Patents by Inventor Chie Sugihara

Chie Sugihara 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: 20200310457
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a vicinity situation recognizer configured to recognize a vicinity situation of a vehicle, and a driving controller configured to control steering and acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle on the basis of a vicinity situation recognized by the vicinity situation recognizer, in which the driving controller changes a priority level of an operation when the vehicle stops near users scheduled to board the vehicle on the basis of a type of the users scheduled to board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki Hara, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Katsuyasu Yamane, Yoshitaka Mimura, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20200307635
    Abstract: A vehicle control device of an embodiment includes a recognizer configured to recognize a peripheral situation of a vehicle and a controller configured to control a window portion of the vehicle, and the controller controls opening and closing of the window portion on the basis of a result of the recognizing has recognized a gesture which is performed by a user of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki Hara, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Katsuyasu Yamane, Yoshitaka Mimura, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20200307556
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a vehicle and recognize a locking state of the vehicle and a driving controller configured to perform driving control of one or both of a speed and steering of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer. The driving controller causes the vehicle to depart when a door of the vehicle is locked after an occupant of the vehicle gets out of the vehicle in a predetermined area in a state in which predetermined conditions are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Chie Sugihara, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada
  • Publication number: 20200307514
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a vehicle on the basis of a detection result of a detector configured to detect a situation outside the vehicle, a driving controller configured to perform at least one of speed control and steering control of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, and a door controller configured to perform opening control for opening a door of the vehicle. The door controller starts opening control for opening the door of the vehicle if the recognizer has recognized a predetermined motion of a user when the vehicle travels according to control of the driving controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Katsuyasu Yamane, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Yoshitaka Mimura, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20200311849
    Abstract: A parking lot management device includes: a receiving unit configured to receive a reservation including designations of a reservation start time at which a vehicle enters a parking lot and a reservation end time at which the vehicle leaves the parking lot; a predicting unit configured to predict an arrival time at the parking lot in accordance with the arrival of the vehicle at a predetermined position; a control unit configured to perform control so that, when the arrival time predicted by the predicting unit is earlier than the reservation start time received by the receiving unit, it is determined whether the reservation start time is made earlier than the previously received reservation start time so that the vehicle is allowed to enter the parking lot, and when it is determined that a change in which the reservation start time is made earlier than the previously received reservation start time is possible, control is performed so that at least one of the reservation start time and the reservation end ti
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Chie Sugihara, Yuta Takada, Ryoma Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20200311622
    Abstract: A management device includes a receiver configured to receive reservation information, on the basis of an operation of a user, in which vehicle identification of a vehicle scheduled to park in a parking lot is associated with a parking start time at which the vehicle scheduled to park starts parking, and an information processor configured to refer to permission information in which identification information of a parking vehicle parking in the parking lot is associated with time for which the parking vehicle is permitted to park in the parking lot, and the reservation information, and to give a penalty to a user of the parking vehicle when the parking vehicle has parked in the parking lot beyond the time in a state in which a reservation of the vehicle scheduled to park is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Chie Sugihara, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada
  • Publication number: 20200307608
    Abstract: In a vehicle control device of an embodiment, a recognizer that recognizes the presence or absence and type of article carried by a user who uses a vehicle and an instrument controller that controls a vehicle-mounted instrument are included, and the instrument controller determines a mode of control of the vehicle-mounted instrument on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamanaka, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Katsuyasu Yamane, Yoshitaka Mimura, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20200312144
    Abstract: A management device, which guides a vehicle capable of automatically traveling, includes a generator that generates a route for guiding the vehicle, and a communicator that transmits information on the generated route to the vehicle and receives information on a route on which the vehicle has actually traveled from the vehicle. When a first route generated as a route of a first vehicle is different from a second route on which the first vehicle has actually traveled, the generator generates a third route based on the second route, and the communicator transmits information on the third route to a second vehicle that passes through the same two or more points as the first vehicle after the first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Chie Sugihara, Yuta Takada, Ryoma Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20200311624
    Abstract: A management device includes a first receiver configured to receive a first reservation for a use of a parking space of a parking lot for parking a vehicle, a second receiver configured to receive a second reservation for a use of a designated area different from the parking space of the parking lot for the first reservation, and an information processor configured to perform processing in accordance with a result of reception by the first receiver and a result of reception by the second receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Chie Sugihara, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada
  • Publication number: 20200307558
    Abstract: A vehicle control device mountable in a vehicle includes a predicted time calculator configured to calculate a predicted time required for automated parking of the vehicle at a parking position and a transmitter configured to transmit information regarding the predicted time calculated by the predicted time calculator to a vehicle management device for managing parking of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Chie Sugihara, Yuta Takada, Ryoma Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20200302791
    Abstract: A management device includes an acquirer configured to acquire a plurality of requests for automated exit processing, a classifier configured to classify the requests into first requests of first users who are permitted to use a specific parking space and second requests of second users who are not permitted to use the specific parking space, and an instructor configured to cause vehicles associated with terminal devices which are transmission sources of the first requests to perform automated exit processing such that automated exit processing according to the first requests is continuously executed, or to cause vehicles associated with terminal devices which are transmission sources of the second requests to perform automated exit processing such that automated exit processing according to the second requests is continuously executed, on the basis of a result of the classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Katsuyasu Yamane, Yoshitaka Mimura, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20200290649
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a vehicle; a driving controller configured to perform at least one of speed control and steering control of the vehicle according to a recognition result of the recognizer; and a receiver configured to receive a trigger transmitted from a vehicle exterior device in response to occurrence of a predetermined event to a user who is outside of the vehicle. The driving controller is configured to cause the vehicle to automatically travel to a boarding position of the user in response to the reception of the trigger by the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Katsuyasu Yamane, Yasushi Shoda, Yuki Hara, Yoshitaka Mimura, Junpei Noguchi, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20200290599
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to perform at least one of speed control and steering control of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, and a schedule information acquirer configured to acquire schedule information of a rider of the vehicle, wherein the driving controller is configured to determine an exiting mode for the vehicle letting the rider exit or a boarding mode for the vehicle letting the rider board on the basis of the schedule information acquired by the schedule information acquirer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Yasushi Shoda, Yuki Hara, Katsuyasu Yamane, Yoshitaka Mimura, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20200290601
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a communicator configured to communicate with a parking lot management device having a function of guiding a vehicle, a driving controller configured to perform driving control including at least one of speed control and steering control of the vehicle, and an abnormality determiner configured to determine the presence or absence of an abnormality in the parking lot management device. The driving controller is configured to perform the driving control based on guidance of the parking lot management device on the basis of information received by the communicator from the parking lot management device and to restrict the driving control based on the guidance of the parking lot management device in a case where the abnormality determiner determines that the abnormality has occurred in the parking lot management device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamanaka, Yoshitaka Mimura, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20200290648
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a vehicle; a driving controller configured to perform at least one of speed control and steering control of the vehicle based on a recognition result of the recognizer; an acquirer configured to acquire a feature of an outer appearance of a person near the vehicle and store the feature of the outer appearance in a memory; a gesture recognizer configured to recognize a gesture of the person; and a determiner configured to determine whether features of the outer appearance of the person acquired at different timings by the acquirer match.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Katsuyasu Yamane, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20200285846
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a recognizer configured to recognize first content displayed on a terminal device, and an identifier configured to identify a person carrying the terminal device with the first content displayed thereon outside the vehicle as a user scheduled to use the vehicle or a person relevant to the user on the basis of a comparison between the first content recognized by the recognizer and one or more pieces of content associated with the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamanaka, Katsuyasu Yamane, Yoshitaka Mimura, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20200283029
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize at least a surroundings situation and an in-vehicle situation of a vehicle, and a driving controller configured to perform at least one of speed control and steering control of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, the recognizer is configured to recognize an object to be loaded including at least any one of an occupant candidate present outside the vehicle and scheduled to board the vehicle and a baggage candidate present outside the vehicle and scheduled to be loaded into the vehicle, and to recognize that the object to be loaded has been loaded into the vehicle, and the driving controller is configured to permit start of travel of the vehicle in a case where the recognizer has recognized that all of the objects to be loaded have been loaded into the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Katsuyasu Yamane, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20200283020
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to perform driving control on at least one of steering and a speed of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, an environment controller configured to control an operation of a predetermined device for providing a comfortable environment of the vehicle and limit an operation state of the predetermined device at a timing when a user gets out of the vehicle, and a reproducer configured to reproduce the operation state of the predetermined device at a timing when the user gets into the vehicle when the driving controller performs driving control for moving the vehicle from a parking area and picking up the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20200285235
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes an acquirer configured to acquire a recognition result of a surroundings situation of a vehicle from a recognition device, and a driving controller configured to control steering and a speed of the vehicle on the basis of the recognition result to move the vehicle so that a user located in a boarding area is able to board the vehicle, and the driving controller is configured to stop the vehicle at a first stop position in a case in which the user has been recognized in the boarding area when the vehicle is moved to the boarding area, and is configured to stop the vehicle at a second stop position in a case in which the user has not been recognized in the boarding area when the vehicle is moved to the boarding area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Katsuyasu Yamane, Yoshitaka Mimura, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20200276987
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a recognizer that recognizes a surrounding environment of a vehicle; and a driving controller that performs speed control and steering control of the vehicle automatically on the basis of a recognition result obtained by the recognizer. When the vehicle is moved to a boarding position at which an occupant boards the vehicle and is stopped, the driving controller stops the vehicle on the basis of at least one of weather information at the boarding position, a state of the occupant recognized by the recognizer, and an environment of the boarding position recognized by the recognizer and determines a stopping position of the vehicle according to the environment of the boarding position or the state of the occupant when the weather information is a predetermined state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Katsuyasu Yamane, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Yoshitaka Mimura, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi