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).
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Patent number: 9457793Abstract: There is provided a vehicle information processing system for assisting a driver in a specified assistance area. The vehicle information processing system includes an operation pattern setting part for setting an operation pattern in the assistance area on the basis of driving operation information of the driver when the driver enters the assistance area and an assistance information determining part for determining assistance information for assisting the driver in the assistance area on the basis of the operation pattern in the assistance area which is set by the operation pattern setting part. According to this structure, it is possible to assist the driver using high-accuracy assistance information corresponding to the operation pattern and thus perform assistance suitable for the driver with high accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2011Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Satoshi Uno
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Patent number: 9409572Abstract: A drive assist system includes: a movable body (20) in which drive assist is performed by an assist device (40, 50, 60) and which includes a movable body holding unit (23); an external holding unit (14) located outside the movable body (20); and a controller (22) configured to determine whether or not an operation position where the assist device (40, 50, 60) operates is related to the operation of the assist device (40, 50, 60), select the external holding unit (14) as a unit in which the operation result of the assist device (40, 50, 60) is to be held when it is determined that the operation position is not related to the operation of the assist device (40, 50, 60), and select the movable body holding unit (23) as the unit in which the operation result of the assist device (40, 50, 60) is to be held when it is determined that the operation position is related to the operation of the assist device (40, 50, 60).Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Satoshi Uno
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Publication number: 20160223337Abstract: The movement guidance device includes a first unit which calculates at least one of an error range of a first arrival time and a error range of a first movement time in a first route to the destination, a second unit which calculates at least one of an error range of a second arrival time and a error range of a second movement time in a second route, which is a route to the destination and is different from the first route, at a point where the second route is branched from the first route, and an output unit which outputs at least one of the error range of the second arrival time and the error range of the second movement time calculated by the second unit based on whether the error range calculated by the second unit is smaller than the error range calculated by the first unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Satoshi UNO
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Patent number: 9360330Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing system for a vehicle that calculates a recommended position of a driving operation in a predetermined area in which the driving operation is supported. The information processing system for a vehicle includes storage means for storing driving operation information of a driver and position information of the vehicle in each predetermined area so as to be associated with each other. The information processing system for a vehicle specifies a driving operation pattern of the predetermined area considering the state of the driving operation over the inside and outside of the predetermined area and determines the recommended position of the driving operation in the predetermined area according to the specified driving operation pattern, on the basis of the information stored in the storage means.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Satoshi Uno
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Patent number: 9336183Abstract: A vehicle information processing system includes a database that mutually associates and stores driving operation information of a driver and position information of a vehicle for each candidate of an assistance area; and a specification unit that determines a vehicle stop based on the information stored in the database, and specifies an assistance area based on stop frequency in the same area. By this configuration, the assistance area can be specified by learning a driving action of the driver based on the database which stores information for each vehicle, and an assistance that is appropriate for the driver can be performed for each vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2010Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Satoshi Uno
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Publication number: 20150380382Abstract: A semiconductor chip SC includes an electrode pad PAD. A Cu pillar PIL is formed on the electrode pad PAD. In addition, an interconnect substrate INT includes a connection terminal TER. The connection terminal TER contains Cu. For example, the connection terminal TER is formed of Cu, and is formed, for example, in a land shape. However, the connection terminal TER may not be formed in a land shape. The Cu pillar PIL and the connection terminal TER are connected to each other through a solder layer SOL. The solder layer SOL contains Sn. A Ni layer NIL is formed on either the Cu pillar PIL or the connection terminal TER. The minimum value L of the thickness of the solder layer SOL is equal to or less than 20 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Satoshi UNO, Hideaki TSUCHIYA, Shinji YOKOGAWA
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Publication number: 20150360685Abstract: A drive assist system includes: a movable body (20) in which drive assist is performed by an assist device (40, 50, 60) and which includes a movable body holding unit (23); an external holding unit (14) located outside the movable body (20); and a controller (22) configured to determine whether or not an operation position where the assist device (40, 50, 60) operates is related to the operation of the assist device (40, 50, 60), select the external holding unit (14) as a unit in which the operation result of the assist device (40, 50, 60) is to be held when it is determined that the operation position is not related to the operation of the assist device (40, 50, 60), and select the movable body holding unit (23) as the unit in which the operation result of the assist device (40, 50, 60) is to be held when it is determined that the operation position is related to the operation of the assist device (40, 50, 60).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2014Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Satoshi UNO
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Publication number: 20150330807Abstract: Provided are a poor visibility estimation system and a poor visibility estimation method that can estimate poor visibility using a simpler configuration. A center has a change amount calculation unit for calculating the change amounts of operation elements of vehicles. A visibility estimation unit estimates poor visibility on the basis of the change amounts calculated by the change amount calculation unit. The center also has a distribution unit for distributing the estimation results of the visibility estimation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2012Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Uno, Takuji Yamada, Shinichiro Fujii, Kazuomi Ohta
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Patent number: 9159607Abstract: A semiconductor chip SC includes an electrode pad PAD. A Cu pillar PIL is formed on the electrode pad PAD. In addition, an interconnect substrate INT includes a connection terminal TER. The connection terminal TER contains Cu. For example, the connection terminal TER is formed of Cu, and is formed, for example, in a land shape. However, the connection terminal TER may not be formed in a land shape. The Cu pillar PIL and the connection terminal TER are connected to each other through a solder layer SOL. The solder layer SOL contains Sn. A Ni layer NIL is formed on either the Cu pillar PIL or the connection terminal TER. The minimum value L of the thickness of the solder layer SOL is equal to or less than 20 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Uno, Hideaki Tsuchiya, Shinji Yokogawa
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Publication number: 20150283984Abstract: A driving assistance system includes: a storage apparatus (14) configured to store an operation result of a first assistance apparatus (50) performing first driving assistance on a first movable body (20A); a determination unit (135) configured to determine whether or not an operation result of a second assistance apparatus (40) performing second driving assistance on a second movable body (30) is related to the operation result of the first assistance apparatus (50) stored in the storage apparatus (14); an information providing unit (134, 133) configured to provide assistance information based on an operation result of the first assistance apparatus (50) when the determination unit (135) determines that the operation result of the second assistance apparatus (40) is related to the operation result of the first assistance apparatus (50); and an assistance unit (323) configured to perform driving assistance on the second movable body (30) based on the assistance information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Satoshi UNO
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Patent number: 9087445Abstract: A vehicular information-processing device and a vehicular information-processing method with which driver operation information can be smoothly linked to learning results are provided. The information-processing ECU learns pieces of operation information, which are obtained in correspondence with various vehicle operations by a driver, in association with the respective spots where the vehicle operations occurred, and, on the basis of the result of learning, provides operation information specific to each spot as driving assistance information. The information-processing ECU determines whether or not the specific operation information provided at the same spot conforms to the driver's vehicle operation at the spot, and learns the repeatability of the specific operation information provided at the spot on the basis of the number of times that it is determined that there is conformity or the number of times that it is determined there is no conformity.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Satoshi Uno
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Publication number: 20150149071Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing system for a vehicle that calculates a recommended position of a driving operation in a predetermined area in which the driving operation is supported. The information processing system for a vehicle includes storage means for storing driving operation information of a driver and position information of the vehicle in each predetermined area so as to be associated with each other. The information processing system for a vehicle specifies a driving operation pattern of the predetermined area considering the state of the driving operation over the inside and outside of the predetermined area and determines the recommended position of the driving operation in the predetermined area according to the specified driving operation pattern, on the basis of the information stored in the storage means.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2011Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventor: Satoshi Uno
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Patent number: 8849492Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is provided with: a storing device for storing each of a plurality of past driving situations of a self-vehicle as a group of a plurality of driving situation factors, for storing, correspondingly to each of the plurality of past driving situations, an action characteristic value and a driving situation occurrence frequency, and for storing, correspondingly to each of the plurality of driving situation factors, a factor influence value and a factor change frequency; an estimating device for estimating a future driving action of the driver on the basis of the plurality of past driving situations, the action characteristic value, the driving situation occurrence frequency, the factor influence value, and the factor change frequency; and a performing device for performing driving assistance in accordance with the estimated driving action.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2010Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Satoshi Uno
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Publication number: 20140244103Abstract: Provided is a vehicle information processing apparatus which, in order to link driver operation information to a learning result more smoothly, learns operation information obtained in response to respective vehicle operations performed by the driver in association with locations in which the vehicle operations have been respectively performed. The vehicle information processing apparatus learns a reproducibility of an identical type of operation information in an identical location in accordance with a number of times the identical type of operation information is obtained consecutively in the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2011Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Satoshi Uno
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Publication number: 20140071259Abstract: Disclosed is an echo -video-image transmission device that uploads, onto a cloud server, an echo video image of a fetus of a prenatal patient that is output from an ultrasonic diagnostic device. The echo-video-image transmission device includes a transmission terminal unit and an IC card reader unit. When the IC card reader unit reads an IC card on which at least a patient identification code and a system identification code are recorded, the transmission terminal unit is triggered to start acquiring the echo video image that is output from the ultrasonic diagnostic device, and the transmission terminal unit uploads, onto the cloud server, the echo video image that has been acquired for a predetermined period of time, together with the patient identification code and a medical institution identification code that has been stored in the transmission terminal unit in advance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: KYORITSU KIDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Odou, Satoshi UNO
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Publication number: 20140015663Abstract: A vehicular information-processing device and a vehicular information-processing method with which driver operation information can be smoothly linked to learning results are provided. The information-processing ECU learns pieces of operation information, which are obtained in correspondence with various vehicle operations by a driver, in association with the respective spots where the vehicle operations occurred, and, on the basis of the result of learning, provides operation information specific to each spot as driving assistance information. The information-processing ECU determines whether or not the specific operation information provided at the same spot conforms to the driver's vehicle operation at the spot, and learns the repeatability of the specific operation information provided at the spot on the basis of the number of times that it is determined that there is conformity or the number of times that it is determined there is no conformity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2011Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Satoshi Uno
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Publication number: 20130274958Abstract: There is provided a vehicle information processing system for assisting a driver in a specified assistance area. The vehicle information processing system includes an operation pattern setting part for setting an operation pattern in the assistance area on the basis of driving operation information of the driver when the driver enters the assistance area and an assistance information determining part for determining assistance information for assisting the driver in the assistance area on the basis of the operation pattern in the assistance area which is set by the operation pattern setting part. According to this structure, it is possible to assist the driver using high-accuracy assistance information corresponding to the operation pattern and thus perform assistance suitable for the driver with high accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2011Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Satoshi Uno
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Publication number: 20130204460Abstract: A vehicle information processing system includes a database that mutually associates and stores driving operation information of a driver and position information of a vehicle for each candidate of an assistance area; and a specification unit that determines a vehicle stop based on the information stored in the database, and specifies an assistance area based on stop frequency in the same area. By this configuration, the assistance area can be specified by learning a driving action of the driver based on the database which stores information for each vehicle, and an assistance that is appropriate for the driver can be performed for each vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2010Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Satoshi Uno
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Publication number: 20130054049Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is provided with: a storing device (210) for storing each of a plurality of past driving situations of the self-vehicle as a group of a plurality of driving situation factors, for storing, correspondingly to each of the plurality of past driving situations, an action characteristic value indicating an action characteristic of the driver in the past driving situation and a driving situation occurrence frequency indicating a frequency at which the past driving situation occurs, and for storing, correspondingly to each of the plurality of driving situation factors, a factor influence value indicating extent of an influence of the driving situation factor on the action characteristic and a factor change frequency indicating a frequency at which the driving situation factor changes; an estimating device (220) for estimating a future driving action of the driver on the basis of the plurality of past driving situations, the action characteristic value, the driving situation occurrenceType: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2010Publication date: February 28, 2013Inventor: Satoshi Uno
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Patent number: 8333660Abstract: In this program, a regulation command for controlling the movement of a first character is recognized by a control unit. After the regulation command for the first character is recognized by the control unit, a movement command for operating a second character is recognized by the control unit. Then, the state that the second character is moving based on the movement command is displayed on an image displaying unit using image data. The first character with movement controlled based on the regulation command is displayed on the image displaying unit using image data. And, if the receiving of commands related to movements for the first character and the second character is terminated by the control unit, a process for changing the ability data of the first character is executed by the control unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2008Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventor: Satoshi Uno