Patents by Inventor Naoya Oka

Naoya Oka 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: 20210190204
    Abstract: A CPU sets a gear ratio, which is an action, on the basis of an accelerator operation amount, a vehicle speed, a gradient, a curvature, and a current gear ratio, until a predetermined amount of time elapses. The CPU operates a transmission in accordance with the set gear ratio and obtains a rotation speed NE of a crankshaft at that time. When the predetermined amount of time has elapsed, the CPU updates an action value function by providing a reward in accordance with whether the number of times of switching the rotation speed NE or the gear ratio meets a standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke HASHIMOTO, Akihiro KATAYAMA, Yuta OSHIRO, Kazuki SUGIE, Naoya OKA
  • Patent number: 11043126
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a communication unit, a storage unit, a control unit, and an image capturing unit. The vehicle is configured to be communicable with a different vehicle via the communication unit. The control unit is configured to acquire a captured image from the image capturing unit and store the captured image in the storage unit. The control unit is configured to receive, from the different vehicle that is an oncoming vehicle, a determined result as to whether the different vehicle is able to pass. The control unit is configured to determine whether the vehicle is able to pass based on a width of the vehicle and an available road width ahead, determined from the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Keiko Kameda, Misa Ejiri, Shintaro Naruse, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Naoya Oka, Kensuke Koike, Hiroyuki Monji
  • Publication number: 20210166506
    Abstract: A server includes a server controller, a server communication unit, and a server storage unit, and is adapted to be connected to a communication terminal via the server communication unit. The server controller stores a video taken by a vehicle during traveling, in the server storage unit, such that the video is associated with a road on which the vehicle is traveling, determines a scheduled traveling route, in response to a request from the communication terminal, obtains the video corresponding to each of one or more roads that constitute the scheduled traveling route, from the server storage unit, and sends the video to the communication terminal, on which the video is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo HASEGAWA, Keiko KAMEDA, Misa EJIRI, Shintaro NARUSE, Tadahiro KASHIWAI, Naoya OKA, Kensuke KOIKE, Hiroyuki MONJI
  • Patent number: 11015545
    Abstract: A misfire detection apparatus includes storage devices that store first mapping data and second mapping data, and execution devices. The execution device executes a first acquisition process, a first calculation process, a second acquisition process, a second calculation process, a determination process of determining whether or not a calculation result of the second calculation process and a calculation result of the first calculation process match, a count process of counting the number of consecutive times when a determination is made in the determination process that there is mismatch, and a transmission process of transmitting, to an outside of the vehicle, data on the value of the second misfire variable corresponding to the maximum number of times among the numbers of consecutive times counted in the count process during a predetermined period and data on the second input data used for calculating the value of the second misfire variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Publication number: 20210114596
    Abstract: Provided is a method of generating vehicle control data. The method is applied to a vehicle configured to select one of a plurality of traveling control modes and is executed by a processor in a state in which relationship definition data defining a relationship between a state of the vehicle and an action variable as a variable relating to an operation of electronic equipment in the vehicle is stored in a memory. The method includes operation processing for operating the electronic equipment, acquisition processing for acquiring a detection value of a sensor configured to detect the state of the vehicle, reward calculation processing for providing reward, and update processing for updating the relationship definition data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke HASHIMOTO, Akihiro KATAYAMA, Yuta OSHIRO, Kazuki SUGIE, Naoya OKA
  • Publication number: 20210114608
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a memory, a first processor mounted in a vehicle, and a second processor different from an in-vehicle device. The first processor and the second processor are configured to execute acquisition processing, operation processing, reward calculation processing, and update processing. The first processor is configured to execute at least the acquisition processing and the operation processing, and the second processor is configured to execute the update processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke HASHIMOTO, Akihiro KATAYAMA, Yuta OSHIRO, Kazuki SUGIE, Naoya OKA
  • Publication number: 20210115871
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a memory configured to store relationship definition data that defines a relationship between a state of a vehicle and an action variable, which is a variable relating to an operation of electronic equipment in the vehicle, and a processor. The processor is configured to execute acquisition processing of acquiring a detection value of a sensor and driving preference information, operation processing of operating the electronic equipment, reward calculation processing of providing a greater reward when a characteristic of the vehicle satisfies a criterion than when the characteristic of the vehicle does not satisfy the criterion, and update processing of updating the relationship definition data. The processor is configured to, based on update mapping, output the relationship definition data updated to increase an expected return on the reward when the electronic equipment is operated in compliance with the relationship definition data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke HASHIMOTO, Akihiro KATAYAMA, Yuta OSHIRO, Kazuki SUGIE, Naoya OKA
  • Publication number: 20210115870
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a storage device and a processor. The storage device is configured to store relationship prescription data that prescribe a relationship between a state of a vehicle and an action variable that is a variable related to an operation of an electronic device in the vehicle. The processor is configured to calculate a reward corresponding to the operation of the electronic device. The processor is configured to update the relationship prescription data using, as inputs to updated mapping determined in advance, the state of the vehicle that is based on a detection value that is acquired, a value of the action variable that is used to operate the electronic device, and the reward corresponding to the operation of the electronic device when a computation load on the processor is equal to or less than a predetermined load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke HASHIMOTO, Akihiro KATAYAMA, Yuta OSHIRO, Kazuki SUGIE, Naoya OKA
  • Publication number: 20210115834
    Abstract: A method of generating vehicle control data includes: storing, with a storage device, relationship prescription data; operating, with an execution device, an operable portion of an internal combustion engine; acquiring, with the execution device, a detection value from a sensor that detects the state of the vehicle; calculating, with the execution device, a reward; and updating, with the execution device, the relationship prescription data using update mapping determined in advance, the update mapping using the state of the vehicle based on the detection value, an operation amount used to operate the operable portion, and the reward corresponding to the operation as arguments, and returning the relationship prescription data which have been updated such that an expected profit for the reward calculated when the operable portion is operated in accordance with the relationship prescription data increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke HASHIMOTO, Akihiro KATAYAMA, Yuta OSHIRO, Kazuki SUGIE, Naoya OKA
  • Publication number: 20210114581
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a memory configured to store relationship definition data that defines a relationship between a state of a vehicle and an action variable, which is a variable relating to an operation of electronic equipment in the vehicle, and a processor. The processor is configured to execute acquisition processing of acquiring a detection value of a sensor, operation processing of operating the electronic equipment, reward calculation processing, update processing of updating the relationship definition data, detection processing, and switching processing of switching the relationship definition data to post-treatment data. The processor is configured to, based on the update mapping, output the relationship definition data updated to increase an expected return on the reward when the electronic equipment is operated in compliance with the relationship definition data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke HASHIMOTO, Akihiro KATAYAMA, Yuta OSHIRO, Kazuki SUGIE, Naoya OKA
  • Publication number: 20210114579
    Abstract: An update process updates relationship defining data by inputting, to a predetermined update map, a state of a vehicle obtained by a state obtaining process, a value of an action variable used to operate an electronic device, and a reward corresponding to an operation of an electronic device. A range in which an operation process uses, as the action variable, a value different from a value that maximizes an expected return related to the reward is defined as a return non-maximizing range. In a case in which a degree of deterioration of the vehicle is greater than or equal to a predetermined degree, a changing process changes the return non-maximizing range to a side on which the return non-maximizing range is expanded as compared to a case in which the degree of deterioration is less than the predetermined degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke HASHIMOTO, Akihiro KATAYAMA, Yuta OSHIRO, Kazuki SUGIE, Naoya OKA
  • Publication number: 20210115866
    Abstract: A method of generating vehicle control data is provided. The method is executed using a processor and a storage device and includes: storing first data that prescribe a relationship between a state of a vehicle and an action variable that indicates an action related to an operation of an electronic device; acquiring a detection value from a sensor that detects the state of the vehicle; operating the electronic device; calculating a reward, on the basis of the acquired detection value; in a case where a predetermined condition is met, updating the first data using, as inputs to update mapping determined in advance, the state of the vehicle, a value of the action variable, and the reward; and in a case where the state of the vehicle does not meet the predetermined condition, obtaining second data by adapting the relationship between the state of the vehicle and the action variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke HASHIMOTO, Akihiro KATAYAMA, Yuta OSHIRO, Kazuki SUGIE, Naoya OKA
  • Publication number: 20210114609
    Abstract: A vehicle control system is provided. A classification process classifies vehicles into groups based on information related to vehicles. In order to update relationship defining data for each of the classified groups, an update process inputs, into an update map, states of the vehicles belonging to a same group, values of action variables used to operate the electronic devices of the vehicles belonging to the same group, and rewards corresponding to the operation of the electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke HASHIMOTO, Akihiro KATAYAMA, Yuta OSHIRO, Kazuki SUGIE, Naoya OKA
  • Publication number: 20210114607
    Abstract: A vehicle controller includes processing circuitry and a storage device. The storage device stores relationship specifying data that specifies a relationship between a vehicle state and an action variable. The processing circuitry is configured to execute an obtaining process obtaining the vehicle state, an operating process operating an electronic device based on a value of the action variable, a reward calculation process assigning a reward based on the vehicle state, an updating process updating the relationship specifying data using the vehicle state, the value of the action variable, and the reward as inputs to an update mapping. When a value of the action variable designated by the relationship specifying data is a first value, a process in which the operating process operates the electronic device in accordance with the first value is executable in a first situation and is not executable in a second situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke HASHIMOTO, Akihiro KATAYAMA, Yuta OSHIRO, Kazuki SUGIE, Naoya OKA
  • Publication number: 20210114580
    Abstract: A vehicle controller, a vehicle control system, a vehicle learning device, a vehicle control method, and a memory medium are provided. A switching process switches relationship defining data used in an operation process to post-measure data, when a detection process detects that a functional recovery measure has been taken. The switching process includes a process that uses, as the post-measure data, initial data that is the relationship defining data of a state before an update process is executed as the vehicle travels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke HASHIMOTO, Akihiro KATAYAMA, Yuta OSHIRO, Kazuki SUGIE, Naoya OKA
  • Publication number: 20210108589
    Abstract: A state estimation device for an internal combustion engine includes: a storage device that stores mapping data, the mapping data being data defining a mapping that takes as an input an internal combustion engine state variable and that generates as an output an estimated value for estimating the state of the internal combustion engine; and an execution device that executes an acquisition process of acquiring the internal combustion engine state variable and an estimation process of calculating the estimated value based on the output of the mapping. The mapping data is data learned by machine learning. When the estimated value is out of an acceptable range, the execution device executes a guard process of adjusting the estimated value to a value close to or within the acceptable range. When executing the guard process, the execution device calculates the value after the guard process as the estimated value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke HASHIMOTO, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Patent number: 10969304
    Abstract: A state detection system for an internal combustion engine is provided. A detection mapping takes, as inputs, rotation waveform variables and a road surface state variable to output a combustion state variable. The rotation waveform variables include information on a difference between cylinders in the rotational speed NE of a crankshaft during periods in which the respective cylinders generate combustion torque. The combustion state variable relates to a level of variations in combustion state among the cylinders. A determination process performed by an execution device determines whether the internal combustion engine is in a predetermined operating state based on an output value of the detection mapping that takes, as inputs, values of the rotation waveform variables and a value of the road surface state variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Publication number: 20210095610
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a state determination device. The state determination device includes a storage device and an execution device. The execution device executes an acquisition process, and a determination process. The execution device executes a guard process of bringing an internal combustion engine state variable closer to an allowable range or a value within the allowable range when the internal combustion engine state variable acquired in the acquisition process is out of the predetermined allowable range. The execution device determines the state of the internal combustion engine based on the internal combustion engine state variable after the guard process in the subsequent determination process when the guard process is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke HASHIMOTO, Akihiro KATAYAMA, Yuta OSHIRO, Kazuki SUGIE, Naoya OKA
  • Patent number: 10957131
    Abstract: A server includes a server controller, a server communication unit, and a server storage unit, and is adapted to be connected to a communication terminal via the server communication unit. The server controller stores a video taken by a vehicle during traveling, in the server storage unit, such that the video is associated with a road on which the vehicle is traveling, determines a scheduled traveling route, in response to a request from the communication terminal, obtains the video corresponding to each of one or more roads that constitute the scheduled traveling route, from the server storage unit, and sends the video to the communication terminal, on which the video is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Keiko Kameda, Misa Ejiri, Shintaro Naruse, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Naoya Oka, Kensuke Koike, Hiroyuki Monji
  • Publication number: 20210062747
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine condition determination apparatus includes a storage device; and an execution device. The storage device stores mapping data that defines a mapping. The execution device is configured to execute an acquisition process of acquiring an internal combustion engine state variable every time a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine rotates by a predetermined angle, and a determination process of determining a condition of the internal combustion engine based on an output obtained through the mapping using the internal combustion engine state variable as an input. The mapping data is trained by machine learning. The execution device is configured to prohibit the determination process when a rotation speed of the crankshaft is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke HASHIMOTO, Akihiro KATAYAMA, Yuta OSHIRO, Kazuki SUGIE, Naoya OKA