Patents by Inventor Ryuichi Soya

Ryuichi Soya 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: 12597349
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle-exit assist apparatus including: a target information acquisition device (12) configured to acquire target information on a target existing on a rear side of an own vehicle; and a control unit (10) configured to execute vehicle-exit assist control. The control unit is configured to: determine, based on the target information, whether an interference target which is liable to interfere with the safe exit of the occupant from the own vehicle during a vehicle stop is detected; determine, when a vehicle-exit assist condition which is satisfied at least when the interference target is detected is satisfied, whether a specific condition is satisfied, the specific condition being satisfied when at least a part of the interference target exists in a rear-side vehicle width region; execute the vehicle-exit assist control when the specific condition is not satisfied; and avoid executing the vehicle-exit assist control when the specific condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Koji Takeuchi, Masanori Tokuda, Masaho Ishida, Junya Fukuta, Ryuichi Soya, Ovidiu Marius Chicea
  • Publication number: 20250006057
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle-exit assist apparatus including: a target information acquisition device (12) configured to acquire target information on a target existing on a rear side of an own vehicle; and a control unit (10) configured to execute vehicle-exit assist control. The control unit is configured to: determine, based on the target information, whether an interference target which is liable to interfere with the safe exit of the occupant from the own vehicle during a vehicle stop is detected; determine, when a vehicle-exit assist condition which is satisfied at least when the interference target is detected is satisfied, whether a specific condition is satisfied, the specific condition being satisfied when at least a part of the interference target exists in a rear-side vehicle width region; execute the vehicle-exit assist control when the specific condition is not satisfied; and avoid executing the vehicle-exit assist control when the specific condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Koji TAKEUCHI, Masanori TOKUDA, Masaho ISHIDA, Junya FUKUTA, Ryuichi SOYA, Ovidiu Marius CHICEA
  • Patent number: 12054143
    Abstract: A device includes a processor configured to: issue an alarm when a movement path condition is met and a prohibition condition is not met, the movement path condition being met when an approaching object of which a predicted movement path is a path along which the object passes by a door of the host vehicle is present; and not issue the alarm when the prohibition condition is met, even when the movement path condition is met, wherein the prohibition condition includes a condition to be met when a difference between a distance in a transverse direction from the host vehicle to a stationary object and a distance in the transverse direction from the host vehicle to the approaching object is equal to or less than a predetermined value in a case where the stationary object is present, the stationary object being stationary at a side of the host vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Koji Takeuchi, Masanori Tokuda, Masaho Ishida, Junya Fukuta, Ryuichi Soya
  • Patent number: 11626020
    Abstract: A vehicle alert device (10) executes alert control of determining, when a target is detected in a periphery of an own vehicle (C1), within a set calculation period, whether the target is an alert-target object that does not include a stationary object, determining, when the target is an alert-target object, whether the alert-target object exists in a blind spot area (RL, RR) of a driver, and alerting the driver when the alert-target object exists in the blind spot area. The vehicle alert device avoids executing the alert control when a relative speed of the own vehicle with respect to the alert-target object at a time when the own vehicle overtakes the alert-target object is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawaguchi, Takuto Kumashiro, Junya Fukuta, Ryuichi Soya
  • Publication number: 20220410884
    Abstract: A device includes a target information acquisition sensor configured to detect a target present in a region rearward of a host vehicle, and acquire information about the target as target information; and an electronic control unit configured to, while the host vehicle is stopped, calculate, based on the target information, a predicted time required for the target to come into contact with or close proximity to the host vehicle, and execute drop-off assist control for assisting drop-off of an occupant of the host vehicle when the predicted time is equal to or smaller than a predetermined time threshold, set the time threshold to a predetermined first time threshold when a speed of the target is equal to or lower than a predetermined first speed, and set the time threshold to a value smaller than the first time threshold when the speed of the target is higher than the first speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Hiroshi TOMITA, Masaho ISHIDA, Koji TAKEUCHI, Ryuichi SOYA
  • Publication number: 20220319332
    Abstract: A vehicle alert device (10) executes alert control of determining, when a target is detected in a periphery of an own vehicle (C1), within a set calculation period, whether the target is an alert-target object that does not include a stationary object, determining, when the target is an alert-target object, whether the alert-target object exists in a blind spot area (RL, RR) of a driver, and alerting the driver when the alert-target object exists in the blind spot area. The vehicle alert device avoids executing the alert control when a relative speed of the own vehicle with respect to the alert-target object at a time when the own vehicle overtakes the alert-target object is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KAWAGUCHI, Takuto KUMASHIRO, Junya FUKUTA, Ryuichi SOYA
  • Publication number: 20220306096
    Abstract: A device includes a processor configured to: issue an alarm when a movement path condition is met and a prohibition condition is not met, the movement path condition being met when an approaching object of which a predicted movement path is a path along which the object passes by a door of the host vehicle is present; and not issue the alarm when the prohibition condition is met, even when the movement path condition is met, wherein the prohibition condition includes a condition to be met when a difference between a distance in a transverse direction from the host vehicle to a stationary object and a distance in the transverse direction from the host vehicle to the approaching object is equal to or less than a predetermined value in a case where the stationary object is present, the stationary object being stationary at a side of the host vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Koji Takeuchi, Masanori Tokuda, Masaho Ishida, Junya Fukuta, Ryuichi Soya