Patents by Inventor Koki Hayakawa

Koki Hayakawa 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: 20240135815
    Abstract: A control device includes an outside recognition unit, a parking control unit, and a registration processing unit. When the user selects the parking position, the registration processing unit is configured to detect feature points of the parking position, start a registration process of registering the parking position as the designated parking position, including a verification process for the feature points when the feature point is acquirable, inquire of the user whether a registration for the designated parking position is needed after starting of the verification process, and register the parking position as the designated parking position based on a reply to whether the registration is needed received from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakashima, Yoji Inui, Koki Ueda, Kazutaka Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 11364873
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle seat belt, includes: a retraction unit that is configured to retract a seat belt through use of a driving force of a motor and to stop retracting the seat belt when the motor is stopped from being driven; an acceleration measurement unit that is configured to measure an acceleration of a vehicle; a state detection unit that is configured to detect whether or not the vehicle is in a stable state while running; and a control unit that is configured to stop driving the motor when the acceleration measured by the acceleration measurement unit during driving of the motor has remained lower than a first set acceleration for at least a first set time and the vehicle has remained in the stable state detected by the state detection unit for at least a second set time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Nezaki, Koki Hayakawa, Motoki Sugiyama, Fumihito Komeno
  • Publication number: 20200130642
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle seat belt, includes: a retraction unit that is configured to retract a seat belt through use of a driving force of a motor and to stop retracting the seat belt when the motor is stopped from being driven; an acceleration measurement unit that is configured to measure an acceleration of a vehicle; a state detection unit that is configured to detect whether or not the vehicle is in a stable state while running; and a control unit that is configured to stop driving the motor when the acceleration measured by the acceleration measurement unit during driving of the motor has remained lower than a first set acceleration for at least a first set time and the vehicle has remained in the stable state detected by the state detection unit for at least a second set time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Nezaki, Koki Hayakawa, Motoki Sugiyama, Fumihito Komeno