Patents by Inventor Naoki Nagasaka

Naoki Nagasaka 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).

  • Lateral maneuver planner for automated driving system
    Patent number: 9340207
    Abstract: A system, device, and methods of automated driving are disclosed. One example method includes determining one or more potential vehicle paths based on information specific to the environment surrounding a vehicle and receiving an indication classifying one or more objects proximate to the one or more potential vehicle paths as an object of interest based on input received from one or more sensors disposed on the vehicle. The method further includes selecting a preferred vehicle path from the one or more potential vehicle paths based on properties of the one or more objects of interest and sending a command, to one or more vehicle systems, to control the vehicle to follow the preferred vehicle path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki Nagasaka, Katsuhiro Sakai, Bunyo Okumura, Masahiro Harada, Nobuhide Kamata
  • LATERAL MANEUVER PLANNER FOR AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150197246
    Abstract: A system, device, and methods of automated driving are disclosed. One example method includes determining one or more potential vehicle paths based on information specific to the environment surrounding a vehicle and receiving an indication classifying one or more objects proximate to the one or more potential vehicle paths as an object of interest based on input received from one or more sensors disposed on the vehicle. The method further includes selecting a preferred vehicle path from the one or more potential vehicle paths based on properties of the one or more objects of interest and sending a command, to one or more vehicle systems, to control the vehicle to follow the preferred vehicle path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki Nagasaka, Katsuhiro Sakai, Bunyo Okumura, Masahiro Harada, Nobuhide Kamata