Patents by Inventor Shun MIZOO

Shun MIZOO 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: 20240321095
    Abstract: An operation management system configured to manage operations of registered mobilities in a limited specific area, including a computer configured to: generate a road surface map data such that a position in map data and road surface information are associated with each other, based on positional information and road surface information obtained from at least one of the registered mobilities on which a road surface condition detecting device is installed; compute a positon where a puddle is formed, based on i) one of water sprinkling information that is information on water sprinkling over a road surface by a sprinkler vehicle or weather information of the specific area and ii) the road surface map data; designate a designation mobility from among the registered mobilities and modify a target route of the designation mobility based on the puddle position; and send a command regarding the modified target route to the designation mobility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke NOZAWA, Shun MIZOO, Toru TAKASHIMA, Takashi HIRANAKA, Kenta OSAGAWA, Shota KONISHI
  • Publication number: 20240295883
    Abstract: An operation management system including a computer configured to manage operations of registered mobilities. The computer stores road surface information in association with a position in map data based on at least a detection result of a surroundings monitoring device and positional information received from a measurement mobility. The computer stores, as a detail detection area, at least one of a poor detection area in the map data in which detection of the road surface information by the measurement mobility is poor and a predetermined area in the map data. The computer transmits, to the measurement mobility that is scheduled to travel or that is traveling the detail detection area, a speed change command, such that the measurement mobility, which travels at a normal command speed by automated driving, travels the detail detection area at a specific speed lower than the normal command speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro OKANO, Toru TAKASHIMA, Yusuke NOZAWA, Shun MIZOO, Takashi HIRANAKA, Kenta OSAGAWA, Shota KONISHI
  • Publication number: 20240262384
    Abstract: A traveling control system configured to control traveling of a movable body includes: a traveling control portion configured to control traveling of the movable body such that a wheel of the movable body passes a protrusion of a road surface, based on an unevenness condition of the road surface of a travel region where the movable body travels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke NOZAWA, Shun Mizoo, Toru Takashima, Takahiro Okano, Takashi Hiranaka, Kenta Osagawa, Shota Konishi
  • Publication number: 20240249620
    Abstract: A management system configured to manage a plurality of movable bodies that travels a travel region, including: a work plan generating device configured to generate a work plan of the plurality of movable bodies based on a run-through ability of each of the plurality of movable bodies and a road surface condition that is a condition of a road surface of the travel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Takahiro Okano, Shun Mizoo, Yusuke Nozawa, Takashi Hiranaka, Kenta Osagawa, Shota Konishi
  • Patent number: 12036968
    Abstract: A hydraulic brake system for a vehicle, including: a wheel brake device configured to generate a braking force based on a pressure of a working fluid; a first brake system including a high-pressure source device including an accumulator and a first pump device that is driven intermittently such that a pressure of the working fluid in the accumulator is not lower than a set lower limit pressure and not higher than a set upper limit pressure; a second brake system including a second pump device; and a main power source that supplies electricity to the first and second brake systems, wherein the hydraulic brake system includes an auxiliary power source that supplies electricity to the first brake system when a failure occurs in the main power source, and wherein the first pump device is continuously driven when the failure occurs irrespective of the pressure in the accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Okano, Shun Mizoo, Ken Kuzuya
  • Publication number: 20240142262
    Abstract: An operation management system including a controller configured to execute: a position obtaining process to obtain positional information from each registered mobility; a correlating process to correlate each registered mobility and specification information stored in a storage device with each other; a travel-history storing process to store, in the storage device, a traveled route which is a travel history of each registered mobility, so as to be correlated with map information; and a road-surface-condition obtaining process to calculate a road surface condition including a position and a shape of a rut corresponding to the traveled route based on information on a detection value of a sensor of each of registered mobility, the type of a road surface included in the map information, the specification information, and the traveled route and to store, in the storage device, the road surface condition so as to be correlated with the map information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke NOZAWA, Shun Mizoo, Toru Takashima, Takahiro Okano, Kenta Osagawa, Takashi Hiranaka, Shota Konishi
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 11597365
    Abstract: A vehicle control system is configured to, when anti-skid control is started in a situation in which driving support control is being executed, execute a specific process for making a stop condition of the anti-skid control difficult to be satisfied as compared to when the driving support control is not being executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shun Mizoo
  • Patent number: 11524706
    Abstract: An override conciliating portion executes processing to conciliate an override request during an execution of automated driving control (i.e., override conciliation processing). In the override conciliation processing, it is determined whether or not there is the override request (step S20). If the determination result of the step S20 is positive, it is determined whether or not a second automated driving mode is selected as an operation mode (step S21). If the determination result of the step S21 is negative, acceptance processing of the override request is executed (step S22). If the determination result of the step S21 is positive, invalidation processing of the override request is executed (step S23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoji Kunihiro, Takahiro Kojo, Shun Mizoo, Takahiro Yokota, Shunsuke Tanimori, Hisaya Akatsuka, Masaki Shiota, Hirotaka Tokoro
  • Publication number: 20220227337
    Abstract: A hydraulic brake system for a vehicle, including: a wheel brake device configured to generate a braking force based on a pressure of a working fluid; a first brake system including a high-pressure source device including an accumulator and a first pump device that is driven intermittently such that a pressure of the working fluid in the accumulator is not lower than a set lower limit pressure and not higher than a set upper limit pressure; a second brake system including a second pump device; and a main power source that supplies electricity to the first and second brake systems, wherein the hydraulic brake system includes an auxiliary power source that supplies electricity to the first brake system when a failure occurs in the main power source, and wherein the first pump device is continuously driven when the failure occurs irrespective of the pressure in the accumulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro OKANO, Shun MIZOO, Ken KUZUYA
  • Publication number: 20210284112
    Abstract: A vehicle control system is configured to, when anti-skid control is started in a situation in which driving support control is being executed, execute a specific process for making a stop condition of the anti-skid control difficult to be satisfied as compared to when the driving support control is not being executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shun MIZOO
  • Publication number: 20200324792
    Abstract: An override conciliating portion executes processing to conciliate an override request during an execution of automated driving control (i.e., override conciliation processing). In the override conciliation processing, it is determined whether or not there is the override request (step S20). If the determination result of the step S20 is positive, it is determined whether or not a second automated driving mode is selected as an operation mode (step S21). If the determination result of the step S21 is negative, acceptance processing of the override request is executed (step S22). If the determination result of the step S21 is positive, invalidation processing of the override request is executed (step S23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Yoji Kunihiro, Takahiro Kojo, Shun Mizoo, Takahiro Yokota, Shunsuke Tanimori, Hisaya Akatsuka, Masaki Shiota, Hirotaka Tokoro
  • Publication number: 20200023884
    Abstract: Provided is a driving support apparatus configured to calculate a torque control amount based on at least a first steering control amount for causing an own vehicle to travel along a target travel line set in a travel lane and a second steering control amount for assisting an operation on a steering wheel by a driver, and drive a motor provided in a steering mechanism based on the torque control amount, the driving support apparatus being further configured to, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, correct the torque control amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun MIZOO, Yoji Kunihiro, Hisaya Akatsuka