Patents by Inventor Hajime Tojiki

Hajime Tojiki 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: 11453399
    Abstract: A flood sensing device includes: an acquiring section that acquires plural types of traveling state data relating to traveling of a vehicle; and a sensing section that senses flooding of a road on which the vehicle travels by using (a) a physical quantity that is estimated on the basis of (i) a vehicle behavior model, which is configured by driving force of the vehicle and traveling resistance that includes air resistance applied to the vehicle, slope resistance applied to the vehicle and rolling resistance applied to the vehicle, and which determines the physical quantity that varies due to the vehicle traveling, and (ii) the plural types of traveling state data of the present time that are acquired by the acquiring section, and (b) the physical quantity that is obtained from the traveling state data of the present time that is acquired by the acquiring section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Hattori, Takayuki Yamabe, Kenki Ueda, Tetsuya Hashimoto, Hajime Tojiki, Naoki Ishihara, Yuta Ochiai, Hideki Kawai
  • Patent number: 11385381
    Abstract: A flood detection device and method that acquires meteorological data; acquires traffic volume data representing vehicle traffic volume; and determines that an area, in which a vehicle traffic volume during or after rain is less than or equal to a predetermined number of vehicles, is flooded based on the meteorological data and the traffic volume data, when a probability, that the vehicle traffic volume in a normal time is less than or equal to the predetermined number of vehicles, is less than a predetermined value, the normal time being a state in which a rainfall amount is less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Hattori, Kenki Ueda, Tetsuya Hashimoto, Hajime Tojiki, Naoki Ishihara, Hideki Kawai
  • Publication number: 20210396541
    Abstract: A flood display device includes: a processor with hardware, the processor being provided to: acquire flood point information in which a detection result of a flood point of a road and a classification of a flood situation at the flood point determined based on traveling state data of a vehicle traveling at the detected flood point are associated with each other based on the traveling state data related to the traveling of the vehicle, generate flood detection information in which a display mode of the detection result is changed based on the classification of the flood situation as flood detection information obtained by superimposing the detection result on a position on a map corresponding to the flood point based on the flood point information, and output the flood detection information to a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki ISHIHARA, Takayuki YAMABE, Tetsuya HASHIMOTO, Hajime TOJIKI
  • Publication number: 20210124088
    Abstract: A flood detection device and method that acquires meteorological data; acquires traffic volume data representing vehicle traffic volume; and determines that an area, in which a vehicle traffic volume during or after rain is less than or equal to a predetermined number of vehicles, is flooded based on the meteorological data and the traffic volume data, when a probability, that the vehicle traffic volume in a normal time is less than or equal to the predetermined number of vehicles, is less than a predetermined value, the normal time being a state in which a rainfall amount is less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun HATTORI, Kenki UEDA, Tetsuya HASHIMOTO, Hajime TOJIKI, Naoki ISHIHARA, Hideki KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20210046938
    Abstract: A flooding sensing device, including: an acquisition section configured to acquire vehicle model information and plural items of travel state data related to travel of a vehicle; and a detection section configured to select a vehicle behavior model from plural vehicle behavior models that are derived in advance for each vehicle model, the vehicle behavior model corresponding to the vehicle model information and calculates a physical quantity that changes in accordance with travel by the vehicle, the detection section detects flooding of a road on which the vehicle travels, using the physical quantity, which is predicted based on the selected vehicle behavior model and on the current plurality of items of travel state data acquired by the acquisition section, and using the physical quantity, which is obtained from the current plurality of items of travel state data acquired by the acquisition section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun HATTORI, Takayuki YAMABE, Kenki UEDA, Tetsuya HASHIMOTO, Hajime TOJIKI, Naoki ISHIHARA, Yuta OCHIAI, Hideki KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20210046937
    Abstract: A flood sensing device includes: an acquiring section that acquires plural types of traveling state data relating to traveling of a vehicle; and a sensing section that senses flooding of a road on which the vehicle travels by using (a) a physical quantity that is estimated on the basis of (i) a vehicle behavior model, which is configured by driving force of the vehicle and traveling resistance that includes air resistance applied to the vehicle, slope resistance applied to the vehicle and rolling resistance applied to the vehicle, and which determines the physical quantity that varies due to the vehicle traveling, and (ii) the plural types of traveling state data of the present time that are acquired by the acquiring section, and (b) the physical quantity that is obtained from the traveling state data of the present time that is acquired by the acquiring section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun HATTORI, Takayuki Yamabe, Kenki Ueda, Tetsuya Hashimoto, Hajime Tojiki, Naoki Ishihara, Yuta Ochiai, Hideki Kawai