Patents by Inventor Sadayuki ABE
Sadayuki ABE 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: 12018954Abstract: A route search device includes a memory and a processor. The processor performs search processing for a route from a current position to a destination of a ride-sharing vehicle based on data stored in the memory. A standard route with the shortest requested time from the current position to the destination is calculated in the search processing. A high-frequency route with a frequency of encountering a pedestrian between the current position and the destination that is higher than the standard route is also calculated in the search processing. A recognition level is compared with a reference level in the search processing. When the recognition level is equal to or less than the reference level, the standard route is selected as a final route. When the recognition level is higher than the reference level, the high-frequency route is selected as the final route.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daichi Hotta, Sadayuki Abe, Nobukazu Ueki
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Patent number: 11938952Abstract: A traveling trajectory estimation system obtains traveling record information indicating a past traveling record of a vehicle, and characteristic object position information indicating the installation position of a characteristic object, and performs a vehicle position estimation process to estimate an object vehicle position at an object time, based on the traveling record information and the characteristic object position information. In the vehicle position estimation process, not only a time previous to the object time, but also a time subsequent to the object time, is used as a reference time. The traveling trajectory estimation system sets each of a plurality of successive times as the object time, and performs the vehicle position estimation process, to estimate the object vehicle positions at the respective times, and determines a collection of the estimated object vehicle positions as a traveling trajectory of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sadayuki Abe, Taichi Kawanai, Kazuhiko Kamikado
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Patent number: 11918372Abstract: A cognitive function evaluation device includes: an obtainment unit that obtains utterance data indicating a voice of an evaluatee uttering a sentence as instructed; a calculation unit that calculates, from the utterance data obtained by the obtainment unit, a feature based on the utterance data; an evaluation unit that compares the feature calculated by the calculation unit to reference data indicating a relationship between voice data indicating a voice of a person and a cognitive function of the person to evaluate the cognitive function of the evaluatee; and an output unit that outputs the sentence to be uttered by the evaluatee and outputs a result of evaluation by the evaluation unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sadayuki Sumi, Ryosuke Nagumo, Kengo Abe, Yoshihiro Matsumura, Takashi Nishiyama, Hirobumi Nakajima, Kohji Sasabe, Makoto Kariyasu, Takako Yoshimura, Minoru Toyama
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Patent number: 11919527Abstract: An autonomous driving system configured to make an abnormality determination for an in-vehicle device at an abnormality determination point while an autonomous vehicle is driving autonomously includes: a route search unit configured to search for a travel route from a departure point to a destination point; a route determination unit configured to determine a determination route for making the abnormality determination for the in-vehicle device from the searched travel route, based on necessity of making the abnormality determination for the in-vehicle device and the number of the abnormality determination points on the travel route; and an abnormality determination unit configured to make the abnormality determination for the in-vehicle device at the abnormality determination point while the autonomous vehicle is driving along the determination route.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daichi Hotta, Nobukazu Ueki, Sadayuki Abe
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Patent number: 11912290Abstract: A self-position estimation accuracy verification method includes a step of moving a mobile object to a first check point, a step of acquiring first check information, a step of starting a self-position estimation using the first check information as an initial value, a step of moving the mobile object to a second check point while continuing the self-position estimation, a step of acquiring second check information, and a step of calculating a deviation between a position and a posture of the mobile object on the map estimated by the self-position estimation at the second check point and a position and a posture of the mobile object on the map indicated in the second check information, and verifying the accuracy of the self-position estimation based on the deviation.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiko Kamikado, Taichi Kawanai, Sadayuki Abe, Hideyuki Matsui
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Patent number: 11899113Abstract: The vehicle position estimation apparatus that estimates the position of the host vehicle includes: a laser light irradiation unit configured to illuminate laser light; a light reception element configured to receive reflection light of the laser light and reflection light of ambient light which is light other than the laser light and be able to detect an intensity of each of the received reflection light; and a host position estimation unit configured to estimate the position of the host vehicle, based on a result of light reception of the reflection light of the laser light received by the light reception element and a result of light reception of the reflection light of the ambient light.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Hayashi, Taichi Kawanai, Sadayuki Abe
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Patent number: 11807223Abstract: An automated drive device that automatically stops a vehicle in a pick-up and drop-off area in which a passenger gets and off the vehicle includes at least one processor and at least one memory that stores a program and information to be read by the at least one processor. The processor is configured to acquire the type of the passenger before the vehicle reaches the pick-up and drop-off area as a first process. The processor is configured to change a behavior for stopping the vehicle in the pick-up and drop-off area in accordance with the type of the passenger as a second process.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Nobukazu Ueki, Daichi Hotta, Sadayuki Abe
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Publication number: 20220316894Abstract: A route search device includes a memory and a processor. The processor performs search processing for a route from a current position to a destination of a ride-sharing vehicle based on data stored in the memory. A standard route with the shortest requested time from the current position to the destination is calculated in the search processing. A high-frequency route with a frequency of encountering a pedestrian between the current position and the destination that is higher than the standard route is also calculated in the search processing. A recognition level is compared with a reference level in the search processing. When the recognition level is equal to or less than the reference level, the standard route is selected as a final route. When the recognition level is higher than the reference level, the high-frequency route is selected as the final route.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Daichi Hotta, Sadayuki Abe, Nobukazu Ueki
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Publication number: 20220234595Abstract: A traveling trajectory estimation system obtains traveling record information indicating a past traveling record of a vehicle, and characteristic object position information indicating the installation position of a characteristic object, and performs a vehicle position estimation process to estimate an object vehicle position at an object time, based on the traveling record information and the characteristic object position information. In the vehicle position estimation process, not only a time previous to the object time, but also a time subsequent to the object time, is used as a reference time. The traveling trajectory estimation system sets each of a plurality of successive times as the object time, and performs the vehicle position estimation process, to estimate the object vehicle positions at the respective times, and determines a collection of the estimated object vehicle positions as a traveling trajectory of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Sadayuki Abe, Taichi Kawanai, Kazuhiko Kamikado
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Publication number: 20220234601Abstract: A self-position estimation accuracy verification method includes a step of moving a mobile object to a first check point, a step of acquiring first check information, a step of starting a self-position estimation using the first check information as an initial value, a step of moving the mobile object to a second check point while continuing the self-position estimation, a step of acquiring second check information, and a step of calculating a deviation between a position and a posture of the mobile object on the map estimated by the self-position estimation at the second check point and a position and a posture of the mobile object on the map indicated in the second check information, and verifying the accuracy of the self-position estimation based on the deviation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiko Kamikado, Taichi Kawanai, Sadayuki Abe, Hideyuki Matsui
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Publication number: 20220194397Abstract: An autonomous driving system configured to make an abnormality determination for an in-vehicle device at an abnormality determination point while an autonomous vehicle is driving autonomously includes: a route search unit configured to search for a travel route from a departure point to a destination point; a route determination unit configured to determine a determination route for making the abnormality determination for the in-vehicle device from the searched travel route, based on necessity of making the abnormality determination for the in-vehicle device and the number of the abnormality determination points on the travel route; and an abnormality determination unit configured to make the abnormality determination for the in-vehicle device at the abnormality determination point while the autonomous vehicle is driving along the determination route.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Daichi Hotta, Nobukazu Ueki, Sadayuki Abe
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Publication number: 20220194362Abstract: An automated drive device that automatically stops a vehicle in a pick-up and drop-off area in which a passenger gets and off the vehicle includes at least one processor and at least one memory that stores a program and information to be read by the at least one processor. The processor is configured to acquire the type of the passenger before the vehicle reaches the pick-up and drop-off area as a first process. The processor is configured to change a behavior for stopping the vehicle in the pick-up and drop-off area in accordance with the type of the passenger as a second process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Nobukazu Ueki, Daichi Hotta, Sadayuki Abe
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Publication number: 20220137221Abstract: The vehicle position estimation apparatus that estimates the position of the host vehicle includes: a laser light irradiation unit configured to illuminate laser light; a light reception element configured to receive reflection light of the laser light and reflection light of ambient light which is light other than the laser light and be able to detect an intensity of each of the received reflection light; and a host position estimation unit configured to estimate the position of the host vehicle, based on a result of light reception of the reflection light of the laser light received by the light reception element and a result of light reception of the reflection light of the ambient light.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke HAYASHI, Taichi KAWANAI, Sadayuki ABE
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Publication number: 20220141392Abstract: The object detection apparatus includes: a laser light irradiation unit; a light reception element configured to detect a laser light intensity of reflection light of laser light and an ambient light intensity of reflection light of ambient light; a correlation information generation unit configured to generate correlation information indicating a correlation relationship between the laser light intensity and the ambient light intensity; an image correction unit configured to correct the camera image captured by the camera based on the correlation information and generate a corrected camera image; and an object detection unit configured to detect an object target based on the corrected camera image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke HAYASHI, Taichi Kawanai, Sadayuki Abe
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Publication number: 20220137187Abstract: An object detection apparatus includes: a laser light irradiation unit; a light reception element configured to detect reflection light of the laser light and reflection light of ambient light which is light other than the laser light; a camera; an information correction unit configured to generate corrected ambient light information by correcting ambient light information, which is information about the reflection light of the ambient light detected by the light reception element, based on a camera image; an object detection unit configured to detect an object target, based on the corrected ambient light information and laser light information received by the light reception element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sadayuki ABE, Yusuke HAYASHI, Taichi KAWANAI
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Publication number: 20220137196Abstract: The object detection apparatus detects an object target by using the LIDAR and the camera. The object detection apparatus includes a calibration processing unit that is configured to perform calibration of the LIDAR and the camera. The LIDAR includes a light reception element configured to receive reflection light of irradiated laser light and reflection light of ambient light which is light other than the laser light and to detect an intensity of the received reflection light of the ambient light. The calibration processing unit is configured to perform the calibration, based on a result of light reception of the received reflection light of the ambient light and the camera image captured by the camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke HAYASHI, Taichi Kawanai, Sadayuki Abe