Patents by Inventor Kosuke KITO

Kosuke KITO 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: 20250134262
    Abstract: A seat cushion includes a seat pad and a panel frame having a planar shape and configured to support the seat pad from a pad back side. The seat pad includes a pair of ischium supporting portions configured to support right and left ischia of a seated occupant, and a pair of recessed pad back recesses formed on pad back surfaces of the pair of ischium supporting portions. The panel frame includes a pair of release portions that are recessed toward a frame back side or form through holes directly below the pair of ischium supporting portions, and a first pad supporting portion configured to support the seat pad from the pad back side and disposed between the pair of release portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KITO, Naoya HIRUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240071106
    Abstract: An occupant detection device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, based on an intensity of a reflected wave generated when a transmission wave transmitted toward an interior of a moving body is reflected by an object present in the interior, point cloud information indicating a three-dimensional-coordinate position of the object moving in the interior as a point cloud including a plurality of detection points; a generation unit configured to generate, based on the point cloud information, a seat row map for each seat row including a plurality of seating regions, the seat row map indicating a distribution of the detection points in a plane region corresponding to an arrangement direction of the plurality of seating regions and a height direction of the moving body; a setting unit configured to set, on the seat row map, an upper end line along an upper end portion of a plane point cloud including two or more of the detection points; and an estimation unit configured to estimate the number of occ
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke KITO, Ryohei FUWA, Takayuki NAKAGOME, Asami YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11536063
    Abstract: A door control device stops a door such that the door does not come into contact with an obstacle existing in a rotation range of the door. The door control device includes: a distance calculation unit configured to calculate a distance from the door to the obstacle; a speed calculation unit configured to calculate an actual speed of the door; a braking force setting unit configured to set a braking condition indicating transition of a braking force applied to the door; a speed estimation unit configured to estimate transition of an estimated speed of the door from start of braking until the door stops; and a braking force correction unit configured, during braking, to correct a braking force such that the braking force is increased, or reduced, when a time gradient of the actual speed is gentler than, or steeper than, that of the estimated speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryu Miyashiro, Kosuke Kito
  • Patent number: 11149475
    Abstract: A door device for a vehicle includes a latch drive device configured to unlatch a swing door by driving a latch mechanism, a door hold-open device configured to hold the swing door at an opened angle by applying a braking force to the swing door, a door open switch issuing an operation request of the latch drive device to open the swing door; a door stop switch issuing an operation request of the door hold-open device, and a grip portion including the door open switch and the door stop switch to issue the operation requests of the door open switch and the door stop switch in a state where an occupant of the vehicle holds the grip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke Kito, Eiji Itami, Ryu Miyashiro
  • Patent number: 11105141
    Abstract: A control device includes: a detection unit that detects a reference position indicating a position serving as a reference among passenger's predetermined portions based on a captured image captured by an imaging device that images an interior of a vehicle; and a control unit that is provided in the vehicle and performs control such that, during a closing operation of an openable and closable opening and closing member, the closing operation of the opening and closing member is interrupted, when a coordinate value of the reference position detected by the detection unit exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke Kito, Takuro Oshida, Osamu Uno, Satoshi Mori, Shingo Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20200224476
    Abstract: A vehicle door device includes: a braking control unit applying a braking force to a swing door of a vehicle by controlling an operation of a braking device; an action position detection unit detecting an action position of the swing door; and a vertical displacement detection unit detecting a vertical displacement of the swing door. The braking control unit does not execute braking control in a case where the action position of the swing door changes with the vertical displacement exceeding a predetermined gripping operation determination value, even in a case where an execution condition of braking control for applying the braking force is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kosuke KITO
  • Publication number: 20200149329
    Abstract: A door control device stops a door such that the door does not come into contact with an obstacle existing in a rotation range of the door. The door control device includes: a distance calculation unit configured to calculate a distance from the door to the obstacle; a speed calculation unit configured to calculate an actual speed of the door; a braking force setting unit configured to set a braking condition indicating transition of a braking force applied to the door; a speed estimation unit configured to estimate transition of an estimated speed of the door from start of braking until the door stops; and a braking force correction unit configured, during braking, to correct a braking force such that the braking force is increased, or reduced, when a time gradient of the actual speed is gentler than, or steeper than, that of the estimated speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryu MIYASHIRO, Kosuke KITO
  • Publication number: 20200032563
    Abstract: A door device for a vehicle includes a latch drive device configured to unlatch a swing door by driving a latch mechanism, a door hold-open device configured to hold the swing door at an opened angle by applying a braking force to the swing door, a door open switch issuing an operation request of the latch drive device to open the swing door; a door stop switch issuing an operation request of the door hold-open device, and a grip portion including the door open switch and the door stop switch to issue the operation requests of the door open switch and the door stop switch in a state where an occupant of the vehicle holds the grip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KITO, Eiji ITAMI, Ryu MIYASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20190171296
    Abstract: A gesture determination apparatus includes: a recognition device that recognizes a motion of an occupant and a first part and a second part of the occupant, based on a captured image captured by an imaging device that images an interior of a vehicle; and a determination device that determines whether or not a motion corresponding to any command is performed based on the motion of the occupant recognized by the recognition device and a positional relationship between the first part and the second part recognized by the recognition device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KITO, Takuro OSHIDA, Osamu UNO, Satoshi MORI, Shingo FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190169917
    Abstract: A control device includes: a detection unit that detects a reference position indicating a position serving as a reference among passenger's predetermined portions based on a captured image captured by an imaging device that images an interior of a vehicle; and a control unit that is provided in the vehicle and performs control such that, during a closing operation of an openable and closable opening and closing member, the closing operation of the opening and closing member is interrupted, when a coordinate value of the reference position detected by the detection unit exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KITO, Takuro OSHIDA, Osamu UNO, Satoshi MORI, Shingo FUJIMOTO