Patents by Inventor Kumiko Kondo
Kumiko Kondo 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).
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Patent number: 11975715Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes an estimator and a controller. The estimator estimates a first estimated vehicle speed and a second estimated vehicle speed when there are a first deceleration target and a second deceleration target in a course ahead of a vehicle, and when a driver of the vehicle releases an accelerator pedal. Wherein the first estimated vehicle speed is an estimated vehicle speed of the vehicle at a first target position corresponding to the first deceleration target, and the second estimated vehicle speed is an estimated vehicle speed of the vehicle at a second target position corresponding to the second deceleration target. The controller controls the vehicle to automatically decelerate toward the second target position when the first estimated vehicle speed is greater than a first predetermined value, and when the second estimated vehicle speed is less than a second predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shogo Ito, Kohei Tochigi, Kumiko Kondo
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Publication number: 20240132074Abstract: The driving support apparatus performs deceleration control of the vehicle. The driving support apparatus includes: a sensitivity setting unit configured to set an actuation sensitivity of a deceleration control; a deceleration execution unit configured to execute the deceleration control based on the actuation sensitivity; and a brake operation detection unit configured to detect a brake operation by a driver. The sensitivity setting unit changes the actuation sensitivity based on a control execution count which is the number of executions of the deceleration control and a driver operation count which is the number of operations of the brake operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kumiko KONDO, Shinya Kawamata, Shogo Ito
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Publication number: 20240067167Abstract: Provided is a driving support device (1) including: an operation sensor configured to acquire operation information that is information on an operation on a driving operation device included in an own vehicle; a periphery sensor configured to acquire peripheral information that is information on a target object existing in a periphery of the own vehicle; and a control device configured to execute deceleration support control of supporting a driving operation executed by a driver to decelerate the own vehicle when existence of a target object in front of the own vehicle is detected based on the peripheral information and a predetermined precondition relating to the target object and the own vehicle is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi TOYODA, Shogo Ito, Kumiko Kondo
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Publication number: 20230311874Abstract: A control unit is a deceleration support device configured to execute an automatic deceleration control that automatically decelerates an own vehicle until an index value acquired by dividing an inter-vehicle distance between a preceding vehicle and the own vehicle by a relative speed of the own vehicle with respect to the preceding vehicle becomes equal to or greater than an end standard value, when the index value is equal to or less than a start standard value, and when the inter-vehicle distance is equal to or less than a control start distance standard value, in a situation in which a preset permission condition is established. When the traveling mode is an eco mode that reduces energy required for travel, the control unit sets the control start distance standard value to a value for the eco mode that is larger than a standard value for a normal mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kumiko KONDO
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Patent number: 11752986Abstract: There is provided a driving assistance device that executes deceleration assistance of a host vehicle when a relative situation between a deceleration object in front of the host vehicle and the host vehicle satisfies a preset deceleration assistance precondition and a driver of the host vehicle does not operate an accelerator and a brake, the driving assistance device including a first deceleration assistance execution unit configured to execute a first deceleration assistance when the deceleration assistance precondition is satisfied in a state in which the driver of the host vehicle does not operate the accelerator and the brake, and a second deceleration assistance execution unit configured to execute a second deceleration assistance when the driver releases the accelerator or the brake in a state in which the deceleration assistance precondition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shogo Ito, Kohei Tochigi, Kumiko Kondo
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Publication number: 20220340131Abstract: A driving assistance device configured to execute deceleration assistance for a driver's vehicle when the driver's vehicle turns right or left at an intersection is configured to recognize, based on a detection result from an external sensor of the driver's vehicle, an adjacent vehicle traveling in an adjacent lane adjacent to a traveling lane of the driver's vehicle, determine whether the adjacent vehicle turns in the same direction of the driver's vehicle at the intersection based on the detection result from the external sensor when the adjacent vehicle is recognized and the driver's vehicle turns right or left at the intersection, and execute the deceleration assistance to cause a vehicle-to-vehicle distance between the driver's vehicle and the adjacent vehicle to reach a distance equal to or larger than a target driver's vehicle-to-adjacent vehicle distance when the driving assistance device determines that the adjacent vehicle turns in the same direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shogo Ito, Kohei Tochigi, Kumiko Kondo, Shinya Kawamata
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Publication number: 20220176922Abstract: A driving assistance system that executes deceleration assistance of a vehicle when a relative state between the vehicle and a deceleration object ahead satisfies a preset condition includes a brake operation detection unit configured to detect whether a brake operation is performed by a driver of the vehicle during the deceleration assistance, a deceleration gradient setting unit configured to, when a brake operation is performed by the driver during the assistance, set a deceleration gradient to stop the assistance based on at least one of presence or absence of a forward obstacle ahead, a relative state between the vehicle and the forward obstacle, and a road environment in which the vehicle travels, and a deceleration assistance stop unit configured to, when a brake operation is performed by the driver during the assistance, stop the assistance of the vehicle along the deceleration gradient set by the deceleration gradient setting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kumiko KONDO
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Publication number: 20220153267Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes an estimator and a controller. The estimator estimates a first estimated vehicle speed and a second estimated vehicle speed when there are a first deceleration target and a second deceleration target in a course ahead of a vehicle, and when a driver of the vehicle releases an accelerator pedal. Wherein the first estimated vehicle speed is an estimated vehicle speed of the vehicle at a first target position corresponding to the first deceleration target, and the second estimated vehicle speed is an estimated vehicle speed of the vehicle at a second target position corresponding to the second deceleration target. The controller controls the vehicle to automatically decelerate toward the second target position when the first estimated vehicle speed is greater than a first predetermined value, and when the second estimated vehicle speed is less than a second predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shogo Ito, Kohei Tochigi, Kumiko Kondo
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Publication number: 20220032883Abstract: There is provided a driving assistance device that executes deceleration assistance of a host vehicle when a relative situation between a deceleration object in front of the host vehicle and the host vehicle satisfies a preset deceleration assistance precondition and a driver of the host vehicle does not operate an accelerator and a brake, the driving assistance device including a first deceleration assistance execution unit configured to execute a first deceleration assistance when the deceleration assistance precondition is satisfied in a state in which the driver of the host vehicle does not operate the accelerator and the brake, and a second deceleration assistance execution unit configured to execute a second deceleration assistance when the driver releases the accelerator or the brake in a state in which the deceleration assistance precondition is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shogo Ito, Kohei Tochigi, Kumiko Kondo
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Patent number: 10864909Abstract: A vehicle control method of performing automatic braking for automatically braking a vehicle or alarm output, depending on a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and an obstacle, includes: cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when an accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output, and cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when a given cancellation condition is satisfied under a situation where the accelerator operation amount of the vehicle is smaller than the predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Taki, Masaaki Uechi, Yoji Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Harada, Kumiko Kondo
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Patent number: 10843688Abstract: A vehicle control method of performing automatic braking for automatically braking a vehicle or alarm output, depending on a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and an obstacle, includes: cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when an accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output, and cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when a given cancellation condition is satisfied under a situation where the accelerator operation amount of the vehicle is smaller than the predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Taki, Masaaki Uechi, Yoji Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Harada, Kumiko Kondo
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Publication number: 20200189578Abstract: A vehicle control method of performing automatic braking for automatically braking a vehicle or alarm output, depending on a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and an obstacle, includes: cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when an accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output, and cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when a given cancellation condition is satisfied under a situation where the accelerator operation amount of the vehicle is smaller than the predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki TAKI, Masaaki Uechi, Yoji Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Harada, Kumiko Kondo
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Patent number: 10661768Abstract: A lane departure prevention apparatus (17) has: a controlling device (172) configured to control a braking device (122) so that prevention yaw moment for preventing a vehicle from departing from a driving lane; and determining device (173) configured to determine whether or not slip ratio of a front wheel is larger than a first threshold value (KSfr) and whether or not slip ratio of a rear wheel is larger than a second threshold value (KSrr), the controlling device is configured to control the braking device so that the braking force applied from the braking device becomes smaller than the braking force for applying the prevention yaw moment, if it is determined that the slip ratio of the front wheel is larger than the first threshold value and/or the slip ratio of the rear wheel is larger than the second threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Akira Nagae, Kumiko Kondo, Hironori Ito, Tomoyuki Doi, Ryo Inomata, Masayuki Ikeda, Toshifumi Sugisawa
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Patent number: 10501075Abstract: A vehicular braking/driving-force control apparatus includes an accelerator operation detection part configured to detect an accelerator operation; a driving-force limiting apparatus configured to carry out driving-force limiting control of limiting driving force of an own vehicle in such a manner that an upper-limit speed that is set will not be exceeded; an automatic braking control apparatus configured to carry out automatic braking control of automatically generating braking force in the own vehicle based on a relative distance or a relative speed between an obstacle in front of the own vehicle and the own vehicle, and have a cancellation function of inhibiting a start of the automatic braking control based on the accelerator operation; and a control part configured to inhibit the cancellation function from being executed when the driving-force limiting apparatus is in an activated state where the driving-force limiting apparatus is allowed to carry out the driving-force limiting control.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Harada, Naoki Taki, Masaaki Uechi, Kumiko Kondo, Hideaki Hayashi, Akio Kimura, Atsutoshi Sakaguchi, Toshifumi Kawasaki, Tomohiko Futatsugi
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Patent number: 10099688Abstract: A vehicle control method of performing automatic braking for automatically braking a vehicle or alarm output, depending on a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and an obstacle, includes: cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when an accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output, and cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when a given cancellation condition is satisfied under a situation where the accelerator operation amount of the vehicle is smaller than the predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Taki, Masaaki Uechi, Yoji Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Harada, Kumiko Kondo
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Publication number: 20180229722Abstract: A vehicle control method of performing automatic braking for automatically braking a vehicle or alarm output, depending on a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and an obstacle, includes: cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when an accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output, and cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when a given cancellation condition is satisfied under a situation where the accelerator operation amount of the vehicle is smaller than the predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoki TAKI, Masaaki Uechi, Yoji Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Harada, Kumiko Kondo
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Patent number: 9908481Abstract: A vehicle forward information acquiring device includes a bracket fixed to a windshield, a cover mounted to the bracket by being moved along the bracket in one direction, and a vehicle forward information acquiring sensor accommodated between the bracket and the cover. The cover is mounted to the bracket while being pressed against the bracket by a first elastic force and a second elastic force generated when a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion formed on the cover are respectively engaged with a first engaged portion and a second engaged portion formed on the bracket. A position of the cover on the bracket when the first elastic force becomes a maximum value is different from a position of the cover on the bracket when the second elastic force becomes a maximum value.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideaki Hayashi, Atsutoshi Sakaguchi, Tomohiko Futatsugi, Masaaki Uechi, Naoki Taki, Akio Kimura, Kumiko Kondo, Hiroshi Harada, Toshifumi Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20180043870Abstract: A lane departure prevention apparatus (17) has: a controlling device (172) configured to control a braking device (122) so that prevention yaw moment for preventing a vehicle from departing from a driving lane; and determining device (173) configured to determine whether or not slip ratio of a front wheel is larger than a first threshold value (KSfr) and whether or not slip ratio of a rear wheel is larger than a second threshold value (KSrr), the controlling device is configured to control the braking device so that the braking force applied from the braking device becomes smaller than the braking force for applying the prevention yaw moment, if it is determined that the slip ratio of the front wheel is larger than the first threshold value and/or the slip ratio of the rear wheel is larger than the second threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Akira NAGAE, Kumiko KONDO, Hironori ITO, Tomoyuki DOI, Ryo INOMATA, Masayuki IKEDA, Toshifumi SUGISAWA
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Publication number: 20180043885Abstract: A vehicular braking/driving-force control apparatus includes an accelerator operation detection part configured to detect an accelerator operation; a driving-force limiting apparatus configured to carry out driving-force limiting control of limiting driving force of an own vehicle in such a manner that an upper-limit speed that is set will not be exceeded; an automatic braking control apparatus configured to carry out automatic braking control of automatically generating braking force in the own vehicle based on a relative distance or a relative speed between an obstacle in front of the own vehicle and the own vehicle, and have a cancellation function of inhibiting a start of the automatic braking control based on the accelerator operation; and a control part configured to inhibit the cancellation function from being executed when the driving-force limiting apparatus is in an activated state where the driving-force limiting apparatus is allowed to carry out the driving-force limiting control.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2015Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi HARADA, Naoki TAKI, Masaaki UECHI, Kumiko KONDO, Hideaki HAYASHI, Akio KIMURA, Atsutoshi SAKAGUCHI, Toshifumi KAWASAKI, Tomohiko FUTATSUGI
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Patent number: 9751528Abstract: An in-vehicle control device includes a first sensor that acquires obstacle information in a first detection range, a second sensor that acquires obstacle information in a second detection range, the second detection range is nearer to a host vehicle than the first detection range, and a processor configured to perform predetermined control for preventing collision with an obstacle or for reducing damage at collision time based on the obstacle information received from the first sensor and the second sensor and, when the obstacle is not detected by the first sensor and the second sensor after starting the predetermined control based on the obstacle information received from the first sensor, uses positional relation information to determine whether the predetermined control is to be continued wherein the positional relation information indicates a height-direction positional relation between a predetermined part of the obstacle and the first detection range or the second detection range.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaaki Uechi, Yoji Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Harada, Kumiko Kondo, Naoki Taki