Patents by Inventor Shintaro SAIGO
Shintaro SAIGO 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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Publication number: 20240131925Abstract: A control device for a vehicle including an operation unit that receives an operation for setting ON or OFF of a plurality of driver assistance functions, wherein at least two or more driver assistance functions among the plurality of driver assistance functions are driver assistance functions classified into a specific group in which the degree of intervention of control for the driving operation is smaller than other driver assistance functions, and the operation unit includes a main switch for collectively setting ON or OFF of the driver assistance functions classified into the specific group.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi HAMAGUCHI, Shintaro SAIGO, Tomoyuki DOI, Kohei TOCHIGI, Minami SATO
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Publication number: 20240101194Abstract: A driving assistance system includes: a first control unit configured to output an output amount related to a required amount; and a second control unit configured to calculate a difference amount between the output amount output and an actually measured amount of an actuator, and control the actuator based on the difference amount and a torque map, in which in assist control (second driving assistance control), the first control unit calculates a difference amount between a second required amount and the actually measured amount, acquires a division amount by dividing the difference amount by a predetermined value, and outputs a total amount of the division amount and the actually measured amount as the output amount, and the second control unit calculates a difference amount between the total amount and the actually measured amount, and controls the actuator based on the difference amount and a second torque map.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shintaro SAIGO, Takeshi Hamaguchi
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Publication number: 20230347970Abstract: A vehicle steering assist device in which the steering assist ECU calculates a target steering angle for driving a vehicle along a traveling path, and is vehicle steering assist device that a calculates a target steering guide torque for facilitating the steering angle to become a target steering angle by reducing a return torque for urging the steering wheel to a neutral position in an area where the steering angle is smaller than the target steering angle, wherein when the steering angular velocity is higher than the target steering angular velocity, the steering support ECU calculates a target steering angular velocity control torque acting in a direction opposite to a direction in which the steering angle changes, and controls the control steering torque generating device so as to generate a control steering torque including a sum of the target steering guide torque and the target steering angular velocity control torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIK KAISHAInventors: Shintaro SAIGO, Shusaku SUGAMOTO, Satoshi INOUE
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Publication number: 20230023426Abstract: A control unit configured to control a reaction force actuator that applies steering guide torque to a steering wheel calculates a target steering angle for causing a vehicle to travel along a curve, calculates target steering guide torque based on a deviation between the target steering angle and an actual steering angle, modifies the target steering guide torque such that the target steering guide torque is larger as an index value indicating at least one of the number of times or an integrated time in which a difference between a magnitude of the actual steering angle and a magnitude of the target steering angle exceeds a reference value is larger, and controls the reaction force actuator such that the steering guide torque becomes the target steering guide torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi Hamaguchi, Shintaro Saigo, Shusaku Sugamoto
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Publication number: 20230008425Abstract: A control unit that controls a reaction force actuator that applies steering guide torque to a steering wheel: calculates, based on a curvature of a curve of a travel road in front of a vehicle detected by a camera sensor, a target steering angle for causing the vehicle to travel along the curve; calculates a target steering guide torque, based on a deviation between the target steering angle that was calculated a prediction time period earlier and an actual steering angle; adjusts a target steering guide torque such that the target steering guide torque becomes smaller as a probability that a driver performs steering operation to deviate from a lane becomes higher; and controls the reaction force actuator such that the steering guide torque becomes the target steering guide torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shusaku Sugamoto, Satoshi Inoue, Takeshi Hamaguchi, Shintaro Saigo
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Publication number: 20220396310Abstract: A vehicle steering control device includes a control device. The control device is configured to control a steering reaction force to be applied to a steering operation performed by a driver of a driver's vehicle, acquire information on a curved road ahead of the driver's vehicle in a traveling direction, set a guide steering operation amount based on the information on the curved road, predict a time at which the driver starts an actual steering operation for driving the driver's vehicle along the curved road as a steering operation start time, and set, based on a difference between the guide steering operation amount and an actual amount of the steering operation, the steering reaction force at a time earlier by a predetermined period than the steering operation start time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi HAMAGUCHI, Shusaku Sugamoto, Satoshi Handa, Satoshi Inoue, Shintaro Saigo
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Patent number: 11034269Abstract: A seat control apparatus controls a seat of a vehicle in which an occupant of the vehicle sits. The seat control apparatus includes an occupant weight recognition unit; an occupant sitting state recognition unit configured to recognize an occupant sitting state including at least either of a grip force of the occupant and a load applied to the occupant; a lateral acceleration estimation unit configured to estimate a subsequent lateral acceleration of the vehicle; and a seat controller configured to control the seat. The seat has an occupant support adjustment portion including at least one of a first adjustment portion, a second adjustment portion, and a third adjustment portion. The seat controller calculates an adjustment amount of the occupant support adjustment portion and controls the occupant support adjustment portion in response to the calculated adjustment amount.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shintaro Saigo, Satoshi Inoue, Terumasa Endo
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Publication number: 20190366888Abstract: A seat control apparatus controls a seat of a vehicle in which an occupant of the vehicle sits. The seat control apparatus includes an occupant weight recognition unit; an occupant sitting state recognition unit configured to recognize an occupant sitting state including at least either of a grip force of the occupant and a load applied to the occupant; a lateral acceleration estimation unit configured to estimate a subsequent lateral acceleration of the vehicle; and a seat controller configured to control the seat. The seat has an occupant support adjustment portion including at least one of a first adjustment portion, a second adjustment portion, and a third adjustment portion. The seat controller calculates an adjustment amount of the occupant support adjustment portion and controls the occupant support adjustment portion in response to the calculated adjustment amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shintaro SAIGO, Satoshi INOUE, Terumasa ENDO