Patents by Inventor Ryohei FUWA

Ryohei FUWA 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).

  • Patent number: 11951926
    Abstract: A seating state detection device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection signal group in a predetermined period that is output as a result of transmission and reception of waves by a radio wave sensor mounted on a vehicle, a signal extraction unit configured to extract specific-intensity signals in a predetermined reflection intensity range from the detection signal group, and a determination unit configured to determine whether an occupant in the vehicle is in a first riding state in which the occupant is directly seated on a seat or in a second riding state in which the occupant is seated in an infant auxiliary device, based on a distribution mode of the specific-intensity signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Uematsu, Jun Amano, Takayuki Nakagome, Asami Yamazaki, Masafumi Yaegashi, Ryohei Fuwa
  • Publication number: 20240071106
    Abstract: An occupant detection device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, based on an intensity of a reflected wave generated when a transmission wave transmitted toward an interior of a moving body is reflected by an object present in the interior, point cloud information indicating a three-dimensional-coordinate position of the object moving in the interior as a point cloud including a plurality of detection points; a generation unit configured to generate, based on the point cloud information, a seat row map for each seat row including a plurality of seating regions, the seat row map indicating a distribution of the detection points in a plane region corresponding to an arrangement direction of the plurality of seating regions and a height direction of the moving body; a setting unit configured to set, on the seat row map, an upper end line along an upper end portion of a plane point cloud including two or more of the detection points; and an estimation unit configured to estimate the number of occ
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke KITO, Ryohei FUWA, Takayuki NAKAGOME, Asami YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220396230
    Abstract: A seating state detection device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection signal group in a predetermined period that is output as a result of transmission and reception of waves by a radio wave sensor mounted on a vehicle, a signal extraction unit configured to extract specific-intensity signals in a predetermined reflection intensity range from the detection signal group, and a determination unit configured to determine whether an occupant in the vehicle is in a first riding state in which the occupant is directly seated on a seat or in a second riding state in which the occupant is seated in an infant auxiliary device, based on a distribution mode of the specific-intensity signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru UEMATSU, Jun AMANO, Takayuki NAKAGOME, Asami YAMAZAKI, Masafumi YAEGASHI, Ryohei FUWA
  • Publication number: 20220397643
    Abstract: An occupant detection device includes: a radio wave sensor located above a seat surface of a seat that is disposed in a vehicle cabin of a vehicle, in a vertical direction of the vehicle, and including a transmission unit configured to transmit a transmission wave to the vehicle cabin and a reception unit configured to receive a reflected wave generated by the transmission wave being reflected by an occupant on the seat; a creation unit configured to create, based on the reflected wave, three-dimensional map information in the vehicle cabin in which a position of a reflection point of the reflected wave is represented by three-dimensional coordinates; and a calculation unit configured to calculate, based on the three-dimensional map information, backbone information that is information on a backbone of the occupant on the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun AMANO, Toru UEMATSU, Ryohei FUWA, Asami YAMAZAKI, Takayuki NAKAGOME, Masafumi YAEGASHI
  • Patent number: 11268847
    Abstract: A seat load detection method includes a process in which a control unit records a transition of a load detection signal and a transition of a seat load, a process in which the control unit specifies a timing when a load sensor detects a collision of a vehicle based on a transition record of the load detection signal, and a process in which the control unit calculates a correction value of the seat load based on a difference value between a stable seat load provided after the control unit detects the collision of the vehicle and a stable seat load provided before the load sensor detects the collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Noriyuki Nishizawa, Ryohei Fuwa
  • Publication number: 20190072426
    Abstract: A seat load detection method includes a process in which a control unit records a transition of a load detection signal and a transition of a seat load, a process in which the control unit specifies a timing when a load sensor detects a collision of a vehicle based on a transition record of the load detection signal, and a process in which the control unit calculates a correction value of the seat load based on a difference value between a stable seat load provided after the control unit detects the collision of the vehicle and a stable seat load provided before the load sensor detects the collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki TOMATSU, Noriyuki NISHIZAWA, Ryohei FUWA