Patents by Inventor Takafumi SHOKONJI

Takafumi SHOKONJI 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: 11978261
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus and an information processing method to properly acquire a location of a surrounding vehicle using three-dimensional detection information regarding an object around an own vehicle. A camera captures an image of surroundings of an own automobile, and a region of a vehicle in the captured image is detected as a frame, the vehicle being in the surroundings of the own automobile. Three-dimensional information regarding an object in the surroundings of the own automobile is detected, and a three-dimensional box that indicates a location of the vehicle in the surroundings of the own automobile is generated on the basis of the three-dimensional information. Correction is performed on the three-dimensional box on the basis of the frame, and the three-dimensional box is arranged to generate surrounding information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takafumi Shokonji
  • Publication number: 20230230368
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of obtaining a distance to an object more accurately. An extraction unit extracts, on the basis of an object recognised in an imaged image obtained by a camera, sensor data corresponding to an object region including an object in the imaged image among sensor data obtained by a rangefinding sensor. The present technology can be applied to an evaluation apparatus for distance information, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventor: Takafumi Shokonji
  • Publication number: 20220092876
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to properly acquire a location of a surrounding vehicle using three-dimensional detection information regarding an object around an own vehicle. A camera captures an image of surroundings of an own automobile, and a region of a vehicle in the captured image is detected as a frame, the vehicle being in the surroundings of the own automobile. Three-dimensional information regarding an object in the surroundings of the own automobile is detected, and a three-dimensional box that indicates a location of the vehicle in the surroundings of the own automobile is generated on the basis of the three-dimensional information. Correction is performed on the three-dimensional box on the basis of the frame, and the three-dimensional box is arranged to generate surrounding information. The present disclosure is applicable to a vehicle-mounted system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventor: TAKAFUMI SHOKONJI
  • Patent number: 10710584
    Abstract: A follow-up start control device for a vehicle includes a recognition unit, a first determination unit, a second determination unit, a controller, an estimation unit, and a setting unit. The recognition unit is configured to detect a stop and a start of a preceding vehicle. The first determination unit is configured to determine presence or absence of a traffic jam on a road. The second determination unit is configured to compare stop time with permission time. The controller is configured to execute a follow-up automatic start control when the second determination unit determines that the stop time is equal to or shorter than the permission time. The estimation unit is configured to estimate a category of the road, when the first determination unit determines the presence of the traffic jam. The setting unit is configured to set the permission time, in accordance with the category of the road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takafumi Shokonji
  • Patent number: 10371811
    Abstract: A following-start control apparatus includes a following-start controller that causes an own vehicle to so start as to follow a preceding vehicle, when start of the preceding vehicle is detected by a preceding vehicle start detector. The following-start controller includes a road surface gradient information setter that sets an estimated gradient of a road surface, on a basis of traveling environment information obtained by a traveling environment information obtaining unit, a first delay time setter that sets, on a basis of the estimated gradient, a first delay time that is set to be longer for a downward slope and set to be shorter for an upward slope as the estimated gradient becomes greater, and a delayed start controller that sets, as a delay time, a time upon so starting the own vehicle as to follow the preceding vehicle, on a basis of the first delay time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takafumi Shokonji
  • Publication number: 20180222480
    Abstract: A follow-up start control device for a vehicle includes a recognition unit, a first determination unit, a second determination unit, a controller, an estimation unit, and a setting unit. The recognition unit is configured to detect a stop and a start of a preceding vehicle. The first determination unit is configured to determine presence or absence of a traffic jam on a road. The second determination unit is configured to compare stop time with permission time. The controller is configured to execute a follow-up automatic start control when the second determination unit determines that the stop time is equal to or shorter than the permission time. The estimation unit is configured to estimate a category of the road, when the first determination unit determines the presence of the traffic jam. The setting unit is configured to set the permission time, in accordance with the category of the road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Takafumi SHOKONJI
  • Publication number: 20180038952
    Abstract: A following-start control apparatus includes a following-start controller that causes an own vehicle to so start as to follow a preceding vehicle, when start of the preceding vehicle is detected by a preceding vehicle start detector. The following-start controller includes a road surface gradient information setter that sets an estimated gradient of a road surface, on a basis of traveling environment information obtained by a traveling environment information obtaining unit, a first delay time setter that sets, on a basis of the estimated gradient, a first delay time that is set to be longer for a downward slope and set to be shorter for an upward slope as the estimated gradient becomes greater, and a delayed start controller that sets, as a delay time, a time upon so starting the own vehicle as to follow the preceding vehicle, on a basis of the first delay time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Takafumi SHOKONJI