Patents by Inventor Yuka Minegishi
Yuka Minegishi 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).
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Patent number: 10713511Abstract: A recognition timing estimation device configured to estimate a timing of a driver's recognizing action related to a subsequent travel segment of a plurality of travel segments that constitute a traveling course of a vehicle, is provided. The device includes a processor configured to execute a traveling information acquiring module to acquire information related to a driving operation of a driver or the traveling course, a travel segment estimating module to estimate a pause between the travel segments based on the information acquired by the traveling information acquiring module, an eye detecting module to detect a behavior of a driver's eye, and a recognition timing estimating module to estimate the timing of the driver's recognizing action based on a temporal relationship between the pause between the travel segments estimated by the travel segment estimating module and the behavior of the eye detected by the eye detecting module.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Yuka Minegishi, Keiichi Tomii, Yasutaka Kajiwara, Takahiro Tochioka
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Patent number: 10676104Abstract: A driving assist device is provided, which includes a processor configured to execute an inference module to infer that a timing of a line-of-sight movement or blink detected by a camera near a predicted timing is a timing of a recognizing action of a driver for a subsequent travel segment of a plurality of travel segments that constitute a traveling course of a vehicle, an information providing module to provide the driver with assisting information for the subsequent travel segment before the timing of the recognizing action inferred by the inference module, and a providing timing changing module to change a providing timing of the assisting information according to a quantity of the assisting information.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Yuka Minegishi, Keiichi Tomii, Yasutaka Kajiwara, Takahiro Tochioka
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Patent number: 10613531Abstract: A vehicle drive assistance system is provided, which includes a control unit configured to perform a drive assistance control based on a balance state between a driver's required driving ability required for driving a vehicle based on a traffic environment around the vehicle and drive assistance which is provided to the driver by the vehicle, and a driver's current driving ability. The control unit includes a processor configured to execute a balance determining module to determine the balance state between the required driving ability and the current driving ability based on a physical quantity related to a driving operation by the driver.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Yuka Minegishi, Keiichi Tomii, Takahiro Tochioka
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Patent number: 10562534Abstract: A vehicle drive assistance system is provided, which includes a processor configured to execute a required driving ability estimating module to estimate a driver's required driving ability required for driving a vehicle based on a traffic environment around the vehicle and drive assistance provided to the driver by the vehicle, a current driving ability estimating module to estimate a driver's current driving ability, and a changing module to perform increase processing in which the required driving ability is increased when the current driving ability is higher than the required driving ability.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Yuka Minegishi, Keiichi Tomii, Takahiro Tochioka
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Patent number: 10558215Abstract: A vehicle drive assistance system is provided, which includes a processor configured to execute a required driving ability estimating module to estimate a driver's driving ability required for driving a vehicle based on a traffic environment around the vehicle and drive assistance provided to the driver by the vehicle, a current driving ability estimating module to estimate a driver's current driving ability, and a changing module to reduce the required driving ability by performing reduction processing in which comprehension of the traffic environment by the driver is facilitated when the current driving ability is lower than the required driving ability.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Yuka Minegishi, Keiichi Tomii, Takahiro Tochioka
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Patent number: 10343694Abstract: A vehicle drive assistance system is provided, which includes a processor configured to execute a required driving ability estimating module to estimate a driver's driving ability required for driving a vehicle based on a traffic environment around the vehicle and drive assistance provided to the driver by the vehicle, a current driving ability estimating module to estimate a driver's current driving ability, and a changing module to perform reduction processing in which the required driving ability is reduced when the current driving ability is lower than the required driving ability, the required driving ability being reduced less in a case where the current driving ability is lower than a given threshold compared to a case where the current driving ability is equal to or higher than the given threshold, even when a difference between the required driving ability and the current driving ability is constant.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Yuka Minegishi, Keiichi Tomii, Takahiro Tochioka
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Publication number: 20190161093Abstract: A driving assist device is provided, which includes a processor configured to execute an inference module to infer that a timing of a line-of-sight movement or blink detected by a camera near a predicted timing is a timing of a recognizing action of a driver for a subsequent travel segment of a plurality of travel segments that constitute a traveling course of a vehicle, an information providing module to provide the driver with assisting information for the subsequent travel segment before the timing of the recognizing action inferred by the inference module, and a providing timing changing module to change a providing timing of the assisting information according to a quantity of the assisting information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Yuka Minegishi, Keiichi Tomii, Yasutaka Kajiwara, Takahiro Tochioka
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Publication number: 20190147276Abstract: A recognition timing estimation device configured to estimate a timing of a driver's recognizing action related to a subsequent travel segment of a plurality of travel segments that constitute a traveling course of a vehicle, is provided. The device includes a processor configured to execute a traveling information acquiring module to acquire information related to a driving operation of a driver or the traveling course, a travel segment estimating module to estimate a pause between the travel segments based on the information acquired by the traveling information acquiring module, an eye detecting module to detect a behavior of a driver's eye, and a recognition timing estimating module to estimate the timing of the driver's recognizing action based on a temporal relationship between the pause between the travel segments estimated by the travel segment estimating module and the behavior of the eye detected by the eye detecting module.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Yuka Minegishi, Keiichi Tomii, Yasutaka Kajiwara, Takahiro Tochioka
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Publication number: 20180281807Abstract: A vehicle drive assistance system is provided, which includes a processor configured to execute a required driving ability estimating module to estimate a driver's driving ability required for driving a vehicle based on a traffic environment around the vehicle and drive assistance provided to the driver by the vehicle, a current driving ability estimating module to estimate a driver's current driving ability, and a changing module to perform reduction processing in which the required driving ability is reduced when the current driving ability is lower than the required driving ability, the required driving ability being reduced less in a case where the current driving ability is lower than a given threshold compared to a case where the current driving ability is equal to or higher than the given threshold, even when a difference between the required driving ability and the current driving ability is constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Yuka Minegishi, Keiichi Tomii, Takahiro Tochioka
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Publication number: 20180281808Abstract: A vehicle drive assistance system is provided, which includes a processor configured to execute a required driving ability estimating module to estimate a driver's required driving ability required for driving a vehicle based on a traffic environment around the vehicle and drive assistance provided to the driver by the vehicle, a current driving ability estimating module to estimate a driver's current driving ability, and a changing module to perform increase processing in which the required driving ability is increased when the current driving ability is higher than the required driving ability.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Yuka Minegishi, Keiichi Tomii, Takahiro Tochioka
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Publication number: 20180284766Abstract: A vehicle drive assistance system is provided, which includes a processor configured to execute a required driving ability estimating module to estimate a driver's driving ability required for driving a vehicle based on a traffic environment around the vehicle and drive assistance provided to the driver by the vehicle, a current driving ability estimating module to estimate a driver's current driving ability, and a changing module to reduce the required driving ability by performing reduction processing in which comprehension of the traffic environment by the driver is facilitated when the current driving ability is lower than the required driving ability.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Yuka Minegishi, Keiichi Tomii, Takahiro Tochioka
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Publication number: 20180284767Abstract: A vehicle drive assistance system is provided, which includes a control unit configured to perform a drive assistance control based on a balance state between a driver's required driving ability required for driving a vehicle based on a traffic environment around the vehicle and drive assistance which is provided to the driver by the vehicle, and a driver's current driving ability. The control unit includes a processor configured to execute a balance determining module to determine the balance state between the required driving ability and the current driving ability based on a physical quantity related to a driving operation by the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Yuka Minegishi, Keiichi Tomii, Takahiro Tochioka
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Publication number: 20170196482Abstract: A rehabilitation assistance system includes: a first display apparatus which is to be attached to a head of a patient, and which enables a body portion of the patient to be seen; and a display controller which causes an index image that functions as an index for a rehabilitation motion, to be displayed on the first display apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2015Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Yoshinobu ONO, Masahiro YADE, Yuka MINEGISHI, Takehito SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20170197074Abstract: A rehabilitation assistance system includes: a stimulation electrode which is to be placed on a part of a body of a patient; a placement position storing section which stores placement position information indicative of a position where the stimulation electrode is to be placed; and a guidance information providing section which provides guidance information for guiding the stimulation electrode to the position based on the placement position information, to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2015Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Yoshinobu ONO, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Masahiro YADE, Yuka MINEGISHI, Takehito SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9646397Abstract: An image processing apparatus which composes a plurality of images captured while changing an exposure amount, includes a displacement detection unit which detects a displacement amount between the plurality of images, a correction unit which corrects a displacement between the images based on the displacement amount detected by the displacement detection unit, a moving object region detection unit which detects a moving object region from the plurality of images for which the displacement has been corrected, an image composition unit which composes the plurality of images for which the displacement has been corrected, and a moving object processing unit which replaces a region corresponding to the moving object region of the composite image composed by the image composition unit by an image obtained by performing weighted addition of the plurality of images.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroaki Nashizawa, Yuka Minegishi
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Publication number: 20160354054Abstract: An electronic auscultation system may include: an electronic stethoscope including a chest piece which is adapted to be in contact with a living body surface; a position acquiring section which is configured to acquire position information indicating a position of the chest piece with respect to the living body surface; a contact state acquiring section which is configured to acquire contact state information indicating a contact state of the chest piece with respect to the living body surface; and a recording section which is configured to record the position information and the contact state information while associating the position information with the contact state information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Yuka MINEGISHI, Yoshinobu ONO
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Patent number: 9463359Abstract: A rehabilitation assistance system includes a peg board, a peg to be placed on the peg board by a subject, and a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information indicating a position of the peg relative to a predetermined position on the peg board. The position information acquisition unit includes a sensor provided on at least one of the peg and the peg board, and the position information acquisition unit acquires the position information based on an output from the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinobu Ono, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Masahiro Yade, Yuka Minegishi, Takehito Suzuki
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Publication number: 20150297950Abstract: A rehabilitation assistance system includes a peg board, a peg to be placed on the peg board by a subject, and a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information indicating a position of the peg relative to a predetermined position on the peg board. The position information acquisition unit includes a sensor provided on at least one of the peg and the peg board, and the position information acquisition unit acquires the position information based on an output from the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Yoshinobu Ono, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Masahiro Yade, Yuka Minegishi, Takehito Suzuki
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Patent number: 9025873Abstract: An apparatus comprises a unit which stores a size and scene information for each of a plurality of divided areas obtained by dividing an input image, a unit which obtains a plurality of scene-based images by processing the input image based on the scene information of the plurality of divided areas, a unit which determines composite ratios of the plurality of scene-based images by determining, for each of the plurality of divided areas, a transition pattern of a composite ratio from a first composite ratio within the divided area to a second composite ratio within an area other than the divided area based on the size of the divided area, and a unit which composites the plurality of scene-based images in correspondence with the plurality of the divided areas, in accordance with the determined composite ratios.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yuka Minegishi
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Publication number: 20150036878Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus for composing a plurality of images captured while changing an exposure amount, including a displacement detection means for detecting a displacement amount between the plurality of images, a correction means for correcting a displacement between the images based on the displacement amount detected by the displacement detection means, a moving object region detection means for detecting a moving object region from the plurality of images for which the displacement has been corrected, an image composition means for composing the plurality of images for which the displacement has been corrected, and a moving object processing means for replacing a region corresponding to the moving object region of the composite image composed by the image composition means by an image obtained by performing weighted addition of the plurality of images.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2013Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroaki Nashizawa, Yuka Minegishi