Patents by Inventor Yuka SHIDOCHI

Yuka SHIDOCHI 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: 20220210344
    Abstract: An image display apparatus has: a synthesizing device (132) for synthesizing a rear image (111B) captured by a rear imaging device (11B) for imaging a rear area of the vehicle (1) and a first rear side image (111BL, 111BR) captured by a first rear side imaging device (11BL, 11BR) for imaging a first rear side area of the vehicle to generate a synthesized image (111C); and a displaying device (14) for displaying the synthesized image. The synthesizing device varies a proportion of an area of each of the rear image and the first rear side image to the synthesized image on the basis of a first information relating to a first turn indicator configured to operate to inform that the vehicle travels rightward or leftward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka SHIDOCHI, Goro ASAI, Kunihiro SUGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220166924
    Abstract: An image display apparatus has: a synthesizing device (132) for synthesizing a rear image (111B) captured by a rear imaging device (11B) for imaging rear area of a first vehicle (1) and a rear side image (111BL, 111BR) captured by a rear side imaging device (11BL, 11BR) for imaging rear side area of the first vehicle to generate a synthesized image (111C); and a display (14) for displaying the synthesized image. The synthesizing device varies a proportion of each of a rear image area and a rear side image area to the synthesized image based on velocity of the first vehicle and/or a distance between the first vehicle and a second vehicle existing at the rear of the first vehicle, wherein the rear image area and the rear side image area are areas in which the rear image and the rear side image are displayed, respectively, in the synthesized image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka SHIDOCHI, Goro Asai, Kunihiro Sugihara
  • Patent number: 11336839
    Abstract: An image display apparatus has: a synthesizing device (132) for synthesizing a rear image (111B) captured by a rear imaging device (11B) for imaging a rear area of the vehicle (1) and a first rear side image (111BL, 111BR) captured by a first rear side imaging device (11BL, 11BR) for imaging a first rear side area of the vehicle to generate a synthesized image (111C); and a displaying device (14) for displaying the synthesized image. The synthesizing device varies a proportion of an area of each of the rear image and the first rear side image to the synthesized image on the basis of a first information relating to a first turn indicator configured to operate to inform that the vehicle travels rightward or leftward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka Shidochi, Goro Asai, Kunihiro Sugihara
  • Patent number: 11283995
    Abstract: An image display apparatus has: a synthesizing device (132) for synthesizing a rear image (111B) captured by a rear imaging device (11B) for imaging rear area of a first vehicle (1) and a rear side image (111BL, 111BR) captured by a rear side imaging device (11BL, 11BR) for imaging rear side area of the first vehicle to generate a synthesized image (111C); and a display (14) for displaying the synthesized image. The synthesizing device varies a proportion of each of a rear image area and a rear side image area to the synthesized image based on velocity of the first vehicle and/or a distance between the first vehicle and a second vehicle existing at the rear of the first vehicle, wherein the rear image area and the rear side image area are areas in which the rear image and the rear side image are displayed, respectively, in the synthesized image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka Shidochi, Goro Asai, Kunihiro Sugihara
  • Patent number: 11040661
    Abstract: An image display apparatus has: a synthesizing device (132) for synthesizing a rear image (111B) and a rear side image (111BL, 111BR) to generate a synthesized image (111C), wherein the rear image is captured by a rear imaging device (11B) for imaging a rear area of a vehicle (1) and the rear side image is captured by a rear side imaging device (11BL, 11BR) for imaging a rear side area of the vehicle; and a displaying device (14) for displaying the synthesized image, the synthesizing device generates the synthesized image so that the synthesized image generated when the vehicle goes in reverse includes a first scene that is below, viewed from the vehicle, a second scene that is included in the synthesized image generated when the vehicle does not go in reverse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka Shidochi, Goro Asai, Kunihiro Sugihara
  • Patent number: 10965872
    Abstract: An image display apparatus has: a setting device (132) for setting a synthesizing plane (CS) at a position that is away backward from a first vehicle; a synthesizing device (133) for synthesizing a rear image (111B) captured by a rear imaging device (11B) for imaging a rear area of the first vehicle and a rear side image (111BL, 111BR) captured by a rear side imaging device (11B) for imaging a rear side area of the first vehicle to generate a synthesized image (111C) in which a scene in the rear image and a scene in the rear side image are seamlessly connected at a position of the synthesizing plane, the setting device sets the synthesizing plane at a position that is different from a position at which the synthesizing plane is set when a second vehicle does not exist at the rear of the first vehicle, when the second vehicle exists at the rear of the first vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Goro Asai, Yuka Shidochi
  • Patent number: 10757315
    Abstract: A vehicle imaging support device includes: an identification unit that is configured to identify an imaging device that is able to image a vehicle in a driving state from outside, based on a position of the vehicle; a instruction unit that is configured to instructs the imaging device identified by the identification unit, to capture an image of the vehicle in the driving state; and an acquisition unit that obtains the image captured by the imaging device in response to the instruction from the instruction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daichi Kusanagi, Masaki Ito, Kenta Miyahara, Kihiro Kato, Yuka Shidochi, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Patent number: 10582339
    Abstract: There is provided a destination information retrieval device including: a first memory; and a first processor connected to the first memory, wherein the first processor acquires posted information from a management server that manages a social networking service (SNS), determines, based on the acquired posted information and current positional information regarding a vehicle, a destination of the vehicle, and outputs the determined destination as destination information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daichi Kusanagi, Masaki Ito, Kenta Miyahara, Kihiro Kato, Yuka Shidochi, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20190215437
    Abstract: A vehicle imaging support device includes: an identification unit that is configured to identify an imaging device that is able to image a vehicle in a driving state from outside, based on a position of the vehicle; a instruction unit that is configured to instructs the imaging device identified by the identification unit, to capture an image of the vehicle in the driving state; and an acquisition unit that obtains the image captured by the imaging device in response to the instruction from the instruction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Daichi Kusanagi, Masaki Ito, Kenta Miyahara, Kihiro Kato, Yuka Shidochi, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20190215659
    Abstract: There is provided a destination information retrieval device including: a first memory; and a first processor connected to the first memory, wherein the first processor acquires posted information from a management server that manages a social networking service (SNS), determines, based on the acquired posted information and current positional information regarding a vehicle, a destination of the vehicle, and outputs the determined destination as destination information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Daichi Kusanagi, Masaki Ito, Kenta Miyahara, Kihiro Kato, Yuka Shidochi, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20190193712
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle interior environment adjustment device including: a first memory; and a first processor connected to the first memory, wherein the first processor: acquires posted information, posted by a specific user, from a management server configured to manage a social networking service (SNS), determines a mode of a vehicle interior environment of a vehicle in which the specific user rides, from a characteristic of the specific user based on the acquired posted information, and outputs a control signal according to the determined mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Daichi Kusanagi, Masaki Ito, Kenta Miyahara, Kihiro Kato, Yuka Shidochi, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20190199940
    Abstract: An image display apparatus has: a synthesizing device (132) for synthesizing a rear image (111B) captured by a rear imaging device (11B) for imaging a rear area of the vehicle (1) and a first rear side image (111BL, 111BR) captured by a first rear side imaging device (11BL, 11BR) for imaging a first rear side area of the vehicle to generate a synthesized image (111C); and a displaying device (14) for displaying the synthesized image. The synthesizing device varies a proportion of an area of each of the rear image and the first rear side image to the synthesized image on the basis of a first information relating to a first turn indicator configured to operate to inform that the vehicle travels rightward or leftward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka SHIDOCHI, Goro ASAI, Kunihiro SUGIHARA
  • Patent number: 10328866
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for processing an image according to one embodiment includes a generating unit, a display control unit, and a change receiving unit. The display control unit generates a synthetic image providing a view of a vehicle from a virtual viewpoint, based on a plurality of onboard camera images. The display control unit displays the generated synthetic image on a display unit. The change receiving unit receives a change in the relative positional relation between an image region that is based on one of the camera images and image regions that are based on the other camera images in the synthetic image. The generating unit generates a synthetic image, based on a changed positional relation every time a change in the positional relation is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenta Shimizu, Masahiro Yamada, Yasuyoshi Sawada, Takumi Hayashida, Azusa Matsuoka, Naoyuki Okada, Minoru Fujioka, Yuka Shidochi, Toshinori Esaka
  • Publication number: 20190191081
    Abstract: An image display apparatus has: a synthesizing device (132) for synthesizing a rear image (111B) captured by a rear imaging device (11B) for imaging rear area of a first vehicle (1) and a rear side image (111BL, 111BR) captured by a rear side imaging device (11BL, 11BR) for imaging rear side area of the first vehicle to generate a synthesized image (111C); and a display (14) for displaying the synthesized image. The synthesizing device varies a proportion of each of a rear image area and a rear side image area to the synthesized image based on velocity of the first vehicle and/or a distance between the first vehicle and a second vehicle existing at the rear of the first vehicle, wherein the rear image area and the rear side image area are areas in which the rear image and the rear side image are displayed, respectively, in the synthesized image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka SHIDOCHI, Goro ASAI, Kunihiro SUGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190176702
    Abstract: An image display apparatus has: a synthesizing device (132) for synthesizing a rear image (111B) and a rear side image (111BL, 111BR) to generate a synthesized image (111C), wherein the rear image is captured by a rear imaging device (11B) for imaging a rear area of a vehicle (1) and the rear side image is captured by a rear side imaging device (11BL, 11BR) for imaging a rear side area of the vehicle; and a displaying device (14) for displaying the synthesized image, the synthesizing device generates the synthesized image so that the synthesized image generated when the vehicle goes in reverse includes a first scene that is below, viewed from the vehicle, a second scene that is included in the synthesized image generated when the vehicle does not go in reverse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka SHIDOCHI, Goro ASAI, Kunihiro SUGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190174065
    Abstract: An image display apparatus has: a setting device (132) for setting a synthesizing plane (CS) at a position that is away backward from a first vehicle; a synthesizing device (133) for synthesizing a rear image (111B) captured by a rear imaging device (11B) for imaging a rear area of the first vehicle and a rear side image (111BL, 111BR) captured by a rear side imaging device (11B) for imaging a rear side area of the first vehicle to generate a synthesized image (111C) in which a scene in the rear image and a scene in the rear side image are seamlessly connected at a position of the synthesizing plane, the setting device sets the synthesizing plane at a position that is different from a position at which the synthesizing plane is set when a second vehicle does not exist at the rear of the first vehicle, when the second vehicle exists at the rear of the first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Goro ASAI, Yuka SHIDOCHI
  • Patent number: 10037595
    Abstract: An image processing device according to an embodiment includes a display control unit, a pattern specification unit, and a pattern collating unit. The display control unit generates a composite image that is a surrounding image of a vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint, based on images input from in-vehicle cameras, and displays thereof on a display unit. The pattern specification unit specifies an image pattern to be output as the input image among image patterns, for each in-vehicle camera. The pattern collating unit determines whether all image pattern responses from the in-vehicle cameras match with the image pattern. The display control unit displays a certain preparation image on the display unit when the display switching condition to the composite image is satisfied, and displays the composite image thereon instead of the preparation image, when the pattern collating unit determines that all the image pattern responses match with the image pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignees: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouei Kiyo, Satoru Matsuyama, Shinichi Moriyama, Goro Asai, Masato Okuda, Yohei Satomi, Yuka Shidochi
  • Patent number: 9525829
    Abstract: A video display apparatus includes video output units to output signals representing first videos captured or received, respectively, and when a predetermined signal is input from an outside, only for a predetermined period, to output signals representing second videos having fixed images, instead of the signals representing the first videos, respectively; a display to display a video based on the signal output by one of the video output units; and a control apparatus to output the predetermined signal to the video output units, and after having output the predetermined signal, to execute switching a signal representing a video output to the display among the signals representing the videos output by the video output units, while the video output units having the signals representing the videos output to the display before and after the switching, respectively, output the signals representing the second videos, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yamashita, Goro Asai, Makoto Nishida, Yohei Satomi, Masaaki Amano, Yuka Shidochi
  • Publication number: 20160364842
    Abstract: An image processing device according to an embodiment includes a display control unit, a pattern specification unit, and a pattern collating unit. The display control unit generates a composite image that is a surrounding image of a vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint, based on images input from in-vehicle cameras, and displays thereof on a display unit. The pattern specification unit specifies an image pattern to be output as the input image among image patterns, for each in-vehicle camera. The pattern collating unit determines whether all image pattern responses from the in-vehicle cameras match with the image pattern. The display control unit displays a certain preparation image on the display unit when the display switching condition to the composite image is satisfied, and displays the composite image thereon instead of the preparation image, when the pattern collating unit determines that all the image pattern responses match with the image pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicants: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouei KIYO, Satoru MATSUYAMA, Shinichi MORIYAMA, Goro ASAI, Masato OKUDA, Yohei SATOMI, Yuka SHIDOCHI
  • Publication number: 20150356735
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for processing an image according to one embodiment includes a generating unit, a display control unit, and a change receiving unit. The display control unit generates a synthetic image providing a view of a vehicle from a virtual viewpoint, based on a plurality of onboard camera images. The display control unit displays the generated synthetic image on a display unit. The change receiving unit receives a change in the relative positional relation between an image region that is based on one of the camera images and image regions that are based on the other camera images in the synthetic image. The generating unit generates a synthetic image, based on a changed positional relation every time a change in the positional relation is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Kenta SHIMIZU, Masahiro YAMADA, Yasuyoshi SAWADA, Takumi HAYASHIDA, Azusa MATSUOKA, Naoyuki OKADA, Minoru FUJIOKA, Yuka SHIDOCHI, Toshinori ESAKA