Patents by Inventor Noeru SATO
Noeru SATO 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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Publication number: 20240001935Abstract: A driving skill evaluation system is configured to evaluate, based on data of a behavior and an operation state of a vehicle, a driving skill of a driver who drives the vehicle. The driving skill evaluation system includes one or more processors and one or more memories communicatively connected to the one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: compare one or both of a surrounding environment of the vehicle and a driving state of the driver with a predetermined determination condition to determine whether the vehicle is in a situation in which a driving operation performed by the driver is restricted; adjust, based on the situation in which the driving operation is restricted, an evaluation method of the driving skill; and perform an evaluation of the driving skill.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Riku KATO, Noeru SATO
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Publication number: 20230303066Abstract: A driver assistance system includes at least one processor and at least one memory communicably coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to acquire data regarding presence or absence of a passer-by in a blind spot region as viewed from a vehicle to be assisted. The presence or the absence of the passer-by is identified based on, at least, recognition results by object recognition systems including an object recognition system other than an object recognition system of the vehicle to be assisted. The processor is configured to calculate certainty of a recognition result of the presence or the absence of the passer-by based on, at least, the number of the object recognition systems that recognize the same passer-by, and carry out processing of reducing a risk of collision between the vehicle to be assisted and the passer-by, in accordance with the certainty calculated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Masaharu NOGUCHI, Yui OTA, Noeru SATO, Tsuyoshi YAMASAKI, Ryuichi SUMIKAWA
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Patent number: 11524681Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle includes a skill level acquiring unit and an inter-vehicle distance controller. The skill level acquiring unit is configured to acquire a driving skill level of a driver of a first vehicle other than a second vehicle. The second vehicle is an own vehicle. The inter-vehicle distance controller is configured to control an inter-vehicle distance from the first vehicle to the second vehicle on the basis of the driving skill level acquired by the skill level acquiring unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko Sugiyama, Takeshi Torii, Ryuichi Sumikawa, Noeru Sato
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Patent number: 11313691Abstract: An information processing apparatus, for a vehicle, includes a skill level acquiring unit, a vehicle position information acquiring unit, and a map acquiring generating unit. The skill level acquiring unit is configured to acquire driving skill levels of respective drivers of a plurality of vehicles. The vehicle position information acquiring unit is configured to acquire pieces of position information of the vehicles. The map acquiring generating unit is configured to acquire map information on the basis of the driving skill levels acquired by the skill level acquiring unit and the pieces of position information acquired by the vehicle position information acquiring unit. The map information indicates presence of the vehicles on a road map in accordance with the respective driving skill levels of the drivers of the vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuichi Sumikawa, Takeshi Torii, Noeru Sato, Akiko Sugiyama
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Patent number: 11256928Abstract: An information providing apparatus, for a vehicle, includes a skill level determining unit, a driving load determining unit, and an information provision controller. The skill level determining unit is configured to determine a driving skill level of a driver of the vehicle when the vehicle is traveling. The driving load determining unit is configured to determine a driving load on the driver. The information provision controller is configured to control provision of information to the driver on the basis of the driving skill level and the driving load.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Noeru Sato, Takeshi Torii, Ryuichi Sumikawa, Akiko Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20210362728Abstract: A driving skill evaluation system configured to evaluate a driving skill of a driver includes a correction operation detection unit configured to detect a correction operation of a driving operation of the driver, a cause estimation unit configured to perform an estimation of a cause of the correction operation based on vehicle traveling state information at a time point when the correction operation is performed and vehicle traveling state information at time points before a predetermined period and after a predetermined period of the time point when the correction operation is performed, and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the driving skill of the driver based on a result of the estimation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Noeru SATO, Takeshi TORII, Shun TANAKA, Masaaki KOBASHI, Shota TSUKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11077835Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a first road surface friction coefficient calculator; a second road surface friction coefficient calculator; and a braking and driving force controller. The first road surface friction coefficient calculator calculates a first road surface friction coefficient that is a friction coefficient of a road surface in a contact with a wheel. The second road surface friction coefficient calculator calculates a second road surface friction coefficient on a basis of a detection value from a contactless sensor that contactlessly detects a road surface state.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Yuya Maeda, Noeru Sato, Fumiya Sato
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Publication number: 20200285865Abstract: An information providing apparatus, for a vehicle, includes a skill level determining unit, a driving load determining unit, and an information provision controller. The skill level determining unit is configured to determine a driving skill level of a driver of the vehicle when the vehicle is traveling. The driving load determining unit is configured to determine a driving load on the driver. The information provision controller is configured to control provision of information to the driver on the basis of the driving skill level and the driving load.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Noeru SATO, Takeshi TORII, Ryuichi SUMIKAWA, Akiko SUGIYAMA
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Publication number: 20200282989Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle includes a skill level acquiring unit and an inter-vehicle distance controller. The skill level acquiring unit is configured to acquire a driving skill level of a driver of a first vehicle other than a second vehicle. The second vehicle is an own vehicle. The inter-vehicle distance controller is configured to control an inter-vehicle distance from the first vehicle to the second vehicle on the basis of the driving skill level acquired by the skill level acquiring unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko SUGIYAMA, Takeshi TORII, Ryuichi SUMIKAWA, Noeru SATO
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Publication number: 20200284603Abstract: An information processing apparatus, for a vehicle, includes a skill level acquiring unit, a vehicle position information acquiring unit, and a map acquiring generating unit. The skill level acquiring unit is configured to acquire driving skill levels of respective drivers of a plurality of vehicles. The vehicle position information acquiring unit is configured to acquire pieces of position information of the vehicles. The map acquiring generating unit is configured to acquire map information on the basis of the driving skill levels acquired by the skill level acquiring unit and the pieces of position information acquired by the vehicle position information acquiring unit. The map information indicates presence of the vehicles on a road map in accordance with the respective driving skill levels of the drivers of the vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuichi SUMIKAWA, Takeshi TORII, Noeru SATO, Akiko SUGIYAMA
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Patent number: 10647201Abstract: A drive assist device includes a fatigue degree estimator and a display controller. The fatigue degree estimator estimates a fatigue degree of a driver of a vehicle. The display controller changes a display range of an optical flow to be presented to the driver, on a basis of the fatigue degree.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Noeru Sato, Takeshi Torii, Hiroyuki Morikawa
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Patent number: 10564434Abstract: A display control device for a vehicle includes: a display controller that displays a predetermined display image on a windshield of the vehicle; a visibility reducing area detector that detects a presence or an absence of a visibility reducing area which reduces a visibility of the display image on the windshield; and a gaze detector that detects a gaze of a driver. When the display image overlaps with the visibility reducing area and the driver does not keep the gaze on the display image, the display controller moves the display image to an outside of the visibility reducing area.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Noeru Sato, Takeshi Torii, Ryuichi Sumikawa
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Patent number: 10543871Abstract: A drive assist device includes a determiner and a display controller. The determiner determines a parameter related to a current driving state of a vehicle. The display controller controls display of a display object that moves in response to operation of a steering wheel, and controls a movement of the display object with respect to a movement of the steering wheel, in accordance with a magnitude of the parameter.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Torii, Noeru Sato, Hiroyuki Morikawa
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Patent number: 10479202Abstract: A vehicle display system includes a display device, a position acquiring unit, and a display controller. The display device is configured to provide a display on a window of a vehicle. The position acquiring unit is configured to acquire a position of a target person present outside the vehicle. The display controller is configured to control the display device to invert the display to be provided for the target person, on the basis of the position of the target person.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Torii, Noeru Sato, Ryuichi Sumikawa
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Publication number: 20190299948Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a first road surface friction coefficient calculator; a second road surface friction coefficient calculator; and a braking and driving force controller. The first road surface friction coefficient calculator calculates a first road surface friction coefficient that is a friction coefficient of a road surface in a contact with a wheel. The second road surface friction coefficient calculator calculates a second road surface friction coefficient on a basis of a detection value from a contactless sensor that contactlessly detects a road surface state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Yuya MAEDA, Noeru SATO, Fumiya SATO
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Patent number: 10346698Abstract: A vehicle display system includes a display device, a determiner, and a display controller. The display device is configured to provide a display on a window of a vehicle. The determiner is configured to determine awakening levels of a driver and an occupant of the vehicle. The display controller is configured to control displaying of the display device, and change the display provided by the display device in accordance with the awakening levels of the driver and the occupant determined by the determiner.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Torii, Noeru Sato, Ryuichi Sumikawa
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Patent number: 10336188Abstract: A vehicle display system includes a display device, a driver state determiner, and a display controller. The display device is configured to provide a display on a window of a vehicle. The driver state determiner is configured to determine whether a driver of the vehicle is in a normal state. The display controller is configured to control displaying of the display device, depending on whether the driver is in the normal state. The display controller is configured to control the displaying of the display device to provide a display for the driver when the driver is determined by the driver state determiner as being in the normal state, and to provide a display for an outside of the vehicle when the driver is determined by the driver state determiner as not being in the normal state.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Torii, Noeru Sato, Ryuichi Sumikawa
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Patent number: 10311735Abstract: A vehicle display system includes a display device, a determiner, and a display controller. The display device is mounted on a vehicle. The determiner is configured to determine whether a person present outside the vehicle enters a blind spot of a driver of the vehicle. The display controller is configured to control, when the person enters the blind spot, the display device to display a warning to the person.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Noeru Sato, Takeshi Torii, Ryuichi Sumikawa
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Publication number: 20190143815Abstract: A drive assist device includes a fatigue degree estimator and a display controller. The fatigue degree estimator estimates a fatigue degree of a driver of a vehicle. The display controller changes a display range of an optical flow to be presented to the driver, on a basis of the fatigue degree.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Noeru SATO, Takeshi TORII, Hiroyuki MORIKAWA
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Patent number: 10289904Abstract: A vehicle display system includes a display device, an authentication device, and a display controller. The display device is mounted on a vehicle. The authentication device is configured to perform authentication of an intended person present outside the vehicle. The display controller is configured to control, on a basis of a result of the authentication, the display device to perform displaying that is directed to the intended person.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Subaru CorporationInventors: Noeru Sato, Takeshi Torii, Ryuichi Sumikawa