Patents by Inventor Hojung JUNG

Hojung JUNG 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: 12266035
    Abstract: A sensor image generated based on data obtained from a remote sensor is displayed on a display of a terminal communicating with the remote sensor. The remote sensor includes a sensor mounted on a moving body. The sensor image includes a moving body image representing an image generated based on data obtained from the sensor mounted on the moving body. In the moving body image, right and left regions are set with respect to front of the moving body. Right and left recognition assistances are superimposed respectively on the right and left regions. A color of the right recognition assistance is different from a color of the left recognition assistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Urano, Sho Otaki, Hojung Jung
  • Patent number: 12214095
    Abstract: A disinfection system disinfects an inside of a building or a moving body. The disinfection system includes an ultraviolet irradiator, a recognition sensor that recognizes a situation of the inside of the building or the moving body, and a control device configured to automatically control the ultraviolet irradiator based on the situation of the inside of the building or the moving body, which is recognized by the recognition sensor, to disinfect the inside of the building or the moving body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryota Tomizawa, Shozo Takaba, Ayako Shimizu, Hojung Jung, Daisuke Sato, Yasuhiro Kobatake
  • Patent number: 12175771
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle includes a camera mounted on the vehicle and configured to take an image of an occupant of the vehicle, and an anti-droplet protective equipment providing device mounted on the vehicle and configured to provide anti-droplet protective equipment to the occupant, a determination unit configured to determine whether the occupant is wearing the anti-droplet protective equipment based on the image of the occupant taken by the camera, and a provision control unit configured to provide the anti-droplet protective equipment to the occupant with the anti-droplet protective equipment providing device when the determination unit determines that the occupant is not wearing the anti-droplet protective equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryota Tomizawa, Shozo Takaba, Ayako Shimizu, Hojung Jung, Daisuke Sato, Yasuhiro Kobatake
  • Patent number: 12103565
    Abstract: An autonomous driving device to be mounted on a vehicle includes a first ECU configured to autonomously drive the vehicle, and a second ECU configured to operate the vehicle under remote control from an outside. The first ECU is configured to keep an activated state while the second ECU is operating the vehicle. The second ECU is configured to keep a power saving state while the first ECU is autonomously driving the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Urano, Sho Otaki, Takashi Suzuki, Toru Takashima, Hojung Jung, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Satoru Niwa, Kosuke Akatsuka
  • Patent number: 12097736
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an outside sensor configured to acquire information on an outside circumstance of the vehicle, a vehicle height adjusting device configured to adjust a vehicle height, and a control device configured to control the vehicle. The control device is configured to control the vehicle height adjusting device such that the vehicle height becomes a vehicle height corresponding to a platform condition at a predetermined stop position when the vehicle stops at the predetermined stop position. The control device is configured to control the vehicle height adjusting device based on a height of an obstacle such that the obstacle does not interfere with the vehicle when the obstacle is detected at the predetermined stop position by the outside sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke Hokai, Hiromitsu Urano, Kunihito Satou, Masahiro Harada, Hojung Jung, Shuichi Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 12083056
    Abstract: An infection control vehicle includes a floor material. The floor material includes a plurality of holes that is open on an upper end. The holes are configured to capture a droplet. For example, a dimension of each of the holes is set so that the droplet inside the hole remains inside the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryota Tomizawa, Shozo Takaba, Ayako Shimizu, Hojung Jung, Daisuke Sato, Yasuhiro Kobatake
  • Patent number: 12060086
    Abstract: An autonomous driving device includes a plurality of driving function ECUs having a function to drive a vehicle in place of an occupant, and a driving function switch ECU is configured to individually change operating states of the driving function ECUs according to a route to a destination and remaining power. The driving function ECUs include an autonomous driving ECU configured to autonomously drive the vehicle, and a remote control ECU configured to operate the vehicle according to remote control from outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Urano, Sho Otaki, Takashi Suzuki, Toru Takashima, Hojung Jung, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Satoru Niwa, Kosuke Akatsuka
  • Patent number: 11964672
    Abstract: A passenger transportation system includes: an abnormality determination unit configured to determine whether or not a passenger feeling unwell is present in a vehicle; a transportation planning unit configured to determine, when it is determined that the passenger feeling unwell is present, a medical facility to which the passenger feeling unwell is transported and a via-point where normal passengers are dropped off; and a vehicle control unit configured to control the vehicle to travel so as to transport the passenger feeling unwell to the medical facility via the via-point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryota Tomizawa, Shozo Takaba, Ayako Shimizu, Hojung Jung, Daisuke Sato, Yasuhiro Kobatake
  • Patent number: 11941990
    Abstract: A bus dispatch device includes a vehicle dispatch unit that determines, based on external environment information, a ratio between various classes of in-service buses having different states of a specific amenity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryota Tomizawa, Shozo Takaba, Ayako Shimizu, Hojung Jung, Daisuke Sato, Yasuhiro Kobatake
  • Patent number: 11897487
    Abstract: A sensor evaluation system includes an infrastructure device installed outside a vehicle, and an information processing device. The infrastructure device includes an infrastructure sensor that detects the environment around the infrastructure device, and an infrastructure information processing device that performs information processing. The infrastructure information processing device calculates first feature point position information indicating information on a position of a feature point in the environment around the infrastructure device, based on detection information of the infrastructure sensor. The information processing device calculates second feature point position information indicating information on a position of a feature point in the environment around the vehicle, based on the detection information of a sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hojung Jung, Hiromitsu Urano
  • Patent number: 11891074
    Abstract: A remote driving device configured to remotely operate a vehicle includes a remote operation device, a reaction force unit, a receiver, and a processor. The remote operation device is operated by an operator in order to remotely operate the vehicle. The reaction force unit is configured to generate an operation reaction force to be applied to the remote operation device. The receiver is configured to receive a parameter affecting vehicle characteristics of the vehicle from the vehicle. The processor is configured to control the reaction force unit so as to generate a magnitude of the operation reaction force according to the received parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke Akatsuka, Toru Takashima, Satoru Niwa, Takashi Suzuki, Rio Suda, Hiromitsu Urano, Sho Otaki, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Hojung Jung
  • Publication number: 20230406334
    Abstract: A vehicle is operated in accordance with a second operation amount corresponding to a first operation amount of a remote operation member by an operator. A first maximum operation range is a maximum operation range of the remote operation member. A second maximum operation range is a maximum operation range of an operation member of the vehicle. When the first maximum operation range is smaller than the second maximum operation range, a correspondence relationship between the first and second operation amounts is adjusted such that the second operation amount becomes larger than the first operation amount. When the first maximum operation range is larger than the second maximum operation range, an operable range of the remote operation member is restricted or the correspondence relationship is adjusted such that the second operation amount becomes smaller than the first operation amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Sho OTAKI, Hiromitsu URANO, Hojung JUNG, Hiromitsu KOBAYASHI, Satoru NIWA, Kosuke AKATAUKA
  • Patent number: 11780454
    Abstract: A vehicle is operated in accordance with a second operation amount corresponding to a first operation amount of a remote operation member by an operator. A first maximum operation range is a maximum operation range of the remote operation member. A second maximum operation range is a maximum operation range of an operation member of the vehicle. When the first maximum operation range is smaller than the second maximum operation range, a correspondence relationship between the first and second operation amounts is adjusted such that the second operation amount becomes larger than the first operation amount. When the first maximum operation range is larger than the second maximum operation range, an operable range of the remote operation member is restricted or the correspondence relationship is adjusted such that the second operation amount becomes smaller than the first operation amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Takashima, Sho Otaki, Hiromitsu Urano, Hojung Jung, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Satoru Niwa, Kosuke Akatsuka
  • Patent number: 11747828
    Abstract: A vehicle remote instruction system includes a remote instruction point situation recognition unit configured to recognize a remote instruction point situation on a target route preset for an autonomous vehicle, based on the target route, location information of the autonomous vehicle, and map information; a time prediction unit configured to predict monitoring start and end times of a remote commander for the remote instruction point situation on the target route, from a preset vehicle speed or a vehicle speed plan of the autonomous vehicle, based on the target route, the location information, the map information, and the remote instruction point situation; and a monitoring time allocation unit configured to allocate a monitoring time to a plurality of remote commanders based on the monitoring start and end times of the remote instruction point situation in a plurality of autonomous vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Urano, Sho Otaki, Hojung Jung
  • Publication number: 20230260169
    Abstract: A sensor image generated based on data obtained from a remote sensor is displayed on a display of a terminal communicating with the remote sensor. The remote sensor includes a sensor mounted on a moving body. The sensor image includes a moving body image representing an image generated based on data obtained from the sensor mounted on the moving body. In the moving body image, right and left regions are set with respect to front of the moving body. Right and left recognition assistances are superimposed respectively on the right and left regions. A color of the right recognition assistance is different from a color of the left recognition assistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromitsu URANO, Sho OTAKI, Hojung JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230129168
    Abstract: A controller for a vehicle capable of autonomous driving. The controller executes detecting an emergency vehicle traveling around the vehicle based on surrounding environment information, and determining how to deal with the emergency vehicle in response to a detection of the emergency vehicle. In the determining how to deal with the emergency vehicle, the controller executes, at least, determining to cause the vehicle to take an avoidance action for the emergency vehicle, and determining to cause the vehicle to take a preliminary action for the avoidance action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hojung JUNG, Hiromitsu Urano
  • Patent number: 11636762
    Abstract: An image display device includes: an external sensor data acquisition unit acquired external sensor data detected at a first time point; an internal sensor data acquisition unit acquired internal sensor data detected at the first time point; a determination unit determined a position of the vehicle at a second time point that is a future time point after a predetermined time has elapsed from the first time point, based on the internal sensor data at the first time point; and a display control unit displayed a monitoring image indicating surroundings of the vehicle on the display unit based on the external sensor data at the first time point, wherein, the display control unit superimposes an object indicating the position of the vehicle at the second time point at the position on the monitoring image corresponding to the position of the vehicle at the second time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hojung Jung, Hiromitsu Urano, Sho Otaki
  • Patent number: 11628860
    Abstract: An autonomous driving system includes a normal driving situation determination unit configured to determine whether or not autonomous driving is in a normal driving situation, a driver situation recognition unit configured to recognize a driver situation, a distrust determination unit configured to determine whether or not the driver is in a system distrust state, based on a recognition result obtained by the driver situation recognition unit, and a warning control unit configured to output an alert in accordance with the external environment of the vehicle when the normal driving situation determination unit determines that autonomous driving is in the normal driving situation and the distrust determination unit determines that the driver is in the system distrust state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Iwamoto, Sho Otaki, Hojung Jung, Shintaro Shiba
  • Publication number: 20230057704
    Abstract: A disinfection device is attached to a body support that is gripped by a hand, and disinfects the body support. The disinfection device includes a main body portion that moves along the body support while in contact with the body support. The main body portion includes a wiping member configured to be impregnated with a disinfectant solution at a part where the wiping member contacts with the body support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryota Tomizawa, Shozo Takaba, Ayako Shimizu, Hojung Jung, Daisuke Sato, Yasuhiro Kobatake
  • Publication number: 20230053825
    Abstract: A disinfection system disinfects an inside of a building or a moving body. The disinfection system includes an ultraviolet irradiator, a recognition sensor that recognizes a situation of the inside of the building or the moving body, and a control device configured to automatically control the ultraviolet irradiator based on the situation of the inside of the building or the moving body, which is recognized by the recognition sensor, to disinfect the inside of the building or the moving body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryota Tomizawa, Shozo Takaba, Ayako Shimizu, Hojung Jung, Daisuke Sato, Yasuhiro Kobatake