Patents by Inventor Shoichi Hayasaka
Shoichi Hayasaka 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: 11906636Abstract: Provided is a vehicle sensor mounting structure by which a GNSS antenna and at least one external sensor are mounted on a roof of a vehicle, the at least one external sensor being configured to detect an external state of the vehicle. The vehicle sensor mounting structure includes: a first wiring hole into which a sensor wiring line of the at least one external sensor is drawn to be placed under the roof, the first wiring hole being formed in the roof; and a second wiring hole into which an antenna wiring line of the GNSS antenna is drawn to be placed under the roof, the second wiring hole being formed in the roof.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shoichi Hayasaka, Keisuke Hokai, Hiromitsu Urano, Shuichi Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 11834011Abstract: A sensor cleaning system cleans a sensor surface of an external sensor mounted on a vehicle. Specifically, the sensor cleaning system estimates a water droplet amount of a water droplet adhering to the sensor surface of the external sensor. The sensor cleaning system determines whether a cleaning start condition is satisfied based on the water droplet amount. The sensor cleaning system executes a cleaning process of cleaning the sensor surface when the cleaning start condition based on the water droplet amount is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shoichi Hayasaka, Hiromitsu Urano, Shuichi Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 11738744Abstract: A driving support apparatus according to the invention estimates the position of a moving body by controlling a position estimation unit when the tracking-target moving body leaves a first area or a second area to enter a blind spot area and detects the position of the moving body by controlling a position detection unit when the moving body leaves the blind spot area to enter the first area or the second area. In this manner, the trajectory of the tracking-target moving body is calculated so that the trajectory of the moving body detected in the first area or the second area and the trajectory of the moving body estimated in the blind spot area are continuous to each other and driving support is executed based on the calculated trajectory of the tracking-target moving body.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Quy Hung Nguyen Van, Shoichi Hayasaka
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Publication number: 20230109415Abstract: A driving support apparatus according to the invention estimates the position of a moving body by controlling a position estimation unit when the tracking-target moving body leaves a first area or a second area to enter a blind spot area and detects the position of the moving body by controlling a position detection unit when the moving body leaves the blind spot area to enter the first area or the second area. In this manner, the trajectory of the tracking-target moving body is calculated so that the trajectory of the moving body detected in the first area or the second area and the trajectory of the moving body estimated in the blind spot area are continuous to each other and driving support is executed based on the calculated trajectory of the tracking-target moving body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Quy Hung NGUYEN VAN, Shoichi HAYASAKA
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Publication number: 20220381883Abstract: A vehicle sensor mounting structure includes a vehicle; and a long-range light detection and ranging (LiDAR) device mounted on a peripheral edge portion of a roof of the vehicle, the long-range LiDAR device having a detection range expanding diagonally downward as viewed from the roof, the detection range including a part of an outer peripheral face of the vehicle, the long-range LiDAR device being configured to detect an object within the detection range, and the long-range LiDAR device having a lower limit of detection distance that is not less than 10 cm and not more than 1 m.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shoichi Hayasaka, Keisuke Hokai, Hiromitsu Urano
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Publication number: 20220306046Abstract: A sensor cleaning system cleans a sensor surface of an external sensor mounted on a vehicle. Specifically, the sensor cleaning system estimates a water droplet amount of a water droplet adhering to the sensor surface of the external sensor. The sensor cleaning system determines whether a cleaning start condition is satisfied based on the water droplet amount. The sensor cleaning system executes a cleaning process of cleaning the sensor surface when the cleaning start condition based on the water droplet amount is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Shoichi Hayasaka, Hiromitsu Urano, Shuichi Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20220196842Abstract: In a vehicle sensor attaching structure in which a first sensor and second sensors for detecting an object outside a vehicle by sensor fusion are attached to the vehicle, the first sensor and the second sensors are disposed side by side in a uniaxial direction along a surface of the vehicle, and the one first sensor is disposed to be sandwiched between the two second sensors at equal intervals.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keisuke Hokai, Shoichi Hayasaka, Hiromitsu Urano
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Patent number: 11364901Abstract: A driving support apparatus according to the invention estimates the position of a moving body by controlling a position estimation unit when the tracking-target moving body leaves a first area or a second area to enter a blind spot area and detects the position of the moving body by controlling a position detection unit when the moving body leaves the blind spot area to enter the first area or the second area. In this manner, the trajectory of the tracking-target moving body is calculated so that the trajectory of the moving body detected in the first area or the second area and the trajectory of the moving body estimated in the blind spot area are continuous to each other and driving support is executed based on the calculated trajectory of the tracking-target moving body.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Quy Hung Nguyen Van, Shoichi Hayasaka
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Publication number: 20220171063Abstract: A target detection apparatus is configured to recognize a stationary object present within a detection range of an external sensor based on map information. Next, the target detection apparatus is configured to determine, by checking an image of the stationary object detected by the external sensor against the stationary object recognized from the map information, whether the image of the stationary object detected by the external sensor includes an undetected region. When the undetected region is identified, the target detection apparatus is configured to recognize an undetectable object present between the stationary object and a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiromitsu Urano, Shoichi Hayasaka, Keisuke Hokai, Takuya Migishima
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Patent number: 11332626Abstract: A new paint which makes it possible for a coating film to have both brightness and radiotransparency is demanded. The paint includes a flake, wherein the flake has a sea-island structure of including a plurality of island phases which are formed of metal, and a sea phase that is formed of resin or DLC, the sea phase linking the island phases to each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi Yamakawa, Naohide Uchida, Yoshihisa Serizawa, Shoichi Hayasaka
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Publication number: 20220048500Abstract: A driving support apparatus according to the invention estimates the position of a moving body by controlling a position estimation unit when the tracking-target moving body leaves a first area or a second area to enter a blind spot area and detects the position of the moving body by controlling a position detection unit when the moving body leaves the blind spot area to enter the first area or the second area. In this manner, the trajectory of the tracking-target moving body is calculated so that the trajectory of the moving body detected in the first area or the second area and the trajectory of the moving body estimated in the blind spot area are continuous to each other and driving support is executed based on the calculated trajectory of the tracking-target moving body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Quy Hung NGUYEN VAN, Shoichi HAYASAKA
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Publication number: 20220035047Abstract: Provided is a vehicle sensor mounting structure by which a GNSS antenna and at least one external sensor are mounted on a roof of a vehicle, the at least one external sensor being configured to detect an external state of the vehicle. The vehicle sensor mounting structure includes: a first wiring hole into which a sensor wiring line of the at least one external sensor is drawn to be placed under the roof, the first wiring hole being formed in the roof; and a second wiring hole into which an antenna wiring line of the GNSS antenna is drawn to be placed under the roof, the second wiring hole being formed in the roof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shoichi Hayasaka, Keisuke Hokai, Hiromitsu Urano, Shuichi Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20220003843Abstract: A laser radar mounting structure is a structure in which a first laser radar and a second laser radar for detecting an object around a vehicle are mounted to the vehicle. A detection direction of the first laser radar and a detection direction of the second laser radar are the same as each other. The first laser radar and the second laser radar are mounted such that a first light emitting unit and a second light emitting unit are located at different height positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keisuke HOKAI, Shoichi HAYASAKA, Hiromitsu URANO, Shuichi YOSHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20200282982Abstract: A driving support apparatus according to the invention estimates the position of a moving body by controlling a position estimation unit when the tracking-target moving body leaves a first area or a second area to enter a blind spot area and detects the position of the moving body by controlling a position detection unit when the moving body leaves the blind spot area to enter the first area or the second area. In this manner, the trajectory of the tracking-target moving body is calculated so that the trajectory of the moving body detected in the first area or the second area and the trajectory of the moving body estimated in the blind spot area are continuous to each other and driving support is executed based on the calculated trajectory of the tracking-target moving body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Quy Hung NGUYEN VAN, Shoichi HAYASAKA
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Patent number: 10696297Abstract: A driving support apparatus according to the invention estimates the position of a moving body by controlling a position estimation unit when the tracking-target moving body leaves a first area or a second area to enter a blind spot area and detects the position of the moving body by controlling a position detection unit when the moving body leaves the blind spot area to enter the first area or the second area. In this manner, the trajectory of the tracking-target moving body is calculated so that the trajectory of the moving body detected in the first area or the second area and the trajectory of the moving body estimated in the blind spot area are continuous to each other and driving support is executed based on the calculated trajectory of the tracking-target moving body.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Quy Hung Nguyen Van, Shoichi Hayasaka
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Publication number: 20200115567Abstract: A new paint which makes it possible for a coating film to have both brightness and radiotransparency is demanded. The paint includes a flake, wherein the flake has a sea-island structure of including a plurality of island phases which are formed of metal, and a sea phase that is formed of resin or DLC, the sea phase linking the island phases to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi YAMAKAWA, Naohide UCHIDA, Yoshihisa SERIZAWA, Shoichi HAYASAKA
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Publication number: 20190001971Abstract: A driving support apparatus according to the invention estimates the position of a moving body by controlling a position estimation unit when the tracking-target moving body leaves a first area or a second area to enter a blind spot area and detects the position of the moving body by controlling a position detection unit when the moving body leaves the blind spot area to enter the first area or the second area. In this manner, the trajectory of the tracking-target moving body is calculated so that the trajectory of the moving body detected in the first area or the second area and the trajectory of the moving body estimated in the blind spot area are continuous to each other and driving support is executed based on the calculated trajectory of the tracking-target moving body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHInventors: Quy Hung NGUYEN VAN, Shoichi Hayasaka
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Patent number: 10106154Abstract: A driving support apparatus according to the invention estimates the position of a moving body by controlling a position estimation unit when the tracking-target moving body leaves a first area or a second area to enter a blind spot area and detects the position of the moving body by controlling a position detection unit when the moving body leaves the blind spot area to enter the first area or the second area. In this manner, the trajectory of the tracking-target moving body is calculated so that the trajectory of the moving body detected in the first area or the second area and the trajectory of the moving body estimated in the blind spot area are continuous to each other and driving support is executed based on the calculated trajectory of the tracking-target moving body.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Quy Hung Nguyen Van, Shoichi Hayasaka
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Patent number: 9875562Abstract: A vehicle information display device including: a subject detecting sensor, that detects a first object positioned in a surrounding area of the vehicle and a second object different from the object; a display portion, that has a display area that displays an object mark corresponded to the object to emphatically display the object detected by the subject detecting sensor, and displays the second object mark so that when a number of the second objects that are in the vicinity of the detected first object and are detected by the subject detecting sensor is large, the emphasizing degree of the vertical component of the second object mark is suppressed in comparison with the emphasizing degree of the vertical component of the first object mark when the number of the second objects is small or no second object is detected.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shoichi Hayasaka, Yoshiyuki Hatakeyama, Edgar Yoshio Morales Teraoka
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Patent number: 9697734Abstract: An information display device for a vehicle includes a object detection sensor that detects a target object positioned around a host vehicle, and a display unit that displays a first object marker which is displayed so as to surround the target object detected by the object detection sensor on a display area positioned between a driver of the host vehicle and the target object, and in a case where a distance from the host vehicle to the target object is long, that displays a second object marker with a degree of emphasis of the vertical components suppressed compared to a degree of emphasis of the vertical components of the first object marker in a case where the distance from the host vehicle to the target object is short.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiyuki Hatakeyama, Shoichi Hayasaka