Patents by Inventor Masahito SEKINE

Masahito SEKINE 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: 20230086053
    Abstract: A driving assist apparatus for a vehicle includes a front-side-environment recognition camera, a front-side-environment recognition sensor, and a control device. The front-side-environment recognition camera is configured to recognize a driving environment ahead of the vehicle. The front-side-environment recognition sensor is configured to recognize the driving environment ahead of the vehicle. In a case where image recognition of the front-side-environment recognition camera for a leading vehicle for adaptive cruise control has deteriorated during execution of the adaptive cruise control, the control device is configured to continue executing the adaptive cruise control based on a distance from the vehicle to the leading vehicle obtained by the front-side-environment recognition sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ryuya AZUMA, Hikaru YOSHIKAWA, Masahito SEKINE, Yuta SATO, Keisuke MOTEGI
  • Publication number: 20230090300
    Abstract: A driving assist apparatus for a vehicle includes a camera device, a radar device, an image recognition unit, and a driving control unit. The camera device obtains images around the vehicle. The radar device obtains three-dimensional object data around the vehicle. The image recognition unit recognizes a marking line and a road edge and calculates a distance therebetween from a distance between the vehicle and the marking line and a distance between the vehicle and the road edge. The driving control unit controls driving of the vehicle based on the marking line and the road edge. When the image recognition unit fails to recognize the marking line, it sets an estimated marking line, based on the distance between the road edge and the marking line and the distance between the vehicle and the road edge, and the driving control unit controls the driving of the vehicle using the estimated marking line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Keisuke MOTEGI, Hikaru YOSHIKAWA, Masahito SEKINE, Yuta SATO, Ryuya AZUMA
  • Publication number: 20230031826
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes an outside recognition device, a locator unit, and a driving control unit. The outside recognition device is configured to acquire traffic environment information around the vehicle. The locator unit is configured to store road map information and detect a position of the vehicle based on a positioning signal. The driving control unit is configured to control the vehicle based on forward traffic environment information acquired by the outside recognition device. The driving control unit is configured to execute a wrong-way driving detection process and a restricted traffic zone determination process to determine whether the vehicle is performing wrong-way driving in an oncoming lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hikaru YOSHIKAWA, Masahito SEKINE, Yuta SATO, Ryuya AZUMA, Keisuke MOTEGI, Yu HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220134876
    Abstract: A vehicle driving system to be provided in a vehicle includes a touch sensor and a control unit. The touch sensor is to be provided in the steering operation device and configured to measure a fluctuation in electrostatic capacitance. The control unit determines, based on information from the touch sensor, whether a driver of the vehicle is in a steering-holding state or in a non-steering-holding state. After a detection of a first fluctuation that is a fluctuation in the electrostatic capacitance occurring before a malfunction of the touch sensor, the control unit determines that the driver is in the non-steering-holding state even if the information from the touch sensor to the control unit indicates that the driver is in the steering-holding state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Noriyuki TSUKADA, Ryosuke KUBO, Masahito SEKINE, Syunsuke KANAGAMI, Osamu TAKAHASHI, Takateru SAWADA, Kenji MAKINO, Shogo MAENAKA