Patents by Inventor Kazutoshi Sukigara
Kazutoshi Sukigara 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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Patent number: 8265774Abstract: An inverted pendulum type moving body according to the present invention includes: first actuators that rotationally drive wheels each disposed on an axle; and a turning motion control portion that controls the first actuators when the inverted pendulum type moving body comes into contact with an obstacle so as to allow the inverted pendulum type moving body to perform a turning motion.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2008Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiyuki Senba, Koji Yamada, Takashi Izuo, Takuya Serai, Mitsuo Koide, Kazutoshi Sukigara, Chisao Hayashi
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Patent number: 8151912Abstract: A wheeled inverted pendulum mobile unit having: a driving wheel; a body that is tiltable about an axle of the driving wheel with respect to a vertical direction; a plurality of support members that extend downward from the body in the vertical direction, wherein the bottom ends of the plurality of support members are in contact with a ground before and behind the axle of the driving wheel, and the bottom ends moves up and down, with respect to the body, as the body tilts with respect to the vertical direction; and a lock mechanism that locks positions of the bottom ends of the support members with respect to the body.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsuo Koide, Kazutoshi Sukigara, Yuji Tsusaka, Takashi Izuo, Masaaki Yamaoka, Koji Yamada
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Patent number: 8011459Abstract: To provide an inverted wheel type moving body capable of improving the operability, and a method of controlling the same. An inverted wheel type moving body in accordance with one aspect of the present invention includes motors 34 and 36 for rotationally driving a right driving wheel 18 and a left driving wheel 20 respectively, a passenger seat 74 rotationally supported on mounts 26 and 28 through swing arms 17 and 19, a passenger seat drive motor 70 for driving the passenger seat 74, a control portion 80 for determining whether the manipulation amount exceeds the threshold value or not, and a motor driver 70a for control the passenger seat drive motor 70 such that the passenger seat 74 is moved in accordance with the manipulation amount when the manipulation amount does not exceed the threshold value and the movement of the passenger seat 74 is restored after the manipulation amount exceeds the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takuya Serai, Yoshiyuki Senba, Koji Yamada, Takashi Izuo, Chisao Hayashi, Mitsuo Koide, Kazutoshi Sukigara
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Publication number: 20110178667Abstract: The vehicle is provided with a body; a pair of right and left wheels; a first motor that drives one of the wheels; a second motor that drives the other one of wheels; a controller for receiving a target current value for the first motor and controlling current of the first motor; a calculator for receiving the target current value and an actual movement amount of the first motor and calculating a disturbance torque loaded on the first motor; an adjuster for adjusting the target current value for the first motor in a basis of the disturbance torque; a controller for receiving a target current value for the second motor and controlling current of the second motor; a calculator for receiving the target current value and an actual movement amount of the second motor and calculating a disturbance torque loaded on the second motor; an adjuster for adjusting the target current value for the second motor in a basis of the disturbance torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2008Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiyuki Senba, Koji Yamada, Takashi Izuo, Takuya Serai, Mitsuo Koide, Kazutoshi Sukigara, Chisao Hayashi
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Publication number: 20090223728Abstract: A wheeled inverted pendulum mobile unit having: a driving wheel; a body that is tiltable about an axle of the driving wheel with respect to a vertical direction; a plurality of support members that extend downward from the body in the vertical direction, wherein the bottom ends of the plurality of support members are in contact with a ground before and behind the axle of the driving wheel, and the bottom ends moves up and down, with respect to the body, as the body tilts with respect to the vertical direction; and a lock mechanism that locks positions of the bottom ends of the support members with respect to the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2009Publication date: September 10, 2009Inventors: Mitsuo KOIDE, Kazutoshi Sukigara, Yuji Tsusaka, Takashi Izuo, Masaaki Yamaoka, Koji Yamada
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Publication number: 20090108553Abstract: To provide an inverted wheel type moving body capable of improving the operability, and a method of controlling the same. An inverted wheel type moving body in accordance with one aspect of the present invention includes motors 34 and 36 for rotationally driving a right driving wheel 18 and a left driving wheel 20 respectively, a passenger seat 74 rotationally supported on mounts 26 and 28 through swing arms 17 and 19, a passenger seat drive motor 70 for driving the passenger seat 74, a control portion 80 for determining whether the manipulation amount exceeds the threshold value or not, and a motor driver 70a for control the passenger seat drive motor 70 such that the passenger seat 74 is moved in accordance with the manipulation amount when the manipulation amount does not exceed the threshold value and the movement of the passenger seat 74 is restored after the manipulation amount exceeds the threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Inventors: Takuya Serai, Yoshiyuki Senba, Koji Yamada, Takashi Izuo, Chisao Hayashi, Mitsuo Koide, Kazutoshi Sukigara
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Publication number: 20090107240Abstract: An inverted pendulum type moving body according to the present invention includes: first actuators that rotationally drive wheels each disposed on an axle; and a turning motion control portion that controls the first actuators when the inverted pendulum type moving body comes into contact with an obstacle so as to allow the inverted pendulum type moving body to perform a turning motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Inventors: Yoshiyuki Senba, Koji Yamada, Takashi Izuo, Takuya Serai, Mitsuo Koide, Kazutoshi Sukigara, Chisao Hayashi
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Patent number: 5111516Abstract: A basic image of objects is extracted from a two-dimensional image of objects. Geometrical elements of the objects are extracted from the extracted basic image. The objects to be recognized are identified by searching a combination of the geometrical elements which match a geometrical model and then utilizing candidate position/orientation of the objects to be recognized, said candidate position/orientation being determined from a relationship in relative position between the combination of geometrical elements and the geometrical model. Mesh cells fixed to the geometrical model are mapped on the basic image based on the candidate position/orientation. In addition, verification is made as to whether an image of the geometrical model mapped by the candidate position/orientation is accurately matched with an image of one of the objects to be recognized, through a neural network to which values got from the basic image included in the individual mesh cells are to be applied as input values.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 1990Date of Patent: May 5, 1992Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Masaru Nakano, Kazutoshi Sukigara
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Patent number: 4982342Abstract: In an image processor system, a processor includes a first two-dimensional look-up table for receiving first and second digital data as an address, a second two-dimensional look-up table for receiving an output digital data of the first two-dimensional look-up table and a third digital signal as an address, and a latch circuit for temporarily storing the output digital data of the second look-up table. The processor is flexible and the functions thereof can be varied by changing the contents of the look-up tables.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 1988Date of Patent: January 1, 1991Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Hiroshi Moribe, Kazutoshi Sukigara, Masaru Nakano, Toshio Kato, Yoshiaki Ito