Patents by Inventor Masato Mizoguchi
Masato Mizoguchi 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: 12046140Abstract: A mobility information provision system includes a collector, a mapping unit, a generator, and a controller. The collector collects field information on movement of mobile bodies using communication apparatuses provided in respective predetermined zones or respective predetermined sections. The mapping unit maps positions of the mobile bodies based on the collected field information. The generator generates course-related information based on information on the mapped positions of the mobile bodies. The controller is provided for each of the mobile bodies and controls movement of corresponding one of the mobile bodies based on the course-related information. If the collected field information includes information on an obstacle that would hinder the movement of the mobile bodies, the mapping unit maps the obstacle together with the positions of the mobile bodies, and the generator generates the course-related information for the mobile bodies to cause the mobile bodies to move avoiding the obstacle.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Hajime Oyama, Ryosuke Namba, Masato Mizoguchi, Tomoyuki Kitamura
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Patent number: 12024246Abstract: A vehicle drive assist apparatus for a vehicle includes a target yaw rate calculation unit that sets a target yaw rate to cause the vehicle to travel along a horizontal curve; a reference steering wheel angle calculation unit that sets a reference steering wheel angle; a feedforward target steering wheel angle calculation unit that sets a feedforward target steering wheel angle; an estimated yaw rate calculation unit that sets an estimated yaw rate based on a lateral force component exerted on the vehicle traveling on the curve; and a feedforward correction gain calculation unit that sets a feedforward correction gain based on the ratio between the target yaw rate and the estimated yaw rate. The feedforward target steering wheel angle calculation unit sets the feedforward target steering wheel angle in consideration of the lateral force component by correcting the reference steering wheel angle with the feedforward correction gain.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventor: Masato Mizoguchi
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Patent number: 12027039Abstract: A mobility information provision system includes a collector, a mapping unit, an overall generator, and a specific generator. The collector collects information about movement of a plurality of mobile bodies. The mapping unit maps positions of the plurality of mobile bodies on the basis of the information collected by the collector. The overall generator repeatedly performs a first generation process of generating course-related information by using information including the mapped positions. The specific generator performs, in a case where a specific area for one or more mobile bodies, out of the plurality of mobile bodies, has been set, a second generation process of generating the course-related information for the one or more mobile bodies present in the specific area, by using the information including the mapped positions. The specific generator executes the second generation process in precedence over the first generation process executed by the overall generator.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Hajime Oyama, Ryosuke Namba, Masato Mizoguchi, Tomoyuki Kitamura
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Publication number: 20240196438Abstract: A format that includes a BSSID of a transmitting station within a preamble of the frame is an HE format, and a format that does not include a BSSID within the preamble but includes a BSSID in a MAC header is a Non-HE format; and a wireless station in the BSS includes a control part which checks a format of a frame received at a predetermined receiver sensitivity or above, and continues demodulation of the received frame if the format is HE format and the BSSID in the received frame is consistent with its own BSS, and stops the demodulation of the received frame if the HE format and the BSSID in the received frame is not consistent with its own BSS.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2024Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Junichi IWATANI, Masato MIZOGUCHI
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Patent number: 11993292Abstract: A automatic driving control apparatus for a vehicle can selectively switch a driving mode between a manual driving mode in which a driver manually performs driving operation of the own vehicle and an automatic driving mode in which driving operation is performed automatically along a set target traveling route. The automatic driving control apparatus includes a driving skill evaluation unit and a driving mode switching unit. The driving skill evaluation unit is configured to monitor the driving operation by the driver during traveling in the manual driving mode and evaluate a driving skill of the driver. The driving mode switching unit is configured to control the driving mode so as to be switchable to the automatic driving mode on condition that at least an evaluation value of the driver by the driving skill evaluation unit exceeds a threshold set in advance.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosuke Namba, Hajime Oyama, Masato Mizoguchi, Keisuke Kuwahara
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Publication number: 20240121828Abstract: A predetermined STA includes a station information collection unit collecting from the STA itself and other STAs station information used for selection of STAs performing simultaneous transmission and for control of the simultaneous transmission, and a simultaneous-transmission request unit knowing occurrence of a QoS data frame based on the station information and transmitting a request frame requesting the simultaneous transmission to an AP. The AP includes a station information collection unit; a simultaneous-transmission determination unit selecting a combination of the STAs performing the simultaneous transmission based on the station information by reception of the request frame; and a trigger transmission unit transmitting to each of the STAs performing the simultaneous transmission a trigger frame instructing to performs the simultaneous transmission and including information necessary for controlling the simultaneous transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Akira KISHIDA, Riichi KUDO, Masato MIZOGUCHI
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Patent number: 11943810Abstract: A format that includes a BSSID of a transmitting station within a preamble of the frame is an HE format, and a format that does not include a BSSID within the preamble but includes a BSSID in a MAC header is a Non-HE format; and a wireless station in the BSS includes a control part which checks a format of a frame received at a predetermined receiver sensitivity or above, and continues demodulation of the received frame if the format is HE format and the BSSID in the received frame is consistent with its own BSS, and stops the demodulation of the received frame if the HE format and the BSSID in the received frame is not consistent with its own BSS.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Shoko Shinohara, Yasuhiko Inoue, Junichi Iwatani, Masato Mizoguchi
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Publication number: 20240090043Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication system in which, based on a random access scheme, a transmission opportunity (TXOP) acquired by a wireless access point is granted to a wireless station when performing uplink data transmission from the wireless station to the wireless access point and the TXOP acquired by the wireless station is granted to the wireless access point when performing downlink data transmission from the wireless access point to the wireless station, the system includes a scheduling unit for TXOP granting determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of an uplink data transmission lower than a prescribed value as TXOP responders to which the wireless access point grants the TXOP, and determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of a downlink data transmission lower than the prescribed value as TXOP holders which grant the TXOP to the wireless access point.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Riichi KUDO, Hirantha Sithira Abeysekera, Munehiro Matsui, Shoko Shinohara, Yasushi Takatori, Takeo Ichikawa, Masato Mizoguchi
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Publication number: 20240071223Abstract: A travelling control system includes a plurality of vehicles each including a controller, a server including a generator configured to generate a travelling control information for the plurality of vehicles, a predictor configured to predict a merging interference between a first vehicle travelling from a merging road toward a main road and a second vehicle travelling on the main road, a sender which is provided in the first vehicle to send an interference suppressing request, and a receiver which is provided in the second vehicle to receive the interference suppressing request. The controller of the second vehicle travelling on the main road is configured to execute interference suppressing control of suppressing an approach of the second vehicle to the first vehicle travelling from the merging road to the main road, in a case that the receiver receives the interference suppressing request from the first vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Hajime OYAMA, Masato MIZOGUCHI, Ryosuke NAMBA, Hiroaki KAWAMURA, Norikazu EBISAWA, Kengo KOBAYASHI, Masaru NAKANISHI
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Patent number: 11889557Abstract: A predetermined STA includes a station information collection unit collecting from the STA itself and other STAs station information used for selection of STAs performing simultaneous transmission and for control of the simultaneous transmission, and a simultaneous-transmission request unit knowing occurrence of a QoS data frame based on the station information and transmitting a request frame requesting the simultaneous transmission to an AP. The AP includes a station information collection unit; a simultaneous-transmission determination unit selecting a combination of the STAs performing the simultaneous transmission based on the station information by reception of the request frame; and a trigger transmission unit transmitting to each of the STAs performing the simultaneous transmission a trigger frame instructing to performs the simultaneous transmission and including information necessary for controlling the simultaneous transmission.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Shoko Shinohara, Yasuhiko Inoue, Akira Kishida, Riichi Kudo, Masato Mizoguchi
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Publication number: 20240015058Abstract: Interference in preamble signals and pilot signals in cooperative transmission using interference suppressing technology is avoided. A wireless apparatus for transmitting a wireless signal on which directivity control has been performed to stations in a wireless system including at least one wireless apparatus is provided with a known signal generating unit which generates a known signal to be added to the wireless signal, a weighting processing unit which performs weighting on the known signal generated by the known signal generating unit, and a wireless processing unit which transmits the known signal on which the weighting has been performed by the weighting processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoki MURAKAMI, Yusuke ASAI, Riichi KUDO, Koichi ISHIHARA, Masato MIZOGUCHI, Takeo ICHIKAWA
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Patent number: 11849487Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication system in which, based on a random access scheme, a transmission opportunity (TXOP) acquired by a wireless access point is granted to a wireless station when performing uplink data transmission from the wireless station to the wireless access point and the TXOP acquired by the wireless station is granted to the wireless access point when performing downlink data transmission from the wireless access point to the wireless station, the system includes a scheduling unit for TXOP granting determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of an uplink data transmission lower than a prescribed value as TXOP responders to which the wireless access point grants the TXOP, and determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of a downlink data transmission lower than the prescribed value as TXOP holders which grant the TXOP to the wireless access point.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Riichi Kudo, Hirantha Sithira Abeysekera, Munehiro Matsui, Shoko Shinohara, Yasushi Takatori, Takeo Ichikawa, Masato Mizoguchi
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Patent number: 11845436Abstract: A vehicle travel locus transmission system to be mounted on a vehicle includes a GNSS receiver, a vehicle-side transceiver, a locator processor, a wheel speed sensor, a gyro sensor, and an acceleration rate sensor. The locator processor generates, on predetermined cycles, a latest first linear coordinate as a linear function parameter that couples latest first positional coordinates and second positional coordinates on a previous cycle. The first and second positional coordinates are to be acquired on the basis of a positioning signal received by the GNSS receiver. On the condition that an angle formed by the first linear coordinate with an extension of a second linear coordinate generated on the previous cycle exceeds a predetermined threshold, the locator processor sends data regarding the first linear coordinate together with vehicle identification data, from the vehicle-side transceiver to an external device.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosuke Namba, Keisuke Kuwahara, Masato Mizoguchi
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Patent number: 11816982Abstract: A mobility information provision system includes a collector, a mapping unit, a generator, and a controller. The collector collects field information on movement of mobile bodies using communication apparatuses provided in predetermined zones. The mapping unit maps positions of the mobile bodies based on the collected field information. The generator generates course-related information based on the mapped positions of the mobile bodies. The controller is provided for each mobile body and controls or determines movement of the mobile body based on the course-related information. If the collected field information includes information that hinders the movement of the mobile bodies, the mapping unit maps the positions of the mobile bodies moving on a road on which the mobile bodies are movable and sets a movement restricted section, and the generator generates the course-related information for each mobile body to regulate the movement of the mobile bodies in the movement restricted section.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Hajime Oyama, Ryosuke Namba, Masato Mizoguchi, Tomoyuki Kitamura
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Patent number: 11816988Abstract: A mobility information provision system includes a collector, a mapping unit, a generator, and a controller. The collector collects field information on movement of mobile bodies using communication apparatuses provided in respective predetermined zones or sections. The mapping unit maps positions of the mobile bodies based on the collected information. The generator generates course-related information based on mapping information on the positions of the mobile bodies. The controller is provided for each mobile body and controls movement of the mobile body based on the course-related information.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Hajime Oyama, Ryosuke Namba, Masato Mizoguchi, Tomoyuki Kitamura
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Patent number: 11801839Abstract: A vehicle travel control device includes a travel information collector and a travel control unit. The travel information collector is configured to collect travel environment information of a first vehicle. The travel environment information at least includes travel information of the first vehicle, ambient environment information of the first vehicle including external appearance information of a second vehicle, and first-vehicle lane information for recognizing a traveling lane of the first vehicle. The travel control unit is configured to perform travel control of the first vehicle based on the travel environment information. When the traveling lane of the first vehicle is a nonpriority lane and the first vehicle traveling on a nonpriority lane is to merge into a priority lane, the travel control unit is configured to perform control for causing the first vehicle to travel along a lane boundary line of the traveling lane, based on the travel environment information.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventor: Masato Mizoguchi
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Patent number: 11804997Abstract: Interference in preamble signals and pilot signals in cooperative transmission using interference suppressing technology is avoided. A wireless apparatus for transmitting a wireless signal on which directivity control has been performed to stations in a wireless system including at least one wireless apparatus is provided with a known signal generating unit which generates a known signal to be added to the wireless signal, a weighting processing unit which performs weighting on the known signal generated by the known signal generating unit, and a wireless processing unit which transmits the known signal on which the weighting has been performed by the weighting processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoki Murakami, Yusuke Asai, Riichi Kudo, Koichi Ishihara, Masato Mizoguchi, Takeo Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20230303116Abstract: A vehicle position generation apparatus to be applied to a vehicle includes a memory, an imaging device, and a processor. The memory holds map data including information on at least positions of standing structures arranged to stand along a road on which the vehicle travels. The imaging device captures an image of a forward side in a traveling direction of the vehicle. The processor acquires information from the memory and the imaging device, and processes the acquired information. The processor generates information on one or more standing structures included in the captured image obtained by the imaging device, identifies, in the map data, positions of the one or more standing structures on which the information has been generated, and generates a position of the vehicle, based on the positions of the one or more standing structures identified in the map data, and the captured image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Masato Mizoguchi, Hajime Oyama
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Publication number: 20230306851Abstract: A vehicle traveling control apparatus includes a selection unit and a traveling control unit. The selection unit selects a control target vehicle for a first vehicle traveling on a merging destination lane, out of one or more second vehicles traveling on a merging origin lane, by comparing respective front-rear positions of front ends of the vehicles. The traveling control unit controls traveling of the first vehicle traveling on the merging destination lane, to allow the selected control target vehicle to merge immediately in front of the first vehicle on the merging destination lane. The traveling control unit executes control of allowing the control target vehicle to merge immediately in front of the first vehicle if the control target vehicle is selected, and refrains from executing control of allowing any of the second vehicles to merge immediately in front of the first vehicle if the control target vehicle is not selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventor: Masato Mizoguchi
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Publication number: 20230290190Abstract: A vehicle server system includes a vehicle and a server apparatus. The vehicle is chargeable, and includes at least a control apparatus configured to execute a calculation processing, and an external communication apparatus. The server apparatus includes a server communicator and a server processor. The server communicator is configured to communicate with the external communication apparatus of the vehicle. The server processor configured to execute at least traveling control on the vehicle on the basis of data transmitted and received by the server communicator. The server communicator receives vehicle state data of the vehicle from the vehicle. The server processor is configured to determine whether time of a location where the vehicle from which the vehicle state data is received is on charge is nighttime, and, upon determining that the vehicle is on charge in the nighttime, execute control to cause the control apparatus to execute the calculation processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventor: Masato MIZOGUCHI