Patents by Inventor Kazuya Okumura
Kazuya Okumura 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).
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Patent number: 11590944Abstract: A braking control device of a vehicle in which a braking force generator is connected to a differential mechanism to which a plurality of wheels is connected, and a friction brake is provided for each of the wheels includes a controller configured to control braking forces of the braking force generator and the friction brake. The controller is configured to: detect the wheel having a tendency of locking in which a slip ratio is larger than a predetermined determination value in a state where the braking force is transmitted to each of the wheels from the braking force generator via the differential mechanism; and reduce the tendency of locking by changing the braking force of the friction brake that is provided for the other wheel connected to the differential mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya Okumura, Hideki Kubonoya, Yusuke Suzuki
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Patent number: 11161418Abstract: A control device of an electric vehicle includes: a target rotation speed calculation unit that calculates a target rotation speed of a drive wheel based on a vehicle body speed; and a slip control unit that detects a slip of the drive wheel when a wheel speed exceeds the target rotation speed of the drive wheel and that controls motor torque of the motor in such a manner that the wheel speed becomes an appropriate rotation speed in detection of the slip. Further, the slip control unit controls the motor torque by feedback control according to a difference between the rotation speed of the motor and the target rotation speed of the drive wheel in detection of the slip.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naruto Yamane, Kazuya Okumura, Hideki Kubonoya, Fumiki Tanahashi
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Publication number: 20210122341Abstract: A braking control device of a vehicle in which a braking force generator is connected to a differential mechanism to which a plurality of wheels is connected, and a friction brake is provided for each of the wheels includes a controller configured to control braking forces of the braking force generator and the friction brake. The controller is configured to: detect the wheel having a tendency of locking in which a slip ratio is larger than a predetermined determination value in a state where the braking force is transmitted to each of the wheels from the braking force generator via the differential mechanism; and reduce the tendency of locking by changing the braking force of the friction brake that is provided for the other wheel connected to the differential mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya Okumura, Hideki Kubonoya, Yusuke Suzuki
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Publication number: 20200247244Abstract: A control device of an electric vehicle includes: a target rotation speed calculation unit that calculates a target rotation speed of a drive wheel based on a vehicle body speed; and a slip control unit that detects a slip of the drive wheel when a wheel speed exceeds the target rotation speed of the drive wheel and that controls motor torque of the motor in such a manner that the wheel speed becomes an appropriate rotation speed in detection of the slip. Further, the slip control unit controls the motor torque by feedback control according to a difference between the rotation speed of the motor and the target rotation speed of the drive wheel in detection of the slip.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naruto YAMANE, Kazuya OKUMURA, Hideki KUBONOYA, Fumiki TANAHASHI
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Patent number: 9868439Abstract: A vehicle control system is provided to execute a turning performance improving control for stabilizing vehicle behavior by controlling drive force during turning. The vehicle control system is provided with: a steering detecting means that detects a steering operation of a driver; a drive force limiting means that restricts the drive force during execution of a turning performance improving control; and a restriction relaxing means that temporarily changes the drive force in a direction of changing the drive force by the turning performance improving control, if the steering operation of the driver detected by the steering detecting means while restricting the drive force by the drive force limiting means is carried out to increase a steering angle during execution of the turning performance improving control.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2013Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hitoshi Matsunaga, Kazuya Okumura
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Patent number: 9592825Abstract: A vehicle control system is provided with a first driving force control means that controls a turning performance of a vehicle by controlling a driving force delivered from a prime mover to driving wheels so as to adjust the turning condition of the vehicle to an intended turning condition. The first driving force control means is configured to calculate a correction amount of the driving force required to adjust an actual turning condition of the vehicle to the intended turning condition, and to restrict the correction amount to zero or smaller so as not to increase the driving force if the correction amount is positive value.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya Okumura, Hayato Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20150329109Abstract: A vehicle control system is provided with a first driving force control means that controls a turning performance of a vehicle by controlling a driving force delivered from a prime mover to driving wheels so as to adjust the turning condition of the vehicle to an intended turning condition. The first driving force control means is configured to calculate a correction amount of the driving force required to adjust an actual turning condition of the vehicle to the intended turning condition, and to restrict the correction amount to zero or smaller so as not to increase the driving force if the correction amount is positive value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Kazuya OKUMURA, Hayato YOSHIKAWA
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Patent number: 9180880Abstract: A driving force control system for a vehicle, which is configured to control a driving force of a vehicle by calculating an actual value of a stability factor of a running vehicle based on a detection value of a predetermined sensor, and adjusting the calculated actual value of the stability factor toward a target value of the stability factor determined depending on a travelling condition of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2011Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya Okumura, Souichirou Shimura
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Publication number: 20150246675Abstract: A vehicle control system is provided to execute a turning performance improving control for stabilizing vehicle behavior by controlling drive force during turning. The vehicle control system is provided with: a steering detecting means that detects a steering operation of a driver; a drive force limiting means that restricts the drive force during execution of a turning performance improving control; and a restriction relaxing means that temporarily changes the drive force in a direction of changing the drive force by the turning performance improving control, if the steering operation of the driver detected by the steering detecting means while restricting the drive force by the drive force limiting means is carried out to increase a steering angle during execution of the turning performance improving control.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2013Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hitoshi Matsunaga, Kazuya Okumura
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Patent number: 8783390Abstract: A vehicle drive apparatus independently controls drive forces for a front-right drive wheel, a front-left drive wheel, a rear-right drive wheel, and a rear-left drive wheel using a front-right electric motor, a front-left electric motor, a rear-right electric motor, and a rear-left electric motor, respectively. The drive forces for the drive wheels of a vehicle incorporating the vehicle drive apparatus are determined based on the target moments in the yaw and roll directions of the vehicle, the total drive for the drive wheels, and the drive reaction forces at the drive wheels. Thus, the performance desired by the driver can be achieved, and the drivability therefore improves accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2007Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinori Maeda, Akihiro Hosokawa, Yousuke Suzuki, Michitaka Tsuchida, Kazuya Okumura, Tadahiro Oshiumi, Kensuke Yoshizue, Koji Sugiyama
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Patent number: 8714663Abstract: A target braking-driving force Fvn and a target yaw moment Mvn of the entire vehicle are calculated, and when the target braking-driving force Fvn and the target yaw moment Mvn cannot be achieved by the braking-driving forces of the front wheels, a target braking-driving force Fvft and a target yaw moment Mvft of the front wheels are adjusted such that the magnitudes of the braking-driving force and yaw moment of the vehicle produced by the braking-driving forces of the front wheels become the maximum at a ratio between Fvn and Mvn. A target braking-driving force Fvrt and a target yaw moment Mvrt of the rear wheels are calculated on the basis of Fvn, Mvn, Fvft, and Mvft, and similar adjustment is performed for them when necessarily.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2006Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinori Maeda, Yasuhiro Oshiumi, Michitaka Tsuchida, Kazuya Okumura, Kensuke Yoshizue, Akihiro Hosokawa, Koji Sugiyama
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Patent number: 8676464Abstract: A vehicle control system configured to stabilize a behavior of a vehicle during turning by correcting a driving force or a braking force. The vehicle control system comprises a lateral acceleration detecting means detecting longitudinal acceleration acting in an axle direction of the vehicle Ve (step S102); and a driving/braking force correcting means determining a changing amount Fctrl and a changing rate DFctrl of the correction based on the lateral acceleration Gy in case the running vehicle Ve is turned.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Soichiro Shimura, Hitoshi Matsunaga, Kazuya Okumura
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Patent number: 8655563Abstract: In a braking/driving force control apparatus, a vehicle target braking/driving force and a vehicle target yaw moment through the control of braking/driving forces of wheels are calculated, and when the target braking/driving force and the target yaw moment cannot be achieved through the control of the braking/driving forces of the wheels, the vehicle target braking/driving force after the modification and the vehicle target yaw moment after the modification are calculated such that, within the range where the ratio of the vehicle target braking/driving force after the modification and the vehicle target yaw moment after the modification coincides with the ratio of the target braking/driving force and the target yaw moment, the vehicle braking/driving force and the vehicle yaw moment by the target braking/driving forces of the wheels take the greatest values.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2006Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinori Maeda, Kazuya Okumura, Michitaka Tsuchida, Yoshio Uragami, Kensuke Yoshizue, Satoshi Ando, Koji Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20140019007Abstract: A driving force control system for a vehicle, which is configured to control a driving force of a vehicle by calculating an actual value of a stability factor of a running vehicle based on a detection value of a predetermined sensor, and adjusting the calculated actual value of the stability factor toward a target value of the stability factor determined depending on a travelling condition of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2011Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya Okumura, Souichirou Shimura
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Publication number: 20120316744Abstract: A vehicle control system configured to stabilize a behavior of a vehicle during turning by correcting a driving force or a braking force. The vehicle control system comprises a lateral acceleration detecting means detecting longitudinal acceleration acting in an axle direction of the vehicle Ve (step S102); and a driving/braking force correcting means determining a changing amount Fctrl and a changing rate DFctrl of the correction based on the lateral acceleration Gy in case the running vehicle Ve is turned.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Soichiro Shimura, Hitoshi Matsunaga, Kazuya Okumura
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Patent number: 8180541Abstract: In a braking/driving force control apparatus, a vehicle target braking/driving force and a vehicle target yaw moment through the control of braking/driving forces of wheels are calculated, and when the target braking/driving force and the target yaw moment cannot be achieved through the control of the braking/driving forces of the wheels, it is determined which one of the braking/driving force and the yaw moment should take priority on the basis of the target braking/driving force and the target yaw moment. When it is determined that the braking/driving force should take priority, the braking/driving forces of the wheels are controlled so as to attain the target braking/driving force as much as possible, and when it is determined that the yaw moment should take priority, the braking/driving forces of the wheels are controlled so as to attain the target yaw moment as much as possible.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2006Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinori Maeda, Kazuya Okumura, Michitaka Tsuchida, Yoshio Uragami, Kensuke Yoshizue, Satoshi Ando, Koji Sugiyama
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Patent number: 7974761Abstract: According to the present invention, when a target braking/driving force and a vehicle target yaw moment required to a vehicle cannot be achieved through a control of a braking/driving forces of wheels, in a rectangular coordinate of the braking/driving force and the yaw moment, a polygon indicating the maximum range of the braking/driving force and the yaw moment attainable by the braking/driving forces of the wheels, and an ellipse that crosses each side of the polygon and has a major axis and a minor axis aligning with the coordinate axis of the rectangular coordinate are set, for example.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2006Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinori Maeda, Kazuya Okumura, Michitaka Tsuchida, Yoshio Uragami, Kensuke Yoshizue, Satoshi Ando, Koji Sugiyama
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Patent number: 7909416Abstract: According to the present invention, when at least one of a target braking/driving force and a vehicle target yaw moment required to a vehicle cannot be achieved by a braking/driving forces of wheels, a target braking/driving force after a modification and a target yaw moment after a modification are calculated to be values attainable by the braking/driving forces of the wheels. When the magnitudes of the target braking/driving force after a modification and the target yaw moment after the modification exceed the corresponding limit value, these magnitudes are limited to the limit values. Alternatively, when the magnitudes of rates of change of the target braking/driving force after a modification and the target yaw moment after the modification exceed the corresponding limited rates of change, these magnitudes of the rates of change are limited to the limited rates of change.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2006Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinori Maeda, Kazuya Okumura, Michitaka Tsuchida, Yoshio Uragami, Kensuke Yoshizue, Satoshi Ando, Koji Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20100174463Abstract: A vehicle target braking/driving force and a vehicle target yaw moment to be achieved by a control of braking/driving force of each wheel are-calculated. The target yaw moment is corrected, for example, so as to coincide with the product of the correction coefficient determined based upon, the weight of the whole vehicle, the longitudinal and lateral distribution ratios of wheel vertical loads, and vehicle turning direction, and the target yaw moment, whereby the target yaw moment is corrected in accordance with the weight of the whole vehicle, the position of center of gravity of the whole vehicle, and vehicle turning direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2006Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshio Uragami, Yoshinori Maeda, Michitaka Tsuchida, Kensuke Yoshizue, Kazuya Okumura, Satoshi Ando, Koji Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20090236905Abstract: According to the present invention, when at least one of a target braking/driving force and a vehicle target yaw moment required to a vehicle cannot be achieved by a braking/driving forces of wheels, a target braking/driving force after a modification and a target yaw moment after a modification are calculated to be values attainable by the braking/driving forces of the wheels. When the magnitudes of the target braking/driving force after a modification and the target yaw moment after the modification exceed the corresponding limit value, these magnitudes are limited to the limit values. Alternatively, when the magnitudes of rates of change of the target braking/driving force after a modification and the target yaw moment after the modification exceed the corresponding limited rates of change, these magnitudes of the rates of change are limited to the limited rates of change.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2006Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshinori Maeda, Kazuya Okumura, Michitaka Tsuchida, Yoshio Uragami, Kensuke Yoshizue, Satoshi Ando, Koji Sugiyama