Patents by Inventor Shinya OTANI

Shinya OTANI 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: 11904846
    Abstract: A remote parking apparatus comprises an electronic control unit which executes a remote parking control to move an own vehicle and park the own vehicle in a designated parking space in response to receiving a signal transmitted wirelessly from an operation terminal. The electronic control unit is configured to set a parking space as the designated parking space even when there is an obstacle interrupting parking the own vehicle in the parking space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinya Otani
  • Publication number: 20240021794
    Abstract: In a positive active material for energy storage device according to an aspect of the present invention, at least part of a surface is coated with carbon, a ratio of full width at half maximum of a peak in a charged state to a peak in a discharged state is 0.85 or more and 1.13 or less in a peak corresponding to a (131) plane observed by powder X-ray diffraction using CuK? radiation, and the positive active material for energy storage device is a compound represented by the following Formula 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke Endo, Shinya Otani, Satoshi Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20230174081
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a communication unit that communicates with a mobile terminal; and a control unit that executes automatic parking control for causing the vehicle to travel to a target parking position and parking the vehicle in the target parking position in response to a signal transmitted by the mobile terminal. The control unit execute: first abnormality vehicle stop control for decelerating the vehicle to stop the vehicle and changing an ignition from an on state to an off state when the vehicle stops, in a case where a general abnormality occurs during execution of the automatic parking control; and second abnormality vehicle stop control for decelerating the vehicle to stop the vehicle and prohibiting the ignition from being changed to the off state when the vehicle stops, in a case where a specific abnormality occurs in the vehicle during the execution of the automatic parking control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ichiya SHIMOMURA, Shinya OTANI
  • Publication number: 20230108530
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: a traveling assistance control unit that causes a vehicle to automatically travel to a designated parking area and park the vehicle; a reception unit that receives an operation signal for shifting to a state in which traveling control by the traveling assistance control unit can be executed from an operation unit provided in a vehicle interior of the vehicle; and a braking switching unit that switches a braking device that maintains a stop state of the vehicle to a braking force generating state in a case where the operation signal is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motokatsu TOMOZAWA, Shinya SANNODO, Shinya OTANI
  • Publication number: 20230103099
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: a traveling assistance control unit that causes a vehicle to automatically travel to a designated parking area and park the vehicle; a detection unit that detects whether or not a passenger carrying a terminal device enabling traveling control of the vehicle has performed a getting on and off action at a driver's seat of the vehicle; and an authority determination unit that determines whether a traveling control authority of the vehicle is to be attributed to the traveling assistance control unit or the passenger based on a detection result of the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motokatsu TOMOZAWA, Tatsuya HASHIMOTO, Shinya OTANI
  • Publication number: 20230101237
    Abstract: A driving assistance device provides driving assistance to a vehicle including a sensor that collects peripheral information according an instruction from a terminal of a user of the vehicle, the device including: a route calculation unit that calculates a movement route of the vehicle to a target position based on the peripheral information; a detection unit that detects an obstacle at a periphery of the vehicle moving through the movement route based on the peripheral information; and a movement control unit that moves the vehicle along the movement route; where the movement control unit temporarily interrupts the driving assistance and waits until the obstacle moves from a position that hinders the movement when the obstacle is detected at a position hindering the movement of the vehicle on the movement route and a length of the movement route shortened by the obstacle is longer than or equal to a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicants: Aisin Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Motokatsu TOMOZAWA, Tsutomu MOCHIDA, Shinya OTANI, Shinya SANNODO
  • Publication number: 20230096747
    Abstract: A driving assistance device that provides assistance to a vehicle including a sensor, collecting peripheral information, includes a detection unit that detects an obstacle and a parking area at a vehicle periphery; a road width calculation unit that calculates an area between first and second boundary lines as a road width; a route calculation unit that calculates a movement route through the area and the parking area to a target position; and a movement control unit that moves the vehicle along the movement route; where when a second obstacle is detected on the inside of the first and second boundary lines and on the second boundary line side with respect to the vehicle, and the second obstacle is continuously detected when the vehicle reaches a predetermined timing, an area between a third boundary line extending in the predetermined direction and the first boundary line is detected as new road width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motokatsu TOMOZAWA, Tsutomu MOCHIDA, Shinya OTANI, Shinya SANNODO
  • Publication number: 20230036223
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device according to one aspect of the present invention is a nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device including a positive electrode having positive active material particles, in which the positive active material particles contain a lithium transition metal composite oxide having an ?-NaFeO2 structure, the lithium transition metal composite oxide contains at least one of nickel and cobalt, and manganese, a content of lithium with respect to a transition metal in the lithium transition metal composite oxide exceeds 1.0 in terms of a molar ratio, a diffraction peak is present in a range of 20° or more and 22° or less in an X-ray diffraction diagram of the lithium transition metal composite oxide using a CuK? ray, and the positive active material particles contain aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Shinya OTANI, Takenori TOYAMA, Daisuke ENDO
  • Publication number: 20220410874
    Abstract: A remote parking apparatus comprises an electronic control unit which executes a remote parking control to move an own vehicle and park the own vehicle in a designated parking space in response to receiving a signal transmitted wirelessly from an operation terminal. The electronic control unit is configured to set a parking space as the designated parking space even when there is an obstacle interrupting parking the own vehicle in the parking space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: SHINYA OTANI
  • Publication number: 20220293932
    Abstract: Provided is a positive active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which contains a lithium transition metal composite oxide, the lithium transition metal composite oxide having an ?-NaFeO2 structure, containing Ni, Co and Mn as a transition metal (Me), and having an X-ray diffraction pattern attributable to a space group R3-m, in which a ratio of the full width at half maximum of a diffraction peak of the (003) plane to the full width at half maximum of a diffraction peak of the (104) plane, (003)/(104) at a Miller index hkl in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? ray is 0.810 to 0.865, and a crystallite size is 410 ? or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke YOSHIKAWA, Shinya OTANI
  • Publication number: 20220020538
    Abstract: The electrode manufacturing method for manufacturing an electrode provided with an active material layer that contains an active material doped with alkali metal. In an atmosphere with an oxygen concentration of 1 volume % or more and 18 volume % or less, the active material is doped with alkali metal using a dope solution containing alkali metal ions. In a manufacturing method for a power storage device, a negative electrode active material contained in a negative electrode active material layer of a negative electrode is doped with alkali metal using a dope solution containing alkali metal ions in an atmosphere with an oxygen concentration of 1 volume % or more and 18 volume % or less. After the doping with alkali metal, the negative electrode, a separator, and an electrode different from the negative electrode are sequentially stacked to form the electrode cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: MUSASHI ENERGY SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya OTANI, Kenji NANSAKA, Shintarou AONO, Kouichi FUKUNAGA, Kazunari AITA
  • Publication number: 20210384486
    Abstract: An electrode manufacturing apparatus manufactures a strip-shaped doped electrode by doping an active material contained in a layer of a strip-shaped electrode precursor with alkali metal. The electrode manufacturing apparatus includes a sensor configured to detect a mark that the electrode precursor has, at least one doping tank that stores a solution that contains alkali metal ions, a conveyer member configured to convey the electrode precursor along a path passing through the doping tank, a counter electrode member that is accommodated in the doping tank, a connector configured to electrically connect the electrode precursor and the counter electrode member, a power source configured to flow an electric current to the counter electrode member via the connector, and a power controller configured to control the power source based on a result of detection by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: MUSASHI ENERGY SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya IWAZAKI, Kenji NANSAKA, Shinya OTANI, Kazuhide AKIYAMA, Masaya NAOI, Kazunari AITA
  • Publication number: 20210257665
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, in which the positive electrode includes, as an active material, a lithium-transition metal composite oxide that has an ?-NaFeO2-type crystal structure, and is represented by the general formula Li1+?Me1??O2 (0<?, Me is a transition metal element containing Ni and Mn, or containing Ni, Mn, and Co), and has a diffraction peak observed in the range of 20° or more and 22° or less in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained with a CuK? line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Hiromasa MURAMATSU, Shinya OTANI, Ryo HARADA, Akira KISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190375381
    Abstract: A parking support device 10 comprises a display device 70 and a control device 20. When the control device determines a parking request operation is performed, the control device displays a parking area image 300. When the control device determines that a parking start condition, which is satisfied when the parking request operation is performed and the vehicle stops, has been satisfied, the control device starts a stop brake control required to cause the vehicle not to move. When the control device determines that a parking consent operation has been performed after the parking start condition became satisfied, the control device finishes the stop brake control and starts an automatic parking control for controlling a traveling state of the vehicle in order to park the vehicle into the parking area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya NAKAGAWA, Yuki Minase, Shinya Sannodo, Shinya Otani, Norio Imai
  • Patent number: 9284927
    Abstract: An engine; an air cleaner which filtrates fuel air; a turbocharger which compresses intake fuel air; an intake pipe which connects the air cleaner and the turbocharger; and an intake passage which induces the fuel air taken from an intake port at an end part to the air cleaner, are included. The turbocharger is located at a front side lower part of the engine, and the air cleaner is located under a crankcase. The intake passage extends rearward from a rear part of the air cleaner, and thereafter, bends upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshisato Inayama, Shinya Otani
  • Publication number: 20150101875
    Abstract: An engine; an air cleaner which filtrates fuel air; a turbocharger which compresses intake fuel air; an intake pipe which connects the air cleaner and the turbocharger; and an intake passage which induces the fuel air taken from an intake port at an end part to the air cleaner, are included. The turbocharger is located at a front side lower part of the engine, and the air cleaner is located under a crankcase. The intake passage extends rearward from a rear part of the air cleaner, and thereafter, bends upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshisato INAYAMA, Shinya OTANI