Patents by Inventor Naoki Taki
Naoki Taki 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: 11893802Abstract: A traffic signal fixture verification system including an optical recognition means configured to obtain one or more images of two or more traffic signal fixtures in proximity to an ego vehicle, and to detect a motion status of one or more vehicles in proximity to the ego vehicle, a processing means configured to determine a relevance value for two or more traffic signal fixtures identified in the one or more images, monitor a status of each of two or more relevant traffic signal fixtures having a relevance value greater than a threshold value, and based on the relevance values of the two or more relevant traffic signal fixtures, the respective status of each of the two or more relevant traffic signal fixtures, and optionally, and/or the motion status of the one or more vehicles surrounding the vehicle, actuate an accelerator function or a braking function of the ego vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPEInventor: Naoki Taki
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Publication number: 20210287024Abstract: A traffic signal fixture verification system including an optical recognition means configured to obtain one or more images of two or more traffic signal fixtures in proximity to an ego vehicle, and to detect a motion status of one or more vehicles in proximity to the ego vehicle, a processing means configured to determine a relevance value for two or more traffic signal fixtures identified in the one or more images, monitor a status of each of two or more relevant traffic signal fixtures having a relevance value greater than a threshold value, and based on the relevance values of the two or more relevant traffic signal fixtures, the respective status of each of the two or more relevant traffic signal fixtures, and optionally, and/or the motion status of the one or more vehicles surrounding the vehicle, actuate an accelerator function or a braking function of the ego vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2018Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPEInventor: Naoki TAKI
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Publication number: 20210016794Abstract: A system for adjusting external position information of a vehicle driving on a road, including a sensor configured to sense a predetermined static lane object of the road, the vehicle driving on the road, and an electronic control device configured to: receive external position information indicating the vehicle position, detect the static lane object based on a sensor output received from the sensor, determine the position of the static lane object with regard to the vehicle position based on the received sensor output, and adjust the external vehicle position information by calibrating the vehicle position with regard to the determined position of the static lane object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPEInventor: Naoki TAKI
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Patent number: 10864909Abstract: A vehicle control method of performing automatic braking for automatically braking a vehicle or alarm output, depending on a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and an obstacle, includes: cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when an accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output, and cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when a given cancellation condition is satisfied under a situation where the accelerator operation amount of the vehicle is smaller than the predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Taki, Masaaki Uechi, Yoji Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Harada, Kumiko Kondo
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Patent number: 10843688Abstract: A vehicle control method of performing automatic braking for automatically braking a vehicle or alarm output, depending on a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and an obstacle, includes: cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when an accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output, and cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when a given cancellation condition is satisfied under a situation where the accelerator operation amount of the vehicle is smaller than the predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Taki, Masaaki Uechi, Yoji Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Harada, Kumiko Kondo
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Publication number: 20200189578Abstract: A vehicle control method of performing automatic braking for automatically braking a vehicle or alarm output, depending on a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and an obstacle, includes: cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when an accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output, and cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when a given cancellation condition is satisfied under a situation where the accelerator operation amount of the vehicle is smaller than the predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki TAKI, Masaaki Uechi, Yoji Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Harada, Kumiko Kondo
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Patent number: 10501075Abstract: A vehicular braking/driving-force control apparatus includes an accelerator operation detection part configured to detect an accelerator operation; a driving-force limiting apparatus configured to carry out driving-force limiting control of limiting driving force of an own vehicle in such a manner that an upper-limit speed that is set will not be exceeded; an automatic braking control apparatus configured to carry out automatic braking control of automatically generating braking force in the own vehicle based on a relative distance or a relative speed between an obstacle in front of the own vehicle and the own vehicle, and have a cancellation function of inhibiting a start of the automatic braking control based on the accelerator operation; and a control part configured to inhibit the cancellation function from being executed when the driving-force limiting apparatus is in an activated state where the driving-force limiting apparatus is allowed to carry out the driving-force limiting control.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Harada, Naoki Taki, Masaaki Uechi, Kumiko Kondo, Hideaki Hayashi, Akio Kimura, Atsutoshi Sakaguchi, Toshifumi Kawasaki, Tomohiko Futatsugi
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Patent number: 10099688Abstract: A vehicle control method of performing automatic braking for automatically braking a vehicle or alarm output, depending on a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and an obstacle, includes: cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when an accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output, and cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when a given cancellation condition is satisfied under a situation where the accelerator operation amount of the vehicle is smaller than the predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Taki, Masaaki Uechi, Yoji Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Harada, Kumiko Kondo
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Publication number: 20180229722Abstract: A vehicle control method of performing automatic braking for automatically braking a vehicle or alarm output, depending on a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and an obstacle, includes: cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when an accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output, and cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when a given cancellation condition is satisfied under a situation where the accelerator operation amount of the vehicle is smaller than the predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoki TAKI, Masaaki Uechi, Yoji Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Harada, Kumiko Kondo
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Patent number: 9908481Abstract: A vehicle forward information acquiring device includes a bracket fixed to a windshield, a cover mounted to the bracket by being moved along the bracket in one direction, and a vehicle forward information acquiring sensor accommodated between the bracket and the cover. The cover is mounted to the bracket while being pressed against the bracket by a first elastic force and a second elastic force generated when a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion formed on the cover are respectively engaged with a first engaged portion and a second engaged portion formed on the bracket. A position of the cover on the bracket when the first elastic force becomes a maximum value is different from a position of the cover on the bracket when the second elastic force becomes a maximum value.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideaki Hayashi, Atsutoshi Sakaguchi, Tomohiko Futatsugi, Masaaki Uechi, Naoki Taki, Akio Kimura, Kumiko Kondo, Hiroshi Harada, Toshifumi Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20180043885Abstract: A vehicular braking/driving-force control apparatus includes an accelerator operation detection part configured to detect an accelerator operation; a driving-force limiting apparatus configured to carry out driving-force limiting control of limiting driving force of an own vehicle in such a manner that an upper-limit speed that is set will not be exceeded; an automatic braking control apparatus configured to carry out automatic braking control of automatically generating braking force in the own vehicle based on a relative distance or a relative speed between an obstacle in front of the own vehicle and the own vehicle, and have a cancellation function of inhibiting a start of the automatic braking control based on the accelerator operation; and a control part configured to inhibit the cancellation function from being executed when the driving-force limiting apparatus is in an activated state where the driving-force limiting apparatus is allowed to carry out the driving-force limiting control.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2015Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi HARADA, Naoki TAKI, Masaaki UECHI, Kumiko KONDO, Hideaki HAYASHI, Akio KIMURA, Atsutoshi SAKAGUCHI, Toshifumi KAWASAKI, Tomohiko FUTATSUGI
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Patent number: 9751528Abstract: An in-vehicle control device includes a first sensor that acquires obstacle information in a first detection range, a second sensor that acquires obstacle information in a second detection range, the second detection range is nearer to a host vehicle than the first detection range, and a processor configured to perform predetermined control for preventing collision with an obstacle or for reducing damage at collision time based on the obstacle information received from the first sensor and the second sensor and, when the obstacle is not detected by the first sensor and the second sensor after starting the predetermined control based on the obstacle information received from the first sensor, uses positional relation information to determine whether the predetermined control is to be continued wherein the positional relation information indicates a height-direction positional relation between a predetermined part of the obstacle and the first detection range or the second detection range.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaaki Uechi, Yoji Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Harada, Kumiko Kondo, Naoki Taki
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Patent number: 9718467Abstract: An in-vehicle control device includes a first sensor that acquires obstacle information in a first detection range, a second sensor that acquires obstacle information in a second detection range, the second detection range is nearer to a host vehicle than the first detection range, and a processor configured to perform predetermined control for preventing collision with an obstacle or for reducing damage at collision time based on the obstacle information received from the first sensor and the second sensor and, when the obstacle is not detected by the first sensor and the second sensor after starting the predetermined control based on the obstacle information received from the first sensor, uses positional relation information to determine whether the predetermined control is to be continued wherein the positional relation information indicates a height-direction positional relation between a predetermined part of the obstacle and the first detection range or the second detection range.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaaki Uechi, Yoji Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Harada, Kumiko Kondo, Naoki Taki
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Publication number: 20160229355Abstract: A vehicle forward information acquiring device includes a bracket fixed to a windshield, a cover mounted to the bracket by being moved along the bracket in one direction, and a vehicle forward information acquiring sensor accommodated between the bracket and the cover. The cover is mounted to the bracket while being pressed against the bracket by a first elastic force and a second elastic force generated when a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion formed on the cover are respectively engaged with a first engaged portion and a second engaged portion formed on the bracket. A position of the cover on the bracket when the first elastic force becomes a maximum value is different from a position of the cover on the bracket when the second elastic force becomes a maximum value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideaki HAYASHI, Atsutoshi SAKAGUCHI, Tomohiko FUTATSUGI, Masaaki UECHI, Naoki TAKI, Akio KIMURA, Kumiko KONDO, Hiroshi HARADA, Toshifumi KAWASAKI
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Publication number: 20160207533Abstract: An in-vehicle control device includes a first sensor that acquires obstacle information in a first detection range, a second sensor that acquires obstacle information in a second detection range, the second detection range is nearer to a host vehicle than the first detection range, and a processor configured to perform predetermined control for preventing collision with an obstacle or for reducing damage at collision time based on the obstacle information received from the first sensor and the second sensor and, when the obstacle is not detected by the first sensor and the second sensor after starting the predetermined control based on the obstacle information received from the first sensor, uses positional relation information to determine whether the predetermined control is to be continued wherein the positional relation information indicates a height-direction positional relation between a predetermined part of the obstacle and the first detection range or the second detection range.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaaki UECHI, Yoji MIZOGUCHI, Hiroshi HARADA, Kumiko KONDO, Naoki TAKI
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Publication number: 20160194000Abstract: A vehicle control method of performing automatic braking for automatically braking a vehicle or alarm output, depending on a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and an obstacle, includes: cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when an accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output, and cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when a given cancellation condition is satisfied under a situation where the accelerator operation amount of the vehicle is smaller than the predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2014Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki TAKI, Masaaki UECHI, Yoji MIZOGUCHI, Hiroshi HARADA, Kumiko KONDO
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Publication number: 20160114799Abstract: A vehicle travel control apparatus is provided which includes: an automatic brake control part configured to perform an automatic brake control that automatically applies a brake force to a host vehicle when there is a probability of collision with an obstacle in front of the host vehicle; and a drive force recovery control part configured to increase, in response to an accelerator operation by a driver, a target drive force to a demand drive force from the driver by a predetermined increase amount per unit time after having performed the automatic brake control. The drive force recovery control part determines the predetermined increase amount per unit time such that the predetermined increase amount per unit time becomes greater as the brake force applied by the automatic brake control part during the automatic brake control is smaller.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2015Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Toshifumi KAWASAKI, Masaaki UECHI, Naoki TAKI, Kumiko KONDO, Hiroshi HARADA, Akio KIMURA, Hideaki HAYASHI, Atsutoshi SAKAGUCHI, Tomohiko FUTATSUGI
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Patent number: 9008909Abstract: In an in-vehicle device which is carried on an automotive vehicle, an operation unit causes the vehicle to execute a predetermined operation in response to a remote control request from a user. A detection unit detects existence of a moving object in a passenger compartment of the vehicle or in areas surrounding the vehicle. An operation inhibition unit inhibits execution of the predetermined operation by the operation unit when existence of the moving object is detected by the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoki Taki, Takeshi Matsumura, Atsushi Watanabe, Mayumi Otsuka, Keizoh Kawaguchi
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Patent number: 8818621Abstract: In an in-vehicle device which is carried on an automotive vehicle, an operation unit causes the vehicle to execute a predetermined operation in response to a remote control request from a user. A detection unit detects existence of a moving object in a passenger compartment of the vehicle or in areas surrounding the vehicle. An operation inhibition unit inhibits execution of the predetermined operation by the operation unit when existence of the moving object is detected by the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2006Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoki Taki, Takeshi Matsumura, Atsushi Watanabe, Mayumi Otsuka, Keizoh Kawaguchi
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Publication number: 20140107870Abstract: In an in-vehicle device which is carried on an automotive vehicle, an operation unit causes the vehicle to execute a predetermined operation in response to a remote control request from a user. A detection unit detects existence of a moving object in a passenger compartment of the vehicle or in areas surrounding the vehicle. An operation inhibition unit inhibits execution of the predetermined operation by the operation unit when existence of the moving object is detected by the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoki Taki, Takeshi Matsumura, Atsushi Watanabe, Mayumi Otsuka, Keizoh Kawaguchi