Patents by Inventor Kazunori Isomoto

Kazunori Isomoto 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: 20210188356
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle control device which includes: a surrounding object detection part; a target traveling course calculation part; a corrected traveling course calculation part; and an automatic steering control part to assist in traveling in the lane, wherein: the corrected traveling course calculation part is configured to set an upper limit line of a permissible relative speed with respect to the surrounding object, and derive the corrected traveling course, based on the upper limit line, an evaluation function, and a limiting condition; and the target traveling course calculation part is configured to, when it is determined by the automatic steering control part that there is a possibility of a vehicle deviates from the lane, set the target traveling course at a position offset, with respect to a widthwise middle of the lane, on a side on which there is the possibility of the deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi GOTO, Kenta TADA, Hiroshi OHMURA, Kouji HOSODA, Tetsuya TACHIHATA, Takashi NAKAGAMI, Yuma NISHIJO, Yasuhiro KAWAHARA, Shota KATAYAMA, Shoji HARADA, Yuki YAMAMOTO, Soichiro FUKUI, Kazunori ISOMOTO, Akira SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10814908
    Abstract: A lane keeping control device performs lane keeping control to allow a host vehicle (V) to travel in a travel lane (21) in which the host vehicle is currently traveling. The lane keeping control device continues to perform the lane keeping control such that the host vehicle travels toward a branch road (30) ahead, when the branch road (30) has been detected, and a turn signal (WL) has been activated to indicate a direction toward the branch road (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Isomoto, Shusaku Ombe, Tsuyoshi Arinaga
  • Patent number: 10266204
    Abstract: A lane-maintaining control device detects a lane width (H1) of a traveling lane (21) through a camera (4) and performs lane-maintaining control without a deviation from the lane width (H1). When detecting, through the camera (4), that the traveling lane (21) gradually increases (H2>H1 where the increasing lane width is (H2)), the lane-maintaining control device continues the lane-maintaining control on a condition that a turn signal is not operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Isomoto, Shusaku Ombe, Hiroshi Ohmura, Kouichi Kojima, Tsuyoshi Arinaga
  • Publication number: 20180273089
    Abstract: A lane keeping control device performs lane keeping control to allow a host vehicle (V) to travel in a travel lane (21) in which the host vehicle is currently traveling. The lane keeping control device continues to perform the lane keeping control such that the host vehicle travels toward a branch road (30) ahead, when the branch road (30) has been detected, and a turn signal (WL) has been activated to indicate a direction toward the branch road (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori ISOMOTO, Shusaku OMBE, Tsuyoshi ARINAGA
  • Publication number: 20180257707
    Abstract: A lane-maintaining control device detects a lane width (H1) of a traveling lane (21) through a camera (4) and performs lane-maintaining control without a deviation from the lane width (H1). When detecting, through the camera (4), that the traveling lane (21) gradually increases (H2>H1 where the increasing lane width is (H2)), the lane-maintaining control device continues the lane-maintaining control on a condition that a turn signal is not operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori ISOMOTO, Shusaku OMBE, Hiroshi OHMURA, Kouichi KOJIMA, Tsuyoshi ARINAGA
  • Patent number: 7477137
    Abstract: Disclosed is a BSD system for vehicle provided with a blind spot detection module which includes obstacle in blind spot detection unit for detecting an obstacle existing in a blind spot around the rear side of a self vehicle and an obstacle indicator disposed on a side mirror of the self vehicle and adapted to display at least one of information for the existence of an obstacle in the blind spot, for a distance between the obstacle and the self vehicle, and for a relative speed of the obstacle to the self vehicle, the blind-spot detection system for vehicle. This system is provided with a unit for detecting that the blind spot detection module is in an abnormal operation state and a unit disposed on the side mirror having the obstacle indicator and adapted to visually indicate an abnormality of the blind spot detection module detected by the abnormality detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Matsumoto, Takayuki Seto, Yoshikazu Nobutoki, Takayuki Sato, Kazunori Isomoto, Yasuhiro Enno
  • Publication number: 20060290482
    Abstract: Disclosed is a BSD system for vehicle provided with a blind spot detection module which includes obstacle in blind spot detection means for detecting an obstacle existing in a blind spot around the rear side of a self vehicle and an obstacle indicator disposed on a side mirror of the self vehicle and adapted to display at least one of information for the existence of an obstacle in the blind spot, for a distance between the obstacle and the self vehicle, and for a relative speed of the obstacle to the self vehicle, the blind-spot detection system for vehicle. This system is provided with means for detecting that the blind spot detection module is in an abnormal operation state and means disposed on the side mirror having the obstacle indicator and adapted to visually indicate an abnormality of the blind spot detection module detected by the abnormality detection means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Matsumoto, Takayuki Seto, Yoshikazu Nobutoki, Takayuki Sato, Kazunori Isomoto, Yasuhiro Enno