Patents by Inventor Koichi Sassa

Koichi Sassa 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).

  • Patent number: 11852715
    Abstract: An object detector includes: a transmission and reception unit that transmits a transmission wave and receives a reflection wave from an object; an acquisition unit that detects the reflection wave having a signal level above a threshold to acquire distance information indicating a distance from the transmission and reception unit to the object; a sort processing unit that sets a priority of the distance information to be higher as a difference between a signal level corresponding to the distance information and the threshold is larger when a plurality of pieces of the distance information are acquired in a predetermined period; and an output control unit that outputs the plurality of pieces of the distance information in descending order of the priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ippei Sugae, Koichi Sassa
  • Patent number: 11719815
    Abstract: An object detection device includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a transmission wave; a reception unit configured to receive a reception wave, which is the transmission wave reflected by and returned from an object, until a predetermined measurement time elapses after the transmission wave is transmitted; a detection unit configured to detect the object based on distance information based on the reception wave received by the reception unit; and a reception control unit configured to set the measurement time after the detection of the object to be shorter than the measurement time after a non-detection of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ippei Sugae, Koichi Sassa
  • Patent number: 11709263
    Abstract: An object detector includes: a triangulation calculation unit that performs triangulation calculation for detecting a location of an object based on first distance information calculated based on direct waves in which transmitted waves transmitted from a first transmission and reception unit are reflected by an object and received by the first transmission and reception unit, and second distance information calculated based on indirect waves in which transmitted waves transmitted from a second transmission and reception unit arranged in a location different from the first transmission and reception unit are reflected by an object and received by the first transmission and reception unit; and a prohibition processing unit that prohibits triangulation calculation when a difference between first velocity information indicating a velocity of an object calculated based on the direct waves and second velocity information indicating a velocity of an object calculated based on the indirect waves exceeds a predetermin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Sassa, Ippei Sugae
  • Patent number: 11698456
    Abstract: An object detection system includes: a transmission unit configured to sequentially transmit a plurality of transmission waves to which identification information different from one another is applied; a reception unit configured to sequentially receive a plurality of reception waves respectively corresponding to the plurality of transmission waves returned in response to reflection by an object after all the plurality of transmission waves are transmitted by the transmission unit; and a detection processing unit configured to detect information related to the object based on a relationship between the plurality of transmission waves and the plurality of reception waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ippei Sugae, Koichi Sassa
  • Patent number: 11619736
    Abstract: An object detection device that detects an object existing around a moving body moving on a road surface by a TOF method, the object detection device includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires target information including distance information of a detection target on the basis of a comparison result between a signal level of a reflected wave and a first threshold value; a second acquisition unit that acquires road surface information including distance information of the road surface on the basis of a comparison result between the signal level of the reflected wave and a second threshold value; and a setting unit that sets the second threshold value so that an amount of the distance information acquired within a predetermined period does not exceed a predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ippei Sugae, Koichi Sassa
  • Publication number: 20230003862
    Abstract: An object detection system includes: a plurality of object detection units. The object detection units each include a transmission and reception unit configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave and receive a reflected wave generated by reflection of the ultrasonic wave on an object, a reception circuit unit configured to detect a signal level of the reflected wave received by the transmission and reception unit, a detection unit configured to detect the object by comparing the signal level detected by the reception circuit unit with a predetermined signal threshold value, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of an environment, and a detection sensitivity adjustment unit configured to adjust detection sensitivity of the reception circuit unit based on a second lowest temperature among temperatures detected by the respective temperature sensors in the plurality of object detection units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya HOZUMI, Hisashi INABA, Toshinori TANAKA, Koichi SASSA, Yuichi UKAI, Takuya SAKIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220214450
    Abstract: An object detection device includes: a transmitter transmitting a transmission wave; a receiver receiving a reception wave reflected by an object; a CFAR processor acquiring a CFAR signal at a detection timing by CFAR processing based on a value of a first processing target signal and an average value of values of second processing target signals; a detection processor detecting information related to the object based on a comparison between the CFAR signal and a threshold; and a threshold processor setting, when the detection timing belongs to a predetermined first section, the threshold as a first threshold calculated in consideration of a detection result of a temperature sensor, and setting, when the detection timing belongs to a predetermined second section, the threshold as a second threshold calculated without considering the detection result of the temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ippei SUGAE, Koichi SASSA
  • Publication number: 20220057506
    Abstract: An object detection device that detects an object existing around a moving body moving on a road surface by a TOF method, the object detection device includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires target information including distance information of a detection target on the basis of a comparison result between a signal level of a reflected wave and a first threshold value; a second acquisition unit that acquires road surface information including distance information of the road surface on the basis of a comparison result between the signal level of the reflected wave and a second threshold value; and a setting unit that sets the second threshold value so that an amount of the distance information acquired within a predetermined period does not exceed a predetermined amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ippei SUGAE, Koichi SASSA
  • Publication number: 20210389455
    Abstract: An object detector includes: a triangulation calculation unit that performs triangulation calculation for detecting a location of an object based on first distance information calculated based on direct waves in which transmitted waves transmitted from a first transmission and reception unit are reflected by an object and received by the first transmission and reception unit, and second distance information calculated based on indirect waves in which transmitted waves transmitted from a second transmission and reception unit arranged in a location different from the first transmission and reception unit are reflected by an object and received by the first transmission and reception unit; and a prohibition processing unit that prohibits triangulation calculation when a difference between first velocity information indicating a velocity of an object calculated based on the direct waves and second velocity information indicating a velocity of an object calculated based on the indirect waves exceeds a predetermin
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi SASSA, Ippei SUGAE
  • Publication number: 20210389446
    Abstract: An object detector includes: a transmission and reception unit that transmits a transmission wave and receives a reflection wave from an object; an acquisition unit that detects the reflection wave having a signal level above a threshold to acquire distance information indicating a distance from the transmission and reception unit to the object; a sort processing unit that sets a priority of the distance information to be higher as a difference between a signal level corresponding to the distance information and the threshold is larger when a plurality of pieces of the distance information are acquired in a predetermined period; and an output control unit that outputs the plurality of pieces of the distance information in descending order of the priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ippei SUGAE, Koichi Sassa
  • Publication number: 20210318431
    Abstract: An object detection device includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a transmission wave; a reception unit configured to receive a reception wave, which is the transmission wave reflected by and returned from an object, until a predetermined measurement time elapses after the transmission wave is transmitted; a detection unit configured to detect the object based on distance information based on the reception wave received by the reception unit; and a reception control unit configured to set the measurement time after the detection of the object to be shorter than the measurement time after a non-detection of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ippei SUGAE, Koichi SASSA
  • Publication number: 20210302573
    Abstract: An object detection system includes: a transmission unit configured to sequentially transmit a plurality of transmission waves to which identification information different from one another is applied; a reception unit configured to sequentially receive a plurality of reception waves respectively corresponding to the plurality of transmission waves returned in response to reflection by an object after all the plurality of transmission waves are transmitted by the transmission unit; and a detection processing unit configured to detect information related to the object based on a relationship between the plurality of transmission waves and the plurality of reception waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ippei SUGAE, Koichi SASSA
  • Publication number: 20210302571
    Abstract: An object detection system includes: a transmission unit transmitting a transmission wave; a reception unit receiving a reception wave which is the transmission wave reflected and returned by an object; a signal processing unit configured to sample a processing target signal corresponding to the reception wave and acquire a difference signal based on a difference between the processing target signal for at least one sample and an average of values of the processing target signals for samples; a detection processing unit detecting, based on a value of the difference signal, a distance to the object a plurality of times with a lapse of time; and an identification processing unit identifying the object based on a transition, with the lapse of time, between the distance to the object and the value of the processing target signal at the detection timing at which the distance to the object is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: ASIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi SASSA, Ippei SUGAE
  • Publication number: 20210300361
    Abstract: An obstacle detection device includes: a first acquisition unit acquiring object information which is on an object present around a moving object and is generated based on information acquired by distance measuring sensors mounted on the moving object; a second acquisition unit acquiring moving object information on the moving object; a determination unit determining whether the object is an obstacle likely to come into contact with the moving object based on the object information and the moving object information; and a generation unit generating obstacle information on the obstacle. The object information includes object position information and relative speed information, the moving object information includes moving object speed information and predicted path information, and the determination unit determines whether the object is the obstacle based on the object position information, the relative speed information, the moving object speed information, and the predicted path information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ippei SUGAE, Koichi SASSA
  • Patent number: 10928201
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a position estimation device includes an acquirer that acquires wheel rotation information as information on rotation of wheels of a mobile structure and object information on an object, and an estimator that estimates a position of the mobile structure by calculating a directional deviation of a mobile structure as change in a direction of the mobile structure from the wheel rotation information and a predetermined direction parameter and calculating the direction of the mobile structure from the directional deviation of the mobile structure, and corrects the direction parameter on the basis of the directional deviation of the mobile structure and an object directional deviation as variation in a direction of the object relative to the mobile structure by calculating the object directional deviation from the object information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironori Hirata, Koichi Sassa, Kenichi Ohshima
  • Patent number: 10689030
    Abstract: A driving assist system includes: a first detection unit configured to detect first rotational information that is information about rotation of a left wheel of a vehicle; a second detection unit configured to detect second rotational information that is information about rotation of a right wheel of the vehicle; and a processing unit configured to estimate a running turning radius of a running turning circle on a running route on which the vehicle drives from the first rotational information and the second rotational information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Sassa, Hironori Hirata, Yoshihito Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20190041218
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a position estimation device includes an acquirer that acquires wheel rotation information as information on rotation of wheels of a mobile structure and object information on an object, and an estimator that estimates a position of the mobile structure by calculating a directional deviation of a mobile structure as change in a direction of the mobile structure from the wheel rotation information and a predetermined direction parameter and calculating the direction of the mobile structure from the directional deviation of the mobile structure, and corrects the direction parameter on the basis of the directional deviation of the mobile structure and an object directional deviation as variation in a direction of the object relative to the mobile structure by calculating the object directional deviation from the object information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironori HIRATA, Koichi SASSA, Kenichi OHSHIMA
  • Patent number: 10179608
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a parking assist device includes a detector configured to detect a target parking position from a captured image obtained from an imager; a position identifier that identifies, during a period while the vehicle is moving after the captured image was displayed on the display device and before a captured image captured next by the imager is displayed, the target parking position with respect to a current position of the vehicle, based on a first moving amount by which the vehicle has moved since the captured image was displayed on the display device and on a positional relation between the vehicle and the target parking position at the time when the captured image was captured; and a parking assist unit that guides the vehicle during the period based on the identified target parking position when a request for guiding the vehicle to the target parking position is made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Inagaki, Hironori Hirata, Koichi Sassa
  • Publication number: 20180354503
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a parking assistance system includes a first detector configured to detect first information that is information concerning a wheel on a left-hand side of a vehicle, a second detector configured to detect second information that is information concerning a wheel on a right-hand side of the vehicle, and a processor configured to estimate a host-vehicle location that is a location of the vehicle based on the first information and the second information in a state of traveling along a set route to a target point set in a parking area, and to calculate a correction value for correcting the set route based on a route difference that is a difference between the set route and the host-vehicle location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi SASSA, Hironori HIRATA, Ayumu MATSUURA, Kenichi OHSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20180354552
    Abstract: A driving assist system includes: a first detection unit configured to detect first rotational information that is information about rotation of a left wheel of a vehicle; a second detection unit configured to detect second rotational information that is information about rotation of a right wheel of the vehicle; and a processing unit configured to estimate a running turning radius of a running turning circle on a running route on which the vehicle drives from the first rotational information and the second rotational information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi SASSA, Hironori HIRATA, Yoshihito MIZUNO