Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Hanzawa

Hiroaki Hanzawa 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: 12145665
    Abstract: A steer-by-wire steering system includes: a steering device including a steering motor powered by a main power source and/or a backup power source; and a controller configured to control the steering device based on a steering request. When the backup power source is normal, the controller executes an abnormal-situation control based on electric power supplied to the steering motor by the main power source and/or the backup power source when the controller determines that the voltage of the main power source is less than a first threshold. When the backup power source is abnormal, the controller executes the abnormal-situation control based on electric power supplied to the steering motor by the main power source when the controller determines that the voltage of the main power source is less than a second threshold that is greater than the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Satou, Yosuke Yamashita, Hiroaki Hanzawa, Kazuaki Iida, Tokuaki Hibino
  • Patent number: 12128969
    Abstract: An electric power source device includes an auxiliary electric power source for a main electric power source that supplies electric power to electric power supply targets, including an electric circuit of a control system for controlling a specific control target and an electric circuit of a power system that requires larger electric power than the electric circuit of the control system; and a selection circuit configured to supply the electric power from one electric power source having a higher voltage, out of the main electric power source and the auxiliary electric power source, to at least the electric circuit of the control system among the electric power supply targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuuta Kajisawa, Fumihiko Sato, Masaharu Yamashita, Atsushi Satou, Masataka Okuda, Toshiyuki Mikida, Hiroaki Hanzawa
  • Publication number: 20240162706
    Abstract: A control device includes: a control section that, on the basis of a first supplied electric power maximum value computed in accordance with a radiation amount with respect to an electric power supplying device, and a second supplied electric power maximum value computed from temporal deterioration of the electric power supplying device, determines an electric power supply maximum value that is a maximum value of electric power to be supplied from the electric power supplying device to at least one external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuaki TAKAHASHI, Ruibai LI, Hiroaki HANZAWA
  • Patent number: 11919579
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a system control unit, an auxiliary power supply, and an auxiliary-power-supply control unit. The system control unit and the auxiliary-power-supply control unit are configured such that information of at least one control unit of the system control unit and the auxiliary-power-supply control unit is able to be output to another control unit of the system control unit and the auxiliary-power-supply control unit. The at least one control unit is configured to output information indicating that an operation of the at least one control unit is stopped to the other control unit when the at least one control unit stops the operation of the at least one control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuma Hasegawa, Toshihiro Takahashi, Yuji Fujita, Kenichi Abe, Yugo Nagashima, Yuuta Kajisawa, Takashi Koudai, Hiroaki Hanzawa, Atsushi Satou, Yosuke Yamashita, Shintaro Takayama, Tokuaki Hibino
  • Publication number: 20240010364
    Abstract: A control device includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to acquire a status of each of a plurality of power distribution pathways provided at a moving body, and select a power distribution pathway having low resistance from among the plurality of power distribution pathways based on the acquired status, and cause power to be distributed via the selected power distribution pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroaki HANZAWA, Ruibai LI, Shingo HASEGAWA, Kotaro NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230415924
    Abstract: A control device includes a computation section that computes information related to an effect of radiation received by a rover based on error information of a processing device provided to the rover, and a control section that performs control so as to reduce the effect of radiation received by the rover based on the information related to an effect of radiation computed by the computation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Noriyuki NISHI, Hiroaki HANZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230029564
    Abstract: A steer-by-wire steering system includes: a steering device including a steering motor powered by a main power source and/or a backup power source; and a controller configured to control the steering device based on a steering request. When the backup power source is normal, the controller executes an abnormal-situation control based on electric power supplied to the steering motor by the main power source and/or the backup power source when the controller determines that the voltage of the main power source is less than a first threshold. When the backup power source is abnormal, the controller executes the abnormal-situation control based on electric power supplied to the steering motor by the main power source when the controller determines that the voltage of the main power source is less than a second threshold that is greater than the first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi SATOU, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Hiroaki HANZAWA, Kazuaki IIDA, Tokuaki HIBINO
  • Patent number: 11498609
    Abstract: A steer-by-wire vehicle includes a steering actuator configured to turn a wheel and a reaction actuator configure to apply a torque to a steering wheel. An electronic control unit of a control apparatus for the vehicle is configured to execute normal steering control for turning the wheel and applying a reaction torque to the steering wheel according to a rotation of the steering wheel, and, when an activation condition including that the normal steering control is not needed is satisfied, execute rotation suppression control for suppressing the rotation of the steeling wheel without prohibiting the rotation of the steering wheel. Specifically, the electronic control unit is configured to, based on a steering speed or a steering torque, determine a rotation suppression torque for suppressing the rotation of the steering wheel, and control the reaction actuator such that the rotation suppression torque is applied to the steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaharu Yamashita, Shintaro Takayama, Yosuke Yamashita, Hiroaki Hanzawa
  • Patent number: 11475495
    Abstract: An information processing device calculates a quoted price to be presented to a purchase contemplation person for a vehicle. The information processing device includes a control unit that calculates a demand forecast when the purchase contemplation person uses the vehicle as a car-sharing vehicle, calculates an expected income when the purchase contemplation person uses the vehicle as the car-sharing vehicle, based on the demand forecast, and calculates the quoted price based on a vehicle price of the vehicle and the expected income, to present the quoted price to the purchase contemplation person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Xin Jin, Takayuki Murase, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Toru Takashima, Hiroaki Hanzawa, Hideo Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20220169304
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a system control unit, an auxiliary power supply, and an auxiliary-power-supply control unit. The system control unit and the auxiliary-power-supply control unit are configured such that information of at least one control unit of the system control unit and the auxiliary-power-supply control unit is able to be output to another control unit of the system control unit and the auxiliary-power-supply control unit. The at least one control unit is configured to output information indicating that an operation of the at least one control unit is stopped to the other control unit when the at least one control unit stops the operation of the at least one control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuma HASEGAWA, Toshihiro TAKAHASHI, Yuji FUJITA, Kenichi ABE, Yugo NAGASHIMA, Yuuta KAJISAWA, Takashi KOUDAI, Hiroaki HANZAWA, Atsushi SATOU, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Shintaro TAKAYAMA, Tokuaki HIBINO
  • Publication number: 20220063712
    Abstract: An electric power source device includes an auxiliary electric power source for a main electric power source that supplies electric power to electric power supply targets, including an electric circuit of a control system for controlling a specific control target and an electric circuit of a power system that requires larger electric power than the electric circuit of the control system; and a selection circuit configured to supply the electric power from one electric power source having a higher voltage, out of the main electric power source and the auxiliary electric power source, to at least the electric circuit of the control system among the electric power supply targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuuta KAJISAWA, Fumihiko SATO, Masaharu YAMASHITA, Atsushi SATOU, Masataka OKUDA, Toshiyuki MIKIDA, Hiroaki HANZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210357831
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit associates a new rideshare request with a traffic plan of a mobile body based on a user attribute when receiving the new rideshare request including boarding and alighting conditions and the user attribute from a first terminal device, associates the new rideshare request with the traffic plan in which the ancillary conditions and the user attributes of the new rideshare request satisfy the ancillary conditions of the existing rideshare request and the ancillary conditions and the user attributes of the existing rideshare request satisfy the ancillary conditions of the new rideshare request when the new rideshare request includes ancillary conditions and the existing rideshare request associated with the traffic plan includes ancillary conditions, and calculates a fee for the new rideshare request based on at least one of a type and the number of the ancillary conditions for the new rideshare request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Xin JIN, Takayuki Murase, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Toru Takashima, Hiroaki Hanzawa, Hideo Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20210319488
    Abstract: An information processing device calculates a quoted price to be presented to a purchase contemplation person for a vehicle. The information processing device includes a control unit that calculates a demand forecast when the purchase contemplation person uses the vehicle as a car-sharing vehicle, calculates an expected income when the purchase contemplation person uses the vehicle as the car-sharing vehicle, based on the demand forecast, and calculates the quoted price based on a vehicle price of the vehicle and the expected income, to present the quoted price to the purchase contemplation person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Xin JIN, Takayuki MURASE, Tadahiro KASHIWAI, Toru TAKASHIMA, Hiroaki HANZAWA, Hideo HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 11146255
    Abstract: A power supply circuit includes a first P-channel MOSFET and a first voltage application circuit. The first P-channel MOSFET is provided between an on-board power supply and a vehicular apparatus that is a power supply target, and is configured to switch a power-ON state in which electric power is supplied to the vehicular apparatus and a power-OFF state in which the supply of the electric power is interrupted. The first voltage application circuit is configured to apply a voltage having a potential lower than a potential of the on-board power supply to a gate terminal such that a state of the first P-channel MOSFET is switched to the power-ON state, and apply a voltage having a potential equal to the potential of the on-board power supply to the gate terminal such that the state of the first P-channel MOSFET is switched to the power-OFF state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiko Sato, Shingo Suzuki, Hiroaki Hanzawa, Masataka Okuda, Toshiyuki Mikida
  • Publication number: 20210312506
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to acquire imaging data obtained by capturing an image of surroundings of a vehicle traveling while presenting an advertisement, and to calculate an advertising fee of the advertisement based on the imaging data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Xin JIN, Takayuki Murase, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Toru Takashima, Hiroaki Hanzawa, Hideo Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11139679
    Abstract: An auxiliary power source device includes a main power source-side path, an auxiliary power source-side path, a power source control circuit, an analog determination circuit that is provided separately from the power source control circuit, and a power source switching circuit. The power source control circuit controls switching between a conduction state and an interruption state on the main power source-side path and the auxiliary power source-side path. The analog determination circuit determines an occurrence of abnormality in the main power source and generates a switching signal when the occurrence of the abnormality in the main power source is determined. The power source switching circuit switches a power source for supplying power to a power supply target, from the main power source to the auxiliary power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumihiko Sato, Masataka Okuda, Toshiyuki Mikida, Hiroaki Hanzawa
  • Publication number: 20200381936
    Abstract: An auxiliary power source device includes a main power source-side path, an auxiliary power source-side path, a power source control circuit, an analog determination circuit that is provided separately from the power source control circuit, and a power source switching circuit. The power source control circuit controls switching between a conduction state and an interruption state on the main power source-side path and the auxiliary power source-side path. The analog determination circuit determines an occurrence of abnormality in the main power source and generates a switching signal when the occurrence of the abnormality in the main power source is determined. The power source switching circuit switchs a power source for supplying power to a power supply target, from the main power source to the auxiliary power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumihiko SATO, Masataka OKUDA, Toshiyuki MIKIDA, Hiroaki HANZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200335966
    Abstract: An electric power supply circuit includes an auxiliary electric power supply; a first MOSFET provided on an auxiliary electric power supply-side feed path, the first MOSFET including a parasitic diode configured to restrict conduction of electric current in a direction from the auxiliary electric power supply toward the feed target; a second MOSFET provided on the auxiliary electric power supply-side feed path, the second MOSFET including a parasitic diode configured to restrict conduction of the electric current in a direction from the feed target toward the auxiliary electric power supply; and a third MOSFET provided on at least one of the auxiliary electric power supply-side feed path and the main electric power supply-side feed path, the third MOSFET including a parasitic diode configured to restrict conduction of the electric current in a direction from the main electric power supply toward the auxiliary electric power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiko SATO, Masataka OKUDA, Toshiyuki MIKIDA, Hiroaki HANZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200313667
    Abstract: A power supply circuit includes a first P-channel MOSFET and a first voltage application circuit. The first P-channel MOSFET is provided between an on-board power supply and a vehicular apparatus that is a power supply target, and is configured to switch a power-ON state in which electric power is supplied to the vehicular apparatus and a power-OFF state in which the supply of the electric power is interrupted. The first voltage application circuit is configured to apply a voltage having a potential lower than a potential of the on-board power supply to a gate terminal such that a state of the first P-channel MOSFET is switched to the power-ON state, and apply a voltage having a potential equal to the potential of the on-board power supply to the gate terminal such that the state of the first P-channel MOSFET is switched to the power-OFF state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiko SATO, Shingo SUZUKI, Hiroaki HANZAWA, Masataka OKUDA, Toshiyuki MIKIDA
  • Publication number: 20200307675
    Abstract: A steer-by-wire vehicle includes a steering actuator configured to turn a wheel and a reaction actuator configure to apply a torque to a steering wheel. An electronic control unit of a control apparatus for the vehicle is configured to execute normal steering control for turning the wheel and applying a reaction torque to the steering wheel according to a rotation of the steering wheel, and, when an activation condition including that the normal steering control is not needed is satisfied, execute rotation suppression control for suppressing the rotation of the steeling wheel without prohibiting the rotation of the steering wheel. Specifically, the electronic control unit is configured to, based on a steering speed or a steering torque, determine a rotation suppression torque for suppressing the rotation of the steering wheel, and control the reaction actuator such that the rotation suppression torque is applied to the steering wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaharu Yamashita, Shintaro Takayama, Yosuke Yamashita, Hiroaki Hanzawa