Patents by Inventor Shun Maruyama

Shun Maruyama 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: 11904907
    Abstract: An autonomous driving vehicle includes a first reference straight steering angle acquisition unit configured to acquire a first reference straight steering angle which is a steering angle of the autonomous driving vehicle in a straight travelling state, a second reference straight steering angle acquisition unit configured to acquire a second reference straight steering angle which is the steering angle when a magnitude of a difference between an estimated yaw rate estimated from the steering angle of the autonomous driving vehicle and the yaw rate of the autonomous driving vehicle detected from the yaw rate sensor is less than a yaw rate threshold value, and an autonomous driving permission unit configured to permits an autonomous driving of the autonomous driving vehicle when both the first reference straight steering angle and the second reference straight steering angle are acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shun Maruyama, Mitsutaka Tanimoto, Yutaka Aoki
  • Publication number: 20230341857
    Abstract: A work site management system includes: a traveling path generation unit that generates a traveling path; and a protection area setting unit that sets a protection area in which a target vehicle is to be present based on a position of a first unmanned vehicle traveling in a work site along the traveling path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: Komatsu Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Hiranaka, Shota Konishi, Shun Mizoo, Shun Maruyama, Takahiro Okano, Toru Takashima
  • Publication number: 20230339466
    Abstract: A control system for an autonomous travel vehicle includes: a work machine position acquisition unit that acquires a position of a work machine; an autonomous travel vehicle position acquisition unit that acquires a position of the autonomous travel vehicle; a human information acquisition unit that acquires human information indicating whether or not a person is present inside the autonomous travel vehicle; and a command generation unit that changes control of the autonomous travel vehicle based on the human information and a positional relationship between the work machine and the autonomous travel vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: Komatsu Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Hiranaka, Shota Konishi, Toru Takashima, Shun Mizoo, Shun Maruyama, Takahiro Okano
  • Publication number: 20230339510
    Abstract: A management system for an autonomous travel vehicle includes: a work machine position acquisition unit that acquires a position of a work machine operated by an operator and having a travel device; and a target position determination unit that determines a target position of the autonomous travel vehicle based on the position of the work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: Komatsu Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Hiranaka, Shota Konishi, Takahiro Okano, Toru Takashima, Shun Mizoo, Shun Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20230341858
    Abstract: A work site management system includes: a traveling path generation unit that generates a traveling path; and a protection area setting unit that sets, for a target vehicle, a protection area in which entry of a second unmanned vehicle is prohibited based on a position of a first unmanned vehicle traveling in a work site along the traveling path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: Komatsu Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Hiranaka, Shota Konishi, Toru Takashima, Shun Mizoo, Shun Maruyama, Takahiro Okano
  • Publication number: 20230341872
    Abstract: A management system of a work site includes: a priority storage unit that stores priority related to traveling continuation of an unmanned vehicle traveling in the work site; an input signal acquisition unit that acquires an input signal related to traveling stop of the unmanned vehicle; a decision unit that decides the traveling continuation or the traveling stop for each of a plurality of the unmanned vehicles traveling in the work site based on the priority and the input signal; and an output unit that outputs a traveling stop command to the unmanned vehicle for which the traveling stop is decided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: Komatsu Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Hiranaka, Shota Konishi, Shun Maruyama, Takahiro Okano, Toru Takashima, Shun Mizoo
  • Publication number: 20230256989
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a steering device, a steering control device, a surroundings monitoring device, and a controller. The controller is configured to execute: a route calculating process of calculating a target route, a trajectory calculating process of calculating a target trajectory of an own vehicle in one or more roads of the target route; a steering-angle calculating process of calculating a target steering angle; a behavior detecting process of detecting information on a behavior of the own vehicle; a rut determining process of determining presence or absence of a rut on the target trajectory based on a detection result obtained by the surroundings monitoring device and/or a detection result obtained in the behavior detecting process, a drivable or non-drivable determining process of determining whether the own vehicle is drivable over the rut, and a correcting process of correcting the target trajectory and/or the target route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro OKANO, Toru Takashima, Shun Maruyama, Shun Mizoo
  • Patent number: 11608108
    Abstract: An automatic steering system comprises a controller. The controller executes target steering angle calculation processing. The controller further calculates a learning value of lateral acceleration. The learning value is calculated based on an error of a detected value of the lateral acceleration by an acceleration sensor and an estimation value of the lateral acceleration calculated using driving speed and yaw rate. In the target steering angle calculation processing, it is judged whether the acceleration sensor is normal. If it is judged that the acceleration sensor is normal, a target steering angle is calculated by using the detected value. Otherwise, the lateral acceleration used to calculate the target steering angle is switched from the detected value to a backup value of the lateral acceleration. The backup value is calculated using the estimation value and the learning value calculated before a timing at which the acceleration sensor is judged to be abnormal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shun Maruyama, Takahiro Kojo, Yoji Kunihiro
  • Publication number: 20220234624
    Abstract: An autonomous driving vehicle includes a first reference straight steering angle acquisition unit configured to acquire a first reference straight steering angle which is a steering angle of the autonomous driving vehicle in a straight travelling state, a second reference straight steering angle acquisition unit configured to acquire a second reference straight steering angle which is the steering angle when a magnitude of a difference between an estimated yaw rate estimated from the steering angle of the autonomous driving vehicle and the yaw rate of the autonomous driving vehicle detected from the yaw rate sensor is less than a yaw rate threshold value, and an autonomous driving permission unit configured to permits an autonomous driving of the autonomous driving vehicle when both the first reference straight steering angle and the second reference straight steering angle are acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shun MARUYAMA, Mitsutaka TANIMOTO, Yutaka AOKI
  • Publication number: 20220017141
    Abstract: An automatic steering system comprises a controller. The controller executes target steering angle calculation processing. The controller further calculates a learning value of lateral acceleration. The learning value is calculated based on an error of a detected value of the lateral acceleration by an acceleration sensor and an estimation value of the lateral acceleration calculated using driving speed and yaw rate. In the target steering angle calculation processing, it is judged whether the acceleration sensor is normal. If it is judged that the acceleration sensor is normal, a target steering angle is calculated by using the detected value. Otherwise, the lateral acceleration used to calculate the target steering angle is switched from the detected value to a backup value of the lateral acceleration. The backup value is calculated using the estimation value and the learning value calculated before a timing at which the acceleration sensor is judged to be abnormal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Shun Maruyama, Takahiro Kojo, Yoji Kunihiro
  • Patent number: 11225233
    Abstract: A braking control apparatus for a combination vehicle including a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle coupled to each other comprises a braking device that applies braking forces to wheels and a control unit that controls the braking device. The control unit performs behavior control to stabilize behavior of the tractor vehicle by applying a braking force or braking forces to a predetermined wheel or wheels of the tractor vehicle when turning behavior of the tractor vehicle is not stable, and, when the control unit applies a braking force or braking forces to a predetermined wheel or wheels, applies braking forces to the wheels of the trailer vehicle which are according to a force acting on the trailer vehicle by the tractor vehicle due to the application of the braking force or braking forces being applied to the predetermined wheel or wheels of the tractor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shun Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20210287563
    Abstract: A scoring device includes a classifying unit and an adding unit. The classifying unit classifies answer data into a plurality of subsets. The adding unit adds a scoring criterion to be used in scoring the answer data based on a result of classifying by the classifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KATAOKA, Shun MARUYAMA, Jun ONODERA, Satoshi SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 10612208
    Abstract: An attachment holder for construction equipment includes a movable-side pin guidance surface configured to guide a movable-side coupling pin to a movable-side pin accommodation portion. The attachment holder also includes an excessive closure prevention portion configured to prevent a movable-side jaw from closing excessively with respect to a stationary-side jaw to enable the movable-side coupling pin to come into contact with the movable-side pin guidance surface, whether the movable-side coupling pin is of an attachment for the construction equipment that has a minimum pin-to-pin spacing or a maximum pin-to-pin spacing, in a case in which the movable-side coupling pin is to be accommodated in the movable-side pin accommodation portion by operating, for example, an arm of the construction machine so as to move the movable-side jaw closer to the movable-side coupling pin after a stationary-side coupling pin is accommodated in a stationary-side pin accommodation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Inventor: Shun Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20190381980
    Abstract: A braking control apparatus for a combination vehicle including a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle coupled to each other comprises a braking device that applies braking forces to wheels and a control unit that controls the braking device. The control unit performs behavior control to stabilize behavior of the tractor vehicle by applying a braking force or braking forces to a predetermined wheel or wheels of the tractor vehicle when turning behavior of the tractor vehicle is not stable, and, when the control unit applies a braking force or braking forces to a predetermined wheel or wheels, applies braking forces to the wheels of the trailer vehicle which are according to a force acting on the trailer vehicle by the tractor vehicle due to the application of the braking force or braking forces being applied to the predetermined wheel or wheels of the tractor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shun MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190284779
    Abstract: An attachment holder for construction equipment includes a movable-side pin guidance surface that guides a movable-side coupling pin to a movable-side pin accommodation portion. The attachment holder also includes an excessive closure prevention portion that prevents a movable-side jaw from closing excessively with respect to a stationary-side jaw to enable the movable-side coupling pin to come into contact with a movable-side pin guidance surface, whether the movable-side coupling pin of an attachment for construction equipment that has a minimum pin-to-pin spacing or a maximum pin-to-pin spacing, in a case in which the movable-side coupling pin is to be accommodated in the movable-side pin accommodation portion by operating, for example, an arm of the construction machine so as to move the movable-side jaw closer to the movable-side coupling pin after the stationary-side coupling pin is accommodated in the stationary-side pin accommodation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Shun Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20180249580
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an optical processing device and an optical processing method. The optical processing device comprises: a light source unit configured to emit light; and a processing unit configured to expose an object to be processed to the light emitted from the light source unit. The processing unit includes: a processing region in which the object to be processed is held and exposed to the light in an atmosphere of a processing gas; and a preparatory region through which the processing gas passes, while being exposed to the light, to move toward the processing region, the preparatory region being configured to prevent the object to be processed from being arranged thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shun MARUYAMA, Hiroki HORIBE, Tomoyuki HABU, Shinichi ENDO, Akira AIBA, Masaki MIURA
  • Publication number: 20180153044
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first MOS transistor and a second MOS transistor of a second conductivity type. The first MOS transistor includes a first main electrode connected to a first potential and a second main electrode connected to a second potential. The second MOS transistor includes a first main electrode connected to a control electrode of the first MOS transistor and a second main electrode connected to the second potential. The control electrodes of the first and second MOS transistors are connected in common. The first and second MOS transistors are formed on a common wide bandgap semiconductor substrate. In the first MOS transistor, a main current flows in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the wide bandgap semiconductor substrate. In the second MOS transistor, a main current flows in a direction parallel to the main surface of the wide bandgap semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki HABU, Shinichi ENDO, Masahito NAMAI, Akira AIBA, Hiroko MATSUMOTO, Hiroki HORIBE, Shun MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170156217
    Abstract: The present invention has as its object the provision of a desmear treatment device and a desmear treatment method capable of sufficiently removing smear remaining in a to-be-treated object in a short amount of time. The desmear treatment device of the present invention includes: a treatment chamber in which a to-be-treated object is disposed; a light source unit in which an ultraviolet lamp for irradiating the to-be-treated object with ultraviolet rays is housed; a light transmissive window that is disposed between the treatment chamber and the light source unit and that transmits the ultraviolet rays from the ultraviolet lamps; and treatment gas supply means for supplying a treatment gas containing a source of active species to the treatment chamber. The treatment gas supply means includes a treatment gas supply source and a control unit for controlling a supplied amount of the treatment gas from the treatment gas supply source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki HORIBE, Tomoyuki HABU, Shun MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 9611616
    Abstract: A bucket attaching structure of a construction machine and a construction machine including a fixed jaw portion attached to a distal end portion of an operation arm and a movable jaw portion attached to a distal end portion of a piston through a bucket link. The fixed jaw portion and the movable jaw portion are each partially open and each include a semicircular arc-shaped engagement portion that corresponds to an outer peripheral surface of a corresponding bucket connecting pin. The bucket attaching structure of a construction machine and the construction machine include semicircular arc-shaped closure portions that each support the bucket connecting pins together with the semicircular arc-shaped engagement portions by, after engaging each semicircular arc-shaped engagement portion with the corresponding connecting pin, closing a partially open side of the corresponding semicircular arc-shaped engagement portion of the fixed jaw portion and that of the movable jaw portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha MYC
    Inventor: Shun Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20160186405
    Abstract: A bucket attaching structure of a construction machine and a construction machine including a fixed jaw portion attached to a distal end portion of an operation arm and a movable jaw portion attached to a distal end portion of a piston through a bucket link. The fixed jaw portion and the movable jaw portion are each partially open and each include a semicircular arc-shaped engagement portion that corresponds to an outer peripheral surface of a corresponding bucket connecting pin. The bucket attaching structure of a construction machine and the construction machine include semicircular arc-shaped closure portions that each support the bucket connecting pins together with the semicircular arc-shaped engagement portions by, after engaging each semicircular arc-shaped engagement portion with the corresponding connecting pin, closing a partially open side of the corresponding semicircular arc-shaped engagement portion of the fixed jaw portion and that of the movable jaw portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventor: Shun Maruyama