Patents by Inventor Chika Morimoto
Chika Morimoto 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: 9598106Abstract: When a host vehicle moves forward, a drawing arithmetic unit and a display of an ECU which display the image of the surroundings of the host vehicle display a trajectory when the host vehicle moves forward from the current position at the current steering angle and trajectories when the host vehicle is reversed from the current position at a steering angle different from the current steering angle so as to be superimposed on a bird's-eye image.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2011Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka Sobue, Ryuji Okamura, Chika Morimoto, Yu Hiei
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Patent number: 9299260Abstract: In device 1 including rear view wide angle camera 11, and ECU 20 and display 30 displaying rearward image captured by the camera 11, display control section 25 of the ECU 20 and the display 30 divides the image into right and left rear lateral screens 204 and central rearward screen 202 for display, driver can determine which place is displayed. The section 25 and the display 30 do not display the same image on the screens 204, 202, the driver can understand the distance between object in the image and host vehicle 100. The section 25 performs distortion correction of correcting distortion of the image displayed on the screens 204, the driver can see the image viewable due to the distortion correction. The section 25 forms the screens 204 in shape based on the distortion correction, the driver can understand an approaching position of the object in the image.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka Sobue, Ryuji Okamura, Chika Morimoto, Yu Hiei
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Patent number: 9296336Abstract: In a driving support display device 1 that includes a rear view wide angle camera 11, and an ECU 20 and a display 30 that display a rearward image captured by the rear view wide angle camera 11, a display control section 25 of the ECU 20 and the display 30 is capable of displaying a moving object approaching detection frame 210 that supports driving of a driver of a host vehicle 100 and a pedestrian detection frame 212 while dividing the rearward image into plural screens for display, and changes the number of the screens to be displayed between when the moving object approaching detection frame 210 is displayed and when the moving object approaching detection frame 210 is not displayed. Thus, the driver can easily recognize operation and non-operation of a system that displays the moving object approaching detection frame 210.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka Sobue, Ryuji Okamura, Chika Morimoto, Yu Hiei
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Patent number: 8958929Abstract: In a vehicle control apparatus which performs a remote operation of a vehicle using a remote control, a remote operation of the vehicle which is not intended by a driver is prevented. When traveling control of a vehicle is performed through a remote operation from a remote control 3, a stop position of a vehicle 2 is set by a stop position setting device 9, and a movement course of the vehicle 2 is calculated by the vehicle course calculation device 10. In addition, the vehicle 2 is moved along the calculated movement course in response to a driving operation from the remote control 3, but if a driving operation from inside of the vehicle and a driving operation from the remote control 3 come into conflict, the driving operation from the remote control 3 is canceled, and the driving operation from inside of the vehicle is prioritized.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuji Okamura, Yuka Sobue, Yu Hiei, Chika Morimoto
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Patent number: 8903567Abstract: In a vehicle remote operating system remotely operating a host vehicle VM from a portable terminal 200, a main control unit 112 of an ECU 110 of an in-vehicle device 100 determines an dispatch position of the host vehicle VM on the basis of a parking position of the host vehicle VM and a position of a user U who intends to board the host vehicle VM. Due to this, it becomes possible to dispatch the host vehicle VM according to the parking position of the host vehicle VM and the position of the user U, and convenience is improved in dispatch operation and boarding of the host vehicle VM.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Chika Morimoto, Kazunori Kagawa, Yuka Sobue, Satoru Niwa, Shin Tanaka, Kazuhiro Morimoto, Akihisa Yokoyama, Junichi Wakita
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Publication number: 20140244073Abstract: In a vehicle including an automatic steering means enabling the vehicle to move automatically by receiving an instruction signal for a remote operation from a transmitter outside of the vehicle, the vehicle enables correspondence to an ambient condition change when parking-out. When an automatic steering unit automatically performs parking-out by receiving an instruction from a transmitter, obstacle conditions around the vehicle (particularly, around a door) obtained by a surrounding object sensor are detected, and it is determined whether a sufficient space is ensured for a passenger's getting on/off through a door to automatically move a vehicle to a place where getting on/off is easy.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryuji Okamura, Yuka Sobue, Yu Hiei, Chika Morimoto
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Publication number: 20140232538Abstract: In device 1 including rear view wide angle camera 11, and ECU 20 and display 30 displaying rearward image captured by the camera 11, display control section 25 of the ECU 20 and the display 30 divides the image into right and left rear lateral screens 204 and central rearward screen 202 for display, driver can determine which place is displayed. The section 25 and the display 30 do not display the same image on the screens 204, 202, the driver can understand the distance between object in the image and host vehicle 100. The section 25 performs distortion correction of correcting distortion of the image displayed on the screens 204, the driver can see the image viewable due to the distortion correction. The section 25 forms the screens 204 in shape based on the distortion correction, the driver can understand an approaching position of the object in the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2011Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka Sobue, Ryuji Okamura, Chika Morimoto, Yu Hiei
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Publication number: 20140225723Abstract: In a driving support display device 1 that includes a rear view wide angle camera 11, and an ECU 20 and a display 30 that display a rearward image captured by the rear view wide angle camera 11, a display control section 25 of the ECU 20 and the display 30 is capable of displaying a moving object approaching detection frame 210 that supports driving of a driver of a host vehicle 100 and a pedestrian detection frame 212 while dividing the rearward image into plural screens for display, and changes the number of the screens to be displayed between when the moving object approaching detection frame 210 is displayed and when the moving object approaching detection frame 210 is not displayed. Thus, the driver can easily recognize operation and non-operation of a system that displays the moving object approaching detection frame 210.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2011Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka Sobue, Ryuji Okamura, Chika Morimoto, Yu Hiei
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Publication number: 20140148971Abstract: When a host vehicle moves forward, a drawing arithmetic unit and a display of an ECU which display the image of the surroundings of the host vehicle display a trajectory when the host vehicle moves forward from the current position at the current steering angle and trajectories when the host vehicle is reversed from the current position at a steering angle different from the current steering angle so as to be superimposed on a bird's-eye image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2011Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka Sobue, Ryuji Okamura, Chika Morimoto, Yu Hiei
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Publication number: 20140032031Abstract: In a vehicle remote operation, device enabling parking-in and parking-out by a remote operation, the present invention provides the vehicle remote operation device which may correspond to an ambient condition change. When an automatic steering unit 15 automatically performs parking-in and parking-out by receiving an instruction from the transmitter 50, obstacle conditions around a vehicle (particularly, around a door) obtained by the surrounding object sensor 21 are detected, and it is determined whether a sufficient space is ensured for a passenger's getting on/off through a door to automatically move a vehicle to a place where getting on/off is easy if necessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2011Publication date: January 30, 2014Inventors: Ryuji Okamura, Yuka Sobue, Yu Hiei, Chika Morimoto
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Publication number: 20130311004Abstract: In a vehicle control apparatus which performs a remote operation of a vehicle using a remote control, a remote operation of the vehicle which is not intended by a driver is prevented. When traveling control of a vehicle is performed through a remote operation from a remote control 3, a stop position of a vehicle 2 is set by a stop position setting device 9, and a movement course of the vehicle 2 is calculated by the vehicle course calculation device 10. In addition, the vehicle 2 is moved along the calculated movement course in response to a driving operation from the remote control 3, but if a driving operation from inside of the vehicle and a driving operation from the remote control 3 come into conflict, the driving operation from the remote control 3 is canceled, and the driving operation from inside of the vehicle is prioritized.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryuji Okamura, Yuka Sobue, Yu Hiei, Chika Morimoto