Patents by Inventor Minoru Kamata

Minoru Kamata 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: 20240109874
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a cholinergic muscarinic M1 receptor positive allosteric modulator activity and useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain, sleep disorder, Parkinson's disease dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof. wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Masami YAMADA, Shinkichi SUZUKI, Takahiro SUGIMOTO, Minoru NAKAMURA, Hiroki SAKAMOTO, Makoto KAMATA
  • Patent number: 11562272
    Abstract: An evaluating apparatus is provided with: a first acquirer configured to obtain a feature value indicating driving behavior of a driver; a classifier configured to classify a plurality of feature values obtained from a plurality of drivers, into a plurality of groups; a second acquirer configured to obtain the feature value that is representative in each of the plurality of groups, as a representative feature value; a ranking device configured to give a rank corresponding to a driving carefulness degree, to each of the plurality of groups, on the basis of the representative feature value; and a determinator configured to determine a driver type corresponding to the driving carefulness degree of the driver, on the basis of a rank of a group into which the feature value of the driver is classified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Kyoichi Tohriyama, Takuma Ito, Masatsugu Soya, Minoru Kamata
  • Patent number: 11307040
    Abstract: A map information provision system includes: a road map information database configured to store road map information; a vehicle position determination unit configured to detect and determine a position of a vehicle on a road; a road map information extraction unit configured to extract the road map information around the vehicle from the road map information database, based on the position of the vehicle; and a waypoint map constructor unit configured to determine positions of waypoints and configure a waypoint map that is made up of the plurality of the waypoints, wherein the waypoint map is supplied to a driving support device for the vehicle or a driving control device for the vehicle and is utilized as map information on the planned driving route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, SCHOOL JUDICIAL PERSON IKUTOKU GAKUEN
    Inventors: Kyoichi Tohriyama, Takuma Ito, Satoshi Nakamura, Minoru Kamata, Pongsathorn Raksincharoensak, Tsukasa Shimizu, Hideo Inoue
  • Patent number: 11131552
    Abstract: A map generation system includes a server configured to: transfer reference curved road constituent points onto a measurement target curved road as virtual constituent points arranged along the measurement target curved road adjacent to the reference curved road; acquire virtual trajectory curvature information based on positions of the virtual constituent points; acquire detailed curve information of the measurement target curved road by acquiring, based on a position of a start point of the measurement target curved road preset in the road map information, travel information of a vehicle traveling on the measurement target curved road, and the virtual trajectory curvature information, measurement target curved road constituent points arranged at preset intervals from the start point along the measurement target curved road, and associating the virtual trajectory curvature information with each of the measurement target curved road constituent points; and generate a map by acquiring the second detailed curve
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Kyoichi Tohriyama, Minoru Kamata, Takuma Ito, Satoshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11055542
    Abstract: A crosswalk marking estimating device includes: circuitry configured to: create a planar-view road surface image of a road around a vehicle; acquire end candidates which are candidates for ends of the bands, included in a crosswalk marking, in the planar-view road surface image based on the planar-view road surface image and a template image which is stored in advance; select a plurality of selected end candidates which is a set of the end candidates corresponding to an edge on the one side, in the road extending direction, of the crosswalk marking from a distribution of the end candidates in the road extending direction in the planar-view road surface image; and estimate a position of the edge of the crosswalk marking relative to the vehicle based on the selected end candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Kyoichi Tohriyama, Minoru Kamata, Takuma Ito
  • Patent number: 10807602
    Abstract: An evaluating apparatus is configured to evaluate a risk that exists in surroundings of a road on which a vehicle travels. The evaluating apparatus is provided with: a first determinator configured to determine a first risk value indicating an extent of a risk in one section of the road, on the basis of a feature value indicating driving behavior of a driver of the vehicle; a second determinator configured to determine a second risk value indicating an extent of a risk in the one section, on the basis of surrounding information about the surroundings of the road; and an acquirer configured to obtain reliability of the second risk value, by evaluating the second risk value by using the first risk value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Kyoichi Tohriyama, Takuma Ito, Masatsugu Soya, Minoru Kamata
  • Publication number: 20200269850
    Abstract: An evaluating apparatus is provided with: a first determinator configured to determine a first risk value indicating whether or not there is a risk in one section of the road and an extent of the existing risk; a second determinator configured to determine a second risk value indicating whether or not there is a risk in the one section and an extent of the existing risk; and an outputting device configured such that if it is determined on said first determinator that there is a risk, said outputting device outputs the first risk value as a definite risk value indicating the risk in the one section, and such that if it is determined on said first determinator that there is no risk and if it is determined on said second determinator that there is a risk, said outputting device outputs the second risk value as the definite risk value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Kyoichi Tohriyama, Takuma Ito, Masatsugu Soya, Minoru Kamata
  • Publication number: 20200272922
    Abstract: An evaluating apparatus is provided with: a first acquirer configured to obtain a feature value indicating driving behavior of a driver; a classifier configured to classify a plurality of feature values obtained from a plurality of drivers, into a plurality of groups; a second acquirer configured to obtain the feature value that is representative in each of the plurality of groups, as a representative feature value; a ranking device configured to give a rank corresponding to a driving carefulness degree, to each of the plurality of groups, on the basis of the representative feature value; and a determinator configured to determine a driver type corresponding to the driving carefulness degree of the driver, on the basis of a rank of a group into which the feature value of the driver is classified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Kyoichi TOHRIYAMA, Takuma ITO, Masatsugu SOYA, Minoru KAMATA
  • Publication number: 20200273339
    Abstract: An evaluating apparatus is configured to evaluate a risk that exists in surroundings of a road on which a vehicle travels. The evaluating apparatus is provided with: a first determinator configured to determine a first risk value indicating an extent of a risk in one section of the road, on the basis of a feature value indicating driving behavior of a driver of the vehicle; a second determinator configured to determine a second risk value indicating an extent of a risk in the one section, on the basis of surrounding information about the surroundings of the road; and an acquirer configured to obtain reliability of the second risk value, by evaluating the second risk value by using the first risk value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Kyoichi Tohriyama, Takuma Ito, Masatsugu Soya, Minoru Kamata
  • Publication number: 20200225044
    Abstract: A map information provision system includes: a road map information database configured to store road map information; a vehicle position determination unit configured to detect and determine a position of a vehicle on a road; a road map information extraction unit configured to extract the road map information around the vehicle from the road map information database, based on the position of the vehicle; and a waypoint map constructor unit configured to determine positions of waypoints and configure a waypoint map that is made up of the plurality of the waypoints, wherein the waypoint map is supplied to a driving support device for the vehicle or a driving control device for the vehicle and is utilized as map information on the planned driving route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, The University of Tokyo, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, School Judicial Person IKUTOKU GAKUEN
    Inventors: Kyoichi TOHRIYAMA, Takuma ITO, Satoshi NAKAMURA, Minoru KAMATA, Pongsathorn RAKSINCHAROENSAK, Tsukasa SHIMIZU, Hideo INOUE
  • Publication number: 20200182630
    Abstract: A map generation system includes a server configured to: transfer reference curved road constituent points onto a measurement target curved road as virtual constituent points arranged along the measurement target curved road adjacent to the reference curved road; acquire virtual trajectory curvature information based on positions of the virtual constituent points; acquire detailed curve information of the measurement target curved road by acquiring, based on a position of a start point of the measurement target curved road preset in the road map information, travel information of a vehicle traveling on the measurement target curved road, and the virtual trajectory curvature information, measurement target curved road constituent points arranged at preset intervals from the start point along the measurement target curved road, and associating the virtual trajectory curvature information with each of the measurement target curved road constituent points; and generate a map by acquiring the second detailed curve
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Kyoichi TOHRIYAMA, Minoru KAMATA, Takuma ITO, Satoshi NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10679077
    Abstract: A road marking recognition device recognizes a road marking from an image acquired by imaging a road surface of a road on which a vehicle is traveling. The road marking recognition device includes: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of templates each of which corresponds to a corresponding one of plurality of feature portions of a road marking as a recognition target and between which a relative positional relationship is known; and a recognition unit configured to detect a second feature portion corresponding to a second template among the plurality of templates when the first feature portion is detected from the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
    Inventors: Toshiki Kinoshita, Takuma Ito, Satoshi Nakamura, Minoru Kamata, Pongsathorn Raksincharoensak, Tsukasa Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20200117919
    Abstract: A crosswalk marking estimating device includes: circuitry configured to: create a planar-view road surface image of a road around a vehicle; acquire end candidates which are candidates for ends of the bands, included in a crosswalk marking, in the planar-view road surface image based on the planar-view road surface image and a template image which is stored in advance; select a plurality of selected end candidates which is a set of the end candidates corresponding to an edge on the one side, in the road extending direction, of the crosswalk marking from a distribution of the end candidates in the road extending direction in the planar-view road surface image; and estimate a position of the edge of the crosswalk marking relative to the vehicle based on the selected end candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Kyoichi TOHRIYAMA, Minoru KAMATA, Takuma ITO
  • Patent number: 10048699
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes: a storage apparatus configured to store a steering modification point of a vehicle and a vehicle speed target point of the vehicle that are associated with map information; and an electronic control unit configured to: detect a position of the vehicle; detect a travel direction of the vehicle; calculate a lane travel distance, the position of the vehicle, and the travel direction of the vehicle; generate, lane travel map data, a target direction of the vehicle, and a target vehicle speed of the vehicle, on the basis of the map information, the steering modification point, the vehicle speed target point, the position of the vehicle, and the travel direction of the vehicle; and output a control signal to control the vehicle on the basis of the position of the vehicle, the lane travel distance of the vehicle, and the lane travel map data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
    Inventors: Hideo Inoue, Masahiro Mio, Masayuki Okuwa, Tsukasa Shimizu, Minoru Kamata, Takuma Ito, Pongsathorn Raksincharoensak, Masao Nagai
  • Publication number: 20180107884
    Abstract: A road marking recognition device recognizes a road marking from an image acquired by imaging a road surface of a road on which a vehicle is traveling. The road marking recognition device includes: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of templates each of which corresponds to a corresponding one of plurality of feature portions of a road marking as a recognition target and between which a relative positional relationship is known; and a recognition unit configured to detect a second feature portion corresponding to a second template among the plurality of templates when the first feature portion is detected from the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
    Inventors: Toshiki KINOSHITA, Takuma ITO, Satoshi NAKAMURA, Minoru KAMATA, Pongsathorn RAKSINCHAROENSAK, Tsukasa SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20160334796
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes: a storage apparatus configured to store a steering modification point of a vehicle and a vehicle speed target point of the vehicle that are associated with map information; and an electronic control unit configured to: detect a position of the vehicle; detect a travel direction of the vehicle; calculate a lane travel distance, the position of the vehicle, and the travel direction of the vehicle; generate, lane travel map data, a target direction of the vehicle, and a target vehicle speed of the vehicle, on the basis of the map information, the steering modification point, the vehicle speed target point, the position of the vehicle, and the travel direction of the vehicle; and output a control signal to control the vehicle on the basis of the position of the vehicle, the lane travel distance of the vehicle, and the lane travel map data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, The University of Tokyo, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
    Inventors: Hideo INOUE, Masahiro MIO, Masayuki OKUWA, Tsukasa SHIMIZU, Minoru KAMATA, Takuma ITO, Pongsathorn RAKSINCHAROENSAK, Masao NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20150336587
    Abstract: A driving assist device 1 includes: an information acquisition unit 20 that detects a driving operation of a driver for the vehicle; a driving skill evaluation unit 24 that evaluates a driving skill of the driver on the basis of a history of the driving operation of the driver; and a driving assist control unit 28 that performs the driving assist control for the vehicle on the basis of the traveling state of the vehicle and the target traveling state. When the information acquisition unit 20 detects the driving operation of the driver during the driving assist control, the driving assist control unit 28 limits the amount of driving assist control for the vehicle according to the driving skill of the driver evaluated and reflects the driving operation amount of the driver in traveling control for the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
    Inventors: Hideo INOUE, Shintaro INOUE, Masahiro MIO, Shingo SAKAIDA, Tsukasa SHIMIZU, Masayuki OKUWA, Minoru KAMATA, Takuma ITO, Pongsathorn RAKSINCHAROENSAK, Masao NAGAI
  • Patent number: 4470087
    Abstract: The head base drive mechanism for cassette tape players. The head base which is normally urged toward the stop position is advanced to the play-back position using the rotation of the capstan. A pinion integrally provided on the flywheel of the capstan is engaged or disengaged with a sector gear. The sector gear is blocked from rotation after it goes out of said engagement and before it comes into engagement with the pinion. Since the sector gear is urged in a predetermined direction by way of a cam attached thereto, the release of said blocking causes the sector gear to rotate very quickly while the pinion is in facing relation to the untoothed position of the sector gear. Meantime, the cam actuates the head base to advance it to the play-back position through gear transmission whereas it restores the head base to the stop position quickly with the force by which the sector gear is urged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Masayoshi Sakamoto, Minoru Kamata