Patents by Inventor Gentaro KOGANO

Gentaro KOGANO 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: 20230398996
    Abstract: An information processor includes: a first information acquisition unit that acquires section position information for identifying the position of a first section on a traveling lane and the position of a second section on an oncoming lane; a second information acquisition unit that stores, as history information, the history of driving characteristic parameters when traveling through the intersection; a driver's vehicle position calculation unit that sequentially calculates the driver's vehicle position information when traveling through the intersection; a section determination unit that determines which of the first section and the second section the driver's vehicle position is located; and an extraction unit that extracts a specific driving characteristic parameter corresponding to at least one of the first section and the second section from the history information based on the result of the determination by the section determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Hattori, Gentaro Kogano
  • Patent number: 11494674
    Abstract: A driving action evaluating device that specifies a driving scene by using at least one of an image captured by an onboard camera and position information of an own vehicle; and derives an evaluation of driving actions by executing an evaluation logic, which corresponds to only a driving scene specified by the specifying section, among a plurality of evaluation logics that correspond to a plurality of driving scenes, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Gentaro Kogano
  • Patent number: 11205344
    Abstract: A driving behavior evaluation device, includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: acquire onboard sensor information that is detected by a sensor installed in a vehicle and that includes a depression amount of an accelerator pedal, acquire map information including information regarding an intersection, and in a case in which an event has been detected, render a lower driving evaluation than in a case in which the event is not detected, the event being an event in which the depression amount of the accelerator pedal increases or decreases at least once within a predetermined time after the vehicle has arrived at a temporary stop position, or has temporarily stopped, at the intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kobayashi, Gentaro Kogano
  • Publication number: 20210086773
    Abstract: The ECU of the in-vehicle system evaluates, in a driving scene passing through a stop intersection, a driving behavior with respect to a stop line at the intersection based on an accelerator-on position, which is a last position where the accelerator changed from off to on in the vicinity of the stop line and a brake stroke amount at a position predetermined distance just in front of the stop line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Gentaro KOGANO
  • Publication number: 20210042642
    Abstract: A driving action evaluating device that specifies a driving scene by using at least one of an image captured by an onboard camera and position information of an own vehicle; and derives an evaluation of driving actions by executing an evaluation logic, which corresponds to only a driving scene specified by the specifying section, among a plurality of evaluation logics that correspond to a plurality of driving scenes, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Gentaro KOGANO
  • Publication number: 20210043077
    Abstract: A driving behavior evaluation device, includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: acquire onboard sensor information that is detected by a sensor installed in a vehicle and that includes a depression amount of an accelerator pedal, acquire map information including information regarding an intersection, and in a case in which an event has been detected, render a lower driving evaluation than in a case in which the event is not detected, the event being an event in which the depression amount of the accelerator pedal increases or decreases at least once within a predetermined time after the vehicle has arrived at a temporary stop position, or has temporarily stopped, at the intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KOBAYASHI, Gentaro Kogano