Patents by Inventor Satoshi Omi
Satoshi Omi 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: 11938971Abstract: In a vehicle control device for an autonomous driving vehicle that autonomously travels based on an operation command, a gesture image of a person around the autonomous driving vehicle is acquired, and a stored reference gesture image is collated with the acquired gesture image. At this time, when it is discriminated that the gesture of the person around the autonomous driving vehicle is a gesture requesting the autonomous driving vehicle to stop, it is determined whether a disaster has occurred. When it is determined that the disaster has occurred, the autonomous driving vehicle is caused to stop around the person requesting the autonomous driving vehicle to stop.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Taizo Masuda, Yuta Kataoka, Miki Nomoto, Yoshiki Ueda, Satoshi Omi, Yuki Nishikawa
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Patent number: 11897455Abstract: A vehicle is autonomously driven in an environment where a first road for vehicles running in a first direction and a second road for vehicles running in a second direction, different from the first direction, are provided alongside each other, and where a first parking space that is entered from the first road and exited to the first road is set and a second parking space that is entered from the second road and exited to the second road is set. When the vehicle is temporarily parked in the first parking space and a running direction of the vehicle heading for the next destination after being parked is the second direction, the vehicle is transferred from the first parking space to the second parking space by autonomous driving after a user of the vehicle gets out of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Omi, Takanori Imazu, Yoshiki Fukada, Takashi Hayashi, Yuta Kataoka, Kohki Baba, Ryuji Okamura, Akihiro Kusumoto
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Patent number: 11893887Abstract: Whether a vehicle is parked inside parking lines in a parking lot is detected. When the vehicle is detected not parked inside the parking lines, either the vehicle or the parking lines are moved in such a manner that the vehicle is parked inside the parking lines.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takanori Imazu, Yoshiki Fukada, Ryuji Okamura, Takashi Hayashi, Kohki Baba, Satoshi Omi, Akihiro Kusumoto, Yuta Kataoka
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Publication number: 20230347936Abstract: The power supply method includes: determining whether power supply to a power supply target is necessary; determining whether provision of a predetermined service by the autonomous driving electrified vehicle is stopped or service provision can be stopped; and supplying power from the autonomous driving electrified vehicle to the power supply target in response to determining that power supply to the power supply target is necessary and determining that service provision is stopped or service provision can be stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Taizo MASUDA, Yuta KATAOKA, Yoshiki UEDA, Hiromitsu KOBAYASHI, Miki NOMOTO, Satoshi OMI, Yuki NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20230347935Abstract: Flood damage information at the position of the autonomous vehicle and a flood index representing the likelihood of flooding at the position of the automatically driving vehicle are acquired. Based on the flood damage information and the flood index, a predicted flood water level at the position of the autonomous vehicle is obtained. A predicted flood water level is displayed in the form of a height position from the road surface on a display mounted on the autonomous vehicle so that it can be visually recognized from the outside of the autonomous vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Hiromitsu KOBAYASHI, Miki NOMOTO, Yoshiki UEDA, Taizo MASUDA, Yuta KATAOKA, Satoshi OMI, Yuki NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20230326341Abstract: A control unit of a server is a device that adjusts a parking position of a vehicle in a parking lot, and includes an acquisition unit that acquires the parking position of the vehicle scheduled to receive a package in the parking lot, and an adjustment information generation unit that generates adjustment information for adjusting parking of another vehicle in a parking slot adjacent to the parking position of the vehicle scheduled to receive the package in the parking lot such that a space is secured around the vehicle scheduled to receive the package.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2022Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisaku HONDA, Hiroya MATSUBAYASHI, Ryota TOMIZAWA, Satoshi TANABE, Nobutsugu MARUIWA, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE, Hiroki AWANO, Satoshi OMI
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Patent number: 11769401Abstract: A vehicle includes a sensor that detects a traffic signal installed in a travel route of the own vehicle, another vehicle traveling around the own vehicle, and another mobile object around the own vehicle. After recognizing that the own vehicle has passed the traffic signal, the vehicle determines whether or not there are the other mobile object moving toward the traffic signal and the other vehicle moving beside the other mobile object toward the traffic signal. When determining that there are the other mobile object moving toward the traffic signal and the other vehicle moving beside the other mobile object toward the traffic signal, the vehicle controls the traffic signal based on a traveling state of the other vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Taizo Masuda, Miki Nomoto, Yuta Kataoka, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Yoshiki Ueda, Satoshi Omi, Yuki Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20230294598Abstract: A potential collision risk between a vehicle and a potential traffic participant predicted to be present ahead in a direction of travel of the vehicle is foreseen. A first annunciation is performed notifying those in a vicinity that the vehicle is traveling, using an externally-directed annunciator installed in the vehicle, in response to the potential collision risk being foreseen. Note that when a manifested collision risk between the vehicle and a manifested traffic participant confirmed ahead in the direction of travel of the vehicle is sensed, a second annunciation notifying those in the vicinity regarding collision avoidance actions of the vehicle may be performed using the externally-directed annunciator. However, the first annunciation is prioritized over the second annunciation as long as the potential collision risk continues.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junichi Morimura, Satoshi Omi
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Publication number: 20230294597Abstract: A parking action notification device includes an information notification unit configured to give a notice of information to an exterior of a vehicle. The information notification unit displays parking information to the exterior of the vehicle, the parking information being relevant to a parking action of the vehicle when the vehicle performs automatic parking.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Ryuji OKAMURA, Takanori IMAZU, Yoshiki FUKADA, Takashi HAYASHI, Yuta KATAOKA, Kohki BABA, Satoshi OMI, Akihiro KUSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20230136213Abstract: An upper-limit speed of a vehicle in automatic parking control is set, and the vehicle is caused to park automatically in a parking space at a vehicle speed equal to or lower than the set upper-limit speed. In this case, the upper-limit speed is set according to a vehicle body size of the vehicle, and the upper-limit speed is lower when the vehicle body size of the vehicle is greater than a preset size than when the vehicle body size of the vehicle is less than the preset size.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takanori IMAZU, Yoshiki FUKADA, Ryuji OKAMURA, Takashi HAYASHI, Kohki BABA, Satoshi OMI, Akihiro KUSUMOTO, Yuta KATAOKA
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Publication number: 20230117379Abstract: The position of the vehicle for loading articles on a cart with a self-propelled function is acquired, the travel route of the cart to the vehicle is determined, and the cart is self-propelled to the vehicle along the determined travel route and stopped around the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takanori IMAZU, Yoshiki FUKADA, Ryuji OKAMURA, Takashi HAYASHI, Kohki BABA, Satoshi OMI, Akihiro KUSUMOTO, Yuta KATAOKA
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Publication number: 20230114453Abstract: When an autonomous vehicle is caused to depart from a current position to a pickup location, a waiting location for temporarily parking the autonomous vehicle is set between the current position and the pickup location. The autonomous vehicle is autonomously driven from the current position to the waiting location, temporarily parked at the waiting location, and then autonomously driven to the pickup location.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takanori IMAZU, Yoshiki FUKADA, Ryuji OKAMURA, Takashi HAYASHI, Kohki BABA, Satoshi OMI, Akihiro KUSUMOTO, Yuta KATAOKA
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Publication number: 20230100856Abstract: Whether a vehicle is parked inside parking lines in a parking lot is detected. When the vehicle is detected not parked inside the parking lines, either the vehicle or the parking lines are moved in such a manner that the vehicle is parked inside the parking lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takanori IMAZU, Yoshiki FUKADA, Ryuji OKAMURA, Takashi HAYASHI, Kohki BABA, Satoshi OMI, Akihiro KUSUMOTO, Yuta KATAOKA
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Publication number: 20230103109Abstract: A parking lot management system for managing a parking lot intended for autonomous vehicles and manually driven vehicles includes: a reservation unit configured to reserve a parking space for an autonomous vehicle; and a reserved parking space notification unit configured to notify a manually driven vehicle in the parking lot of the reserved parking space.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takanori IMAZU, Yoshiki Fukada, Ryuji Okamura, Takashi Hayashi, Kohki Baba, Satoshi Omi, Akihiro Kusumoto, Yuta Kataoka
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Publication number: 20230060236Abstract: A notification system includes at least one memory in which a program is stored and at least one processor combined with the at least one memory. The at least one processor is configured to execute, by executing the program, an acquisition process of acquiring at least one physical quantity from among acceleration, lateral acceleration, jerk, and vibration amplitude of a truck bed, and a notification process of sending a notification to a remote driving operator in response to a fact that the physical quantity exceeds a first threshold value set for each type of physical quantity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Hideki FUKUDOME, Kosuke AKATSUKA, Myu UEHARA, Tsukasa KITO, Satoshi OMI, Yuki NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20230061453Abstract: A driving handover system according to the present disclosure is configured to execute a detection process of detecting an obstructive article that causes an obstruction of handover to manual driving when the obstructive article is present in a vehicle, and a determination process of determining whether the handover to the manual driving is allowed or disallowed upon receipt of a request for the handover to the manual driving. The driving handover system is configured to, in the determination process, disallow the handover to the manual driving when the obstructive article is detected in the detection process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki FUKUDOME, Kosuke AKATSUKA, Myu UEHARA, Tsukasa KITO, Satoshi OMI, Yuki NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20230064724Abstract: A first object approaching a vehicle in a first direction and a second object approaching the vehicle in a second direction are detected. In response to detection of the first object and the second object, the first object is notified about the presence of the second object by using a notification device, and the second object is notified about the presence of the first object by using the notification device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Junichi Morimura, Satoshi Omi
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Publication number: 20230062923Abstract: Provided is an automatic parking service causes a vehicle that has arrived at a platform to enter one parking space among a plurality of parking spaces by autonomous driving and that causes the vehicle parked in the parking space exit the platform by autonomous driving. A congestion degree of a platform requested to be used in an entry-exit time zone specified by a user that uses the automatic parking service is determined when an entry-exit request in which one platform among the plurality of platforms is used is received from the user. The use of another platform is proposed to the user when the congestion degree of the platform requested to be used is high, the other platform having a lower congestion degree than the platform requested to be used.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Satoshi OMI, Takanori IMAZU, Yoshiki FUKADA, Takashi HAYASHI, Yuta KATAOKA, Kohki BABA, Ryuji OKAMURA, Akihiro KUSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20230065761Abstract: A remote driver support method according to the present disclosure includes: acquiring vehicle dimension information related to a dimension of a vehicle that is remotely driven by a remote driver, and acquiring road structure information related to a structure of a road ahead to which the vehicle is heading. The remote driver support method according to the present disclosure further includes: generating passability information related to a possibility that the vehicle is able to pass through the road ahead based on the vehicle dimension information and the road structure information; and notifying the remote driver of the passability information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki FUKUDOME, Kosuke AKATSUKA, Myu UEHARA, Tsukasa KITO, Satoshi OMI, Yuki NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20230064634Abstract: An abnormality notification system includes: a vehicle that travels regularly on a predetermined travel route; a communication device configured to be able to communicate with a sensor mounted on the vehicle and an outside, the sensor being a sensor that acquires road data obtained by imaging or measuring a road along the travel route; and a control device. The control device is configured to determine whether an abnormality has occurred on the road along the travel route based on a different part when the road data acquired by the sensor is compared with reference road data obtained by imaging or measuring the road along the travel route in the past, and transmit predetermined abnormality occurrence information to an external client via the communication device when the control device determines that an abnormality has occurred on the road along the travel route.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Marie Ishikawa, Aya Hamajima, Daichi Hotta, Hayato Ito, Hidekazu Sasaki, Yasuhiro Kobatake, Akihiro Kusumoto, Yoshiki Ueda, Taizo Masuda, Yuta Kataoka, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Miki Nomoto, Satoshi Omi, Yuki Nishikawa