Patents by Inventor Shuichi TAMAGAWA

Shuichi TAMAGAWA 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: 20240118690
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a technique regarding a remote control apparatus for remotely driving or assisting a vehicle by communicating with the vehicle. The remote control apparatus comprises a display device and one or more processors. The one or more processors is configured to execute acquiring an image captured by a vehicle camera and traveling state information of the vehicle, displaying the image on the display device, predicting a position where the vehicle emergently stops when communication with the vehicle is lost based on the traveling state information, and displaying an object indicating the predicted position on the display device to be superimposed on the image. The displaying the object on the display device includes calculating a reliability of the communication with the vehicle, and changing an appearance of the object such that noticeability of the object is lower as the reliability is higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuichi TAMAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11838654
    Abstract: A remote driving system includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring operation information related to an operation of a steering wheel by a user who remotely drives the target vehicle; and a control unit for controlling a resolution and a frame rate of each camera mounted on the target vehicle. When an operation amount of the steering wheel is relatively small, at least one of the resolution and the frame rate of a camera that captures an image of a front region of the target vehicle in a traveling direction is maintained or improved. When the steering wheel has been rotated to one of right and left and the operation amount is relatively large, at least one of the resolution and the frame rate of a camera that captures an image of a region of the one of right and left of the target vehicle is maintained or improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke Akatsuka, Yuki Murata, Shuichi Tamagawa, Rio Suda
  • Publication number: 20230091177
    Abstract: A remote operating device including a steering unit configured to steer a mobile body, a display unit configured to display steering information, and a control unit. The control unit includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to receive actual steering information regarding the mobile body, acquire steering information for steering the steering unit, determine a difference between the actual steering information regarding the mobile body and the steering information for steering the steering unit, and cause the steering information for steering the steering unit and the actual steering information regarding the mobile body to be displayed on the display unit based on the difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuichi TAMAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230090302
    Abstract: A remote operating device includes a steering unit configured to steer a mobile body, a display unit configured to display steering information for steering the steering unit, and a control unit. The control unit includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to acquire a steering amount of the steering unit and an actual steering amount of the mobile body when the steering unit has been steered, measure a communication lag amount from the steering amount of the steering unit and the actual steering amount of the mobile body, compute the steering information based on the communication lag amount, and cause the steering information to be displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuichi TAMAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230082603
    Abstract: A vehicular display device includes: a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire vehicle speed information regarding a vehicle; and display a line image extending toward a vehicle front side and having a base end in a vicinity of the vehicle by displaying the line image in a predetermined display region so as to appear in front of the vehicle, and perform emphasized display further toward a leading end side of the line image as the vehicle speed increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke AKATSUKA, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Yuki MURATA
  • Publication number: 20230068930
    Abstract: A server receives a return request of a rental car including information on a usage end position of a car rental service desired by a user from a terminal of the user who has rented a rental car or the rental car. The server searches for a remote driving route of the rental car based on the information on the usage end position and information on a destination of the rental car for after the user finishes using the car rental service. The server compares the remote driving route with a communication area on a map. Then, the server transmits information indicating permission to drop off the rental car to the terminal of the user or the rental car when an entire route of the remote driving route is located inside the communication area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Takahiro OGAWA, Kenji TADAKUMA, Keisuke MIWA, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Takahiro OKANO, Shun OTA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230061919
    Abstract: A remote driving handing over method of a vehicle of the present disclosure, the handing over method including: acquiring a switching request; selecting a new remote operator in charge of remote driving of the vehicle, in response to the switching request; and switching a person in charge of remote driving of the vehicle from a current remote operator to the new remote operator in response to selection of the new remote operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Takahiro OGAWA, Kenji TADAKUMA, Keisuke MIWA, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Takahiro OKANO, Shun OTA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230062961
    Abstract: A communication method of the present disclosure includes detecting or estimating a decrease in throughput of a first communication terminal mounted on a first vehicle that is remotely driven, and reducing a communication speed of a second communication terminal with which the first communication terminal shares a communication resource in response to detection or estimation of the decrease in the throughput.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Takahiro OGAWA, Kenji TADAKUMA, Keisuke MIWA, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Takahiro OKANO, Shun OTA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230057919
    Abstract: A multifunctional vehicle includes a traveling input device that is operated by a driver of the multifunctional vehicle; an information processing device that processes operation information of the traveling input device and that switches and executes a normal driving mode for driving the multifunctional vehicle and a remote driving mode for driving the other vehicle; wearable glasses that communicate with another vehicle directly or via the information processing device, and a communication device that communicate with the other vehicle. In the normal driving mode, a vehicle control of the multifunctional vehicle is executed using control information generated based on the operation information. In the remote driving mode, the control information is transmitted to the other vehicle via the communication device. The wearable glasses are configured to display a surrounding image of the other vehicle during execution of the remote driving mode by the information processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Takahiro OGAWA, Kenji TADAKUMA, Keisuke MIWA, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Takahiro OKANO, Shun OTA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230027809
    Abstract: A remote driving system includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring operation information related to an operation of a steering wheel by a user who remotely drives the target vehicle; and a control unit for controlling a resolution and a frame rate of each camera mounted on the target vehicle. When an operation amount of the steering wheel is relatively small, at least one of the resolution and the frame rate of a camera that captures an image of a front region of the target vehicle in a traveling direction is maintained or improved. When the steering wheel has been rotated to one of right and left and the operation amount is relatively large, at least one of the resolution and the frame rate of a camera that captures an image of a region of the one of right and left of the target vehicle is maintained or improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke AKATSUKA, Yuki Murata, Shuichi Tamagawa, Rio Suda
  • Publication number: 20200290675
    Abstract: There is provided a control device for an autonomous driving system for a vehicle in which a steering device configured to be mechanically coupled to a wheel is not provided in a vehicle cabin. The control device includes: a storage unit configured to store a parameter relating to an angle of the wheel calculated from a value of a relative angle sensor configured to detect a relative angle of the wheel; and a controller configured to read the parameter from the storage unit at a time of next power supply restart and control traveling of the vehicle based on a value of the read parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsugu MAKITA, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Keigo HIRUMA, Shogo NAKATA