公开(公告)号：US06579490B1

公开(公告)日：2003-06-17

申请号：US09657288

申请日：2000-09-08

申请人： Kazuhiko Iwai ,  Shigeo Asai ,  Qiang Wang

发明人： Kazuhiko Iwai ,  Shigeo Asai ,  Qiang Wang

IPC分类号： C21B1300

CPC分类号： F27B14/061 ,  B22D27/02 ,  C22B9/003 ,  C22B9/02 ,  Y02P10/234 ,  Y02P10/253

摘要： An apparatus for generating compression waves in a conductive liquid comprises a vessel containing a conductive liquid and ac electromagnetic force applying means provided around the vessels for generating the compression waves to achieve improvement after solidification of the liquid by enchancing strength of the compression waves by setting the ac frequency “f” of ac electromagnetic force applying means only within the range defined by the expression 2/(L2&pgr;&mgr;&sgr;)≦f≦(c2&mgr;&sgr;)/2&pgr;, wherein f is a major frequency when a waveform of an electromagnetic force is developed by the Fourier transform, for a non-sine waveform, L is a characteristic length of the system, such as a depth or a radius of the vessel, &mgr; is the permeability of the conductive liquid, &sgr; is the electric conductivity of the conductive liquid, and c is the propagation velocity of the compression waves in the conductive liquid.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在导电液体中产生压缩波的装置包括容纳导电液体的容器和设置在容器周围的用于产生压缩波的交流电磁力施加装置，以通过加强压缩波的强度来实现液体凝固之后的改进， 交流电磁力施加装置的交流频率“f”仅在由表达式2 /（L2pimusigma）<= f <=（c2musigma）/ 2pi限定的范围内，其中f是电磁力波形发展时的主频率 通过傅立叶变换，对于非正弦波形，L是系统的特征长度，例如容器的深度或半径，μ是导电液体的磁导率，σ是导电液体的导电率 ，c是导电液体中的压缩波的传播速度。

公开(公告)号：US06852178B2

公开(公告)日：2005-02-08

申请号：US10133197

申请日：2002-04-26

申请人： Kazuhiko Iwai ,  Shigeo Asai

发明人： Kazuhiko Iwai ,  Shigeo Asai

IPC分类号： B22D11/114 ,  B01F11/02 ,  B01F13/08 ,  B06B1/04 ,  B06B3/04 ,  B22D27/02 ,  C22B9/02 ,  C22B9/22

CPC分类号： C22B9/02 ,  B01F11/02 ,  B01F13/0809 ,  B22D27/02 ,  Y02P10/234 ,  Y10S29/095

摘要： A static magnetic field and a wave are applied to an electrically conductive fluid so as to satisfy the mathematical expression 2πf

摘要翻译： 将静磁场和波应用于导电流体，以满足数学表达式，其中f是施加波的频率（Hz），σ是导电流体的导电率（S / m），rho是 导电流体的密度（kg / m 3），B是所施加的静磁场强度（T），从而产生并传播到导电流体中的振动。

公开(公告)号：US20110068910A1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-24

申请号：US12991952

申请日：2009-06-25

申请人： Kazuhiko Iwai ,  Youichi Kurosawa

发明人： Kazuhiko Iwai ,  Youichi Kurosawa

IPC分类号： B60Q1/00

CPC分类号： B60Q1/085 ,  B60Q2300/45 ,  F21S41/143 ,  F21S41/155 ,  F21S41/663

摘要： A lighting device (100) for a vehicle, capable of more adequately draw the attention of a pedestrian to the fact that the vehicle is approaching the pedestrian. The lighting device (100) for a vehicle is provided with an object position detecting section (110) and a lighting control section (130). The object position detecting section (110) specifies an object which is present in the periphery of the vehicle and about which a warning is to be issued, and the object position detecting section detects a positional relationship between the object and the vehicle. The lighting control section (130) controls a headlight (120) so that illuminating light having a color corresponding to the positional relationship is applied to a region in which the object is present.

摘要翻译： 一种用于车辆的照明装置（100），其能够更充分地引起行人对车辆正在接近行人的事实的注意。 车辆用照明装置（100）具备物体位置检测部（110）和照明控制部（130）。 物体位置检测部（110）指定存在于车辆周边的物体，并且发出警告，物体位置检测部检测物体与车辆之间的位置关系。 照明控制部（130）控制前灯（120），使得具有与位置关系对应的颜色的照明光被施加到存在物体的区域。

公开(公告)号：US20090292413A1

公开(公告)日：2009-11-26

申请号：US12097138

申请日：2006-12-11

申请人： Hiroyuki Kubotani ,  Makoto Mochizuki ,  Koji Arata ,  Toshihiro Sota ,  Kazuhiko Iwai

发明人： Hiroyuki Kubotani ,  Makoto Mochizuki ,  Koji Arata ,  Toshihiro Sota ,  Kazuhiko Iwai

IPC分类号： G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G08G1/162 ,  B60R16/0231

摘要： A dangerous drive predicting apparatus is provided which is capable of rapidly recognizing a future situation of the own vehicle by other vehicles. The dangerous drive predicting apparatus is equipped with: drive information detecting section 110 for detecting drive information containing at least one of a drive action and vehicle information; traffic environment detecting section 120 for detecting a traffic environment around a first vehicle; driving characteristic producing/storing section 130 for producing and storing a driving characteristic every traffic environment based upon the drive information and the traffic environment; and a driving characteristic transmitting section for transmitting the driving characteristic to a second vehicle.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种危险的驱动器预测装置，其能够快速地识别其他车辆的本车辆的未来状况。 危险驱动预测装置配备有：驱动信息检测部110，用于检测包含驱动动作和车辆信息中的至少一个的驱动信息; 交通环境检测部120，用于检测第一车辆周围的交通环境; 驱动特性产生/存储部分130，用于基于驱动信息和交通环境来生成和存储每个交通环境的驾驶特性; 以及用于将驱动特性传递给第二车辆的驱动特性发送部。

公开(公告)号：US20140140596A1

公开(公告)日：2014-05-22

申请号：US14131836

申请日：2012-07-02

申请人： Kyoko Kawaguchi ,  Tateaki Nogami ,  Masamoto Tanabiki ,  Yuji Sato ,  Kazuhiko Iwai ,  Mitsuko Fujita

发明人： Kyoko Kawaguchi ,  Tateaki Nogami ,  Masamoto Tanabiki ,  Yuji Sato ,  Kazuhiko Iwai ,  Mitsuko Fujita

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G06K9/00335 ,  G06K9/00348 ,  G06K9/00362 ,  G06T7/75 ,  G06T2207/30196

摘要： A posture estimation device, which is able to estimate the posture of a humanoid articulated body with high precision, has: a head estimation unit (120) that estimates the position of a person's head from image information for an image that contains a person; a foot estimation unit (130) that, from the image information, estimates the position of the person's foot for which the sole of the foot is parallel to the floor surface; and a posture estimation unit (140) that estimates the posture of the person on the basis of the relative positional relationship between the estimated head position and the estimated foot position. For example, the posture estimation unit (140) estimates the side on which the foot is located, with respect to the head, as the front side of the person.

摘要翻译： 能够高精度地估计人形关节体的姿态的姿势估计装置具有：头部估计单元，其根据包含人的图像的图像信息估计人的头部的位置; 足部估计单元，其从所述图像信息估计所述脚的底部平行于所述地板表面的所述人的脚的位置; 以及姿势估计单元，其基于所估计的头位置与所估计的脚位置之间的相对位置关系来估计所述人的姿态。 例如，作为人的前侧，姿势估计单元（140）相对于头部估计脚所在的一侧。

公开(公告)号：US08536995B2

公开(公告)日：2013-09-17

申请号：US13255296

申请日：2010-12-08

申请人： Tateaki Nogami ,  Kazuhiko Iwai ,  Yuki Waki

发明人： Tateaki Nogami ,  Kazuhiko Iwai ,  Yuki Waki

IPC分类号： B60Q1/00

CPC分类号： G06T7/215 ,  G06T2207/30261

摘要： An aspect of the invention provides an information display apparatus and an information display method which allow a driver to easily recognize the display information without discomfort, regardless of the traveling state of a vehicle. It includes an attention object detecting unit (32) which detects information to be displayed to the driver, a symbol image selecting unit (33) which sets a symbol image to be displayed for the driver, an optical flow calculating unit (34a) which detects an optical flow of a foreground of the own vehicle, a motion effect determining unit (35) which sets a motion effect to be added to the symbol image, a display image generating unit (36) which generates a display image in which the motion effect added by the motion effect determining unit is combined with the symbol image, and a display control unit (37) which displays the generated display image for the driver. The motion effect determining unit (35) changes the motion effect to be added to the symbol image in accordance with the traveling state of the vehicle.

摘要翻译： 本发明的一个方面提供了一种信息显示装置和信息显示方法，其允许驾驶员无论车辆的行驶状态如何容易地识别显示信息而不会不适。 其包括检测要向驾驶员显示的信息的注意对象检测单元（32），设置要为驾驶员显示的符号图像的符号图像选择单元（33），光流计算单元（34a），其检测 本车辆的前景的光流，设定要添加到符号图像的运动效果的运动效果确定单元（35），产生运动效果的显示图像的显示图像生成单元（36） 由运动效果确定单元添加的符号图像与显示生成的驱动器的显示图像的显示控制单元（37）相结合。 运动效果确定单元（35）根据车辆的行驶状态改变要添加到符号图像的运动效果。

公开(公告)号：US20110293145A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-01

申请号：US13147730

申请日：2010-04-15

申请人： Tateaki Nogami ,  Yuki Waki ,  Kazuhiko Iwai

发明人： Tateaki Nogami ,  Yuki Waki ,  Kazuhiko Iwai

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： B60R1/00 ,  B60R2300/305 ,  B60R2300/307 ,  B60R2300/804 ,  B60R2300/8066 ,  G06T11/00 ,  G08G1/166 ,  G08G1/167

摘要： Provided are a driving support device, a driving support method, and a program, in which the driver can more intuitively and accurately determine the distance to another vehicle in the side rear. A driving support device (100) is provided with an image-capturing section (110) for capturing side rear images of the vehicle, a distance measuring section (120) for measuring the distance between the vehicle and the another vehicle, and a vehicle detection section (130) for detecting the another vehicle in the captured images, wherein a superimposed image generating section (140) calculates the distance of units of the vehicle length units on the basis of information concerning the vehicle length stored in a vehicle length information storage section (150) and the distance to the another vehicle detected by the distance measuring section (120), and generates a superimposed image on the basis of the calculated distance. A display image generating section (160) synthesizes the generated superimposed image on a side peripheral image including the captured side rear images, and displays the image on a display section (170) installed in a position at which the field of front vision of the driver is not obstructed.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种驾驶辅助装置，驾驶辅助方法和程序，其中驾驶员可以更直观和准确地确定在侧后方与另一车辆的距离。 驱动支撑装置（100）具备拍摄车辆的侧面后方的图像拍摄部（110），测量车辆与另一车辆之间的距离的距离测量部（120） 在所述拍摄图像中检测所述另一车辆的部分（130），其中，叠加图像生成部（140）基于存储在车辆长度信息存储部中的关于车辆长度的信息来计算所述车辆长度单位的单位的距离 （150）和由距离测量部（120）检测到的与另一车辆的距离，并且基于所计算的距离生成叠加图像。 显示图像生成部（160）将生成的叠加图像合成到包含被捕获的侧面后图像的侧边图像上，并将图像显示在安装在驾驶员的前视野的位置上的显示部（170）上 没有阻碍。

公开(公告)号：US09412010B2

公开(公告)日：2016-08-09

申请号：US14131836

申请日：2012-07-02

申请人： Kyoko Kawaguchi ,  Tateaki Nogami ,  Masamoto Tanabiki ,  Yuji Sato ,  Kazuhiko Iwai ,  Mitsuko Fujita

发明人： Kyoko Kawaguchi ,  Tateaki Nogami ,  Masamoto Tanabiki ,  Yuji Sato ,  Kazuhiko Iwai ,  Mitsuko Fujita

IPC分类号： G06K9/00 ,  G06T7/00

CPC分类号： G06K9/00335 ,  G06K9/00348 ,  G06K9/00362 ,  G06T7/75 ,  G06T2207/30196

摘要： A posture estimation device, which is able to estimate the posture of a humanoid articulated body with high precision, has: a head estimation unit (120) that estimates the position of a person's head from image information for an image that contains a person; a foot estimation unit (130) that, from the image information, estimates the position of the person's foot for which the sole of the foot is parallel to the floor surface; and a posture estimation unit (140) that estimates the posture of the person on the basis of the relative positional relationship between the estimated head position and the estimated foot position. For example, the posture estimation unit (140) estimates the side on which the foot is located, with respect to the head, as the front side of the person.

摘要翻译： 能够高精度地估计人形关节体的姿态的姿势估计装置具有：头部估计单元，其根据包含人的图像的图像信息估计人的头部的位置; 足部估计单元，其从所述图像信息估计所述脚的底部平行于所述地板表面的所述人的脚的位置; 以及姿势估计单元，其基于所估计的头位置与所估计的脚位置之间的相对位置关系来估计所述人的姿态。 例如，作为人的前侧，姿势估计单元（140）相对于头部估计脚所在的一侧。

公开(公告)号：US08725309B2

公开(公告)日：2014-05-13

申请号：US12593941

申请日：2008-03-31

申请人： Hiroyuki Kubotani ,  Kazuhiko Iwai

发明人： Hiroyuki Kubotani ,  Kazuhiko Iwai

IPC分类号： G08G1/16

CPC分类号： G08G1/166 ,  B60W30/09

摘要： An object of the invention is to provide a safety driving support apparatus capable of detecting a dangerous moving object with high accuracy at quick timing. A safety driving support apparatus 100 of the invention includes a traffic obstacle detection section 101 for detecting a traffic obstacle of the periphery of a vehicle, a speed change induced event detection section 106 for detecting an event of inducing a sudden change in behavior of a pedestrian from a traffic obstacle detected by the traffic obstacle detection section 101, a speed change detection section 102 for detecting a sudden change in behavior of a pedestrian from a traffic obstacle detected by the traffic obstacle detection section 101, and a dangerous pedestrian detection section 109 for deciding that the pedestrian is a dangerous pedestrian when the speed change detection section 102 detects a change in behavior of a pedestrian within a certain time from a point in time when a speed change induced event of a pedestrian detected by the speed change induced event detection section 106 occurs.

摘要翻译： 本发明的目的是提供一种能够在快速定时以高精度检测危险的运动物体的安全驾驶辅助装置。 本发明的安全驾驶辅助装置100包括：用于检测车辆周边的交通障碍物的交通障碍物检测部101;用于检测引起行人突然变化的事件的变速感应事件检测部106 从由交通障碍物检测部101检测出的交通障碍物，检测由交通障碍物检测部101检测到的交通障碍物的行人突然变化的变速检测部102，以及危险行人检测部109， 当速度变化检测部件102从由变速感应事件检测部分检测到的行人的速度变化诱发事件的时间点内的一定时间内检测到行人的行为变化时，判定行人是危险的行人 106发生。

公开(公告)号：US20120123613A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-17

申请号：US13384010

申请日：2010-04-26

申请人： Yuki Waki ,  Kazuhiko Iwai ,  Tateaki Nogami

发明人： Yuki Waki ,  Kazuhiko Iwai ,  Tateaki Nogami

IPC分类号： G06F17/00 ,  G08G1/16

CPC分类号： G08G1/167 ,  G06K9/00798 ,  G06K9/00805 ,  G08G1/09623 ,  G08G1/09626 ,  G08G1/166

摘要： Disclosed are a driving support device, a driving support method, and a program, which are capable of relieving driver's concern by making it possible to easily identify the travelling position of a vehicle in a lane. Specifically disclosed is a driving support device (100) which is provided with: a lane detection unit (120) for detecting the right and left ends of a lane on which a vehicle is travelling from a captured image; a vehicle position calculating unit (130) for calculating the displacement direction and displacement amount toward the lane width direction of the vehicle relative to the center of the lane on which the vehicle is travelling; and a display image generating unit (140) for generating a display image in which a vehicle image (330) is displaced in the center of the travelling lane from the position of a lane center marker (320) toward the lane width direction in accordance with the displacement direction and displacement amount that are calculated by the vehicle position calculating unit (130), and superimposed on a lane image composed of lane boundary markers (310) indicating the right and left ends of the lane and the lane center marker (320) indicating the center of the travelling lane.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种驾驶辅助装置，驾驶辅助方法和程序，其能够通过使得能够容易地识别车辆在车道中的行驶位置而减轻驾驶员的关注。 具体公开了一种驾驶辅助装置（100），其具备：车道检测部（120），用于从拍摄图像检测车辆行驶的车道的右端和左端; 车辆位置计算单元，用于计算车辆相对于车辆行驶的车道中心的车道宽度方向的位移方向和位移量; 以及显示图像生成单元，用于根据车道中心标记（320）的位置朝向车道宽度方向生成车辆图像（330）在行驶车道的中心位移的显示图像， 由车辆位置计算单元计算的位移方向和位移量，并叠加在由指示车道的右端和左端的车道边界标记（310）和车道中心标记（320）组成的车道图像上， 指示行车道的中心。