Patents by Inventor Yuki MASUYA
Yuki MASUYA 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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Publication number: 20240101138Abstract: A display system includes: a first display device displaying an image in a first region to cause the image to be visually recognized in a position at a first distance from a visual line of a driver of an auto-vehicle; a second display device displaying an image in a second region to cause the image to be visually recognized at a second distance greater than the first distance from the visual line; and a display controller displaying a warning image in the second region if a first condition is satisfied, moving the warning image to display a warning image in the first region if a second condition in which a warning level is higher than that of the first condition is satisfied after the first condition is satisfied, then updating the warning image to an updated warning image, and then moving the updated warning image to the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Makoto HADA, Yusuke SAHARA, Yuki MASUYA, Midori WATANABE, Hanako HONMA
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Patent number: 11370304Abstract: Provided is a head-up display device which can stably display a virtual image viewed so as to be stuck to a road surface, during traveling of a vehicle. A head-up display device according to the present invention is provided with a display means for projecting display light to a front window shield provided to a vehicle, and generating and displaying a virtual image, formed by the display light reflected at the front window shield, so as to be superposed on an actual scene seen through the front window shield. At least a part of a virtual image display region in which the virtual image is displayed is positioned below a road surface on which the vehicle travels.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki Masuya, Makoto Hada, Shunsuke Saji
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Patent number: 11215819Abstract: The present invention is capable of making it difficult to perceive the narrowness of a display area of a virtual image. Provided is a head-up display which projects display light on a transmission/reflection part to display a first virtual image in an area in which the virtual image can be displayed, said area being superimposed on an actual view outside of a vehicle, wherein, when deviation occurs in the relative positions of the actual view and the transmission/reflection part from the perspective of a viewer, a control unit enlarges a virtual image display area, which sets the range in which the first virtual image is displayed within the area in which the virtual image can be displayed, so as to be larger than normal.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Hada, Yuki Masuya
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Patent number: 11187910Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to enable information presented by an additionally displayed virtual image to be displayed in an easily recognizable manner. A projection unit projects, towards a projection-receiving part, display light capable of displaying virtual images in positions having different display distances from a viewer. A display distance determination unit is capable of adjusting, in a depth direction, the display distances of the virtual images displayed by the projection unit. If a display addition determination unit determines that a virtual image is to be additionally displayed, the display distance of an existing virtual image already displayed and the display distance of a virtual image to be additionally displayed are made to be different.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuki Masuya
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Patent number: 11170537Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a display unit displaying a display image, an image generating unit generating the display image, and a target object information acquiring unit acquiring target object information relating to a target object present at the periphery of a vehicle and outputting the same to the image generating unit. If the distance from the vehicle to the target object exceeds a first reference value, the image generating unit generates an information image of the target object in a sharply visible region, and if the distance from the vehicle to the target object does not exceed the first reference value, the image generating unit generates the information image of the target object in a blurred region, and in that the information image in the blurred region is generated to be less sharply visible than the information image in the sharply visible region.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki Masuya, Takashi Mikami
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Publication number: 20210260999Abstract: Provided is a head-up display device which can stably display a virtual image viewed so as to be stuck to a road surface, during traveling of a vehicle. A head-up display device according to the present invention is provided with a display means for projecting display light to a front window shield provided to a vehicle, and generating and displaying a virtual image, formed by the display light reflected at the front window shield, so as to be superposed on an actual scene seen through the front window shield. At least a part of a virtual image display region in which the virtual image is displayed is positioned below a road surface on which the vehicle travels.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Yuki MASUYA, Makoto HADA, Shunsuke SAJI
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Publication number: 20210116710Abstract: A vehicular display device includes: an image display unit having a display screen capable of displaying an image at least in a part thereof; an image generation unit for generating the image to be displayed by the image display unit; and a projection unit for projecting the image toward a transparent windshield of a vehicle so that the image is reflected by the transparent windshield of the vehicle such that a user seated in the driver seat of the vehicle can view a virtual image. In accordance with a viewpoint position of the user, the image generation unit determines a length for display content in a use area of the display screen of the image display unit in a direction corresponding to a horizontal direction, the use area being an area used for displaying the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Yuki MASUYA, Makoto HADA
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Patent number: 10916224Abstract: A head-up display (HUD) device displays a first virtual image in an area in which the first virtual image can be displayed, and displays a second virtual image in an area in which the second virtual image can be displayed. The HUD device includes: a rotation driving unit which changes an angle formed between the area in which the first virtual image can be displayed, and the area in which the second virtual image can be displayed; and a control unit which performs virtual image angle adjustment processing for adjusting the angle using the rotation driving unit, and, when performing the virtual image angle adjustment processing, virtual image position changing processing in which the position of the second virtual image in the area in which the second virtual image can be displayed is changed to inhibit deviation in the relative positional relationship between the first and second virtual images.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Hada, Yuki Masuya
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Patent number: 10916225Abstract: The present invention enables prevention of collision with a forward obstacle by prompting an appropriate driving operation according to the relative speed or the relative distance between a host vehicle and the forward obstacle. With respect to a standard display position at which a virtual image is normally displayed in association with an attention object in an actual scene ahead of a host vehicle, the virtual image is displayed at a corrected display position which is on the lower side in the vertical direction and/or on the near side in the depth direction when seen from a viewer, depending on the relative speed or the relative distance between the host vehicle and the attention object in the actual scene.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Hada, Yuki Masuya
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Patent number: 10795157Abstract: Provided is a display device for a vehicle that can rapidly execute preparation completion for display of vehicle information. The display device for a vehicle is provided with a processing unit, a display, and a rotational drive unit that can rotate a reflector on a prescribed axis. The processing unit includes an estimating unit that estimates planned start of the vehicle by a crew, and when the vehicle is planned to be started, the angle of rotation of the rotational drive unit moves from an initial angle corresponding to an initial position (position of point of origin) of the reflector to a first intermediate angle (first stopping position) between the initial angle and a final angle corresponding to the normal operating position of the reflector. After the vehicle has been actually started, the angle of rotation of the rotational drive unit moves to a final angle from the first intermediate angle.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki Honma, Yuki Masuya
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Publication number: 20200201054Abstract: In order to suppress changes in the angle of a virtual image relative to the apparent road surface, a display unit projects display light for displaying a virtual image inclined so as to be nonparallel with the vertical direction, with the horizontal direction as the axis; a display position control unit adjusts at least the position in the vertical direction at which the virtual image V displayed by the display unit is perceived, and, if the display position control unit increases the height of the virtual image V, a display angle control unit increases the inclination angle ? such that the far side of the virtual image rises up towards the viewer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Yuki MASUYA, Makoto HADA
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Publication number: 20200166762Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to enable information presented by an additionally displayed virtual image to be displayed in an easily recognizable manner. A projection unit projects, towards a projection-receiving part, display light capable of displaying virtual images in positions having different display distances from a viewer. A display distance determination unit is capable of adjusting, in a depth direction, the display distances of the virtual images displayed by the projection unit. If a display addition determination unit determines that a virtual image is to be additionally displayed, the display distance of an existing virtual image already displayed and the display distance of a virtual image to be additionally displayed are made to be different.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2018Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventor: Yuki MASUYA
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Publication number: 20200152065Abstract: A virtual image display unit displays a virtual image for an object in a real scene ahead of the vehicle. A display control unit causes the virtual image to be displayed at a correction display position closer to the upper side in the vertical direction and/or a deep side in the depth direction when viewed from a viewer, than a standard display position at which the virtual image is normally displayed in association with the object in the real scene ahead of a host vehicle, in accordance with the relative speed or the relative distance between the host vehicle and the object in the real scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Makoto HADA, Takeshi YACHIDA, Shun SEKIYA, Yuki MASUYA
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Publication number: 20200152157Abstract: An image processing unit to be applied to a display controller includes a generation unit for generating a display image including a display element corresponding to a virtual image viewed by a user. The generation unit determines the planar shape of the display element such that a size of the virtual image viewed by the user changes on the basis of the viewpoint height of the user. Specifically, when the viewpoint height changes from a reference position to a position Normal or Short lower than the reference position, the generation unit determines the planar shape of an enlarged display element. The planar shapes of the virtual image in a real space viewed by the user may extend in the front direction and the rear direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto HADA, Yuki MASUYA
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Publication number: 20200143569Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a display unit displaying a display image, an image generating unit generating the display image, and a target object information acquiring unit acquiring target object information relating to a target object present at the periphery of a vehicle and outputting the same to the image generating unit. If the distance from the vehicle to the target object exceeds a first reference value, the image generating unit generates an information image of the target object in a sharply visible region, and if the distance from the vehicle to the target object does not exceed the first reference value, the image generating unit generates the information image of the target object in a blurred region, and in that the information image in the blurred region is generated to be less sharply visible than the information image in the sharply visible region.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Yuki MASUYA, Takashi MIKAMI
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Publication number: 20190279603Abstract: The present invention enables prevention of collision with a forward obstacle by prompting an appropriate driving operation according to the relative speed or the relative distance between a host vehicle and the forward obstacle. With respect to a standard display position at which a virtual image is normally displayed in association with an attention object in an actual scene ahead of a host vehicle, the virtual image is displayed at a corrected display position which is on the lower side in the vertical direction and/or on the near side in the depth direction when seen from a viewer, depending on the relative speed or the relative distance between the host vehicle and the attention object in the actual scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Makoto HADA, Yuki MASUYA
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Publication number: 20190258057Abstract: The present invention is capable of making it difficult to perceive the narrowness of a display area of a virtual image. Provided is a head-up display which projects display light on a transmission/reflection part to display a first virtual image in an area in which the virtual image can be displayed, said area being superimposed on an actual view outside of a vehicle, wherein, when deviation occurs in the relative positions of the actual view and the transmission/reflection part from the perspective of a viewer, a control unit enlarges a virtual image display area, which sets the range in which the first virtual image is displayed within the area in which the virtual image can be displayed, so as to be larger than normal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Makoto HADA, Yuki MASUYA
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Publication number: 20190244587Abstract: A head-up display (HUD) device displays a first virtual image in an area in which the first virtual image can be displayed, and displays a second virtual image in an area in which the second virtual image can be displayed. The HUD device includes: a rotation driving unit which changes an angle formed between the area in which the first virtual image can be displayed, and the area in which the second virtual image can be displayed; and a control unit which performs virtual image angle adjustment processing for adjusting the angle using the rotation driving unit, and, when performing the virtual image angle adjustment processing, virtual image position changing processing in which the position of the second virtual image in the area in which the second virtual image can be displayed is changed to inhibit deviation in the relative positional relationship between the first and second virtual images.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2017Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto HADA, Yuki MASUYA
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Publication number: 20190137760Abstract: Provided is a display device which can quickly start displaying images while preventing deterioration of a display means. A display device is mounted on a conveyance, such as a vehicle, and causes the display light emitted by a display means to reflect off a reflecting member (such as a concave mirror) onto a translucent member (such as a windshield) so that the image displayed by the display light can be visually recognized. The display means comprises a drive control means (such as a control means and a drive means) which moves the reflecting member between a first position (such as a displayable position) where it is possible to visually identify the image and a second position (such as a park position) where it is more difficult to visually identify the image than in the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Toshio TSUKAMOTO, Yuki MASUYA, Takeshi YACHIDA
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Publication number: 20190049729Abstract: Provided is a display device for a vehicle that can rapidly execute preparation completion for display of vehicle information. The display device for a vehicle is provided with a processing unit, a display, and a rotational drive unit that can rotate a reflector on a prescribed axis. The processing unit includes an estimating unit that estimates planned start of the vehicle by a crew, and when the vehicle is planned to be started, the angle of rotation of the rotational drive unit moves from an initial angle corresponding to an initial position (position of point of origin) of the reflector to a first intermediate angle (first stopping position) between the initial angle and a final angle corresponding to the normal operating position of the reflector. After the vehicle has been actually started, the angle of rotation of the rotational drive unit moves to a final angle from the first intermediate angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki HONMA, Yuki MASUYA