Patents by Inventor Yukiko Kanno

Yukiko Kanno 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: 20230252794
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is provided in which the detection range of a left-front-corner sonar (12a) located at the vehicle's left front corner is included in the field of view of a second imaging means (14) located at the vehicle's left front corner. When the left-front-corner sonar (12a) detects a three-dimensional object at the vehicle's left front corner, an image processing means (3) synthesizes an image of the image created using a second imaging means (14) and the images created with four cameras (7a-7d) for imaging the complete periphery of the vehicle, and creates a bird's-eye-view image (40b). The detection range of the left-front-corner sonar (12a) is included within a region of the bird's-eye image (40b) on the basis of the image created with the second imaging means (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Masayoshi MICHIGUCHI, Tatsuto RYUGO, Kenji OKANO, Yukiko KANNO
  • Patent number: 11657618
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is provided in which the detection range of a left-front-corner sonar (12a) located at the vehicle's left front corner is included in the field of view of a second imaging means (14) located at the vehicle's left front corner. When the left-front-corner sonar (12a) detects a three-dimensional object at the vehicle's left front corner, an image processing means (3) synthesizes an image of the image created using a second imaging means (14) and the images created with four cameras (7a-7d) for imaging the complete periphery of the vehicle, and creates a bird's-eye-view image (40b). The detection range of the left-front-corner sonar (12a) is included within a region of the bird's-eye image (40b) on the basis of the image created with the second imaging means (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Michiguchi, Tatsuto Ryugo, Kenji Okano, Yukiko Kanno
  • Publication number: 20210192230
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is provided in which the detection range of a left-front-corner sonar (12a) located at the vehicle's left front corner is included in the field of view of a second imaging means (14) located at the vehicle's left front corner. When the left-front-corner sonar (12a) detects a three-dimensional object at the vehicle's left front corner, an image processing means (3) synthesizes an image of the image created using a second imaging means (14) and the images created with four cameras (7a-7d) for imaging the complete periphery of the vehicle, and creates a bird's-eye-view image (40b). The detection range of the left-front-corner sonar (12a) is included within a region of the bird's-eye image (40b) on the basis of the image created with the second imaging means (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Masayoshi MICHIGUCHI, Tatsuto RYUGO, Kenji OKANO, Yukiko KANNO
  • Patent number: 10970562
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is provided in which the detection range of a left-front-corner sonar (12a) located at the vehicle's left front corner is included in the field of view of a second imaging means (14) located at the vehicle's left front corner. When the left-front-corner sonar (12a) detects a three-dimensional object at the vehicle's left front corner, an image processing means (3) synthesizes an image of the image created using a second imaging means (14) and the images created with four cameras (7a-7d) for imaging the complete periphery of the vehicle, and creates a bird's-eye-view image (40b). The detection range of the left-front-corner sonar (12a) is included within a region of the bird's-eye image (40b) on the basis of the image created with the second imaging means (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Michiguchi, Tatsuto Ryugo, Kenji Okano, Yukiko Kanno
  • Publication number: 20190163987
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is provided in which the detection range of a left-front-corner sonar (12a) located at the vehicle's left front corner is included in the field of view of a second imaging means (14) located at the vehicle's left front corner. When the left-front-corner sonar (12a) detects a three-dimensional object at the vehicle's left front corner, an image processing means (3) synthesizes an image of the image created using a second imaging means (14) and the images created with four cameras (7a-7d) for imaging the complete periphery of the vehicle, and creates a bird's-eye-view image (40b). The detection range of the left-front-corner sonar (12a) is included within a region of the bird's-eye image (40b) on the basis of the image created with the second imaging means (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Masayoshi MICHIGUCHI, Tatsuto RYUGO, Kenji OKANO, Yukiko KANNO
  • Patent number: 10235575
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is provided in which the detection range of a left-front-corner sonar (12a) located at the vehicle's left front corner is included in the field of view of a second imaging means (14) located at the vehicle's left front corner. When the left-front-corner sonar (12a) detects a three-dimensional object at the vehicle's left front corner, an image processing means (3) synthesizes an image of the image created using a second imaging means (14) and the images created with four cameras (7a-7d) for imaging the complete periphery of the vehicle, and creates a bird's-eye-view image (40b). The detection range of the left-front-corner sonar (12a) is included within a region of the bird's-eye image (40b) on the basis of the image created with the second imaging means (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Michiguchi, Tatsuto Ryugo, Kenji Okano, Yukiko Kanno
  • Patent number: 8970398
    Abstract: Disclosed is a parking assistance device such that it is easy to understand the process for aligning the vehicle with the guidance completion position of each stage of parking, specifically the parking start position, the steering wheel reversal position and the intended parking position. Specifically disclosed is a parking assistance device wherein a control device (11) switches to a first parking guidance indicator (45A) during first parking guidance for guiding the vehicle to the parking start position, switches to a second parking guidance indicator (45B) during second parking guidance for guiding the vehicle to the steering wheel reversal start position, and switches to a third parking guidance indicator (45C) during third parking guidance for guiding the vehicle to the final parking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Michiguchi, Tatsuto Ryugo, Kenji Okano, Yukiko Kanno
  • Publication number: 20140218531
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is provided in which the detection range of a left-front-corner sonar (12a) located at the vehicle's left front corner is included in the field of view of a second imaging means (14) located at the vehicle's left front corner. When the left-front-corner sonar (12a) detects a three-dimensional object at the vehicle's left front corner, an image processing means (3) synthesizes an image of the image created using a second imaging means (14) and the images created with four cameras (7a-7d) for imaging the complete periphery of the vehicle, and creates a bird's-eye-view image (40b). The detection range of the left-front-corner sonar (12a) is included within a region of the bird's-eye image (40b) on the basis of the image created with the second imaging means (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi Michiguchi, Tatsuto Ryugo, Kenji Okano, Yukiko Kanno
  • Publication number: 20120314056
    Abstract: Disclosed is a parking assistance device such that it is easy to understand the process for aligning the vehicle with the guidance completion position of each stage of parking, specifically the parking start position, the steering wheel reversal position and the intended parking position. Specifically disclosed is a parking assistance device wherein a control device (11) switches to a first parking guidance indicator (45A) during first parking guidance for guiding the vehicle to the parking start position, switches to a second parking guidance indicator (45B) during second parking guidance for guiding the vehicle to the steering wheel reversal start position, and switches to a third parking guidance indicator (45C) during third parking guidance for guiding the vehicle to the final parking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi Michiguchi, Tatsuto Ryugo, Kenji Okano, Yukiko Kanno
  • Publication number: 20120316779
    Abstract: Provided is a driving assistance device which enables a driver to intuitively determine the relationship between the upper boundary line and the lower boundary line of an anticipated trajectory of travel that is displayed in three dimensions. The driving assistance device is provided with: an image processing device (3) that superimposes a three-dimensional anticipated trajectory of travel (30) of a vehicle, which is read off from a non-volatile memory (4), onto an image captured outside of the vehicle inputted from a capture device (7), and outputs the result to an external display device (12); and a control device (5) which controls the orientation of the three-dimensional anticipated trajectory of travel (30) that is superimposed by the image processing device (3) on the basis of a steering angle signal inputted from a steering sensor (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukiko Kanno, Tatsuto Ryugo, Kenji Okano, Masayoshi Michiguchi