Patents by Inventor Kenji Horiguchi

Kenji Horiguchi 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: 20240010873
    Abstract: A coating material composition includes an organic polyisocyanate (A) and an acrylic polyol (B), wherein the organic polyisocyanate (A) contains a modified polyisocyanate (a), the modified polyisocyanate (a) is a reaction product of a polyisocyanate component (al) and a polyol component (a2) or its modified product, the polyisocyanate component (al) contains an organic diisocyanate or its modified product, the polyol component (a2) contains at least one selected from the group consisting of polytetramethylene glycol and polycarbonate polyols which have a number average molecular weight of 200 to 750, and the acrylic polyol (B) contains an acrylic polyol (b) having a glass transition temperature of 5 to 30° C. and a hydroxyl value of more than 100 mg KOH/g and 150 mg KOH/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Shuto NOGUCHI, Kenji HORIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11704828
    Abstract: The road obstacle detection device includes a semantic label estimation unit that estimates a semantic label for each pixel of an image using a classifier learned in advance and generates a semantic label image, an original image estimation unit for reconstruction of the original image from the semantic label image, a difference calculating unit for calculating a difference between the original image and the reconstructed image from the original image estimation unit as a calculation result, and a road obstacle detection unit for detecting a road obstacle based on the calculation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ohgushi, Kenji Horiguchi, Masao Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11443526
    Abstract: A road obstacle detection device which uses a pre-learned first identifier to associate a semantic label with each pixel of an image, uses a pre-learned second identifier to estimate a statistical distribution of a semantic label of a predetermined region of interest of the image from a statistical distribution of a semantic label of a peripheral region that surrounds the region of interest, and uses the statistical distribution of the semantic label associated with the region of interest and the statistical distribution of the semantic label estimated for the region of interest to estimate a likelihood that an object is a road obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ohgushi, Kenji Horiguchi, Masao Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20220067401
    Abstract: In a road obstacle detection device, a first derivation unit derives, for each of a plurality of local regions, a probability that a local region is the road, such that the probability is higher as the ratio of a road region in the local region is higher; and a second derivation unit derives a probability that a target local region is not a previously decided normal physical body, and derives a probability that a road obstacle exists at the target local region, based on the derived probability that the target local region is not the normal physical body and a probability that a peripheral local region is the road, the peripheral local region being a local region at a periphery of the target local region, the probability that the peripheral local region is the road being derived by the first derivation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji HORIGUCHI, Toshiaki OHGUSHI, Masao YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220067882
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: generate a semantic label image by estimating a semantic label for each pixel of an input image by using a discriminator trained in advance; generate a restored image by estimating an original image from the semantic label image; calculate a first difference between the input image and the restored image; and update an estimation parameter for estimating the semantic label or an estimation parameter for estimating the original image based on the first difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiaki OHGUSHI, Kenji HORIGUCHI, Masao YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210117703
    Abstract: The road obstacle detection device includes a semantic label estimation unit that estimates a semantic label for each pixel of an image using a classifier learned in advance and generates a semantic label image, an original image estimation unit for reconstruction of the original image from the semantic label image, a difference calculating unit for calculating a difference between the original image and the reconstructed image from the original image estimation unit as a calculation result, and a road obstacle detection unit for detecting a road obstacle based on the calculation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiaki OHGUSHI, Kenji Horiguchi, Masao Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20210110174
    Abstract: A road obstacle detection device which uses a pre-learned first identifier to associate a semantic label with each pixel of an image, uses a pre-learned second identifier to estimate a statistical distribution of a semantic label of a predetermined region of interest of the image from a statistical distribution of a semantic label of a peripheral region that surrounds the region of interest, and uses the statistical distribution of the semantic label associated with the region of interest and the statistical distribution of the semantic label estimated for the region of interest to estimate a likelihood that an object is a road obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiaki OHGUSHI, Kenji Horiguchi, Masao Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 10366613
    Abstract: A path prediction device comprises a storage unit that generates and stores, based on information collected from a plurality of vehicles including a first vehicle, traveling path information indicating information associated with paths where the respective vehicles have traveled; a positional information acquisition unit that acquires a first position indicating the current position of the first vehicle; and a path prediction unit that predicts the traveling path of the first vehicle using at least one of first path information indicating paths of the first vehicle and second path information indicating paths of second vehicles among the traveling path information, wherein the path prediction unit determines a use ratio of the first path information, which is used to predict the traveling path, based on a past traveling record of the first vehicle at the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi Yanagihara, Kenji Horiguchi, Keisuke Kurihara, Chihiro Sannomiya, Atsushi Inoue
  • Patent number: 10281287
    Abstract: A route generation device configured to generate a travel route of a traveling body that travels through a network configured of a node and a link, the route generation device includes a route model storage unit configured to store a route model that is data in which a frequency of travel through each link by the traveling body in a past trip performed by the traveling body is classified by destination of the trip; a trip acquisition unit configured to acquire a route starting point and a destination of a traveling body; and a route generation unit configured to extract a set of links corresponding to the acquired destination from the route model, and generate at least a part of a route of the traveling body from the route starting point to the destination based on the travel frequency associated with the extracted link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi Yanagihara, Sayaka Yoshizu, Kenji Horiguchi, Chihiro Sannomiya, Toshiro Hikita, Teruhide Hayashida
  • Publication number: 20180288502
    Abstract: An information collection apparatus collecting data sensed by a plurality of mobile sensors, the information collection apparatus comprises a condition setting unit configured to set a target area and a target time period in which data is to be collected; a position information storage unit configured to acquire and store position information of the mobile sensors; a mobile sensor selection unit configured to select, based on the history of position information of the mobile sensors and the target time period, a plurality of the mobile sensors for collecting a given amount of data sensed in the target area; and a collection unit configured to collect data from the plurality of selected mobile sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takamasa HIGUCHI, Seii SAI, Kenji HORIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170200374
    Abstract: A path prediction device comprises a storage unit that generates and stores, based on information collected from a plurality of vehicles including a first vehicle, traveling path information indicating information associated with paths where the respective vehicles have traveled; a positional information acquisition unit that acquires a first position indicating the current position of the first vehicle; and a path prediction unit that predicts the traveling path of the first vehicle using at least one of first path information indicating paths of the first vehicle and second path information indicating paths of second vehicles among the traveling path information, wherein the path prediction unit determines a use ratio of the first path information, which is used to predict the traveling path, based on a past traveling record of the first vehicle at the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi YANAGIHARA, Kenji HORIGUCHI, Keisuke KURIHARA, Chihiro SANNOMIYA, Atsushi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20170122753
    Abstract: A route generation device configured to generate a travel route of a traveling body that travels through a network configured of a node and a link, the route generation device includes a route model storage unit configured to store a route model that is data in which a frequency of travel through each link by the traveling body in a past trip performed by the traveling body is classified by destination of the trip; a trip acquisition unit configured to acquire a route starting point and a destination of a traveling body; and a route generation unit configured to extract a set of links corresponding to the acquired destination from the route model, and generate at least a part of a route of the traveling body from the route starting point to the destination based on the travel frequency associated with the extracted link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi YANAGIHARA, Sayaka YOSHIZU, Kenji HORIGUCHI, Chihiro SANNOMIYA, Toshiro HIKITA, Teruhide HAYASHIDA
  • Patent number: 9114731
    Abstract: A vehicle seat according to the present invention may include a seat cushion that is composed of a stationary cushion portion and a movable cushion portion, in which the movable cushion portion is capable of being tilted so as to be low in a getting in/out side while being raised with respect to the stationary cushion portion, and a cushion tilting mechanism that is disposed under the seat cushion and is configured to tilt the movable cushion portion while raising the same with respect to the stationary cushion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Horiguchi, Hiroyuki Kuretake, Hideki Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 8777185
    Abstract: A bracket of a rotation device of the present invention has a guide mechanism that is configured to guide a first motor and a second motor so as to rotate the same about an axis of a cylindrical rotating body relative to each other. A first gear and a second gear can respectively be meshed with rotating body side gears corresponding thereto while the first motor or the second motor is deviated around the axis of the cylindrical rotating body from a normal attachment position with respect to the bracket. Further, the first motor or the second motor can be guided to the normal attachment position by the guide mechanism in the condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryousuke Ariyoshi, Yukio Inaguma, Kenji Horiguchi, Hideki Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 8672356
    Abstract: An engagement fixture of a shoulder belt is connected to and supported by an engagement buckle disposed in a vehicle interior. When a platform is positioned in a getting in/out position in a vehicle exterior, the engagement fixture of the shoulder belt can be temporarily connected to a temporary fastening fixture provided to the platform. To the contrary, when the platform is positioned in a loading position in a vehicle interior, a connection condition of the engagement fixture of the shoulder belt can be changed from a temporary connection of the fastening fixture to a securely supportable connection of an engagement buckle in the vehicle interior. Thus, it is possible to simplify a belt attaching operation after a wheelchair is loaded in a vehicle while a columnar support member used in the conventional platform is abolished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukio Inaguma, Kenji Horiguchi, Akira Ishii, Fumiaki Katou, Masaaki Yamane
  • Publication number: 20120273739
    Abstract: A bracket of a rotation device of the present invention has a guide mechanism that is configured to guide a first motor and a second motor so as to rotate the same about an axis of a cylindrical rotating body relative to each other. A first gear and a second gear can respectively be meshed with rotating body side gears corresponding thereto while the first motor or the second motor is deviated around the axis of the cylindrical rotating body from a normal attachment position with respect to the bracket. Further, the first motor or the second motor can be guided to the normal attachment position by the guide mechanism in the condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryousuke Ariyoshi, Yukio Inaguma, Kenji Horiguchi, Hideki Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20120219395
    Abstract: An engagement fixture of a shoulder belt is connected to and supported by an engagement buckle disposed in a vehicle interior. When a platform is positioned in a getting in/out position in a vehicle exterior, the engagement fixture of the shoulder belt can be temporarily connected to a temporary fastening fixture provided to the platform. To the contrary, when the platform is positioned in a loading position in a vehicle interior, a connection condition of the engagement fixture of the shoulder belt can be changed from a temporary connection of the fastening fixture to a securely supportable connection of an engagement buckle in the vehicle interior. Thus, it is possible to simplify a belt attaching operation after a wheelchair is loaded in a vehicle while a columnar support member used in the conventional platform is abolished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukio Inaguma, Kenji Horiguchi, Akira Ishii, Fumiaki Katou, Masaaki Yamane
  • Patent number: 8220856
    Abstract: A mechanism for rotating a vehicle seat body and a mechanism for restraining rotation of the seat body are partially shared, reducing the number of parts. The seat includes a seat body, a seat rotation mechanism, a gear forming member having a rotation gear, a drive gear meshable with the rotation gear, and an actuator for rotating the drive gear. The seat further includes a moving mechanism that relatively moves the drive gear and the gear forming member in a direction of a rotation restraint position such that the drive gear is placed in such a position so as to interfere with the gear forming member when the seat body rotates to a first position and when the seat body is urged to rotate in a direction of a second position while the drive gear is in such a position so as to not mesh with the rotation gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Horiguchi, Hideki Kinoshita, Yasuo Suga, Nobuyuki Bandou, Kazuhiro Hibi
  • Publication number: 20120169099
    Abstract: A vehicle seat according to the present invention may include a seat cushion that is composed of a stationary cushion portion and a movable cushion portion, in which the movable cushion portion is capable of being tilted so as to be low in a getting in/out side while being raised with respect to the stationary cushion portion, and a cushion tilting mechanism that is disposed under the seat cushion and is configured to tilt the movable cushion portion while raising the same with respect to the stationary cushion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Horiguchi, Hiroyuki Kuretake, Hideki Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20110018324
    Abstract: A mechanism for rotating a vehicle seat body and a mechanism for restraining rotation of the seat body are partially shared, reducing the number of parts. The seat includes a seat body, a seat rotation mechanism, a gear forming member having a rotation gear, a drive gear meshable with the rotation gear, and an actuator for rotating the drive gear. The seat further includes a moving mechanism that relatively moves the drive gear and the gear forming member in a direction of a rotation restraint position such that the drive gear is placed in such a position so as to interfere with the gear forming member when the seat body rotates to a first position and when the seat body is urged to rotate in a direction of a second position while the drive gear is in such a position so as to not mesh with the rotation gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Horiguchi, Hideki Kinoshita, Yasuo Suga, Nobuyuki Bandou, Kazuhiro Hibi