Patents by Inventor Kenta Onishi

Kenta Onishi 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: 12113389
    Abstract: The control device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a first index value that is an index of a deterioration state of the power storage device, and a lower limit setting unit that lowers a lower limit value of an allowable range for a second index value indicating a power storage state of the power storage device, when the first index value acquired by the acquisition unit indicates a predetermined degree of deterioration or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta Onishi, Yoshiaki Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Uchida, Yuki Sugo
  • Patent number: 11926263
    Abstract: An ECU generates an overhead image including a vehicle and a vehicle surrounding area, on the basis of a plurality of images taken by a plurality of cameras mounted on the vehicle. When a distance between an object existing in an overlapping portion of imaging areas of the plurality of cameras and the vehicle is within a threshold and the object exists in a traveling direction of the vehicle, the overlapping portion is divided into two pairs of a road surface image and an object image, and combination is performed by alpha blending with an ? value for the object image being set to 1 and an ? value for the road surface image being set to 0 for an area that is the object image in one of the two pairs and is the road surface image in the other of the two pairs, to generate the overhead image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Onishi, Kohei Mori, Nariaki Takehara
  • Publication number: 20240003984
    Abstract: A method for inspecting an energy storage device, the method includes: estimating a degree of degradation of the energy storage device; determining, based on the estimated degree of degradation, a measurement condition such that time required to measure a full charge capacity of the energy storage device decreases or increases; and measuring the full charge capacity according to the determined measurement condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TANAKA, Yoshihiro UCHIDA, Kenta ONISHI, Yuki SUGO, Kenta FUJIMOTO, Atsushi KATO, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Ryota TAKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230401505
    Abstract: An acquisition processing unit obtains a plant interval of agricultural materials. A setting processing unit sets a work starting reference position, which is a reference position for setting a work starting position where supply work of the agricultural materials is started, and sets the work starting position corresponding to each of a plurality of work routes on the basis of the plant interval and the work starting reference position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji MIYAKE, Kenta ONISHI
  • Publication number: 20230336016
    Abstract: The control device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a first index value that is an index of a deterioration state of the power storage device, and a lower limit setting unit that lowers a lower limit value of an allowable range for a second index value indicating a power storage state of the power storage device, when the first index value acquired by the acquisition unit indicates a predetermined degree of deterioration or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta ONISHI, Yoshiaki Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Uchida, Yuki Sugo
  • Publication number: 20230324468
    Abstract: An estimation system includes a power storage device and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute a charge process of controlling a charge device so as to charge the power storage device, and an estimation process of estimating a full charge capacity of the power storage device. The one or more processors are configured to execute the charge process with an upper limit state of charge of the power storage device set to a value that is more than a first upper limit state of charge when a predetermined condition is met, the first upper limit state of charge being the upper limit state of charge at the time when the predetermined condition is not met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TANAKA, Kenta ONISHI
  • Publication number: 20230324467
    Abstract: A battery has an SOC-OCV characteristic having a flat region. When a stage change detecting unit detects an occurrence of stage change during traveling of an electrified vehicle, a discharge current integrating unit calculates a discharge current integrated amount. When external charging is started, a charge current integrating unit calculates a charge current integrated amount until the battery is fully charged. A full charge capacity calculating unit calculates a full charge capacity based on a storage amount at a time of the stage change, the discharge current integrated amount, and the charge current integrated amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta ONISHI, Mitsuhiro Kuzuba, Yoshihiro Uchida, Yuki Sugo
  • Patent number: 11758833
    Abstract: A work vehicle is presented with which it is possible to prevent an operator from being mislead in cases where the positioning status frequently changes. This work vehicle is provided with: a positioning unit that receives a positioning signal from a satellite positioning system, and measures the work vehicle position on the basis of the positioning signal; a control unit that determines the positioning accuracy on the basis of the positioning status of the positioning unit, and permits autonomous travel when the positioning accuracy is at least a prescribed accuracy; and a notification unit that executes, in accordance with a control performed by the control unit, a first notification indicating that the positioning accuracy is a first accuracy that is at least a prescribed accuracy and a second notification indicating that the positioning accuracy is a second accuracy that is at least a prescribed accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryohei Ueda, Tomoyuki Kuroda, Shinsuke Ozaki, Kenichi Miyai, Kenta Onishi
  • Publication number: 20220381836
    Abstract: A battery control device includes a processor that is configured to estimate a full charge capacity of a battery based on an amount of current supplied to the battery from a start of charging to an end of charging and voltages of the battery at the start of charging and the end of charging when the battery is charged from a state where a voltage of the battery is below a predetermined start voltage threshold value to a state where the voltage exceeds a predetermined end voltage threshold value, and the battery satisfies a predetermined permission condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta ONISHI, Kenta FUJIMOTO, Yoshihiro UCHIDA, Yuki SUGO, Ryota TAKIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11475769
    Abstract: A parking assistance apparatus includes: a parking space searching unit for searching for a parking-allowable parking space in which a user's vehicle can be parked; a target parking space selection unit for selecting a target parking space in which the user's vehicle is to be parked, based on an user setting information, when a plurality of parking-allowable parking spaces are detected; a parking operation assisting unit for assisting in a parking operation for parking the user's vehicle in the target parking space; and a parking operation assistance start determination unit for determining whether or not a determination condition for starting a parking operation is satisfied according to a state of the user's vehicle, and causing the parking operation assisting unit to start assisting in the parking operation when the determination condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Yata, Nariaki Takehara, Kenta Onishi, Kunio Ueda
  • Patent number: 11410434
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a parking space candidate detection unit configured to detect a parking space candidate that is a candidate for a parking space where an own vehicle is parked, using a vehicle peripheral image acquired from a camera; a leaving path detection unit configured to detect, using the vehicle peripheral image, a leaving path on which another vehicle that is parked in an other vehicle parking space located in a periphery of the parking space candidate leaves the other vehicle parking space; and a nuisance parking determination unit configured to perform nuisance parking determination including determining, for each detected parking space candidate, whether the parking space candidate overlaps with the detected leaving path, and thereby classifying the parking space candidate into a nuisance parking space that overlaps with the leaving path or a non-nuisance parking space that avoids overlapping with the leaving path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Onishi, Nariaki Takehara, Masahiro Yata
  • Publication number: 20220159898
    Abstract: A work vehicle is presented with which it is possible to prevent an operator from being mislead in cases where the positioning status frequently changes. This work vehicle is provided with: a positioning unit that receives a positioning signal from a satellite positioning system, and measures the work vehicle position on the basis of the positioning signal; a control unit that determines the positioning accuracy on the basis of the positioning status of the positioning unit, and permits autonomous travel when the positioning accuracy is at least a prescribed accuracy; and a notification unit that executes, in accordance with a control performed by the control unit, a first notification indicating that the positioning accuracy is a first accuracy that is at least a prescribed accuracy and a second notification indicating that the positioning accuracy is a second accuracy that is at least a prescribed accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryohei Ueda, Tomoyuki Kuroda, Shinsuke Ozaki, Kenichi Miyai, Kenta Onishi
  • Publication number: 20220118907
    Abstract: An ECU generates an overhead image including a vehicle and a vehicle surrounding area, on the basis of a plurality of images taken by a plurality of cameras mounted on the vehicle. When a distance between an object existing in an overlapping portion of imaging areas of the plurality of cameras and the vehicle is within a threshold and the object exists in a traveling direction of the vehicle, the overlapping portion is divided into two pairs of a road surface image and an object image, and combination is performed by alpha blending with an ? value for the object image being set to 1 and an ? value for the road surface image being set to 0 for an area that is the object image in one of the two pairs and is the road surface image in the other of the two pairs, to generate the overhead image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta ONISHI, Kohei MORI, Nariaki TAKEHARA
  • Patent number: 11267461
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes processing circuit, and a communicator that communicates with the outside. The processing circuitry executes the following processes: identifying a driving state of a driver in a following vehicle behind a subject vehicle on the basis of a rear image containing the back of the subject vehicle; determining circumstances around the subject vehicle on the basis of images around the subject vehicle including the rear image; and controlling the autonomous driving of the subject vehicle on the basis of the driving state of the driver in the following vehicle, identified in the identifying process, and the circumstances, determined in the determining process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kenta Onishi
  • Publication number: 20210209383
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a parking space candidate detection unit configured to detect a parking space candidate that is a candidate for a parking space where an own vehicle is parked, using a vehicle peripheral image acquired from a camera; a leaving path detection unit configured to detect, using the vehicle peripheral image, a leaving path on which another vehicle that is parked in an other vehicle parking space located in a periphery of the parking space candidate leaves the other vehicle parking space; and a nuisance parking determination unit configured to perform nuisance parking determination including determining, for each detected parking space candidate, whether the parking space candidate overlaps with the detected leaving path, and thereby classifying the parking space candidate into a nuisance parking space that overlaps with the leaving path or a non-nuisance parking space that avoids overlapping with the leaving path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta ONISHI, Nariaki TAKEHARA, Masahiro YATA
  • Patent number: 11056733
    Abstract: A flue gas detection system includes: a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature in a duct; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature in a duct; and an ECU. The ECU is configured to determine that a high-temperature gas is released from an assembled battery, when a period during which a temperature increase amount in the duct is more than a reference amount and a period during which a temperature increase amount in the duct is more than a reference amount are included in a predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Uchida, Kazuki Kubo, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Kenta Onishi, Yuki Moriya, Kiyohito Machida
  • Patent number: 10988136
    Abstract: The automatic parking apparatus includes: an image generation unit configured to generate an image of surroundings of an own vehicle photographed by a monitor device; a display unit; an input device configured to receive, a first touch input by the user for designating a parking place; a parking area calculation unit configured to determine whether a parking space for the own vehicle is available; a moving path calculation unit configured to determine at least one moving path candidate for guiding the own vehicle from a current location to a parking area, and to display the moving path candidate on the display unit; and a vehicle control processing unit configured to guide and control the own vehicle from the current location to the parking area in accordance with one moving path confirmed by the user operation from among the at least one moving path candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Kato, Kenta Onishi, Masahiro Yata
  • Publication number: 20210118299
    Abstract: A parking assistance apparatus includes: a parking space searching unit for searching for a parking-allowable parking space in which a user's vehicle can be parked; a target parking space selection unit for selecting a target parking space in which the user's vehicle is to be parked, based on an user setting information, when a plurality of parking-allowable parking spaces are detected; a parking operation assisting unit for assisting in a parking operation for parking the user's vehicle in the target parking space; and a parking operation assistance start determination unit for determining whether or not a determination condition for starting a parking operation is satisfied according to a state of the user's vehicle, and causing the parking operation assisting unit to start assisting in the parking operation when the determination condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro YATA, Nariaki TAKEHARA, Kenta ONISHI, Kunio UEDA
  • Patent number: 10960820
    Abstract: Provided are a vehicle periphery image display apparatus and a vehicle periphery image display method, which enable a driver to recognize a deviation between a parking frame and an own vehicle more easily at a time of a parking operation. The configuration includes: continuously inputting a periphery image of an own vehicle in a parking lot, which has been photographed by a plurality of photographing devices; storing the periphery image; compensating for, in the input periphery image, a lost image part with the stored periphery image to combine the compensated lost image part with the input periphery image; generating a top-view image seen from right above a top of the own vehicle based on the combined periphery image; generating a displayed image including the top-view image; and displaying the generated displayed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Onishi, Yoichi Kato, Nariaki Takehara
  • Publication number: 20210009135
    Abstract: A driving support device wherein an own vehicle and a peripheral vehicle are symbolized, and relative dispositions are displayed in real time in a display unit visible to the driver, is obtained to facilitate a lane change by a driver. The driving support device includes a vehicle detecting unit, which detects peripheral vehicles positioned in a periphery of a vehicle, and an image generating unit, which generates an image representing positions of the vehicle and the peripheral vehicles from vehicle information obtained by the vehicle detecting unit. The image generating unit generates a driving support image including vehicle information representing relative dispositions of the vehicle and the peripheral vehicles using symbols indicating the vehicle and the peripheral vehicles. The image generating unit includes an image stacking unit, which generates original data of the driving support image, and an image control unit, which cuts a necessary portion from the original data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya TANIGUCHI, Noritaka KOKIDO, Masahiro YATA, Kenta ONISHI