Patents by Inventor Tsukasa Shimizu
Tsukasa Shimizu 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: 11572062Abstract: A driving assistance control device includes an active pedal configured to control a driving and braking force of a vehicle, an electronic control unit configured to detect a potential risk area in which an obstacle entering a scheduled traveling route of the vehicle is likely to be present, and determine a reference speed at which contact between the vehicle and the obstacle can be avoided even when the obstacle enters the scheduled traveling route of the vehicle from the detected potential risk area based on a positional relationship between the vehicle and the potential risk area, and a force feedback unit configured to apply an assistance reaction force in a direction in which the amount of manipulation is reduced, to the active pedal when a current speed of the vehicle exceeds the reference speed.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, SCHOOL JUDICIAL PERSON IKUTOKU GAKUENInventors: Shintaro Inoue, Pongsathorn Raksincharoensak, Yuichi Saito, Takuma Ito, Tsukasa Shimizu, Hideo Inoue
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Patent number: 11498577Abstract: A behavior prediction device comprising: a moving object behavior detection unit configured to detect moving object behavior, a behavior prediction model database that stores a behavior prediction model, a behavior prediction calculation unit configured to calculate a behavior prediction of the moving object using the behavior prediction model, a prediction deviation determination unit configured to determine whether a prediction deviation occurs based on the behavior prediction and a detection result of the moving object behavior corresponding to the behavior prediction, a deviation occurrence reason estimation unit configured to estimate a deviation occurrence reason when determination is made that the prediction deviation occurs, and an update necessity determination unit configured to determine a necessity of an update of the behavior prediction model database based on the deviation occurrence reason when the determination is made that the prediction deviation occurs.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Nobuhide Kamata, Masahiro Harada, Tsukasa Shimizu, Bunyo Okumura, Naoki Nagasaka
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Patent number: 11307040Abstract: A map information provision system includes: a road map information database configured to store road map information; a vehicle position determination unit configured to detect and determine a position of a vehicle on a road; a road map information extraction unit configured to extract the road map information around the vehicle from the road map information database, based on the position of the vehicle; and a waypoint map constructor unit configured to determine positions of waypoints and configure a waypoint map that is made up of the plurality of the waypoints, wherein the waypoint map is supplied to a driving support device for the vehicle or a driving control device for the vehicle and is utilized as map information on the planned driving route.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, SCHOOL JUDICIAL PERSON IKUTOKU GAKUENInventors: Kyoichi Tohriyama, Takuma Ito, Satoshi Nakamura, Minoru Kamata, Pongsathorn Raksincharoensak, Tsukasa Shimizu, Hideo Inoue
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Patent number: 11161614Abstract: An aircraft that includes a fuselage having a floor, first and second outboard walls and an aisle, and a first seat and storage system that is positioned between the first outboard wall and the aisle. The first seat and storage system includes a seat that includes a seat back and a seat portion, and a storage assembly that includes a storage portion and an extension portion. The storage portion defines a storage interior and a storage opening and includes a cover that is movable between an open position and a closed position. The storage opening faces the aisle. The extension portion extends from the storage portion toward the first outboard wall. The storage assembly defines a top surface to which the seat is secured. The storage assembly defines an under seat cavity below a bottom surface of the extension portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: SAFRAN CABIN INC.Inventors: Christopher Schuttera, Mark Lyle Shurtleff, Bruce Tsukasa Shimizu
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Patent number: 10807573Abstract: A driving assistance control apparatus of a vehicle includes a blind area detector, a driving operation detector, and an electronic control unit. The blind area detector is configured to detect the presence or absence of a blind area as seen from the vehicle in a traveling direction of the vehicle. The driving operation detector is configured to detect driving operation of the driver. The electronic control unit is configured to perform automatic deceleration control of the vehicle based on detection of the presence of the blind area by the blind area detector. The electronic control unit is configured to start the automatic deceleration control, by referring to the driving operation of the driver after detection of the presence of the blind area by the blind area detector.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Shintaro Inoue, Hideo Inoue, Pongsathorn Raksincharoensak, Yuichi Saito, Masao Nagai, Takuma Ito, Tsukasa Shimizu
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Publication number: 20200225044Abstract: A map information provision system includes: a road map information database configured to store road map information; a vehicle position determination unit configured to detect and determine a position of a vehicle on a road; a road map information extraction unit configured to extract the road map information around the vehicle from the road map information database, based on the position of the vehicle; and a waypoint map constructor unit configured to determine positions of waypoints and configure a waypoint map that is made up of the plurality of the waypoints, wherein the waypoint map is supplied to a driving support device for the vehicle or a driving control device for the vehicle and is utilized as map information on the planned driving route.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, The University of Tokyo, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, School Judicial Person IKUTOKU GAKUENInventors: Kyoichi TOHRIYAMA, Takuma ITO, Satoshi NAKAMURA, Minoru KAMATA, Pongsathorn RAKSINCHAROENSAK, Tsukasa SHIMIZU, Hideo INOUE
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Patent number: 10679077Abstract: A road marking recognition device recognizes a road marking from an image acquired by imaging a road surface of a road on which a vehicle is traveling. The road marking recognition device includes: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of templates each of which corresponds to a corresponding one of plurality of feature portions of a road marking as a recognition target and between which a relative positional relationship is known; and a recognition unit configured to detect a second feature portion corresponding to a second template among the plurality of templates when the first feature portion is detected from the image.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyInventors: Toshiki Kinoshita, Takuma Ito, Satoshi Nakamura, Minoru Kamata, Pongsathorn Raksincharoensak, Tsukasa Shimizu
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Publication number: 20200108935Abstract: An aircraft that includes a fuselage having a floor, first and second outboard walls and an aisle, and a first seat and storage system that is positioned between the first outboard wall and the aisle. The first seat and storage system includes a seat that includes a seat back and a seat portion, and a storage assembly that includes a storage portion and an extension portion. The storage portion defines a storage interior and a storage opening and includes a cover that is movable between an open position and a closed position. The storage opening faces the aisle. The extension portion extends from the storage portion toward the first outboard wall. The storage assembly defines a top surface to which the seat is secured. The storage assembly defines an under seat cavity below a bottom surface of the extension portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Christopher Schuttera, Mark Lyle Shurtleff, Bruce Tsukasa Shimizu
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Publication number: 20190311272Abstract: A behavior prediction device comprising: a moving object behavior detection unit configured to detect moving object behavior, a behavior prediction model database that stores a behavior prediction model, a behavior prediction calculation unit configured to calculate a behavior prediction of the moving object using the behavior prediction model, a prediction deviation determination unit configured to determine whether a prediction deviation occurs based on the behavior prediction and a detection result of the moving object behavior corresponding to the behavior prediction, a deviation occurrence reason estimation unit configured to estimate a deviation occurrence reason when determination is made that the prediction deviation occurs, and an update necessity determination unit configured to determine a necessity of an update of the behavior prediction model database based on the deviation occurrence reason when the determination is made that the prediction deviation occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Nobuhide Kamata, Masahiro Harada, Tsukasa Shimizu, Bunyo Okumura, Naoki Nagasaka
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Patent number: 10293748Abstract: A system for presenting information to an occupant of a vehicle mounted with an autonomous driving system, includes: a display unit configured to display the information; a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display information in any one of display modes among a setting status display mode in which setting information is displayed, an operation status display mode in which travel information is displayed, and a recognition status display mode in which recognition result information of the autonomous driving system is displayed; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire an occupant's display mode switching instruction for switching the display mode, wherein the display control unit configured to switch the display mode of the display unit when the acquisition unit acquires the occupant's display mode switching instruction.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Mori, Ryuji Funayama, Jun Sato, Ayako Shimizu, Yuichi Kumai, Yuma Kawamori, Takeshi Matsumura, Tsukasa Shimizu, Yasuo Sakaguchi
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Publication number: 20190106104Abstract: A drive assist apparatus includes an electronic control unit configured to: compute, when an object that causes a blind spot is ahead of a host vehicle, a first reference velocity which is a velocity at which the host vehicle is able to run without colliding with a moving object assumed to be in the blind spot of the object; estimate a degree of risk associated with a road on which the host vehicle is running, based on environment information that indicates a running environment of the host vehicle; and compute a second reference velocity which is determined by correcting the first reference velocity based on the estimated degree of risk.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO UNIVERSITY O F AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, SCHOOL JUDICIAL PERSON IKUTOKU GAKUENInventors: Shintaro INOUE, Toshiki KINOSHITA, Pongsathorn RAKSINCHAROENSAK, Yuichi SAITO, Takuma ITO, Tsukasa SHIMIZU, Hideo INOUE
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Publication number: 20190106103Abstract: A driving assistance control device includes an active pedal configured to control a driving and braking force of a vehicle, an electronic control unit configured to detect a potential risk area in which an obstacle entering a scheduled traveling route of the vehicle is likely to be present, and determine a reference speed at which contact between the vehicle and the obstacle can be avoided even when the obstacle enters the scheduled traveling route of the vehicle from the detected potential risk area based on a positional relationship between the vehicle and the potential risk area, and a force feedback unit configured to apply an assistance reaction force in a direction in which the amount of manipulation is reduced, to the active pedal when a current speed of the vehicle exceeds the reference speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, SCHOOL JUDICIAL PERSON IKUTOKU GAKUENInventors: Shintaro INOUE, Pongsathorn RAKSINCHAROENSAK, Yuichi SAITO, Takuma ITO, Tsukasa SHIMIZU, Hideo INOUE
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Publication number: 20180272934Abstract: A system for presenting information to an occupant of a vehicle mounted with an autonomous driving system, includes: a display unit configured to display the information; a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display information in any one of display modes among a setting status display mode in which setting information is displayed, an operation status display mode in which travel information is displayed, and a recognition status display mode in which recognition result information of the autonomous driving system is displayed; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire an occupant's display mode switching instruction for switching the display mode, wherein the display control unit configured to switch the display mode of the display unit when the acquisition unit acquires the occupant's display mode switching instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki MORI, Ryuji FUNAYAMA, Jun SATO, Ayako SHIMIZU, Yuichi KUMAI, Yuma KAWAMORI, Takeshi MATSUMURA, Tsukasa SHIMIZU, Yasuo SAKAGUCHI
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Patent number: 10048699Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes: a storage apparatus configured to store a steering modification point of a vehicle and a vehicle speed target point of the vehicle that are associated with map information; and an electronic control unit configured to: detect a position of the vehicle; detect a travel direction of the vehicle; calculate a lane travel distance, the position of the vehicle, and the travel direction of the vehicle; generate, lane travel map data, a target direction of the vehicle, and a target vehicle speed of the vehicle, on the basis of the map information, the steering modification point, the vehicle speed target point, the position of the vehicle, and the travel direction of the vehicle; and output a control signal to control the vehicle on the basis of the position of the vehicle, the lane travel distance of the vehicle, and the lane travel map data.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyInventors: Hideo Inoue, Masahiro Mio, Masayuki Okuwa, Tsukasa Shimizu, Minoru Kamata, Takuma Ito, Pongsathorn Raksincharoensak, Masao Nagai
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Patent number: 10005391Abstract: A system for presenting information to an occupant of a vehicle mounted with an autonomous driving system, includes: a display unit configured to display the information; a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display information in any one of display modes among a setting status display mode in which setting information is displayed, an operation status display mode in which travel information is displayed, and a recognition status display mode in which recognition result information of the autonomous driving system is displayed; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire an occupant's display mode switching instruction for switching the display mode, wherein the display control unit configured to switch the display mode of the display unit when the acquisition unit acquires the occupant's display mode switching instruction.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Mori, Ryuji Funayama, Jun Sato, Ayako Shimizu, Yuichi Kumai, Yuma Kawamori, Takeshi Matsumura, Tsukasa Shimizu, Yasuo Sakaguchi
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Patent number: 9950641Abstract: An electric motorcycle includes a vehicle controller that outputs an instruction value based on an operation amount of at least an accelerator grip, and a motor driving unit that supplies a driving electric power in accordance with the instruction value to an electric motor. The vehicle controller is disposed outside a case that includes the motor driving unit disposed therein. The distance from the steering handle to the vehicle controller is shorter than the distance from the steering handle to the motor driving unit in a side view of the vehicle body, to simplify the cost of the electric wire and the work required to lay out the electric wire.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsukasa Shimizu, Hideki Shirazawa, Fuminao Obayashi
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Publication number: 20180107884Abstract: A road marking recognition device recognizes a road marking from an image acquired by imaging a road surface of a road on which a vehicle is traveling. The road marking recognition device includes: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of templates each of which corresponds to a corresponding one of plurality of feature portions of a road marking as a recognition target and between which a relative positional relationship is known; and a recognition unit configured to detect a second feature portion corresponding to a second template among the plurality of templates when the first feature portion is detected from the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyInventors: Toshiki KINOSHITA, Takuma ITO, Satoshi NAKAMURA, Minoru KAMATA, Pongsathorn RAKSINCHAROENSAK, Tsukasa SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20180065552Abstract: A system for presenting information to an occupant of a vehicle mounted with an autonomous driving system, includes: a display unit configured to display the information; a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display information in any one of display modes among a setting status display mode in which setting information is displayed, an operation status display mode in which travel information is displayed, and a recognition status display mode in which recognition result information of the autonomous driving system is displayed; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire an occupant's display mode switching instruction for switching the display mode, wherein the display control unit configured to switch the display mode of the display unit when the acquisition unit acquires the occupant's display mode switching instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki MORI, Ryuji Funayama, Jun Sato, Ayako Shimizu, Yuichi Kumai, Yuma Kawamori, Takeshi Matsumura, Tsukasa Shimizu, Yasuo Sakaguchi
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Patent number: 9849832Abstract: A system for presenting information to an occupant of a vehicle mounted with an autonomous driving system, includes: a display unit configured to display the information; a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display information in any one of display modes among a setting status display mode in which setting information is displayed, an operation status display mode in which travel information is displayed, and a recognition status display mode in which recognition result information of the autonomous driving system is displayed; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire an occupant's display mode switching instruction for switching the display mode, wherein the display control unit configured to switch the display mode of the display unit when the acquisition unit acquires the occupant's display mode switching instruction.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Mori, Ryuji Funayama, Jun Sato, Ayako Shimizu, Yuichi Kumai, Yuma Kawamori, Takeshi Matsumura, Tsukasa Shimizu, Yasuo Sakaguchi
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Publication number: 20170327110Abstract: A driving assistance control device for a vehicle includes: a moving object detection sensor configured to detect a moving object moving along a roadside in a traveling direction of the vehicle; a driving operation detection sensor configured to detect a driving operation of a driver; an actuator; and an Electronic Control Unit configured to perform automatic steering control of the vehicle by the actuator to avoid the moving object based on a detection result of the moving object, the Electronic Control Unit being configured to start the automatic steering control based on a driving steering of the driver after the moving object is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, The University of TokyoInventors: Shintaro INOUE, Hideo INOUE, Pongsathorn RAKSINCHAROENSAK, Yuichi SAITO, Masao NAGAI, Takuma ITO, Tsukasa SHIMIZU