Patents by Inventor Issei MATSUNAGA

Issei MATSUNAGA 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: 20240134039
    Abstract: A vehicle object detection system for detecting a target object in a detection area located behind and/or lateral of a subject vehicle, that is configured to generate a judgement on whether a target object which has been detected in the detection area is an alert object, to output the judgement to warning means which is configured to output a warning to a driver of the subject vehicle based on the judgement indicating that the target object is an alert object, and to generate the judgement based on: one or more positions of one or more other objects other than the target object being detected to be located between the target object and the subject vehicle, and a time period during which the target object is detected, being smaller than a specified period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoichi SEKIGUCHI, Yusuke Ishimatsu, Takashi Unigame, Issei Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20240135823
    Abstract: A vehicle object detection system configured to generate a judgement on whether a target object which has been detected in the detection area is an alert object, and to output the judgement to a warning which is configured to output a warning to a driver of the subject vehicle based on the judgement indicating that the target object is an alert object, wherein system is configured to generate the judgement based on at least one of a comparison of a difference between a relative speed of the target object with respect to the subject vehicle and an absolute speed of the target object in a transverse direction of the subject vehicle with a specified range, and a comparison of an estimated arrival position of the target object, which is a position the target object is estimated to reach in the detection area in a specific period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichi Sekiguchi, Yusuke Ishimatsu, Takashi Unigame, Issei Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11938962
    Abstract: A server of a driving support system includes a path setting unit configured to set a first traveling path in which a vehicle travels in a parking lot, a detecting unit configured to detect a person, and a determining unit configured to determine whether or not a person is present in a part of the first traveling path, based on the detection result of the detecting unit. When it is determined that a person is present for a predetermined time or more in the part of the first traveling path, the path setting unit searches for a second traveling path that is a path that bypasses the part of the first traveling path, and the detecting unit limits the processing for the measurement result of the sensor whose measurement target is the part of the first traveling path after the second traveling path is searched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Issei Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11932239
    Abstract: A driving support method supports driving of a vehicle from outside of the vehicle using images captured by a camera installed outside of the vehicle. The driving support method includes a recognition step of recognizing a shielding area that is an area in which a vehicle is shielded by a shield within an imaging range of the camera based on the images, and a control step of controlling the behavior of the vehicle by giving a predetermined command to the vehicle when a shielding area is present on traveling path of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Issei Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20230249676
    Abstract: An automatic parking management apparatus is applied to a parking lot that allows an automatic parking control of automatically parking a vehicle, which is stopped at a start position, into a parking space. The automatic parking management apparatus is provided with: a determinator configured to determine whether or not the vehicle is stopped in a predetermined range for defining the start position, when the automatic parking control is intended to be started; and an instructor configured to output an instruction to move into the predetermined range, to the vehicle, if it is determined that the vehicle is not stopped in the predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Issei Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11654894
    Abstract: An automatic parking management apparatus is applied to a parking lot that allows an automatic parking control of automatically parking a vehicle, which is stopped at a start position, into a parking space. The automatic parking management apparatus is provided with: a determinator configured to determine whether or not the vehicle is stopped in a predetermined range for defining the start position, when the automatic parking control is intended to be started; and an instructor configured to output an instruction to move into the predetermined range, to the vehicle, if it is determined that the vehicle is not stopped in the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Issei Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11541879
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is configured to perform a stop control for stopping a vehicle at a target stop position. The vehicle control apparatus is provided with: a first executor configured to perform a first stop control as the stop control such that a first vehicle is stopped at a first target stop position, which is the target stop position; a second executor configured to perform a second stop control as the stop control such that a second vehicle is stopped at a second target stop position after obtaining a difference between the first target stop position and a first actual stop position at which the vehicle is stopped in the first stop control; and a corrector configured to correct control contents of the second stop control on the basis of the difference, before the second vehicle is stopped at the second target stop position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Issei Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20220324479
    Abstract: A server of a driving support system includes a path setting unit configured to set a first traveling path in which a vehicle travels in a parking lot, a detecting unit configured to detect a person, and a determining unit configured to determine whether or not a person is present in a part of the first traveling path, based on the detection result of the detecting unit. When it is determined that a person is present for a predetermined time or more in the part of the first traveling path, the path setting unit searches for a second traveling path that is a path that bypasses the part of the first traveling path, and the detecting unit limits the processing for the measurement result of the sensor whose measurement target is the part of the first traveling path after the second traveling path is searched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventor: Issei MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20220306086
    Abstract: A driving support method supports driving of a vehicle from outside of the vehicle using images captured by a camera installed outside of the vehicle. The driving support method includes a recognition step of recognizing a shielding area that is an area in which a vehicle is shielded by a shield within an imaging range of the camera based on the images, and a control step of controlling the behavior of the vehicle by giving a predetermined command to the vehicle when a shielding area is present on traveling path of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Issei Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11285996
    Abstract: A parking assist system is provided with: a first estimator configured to estimate a first time, which is a time required for a parking control preliminary operation of manually moving a vehicle to a position in which the parking control can be started; a second estimator configured to estimate a second time, which is a time required for a manual parking operation of manually parking the vehicle in a parking space; a determinator configured to determine whether or not it is in a situation to perform the manual parking operation rather than the parking control preliminary operation, on the basis of the first time and the second time; and a proposing device configured to propose performing the manual parking operation to an occupant of the vehicle if it is determined that it is in the situation to perform the manual parking operation rather than the parking control preliminary operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei Matsunaga, Koji Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20210142671
    Abstract: An automated valet parking system manages automated valet parking in a parking lot, especially entry into and exit from the parking lot of a subject vehicle supporting the automated valet parking. Expected congestion information on the parking lot is information expected from a predetermined schedule, and indicates that at least one of entry into and exit from the parking lot of vehicles is expected to be more congested during a second hour than during a first hour. The automated valet parking system: receives request information indicating at least the parking lot specified by a user from a user's terminal device; refers to the expected congestion information on the specified parking lot in response to the request information to generate delivery information indicating at least one of the first hour and the second hour regarding the specified parking lot; and sends the delivery information to the user's terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Miyuki Takato, Issei Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20200317189
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is configured to perform a stop control for stopping a vehicle at a target stop position. The vehicle control apparatus is provided with: a first executor configured to perform a first stop control as the stop control such that a first vehicle is stopped at a first target stop position, which is the target stop position; a second executor configured to perform a second stop control as the stop control such that a second vehicle is stopped at a second target stop position after obtaining a difference between the first target stop position and a first actual stop position at which the vehicle is stopped in the first stop control; and a corrector configured to correct control contents of the second stop control on the basis of the difference, before the second vehicle is stopped at the second target stop position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Issei MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 10789847
    Abstract: A parking assist device includes: a comparator configured to compare parking priorities of a first vehicle and a second vehicle, the first vehicle being a vehicle to be newly parked in a parking section, the second vehicle being an automatically travelable vehicle already parked in a first parking space; a first instruction unit configured to output, to the second vehicle, a signal instructing to exit the first parking space by automatic travel, when the parking priority regarding use of the first parking space of the first vehicle is higher than that of the second vehicle; and a second instruction unit configured to output, to the first vehicle, a signal in instructing to park in the first parking space, when the parking priority regarding the use of the first paring space of the first vehicle is higher than that of the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobutsugu Maruiwa, Yoshio Mukaiyama, Ryuji Okamura, Kazuhito Eshima, Issei Matsunaga, Tatsuya Sugano
  • Publication number: 20200223430
    Abstract: An automatic parking management apparatus is applied to a parking lot that allows an automatic parking control of automatically parking a vehicle, which is stopped at a start position, into a parking space. The automatic parking management apparatus is provided with: a determinator configured to determine whether or not the vehicle is stopped in a predetermined range for defining the start position, when the automatic parking control is intended to be started; and an instructor configured to output an instruction to move into the predetermined range, to the vehicle, if it is determined that the vehicle is not stopped in the predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Issei Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20200143683
    Abstract: A parking assist device includes: a comparator configured to compare parking priorities of a first vehicle and a second vehicle, the first vehicle being a vehicle to be newly parked in a parking section, the second vehicle being an automatically travelable vehicle already parked in a first parking space; a first instruction unit configured to output, to the second vehicle, a signal instructing to exit the first parking space by automatic travel, when the parking priority regarding use of the first parking space of the first vehicle is higher than that of the second vehicle; and a second instruction unit configured to output, to the first vehicle, a signal in instructing to park in the first parking space, when the parking priority regarding the use of the first paring space of the first vehicle is higher than that of the second vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobutsugu MARUIWA, Yoshio MUKAIYAMA, Ryuji OKAMURA, Kazuhito ESHIMA, Issei MATSUNAGA, Tatsuya SUGANO
  • Publication number: 20200031395
    Abstract: A parking assist system is provided with: a first estimator configured to estimate a first time, which is a time required for a parking control preliminary operation of manually moving a vehicle to a position in which the parking control can be started; a second estimator configured to estimate a second time, which is a time required for a manual parking operation of manually parking the vehicle in a parking space; a determinator configured to determine whether or not it is in a situation to perform the manual parking operation rather than the parking control preliminary operation, on the basis of the first time and the second time; and a proposing device configured to propose performing the manual parking operation to an occupant of the vehicle if it is determined that it is in the situation to perform the manual parking operation rather than the parking control preliminary operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei MATSUNAGA, Koji TAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10005393
    Abstract: When a first object is first detected during a second display process executed when a second object is detected, a vehicle display control apparatus of the invention starts a first display at a first detection of the first object, stop the first display at a termination of the second display process and start the first display process at a start of the next second display process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Okuda, Yuka Sobue, Hironobu Ishijima, Issei Matsunaga, Daisuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9977973
    Abstract: A vehicle driving assist apparatus executes a vehicle collision prevention control when a target object distance from a vehicle to a target object is equal to or smaller than a predetermined distance. The apparatus acquires the target object distance on the basis of a position of the target object in a camera image taken by a camera and a height of the camera in a situation that a movable load of the vehicle is a maximum load capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Okuda, Yuka Sobue, Hironobu Ishijima, Issei Matsunaga, Daisuke Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170357861
    Abstract: A vehicle driving assist apparatus executes a vehicle collision prevention control when a target object distance from a vehicle to a target object is equal to or smaller than a predetermined distance. The apparatus acquires the target object distance on the basis of a position of the target object in a camera image taken by a camera and a height of the camera in a situation that a movable load of the vehicle is a maximum load capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato OKUDA, Yuka SOBUE, Hironobu ISHIJIMA, Issei MATSUNAGA, Daisuke SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20170341580
    Abstract: When a first object is first detected during a second display process executed when a second object is detected, a vehicle display control apparatus of the invention starts a first display at a first detection of the first object, stop the first display at a termination of the second display process and start the first display process at a start of the next second display process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato OKUDA, Yuka SOBUE, Hironobu ISHIJIMA, Issei MATSUNAGA, Daisuke SUZUKI