Patents by Inventor Yoshiharu KOJI

Yoshiharu KOJI 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: 20240051484
    Abstract: An in-vehicle imaging device includes an impact detecting unit configured to detect an impact on a vehicle, a connection processing unit configured to connect to a first phone contact when the impact detected by the impact detecting unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined magnitude and to set a second phone contact as a destination of a connection when the impact is less than the predetermined magnitude, and an operation detecting unit configured to detect a user's operation. The connection processing unit connects to the second phone contact when the impact is less than the predetermined magnitude and the operation detecting unit detects an operation for connecting to a phone contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Tomohiro MATSUOKA, Fumihiko YOKOYAMA, Takeshi KUCHINOMACHI, Yasuo SUGITA, Yoshiharu KOJI, Manabu KARASAWA
  • Publication number: 20230382397
    Abstract: A detection function control device includes: a vehicle situation determining unit configured to determine a situation of a vehicle on the basis of detection results of one or more of an ignition state, whether a driver is seated in a seat, the acceleration of the vehicle, the position of the vehicle, the speed of the vehicle, and sound which is collected; and a detection function control unit configured to determine which of one or more detection functions for detecting dangerous driving is to be activated on the basis of the situation determined by the vehicle situation determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshiharu KOJI, Takashi ONODERA
  • Publication number: 20230379432
    Abstract: A video recording device includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire data indicating a result of detecting a phenomenon associated with an action of taking the video recording device out from a vehicle, a determination unit configured to determine whether the result indicated by the data meets a predetermined condition, and a control unit configured to control the video recording device such that an operation for an interface used to operate the video recording device is disabled when the result indicated by the data is determined to meet the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Fumihiko YOKOYAMA, Tomohiro MATSUOKA, Takeshi KUCHINOMACHI, Yasuo SUGITA, Takashi HIMUKASHI, Manabu KARASAWA, Yoshiharu KOJI