Patents by Inventor Hidehiko Miyoshi

Hidehiko Miyoshi 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: 20160075377
    Abstract: A parking assist system for a vehicle including a display device that is arranged behind a steering wheel from a driver and that displays parking assist information and a driving unit that rotationally drives the steering wheel includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to detect that the vehicle has moved through a switching position and reached a predetermined state during parking assist, and, when it is detected that the vehicle has reached the predetermined state, control the driving unit to rotationally drive a rotation angle position of the steering wheel to a rotation angle position at which it is estimated that at least the parking assist information is visually recognizable by the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motokatsu TOMOZAWA, Masaya KATO, Hidehiko MIYOSHI, Shogi FUKUKAWA, Motonari OBAYASHI, Keisuke OYAMA, Hironobu ISHIJIMA
  • Patent number: 9266562
    Abstract: A parking assist device assists entry or exit of a vehicle with respect to a parking space through an automatic control of a steering device. The parking assist device includes: a calculator that obtains, to perform the automatic control of the steering device, a path for allowing the vehicle to enter or exit the parking space based on the parking space, calculates an amount of temperature rise of the steering device at the execution of the automatic control for allowing the vehicle to move along the obtained path, and calculates a predicted temperature of the steering device at the execution of the automatic control by adding the calculated amount of temperature rise to a current value of the temperature of the steering device; and a controller that inhibits the execution of the automatic control when the predicted temperature is equal to or higher than a determination value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eriko Yamazaki, Hisashi Satonaka, Michihito Shimada, Hironobu Ishijima, Hidehiko Miyoshi, Keisuke Hata
  • Publication number: 20150307090
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes an obstacle detection unit configured to detect an obstacle around a vehicle, a parking point detection unit configured to detect a parking target point where the vehicle can be parked based on the result of the obstacle detection, and a parking assistance control unit configured to guide the vehicle from a parking start point to the parking target point according to a guidance route based on the result of the obstacle detection and the result of the parking target point detection in a case where a traveling of the vehicle is detected during a period of time from a time when the vehicle reaches the parking start point to a time when a shift range is changed, the parking assistance control unit does not execute the guidance of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisashi SATONAKA, Hironobu ISHIJIMA, Eriko YAMAZAKI, Keisuke HATA, Hidehiko MIYOSHI
  • Patent number: 9041809
    Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus capable of photographing a vicinity of a vehicle without impairing the outer appearance of the vehicle includes a light source configured to be provided in the vehicle for illuminating the periphery of the vehicle, and a camera photographing a condition of the periphery of the vehicle with an optical axis changed by a mirror toward the underside of the circumferential edge of the vehicle illuminated by at least a portion of light irradiated from the light source reflected by the mirror configured to be disposed on the outer side of the circumferential edge of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidehiko Miyoshi, Kazuya Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20140129091
    Abstract: A parking assist device assists entry or exit of a vehicle with respect to a parking space through an automatic control of a steering device. The parking assist device includes: a calculator that obtains, to perform the automatic control of the steering device, a path for allowing the vehicle to enter or exit the parking space based on the parking space, calculates an amount of temperature rise of the steering device at the execution of the automatic control for allowing the vehicle to move along the obtained path, and calculates a predicted temperature of the steering device at the execution of the automatic control by adding the calculated amount of temperature rise to a current value of the temperature of the steering device; and a controller that inhibits the execution of the automatic control when the predicted temperature is equal to or higher than a determination value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eriko YAMAZAKI, Hisashi Satonaka, Michihito Shimada, Hironobu Ishijima, Hidehiko Miyoshi, Keisuke Hata
  • Publication number: 20140078306
    Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus capable of photographing a vicinity of a vehicle without impairing the outer appearance of the vehicle includes a light source configured to be provided in the vehicle for illuminating the periphery of the vehicle, and a camera photographing a condition of the periphery of the vehicle with an optical axis changed by a mirror toward the underside of the circumferential edge of the vehicle illuminated by at least a portion of light irradiated from the light source reflected by the mirror configured to be disposed on the outer side of the circumferential edge of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidehiko Miyoshi, Kazuya Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20130010118
    Abstract: Provided is a device whereby the position of an obstacle can be perceived on a monitor without compromising the effectiveness of displaying an overhead image on the monitor. An overhead image generating unit generates an overhead image from images captured using a plurality of cameras, and the overhead image is displayed in an auxiliary display area (21B) of a monitor (21). When an obstacle detection part detects an obstacle (X) in proximity to a vehicle, a specified information output unit emphasizes the display of a frame (F2) in the outer side of a divided area (D2) of the overhead image that contains the obstacle (X). Touching the auxiliary display area (21B) with a finger or the like during this emphasized display causes the captured image of the obstacle (X) to be enlarged and displayed in the auxiliary display area (21B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidehiko Miyoshi, Noboru Nagamine, Kenji Miura, Kinji Yamamoto, Kenjiro Goto
  • Publication number: 20130010117
    Abstract: Provided is a device whereby it is possible to accurately recognize which area has been enlarged when part of an overhead image displayed on a monitor is displayed as enlarged. When any one area of a plurality divided areas (D1-D4) is indicated, the divided areas being a result of dividing an overhead image displayed on a monitor (21), an image of the indicated divided area (D1-D4) is set as an image to be enlarged, and an auxiliary display area (21B) is set as an enlarged display area. Enlarged display unit forms a plurality of intermediate images (M) of an intermediate size between the size of the indicated divided area (D2) and the size of the enlarged display area, and the intermediate images are sequentially displayed beginning with the smallest intermediate image (M), using the indicated divided area (D2) as an origin point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidehiko Miyoshi, Noboru Nagamine, Kenji Miura, Kinji Yamamoto, Kenjiro Goto
  • Publication number: 20130002877
    Abstract: In order to provide an image control apparatus that allows a driver to easily check the situation of a passenger's getting on/off a vehicle through an opening operation of a door of the vehicle, the apparatus includes a camera which captures an image of the vicinity of the vehicle door, a monitor capable of displaying the image captured by the camera and a door opening detection sensor which detects an open state of the vehicle door. The monitor displays the image captured by the camera when the door opening detection sensor detects an open state of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidehiko Miyoshi, Noboru Nagamine, Kenji Miura, Kinji Yamamoto, Kenjiro Goto
  • Patent number: D689062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keigo Ikeda, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Kenji Miura, Kenjiro Goto, Noboru Nagamine, Hidehiko Miyoshi, Kinji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: D689504
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keigo Ikeda, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Kenji Miura, Kenjiro Goto, Noboru Nagamine, Hidehiko Miyoshi, Kinji Yamamoto