Patents by Inventor Masashi Oishi

Masashi Oishi 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: 20240124114
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes an engine, a fuel pump to draw fuel into an outboard motor body from a fuel tank installed on a hull, a temporary storage tank to temporarily store the fuel drawn into the outboard motor body by the fuel pump, a fuel injector to inject the fuel stored in the temporary storage tank into the engine, a temperature sensor on the temporary storage tank to detect a temperature of the fuel stored in the temporary storage tank, and a controller configured or programmed to perform a control to limit an engine speed to no more than a predetermined upper limit rotation speed based on a detection result of the temperature sensor while the engine is running.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yosuke KATO, Masaya OISHI, Masashi NONAKA, Shintaro AOYAGI
  • Publication number: 20240126573
    Abstract: A display control device (10) includes: a first acquisition unit (151a) configured to acquire information regarding an existing UI; an extraction unit (151b) configured to extract a rule set indicating relevance between the existing UI and an extended UI from a predetermined database based on the information regarding the existing UI acquired by the first acquisition unit (151a); a first generation unit (151c) configured to generate rule information of the extended UI based on the rule set extracted by the extraction unit (151b); and a setting unit (152) configured to set display of the extended UI based on the rule information of the extended UI generated by the first generation unit (151c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Taisuke WAKASUGI, Tomonori MORI, Masashi Tadokoro, Akira KATAOKA, Haruo OISHI
  • Publication number: 20240109412
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes a parking lot staying determination section which determines whether or not a vehicle is present in a parking lot having a parking row including parking slots and/or parked vehicles located adjacent to each other, an erroneous operation determination section which determines whether or not an occupant has erroneously stepped on an acceleration operation element, and a control section which executes driving power reduction control upon determination that the vehicle is present in the parking lot and that the occupant has performed the erroneous operation. When the erroneous operation determination section determines that the occupant has performed the erroneous operation again before elapse of a predetermined threshold time after execution of the driving power reduction control, the control section executes the driving power reduction control again, irrespective of the result of the determination by the parking lot staying determination section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoya MATSUNAGA, Takuya Kaminade, Masaki Ikai, Ryo Ishii, Masashi Oishi
  • Publication number: 20240092346
    Abstract: Provided is a driving support device (1) including a control device which has an acceleration suppression function of suppressing acceleration of an own vehicle when the own vehicle is determined to be positioned in a parking area (PA) including a parking spot row (PSA) and an erroneous depression operation is determined to be executed on an accelerator pedal (AP). The control device predicts a trajectory (T) of the own vehicle in a case in which the own vehicle travels when a speed (vs) of the own vehicle is equal to or higher than a predetermined speed, and further predicts a time (?t) required for the own vehicle to reach a point at which the trajectory (T) and the parking spot row (PSA) intersect with each other. The control device determines that the own vehicle is positioned in the parking area (PA) when the predicted time (?t) is equal to or shorter than a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo ISHII, Takuya Kaminade, Naoya Matsunaga, Masashi Oishi, Masaki Ikai
  • Publication number: 20230256967
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is provided with a reliability determination unit that determines a reliability related to an own vehicle location as a current location of the own vehicle being in a parking place, using a detection result of a parking space or a parked vehicle around an own vehicle based on image data around the own vehicle captured by a camera; and an own vehicle location determination unit that determines whether the own vehicle location is in the parking place, using a determination result of the reliability determined by the reliability determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Suguru SAKAI, Masumi FUKUMAN, Yasutaka ATARASHI, Yasuo OKUDA, Yuuichirou KOGA, Takuya KAMINADE, Masashi OISHI, Masaki IKAI
  • Publication number: 20230249682
    Abstract: A driving support device including: an in-vehicle sensor configured to acquire and output each of position information relating to a position of an own vehicle, target information relating to a target positioned around the own vehicle, and operation information relating to an operation of an operating element of the own vehicle; and a control device having a lane departure prevention function for preventing the own vehicle from departing from a lane in which the own vehicle is traveling by activating at least one device among a notification device, a drive device, and a braking device mounted on the own vehicle in a situation in which an accelerator pedal of the own vehicle is erroneously operated and an angle between a traveling direction of the own vehicle and a boundary line of the lane detected based on the target information is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya KAMINADE, Masaki IKAI, Masashi OISHI
  • Publication number: 20230227039
    Abstract: Provided is an acceleration suppression apparatus having improved practicality. The acceleration suppression apparatus includes: an in-vehicle sensor (20) configured to acquire information relating to a position of an own vehicle and information relating to an operation of an operating element of the own vehicle to output the acquired information; and a parking assist ECU (10) configured to execute, based on the information acquired from the in-vehicle sensor (20), acceleration suppression control for suppressing acceleration of the own vehicle by controlling at least one of a drive device (30) or a braking device (40) mounted on the own vehicle. The parking assist ECU (10) is configured to execute the acceleration suppression control when, in a situation in which the own vehicle is positioned in a predetermined region including a parking space, a traveling mode of the own vehicle matches a predetermined mode defined in advance as a traveling mode when the own vehicle is being parked in the parking space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki IKAI, Masashi OISHI, Takuya KAMINADE
  • Patent number: 11597401
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus makes a drive force of a vehicle equal to an erroneous operation coping drive force which is smaller than an ordinary drive force in a period from a satisfaction of an erroneous operation start condition which is satisfied when an accelerator pedal is operated erroneously to a satisfaction of an erroneous operation end condition which is satisfied when the erroneous operation has ended. The erroneous operation coping drive force is set to a first drive force if the erroneous operation start condition becomes satisfied after a reoperation determination time point at which a time threshold elapses from when the erroneous operation end condition became last satisfied. Meanwhile, the erroneous operation coping drive force is set to a second drive force which is greater than the first drive force if the erroneous operation start condition becomes satisfied before the reoperation determination time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya kaminade, Masashi Oishi, Takashi Unigame, Yuhi Kishimoto, Yoichi Iwata, Asuka Sato
  • Publication number: 20230035434
    Abstract: A vehicle driving assistance device includes a processor. The processor is configured to execute acceleration suppression control for suppressing acceleration of a driver's vehicle in a case where a predetermined prohibition condition is not satisfied when an erroneous acceleration operation precondition is satisfied while a traveling condition is satisfied. The traveling condition is a condition for determining that the driver's vehicle is traveling. The erroneous acceleration operation precondition is a precondition for determining that an acceleration operation is erroneously performed. The acceleration operation is an operation performed by a driver of the driver's vehicle to request the acceleration of the driver's vehicle. The predetermined prohibition condition is based on a relationship between the driver's vehicle and an external environment of the driver's vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo ISHII, Takuya KAMINADE, Masashi OISHI, Masaki IKAI
  • Patent number: 11511765
    Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus for a vehicle configured to execute driving force suppression control when a predetermined erroneous operation condition is satisfied, the erroneous operation condition being satisfied when a first condition including at least an operation velocity condition is satisfied and a second condition is satisfied, the operation velocity condition being satisfied when an operation velocity which is an amount of change in an operation amount of an accelerator operation element per unit time is equal to or higher than an operation velocity threshold, and the second condition being satisfied when the operation amount becomes equal to or larger than a first operation amount threshold within a first time threshold from a time point at which the first condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Kaminade, Takashi Unigame, Masashi Oishi, Yuhi Kishimoto, Yoichi Iwata
  • Patent number: 11279374
    Abstract: A driving force control apparatus including an ECU configured to detect a specific state of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle is not traveling even though an accelerator pedal of the vehicle is operated. The ECU of the driving force control apparatus being configured to acquire, when the specific state is detected, a travel distance of the vehicle from a time point when the specific state last ended. The ECU of the driving force control apparatus being configured to start driving-force-limitation mitigation control without requiring the specific state currently detected to continue for a predetermined period or longer, when the travel distance is a distance corresponding to a wheelbase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masashi Oishi
  • Publication number: 20210197844
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus makes a drive force of a vehicle equal to an erroneous operation coping drive force which is smaller than an ordinary drive force in a period from a satisfaction of an erroneous operation start condition which is satisfied when an accelerator pedal is operated erroneously to a satisfaction of an erroneous operation end condition which is satisfied when the erroneous operation has ended. The erroneous operation coping drive force is set to a first drive force if the erroneous operation start condition becomes satisfied after a reoperation determination time point at which a time threshold elapses from when the erroneous operation end condition became last satisfied. Meanwhile, the erroneous operation coping drive force is set to a second drive force which is greater than the first drive force if the erroneous operation start condition becomes satisfied before the reoperation determination time point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Takuya KAMINADE, Masashi OISHI, Takashi UNIGAME, Yuhi KISHIMOTO, Yoichi IWATA, Asuka SATO
  • Publication number: 20210039665
    Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus for a vehicle configured to execute driving force suppression control when a predetermined erroneous operation condition is satisfied, the erroneous operation condition being satisfied when a first condition including at least an operation velocity condition is satisfied and a second condition is satisfied, the operation velocity condition being satisfied when an operation velocity which is an amount of change in an operation amount of an accelerator operation element per unit time is equal to or higher than an operation velocity threshold, and the second condition being satisfied when the operation amount becomes equal to or larger than a first operation amount threshold within a first time threshold from a time point at which the first condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Takuya KAMINADE, Takashi UNIGAME, Masashi OISHI, Yuhi KISHIMOTO, Yoichi IWATA
  • Publication number: 20190359224
    Abstract: A driving force control apparatus is configured to detect a specific state in which travel of a vehicle is not detected even under a state in which an accelerator pedal is operated. The driving force control apparatus is configured to acquire, when the specific state is detected, a travel distance of the vehicle from a time point when the specific state detected last disappeared. The driving force control apparatus is configured to start driving-force-limitation mitigation control without requiring the specific state currently detected to continue for a predetermined period or longer, when the travel distance is a distance corresponding to a wheelbase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masashi OISHI
  • Patent number: 10434404
    Abstract: Current position information of an information processing apparatus is acquired by using a positional information acquiring section, and a distance, in a real space, between a current position and a target position that is a position corresponding to a predetermined position in the real space is calculated. Then, a predetermined process based on the calculated distance is executed when a parameter value indicating a virtual movement range of a player satisfies a first condition according to the calculated distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Nitta, Kazuyoshi Sensui, Mai Yamamoto, Masashi Oishi
  • Patent number: 10377382
    Abstract: A vehicle controller applies a braking force to wheels using a hydraulic braking force generating mechanism and sets a vehicle driving torque, which is generated by an engine, to a second torque which is smaller than a first torque in a normal state, when a switch is switched to an ON state in a state in which a vehicle is traveling and an accelerator is turned on. Then vehicle stops, the vehicle controller implements an EPB mechanical operating state using a mechanical parking brake mechanism. When the switch is switched to an OFF state, the vehicle controller maintains the EPB mechanical operating state until an accelerator pedal operating level reaches “0,” and maintains the vehicle driving torque at the second torque. Then the accelerator pedal operating level reaches “0”, the EPB mechanical operating state is released and the vehicle driving torque is returned to the first torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Senba, Yoji Mizoguchi, Masashi Oishi, Satoaki Haruyama, Yoshikatsu Oda
  • Publication number: 20180008887
    Abstract: Current position information of an information processing apparatus is acquired by using a positional information acquiring section, and a distance, in a real space, between a current position and a target position that is a position corresponding to a predetermined position in the real space is calculated. Then, a predetermined process based on the calculated distance is executed when a parameter value indicating a virtual movement range of a player satisfies a first condition according to the calculated distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiro NITTA, Kazuyoshi SENSUI, Mai YAMAMOTO, Masashi OISHI
  • Publication number: 20170361846
    Abstract: A vehicle controller applies a braking force to wheels using a hydraulic braking force generating mechanism and sets a vehicle driving torque, which is generated by an engine, to a second torque which is smaller than a first torque in a normal state, when a switch is switched to an ON state in a state in which a vehicle is traveling and an accelerator is turned on. Then vehicle stops, the vehicle controller implements an EPB mechanical operating state using a mechanical parking brake mechanism. When the switch is switched to an OFF sate, the vehicle controller maintains the EPB mechanical operating state until an accelerator pedal operating level reaches “0,” and maintains the vehicle driving torque at the second torque. Then the accelerator pedal operating level reaches “0”, the EPB mechanical operating state is released and the vehicle driving torque is returned to the first torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Senba, Yoji Mizoguchi, Masashi Oishi, Satoaki Haruyama, Yoshikatsu Oda