision of the vehicle and a stable seat load provided before the load sensor detects the collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Noriyuki Nishizawa, Ryohei Fuwa
  • Patent number: 11127152
    Abstract: An indoor monitoring device includes: an image obtainment unit obtaining a captured image obtained by imaging an inside of a cabin of a vehicle by an imaging unit; and a position detection unit determining whether or not an occupant's head is present in the captured image, detecting a size of the head, a head position of the head, and a key point position of a key point other than the head of the occupant in the captured image in a case where the head is present in the captured image, and detecting a seating position of the occupant in the cabin based on the size of the head, the head position, and the key point position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujii, Godai Tanaka, Yoshiaki Tomatsu
  • Publication number: 20210150754
    Abstract: A physique estimation device includes: a camera capturing an image of an inside of a vehicle; a skeleton point coordinate acquisition unit acquiring positions of skeleton points of a body image of an occupant included in a captured image of the inside as skeleton point coordinates in a two-dimensional coordinate system of the captured image; a front coordinate estimation unit machine learned such that, by receiving a distance between preset skeleton points and an angle of a skeleton line obtained by connecting the skeleton points with respect to a reference line, a front coordinate that is an arrangement of the skeleton points when the occupant is viewed from front is estimated and output; and a physique determination unit determining a physique of the occupant based on the front coordinate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Godai TANAKA, Yoshiaki TOMATSU, Takayuki NAKAGOME
  • Publication number: 20200098128
    Abstract: An indoor monitoring device includes: an image obtainment unit obtaining a captured image obtained by imaging an inside of a cabin of a vehicle by an imaging unit; and a position detection unit determining whether or not an occupant's head is present in the captured image, detecting a size of the head, a head position of the head, and a key point position of a key point other than the head of the occupant in the captured image in a case where the head is present in the captured image, and detecting a seating position of the occupant in the cabin based on the size of the head, the head position, and the key point position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki FUJII, Godai TANAKA, Yoshiaki TOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20190072426
    Abstract: A seat load detection method includes a process in which a control unit records a transition of a load detection signal and a transition of a seat load, a process in which the control unit specifies a timing when a load sensor detects a collision of a vehicle based on a transition record of the load detection signal, and a process in which the control unit calculates a correction value of the seat load based on a difference value between a stable seat load provided after the control unit detects the collision of the vehicle and a stable seat load provided before the load sensor detects the collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki TOMATSU, Noriyuki NISHIZAWA, Ryohei FUWA
  • Patent number: 10150385
    Abstract: An occupant discrimination system of a vehicle seat includes a load detecting portion disposed on a lower side of a seat and detecting a load acting on the seat; an occupant discrimination portion discriminating a state of an occupant among a no occupant state, adult seated state, and child seat fixed states based at least on a load detected from the load detecting portion and a load continuation duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Isao Honda, Shintaro Nakaya, Takahiro Izuno
  • Patent number: 10035432
    Abstract: A seat occupancy determination apparatus includes a seatbelt attachment detection device, a first load detection device and a second load detection device arranged under a vehicle seat and each detecting part of a load acting on the vehicle seat, a control processor obtaining a first load value and a second load value, the control processor including a sum load value calculation portion computing a sum load value, a no-occupancy determination portion, a slope way determination portion determining that a vehicle is stopped on a slope way, a seatbelt attachment determination portion, a tentative determination portion tentatively making a seat occupancy determination, a forward movement determination portion determining that the vehicle starts moving forward and runs steadily on a flat ground, and a definite determination portion determining that an adult is seated and determining that a child safety seat is fastened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujii, Yoshiaki Tomatsu
  • Publication number: 20160375798
    Abstract: An occupant discrimination system of a vehicle seat includes: a load detecting portion disposed on a lower side of a seat and detecting a load acting on the seat; an occupant discrimination portion discriminating a state of an occupant among a no occupant, adult seated state, and child seat fixed states based on a load detected from the load detecting portion and a load continuation duration; and a door opening and closing detecting portion detecting an opening and closing state of a door, wherein the occupant discrimination portion changes the state transition condition from the no occupant or child seat fixed state to the adult seated state such that it is difficult to transition in a state in which the door is detected to be in an open state in comparison to a state in which the door is detected to be in a closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki TOMATSU, Isao Honda, Shintaro Nakaya, Takahiro Izuno
  • Patent number: 9440608
    Abstract: A seat passenger determination apparatus includes: a first determination processing unit configured to determine a passenger is not seated on a vehicle seat by having gotten out of the vehicle and transfer the mode to a not-seated recognition mode when a load variation width detected by a load detection apparatus falls within a first threshold value in a state in which a non-fastened state of a seatbelt is detected; and a second determination processing unit configured to determine the passenger is not seated on the vehicle seat by having gotten out of the vehicle and transfer the mode to the not-seated recognition mode when the load variation width detected by the load detection apparatus falls within a second threshold value which is larger than the first threshold value during a predetermined time when the fact that the seatbelt has changed from the fastened state to the non-fastened state is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujii, Takahiro Izuno, Isao Honda, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Yusuke Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9329075
    Abstract: A seat occupancy determination device configured to be provided at one of seating portions of a plural vehicle seats includes a pair of seat occupancy amount detection devices detecting a seat occupancy amount increasing and decreasing in response to a change of a load applied to each portion of the seating portion, a seat occupancy state determination device determining a seat occupancy state of the vehicle seat, an unbalanced load detection device detecting a degree of unbalance of the load applied to a right portion and a left portion of the seating portion, and a seat occupancy threshold value setting device setting a seat occupancy threshold value and correcting the seat occupancy threshold value in response to the degree of unbalance of the load applied to the right portion and the left portion of the seating portion based on a detected signal transmitted from the unbalanced load detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Honda, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Yusuke Takahashi, Tomomi Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 9302640
    Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a load detection device placed at a front and a rear of one of a right-left pair of the attachment members so as to be spaced apart from each other, the load detection device measuring a load applied to a seat to distinguish an existence of a passenger and a type of a passenger, a detection influence determination device determining an existence of an influence on a passenger determination performance of the load detection device in a case where a collision load value detected by the load detection device in the case of a collision of the vehicle corresponds to a detected value between a preset first collision load value and a preset second collision load value, and a collision influence alert device outputting an alert in a case where the detection influence determination device determines that the passenger determination performance is influenced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Honda, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Yusuke Takahashi, Tomomi Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 9132772
    Abstract: A seat passenger determination apparatus includes: a door closing timing detector configured to detect door closing timing after having gotten out of the vehicle directly or indirectly; a counter unit configured to start counting when the load detected by the load detector falls within a threshold value and reset the count when the load is deviated from the threshold value; a determination processing unit configured to determine that no passenger is seated on the vehicle seat because the passenger has gotten out, and transfer the mode to the not-seated recognition mode when the state in which the load within the predetermined threshold value continues for a predetermined time is detected by the counter unit; and a count restricting unit configured to stop the counting process performed by the counter unit temporarily when the door-closed state is detected by the door closing timing detector during the determination by the determination processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujii, Takahiro Izuno, Isao Honda, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Yusuke Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20150166000
    Abstract: A seat occupancy determination device includes first and second load sensors, a seatbelt attachment detection device, a vehicle motion determination portion, and a seat occupancy determination logic portion configured to determine a state of a vehicle seat whether the vehicle seat is in a child-safety-seat fixed state, in an adult-passenger seated state, and in a no passenger state; the seat occupancy determination logic portion including a stopped-state seat occupancy determination logic portion and a motion-state seat occupancy determination logic portion each being set with an availability of transition from a first state to a second state of the three states and the transition conditions from the first state to a second state of the three states individually in order to transition a determination of the state of the vehicle seat precisely when the vehicle is in the stopped state and when the vehicle is in motion, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao HONDA, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Yusuke Takahashi, Tomomi Tomizawa
  • Publication number: 20150127225
    Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a load detection device placed at a front and a rear of one of a right-left pair of the attachment members so as to be spaced apart from each other, the load detection device measuring a load applied to a seat to distinguish an existence of a passenger and a type of a passenger, a detection influence determination device determining an existence of an influence on a passenger determination performance of the load detection device in a case where a collision load value detected by the load detection device in the case of a collision of the vehicle corresponds to a detected value between a preset first collision load value and a preset second collision load value, and a collision influence alert device outputting an alert in a case where the detection influence determination device determines that the passenger determination performance is influenced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao HONDA, Yoshiaki TOMATSU, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Tomomi TOMIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20150122556
    Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a load detection device measuring a load applied to a seat, an offset amount detection portion adding an offset amount being offset from zero, the offset amount of the load detection device occurred by a collision of the vehicle to a value stored as an offset amount occurred before the collision of the vehicle, the offset amount detection portion storing the offset amount occurred by the collision of the vehicle and the offset amount occurred before the collision of the vehicle as the offset amount in a case where a collision load value occurred by the collision of the vehicle and detected by the load detection device exceeds a predetermined value, and a correction portion correcting a load value detected by the load detection device on the basis of the offset amount stored in the offset amount detection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao Honda, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Yusuke Takahashi, Tomomi Tomizawa
  • Publication number: 20150096810
    Abstract: A seat occupancy determination device configured to be provided at one of seating portions of a plural vehicle seats includes a pair of seat occupancy amount detection devices detecting a seat occupancy amount increasing and decreasing in response to a change of a load applied to each portion of the seating portion, a seat occupancy state determination device determining a seat occupancy state of the vehicle seat, an unbalanced load detection device detecting a degree of unbalance of the load applied to a right portion and a left portion of the seating portion, and a seat occupancy threshold value setting device setting a seat occupancy threshold value and correcting the seat occupancy threshold value in response to the degree of unbalance of the load applied to the right portion and the left portion of the seating portion based on a detected signal transmitted from the unbalanced load detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao HONDA, Yoshiaki TOMATSU, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Tomomi TOMIZAWA