Patents by Inventor Kazuki SUGIE

Kazuki SUGIE 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: 11922735
    Abstract: A vehicle controller is used for a first vehicle and includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to execute an index deriving process that derives a traveling performance index of the first vehicle, the traveling performance index being an index related to a traveling performance, an index receiving process that receives the traveling performance index of a second vehicle from the second vehicle through vehicle-to-vehicle communication, and a performance determination process that compares the traveling performance index of the second vehicle with the traveling performance index of the first vehicle to determine whether a traveling performance of the first vehicle is lower than a traveling performance of the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Patent number: 11840245
    Abstract: A vehicle control data generation method is provided. A preference variable indicates a relative preference of a user for two or more requested elements that include at least two of three requested elements including a requested element indicating a high acceleration response of a vehicle, a requested element indicating at least one of vibration and noise of the vehicle is small, and a requested element indicating a high energy use efficiency. The reward calculating process includes a changing process that changes a reward provided when a characteristic of the vehicle is a predetermined characteristic in a case where a value of the preference variable is a second value such that the changed reward differs from the reward provided when the characteristic is the predetermined characteristic in a case where the value of the preference variable is a first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Patent number: 11745746
    Abstract: A method for generating vehicle controlling data includes executing an operating process that operates an electronic device, executing an obtaining process that obtains a state of a vehicle, executing a reward calculation process that assigns a reward based on the state of the vehicle, and an updating process that updates relationship specifying data. The reward calculation process includes a changing process that changes a reward assigned when an area variable equals a second value and a property of the vehicle is a predetermined property from a reward assigned when the area variable equals a first value and the property of the vehicle is the predetermined property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Patent number: 11697421
    Abstract: A method for generating vehicle controlling data includes executing an operating process that operates an electronic device, executing an obtaining process that obtains a state of a vehicle, executing a reward calculation process that assigns a reward based on the state of the vehicle, and an updating process that updates relationship specifying data. The reward calculation process includes a changing process that changes a reward assigned when an area variable equals a second value and a property of the vehicle is a predetermined property from a reward assigned when the area variable equals a first value and the property of the vehicle is the predetermined property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Patent number: 11691639
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a memory, a first processor mounted in a vehicle, and a second processor different from an in-vehicle device. The first processor and the second processor are configured to execute acquisition processing, operation processing, reward calculation processing, and update processing. The first processor is configured to execute at least the acquisition processing and the operation processing, and the second processor is configured to execute the update processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Patent number: 11679784
    Abstract: A vehicle control data generation method is provided. A self-driving mode of a vehicle automatically generates a command value of a propelling force produced by a propelling force generator independently of an accelerator operation. An execution device provides a greater reward based on an obtained state of the vehicle when a standard of a characteristic of the vehicle is met than when the standard is not met. Providing the reward changes a reward that is provided when the characteristic of the vehicle is a predetermined characteristic in the self-driving mode such that the changed reward differs from a reward that is provided when the characteristic of the vehicle is the predetermined characteristic in a manual driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Patent number: 11673556
    Abstract: A method of generating vehicle control data includes: storing, with a storage device, relationship prescription data; operating, with an execution device, an operable portion of an internal combustion engine; acquiring, with the execution device, a detection value from a sensor that detects the state of the vehicle; calculating, with the execution device, a reward; and updating, with the execution device, the relationship prescription data using update mapping determined in advance, the update mapping using the state of the vehicle based on the detection value, an operation amount used to operate the operable portion, and the reward corresponding to the operation as arguments, and returning the relationship prescription data which have been updated such that an expected profit for the reward calculated when the operable portion is operated in accordance with the relationship prescription data increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Patent number: 11654890
    Abstract: A vehicle control data generation method includes causing processing circuitry to execute an obtaining process that obtains a state of a vehicle and a specifying variable, an operating process that operates an electronic device, a reward calculating process that provides a greater reward when a characteristic of the vehicle meets a standard than when the characteristic does not meet the standard, an updating process that updates relationship defining data. The update map outputs the updated relationship defining data so as to increase an expected return for the reward in a case where the electronic device is operated in accordance with the relationship defining data. The reward calculating process includes a changing process that changes the reward between when the characteristic of the vehicle is a predetermined characteristic in an EV mode and when the characteristic is the predetermined characteristic in a HV mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Patent number: 11654915
    Abstract: Provided is a method of generating vehicle control data. The method is applied to a vehicle configured to select one of a plurality of traveling control modes and is executed by a processor in a state in which relationship definition data defining a relationship between a state of the vehicle and an action variable as a variable relating to an operation of electronic equipment in the vehicle is stored in a memory. The method includes operation processing for operating the electronic equipment, acquisition processing for acquiring a detection value of a sensor configured to detect the state of the vehicle, reward calculation processing for providing reward, and update processing for updating the relationship definition data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Patent number: 11643096
    Abstract: A vehicle learning system includes a first execution device mounted on a vehicle, a second execution device outside the vehicle, and a storage device. The storage device stores mapping data including data, which is learned by machine learning and defines mapping that receives input data based on a detection value of an in-vehicle sensor and outputs an output value. The first execution device and the second execution device execute, in cooperation with each other, an acquisition process of acquiring input data, a calculation process of calculating an output value with the input data as an input of the mapping, and a relationship evaluation process of evaluating a relationship between a predetermined variable different from a variable corresponding to the output value and accuracy of the output value. The first execution device executes at least the acquisition process, and the second execution device executes at least the relationship evaluation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Patent number: 11643064
    Abstract: An execution device executes an obtaining process that obtains a state of a vehicle, an operating process that operates an electronic device of the vehicle based on the state of the vehicle obtained by the obtaining process and operation data, a performance determining process that determines whether an environmental performance of the vehicle when the electronic device is operated is lower than a determination performance, and a data updating process that updates the operation data so as to increase the environmental performance of the vehicle when the performance determining process determines that the environmental performance of the vehicle is lower than the determination performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Patent number: 11641453
    Abstract: A server, an on-board device, a vehicle, a non-transitory storage medium storing a program, and a method for providing information are provided. The server includes circuitry configured to: receive information on an image capture date and time and an image capture location from an on-board device that is configured to capture an image of surroundings of a vehicle and produces the captured image, the surroundings including a sidewalk; store brightness information of the sidewalk on the image capture date and time, the brightness information being detected based on the captured image and the image capture location; and send the brightness information to a mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Jun Okamoto, Josuke Yamane, Risako Yamamoto, Kazuki Sugie, Masatoshi Komiyama
  • Patent number: 11631326
    Abstract: An information providing system includes a server and an onboard device configured to transmit and receive information to and from the server. The onboard device includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image around a vehicle and a first transmission unit configured to transmit position information and captured image data to the server. The server includes a removal state information generating unit configured to generate removal state information including a predicted time which is required to remove the road obstacle based on the captured image data and a second transmission unit configured to transmit the removal state information. The removal state information which is transmitted from the server is output in another onboard device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Jun Okamoto, Josuke Yamane, Risako Yamamoto, Kazuki Sugie, Masatoshi Komiyama
  • Patent number: 11613241
    Abstract: An execution device executes an obtaining process that obtains a state of a vehicle, an operating process that operates an electronic device of the vehicle based on the state of the vehicle obtained by the obtaining process and operation data, a performance determining process that determines whether an environmental performance of the vehicle when the electronic device is operated is lower than a determination performance, and a data updating process that updates the operation data so as to increase the environmental performance of the vehicle when the performance determining process determines that the environmental performance of the vehicle is lower than the determination performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Patent number: 11603111
    Abstract: A vehicle controller includes processing circuitry and a storage device. The storage device stores relationship specifying data that specifies a relationship between a vehicle state and an action variable. The processing circuitry is configured to execute an obtaining process obtaining the vehicle state, an operating process operating an electronic device based on a value of the action variable, a reward calculation process assigning a reward based on the vehicle state, an updating process updating the relationship specifying data using the vehicle state, the value of the action variable, and the reward as inputs to an update mapping. When a value of the action variable designated by the relationship specifying data is a first value, a process in which the operating process operates the electronic device in accordance with the first value is executable in a first situation and is not executable in a second situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Patent number: 11557206
    Abstract: An information provision system has a vehicle-mounted device, server, and mobile terminal, which send and receive information to and from one another. The vehicle-mounted device has an imaging unit that images a vicinity of a vehicle, and a first transmitting unit that sends position information, vehicle condition information, and captured image data, to the server. The server has a dangerous spot information creating unit that creates dangerous spot information having a danger level and associated with position information, based on the vehicle condition information and captured image data, and a second transmitting unit that sends the dangerous spot information to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal has a third transmitting unit that sends position information to the server, a receiving unit that receives the dangerous point information corresponding to the position information of the mobile terminal, and an output unit that outputs a warning based on the dangerous spot information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Jun Okamoto, Josuke Yamane, Risako Yamamoto, Kazuki Sugie, Masatoshi Komiyama
  • Patent number: 11530662
    Abstract: A method of generating vehicle control data is provided. The method is executed using a processor and a storage device and includes: storing first data that prescribe a relationship between a state of a vehicle and an action variable that indicates an action related to an operation of an electronic device; acquiring a detection value from a sensor that detects the state of the vehicle; operating the electronic device; calculating a reward, on the basis of the acquired detection value; in a case where a predetermined condition is met, updating the first data using, as inputs to update mapping determined in advance, the state of the vehicle, a value of the action variable, and the reward; and in a case where the state of the vehicle does not meet the predetermined condition, obtaining second data by adapting the relationship between the state of the vehicle and the action variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Patent number: 11527158
    Abstract: An information providing system includes an onboard device and a server that transmits information to and receives information from the onboard device. The onboard device includes a condition setting unit that acquires a destination and an output mode and transmits the acquired destination and the acquired output mode to the server. The onboard device further includes an output unit that outputs parking lot recommendation information which is received from the server. The server includes a storage unit that stores parking lot information including position information of parking lots and parking fees which are detected from a captured image of the parking lots. The server further includes an information providing unit that prioritizes parking lots which are located within a predetermined range from the destination based on the output mode provides the parking lot information of the prioritized parking lots as the parking lot recommendation information to the onboard device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Jun Okamoto, Josuke Yamane, Risako Yamamoto, Kazuki Sugie, Masatoshi Komiyama
  • Patent number: 11453376
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a memory configured to store relationship definition data that defines a relationship between a state of a vehicle and an action variable, which is a variable relating to an operation of electronic equipment in the vehicle, and a processor. The processor is configured to execute acquisition processing of acquiring a detection value of a sensor, operation processing of operating the electronic equipment, reward calculation processing, update processing of updating the relationship definition data, detection processing, and switching processing of switching the relationship definition data to post-treatment data. The processor is configured to, based on the update mapping, output the relationship definition data updated to increase an expected return on the reward when the electronic equipment is operated in compliance with the relationship definition data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Patent number: 11453375
    Abstract: A vehicle controller, a vehicle control system, a vehicle learning device, a vehicle control method, and a memory medium are provided. A switching process switches relationship defining data used in an operation process to post-measure data, when a detection process detects that a functional recovery measure has been taken. The switching process includes a process that uses, as the post-measure data, initial data that is the relationship defining data of a state before an update process is executed as the vehicle travels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka