Patents by Inventor Makoto Kinoshita
Makoto Kinoshita 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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Publication number: 20240386727Abstract: A vehicle with a road surface rendering function includes a projection member, a controller, and an external camera. The projection member is configured to project light for road surface rendering from the vehicle that is traveling to render a road surface rendered image on a road surface around the vehicle. The controller is configured to control light projection for the road surface rendering by the projection member. The external camera provided on the vehicle and configured to capture an image of the road surface so that the image includes surroundings of the road surface rendered image. The controller is configured to suppress the light projection from the projection member for the road surface rendered image by making determination on a road surface reflection state based on the image captured by the external camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Inventors: Kentarou YAMASAKI, Makoto KINOSHITA
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Patent number: 12145500Abstract: An automated driving enabled vehicle includes a travel controller, an automated driving indicator lamp, and a lamp controller. The automated driving indicator lamp is switched on perceptibly from outside the vehicle on the occasion of automated driving. The lamp controller acquires, during the execution of the automated driving, information regarding a surrounding moving body present around the vehicle. The lamp controller makes a lighting control of the automated driving indicator lamp during the execution of the automated driving, in response to presence of any surrounding moving body around the vehicle executing the automated driving.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Kentarou Yamasaki, Makoto Kinoshita, Keisuke Takayama, Yuta Muramatsu
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Patent number: 12109935Abstract: A vehicle having a road-surface rendering function includes a light projection member, a detection device, and a control unit. The light projection member performs light projection for road-surface rendering in the traveling vehicle and renders a road-surface rendered image onto a road surface surrounding the traveling vehicle. The detection device performs detection of a detection range larger than a light projection range in which the road-surface rendered image is rendered by the light projection member. The control unit controls the light projection for the road-surface rendering by the light projection member in accordance with the detection. The control unit determines whether the road-surface rendering is adequate at least in an outer area of the road surface located outside the light projection range with respect the detection range, and suppresses the light projection when the road-surface rendered image passes a road-surface area determined as being inadequate for the road-surface rendering.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2024Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Kentarou Yamasaki, Makoto Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20240270156Abstract: A vehicle having a road-surface rendering function includes a light projection member, a detection device, and a control unit. The light projection member performs light projection for road-surface rendering in the traveling vehicle and renders a road-surface rendered image onto a road surface surrounding the traveling vehicle. The detection device performs detection of a detection range larger than a light projection range in which the road-surface rendered image is rendered by the light projection member. The control unit controls the light projection for the road-surface rendering by the light projection member in accordance with the detection. The control unit determines whether the road-surface rendering is adequate at least in an outer area of the road surface located outside the light projection range with respect the detection range, and suppresses the light projection when the road-surface rendered image passes a road-surface area determined as being inadequate for the road-surface rendering.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Kentarou YAMASAKI, Makoto KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20240270153Abstract: A vehicle with a road surface rendering function includes a projection member and a controller. The projection member is configured to perform light projection for road surface rendering to a road surface at least forward from the vehicle. The controller is configured to control the light projection for the road surface rendering by the projection member. The controller is configured to, when the vehicle is traveling along a curved road, adjust a road surface rendering image to be rendered on the road surface by projecting light from the projection member to move the road surface rendering image from a reference rendering position in front of the vehicle when the vehicle is traveling along a straight road toward an inside of a curve of the curved road.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Kentarou YAMASAKI, Makoto KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20240270169Abstract: A vehicle with a road surface rendering function includes a projection member, a controller, and a detection device. The projection member is configured to perform light projection for road surface rendering at least toward a road surface ahead of the vehicle. The controller is configured to control the light projection. The detection device is configured to perform detection of the road surface where the projection member projects the light for the road surface rendering. The controller is configured to determine, based on the detection, whether a first road surface area in the road surface for the road surface rendering rises relative to a second road surface area where the vehicle is traveling. The controller is configured to suppress the light projection for the road surface rendering by the projection member based on determining that the first road surface area rises relative to the second road surface area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Kentarou YAMASAKI, Makoto KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20240270158Abstract: A vehicle with road surface image rendering functionality includes: a light projection member configured to perform light projection for road surface image rendering toward a road surface in front of the vehicle; a controller configured to control the light projection by the light projection member; and a detection device configured to perform detection of a state where the light projection member is performing the light projection. The controller is configured to: cause the light projection member to perform the light projection; determine, based on the detection by the detection device, whether the light projection member is suitable for the light projection; when the light projection member is suitable for the light projection, start the light projection from the light projection member; and, when the light projection member is unsuitable for the light projection for the road surface image rendering, prohibit the light projection by the light projection member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Kentarou YAMASAKI, Makoto KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20240273911Abstract: A vehicle with road surface image rendering functionality includes a light projection member, a controller, and a detection device. The light projection member is configured to perform light projection for road surface image rendering toward a road surface in front of the vehicle and render a road surface image on the road surface. The controller is configured to control the light projection for the road surface image rendering by the light projection member. The detection device is configured to detect a vehicle-to-vehicle distance to a preceding vehicle in front of the vehicle. The controller is configured to, in accordance with the vehicle-to-vehicle distance detected by the detection device, change a position of the road surface image rendered on the road surface by the light projection member and so that the position of the road surface image is closer to the vehicle than a rear end of the preceding vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Kentarou YAMASAKI, Makoto KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20240270157Abstract: A vehicle with a road surface image rendering function includes a light projection member, a controller, and a detection device. The light projection member is configured to project light for road surface image rendering toward a road surface in front of the vehicle. The controller is configured to control light projection for of road surface image rendering. The detection device is configured to detect a pedestrian or a bicycle on a road shoulder in front of the vehicle on the road surface where a road surface image is rendered. The controller is configured to, when the pedestrian or the bicycle on the road shoulder in front of the vehicle is detected, change the light projection for the road surface image rendering by the light projection member so as to promote visual recognition of the pedestrian or the bicycle on the road shoulder in front of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Kentarou YAMASAKI, Makoto KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20240270155Abstract: A vehicle having a road-surface rendering function includes a light projection member, a control unit, and a detection device. The light projection member is configured to perform light projection for road-surface rendering at least toward a road surface ahead of the vehicle. The control unit is configured to control the light projection for the road-surface rendering by the light projection member. The detection device is configured to perform detection of the road surface onto which the light projection member performs the light projection for the road-surface rendering. The control unit is configured to perform control to suppress the light projection for the road-surface rendering by at least determining insufficient reflection in the road-surface rendering in the vehicle based on the detection of the road surface by the detection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Kentarou YAMASAKI, Makoto KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20240270170Abstract: A vehicle with a road surface rendering function includes a projection member, a controller, and a detection device. The projection member is configured to project perform light projection for road surface rendering at least toward a road surface ahead of the vehicle. The controller is configured to control the light projection for the road surface rendering by the projection member. The detection device is configured to perform detection of a road surface rendered image rendered on the road surface by the projection member. The controller is configured to determine whether the road surface rendered image has a bright spot based on the detection of the road surface rendered image by the detection device. The controller is configured to suppress the light projection for the road surface rendering by the projection member when the road surface rendered image has the bright spot.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Kentarou YAMASAKI, Makoto KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20240270152Abstract: A vehicle having a road-surface rendering function includes a light projection member, a rain detection member, and a control unit. The light projection member is configured to perform light projection for road-surface rendering in the vehicle that is traveling and to render a road-surface rendered image onto a road surface surrounding the vehicle that is traveling. The rain detection member is configured to perform detection of rain or a rain-associated state in the vehicle. The control unit is configured to control the light projection for the road-surface rendering by the light projection member in accordance with the detection by the rain detection member. The control unit is configured to determine that the rain is falling and suppress the light projection for the road-surface rendered image from the light projection member when the rain detection member detects the rain or the rain-associated state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Kentarou YAMASAKI, Makoto KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20240177193Abstract: An information processing device including a control unit, wherein the control unit acquires information indicating an action tendency of a user from a terminal device of the user, and when it is determined that the base of the user has been changed based on the information, executes a first change process of changing an advertisement due to a geographical change of the base, and determines whether or not to execute a second change process of changing an advertisement related to a lifestyle of the user according to whether or not the change of the base satisfies a predetermined condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kai TANAKA, Junpei OKAMOTO, Makoto KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20240089907Abstract: A method performed by a terminal apparatus 10 in accordance with an application program configured to be initiated upon being designated as a destination for sharing electronic content, the method including acquiring shared information set for the electronic content, automatically entering the shared information in an input field in which a user can enter information, acquiring location information on a spot, and storing spot information, which includes information entered in the input field and the acquired location information, so that the spot information can be viewed by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Kai TANAKA, Junpei OKAMOTO, Makoto KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20240020587Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a controller, wherein the controller is configured to acquire an activity history, which is information indicating a history of places of stay and times of stay of a user of a terminal apparatus, extract at least one place of stay for which the time of stay indicated by the activity history exceeds a threshold, set the at least one place of stay as a first place of stay based on the time of stay at the at least one place of stay, and transmit, in a case in which it is determined that a current location of the user is the first place of stay and that the first place of stay is within a service area, an instruction to the terminal apparatus of the user to display a reservation button for an on-demand bus on a screen of the terminal apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Kai TANAKA, Junpei OKAMOTO, Makoto KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20240015470Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with a terminal apparatus and a controller configured to transmit event information related to an event in an area to the terminal apparatus in response to area information, transmitted by the terminal apparatus, for identifying the area. Upon receiving anticipatory information indicating anticipation of transmission of the area information from the terminal apparatus, the controller is configured to predict an area to be identified by new area information based on past area information and transmit the event information corresponding to the predicted area to the terminal apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kai TANAKA, Junpei OKAMOTO, Makoto KINOSHITA
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Patent number: 11634157Abstract: An automated driving enabled vehicle includes a travel controller, an automated driving indicator lamp, and a lamp controller. The automated driving indicator lamp is configured to be switched on perceptibly from outside the vehicle on the occasion of automated driving. The lamp controller is configured to start a lighting control of the automated driving indicator lamp that has been off, before the vehicle makes a departure by the automated driving, on the condition that the vehicle is about to make the departure by the automated driving from a parked or stopped state with the automated driving indicator lamp off.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Kentarou Yamasaki, Makoto Kinoshita, Keisuke Takayama, Yuta Muramatsu
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Patent number: 11603039Abstract: An automated driving enabled vehicle includes a travel controller, an automated driving indicator lamp, and a lamp controller. The automated driving indicator lamp is switched on perceptibly from outside the vehicle on the occasion of automated driving. On the occasion of switching of a driving state of the vehicle from the automated driving to manual driving, the lamp controller switches off the automated driving indicator lamp after changing a lighting state of the automated driving indicator lamp from a first lighting state during the execution of the automated driving to a second lighting state different from the first lighting state.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Kentarou Yamasaki, Makoto Kinoshita, Keisuke Takayama, Yuta Muramatsu
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Patent number: 11524708Abstract: An automated driving enabled vehicle includes a travel controller, an automated driving indicator lamp, and a lamp controller. The travel controller controls the travel of the vehicle by automated driving in a normal movement mode and in an automatic parking mode. The normal movement mode includes allowing the vehicle to travel, and the automatic parking mode includes parking the vehicle by the automated driving in a parking lot. The lamp controller controls a lighting state of the automated driving indicator lamp during the execution of the automated driving to a first lighting state in the normal movement mode, and to a second lighting state different from the first lighting state in the automatic parking mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Kentarou Yamasaki, Makoto Kinoshita, Keisuke Takayama, Yuta Muramatsu
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Patent number: 11485282Abstract: An automated driving enabled vehicle includes a travel controller, an automated driving indicator lamp, and a lamp controller. The automated driving indicator lamp is switched on perceptibly from outside the vehicle on the occasion of automated driving. The lamp controller acquires, during the execution of the automated driving, attribute information regarding a place being traveled by the vehicle. The lamp controller makes a lighting control of the automated driving indicator lamp during the execution of the automated driving, in accordance with the place being traveled by the vehicle executing the automated driving.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Kentarou Yamasaki, Makoto Kinoshita, Keisuke Takayama, Yuta Muramatsu