Patents by Inventor Katsuya YASHIRO

Katsuya YASHIRO 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: 20200298885
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus comprises a periphery monitoring unit configured to be capable of detecting a front vehicle traveling in front of a vehicle, and a vehicle control unit configured to be capable of controlling the vehicle on the basis of a travel state of the vehicle or a travel state of the front vehicle. The vehicle control unit can carry out vehicle control in a first control state, as well as vehicle control in a second control state in which a level of autonomy of the vehicle control is higher or the extent to which a driver is required to contribute to vehicle operations is lower than in the first control state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventor: Katsuya YASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20200282998
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control device that performs travel control of a vehicle, comprising: a detection unit capable of detecting a situation around the vehicle; and a control unit for controlling the vehicle based on a detection result in the detection unit, wherein based on a fact that lane change of another vehicle that is performed between a first lane in which the vehicle is traveling and a second lane adjacent to the first lane is detected by the detection unit, the control unit changes an operation condition on an occupant for permitting lane change of the vehicle intended by the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Katsuya YASHIRO, Tadahiko KANOH, Kanta TSUJI, Daichi KATO
  • Publication number: 20200283015
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus comprises a first detection unit configured to have a first detection range, a second detection unit configured to have a second detection range which at least partially overlaps the first detection range, and a vehicle control unit configured to be capable of performing vehicle control based on a first control state and vehicle control based on a second control state which has a high vehicle control automation rate or a reduced degree of vehicle operation participation requested to a driver compared to the first control state. The vehicle control unit performs control to shift from the first control state to the second control state based on a condition that a match degree between pieces of preceding object information of a vehicle detected by the first detection unit and the second detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventor: Katsuya YASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20200247417
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: an operation detection unit that detects an operation input of a user for an operation input unit; a speed setting unit that sets travel speed of a host vehicle on the basis of the operation input that is detected by the operation detection unit; and a lane change control unit that controls lane change. If the operation input that decreases, by more than or equal to a predetermined degree, setting travel speed that is the speed set by the speed setting unit, or the operation input that decreases the setting travel speed to be lower than current travel speed of the host vehicle, is performed after the lane change is started, the lane change control unit cancels the lane change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Daichi KATO, Tadahiko KANOH, Kanta TSUJI, Atsushi ISHIOKA, Katsuya YASHIRO, Nozomu HIROSAWA
  • Publication number: 20200239072
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a lane change control unit that controls a lane change on the basis of an operation input to operation input units provided on a steering unit. In the case that the operation input to a first operation input unit, which is positioned on one side in a vehicle widthwise direction with respect to a center of a steering wheel, is detected, the lane change control unit performs a lane change into a lane located on one side of a host vehicle lane, whereas in the case that the operation input to a second operation input unit, which is positioned on another side in the vehicle widthwise direction with respect to the center of the steering wheel, is detected, the lane change control unit performs a lane change into a lane located on another side of the host vehicle lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Nozomu HIROSAWA, Tadahiko KANOH, Kanta TSUJI, Daichi KATO, Atsushi ISHIOKA, Katsuya YASHIRO, Yuta TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20200239027
    Abstract: A vehicle control device is provided with a timing selection unit configured to select, during automated driving, either one of a first notification timing at which notification of a driving takeover request is issued in the case that a remaining distance to a scheduled switching point from the automated driving to manual driving has become less than or equal to a predetermined distance, and a second notification timing at which notification of the driving takeover request is issued in the case that a remaining time period until reaching the scheduled switching point is less than or equal to a predetermined time period, wherein the timing selection unit selects the first notification timing or the second notification timing based on a present travel speed or a scheduled travel speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi WATANABE, Hisashi MATSUDA, Kentaro ISHISAKA, Takafumi HIROSE, Toru KOKAKI, Katsuya YASHIRO, Takemi TSUKADA, Masaya IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20200198634
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes: a setting unit configured to set a distance in a horizontal direction that crosses a traveling direction of a vehicle to a target that may exist in surroundings of the vehicle; a detection unit configured to detect the target existing in the surroundings of the vehicle while the vehicle is traveling; and a control unit configured to execute offset control that moves the vehicle in the horizontal direction, based on comparison between a distance in the horizontal direction to the detected target, and the distance in the horizontal direction set to the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Katsuya YASHIRO
  • Patent number: 10640128
    Abstract: A vehicle control device including: a recognizer (13) that recognizes a surrounding situation of a subject vehicle; a driving controller (140 or 160) that executes driving control of controlling one or both of steering and acceleration/deceleration of the subject vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer; and a notifier (30 or 180) that notifies a vehicle occupant of the subject vehicle of predetermined information, wherein the driving controller sets a degree of margin for a surrounding environment set in the driving control after start of the notification of the predetermined information using the notifier to be higher than that before start of the notification of the predetermined information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi Hirose, Kentaro Ishisaka, Takashi Watanabe, Takemi Tsukada, Katsuya Yashiro, Toru Kokaki, Hisashi Matsuda, Masaya Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20200103907
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a recognizer configured to recognize an obstacle in a moving direction of a vehicle; an estimator configured to estimate at least one of a kind and a shape of the obstacle recognized by the recognizer; and an action plan generator configured to generate an action plan of the vehicle based on an estimation result of the estimator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kaji, Katsuya Yashiro, Toru Kokaki, Masanori Takeda, Hiroshi Oguro
  • Publication number: 20200094826
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer that is configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller that is configured to control acceleration or deceleration and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer. The driving controller is configured to cause the host vehicle to operate in at least any of a first driving state and a second driving state in which a rate of automation is higher or tasks required of an occupant are fewer than in the first driving state, and is configured to transition a driving state of the host vehicle to the first driving state on the basis of movement of a rearward vehicle that travels rearward of the host vehicle recognized by the recognizer in a direction of a vehicle width in a case where the host vehicle is operating in the second driving state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Chihiro Abe, Katsuya Yashiro, Hironobu Kiryu
  • Publication number: 20200086860
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a detection unit configured to detect an obstacle in front of a vehicle; a risk determining unit configured to determine a degree of risk to a vehicle of the obstacle detected by the detection unit; and an action plan generating unit configured to search for a retreat destination candidate for the vehicle, determine a degree of safety of the retreat destination candidate, and generate a retreat action plan for the vehicle on the basis of a result of the determination of the degree of safety of the retreat destination candidate in a case in which the degree of risk determined by the risk determining unit is equal to or higher than a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi Oguro, Katsuya Yashiro, Toshiyuki Kaji, Toru Kokaki, Masanori Takeda
  • Publication number: 20200079377
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: an information acquiring unit that acquires an index value relating to easiness of merging which is evaluated on the basis of at least one of vehicle information relating to an operation of another vehicle that has advanced from a merging lane to a main lane before a subject vehicle and external system information acquired near a merging point using the other vehicle in a case in which the subject vehicle is running in the merging lane merging into the main lane; and an automated driving control unit that executes automated driving of the subject vehicle on the basis of the index value acquired by the information acquiring unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Katsuya Yashiro, Toshiyuki Kaji, Toru Kokaki, Masanori Takeda, Hiroshi Oguro
  • Publication number: 20200082724
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a lane line recognizer that recognizes lane lines of a road on which a vehicle is traveling, a virtual line setter that sets, when there is a section in which the lane lines are not recognizable by the lane line recognizer after passing through a gate installed on the road, a virtual line with a terminating end portion of a lane line extending from the gate or an object present near the gate as one end and a beginning end portion of the lane line in a future travel area of the vehicle which is present ahead of the section in which the lane lines are not recognizable as another end, and an automated driving controller that performs automated driving in the section in which the lane lines are not recognizable on the basis of the virtual line set by the virtual line setter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi Oguro, Katsuya Yashiro, Toshiyuki Kaji, Toru Kokaki, Masanori Takeda
  • Publication number: 20190382020
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle and a driving controller configured to control acceleration/deceleration and steering of the vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer, wherein the driving controller determines a search range or a setting range of a target position candidate when a lane change is made in accordance with a type of lane change when the driving controller causes the vehicle to make the lane change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Nana Niibo, Chihiro Abe, Katsuya Yashiro
  • Publication number: 20190382022
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller configured to control acceleration/deceleration and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer, wherein the driving controller evaluates one or more target position candidates on the basis of a plurality of evaluation values given to the one or more target position candidates when the driving controller causes the host vehicle to make a lane change and selects a target position from the one or more target position candidates on the basis of evaluation results, and wherein the driving controller changes an evaluation rule when the one or more target position candidates are evaluated on the basis of an environment in which the host vehicle is placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Nana Niibo, Chihiro Abe, Katsuya Yashiro
  • Publication number: 20190382021
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller configured to control acceleration/deceleration and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer, wherein, the driving controller sets one or more target position candidates when the driving controller causes the host vehicle to make a lane change, evaluates some or all of the one or more target position candidates by performing calculation according to a positional relationship and a speed relationship between each of the one or more target position candidates and the host vehicle, and determines a target position on the basis of evaluation results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Nana Niibo, Chihiro Abe, Katsuya Yashiro
  • Publication number: 20190382023
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a partition line recognizing unit that recognizes partition lines of a road on which a subject vehicle is running; an information acquiring unit that acquires information relating to running histories of other vehicles for a section in which no partition line can be recognized by the partition line recognizing unit from an external device; and an automated driving control unit that determines a behavior of the subject vehicle and performs automated driving on the basis of the running histories acquired by the information acquiring unit in a case in which there is a section in which no partition line can be recognized by the partition line recognizing unit after passing through a gate installed on the road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Masanori Takeda, Katsuya Yashiro, Toshiyuki Kaji, Toru Kokaki, Hiroshi Oguro
  • Publication number: 20190382019
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller configured to control acceleration/deceleration and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, wherein the driving controller holds a target position selected from one or more target position candidates from a start time point according to a type of lane change to a point in time at which a prescribed condition is satisfied when the driving controller causes the host vehicle to make the lane change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Chihiro Abe, Nana Niibo, Katsuya Yashiro
  • Publication number: 20190384305
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller configured to control acceleration/deceleration and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, wherein the driving controller determines a target speed of the host vehicle by reflecting a first target speed based on a relationship between a first vehicle that travels in front of the host vehicle in a first lane and the host vehicle and a second target speed based on a relationship between a second vehicle that travels in front of a target position to which the host vehicle makes a lane change in a second lane and the host vehicle in a prescribed ratio according to progress of the lane change when the lane change from the first lane to the second lane is made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Nana Niibo, Chihiro Abe, Katsuya Yashiro
  • Publication number: 20190283775
    Abstract: A vehicle control device including: a recognizer (13) that recognizes a surrounding situation of a subject vehicle; a driving controller (140 or 160) that executes driving control of controlling one or both of steering and acceleration/deceleration of the subject vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer; and a notifier (30 or 180) that notifies a vehicle occupant of the subject vehicle of predetermined information, wherein the driving controller sets a degree of margin for a surrounding environment set in the driving control after start of the notification of the predetermined information using the notifier to be higher than that before start of the notification of the predetermined information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Takafumi Hirose, Kentaro Ishisaka, Takashi Watanabe, Takemi Tsukada, Katsuya Yashiro, Toru Kokaki, Hisashi Matsuda, Masaya Ikeda