Patents by Inventor Gen Inoue
Gen Inoue 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: 8335622Abstract: A vehicle device control device includes an automatic drive control device for executing an automatic drive control by controlling at least a driving torque generating device, which applies a driving torque on a vehicle, so that a vehicle speed reaches a preset target vehicle speed, and a shift position determination portion for determining a shift position of a gear lever of the vehicle, wherein in a case where the shift position determination portion determines that the gear lever is set at a neutral position on the basis of a determination result of the shift position determination portion while the automatic drive control is executed, the automatic drive control device controls the driving torque generating device so that the driving torque applied to the vehicle becomes zero while continuously executing the automatic drive control.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2008Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhito Ishida, Gen Inoue
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Publication number: 20120271499Abstract: In a vehicle travel controlling apparatus including an automatic travel controlling ECU that controls a vehicle in a predetermined travel state by cooperation control of a vehicle driving amount and a vehicle braking amount, the automatic travel controlling ECU is provided with an automatic travel termination controlling unit. The automatic travel termination controlling unit obtains a brake fluid pressure during the cooperation control according to the vehicle driving amount during the cooperation control and a gradient of a road surface on which a vehicle is travelling. When the brake fluid pressure corresponding to a braking operation of a driver is more than the brake fluid pressure during the cooperation control, the automatic travel termination controlling unit terminates the cooperation control to switch operation to a braking operation according to the brake fluid pressure corresponding to the braking operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2009Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Gen Inoue, Yasuhito Ishida
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Patent number: 8219297Abstract: A running control apparatus for a vehicle includes a required driving output deciding unit that decides a required driving force of a driving system of the vehicle on the basis of an integrated value of a difference between a target vehicle speed and an actual vehicle speed, a driving control unit that controls the actuation of the driving system on the basis of the required driving force, and a determination unit that determines whether or not the required driving force is unrealizable in the control of the driving system due to the intervention of additional control. The required driving output deciding unit imposes a limit on an increase or a decrease in the required driving force when the determination unit determines that the required driving force is unrealizable in the control of the driving system.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2012Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Advics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gen Inoue, Yasuhito Ishida
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Patent number: 8214123Abstract: A running control apparatus for a vehicle includes a required driving output deciding unit that decides a required driving force of a driving system of the vehicle on the basis of an integrated value of a difference between a target vehicle speed and an actual vehicle speed, a driving control unit that controls the actuation of the driving system on the basis of the required driving force, and a determination unit that determines whether or not the required driving force is unrealizable in the control of the driving system due to the intervention of additional control. The required driving output deciding unit imposes a limit on an increase or a decrease in the required driving force when the determination unit determines that the required driving force is unrealizable in the control of the driving system.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2008Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Advics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gen Inoue, Yasuhito Ishida
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Patent number: 8204663Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus controlling a driving force or a braking force to be applied to a vehicle and conducting a vehicle control based on wheel speeds includes a detecting means detecting the wheel speed of each wheel provided at the vehicle, a storing means storing a predetermined valid wheel speed for each wheel, a determining means determining whether a difference between the detected wheel speed and a maximum wheel speed of the wheel speeds lies in a predetermined range, and an updating means updating the valid wheel speed based on the detected wheel speed of the wheel, when the detected wheel speed is lower than the predetermined valid wheel speed which is currently stored, in case that a result determined by the determining means is positive.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2008Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhito Ishida, Gen Inoue
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Publication number: 20120143457Abstract: A running control apparatus for a vehicle includes a required driving output deciding unit that decides a required driving force of a driving system of the vehicle on the basis of an integrated value of a difference between a target vehicle speed and an actual vehicle speed, a driving control unit that controls the actuation of the driving system on the basis of the required driving force, and a determination unit that determines whether or not the required driving force is unrealizable in the control of the driving system due to the intervention of additional control. The required driving output deciding unit imposes a limit on an increase or a decrease in the required driving force when the determination unit determines that the required driving force is unrealizable in the control of the driving system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2012Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicants: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Gen Inoue, Yasuhito Ishida
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CATALYST FOR PRODUCING ALKENE, THE METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND THE METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALKENE
Publication number: 20120041247Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for producing alkene using as a starting material alkane obtained by reducing an Mo—V—Te composite oxide having a crystal structure and being represented by formula (1): MoaVbTecOd??(1) wherein a is 1.0, b is from 0.01 to 1.0, c is from 0 to 1.0, and d is the number of oxygen atoms required to electrically neutralize the whole compound determined by the oxidation number of Mo, V and Te; a method for producing the same; and a method for producing alkenes from alkanes using the catalyst. The catalyst of the present invention enables improvement of the initial activity of the catalyst for producing alkene and selectivity of alkene.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Gen Inoue, Meiko Saihata -
Patent number: 8046145Abstract: A vehicle drive control device includes a target driving torque value control means, a target braking torque value control means, and an automatic drive control means for controlling the target driving torque value control means and the target braking torque value control means through a control signal, for executing an automatic drive control by sending the control signal to the target driving torque value control means and the target braking torque value control means in order to execute a feedback control on a present vehicle speed and for continuously executing the automatic drive control, wherein the target driving torque value control means controls the target value of an actual driving torque to be smaller than an presumed target value of the driving torque calculated by presuming the target value of the braking torque to be zero, for a predetermined time after the cancellation of the braking operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2008Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhito Ishida, Gen Inoue
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Publication number: 20110208398Abstract: A vehicle control device for controlling the driving force and the braking force that is applied to a vehicle to approach a target wheel speed includes a plurality of determination parts that determine the wheel speed at a corresponding wheel; and a calculation part that calculates a valid wheel speed threshold for each wheel based on determined wheel speeds. The vehicle control device also includes a decision part that decides whether wheel speed is valid depending on whether the valid wheel speed threshold calculated for each wheel is below a specific speed threshold value, which is below the target wheel speed, and an estimation part that estimates the vehicle speed using the wheel speeds that are determined as being valid.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2008Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Gen Inoue, Yasuhito Ishida
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Patent number: 7980346Abstract: An electronic control device reduces, after a time at which constant speed traveling control is terminated (specific control termination time) not by an accelerating operation or braking operation but by, for example, an operation of a control switch, the vehicle driving force to a force corresponding to the amount of accelerating operation at the specific control termination time.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2008Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Advics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gen Inoue, Yasuhito Ishida
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Patent number: 7950750Abstract: A braking force maintaining apparatus executes hill-hold control in which braking force applied to each of wheels of a vehicle is maintained by a braking device even after release of a brake pedal. An electronic control unit determines whether the yaw rate of the vehicle is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value and whether the wheels are held in a locked state by the braking force applied by the braking device. If the wheels are held in the locked state and the yaw rate is greater than or equal to the threshold value, the electronic control unit controls the braking device in such a manner that the braking force acting on two or more of wheels including at least a specific wheel falls below the braking force at the start of the hill-hold control.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2006Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignees: Advics Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaru Kamikado, Gen Inoue
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Patent number: 7894971Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is used to control a driving force to be given to a vehicle. A driving force calculating device calculates the driving force to be given to the vehicle, on the basis of a deviation between a vehicle speed of the vehicle and a target speed. A driving force correcting device performs correction of increasing the driving force calculated by the driving force calculating device, when the vehicle speed reduces to a predetermined value or less. Specifically, the driving force correcting device performs the correction of increasing the driving force, when the vehicle speed reduces to the predetermined value or less as the vehicle comes in contact with an obstacle, such as a bump. By this, it is possible to reduce a stop time length of the vehicle due to the contact with the obstacle, to thereby quickly make the vehicle run over the obstacle.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2006Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Advics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gen Inoue, Yasuhito Ishida
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Patent number: 7774122Abstract: A vehicle controller includes an obstacle-determining portion and a driving torque reducing portion. The obstacle-determining portion determines whether the vehicle is climbing up an obstacle, more specifically, whether the vehicle starts climbing up the obstacle. Then, the driving torque reducing portion performs a driving torque reduction control when it is determined that the vehicle is climbing up onto the obstacle.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2006Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Advics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gen Inoue, Yasuhito Ishida
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Publication number: 20100121550Abstract: A vehicle travel control device has a engine that controls an engine based on a driving target controlled variable; a brake that controls a brake device based on a braking target controlled variable; and a automatic travel control that calculates the driving target controlled variable and/or braking target controlled variable so that a vehicle speed of a vehicle becomes a target vehicle speed, and outputs the driving target controlled variable to the engine and the braking target controlled variable to the brake, the vehicle travel control device being configured such that, upon detection of an acceleration operation during the vehicle travel control, the automatic travel control calculates a target vehicle speed for vehicle travel control by the brake device, so that the target vehicle speed becomes higher than a current vehicle speed of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Advics Co. Ltd.Inventors: Gen Inoue, Yasuhito Ishida
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Publication number: 20100100295Abstract: If a condition for finishing speed limit control is satisfied, a gradient of a slope of the road is estimated based on a steady component of the longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle, and a correction factor is computed based on the slope gradient of the road, while a target acceleration of the vehicle is computed based on the vehicle speed. Then, a target vehicle speed is computed by adding the target vehicle speed of the last cycle to the product of the correction factor, target acceleration and the cycle time of the control, and the braking or driving force of each wheel is controlled so that the vehicle speed becomes equal to the target vehicle speed. In this manner, a passenger of the vehicle is prevented from feeling uncomfortable about the speed increase after the completion of the vehicle speed limit control.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2008Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Advics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gen Inoue, Hiroshi Omine, Yasuhito Ishida
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Publication number: 20090076701Abstract: A vehicle cruise control apparatus includes a vehicle speed adjusting device that adjusts a vehicle speed to a set target vehicle speed, a brake operation detecting device that detects brake operation performed by a driver, and a first controller that controls the vehicle speed adjusting device based on a target driving force that maintains a vehicle in a stopped condition, when the brake operation performed by the driver is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Gen Inoue, Katsuyuki Kawai, Hiroyuki Sawada, Ichiro Kitaori, Yasuhito Ishida
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Publication number: 20090069995Abstract: A vehicle drive control device includes a wheel speed detecting means for detecting a rotational speed of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle, a vehicle speed calculating means for calculating a vehicle speed on the basis of the rotational speed of the plurality of wheels detected by the wheel speed detecting means, and an automatic drive controlling means for performing an automatic drive control for controlling the vehicle speed to be a predetermined target speed by controlling a driving force generating means and a vehicle speed reducing means for the vehicle. The automatic drive controlling means further performs a driving force reducing control for reducing a driving force of the vehicle to be generated by the driving force generating means when the rotational speed of at least one of the plurality of wheels detected by the wheel speed detecting means exceeds a predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhito ISHIDA, Gen Inoue
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Publication number: 20090069993Abstract: A vehicle running control apparatus, which performs automatic running control by controlling an engine for applying a driving torque to a vehicle C and a brake device for applying a braking torque to the vehicle C such that a vehicle speed of the vehicle C becomes equal to a preset target vehicle speed, determines, on the basis of a target driving torque ETo calculated to apply the driving torque to the vehicle C and a target braking torque BTo calculated to apply the braking torque to the vehicle C, whether or not the vehicle C is running on a road difficult to run on, when automatic running control is performed. When it is determined that the vehicle C is running on the road difficult to run on, automatic running control is terminated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ADVICS CO., LTDInventors: Gen Inoue, Yasuhito Ishida
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Publication number: 20090069991Abstract: A vehicle device control device includes an automatic drive control device for executing an automatic drive control by controlling at least a driving torque generating device, which applies a driving torque on a vehicle, so that a vehicle speed reaches a preset target vehicle speed, and a shift position determination portion for determining a shift position of a gear lever of the vehicle, wherein in a case where the shift position determination portion determines that the gear lever is set at a neutral position on the basis of a determination result of the shift position determination portion while the automatic drive control is executed, the automatic drive control device controls the driving torque generating device so that the driving torque applied to the vehicle becomes zero while continuously executing the automatic drive control.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Inventors: Yasuhito ISHIDA, Gen INOUE
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Publication number: 20090069997Abstract: A vehicle control device for controlling the driving force and braking force that is applies to a vehicle to maintain a target wheel speed includes: a plurality of determination parts each of which determines the wheel speed of a corresponding one of a plurality of wheels of the vehicle; a calculation part that calculates the wheel speed validity threshold for each wheel based on the determined wheel speeds; a decision part that decides whether the wheel speed validity threshold calculated for each wheel is below a specific threshold speed; a setting part that resets the target wheel speed depending on the result of the decision by the decision part; and an estimation part that estimates the vehicle speed based on the determined wheel speeds.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Gen Inoue, Yasuhito Ishida