Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090118892 | Rollover Judging Device - A rollover judging device adjusts the magnitude of an angular velocity component ω of a vehicle in a direction of a rollover, which is measured by an angular velocity sensor | 05-07-2009 |
20100125953 | Coordinative Control Method For Adjusting The Back and Knee Bottom Sections Of An Adjustable Bed, And Computer Program For Implementing Same - A coordinative control method for adjusting the back and knee bottom sections of an adjustable bed or the like, and a computer program for implementing the method, are provided. Specifically, a method for adjusting the back and knee bottom section is provided, in which the angular positions thereof are adjusted according to a preset action pattern. The initial starting positions of the adjustable sections are taken into account, and adjusted to a position corresponding to the closest point on a curve representing angular movement of the sections during the adjustment process. Then, the sections are adjusted in a manner that prevents exertion of uncomfortable pressure upon the torso of a user, and prevents sliding of a user relative to the foot of the bed. | 05-27-2010 |
20100188421 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a storage section and a control section. The storage section stores a plurality of templates having different predetermined designs with template attribute information, the plurality of templates each being applied to a display of a content including at least one of a document and an image with the content being laid out on the template. The control section performs a matching processing of component information, as a search key, of the content with the template attribute information, and selects, as a template corresponding to the content to be applied to the display of the content, a template whose template attribute information has a higher match rate than others. | 07-29-2010 |
20100192081 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program - An information processing apparatus including a display section to display a data, an input section to input user input information, a communication section to communicate with a server, and a control section. The control section controls a display of a received message on the display section in accordance with the input information input through the input section. The control section displays, on the display section, a post card in which information included in the received message is laid out on a template selected in advance by the server, and enables a user to judge whether the post card corresponds to a read message or an unread message by displaying the post card corresponding to the read message in different display forms from the post card corresponding to the unread message. | 07-29-2010 |
20100268683 | MOVING OBSTACLE DECIDING APPARATUS - A moving obstacle deciding apparatus includes a search signal transmitting and receiving section | 10-21-2010 |
20100286875 | SENSOR SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A sensor system has object detection sensors | 11-11-2010 |
20110135114 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided is an image display device provided with an image display unit for displaying a still image or a moving image, an image capturing unit for capturing the image in a direction in which the image display unit displays the image on the image display unit, and a face detection unit for performing, at predetermined intervals, face detection processing for detecting a face included in the image captured by the image capturing unit, wherein the predetermined intervals are variable according to whether or not the face of a user is included in the image captured by the image capturing unit, and when the position of the detected face does not change for a predetermined period of time in the face detection processing, the face detection unit does not detect the face as the face of the user. | 06-09-2011 |
20110153262 | COLLISION DETECTION APPARATUS - A collision detection apparatus includes: an acceleration acquisition processing unit | 06-23-2011 |
20110247020 | DISK UNIT FOR CONVEYING DISKS OF DIFFERENT DIAMETERS - A disk unit is disclosed wherein a disk inserted by a pivoting arm is loaded to the interior of the disk unit or a disk accommodated in the interior of the disk unit is unloaded to the exterior of the disk unit, the disk unit including a plurality of arms able to convey two types of disks different in diameter while supporting an outer periphery edge of each of the disks. | 10-06-2011 |
20120000302 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR MODULE ATTACHING DEVICE AND ATTACHING METHOD - An ultrasonic sensor module attaching device and attaching method include an ultrasonic sensor module | 01-05-2012 |
20120056043 | FASTENER FOR MOUNTING ULTRASONIC SENSOR MODULE AND METHOD FOR FASTENING - An ultrasonic sensor module | 03-08-2012 |
20120062396 | PARKING SUPPORT DEVICE - A parking support device is provided for extracting detection point data corresponding to a corner portion of a parked vehicle | 03-15-2012 |
20120099397 | ULTRASONIC DETECTION DEVICE - An ultrasonic detection device is constructed in such a way as to include a discriminating processing unit (a time width detecting part | 04-26-2012 |
20120170411 | OBSTACLE DETECTION DEVICE - An obstacle detection device includes one or more emitter ultrasonic sensors, each emitting an ultrasonic wave toward an obstacle, and one or more detection ultrasonic sensors for reception, each detecting a reflected wave from the obstacle. A control unit drives a specific one of the emitter ultrasonic sensors to cause it to emit an ultrasonic wave, stops the emission of the ultrasonic wave by the specific emitter ultrasonic sensor at the time that one of the detection ultrasonic sensors detects a reflected wave from the obstacle, and carries out detection of the obstacle and measurement of the distance to the obstacle from the time that the control unit stops the emission of the ultrasonic wave by the emitter ultrasonic sensor and the time that the reflected wave cannot be detected anymore. | 07-05-2012 |
20120180569 | ULTRASONIC WAVE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING ULTRASONIC WAVE SENSOR - An ultrasonic sensor of the present invention is attached to the back face of a bumper | 07-19-2012 |
20120204647 | AIRBORNE ULTRASONIC SENSOR - An airborne ultrasonic sensor is obtained in which a sensor body and a housing have an integrated structure, and which can reduce spurious waves which propagate through the housing to arrive at the sensor body. The sensor is provided with the sensor body that radiates ultrasonic waves into air and at the same time receives reflected waves from a reflection source which exists in the air, a transmission and reception device that drives the sensor body and at the same time obtains a distance to the reflection source or a propagation speed of sound based on the reflected waves, and the housing that has the sensor body fixedly secured thereto with an integrated structure. The housing has groove portions which are different in acoustic impedance from their surroundings. The groove portions are arranged obliquely regarding either one of a horizontal direction or a vertical direction of the sensor body. | 08-16-2012 |
20120268620 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information providing apparatus including a course information acquiring unit that acquires course information to which position information indicating positions of a predetermined plurality of spots and order information indicating an order of each spot are set, a photo acquiring unit that acquires photos taken in a predetermined area including the spots, a map making unit that makes a map where marks indicating the plurality of spots are displayed on the basis of the position information set to the course information, and a display control unit that sequentially sets the plurality of spots as display objects according to the order information set to the course information and causes a display unit to display the photos taken in the spots set as the display objects and a map of a predetermined range including the marks indicating the spots. | 10-25-2012 |
20120269039 | AIRBORNE ULTRASONIC SENSOR - An airborne ultrasonic sensor capable of obtaining an asymmetric directivity pattern in a predetermined direction with a simple structure. The airborne ultrasonic sensor includes: a case whose one end is open and another end is a closed surface, so as to have a hollow portion; and a piezoelectric element which is disposed on an inner side of the closed surface, the closed surface being a vibration surface, in which the case has a side surface at least partially provided with a region which is obtained by removing the side surface from an opening surface side. The closed surface has a circular, elliptical, oval, square, or rectangular shape. | 10-25-2012 |
20120277957 | DRIVING ASSIST DEVICE - A driving assist device detects the position of a vehicle | 11-01-2012 |
20120307594 | OBSTACLE DETECTION DEVICE - An obstacle detection device controls distance sensors to cause the distance sensors to transmit a transmission wave during a fixed time period, measures a first time which has elapsed from a time at which the transmission starts to a time at which a reflected wave is detected, and a second time which has elapsed a time at which the above-mentioned transmission is stopped to a time at which the reflected wave disappears, and determines that an obstacle exists when a time difference between the above-mentioned first time and the above-mentioned second time is equal to or shorter than a predetermined allowed time. Therefore, the obstacle detection device can reduce the time required for the determination to at least one-half that provided by a related art technique, and improves the accuracy of the detection of an object moving at a relatively high speed. | 12-06-2012 |
20120320211 | VIHICLE SURROUNDINGS MONITORING DEVICE - A vehicle surroundings monitoring device carries out a position mapping process of expressing a positional relationship in the detection ranges of distance sensors | 12-20-2012 |
20120327239 | VEHICLE REAR VIEW MONITORING DEVICE - Because a vehicle rear view monitoring device changes the detection threshold level of each of distance sensors | 12-27-2012 |
20130039526 | ELECTRODYNAMIC SOUND-EMITTING DEVICE - A casing for covering an outer yoke is provided; an acoustic cavity is formed by this casing; a diaphragm and the outer surface of a side wall of the outer yoke; a second elastic member is provided to join the outer circumferential edge of the casing to the outer circumferential edge of the diaphragm without any gap therebetween; this second elastic member includes pores formed by foaming and made of a material whose elastic modulus is smaller than that of a first elastic member; and pores communicating through from the back surface of the second elastic member, that is the inner side of the casing, to the front surface that is the opposite side of the back surface are eliminated. | 02-14-2013 |
20130063258 | ELECTRIC MOVING BODY ALARM SOUND CONTROL DEVICE - An electric moving body alarm sound control device that does not generate alarm sound more than necessary nor less than necessary is provided in electric moving bodies, such as hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles, excellent in quietness. An electric moving body alarm sound control device comprises an electric moving body noise detection unit that detects noise the electric moving body generates by itself; an electric moving body noise level comparison determination unit that determines the noise level the electric moving body generates, based on the detection signal detected by the electric moving body noise detection unit; and an alarm sound volume level control unit that takes control of the volume level of alarm sound a sound-emitting unit emits, based on the determination result by the electric moving body noise level comparison determination unit. | 03-14-2013 |
20130169111 | AIR-COUPLED ULTRASONIC SENSOR - An air-coupled ultrasonic sensor capable of changing setting of an output sound pressure or an ultrasonic wave propagation distance depending on a use application, an installation site, or the like, with a simple structure. An air-coupled ultrasonic sensor includes: a closed-end cylindrical case including an opening portion at one end in its axial direction and a bottom surface at another end; a piezoelectric oscillator firmly fixed onto an inner bottom surface of the closed-end cylindrical case; an open-end cylindrical case including opening portions at both ends in its axial direction; and a thin film firmly fixed on one of the opening portions at one end of the open-end cylindrical case. The open-end cylindrical case is fitted to the closed-end cylindrical case, and includes a structure capable of moving along a side wall of the closed-end cylindrical case. | 07-04-2013 |
20130182013 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An apparatus includes an input unit and a control unit. The input unit is configured to receive an input from a user. The control unit is configured to control a display to display an image and an image mark, move over the image to a position indicated by the input unit, and display an indicator showing an amount of time until the image mark is fixed to a current location of the image mark on the image. | 07-18-2013 |
20140375443 | NOTIFICATION SOUND CONTROL UNIT OF APPROACHING VEHICLE AUDIBLE SYSTEM - A notification sound control unit of an approaching vehicle audible system includes a first rotation speed calculation section that calculates a first rotation speed, based on an accelerator opening degree signal of an electric vehicle, a second rotation speed calculation section that calculates a second rotation speed, based on a vehicle speed signal of the electric vehicle, a rotation speed synthesis section that synthesizes the first rotation speed and the second rotation speed, a virtual engine rotation speed calculation section that applies filtering processing to a synthesis rotation speed synthesized by the rotation speed synthesis section so as to calculate a virtual engine rotation speed, and a notification sound signal generation processing section that changes a pitch and a volume of a phoneme signal outputted from a phoneme, based on the virtual engine rotation speed, so as to generate a notification sound signal. | 12-25-2014 |