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).
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Publication number: 20230053825Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryota Tomizawa, Shozo Takaba, Ayako Shimizu, Hojung Jung, Daisuke Sato, Yasuhiro Kobatake
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Publication number: 20220401277Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryota Tomizawa, Shozo Takaba, Ayako Shimizu, Hojung Jung, Daisuke Sato, Yasuhiro Kobatake
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Publication number: 20220397898Abstract: A remote control request method has requesting, by a computer, a remote operator to perform remote control on an autonomous driving vehicle when the autonomous driving vehicle currently has or is expected to have difficulty in continuing autonomous driving, requesting remote assistance in which the remote operator makes at least a part of determination for the autonomous driving inside an autonomous driving domain, and requesting, outside the autonomous driving domain, remote driving in which the remote operator performs at least one of a steering operation and an acceleration or deceleration operation of the autonomous driving vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiromitsu Urano, Sho Otaki, Takashi Suzuki, Toru Takashima, Hojung Jung, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Satoru Niwa, Kosuke Akatsuka
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Publication number: 20220383647Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Ryota Tomizawa, Shozo Takaba, Ayako Shimizu, Hojung Jung, Daisuke Sato, Yasuhiro Kobatake
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Patent number: 11493919Abstract: An information presentation apparatus includes an activity determination unit configured to determine whether a driver engages in a driving activity or a non-driving activity; an engagement level calculation unit configured to calculate a driver engagement level related to driving, based on at least one of a determination result of the driving activity and a determination result of the non-driving activity in an engagement level calculation period; a system confidence level acquisition unit configured to acquire a system confidence level of autonomous driving control; and an information presentation unit configured to present information to the driver based on the engagement level and the system confidence level.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Iwamoto, Hojung Jung, Shintaro Shiba
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Publication number: 20220342417Abstract: A remote function selection device selects a remote function in an automated drive vehicle configured to execute automated drive and remote travel and provided with a plurality of remote functions. The remote function selection device is configured to determine whether executing the automated drive at a predetermined timing is impossible; determines the remote function that is executable at the predetermined timing when it is determined that executing the automated drive is impossible; predict an action of a target around the automated drive vehicle based on a detection result from an external sensor configured to detect the target; calculate an action prediction confidence degree for the predicted action of the target; and selects the remote function. The remote function selection device configured to select the remote function based on the calculated action prediction confidence degree when it is determined that a plurality of remote functions is executable.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Hiromitsu Urano, Sho Otaki, Hojung Jung, Toru Takashima, Satoru Niwa, Takashi Suzuki, Kosuke Akatsuka
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Publication number: 20220327934Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Ryota Tomizawa, Shozo Takaba, Ayako Shimizu, Hojung Jung, Daisuke Sato, Yasuhiro Kobatake
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Publication number: 20220315045Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Hiromitsu Urano, Sho Otaki, Takashi Suzuki, Toru Takashima, Hojung Jung, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Satoru Niwa, Kosuke Akatsuka
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Publication number: 20220306136Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Sho Otaki, Hiromitsu Urano, Hojung Jung, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Satoru Niwa, Kosuke Akatsuka
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Publication number: 20220297722Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Hiromitsu Urano, Sho Otaki, Takashi Suzuki, Toru Takashima, Hojung Jung, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Satoru Niwa, Kosuke Akatsuka
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Publication number: 20220250653Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryota Tomizawa, Shozo Takaba, Ayako Shimizu, Hojung Jung, Daisuke Sato, Yasuhiro Kobatake
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Publication number: 20220250443Abstract: A vehicle includes an airflow generator configured to generate an airflow directed from the upper side to the lower side inside a vehicle cabin of the vehicle. The airflow generator generates the airflow such that the airflow directed from the upper side to the lower side does not hit a passenger inside the vehicle cabin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Ryota Tomizawa, Shozo Takaba, Ayako Shimizu, Hojung Jung, Daisuke Sato, Yasuhiro Kobatake
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Publication number: 20220253053Abstract: A remote operating system is equipped with an automatically operated vehicle and a remote operating device. A first processor of the automatically operated vehicle calculates a target steering angle of a first steering unit on the vehicle side during the performance of automatic operation control. A first communication device transmits the target steering angle to the remote operating device. A second processor on the remote operating device side controls an electric motor in such a manner as to generate a driving torque for making a steering angle of a second steering unit coincident with the target steering angle, during the execution of a cooperative mode in which a turning actuator on the vehicle side is controlled through cooperation between remote operation control for controlling the turning actuator based on the steering angle of the second steering unit steered by an operator and the automatic operation control.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoru Niwa, Toru Takashima, Takashi Suzuki, Rio Suda, Hiromitsu Urano, Sho Otaki, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Hojung Jung, Kosuke Akatsuka
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Publication number: 20220242421Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Kosuke Akatsuka, Toru Takashima, Satoru Niwa, Takashi Suzuki, Rio Suda, Hiromitsu Urano, Sho Otaki, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Hojung Jung
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Publication number: 20220185297Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hojung Jung, Hiromitsu Urano
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Publication number: 20220176768Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Keisuke Hokai, Hiromitsu Urano, Kunihito Satou, Masahiro Harada, Hojung Jung, Shuichi Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 11215982Abstract: A vehicle remote instruction system includes a remote instruction point situation recognition unit that recognizes a remote instruction point situation on a target route based on the target route, position information, and map information, a recommended time acquisition unit that acquires a recommended time based on the remote instruction point situation and a type of a remote instruction, a remote instruction sending unit that sends the remote instruction to an autonomous driving vehicle, and a predicted time calculation unit that calculates a predicted time. The remote instruction sending unit sends a delay instruction to set a reflection time closer to the recommended time when the predicted time is earlier than the recommended time, and sends a preparation instruction to cause the autonomous driving vehicle to behave in response to the type of the remote instruction at an earlier time when the predicted time is later than the recommended time.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiromitsu Urano, Sho Otaki, Hojung Jung
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Patent number: 11163304Abstract: A trajectory determination device includes a position estimation unit configured to estimate a position of a vehicle, an acquisition unit configured to acquire driving environment information relating to a driving environment of the vehicle, a generation unit configured to generate a plurality of trajectory candidates of the vehicle based on the position of the vehicle and map information, an evaluation unit configured to evaluate driving comfort for each trajectory candidate based on the driving environment information acquired by the acquisition unit and the plurality of trajectory candidates generated by the generation unit, and a selection unit configured to select one trajectory to travel with the autonomous driving from the plurality of trajectory candidates based on the driving comfort for each trajectory candidate evaluated by the evaluation unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Iwamoto, Hojung Jung
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Patent number: 10976739Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a traveling environment classification database configured to record traveling environment classification data in which at least one past traveling plan for autonomous driving and a traveling result of the past traveling plan are associated with each other for each preset traveling environment classification, a traveling environment classification determination unit configured to determine whether or not the traveling environment classification corresponding to a traveling environment of a host vehicle is present in the traveling environment classification database when the host vehicle travels in a map non-correspondence region during the autonomous driving, and a traveling plan generation unit configured to generate a mapless traveling plan as a traveling plan of the host vehicle in the map non-correspondence region when the traveling environment classification corresponding to the traveling environment of the host vehicle is present in the traveling environment classificatType: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryuji Funayama, Takayuki Iwamoto, Sho Otaki, Hojung Jung, Yasuo Sakaguchi
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Publication number: 20210072744Abstract: A vehicle remote instruction system includes a remote instruction point situation recognition unit that recognizes a remote instruction point situation on a target route based on the target route, position information, and map information, a recommended time acquisition unit that acquires a recommended time based on the remote instruction point situation and a type of a remote instruction, a remote instruction sending unit that sends the remote instruction to an autonomous driving vehicle, and a predicted time calculation unit that calculates a predicted time. The remote instruction sending unit sends a delay instruction to set a reflection time closer to the recommended time when the predicted time is earlier than the recommended time, and sends a preparation instruction to cause the autonomous driving vehicle to behave in response to the type of the remote instruction at an earlier time when the predicted time is later than the recommended time.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiromitsu Urano, Sho Otaki, Hojung Jung