Patents by Inventor Yohei Kitahara

Yohei Kitahara 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: 20230294681
    Abstract: At least one processor executes one or both of a braking control process of stopping a vehicle, and a steering-based avoidance control process of avoiding a collision with the object, execute a first preliminary operation control process of performing a first preliminary operation of notifying a driver that the object is present; and execute a second preliminary operation control process of performing a second preliminary operation of notifying the driver that the object is present when the indicator value is less than a third threshold and there is no travel path along which the vehicle is able to travel after the vehicle avoids the collision with the object in the steering. Control content is changed in accordance with a type of the object in at least some of the steering-based avoidance control process, the first preliminary operation control process, and the second preliminary operation control process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Keisuke Oka, Yohei Kitahara, Yuji Kaneda
  • Publication number: 20230294677
    Abstract: A driving assistance device mounted in a vehicle operates together with an automated driving control device for automatically controlling steering, acceleration, and deceleration of the vehicle in either of a first state in which a driver is not gripping a steering operation element and a second state in which the driver is gripping the steering operation element, the driving assistance device including a storage medium storing computer-readable instructions and at least one processor connected to the storage medium. The at least one processor makes an operation start condition of a second preliminary operation strict when the automated driving control device is operating in the first state as compared with when the automated driving control device is not operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Keisuke Oka, Shinya Maruo, Shunya Ishikawa, Yohei Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20230294680
    Abstract: A driving assistance device is configured to: refer to an output of a detection device for detecting that an object is located in front of a vehicle; execute one or both of instructing a brake device of the vehicle to stop the vehicle and instructing a steering device of the vehicle to avoid a collision with the object by steering when an indicator value is less than a first threshold; execute a first preliminary operation when the indicator value is less than a second threshold; execute a second preliminary operation when the indicator value is less than a third threshold and it is determined that there is no travel path along which the vehicle is able to travel on both lateral sides of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Keisuke Oka, Yohei Kitahara, Yuji Kaneda
  • Publication number: 20230294676
    Abstract: At least one processor executes a first preliminary operation control process of notifying that an object is present when an indicator value is less than a second threshold and there is a travel path along which the vehicle is able to travel on one of left and right sides of the object and executes a second preliminary operation control process of notifying a driver when the indicator value is less than a third threshold and there is no travel path on both left and right sides of the object. The second preliminary operation or the first preliminary operation is executed when the indicator value is less than the third threshold, there is a travel path along which the vehicle is able to travel, and it is estimated that there is an interfering object in the travel path on the assumption that the vehicle has approached the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Keisuke Oka, Masayuki Nakatsuka, Shinya Maruo, Shunya Ishikawa, Yohei Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20230294673
    Abstract: A driving assistance device is configured to: refer to an output of a detection device for detecting that an object is located in front of a vehicle; execute one or both of instructing a brake device of the vehicle to stop the vehicle and instructing a steering device of the vehicle to avoid a collision with the object by steering, when an indicator value is less than a first threshold; execute a first preliminary operation when the indicator value is less than a second threshold; execute a second preliminary operation when the indicator value is less than a third threshold and it is determined that there is no travel path on both lateral sides of the object; and determine whether there is an available travel path on the basis of presence of any vehicle other than a two-wheeled vehicle in a travel path on the lateral side of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Keisuke Oka, Yuji Kaneda, Yohei Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20230294678
    Abstract: A driving assistance device mounted in a vehicle operates together with an automated driving control device for automatically controlling steering, acceleration, and deceleration of the vehicle in either of a first state in which a driver is not gripping a steering operation element and a second state in which the driver is gripping the steering operation element, the driving assistance device including a storage medium storing computer-readable instructions and at least one processor connected to the storage medium. The at least one processor makes an operation start condition of a second preliminary operation loose when the automated driving control device is operating in the second state as compared with when the automated driving control device is not operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Keisuke Oka, Shinya Maruo, Shunya Ishikawa, Yohei Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20230054661
    Abstract: Proceed-or-stop determination apparatus, includes: camera mounted on self-driving vehicle and configured to acquire image in traveling direction of the vehicle; speed acquisition unit configured to acquire traveling speed of the vehicle; position acquisition unit configured to acquire position of the vehicle with respect to stop position corresponding to traffic light in the traveling direction; and controller. The controller is configured to perform: recognizing the traffic light at predetermined cycle based on the image; recognizing lighting state of the traffic light; and determining whether the vehicle should proceed or stop at the predetermined cycle based on the lighting state, traveling speed, and position, when the traffic light is recognized. The controller determines whether the vehicle should proceed or stop further based on previous determination result in previous cycle and the lighting state recognized in the previous cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Murahashi, Yohei Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20220194376
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a detection unit detecting a traveling position and a traveling speed of a subject vehicle and a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform acquiring a scheduled switching information of a traffic light located in the traveling direction of the subject vehicle, determining whether to perform a stop operation of stopping the subject vehicle at the road stop line based on the scheduled switching information, the traveling position and the traveling speed, and when it is determined to perform the stop operation, decelerating the subject vehicle at a deceleration equal to or less than a predetermined deceleration until the display mode is switched from the green color mode to the red color and decelerates the subject vehicle so that the subject vehicle stops at the stop line after the display mode is switched to the red color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Yohei Kitahara, Naoto Hiramatsu, Yoshimitsu Murahashi
  • Patent number: 8737806
    Abstract: A reproduction device (100) includes: a resume information generation unit (121) which generates first resume information (R1) indicating a reproduction stop operation position and second resume information (R2) indicating a reproduction position at one or more of the following moments: upon switching of the reproduction operation type, upon switching of the reproduction information title and/or the chapter, and at regularly spaced reproduction time intervals; a resume information acquisition unit (123) which acquires the first resume information (R1); and a resume information automatic acquisition means (124) which acquires the second resume information (R2). Upon resume reproduction, the reproduction stop operation position indicated by the first resume information (R1) or the reproduction position indicated by the second resume information (R2) is selected, so that the reproduction is resumed at the selected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Kitahara, Yoshiaki Kusunoki, Masaaki Shimada
  • Publication number: 20110200299
    Abstract: A reproduction device (100) includes: a resume information generation unit (121) which generates first resume information (R1) indicating a reproduction stop operation position and second resume information (R2) indicating a reproduction position at one or more of the following moments: upon switching of the reproduction operation type, upon switching of the reproduction information title and/or the chapter, and at regularly spaced reproduction time intervals; a resume information acquisition unit (123) which acquires the first resume information (R1); and a resume information automatic acquisition means (124) which acquires the second resume information (R2). Upon resume reproduction, the reproduction stop operation position indicated by the first resume information (R1) or the reproduction position indicated by the second resume information (R2) is selected, so that the reproduction is resumed at the selected position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Yohei Kitahara, Yoshiaki Kusunoki, Masaaki Shimada