Patents by Inventor Satoshi Uno

Satoshi Uno 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).

  • Publication number: 20240135804
    Abstract: An information processing system for transmitting support information to a support target vehicle based on target vehicle data, the information processing system comprising: a moving body encounter situation estimating unit that estimates whether or not a situation of the area is a moving object encounter situation based on target vehicle data in a preset area; and a vehicle support unit that transmits support information to the support target vehicle when a situation of an area in which the support target vehicle is located is a moving object encounter situation, and does not transmit support information to the support target vehicle when a situation of an area in which the support target vehicle is located is not a moving object encounter situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi UNO
  • Patent number: 11953820
    Abstract: An aperture unit includes a base plate, a cover, a plurality of aperture blades, a drive ring, and protrusions. The aperture blades are disposed between the base plate and the cover, and adjust the amount of light passing through by varying the size of an opening. The drive ring is disposed between the base plate and the cover, and is rotationally driven when the aperture blades are opened and closed. The protrusions are provided to the drive ring and the cover, respectively, and support the aperture blades in the direction of suppressing upward warpage of the aperture blades in a state in which the aperture blades move in the direction of reducing the size of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakada, Tetsuya Uno, Satoshi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11948754
    Abstract: A three-terminal capacitor includes a main body having a cylindrical or substantially cylindrical shape extending in a first direction and including first and second inner electrodes alternately laminated together with dielectric layers interposed therebetween, a pair of first outer electrodes on two end surfaces of the main body in the first direction and electrically connected to the first inner electrodes, and a second outer electrode electrically connected to the second inner electrodes. The main body includes a projecting portion projecting in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction at a position between the pair of first outer electrodes. The second outer electrode is provided on one surface of the projecting portion viewable when viewed in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Ito, Koichi Ikeda, Ken Takakura, Satoshi Yoshida, Syuichi Nabekura, Takahiro Hirao, Masanori Nakamura, Kyosuke Uno, Haruhiko Ueno, Yohei Mukobata
  • Publication number: 20240094604
    Abstract: An aperture unit comprises a base plate, a cover, a plurality of movable blades, a drive ring, a drive motor, and rotation shafts. The movable blades are disposed between the base plate and the cover, and adjust the amount of light passing through by varying the size of the opening by opening and closing operations. The drive ring is disposed between the base plate and the cover, is rotationally driven when the movable blades are opened and closed, and has a plurality of cam pins that move along cam grooves in the movable blades. The cover has protrusions that protrude toward the movable blades along the optical axis direction and restrict the movement of the movable blades in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya UNO, Satoshi FUKUDA, Hiroki MIYAJI
  • Patent number: 11900807
    Abstract: A vehicle communication system includes: a communication server and a vehicle control device. The vehicle control device includes at least one electronic control unit configured to: recognize a position of the host vehicle; acquire section information on the communication established section and the communication interrupted section; determine in which section, either the communication established section or the communication interrupted section, the host vehicle is traveling or is to travel; perform system driven control of the host vehicle based on the road condition information when the host vehicle travels in the communication established section; and perform driver driven control of the host vehicle when the host vehicle travels in the communication interrupted section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Uno
  • Patent number: 11900806
    Abstract: A vehicle communication system includes: a communication server and a vehicle control device. The vehicle control device includes at least one electronic control unit configured to: recognize a position of the host vehicle; acquire section information on the communication established section and the communication interrupted section; determine in which section, either the communication established section or the communication interrupted section, the host vehicle is traveling or is to travel; perform system driven control of the host vehicle based on the road condition information when the host vehicle travels in the communication established section; and perform driver driven control of the host vehicle when the host vehicle travels in the communication interrupted section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Uno
  • Patent number: 11899697
    Abstract: An information processing server is configured to acquire target vehicle data having traveling conditions of target vehicles and position information of the target vehicles on a map, recognize, based on the target vehicle data, an unstable behavior position on the map where at least one of the target vehicles exhibits unstable behavior, measure an occurrence count of the unstable behavior positions within a predetermined period in a mesh preset on the map, enlarge the mesh to include the unstable behavior positions within the predetermined period such that the occurrence count of the unstable behavior positions is equal to or larger than a first threshold, and store the mesh and the unstable behavior positions of the mesh in a storage database related to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Uno
  • Patent number: 11798413
    Abstract: A vehicle communication system includes: a communication server and a vehicle control device. The vehicle control device (102) includes at least one electronic control unit configured to: recognize a position of the host vehicle; acquire section information on the communication established section and the communication interrupted section; determine in which section, either the communication established section or the communication interrupted section, the host vehicle is traveling or is to travel; perform system driven control of the host vehicle based on the road condition information when the host vehicle travels in the communication established section; and perform driver driven control of the host vehicle when the host vehicle travels in the communication interrupted section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Uno
  • Patent number: 11662221
    Abstract: A change point detection device includes a memory 170 that stores map information representing a structure associated with a traveling condition on and around a road, an object detection unit 162 that detects a shielding object 20 hiding the structure from an image acquired by an in-vehicle camera 110 mounted on a vehicle 100 and representing an environment around the vehicle 100, a collation unit 163 that eliminates the structure hidden by the shielding object 20 in the map information, collates the image with the map information, and calculates a coincidence degree between the image and the map information, and a change point detection unit 164 that determines, when the coincidence degree is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, that the structure represented in the image has a change point different from the corresponding structure represented in the map information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Uno
  • Publication number: 20230094320
    Abstract: A driving assistance system includes an assistance information acquisition unit configured to acquire assistance information from an information processing server, a setting information acquisition unit configured to acquire an assistance timing of an in-vehicle driving assistance unit set by a driver of a target vehicle, and an assistance information providing unit configured to execute driving assistance for the target vehicle based on the acquired assistance information. The assistance information providing unit provides the driving assistance based on the assistance information when the assistance timing is within a first timing range and does not execute the driving assistance based on the assistance information when the assistance timing is within a second timing range later than the first timing range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Uno
  • Publication number: 20230100568
    Abstract: A vehicle communication system includes: a communication server and a vehicle control device. The vehicle control device includes at least one electronic control unit configured to: recognize a position of the host vehicle; acquire section information on the communication established section and the communication interrupted section; determine in which section, either the communication established section or the communication interrupted section, the host vehicle is traveling or is to travel; perform system driven control of the host vehicle based on the road condition information when the host vehicle travels in the communication established section; and perform driver driven control of the host vehicle when the host vehicle travels in the communication interrupted section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi UNO
  • Publication number: 20230101031
    Abstract: A vehicle assist server performs a vehicle assist for an object vehicle using a previously generated assist content, based on object vehicle data including a traveling state of the object vehicle and position information about the object vehicle on a map. The vehicle assist server includes a prevalence degree estimation unit, a prevalence degree determination unit, and a registration unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Satoshi UNO
  • Publication number: 20220388521
    Abstract: The information processing server includes an unstable behavior position recognition unit configured to recognize an unstable behavior position being a position on a map, at which the target vehicle has performed an unstable behavior, based on the target vehicle data, a support target vehicle determination unit configured to, when the unstable behavior position recognition unit recognizes the unstable behavior position, determine whether or not there is a support target vehicle, based on the unstable behavior position and the target vehicle data, the support target vehicle being the target vehicle estimated to perform the unstable behavior at the unstable behavior position within a predetermined time, and a vehicle support unit configured to, when the support target vehicle determination unit determines that there is the support target vehicle, perform, on the support target vehicle, a vehicle support for suppressing performing of the unstable behavior at the unstable behavior position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventor: Satoshi UNO
  • Publication number: 20220391423
    Abstract: An information processing server is configured to acquire target vehicle data having traveling conditions of target vehicles and position information of the target vehicles on a map, recognize, based on the target vehicle data, an unstable behavior position on the map where at least one of the target vehicles exhibits unstable behavior, measure an occurrence count of the unstable behavior positions within a predetermined period in a mesh preset on the map, enlarge the mesh to include the unstable behavior positions within the predetermined period such that the occurrence count of the unstable behavior positions is equal to or larger than a first threshold, and store the mesh and the unstable behavior positions of the mesh in a storage database related to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventor: Satoshi Uno
  • Publication number: 20220388542
    Abstract: An information processing server includes a target vehicle data recognition unit configured to recognize target vehicle data including a traveling state of a target vehicle and position information of the target vehicle on a map, an unstable behavior position recognition unit configured to recognize an unstable behavior position which is a position on the map, at which at least one target vehicle has performed an unstable behavior, based on a plurality of pieces of the target vehicle data, a determination unit configured to determine whether the unstable behavior position is in a continuous occurrence situation or a discontinuous situation, based on whether or not a plurality of the target vehicles perform the unstable behavior at the unstable behavior position, and a storage processing unit configured to store a determination result by the determination unit, in a storage database in association with the unstable behavior position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Uno
  • Publication number: 20220179414
    Abstract: A vehicle communication system includes: a communication server and a vehicle control device. The vehicle control device includes at least one electronic control unit configured to: recognize a position of the host vehicle; acquire section information on the communication established section and the communication interrupted section; determine in which section, either the communication established section or the communication interrupted section, the host vehicle is traveling or is to travel; perform system driven control of the host vehicle based on the road condition information when the host vehicle travels in the communication established section; and perform driver driven control of the host vehicle when the host vehicle travels in the communication interrupted section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi UNO
  • Patent number: 11217045
    Abstract: An information processing system is configured to include a target vehicle data acquisition unit configured to acquire target vehicle data including a travel state of a target vehicle, driving operation information of the target vehicle, and position information of the target vehicle on a map, a behavior occurrence position recognition unit configured to recognize a behavior occurrence position that is a position where the target vehicle performs an unstable behavior, based on the target vehicle data, and a cause determination unit configured to determine whether or not the unstable behavior at the behavior occurrence position is caused by the driver, based on at least one of the travel state of the target vehicle and the driving operation information of the target vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Uno
  • Publication number: 20210231460
    Abstract: A change point detection device includes a memory 170 that stores map information representing a structure associated with a traveling condition on and around a road, an object detection unit 162 that detects a shielding object 20 hiding the structure from an image acquired by an in-vehicle camera 110 mounted on a vehicle 100 and representing an environment around the vehicle 100, a collation unit 163 that eliminates the structure hidden by the shielding object 20 in the map information, collates the image with the map information, and calculates a coincidence degree between the image and the map information, and a change point detection unit 164 that determines, when the coincidence degree is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, that the structure represented in the image has a change point different from the corresponding structure represented in the map information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi UNO
  • Publication number: 20210080951
    Abstract: A vehicle communication system includes: a communication server and a vehicle control device. The vehicle control device (102) includes at least one electronic control unit configured to: recognize a position of the host vehicle; acquire section information on the communication established section and the communication interrupted section; determine in which section, either the communication established section or the communication interrupted section, the host vehicle is traveling or is to travel; perform system driven control of the host vehicle based on the road condition information when the host vehicle travels in the communication established section; and perform driver driven control of the host vehicle when the host vehicle travels in the communication interrupted section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Uno
  • Patent number: 10884408
    Abstract: A vehicle communication system includes: a communication server and a vehicle control device. The vehicle control device (102) includes at least one electronic control unit configured to: recognize a position of the host vehicle; acquire section information on the communication established section and the communication interrupted section; determine in which section, either the communication established section or the communication interrupted section, the host vehicle is traveling or is to travel; perform system driven control of the host vehicle based on the road condition information when the host vehicle travels in the communication established section; and perform driver driven control of the host vehicle when the host vehicle travels in the communication interrupted section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Uno