Patents by Inventor Takashi UNIGAME

Takashi UNIGAME 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: 11975730
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus executes a driving force limiting control when a mistaken operation condition is satisfied. The vehicle control apparatus determines that the mistaken operation condition is satisfied when a third condition is satisfied at a point in time when a second condition becomes satisfied, determines that the mistaken operation condition is not satisfied when the third condition is not satisfied at a point in time when the second condition becomes satisfied, the third condition becomes satisfied within a first time threshold since a first condition becomes satisfied, and a pressing condition is satisfied before the third condition becomes satisfied, and determines that the pressing condition is satisfied when an operation amount of an acceleration operator is greater than or equal to a positive second operation amount threshold, and an operation speed of the acceleration operator is greater than or equal to a positive second operation speed threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Takenaka, Takashi Unigame, Masaki Ikai
  • Publication number: 20240135823
    Abstract: A vehicle object detection system configured to generate a judgement on whether a target object which has been detected in the detection area is an alert object, and to output the judgement to a warning which is configured to output a warning to a driver of the subject vehicle based on the judgement indicating that the target object is an alert object, wherein system is configured to generate the judgement based on at least one of a comparison of a difference between a relative speed of the target object with respect to the subject vehicle and an absolute speed of the target object in a transverse direction of the subject vehicle with a specified range, and a comparison of an estimated arrival position of the target object, which is a position the target object is estimated to reach in the detection area in a specific period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichi Sekiguchi, Yusuke Ishimatsu, Takashi Unigame, Issei Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20240134039
    Abstract: A vehicle object detection system for detecting a target object in a detection area located behind and/or lateral of a subject vehicle, that is configured to generate a judgement on whether a target object which has been detected in the detection area is an alert object, to output the judgement to warning means which is configured to output a warning to a driver of the subject vehicle based on the judgement indicating that the target object is an alert object, and to generate the judgement based on: one or more positions of one or more other objects other than the target object being detected to be located between the target object and the subject vehicle, and a time period during which the target object is detected, being smaller than a specified period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoichi SEKIGUCHI, Yusuke Ishimatsu, Takashi Unigame, Issei Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20240123904
    Abstract: A driving assist apparatus includes a photographing part mounted in side mirrors switchable between a first state where a driver can see a vehicle rear side and a second state where a protruding margin of the side mirrors in a width direction of the self-vehicle is small, and having different photographable areas between the first and second states. A control part performs a driving assist based on images photographed by the photographing part. The control part is configured to judge whether the side minors are in the first or second state based on the images, and to continue the driving assist when the side minors are judged to be in the first state and suspend the driving assist and notify to the driver that the driving assist is not carried out when the side minors are judged to be in the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: TAKASHI UNIGAME
  • Publication number: 20230365152
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes: a radar provided in a rear portion of an own vehicle, and which transmits a radio wave to a predetermined detection region directed toward a rear side and a lateral side of the own vehicle, receives the radio wave reflected in the detection region, and detects a target around the own vehicle based on the received radio wave; a control device which executes driving assistance control including at least one of alert directed to a driver or braking of the own vehicle when a target is detected by the radar device; and a door opening detection device which detects whether a predetermined door, which possibly enters the detection region when the door is opened, is opened among doors of the own vehicle. The control device suppresses the driving assistance control when the opening of the door is detected by the door opening detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi UNIGAME, Yusuke ISHIMATSU
  • Patent number: 11597401
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus makes a drive force of a vehicle equal to an erroneous operation coping drive force which is smaller than an ordinary drive force in a period from a satisfaction of an erroneous operation start condition which is satisfied when an accelerator pedal is operated erroneously to a satisfaction of an erroneous operation end condition which is satisfied when the erroneous operation has ended. The erroneous operation coping drive force is set to a first drive force if the erroneous operation start condition becomes satisfied after a reoperation determination time point at which a time threshold elapses from when the erroneous operation end condition became last satisfied. Meanwhile, the erroneous operation coping drive force is set to a second drive force which is greater than the first drive force if the erroneous operation start condition becomes satisfied before the reoperation determination time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya kaminade, Masashi Oishi, Takashi Unigame, Yuhi Kishimoto, Yoichi Iwata, Asuka Sato
  • Patent number: 11511765
    Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus for a vehicle configured to execute driving force suppression control when a predetermined erroneous operation condition is satisfied, the erroneous operation condition being satisfied when a first condition including at least an operation velocity condition is satisfied and a second condition is satisfied, the operation velocity condition being satisfied when an operation velocity which is an amount of change in an operation amount of an accelerator operation element per unit time is equal to or higher than an operation velocity threshold, and the second condition being satisfied when the operation amount becomes equal to or larger than a first operation amount threshold within a first time threshold from a time point at which the first condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Kaminade, Takashi Unigame, Masashi Oishi, Yuhi Kishimoto, Yoichi Iwata
  • Publication number: 20220161812
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus executes a driving force limiting control when a mistaken operation condition is satisfied. The vehicle control apparatus determines that the mistaken operation condition is satisfied when a third condition is satisfied at a point in time when a second condition becomes satisfied, determines that the mistaken operation condition is not satisfied when the third condition is not satisfied at a point in time when the second condition becomes satisfied, the third condition becomes satisfied within a first time threshold since a first condition becomes satisfied, and a pressing condition is satisfied before the third condition becomes satisfied, and determines that the pressing condition is satisfied when an operation amount of an acceleration operator is greater than or equal to a positive second operation amount threshold, and an operation speed of the acceleration operator is greater than or equal to a positive second operation speed threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Atsushi TAKENAKA, Takashi UNIGAME, Masaki IKAI
  • Publication number: 20210197844
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus makes a drive force of a vehicle equal to an erroneous operation coping drive force which is smaller than an ordinary drive force in a period from a satisfaction of an erroneous operation start condition which is satisfied when an accelerator pedal is operated erroneously to a satisfaction of an erroneous operation end condition which is satisfied when the erroneous operation has ended. The erroneous operation coping drive force is set to a first drive force if the erroneous operation start condition becomes satisfied after a reoperation determination time point at which a time threshold elapses from when the erroneous operation end condition became last satisfied. Meanwhile, the erroneous operation coping drive force is set to a second drive force which is greater than the first drive force if the erroneous operation start condition becomes satisfied before the reoperation determination time point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Takuya KAMINADE, Masashi OISHI, Takashi UNIGAME, Yuhi KISHIMOTO, Yoichi IWATA, Asuka SATO
  • Publication number: 20210039665
    Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus for a vehicle configured to execute driving force suppression control when a predetermined erroneous operation condition is satisfied, the erroneous operation condition being satisfied when a first condition including at least an operation velocity condition is satisfied and a second condition is satisfied, the operation velocity condition being satisfied when an operation velocity which is an amount of change in an operation amount of an accelerator operation element per unit time is equal to or higher than an operation velocity threshold, and the second condition being satisfied when the operation amount becomes equal to or larger than a first operation amount threshold within a first time threshold from a time point at which the first condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Takuya KAMINADE, Takashi UNIGAME, Masashi OISHI, Yuhi KISHIMOTO, Yoichi IWATA