Patents by Inventor Yoshimasa Hayashida

Yoshimasa Hayashida 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: 11491874
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure, comprising an image capturing apparatus configured to capture an image of a left-rearward area and a right-rearward area of a vehicle, and a display apparatus including a left-side display unit configured to display the left-rearward area and a right-side display unit configured to display the right-rearward area, wherein when viewed in a vehicle body front-and-rear direction, the left-side display unit and the right-side display unit are respectively fixed at a left-side end part and a right-side end part of a vehicle cabin forward structure so as to be positioned higher than a center of a steering wheel and lower than an upper end of the steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Hayashida, Yasuyuki Shigefuji, Akinori Myoi, Susumu Seki
  • Patent number: 11383653
    Abstract: A monitor for displaying an image is disposed inside a front door of a car. The monitor is disposed at a position that does not overlap at least one of a front window and a front door window in a viewing direction of an occupant who sits in a front seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masamitsu Shiono, Yoshimasa Hayashida, Daisuke Kato
  • Patent number: 11345288
    Abstract: A display system comprises: a shooting unit configured to shoot a periphery of a vehicle; a display unit configured to display an image shot by the shooting unit; and a display control unit configured to switch a display mode of display in the display unit between a first display mode for displaying a first display region and a second display mode for displaying a second display region that is different from the first display region. When the display mode is switched to the second display mode in a state in which a display range of the display unit has been adjusted in the first display mode, the display control unit displays the second display region regardless of the adjustment of the display range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Hayashida, Mutsuki Hirooka, Kenta Takenaka, Kei Oshida, Eiji Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 11198364
    Abstract: A pair of outside view displays that are provided on an instrument panel, are located outside a steering in a vehicle width direction, and display captured outside view images and displays that are provided inside the outside view displays in the vehicle width direction and have display regions from a driver seat to a front passenger seat are provided, and the outside view displays are provided so as to face the inside in the vehicle width direction and are disposed such that inner ends of the outside view displays are located on a front side of the vehicle relative to closer left and right ends of the displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Hayashida, Akinori Myoi, Susumu Seki, Yasuyuki Shigefuji
  • Publication number: 20210268906
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure, comprising an image capturing apparatus configured to capture an image of a left-rearward area and a right-rearward area of a vehicle, and a display apparatus including a left-side display unit configured to display the left-rearward area and a right-side display unit configured to display the right-rearward area, wherein when viewed in a vehicle body front-and-rear direction, the left-side display unit and the right-side display unit are respectively fixed at a left-side end part and a right-side end part of a vehicle cabin forward structure so as to be positioned higher than a center of a steering wheel and lower than an upper end of the steering wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshimasa HAYASHIDA, Yasuyuki SHIGEFUJI, Akinori MYOI, Susumu SEKI
  • Publication number: 20210197730
    Abstract: A monitor for displaying an image is disposed inside a front door of a car. The monitor is disposed at a position that does not overlap at least one of a front window and a front door window in a viewing direction of an occupant who sits in a front seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Masamitsu Shiono, Yoshimasa Hayashida, Daisuke Kato
  • Publication number: 20210122293
    Abstract: The present invention is a peripheral information acquisition device including an imaging unit configured to perform imaging in a front side direction or a rear side direction of a vehicle and a stay configured to support the imaging unit on the vehicle, wherein the stay is formed so that the imaging unit is allowed to protrude outward from a side surface of the vehicle in a width direction of the vehicle, and wherein, in a structure including the imaging unit and the stay, an outermost part of the structure in the width direction of the vehicle is disposed more inward in the width direction of the vehicle than an outermost part of the vehicle in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Hayashida, Yuji Kuwashima
  • Patent number: 10981506
    Abstract: A display system comprises: a shooting unit configured to shoot a periphery of a vehicle; a display unit configured to display an image shot by the shooting unit: and a display control unit configured to switch a display mode of display of the display unit between a first display mode for displaying a first display region and a second display mode for displaying a second display region that is different from the first display region. When the display mode is switched to the second display mode in a state in which a display range of the display unit has been adjusted in the first display mode, the display control unit displays the second display region based on an adjusted display range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Hayashida, Mutsuki Hirooka, Kenta Takenaka, Kei Oshida, Eiji Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 10981519
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus installed in a vehicle, the apparatus comprising an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a left-rearward area and a right-rearward area of the vehicle, a display unit configured to display an image capturing result from the image capturing unit as an image, and a control unit configured to control the driving of the display unit, wherein the control unit causes an icon for communicating predetermined information to a driver to be displayed over the image capturing result, at a position of a corner part corresponding to an upper part on a vehicle body side of the image displayed by the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Hayashida, Makoto Sawada, Masaru Aoki
  • Patent number: 10946800
    Abstract: An image display apparatus 10 is described having a left display 12L that displays an image of what is to the left side rear of the self-vehicle V and a right display unit 12R that displays an image of what is to the right side rear of the self-vehicle V. The image display apparatus 10 generates an indicator 47 to be superimposed on an image displayed on the left display unit 12L and/or an indicator 47 to be superimposed on an image displayed on the right display 12R. The indicators are generated in accordance with an operation of the turn signal switch 7 or in accordance with an operation of a predetermined operation unit 15 provided separately to the turn signal switch 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Hayashida, Kei Oshida
  • Publication number: 20200269697
    Abstract: A pair of outside view displays that are provided on an instrument panel, are located outside a steering in a vehicle width direction, and display captured outside view images and displays that are provided inside the outside view displays in the vehicle width direction and have display regions from a driver seat to a front passenger seat are provided, and the outside view displays are provided so as to face the inside in the vehicle width direction and are disposed such that inner ends of the outside view displays are located on a front side of the vehicle relative to closer left and right ends of the displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Hayashida, Akinori Myoi, Susumu Seki, Yasuyuki Shigefuji
  • Publication number: 20200231097
    Abstract: A display system comprises: a shooting unit configured to shoot a periphery of a vehicle; a display unit configured to display an image shot by the shooting unit; and a display control unit configured to switch a display mode of display in the display unit between a first display mode for displaying a first display region and a second display mode for displaying a second display region that is different from the first display region. When the display mode is switched to the second display mode in a state in which a display range of the display unit has been adjusted in the first display mode, the display control unit displays the second display region regardless of the adjustment of the display range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshimasa HAYASHIDA, Mutsuki HIROOKA, Kenta TAKENAKA, Kei OSHIDA, Eiji ISHIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20200231091
    Abstract: A display system comprises: a shooting unit configured to shoot a periphery of a vehicle; a display unit configured to display an image shot by the shooting unit: and a display control unit configured to switch a display mode of display of the display unit between a first display mode for displaying a first display region and a second display mode for displaying a second display region that is different from the first display region. When the display mode is switched to the second display mode in a state in which a display range of the display unit has been adjusted in the first display mode, the display control unit displays the second display region based on an adjusted display range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshimasa HAYASHIDA, Mutsuki HIROOKA, Kenta TAKENAKA, Kei OSHIDA, Eiji ISHIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20200164800
    Abstract: An image display apparatus 10 comprises a first display unit 12L that displays an image of what is to the left side rear of the self-vehicle V and a second display unit 12R that displays an image of what is to the right side rear of the self-vehicle V. The image display apparatus generates an indicator 47 to be superimposed on an image displayed on the first display unit 12L and/or an indicator 47 to be superimposed on an image displayed on the second display unit 12R, in accordance with an operation of the direction indication operation unit 7 or an operation of a predetermined operation unit 15 provided separately to the direction indication operation unit 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshimasa HAYASHIDA, Kei OSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200167114
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus installed in a vehicle, the apparatus comprising an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a left-rearward area and a right-rearward area of the vehicle, a display unit configured to display an image capturing result from the image capturing unit as an image, and a control unit configured to control the driving of the display unit, wherein the control unit causes an icon for communicating predetermined information to a driver to be displayed over the image capturing result, at a position of a corner part corresponding to an upper part on a vehicle body side of the image displayed by the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshimasa HAYASHIDA, Makoto SAWADA, Masaru AOKI
  • Patent number: 10412308
    Abstract: A display controller is provided that controls a camera capturing an image of an area diagonally behind a vehicle and including an imaging element that receives light from an image-capturing target through an optical system, the display controller including a processor that calculates a shift amount of a reference position of the imaging element with respect to an optical axis of the optical system, performs a control to move the reference position of the imaging element in a direction away from the optical axis according to the shift amount, and generates a display image based on the image captured by the camera so as to cause the display image to be displayed on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Usui, Yoshitaka Hiyama, Mutsuki Hirooka, Yoshimasa Hayashida, Masaaki Abe
  • Publication number: 20170302855
    Abstract: A display controller is provided that controls a camera capturing an image of an area diagonally behind a vehicle and including an imaging element that receives light from an image-capturing target through an optical system, the display controller including a processor that calculates a shift amount of a reference position of the imaging element with respect to an optical axis of the optical system, performs a control to move the reference position of the imaging element in a direction away from the optical axis according to the shift amount, and generates a display image based on the image captured by the camera so as to cause the display image to be displayed on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicants: FUJITSU LIMITED, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Usui, Yoshitaka Hiyama, Mutsuki Hirooka, Yoshimasa Hayashida, Masaaki Abe