Patents by Inventor Shoichiroh Morioka

Shoichiroh Morioka 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: 12187291
    Abstract: A control device executes: a process of calculating a boundary line based on information on an environment around the vehicle such that the boundary line is set at a predetermined position distanced from a recognized object around the vehicle; a process of determining whether the vehicle is traveling in a direction to approach the boundary line, based on information on a running state of the vehicle; and a process of generating a reaction force to an operation on a steering device of the vehicle by a driver in the direction to approach the boundary line such that the reaction force corresponds to a relative position of the vehicle to the boundary line, the process being executed in a case where an affirmative determination is made in the process of determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshifusa Demizu, Shoichiroh Morioka
  • Publication number: 20240308581
    Abstract: A steering support device including: a torque applying device configured to apply control torque to a steering transmission system between a steering wheel and a steered wheel; a steering torque sensor provided in the steering transmission system between the steering wheel and the torque applying device; and a control unit configured to determine that the driver is not holding the steering wheel when the torque Ts detected by the steering torque sensor is less than the reference value Tsc. The control unit sets a reference value Tsc to a larger value when determining that torque is input to the steering torque sensor from the steered wheel side than when determining that torque is input to the steering torque sensor from the steering wheel side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeru Washino, Shoichiroh Morioka, Hiroaki Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20220281462
    Abstract: A control device executes: a process of calculating a boundary line based on information on an environment around the vehicle such that the boundary line is set at a predetermined position distanced from a recognized object around the vehicle; a process of determining whether the vehicle is traveling in a direction to approach the boundary line, based on information on a running state of the vehicle; and a process of generating a reaction force to an operation on a steering device of the vehicle by a driver in the direction to approach the boundary line such that the reaction force corresponds to a relative position of the vehicle to the boundary line, the process being executed in a case where an affirmative determination is made in the process of determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshifusa Demizu, Shoichiroh Morioka