Patents by Inventor Atsuki KINOSHITA

Atsuki KINOSHITA 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: 11731701
    Abstract: An autonomous driving system configured to perform an autonomous driving of a vehicle includes a lane change determination unit configured to determine a necessity of an operation intervention for a lane change of the vehicle by a driver of the vehicle during the autonomous driving, a lane change request unit configured to request the driver to perform the operation intervention for the lane change of the vehicle when the lane change determination unit determines that it is necessary to perform the operation intervention for the lane change of the vehicle by the driver, and a mode switching unit configured to switch a steering torque mode for a lane keep control in the autonomous driving from a normal steering torque mode to a weak steering torque mode when the driver is requested to perform the operation intervention for the lane change of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ko Igarashi, Atsuki Kinoshita, Yuki Mori
  • Publication number: 20230133757
    Abstract: An autonomous driving system configured to perform an autonomous driving of a vehicle includes a lane change determination unit configured to determine a necessity of an operation intervention for a lane change of the vehicle by a driver of the vehicle during the autonomous driving, a lane change request unit configured to request the driver to perform the operation intervention for the lane change of the vehicle when the lane change determination unit determines that it is necessary to perform the operation intervention for the lane change of the vehicle by the driver, and a mode switching unit configured to switch a steering torque mode for a lane keep control in the autonomous driving from a normal steering torque mode to a weak steering torque mode when the driver is requested to perform the operation intervention for the lane change of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ko IGARASHI, Atsuki KINOSHITA, Yuki MORI
  • Patent number: 11628881
    Abstract: An autonomous driving system configured to perform an autonomous driving of a vehicle includes a lane change determination unit configured to determine a necessity of an operation intervention for a lane change of the vehicle by a driver of the vehicle during the autonomous driving, a lane change request unit configured to request the driver to perform the operation intervention for the lane change of the vehicle when the lane change determination unit determines that it is necessary to perform the operation intervention for the lane change of the vehicle by the driver, and a mode switching unit configured to switch a steering torque mode for a lane keep control in the autonomous driving from a normal steering torque mode to a weak steering torque mode when the driver is requested to perform the operation intervention for the lane change of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ko Igarashi, Atsuki Kinoshita, Yuki Mori
  • Patent number: 11299162
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a display control unit configured to display a preceding vehicle image corresponding to a preceding vehicle and an overtaking proposal activation image based on a relative situation of the preceding vehicle with respect to the host vehicle and a surrounding environment of the host vehicle and configured to control display such that the overtaking proposal activation image and the preceding vehicle image approach each other in response to approaching of the host vehicle and the preceding vehicle, an automatic overtaking proposal unit configured to propose the automatic overtaking to a driver when the overtaking proposal activation image reaches the preceding vehicle image on the display screen, and a vehicle control unit configured to execute the automatic overtaking of the preceding vehicle by the host vehicle when the approval determination unit determines that the driver has approved the automatic overtaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsuki Kinoshita, Ko Igarashi, Yuki Mori
  • Publication number: 20210403021
    Abstract: A vehicle reducing unease of a driver during driver assistance, provided with a display device configured to display a surrounding vehicle together with a host vehicle at a relative position calculated by an object recognition device, display a mark showing that a lane change is planned to be performed at a predetermined space for performing a lane change in a destination driving lane which is a destination for a lane change when an automatic lane change is planned to be performed, and make a position of the mark change in accordance with the relative position of the surrounding vehicle when there is a surrounding vehicle present having an effect on a lane change in the destination driving lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji KIMURA, Satoaki Takabatake, Junji Miyazaki, Yuki Yoshida, Ryo Ogata, Tadashi Morishita, Takamitsu Toyoura, Atsuki Kinoshita, Yuki Mori
  • Patent number: 11110937
    Abstract: A driving assistance system 1 comprises: an information providing device 2 providing information to a driver of a vehicle; a surrounding information acquiring device 3 acquiring information on surroundings of the vehicle; a target path calculating part 41 calculating a target path of the vehicle; a vehicle control part 42 making the vehicle run along the target path; a driving path calculating part 43 calculating a driving path of a preceding vehicle running in the same lane as the vehicle; a processing part 44 calculating a difference of the target path and the driving path; and an alarm part 45 issuing an alarm to the driver. The alarm part prompts the driver to pay attention or prompts the driver to perform at least one of steering and braking of the vehicle if the difference is equal to or larger than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsuki Kinoshita, Jun Sato
  • Publication number: 20200039584
    Abstract: An autonomous driving system configured to perform an autonomous driving of a vehicle includes a lane change determination unit configured to determine a necessity of an operation intervention for a lane change of the vehicle by a driver of the vehicle during the autonomous driving, a lane change request unit configured to request the driver to perform the operation intervention for the lane change of the vehicle when the lane change determination unit determines that it is necessary to perform the operation intervention for the lane change of the vehicle by the driver, and a mode switching unit configured to switch a steering torque mode for a lane keep control in the autonomous driving from a normal steering torque mode to a weak steering torque mode when the driver is requested to perform the operation intervention for the lane change of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ko IGARASHI, Atsuki KINOSHITA, Yuki MORI
  • Publication number: 20200039519
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a display control unit configured to display a preceding vehicle image corresponding to a preceding vehicle and an overtaking proposal activation image based on a relative situation of the preceding vehicle with respect to the host vehicle and a surrounding environment of the host vehicle and configured to control display such that the overtaking proposal activation image and the preceding vehicle image approach each other in response to approaching of the host vehicle and the preceding vehicle, an automatic overtaking proposal unit configured to propose the automatic overtaking to a driver when the overtaking proposal activation image reaches the preceding vehicle image on the display screen, and a vehicle control unit configured to execute the automatic overtaking of the preceding vehicle by the host vehicle when the approval determination unit determines that the driver has approved the automatic overtaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsuki KINOSHITA, Ko IGARASHI, Yuki MORI
  • Publication number: 20190276049
    Abstract: A driving assistance system 1 comprises: an information providing device 2 providing information to a driver of a vehicle; a surrounding information acquiring device 3 acquiring information on surroundings of the vehicle; a target path calculating part 41 calculating a target path of the vehicle; a vehicle control part 42 making the vehicle run along the target path; a driving path calculating part 43 calculating a driving path of a preceding vehicle running in the same lane as the vehicle; a processing part 44 calculating a difference of the target path and the driving path; and an alarm part 45 issuing an alarm to the driver. The alarm part prompts the driver to pay attention or prompts the driver to perform at least one of steering and braking of the vehicle if the difference is equal to or larger than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsuki KINOSHITA, Jun Sato