Patents by Inventor Ichiya SHIMOMURA

Ichiya SHIMOMURA 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: 20250050887
    Abstract: A reverse support apparatus comprises a storage device in which a forward path passed by a vehicle when the vehicle travels forward is stored, and a controller configured to be able to execute a reverse support control for the vehicle to travel backward along the forward path. The controller makes a suggestion to a driver of the vehicle to execute the reverse support control, when it is determined that a suggestion condition is satisfied based on a situation around the vehicle or a backward path passed by the vehicle when the vehicle travels backward. The controller executes the reverse support control when the driver consents the suggestion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki MINASE, Masayuki SHAKUTSUI, Ichiya SHIMOMURA
  • Publication number: 20240253653
    Abstract: A parking assist device includes: a control device configured to control a host vehicle; and an informing device. The control device is configured to execute automatic parking control. The control device is configured to execute warning control in which the informing device is controlled such that the informing device indicates predetermined warning information when the control device detects that a driver of the host vehicle is in an unsafe state during execution of the automatic parking control. The control device is configured to execute warning restriction control in which indication of the warning information by the informing device is restricted when the host vehicle is traveling in a predetermined specific section during the execution of the automatic parking control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ichiya SHIMOMURA, Keisuke OYAMA, Yuki MINASE, Motonari OBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240246530
    Abstract: A park assist device includes: a surroundings information sensor configured to acquire information on an object and an indication that are present around a subject vehicle; and an electronic control unit configured to when a request to start automatic parking control is detected while the subject vehicle is traveling, perform a search process for searching for a parking spot based on the information acquired by the surroundings information sensor, when the parking spot is detected, perform a reception process for receiving a choice as to whether to park the subject vehicle in the detected parking spot, and when a choice to park the subject vehicle in the detected parking spot is received, perform a parking process for controlling movement and operation of the subject vehicle in such a manner that the subject vehicle is parked in the detected parking spot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ichiya Shimomura, Yuki Minase, Keisuke Oyama, Motonari Obayashi, Yousuke Hattori, Shinji Kitaura, Riki Egami
  • Publication number: 20230174081
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a communication unit that communicates with a mobile terminal; and a control unit that executes automatic parking control for causing the vehicle to travel to a target parking position and parking the vehicle in the target parking position in response to a signal transmitted by the mobile terminal. The control unit execute: first abnormality vehicle stop control for decelerating the vehicle to stop the vehicle and changing an ignition from an on state to an off state when the vehicle stops, in a case where a general abnormality occurs during execution of the automatic parking control; and second abnormality vehicle stop control for decelerating the vehicle to stop the vehicle and prohibiting the ignition from being changed to the off state when the vehicle stops, in a case where a specific abnormality occurs in the vehicle during the execution of the automatic parking control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ichiya SHIMOMURA, Shinya OTANI