Patents by Inventor Naoyuki Muramatsu

Naoyuki Muramatsu 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: 20240043065
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes an offset unit configured to execute offset processing for offsetting the target lateral position such that the target lateral position is separated from the first lane, when a relationship between the first vehicle and the vehicle satisfies an offset condition. The offset unit is configured not to execute the offset processing even if the relationship between the first vehicle and the vehicle satisfies the predetermined offset condition, when a vehicle-to-vehicle distance between the second vehicle and the vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined distance or when a value obtained by dividing the vehicle-to-vehicle distance between the second vehicle and the vehicle by a relative speed between the second vehicle and the vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Naoyuki MURAMATSU, Naoki NAGAKURA, Yushi SHIBAIKE
  • Patent number: 11827270
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes an offset unit configured to execute offset processing for offsetting the target lateral position such that the target lateral position is separated from the first lane, when a relationship between the first vehicle and the vehicle satisfies an offset condition. The offset unit is configured not to execute the offset processing even if the relationship between the first vehicle and the vehicle satisfies the predetermined offset condition, when a vehicle-to-vehicle distance between the second vehicle and the vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined distance or when a value obtained by dividing the vehicle-to-vehicle distance between the second vehicle and the vehicle by a relative speed between the second vehicle and the vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoyuki Muramatsu, Yushi Shibaike, Naoki Nagakura
  • Publication number: 20230192190
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to: detect a mobile body located in a region that is not a host vehicle lane in which a host vehicle is traveling, out of regions that are adjacent to an adjacent lane that is adjacent to the host vehicle lane; detect entry operation of the mobile body to enter the adjacent lane; and when the processor detects the entry operation, perform steering control for the host vehicle such that a travel position of the host vehicle within the host vehicle lane in a width direction of the host vehicle lane is moved in a direction away from the adjacent lane before the entry operation is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro TAKAHASHI, Naoyuki MURAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20230061405
    Abstract: An autonomous driving system according to the present disclosure is an autonomous driving system that causes a vehicle to autonomously travel along a path plan, and includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to execute a determination process of determining whether offset processing is necessary, the offset processing offsetting the path plan in a lane width direction with respect to a reference traveling position in a changed lane after a lane change when the lane change is performed in response to that a preceding vehicle is present, and a process of generating the path plan related to the lane change so as to connect to the path plan that is offset in the changed lane after the lane change when the offset processing is necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoyuki Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20220055687
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes an offset unit configured to execute offset processing for offsetting the target lateral position such that the target lateral position is separated from the first lane, when a relationship between the first vehicle and the vehicle satisfies an offset condition. The offset unit is configured not to execute the offset processing even if the relationship between the first vehicle and the vehicle satisfies the predetermined offset condition, when a vehicle-to-vehicle distance between the second vehicle and the vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined distance or when a value obtained by dividing the vehicle-to-vehicle distance between the second vehicle and the vehicle by a relative speed between the second vehicle and the vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Naoyuki Muramatsu, Yushi Shibaike, Naoki Nagakura