Patents by Inventor Satoshi NARUSE

Satoshi NARUSE 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: 12351098
    Abstract: An evaluation simulation system includes a driver monitor, operation members, a model calculator, a monitor image generator, a camera module, and a detection control apparatus. The driver monitor displays a field-of-view image from a virtual vehicle corresponding to a vehicle. The operation members receive operations performed by a driver. The model calculator executes a model control of the virtual vehicle. The monitor image generator generates the field-of-view image after a movement. The detection control apparatus extracts information regarding a virtual object from a captured image obtained by the camera module, and outputs the information to the front lamp control apparatus. The model calculator generates control output information related to the front lamp control apparatus. The monitor image generator causes the field-of-view image under illumination by the front lamp control apparatus to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Hiwatashi, Kentarou Yamasaki, Satoshi Naruse
  • Publication number: 20250094659
    Abstract: An evaluation simulation system includes a driver monitor, operation members, a model calculator, and a monitor image generator. The driver monitor displays a field-of-view image 110 from a virtual vehicle corresponding to a vehicle 1. The operation members 21 to 25 receive operations performed by a driver. The model calculator executes a model control of the virtual vehicle. The monitor image generator generates the field-of-view image 110 after a movement. The model calculator generates control input information and control output information related to a front lamp control apparatus, and causes the front lamp control apparatus to operate based on the control input information. The monitor image generator acquires the control output information calculated by the model calculator, and generates the field-of-view image under illumination by the front lamp control apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Yutaka HIWATASHI, Kentarou YAMASAKI, Satoshi NARUSE
  • Publication number: 20250074292
    Abstract: An evaluation simulation system for a vehicle control includes a driver monitor, operation members for a driver, a model calculator, a monitor image generator, a camera module, and a detection control apparatus. The model calculator executes a model control of a vehicle. The monitor image generator calculates a position and a direction after a movement of the vehicle 1 calculated by the model calculator, and generates a field-of-view image after the movement. The detection control apparatus extracts information regarding an object from an image captured by the camera module. The front lamp control apparatus controls a front lamp apparatus with use of the information regarding the object. The front lamp apparatus includes light sources that are controllable independently of each other. The model calculator generates control information related to the front lamp control apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Yutaka HIWATASHI, Kentarou YAMASAKI, Satoshi NARUSE
  • Publication number: 20250074293
    Abstract: An evaluation simulation system includes a driver monitor, operation members, a model calculator, a monitor image generator, a camera module, and a detection control apparatus. The driver monitor displays a field-of-view image from a virtual vehicle corresponding to a vehicle. The operation members receive operations performed by a driver. The model calculator executes a model control of the virtual vehicle. The monitor image generator generates the field-of-view image after a movement. The detection control apparatus extracts information regarding a virtual object from a captured image obtained by the camera module, and outputs the information to the front lamp control apparatus. The model calculator generates control output information related to the front lamp control apparatus. The monitor image generator causes the field-of-view image under illumination by the front lamp control apparatus to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Yutaka HIWATASHI, Kentarou YAMASAKI, Satoshi NARUSE
  • Publication number: 20240404422
    Abstract: A vehicle development support system includes a visualization apparatus that generates a video including an operation apparatus in a vehicle; a virtual operation apparatus that displays the video and outputs an operation signal corresponding to a pseudo operation input by an operator on the displayed video; an ECU that outputs a control signal for controlling an in-vehicle device in response to the operation signal; a real-time simulator that simulates a motion of the in-vehicle device in response to the control signal and outputs a simulation result to the visualization apparatus and the ECU; and a synchronization apparatus that synchronizes communication in which the simulation result in the real-time simulator is input into the ECU with communication in which the control signal is input into the real-time simulator. The visualization apparatus updates the video including the operation apparatus in accordance with the simulation result in the real-time simulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Yutaka HIWATASHI, Yuji TANIZAKI, Atsushi UDAGAWA, Tsunehiro WATANABE, Satoshi NARUSE
  • Publication number: 20240402696
    Abstract: A vehicle development support system includes an operation apparatus that outputs an operation signal for an in-vehicle device, in response to an operation input by an operator in a cockpit; an ECU that outputs a control signal for controlling the device in response to the operation signal; a real-time simulator that calculates a physical state quantity for operating the device in response to the control signal to simulate a motion of the device and a vehicle behavior associated with the motion; a synchronization apparatus that synchronizes communication in which the ECU receives a simulation result in the simulator with communication in which the simulator receives the control signal; and a video display apparatus that generates video information for the operator based on the simulation result. The control signal output from the ECU which reflects the simulation result is synchronized with the display in the video display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Yutaka HIWATASHI, Yuji TANIZAKI, Atsushi UDAGAWA, Tsunehiro WATANABE, Satoshi NARUSE
  • Publication number: 20240402050
    Abstract: A vehicle development support system includes a frame body equipped with electronic control units installed in a vehicle, a real-time simulator that calculates physical state amounts for operating in-vehicle devices controlled by the electronic control units using control signals for the electronic control units and simulate operations of the in-vehicle devices and a behavior of the vehicle caused by the operations, and a synchronizer that synchronizes communication in which the electronic control units receive outputs from the real-time simulator with communication in which the real-time simulator receives the control signals for the electronic control units. The real-time simulator includes an external information acquisition interface that acquires, as external information, driving information obtained by driving a vehicle in a real space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Yutaka HIWATASHI, Yuji TANIZAKI, Atsushi UDAGAWA, Tsunehiro WATANABE, Satoshi NARUSE
  • Publication number: 20240351386
    Abstract: The present invention provides a land-and-air mobile device that includes an environment information acquirer configured to acquire environment information, a ground travel executor configured to execute ground travel, an air travel executor configured to execute air travel, and a controller. The controller includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute a process including selecting, based on the environment information, a ground travel state in which the ground travel is executed or an air travel state in which the air travel is executed; and changing a priority order for information transmission related to the ground travel executor and the air travel executor in accordance with whether the ground travel state or the air travel state is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Yutaka HIWATASHI, Sho UMEZAWA, Tetsu NAKAZAWA, Shoichiro SAKO, Satoshi NARUSE