Patents by Inventor Kohsuke FUJII

Kohsuke FUJII 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: 11814049
    Abstract: A vehicle driving support device performs driving support of supporting a driver's driving of a host vehicle based on traffic information. The vehicle driving support device performs a first process of acquiring traffic information associated with traveling of the host vehicle as first traffic information from forward information of the host vehicle detected by a forward information detecting device, performs a second process of acquiring traffic information associated with traveling of the host vehicle out of traffic information stored in a database as second traffic information by comparing a current position of the host vehicle with map data stored in the database, and performs the driving support based on the first traffic information even when the second traffic information is acquired until a predetermined first condition is satisfied when the first traffic information has been acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohsuke Fujii, Naoki Nishimura, Toshihiro Nakatani, Hiroaki Ito, Takeshi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 11628768
    Abstract: A driving support device includes: a front camera configured to acquire image data; and a controller configured to execute driving support control for supporting driving by a driver of a vehicle when the controller determines that a specific display object exists in front of the vehicle based on the image data. The driving support control is control executed depending on the specific display object. The controller is configured to determine whether a conforming operation is being executed by the driver. The controller is also configured to execute, as the driving support control, control having a higher support level indicating a degree of influence on the driver when the controller determines that the conforming operation is not being executed, as compared with a case where the controller determines that the conforming operation is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsumura, Hiroaki Ito, Kohsuke Fujii
  • Publication number: 20220105938
    Abstract: A vehicle driving support device performs driving support of supporting a driver's driving of a host vehicle based on traffic information. The vehicle driving support device performs a first process of acquiring traffic information associated with traveling of the host vehicle as first traffic information from forward information of the host vehicle detected by a forward information detecting device, performs a second process of acquiring traffic information associated with traveling of the host vehicle out of traffic information stored in a database as second traffic information by comparing a current position of the host vehicle with map data stored in the database, and performs the driving support based on the first traffic information even when the second traffic information is acquired until a predetermined first condition is satisfied when the first traffic information has been acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohsuke Fujii, Naoki Nishimura, Toshihiro Nakatani, Hiroaki Ito, Takeshi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20220063496
    Abstract: A driving support device includes: a front camera configured to acquire image data; and a controller configured to execute driving support control for supporting driving by a driver of a vehicle when the controller determines that a specific display object exists in front of the vehicle based on the image data. The driving support control is control executed depending on the specific display object. The controller is configured to determine whether a conforming operation is being executed by the driver. The controller is also configured to execute, as the driving support control, control having a higher support level indicating a degree of influence on the driver when the controller determines that the conforming operation is not being executed, as compared with a case where the controller determines that the conforming operation is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsumura, Hiroaki Ito, Kohsuke Fujii
  • Publication number: 20220063498
    Abstract: A driving assistance device for a vehicle includes a front camera and an image processing ECU configured to detect a display object present forward of a vehicle and recognize display content of the detected display object, and a driving assistance ECU configured to execute driving assistance control for assisting a driver in a case where the display object is detected by the front camera and the image processing ECU. The driving assistance ECU sets an assistance level of the driving assistance control high when the detected display object is detected multiple times in the past, and a rate of coincidence of recognition results indicating the number of times determined to be the same display content to the number of detection times is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, compared to when the rate of coincidence of the recognition results is less than the first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsumura, Hiroaki Ito, Kohsuke Fujii
  • Publication number: 20210070314
    Abstract: The vehicle driving assist apparatus can execute at least one of an acceleration/deceleration control as a driving assist control to automatically accelerate and decelerate an own vehicle and a steering control as the driving assist control to automatically steer the own vehicle. The vehicle driving assist apparatus includes a driving assist restart switch operated by a driver of the own vehicle to restart the driving assist control. The vehicle driving assist apparatus does not restart the acceleration/deceleration control even when the driving assist restart switch is operated after stopping the acceleration/deceleration control in response to the driver performing an automatic acceleration/deceleration rejection operation. The vehicle driving assist apparatus does not restart the steering control even when the driving assist restart switch is operated after stopping the steering control in response to the driver performing an automatic steering rejection operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki MATSUNAGA, Atsuko YAMADA, Kohsuke FUJII, Hideki KAMATANI, Yuzuru KAMOGARI, Soichi OKUBO