Patents by Inventor Shuichi TAMAGAWA

Shuichi TAMAGAWA 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).

  • Publication number: 20250021092
    Abstract: A remote operating device including a steering unit configured to steer a mobile body, a display unit configured to display steering information, and a control unit. The control unit includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to receive actual steering information regarding the mobile body, acquire steering information for steering the steering unit, determine a difference between the actual steering information regarding the mobile body and the steering information for steering the steering unit, and cause the steering information for steering the steering unit and the actual steering information regarding the mobile body to be displayed on the display unit based on the difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuichi TAMAGAWA
  • Patent number: 12152891
    Abstract: A server receives a return request of a rental car including information on a usage end position of a car rental service desired by a user from a terminal of the user who has rented a rental car or the rental car. The server searches for a remote driving route of the rental car based on the information on the usage end position and information on a destination of the rental car for after the user finishes using the car rental service. The server compares the remote driving route with a communication area on a map. Then, the server transmits information indicating permission to drop off the rental car to the terminal of the user or the rental car when an entire route of the remote driving route is located inside the communication area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Takashima, Takahiro Ogawa, Kenji Tadakuma, Keisuke Miwa, Shuichi Tamagawa, Takahiro Okano, Shun Ota, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 12135548
    Abstract: A remote operating device including a steering unit configured to steer a mobile body, a display unit configured to display steering information, and a control unit. The control unit includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to receive actual steering information regarding the mobile body, acquire steering information for steering the steering unit, determine a difference between the actual steering information regarding the mobile body and the steering information for steering the steering unit, and cause the steering information for steering the steering unit and the actual steering information regarding the mobile body to be displayed on the display unit based on the difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuichi Tamagawa
  • Patent number: 12111655
    Abstract: A multifunctional vehicle includes a traveling input device that is operated by a driver of the multifunctional vehicle; an information processing device that processes operation information of the traveling input device and that switches and executes a normal driving mode for driving the multifunctional vehicle and a remote driving mode for driving the other vehicle; wearable glasses that communicate with another vehicle directly or via the information processing device; and a communication device that communicate with the other vehicle. In the normal driving mode, a vehicle control of the multifunctional vehicle is executed using control information generated based on the operation information. In the remote driving mode, the control information is transmitted to the other vehicle via the communication device. The wearable glasses are configured to display a surrounding image of the other vehicle during execution of the remote driving mode by the information processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Takashima, Takahiro Ogawa, Kenji Tadakuma, Keisuke Miwa, Shuichi Tamagawa, Takahiro Okano, Shun Ota, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20240248480
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a remote driving system that performs remote driving of a vehicle based on an operation amount input to a remote driving terminal. The remote driving system includes at least one processor. The at least one processor detects a second situation showing a sign of a first situation in which the remote driving of the vehicle is required. The at least one processor performs at least a part of an initial check for checking that the remote driving can be started at the remote driving terminal before the first situation is detected in a case where the second situation is detected. The at least one processor starts the remote driving in a case where the first situation is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi MOMOSE, Junji KAWAMURO, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Kosuke AKATSUKA, Yuki SUEHIRO, Naofumi KOBAYASHI, Rio SUDA
  • Publication number: 20240248478
    Abstract: The remote support system includes a display device for displaying a video image to a remote operator, at least one processor, and at least one memory storing a plurality of instructions executable by the at least one processor. The plurality of instructions is configured to cause the at least one processor to execute the following processes. The first process is to acquire video images related to operation of a vehicle from a plurality of monitoring cameras installed on or near an operation route of the vehicle. The second process is to select a video image to be displayed on the display device from among the video images acquired by the plurality of monitoring cameras based on information regarding current and future relative relationship between each of the plurality of monitoring cameras and the vehicle. The third process is to display the selected video image on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi MOMOSE, Junji KAWAMURO, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Kosuke AKATSUKA, Yuki SUEHIRO, Naofumi KOBAYASHI, Rio SUDA
  • Publication number: 20240251059
    Abstract: A display control device is configured to control image display of a display device for remote operation of a moving body. The display device includes one or more screens respectively configured to display one or more intersection images captured by one or more cameras. The one or more cameras are installed at an intersection through which the moving body passes and are configured to each image a traffic situation in an area of the intersection. The display control device includes a processor configured to execute an image process of arranging the one or more intersection images on the one or more screens in different modes depending on a relation between one or more imaging directions of the one or more cameras and a traveling direction of the moving body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuichi Tamagawa
  • Publication number: 20240246486
    Abstract: A display control device is configured to control image display of a display device for remote operation of a moving body by a remote operator. The display device includes a first screen that displays an intersection image captured by a camera installed at an intersection and imaging a traffic situation in an area of the intersection. The display control device includes one or more sensors configured to acquire intention information of the remote operator regarding right and left turns of the moving body, and a processor. The processor determines, in accordance with a traveling direction of the moving body in the intersection image and the intention information, a shape of a course image indicating a planned course of the moving body, and displays the course image in a superimposed manner on the intersection image while associating the course image with the moving body in the intersection image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuichi TAMAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240248479
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a remote driving system that performs remote driving of a vehicle based on an operation amount input to a remote driving terminal. The remote driving system includes at least one processor. The at least one processor detects a first situation in which the remote driving of the vehicle is required. The at least one processor acquires an urgency level of the first situation. The at least one processor performs an initial check for checking that the remote driving can be started at the remote driving terminal when the first situation is detected. The at least one processor omits a part of the initial check according to the urgency level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi MOMOSE, Junji KAWAMURO, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Kosuke AKATSUKA, Yuki SUEHIRO, Naofumi KOBAYASHI, Rio SUDA
  • Publication number: 20240248493
    Abstract: A remote support system performs a remote support of a moving body. The remote support system includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire, via communication, a first video shot with a first infrastructure camera installed in a target area in which the moving body moves. The processing circuitry is configured to present the first video to a remote supporter to perform the remote support for the moving body. When an abnormality occurs in the first video, the processing circuitry is configured to execute an abnormality handling process to resolve the abnormality in the first video or to present a substitute video to the remote supporter instead of the first video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Rio Suda, Hirofumi Momose, Junji Kawamuro, Shuichi Tamagawa, Kosuke Akatsuka, Yuki Suehiro, Naofumi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240251060
    Abstract: A display system includes: one or more moving body cameras that capture one or more images in front of a moving body; one or more intersection cameras; a display device including one or more screens that display, as one or more images for remote operation of the moving body, one or more moving-body camera images; and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: execute a determination process of determining whether or not a moving object is included in an intersection camera image by analyzing the intersection camera image; and execute a highlighting process of applying a highlighting to the one or more moving-body camera images when the moving object is included in the intersection camera image. The highlighting indicates whether the moving object is present in a left or right direction with respect to a traveling direction of the moving body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuichi TAMAGAWA
  • Patent number: 12008685
    Abstract: A vehicular display device includes: a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire vehicle speed information regarding a vehicle; and display a line image extending toward a vehicle front side and having a base end in a vicinity of the vehicle by displaying the line image in a predetermined display region so as to appear in front of the vehicle, and perform emphasized display further toward a leading end side of the line image as the vehicle speed increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke Akatsuka, Shuichi Tamagawa, Yuki Murata
  • Publication number: 20240118690
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a technique regarding a remote control apparatus for remotely driving or assisting a vehicle by communicating with the vehicle. The remote control apparatus comprises a display device and one or more processors. The one or more processors is configured to execute acquiring an image captured by a vehicle camera and traveling state information of the vehicle, displaying the image on the display device, predicting a position where the vehicle emergently stops when communication with the vehicle is lost based on the traveling state information, and displaying an object indicating the predicted position on the display device to be superimposed on the image. The displaying the object on the display device includes calculating a reliability of the communication with the vehicle, and changing an appearance of the object such that noticeability of the object is lower as the reliability is higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuichi TAMAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11838654
    Abstract: A remote driving system includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring operation information related to an operation of a steering wheel by a user who remotely drives the target vehicle; and a control unit for controlling a resolution and a frame rate of each camera mounted on the target vehicle. When an operation amount of the steering wheel is relatively small, at least one of the resolution and the frame rate of a camera that captures an image of a front region of the target vehicle in a traveling direction is maintained or improved. When the steering wheel has been rotated to one of right and left and the operation amount is relatively large, at least one of the resolution and the frame rate of a camera that captures an image of a region of the one of right and left of the target vehicle is maintained or improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke Akatsuka, Yuki Murata, Shuichi Tamagawa, Rio Suda
  • Publication number: 20230090302
    Abstract: A remote operating device includes a steering unit configured to steer a mobile body, a display unit configured to display steering information for steering the steering unit, and a control unit. The control unit includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to acquire a steering amount of the steering unit and an actual steering amount of the mobile body when the steering unit has been steered, measure a communication lag amount from the steering amount of the steering unit and the actual steering amount of the mobile body, compute the steering information based on the communication lag amount, and cause the steering information to be displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuichi TAMAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230091177
    Abstract: A remote operating device including a steering unit configured to steer a mobile body, a display unit configured to display steering information, and a control unit. The control unit includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to receive actual steering information regarding the mobile body, acquire steering information for steering the steering unit, determine a difference between the actual steering information regarding the mobile body and the steering information for steering the steering unit, and cause the steering information for steering the steering unit and the actual steering information regarding the mobile body to be displayed on the display unit based on the difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuichi TAMAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230082603
    Abstract: A vehicular display device includes: a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire vehicle speed information regarding a vehicle; and display a line image extending toward a vehicle front side and having a base end in a vicinity of the vehicle by displaying the line image in a predetermined display region so as to appear in front of the vehicle, and perform emphasized display further toward a leading end side of the line image as the vehicle speed increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke AKATSUKA, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Yuki MURATA
  • Publication number: 20230061919
    Abstract: A remote driving handing over method of a vehicle of the present disclosure, the handing over method including: acquiring a switching request; selecting a new remote operator in charge of remote driving of the vehicle, in response to the switching request; and switching a person in charge of remote driving of the vehicle from a current remote operator to the new remote operator in response to selection of the new remote operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Takahiro OGAWA, Kenji TADAKUMA, Keisuke MIWA, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Takahiro OKANO, Shun OTA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230068930
    Abstract: A server receives a return request of a rental car including information on a usage end position of a car rental service desired by a user from a terminal of the user who has rented a rental car or the rental car. The server searches for a remote driving route of the rental car based on the information on the usage end position and information on a destination of the rental car for after the user finishes using the car rental service. The server compares the remote driving route with a communication area on a map. Then, the server transmits information indicating permission to drop off the rental car to the terminal of the user or the rental car when an entire route of the remote driving route is located inside the communication area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Takahiro OGAWA, Kenji TADAKUMA, Keisuke MIWA, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Takahiro OKANO, Shun OTA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230062961
    Abstract: A communication method of the present disclosure includes detecting or estimating a decrease in throughput of a first communication terminal mounted on a first vehicle that is remotely driven, and reducing a communication speed of a second communication terminal with which the first communication terminal shares a communication resource in response to detection or estimation of the decrease in the throughput.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Takahiro OGAWA, Kenji TADAKUMA, Keisuke MIWA, Shuichi TAMAGAWA, Takahiro OKANO, Shun OTA, Yuki NISHIKAWA