Patents by Inventor Akito Adachi
Akito Adachi 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: 8026801Abstract: A disclosed accelerator level display device 1 includes an accelerator level detection unit 12 configured to detect an accelerator level; a target accelerator level determining unit 14b configured to determine a target accelerator level for the accelerator level; and a display unit 15a, 20 configured to display a target accelerator level indicator corresponding to the target accelerator level and an accelerator level indicator corresponding to the detected accelerator level. The display unit is configured to display the target accelerator level indicator as a fixed value regardless of the target accelerator level determined by the target accelerator level determining unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2007Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kan Saito, Akito Adachi, Hatsuo Nakao, Hiroshi Tsujii, Osamu Komeda, Haruyuki Kodera
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Patent number: 8014918Abstract: A vehicular drive assist system that analyzes information collected from a vehicle and sends a result of analysis to the vehicle and/or another vehicle, including a vehicle-mounted apparatus (101) mounted in the vehicle, and a communication center (102) that communicates with the vehicle-mounted apparatus (101). The vehicle-mounted apparatus (101) detects a present position of the host vehicle, detects a vehicular state of the host vehicle, and sends the present position and the vehicular state at the position detected to the communication center (102). The communication center (102) performs statistic processing of the vehicular state received, separately for each predetermined area on a road, by using the present position, calculates a tendency of the vehicular state separately for each predetermined area, evaluates ease of travel on the road in the predetermined area from the tendency calculated, and sends a result of evaluation to the vehicle and/or another vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2006Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Akito Adachi
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Patent number: 7973653Abstract: An apparatus, a method and a system of vehicle abnormality notification in which predetermined information is transmitted to a predetermined subject when an abnormality in the vehicle state is detected in a vehicle are constructed so that even when an abnormality in the vehicle state has been detected in the vehicle, the aforementioned predetermined information is not transmitted to the predetermined subject if the vehicle is in a predetermined area.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2006Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Akito Adachi
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Patent number: 7953009Abstract: In a vehicle communication method in which communication between a plurality of communication devices is performed and an amount of communication data sent from each communication device is changed, features are as follows. That is, if the amount of communication data sent from the first communication device is to be increased, the amount of communication data sent from the second communication device is decreased so that a total sum of the amounts of communication data sent from all the communication devices does not exceed a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2006Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akito Adachi, Hiroshi Tominaga, Nobuhiro Yokogawa, Toshiyuki Abe
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Publication number: 20110106444Abstract: A mobile object position detecting device 1 which matches the position of another vehicle existing in a predetermined region to the map information regarding the predetermined region includes: a vehicle-to-vehicle communication unit 2 which receives the positional information and the moving state information regarding another vehicle; a road-to-vehicle communication unit 3 which acquires the road environment information including the road environment in the predetermined region; a determination section 4a which determines whether or not a traveling state of another vehicle complies with the road environment; and a matching section 4b which matches the position of another vehicle to the map information according to a result of the determination by the determination section 4a. Accordingly, the mobile object position detecting device capable of precisely matching the position of a mobile object to the map information is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akito Adachi, Yuki Yamada
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Patent number: 7853391Abstract: An energy-saving driving promotion system includes: a vehicle state detecting device; a current value calculating device that calculates a current value associated with an accelerator operation amount or a vehicle drive power; a recommended value calculating device that calculates a recommended value associated with the accelerator operation amount or the vehicle drive power; an indicator device that indicates a relationship between the calculated recommended value and the calculated current value; and an acceleration intention determining device that determines whether a driver intends to accelerate. If the acceleration intention determining device determines that the driver intends to accelerate, the recommended value calculating device calculates a larger recommended value when the acceleration intention determining device determines that the driver intends to accelerate than when the acceleration intention determining device determines that the driver does not intend to accelerate.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2008Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Osamu Komeda, Akito Adachi, Takeshi Yamada, Yukihiro Okane, Sadamu Tsuge
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Patent number: 7643913Abstract: A vehicle remote control apparatus for causing a vehicle to perform a requested operation in response to a remote operation request from a vehicle user includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about vehicle condition of the vehicle, and an operation instruction transmission controlling unit configured to compare a remote operation requested from the vehicle user with the information about the vehicle condition, to transmit an operation instruction corresponding to the requested remote operation to the vehicle if the requested remote operation has not been performed, and to refrain from transmitting an operation instruction corresponding to the requested remote operation to the vehicle if the requested remote operation has already been performed at the vehicle and is thus not performable.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso CorporationInventors: Naoki Taki, Akito Adachi, Reiko Mitsuhashi, Keizoh Kawaguchi, Mitsuyoshi Natsume, Tatsuya Kato
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Publication number: 20090251304Abstract: A disclosed accelerator level display device 1 includes an accelerator level detection unit 12 configured to detect an accelerator level; a target accelerator level determining unit 14b configured to determine a target accelerator level for the accelerator level; and a display unit 15a, 20 configured to display a target accelerator level indicator corresponding to the target accelerator level and an accelerator level indicator corresponding to the detected accelerator level. The display unit is configured to display the target accelerator level indicator as a fixed value regardless of the target accelerator level determined by the target accelerator level determining unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2007Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kan Saito, Akito Adachi, Hatsuo Nakao, Hiroshi Tsujii, Osamu Komeda, Haruyuki Kodera
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Publication number: 20090116388Abstract: In a vehicle communication method in which communication between a plurality of communication devices is performed and an amount of communication data sent from each communication device is changed, features are as follows. That is, if the amount of communication data sent from the first communication device is to be increased, the amount of communication data sent from the second communication device is decreased so that a total sum of the amounts of communication data sent from all the communication devices does not exceed a predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2006Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventors: Akito Adachi, Hiroshi Tominaga, Nobuhiro Yokogawa, Toshiyuki Abe
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Publication number: 20090082917Abstract: A vehicular drive assist system that analyzes information collected from a vehicle and sends a result of analysis to the vehicle and/or another vehicle, including a vehicle-mounted apparatus (101) mounted in the vehicle, and a communication center (102) that communicates with the vehicle-mounted apparatus (101). The vehicle-mounted apparatus (101) detects a present position of the host vehicle, detects a vehicular state of the host vehicle, and sends the present position and the vehicular state at the position detected to the communication center (102). The communication center (102) performs statistic processing of the vehicular state received, separately for each predetermined area on a road, by using the present position, calculates a tendency of the vehicular state separately for each predetermined area, evaluates ease of travel on the road in the predetermined area from the tendency calculated, and sends a result of evaluation to the vehicle and/or another vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2006Publication date: March 26, 2009Inventor: Akito Adachi
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Publication number: 20080319601Abstract: An energy-saving driving promotion system includes: a vehicle state detecting device; a current value calculating device that calculates a current value associated with an accelerator operation amount or a vehicle drive power; a recommended value calculating device that calculates a recommended value associated with the accelerator operation amount or the vehicle drive power; an indicator device that indicates a relationship between the calculated recommended value and the calculated current value; and an acceleration intention determining device that determines whether a driver intends to accelerate. If the acceleration intention determining device determines that the driver intends to accelerate, the recommended value calculating device calculates a larger recommended value when the acceleration intention determining device determines that the driver intends to accelerate than when the acceleration intention determining device determines that the driver does not intend to accelerate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2008Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Osamu KOMEDA, Akito Adachi, Takeshi Yamada, Yukihiro Okane, Sadamu Tsuge
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Publication number: 20080065274Abstract: A vehicle remote control apparatus for causing a vehicle to perform a requested operation in response to a remote operation request from a vehicle user includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about vehicle condition of the vehicle, and an operation instruction transmission controlling unit configured to compare a remote operation requested from the vehicle user with the information about the vehicle condition, to transmit an operation instruction corresponding to the requested remote operation to the vehicle if the requested remote operation has not been performed, and to refrain from transmitting an operation instruction corresponding to the requested remote operation to the vehicle if the requested remote operation has already been performed at the vehicle and is thus not performable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2006Publication date: March 13, 2008Inventors: Naoki Taki, Akito Adachi, Reiko Mitsuhashi, Keizoh Kawaguchi, Mitsuyoshi Natsume, Tatsuya Kato
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Publication number: 20070126559Abstract: An apparatus, a method and a system of vehicle abnormality notification in which predetermined information is transmitted to a predetermined subject when an abnormality in the vehicle state is detected in a vehicle are constructed so that even when an abnormality in the vehicle state has been detected in the vehicle, the aforementioned predetermined information is not transmitted to the predetermined subject if the vehicle is in a predetermined area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2006Publication date: June 7, 2007Inventor: Akito Adachi
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Patent number: 5394954Abstract: An engine control apparatus includes a first intake valve and a second intake valve provided along an intake passage. First and second actuators drive the respective throttle valves. A setting unit sets a vehicle target speed in the constant cruising speed control mode. A first control unit controls the first actuator so as to maintain the actual vehicle speed at the target speed during the constant cruising speed control mode. An angle sensor detects the angle of the first throttle valve. A mode memory stores information about a plurality of control modes to be used in controlling the second throttle valve. A mode selector selects one of the control modes. Each control mode stored in the mode memory defines the target angle of the second throttle valve that depends on the angle of the first throttle valve.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1993Date of Patent: March 7, 1995Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Tashiro, Kimitoshi Murata, Akito Adachi