Patents by Inventor Tadahiko Kanoh

Tadahiko Kanoh 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: 20200180638
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a detector configured to detect an object present in a detection area, a travel controller configured to perform travel control for a host vehicle on the basis of a detection result of the detector, and a determiner configured to determine whether or not the object detected by the detector is present in a blind spot area, the blind spot area being outside the detection area of the detector, and the travel controller is configured to perform control for changing a relative position of the host vehicle with respect to the object in the blind spot area when the determiner has determined that the object is present in the blind spot area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventor: Tadahiko Kanoh
  • Publication number: 20200108827
    Abstract: The travel control unit of this vehicle control apparatus executes lane keeping control, lane departure suppression control or tracking control, switching from one to another according to a vehicle-width-direction behavior of a preceding vehicle located at or around an intersection through which a host vehicle is going to pass traveling straight ahead on a traveling lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Tadahiko KANOH, Jun OCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190359226
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes first and second traveling control units. Each control unit can perform traveling control of controlling driving, braking, and/or steering of a vehicle. The first and second traveling control units are communicably connected. The first traveling control unit performs the traveling control in a case in which a signal from the second traveling control unit can be confirmed, and performs third traveling control in a case in which the signal from the second traveling control unit cannot be confirmed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Jun OCHIDA, Mahito SHIKAMA, Takuji HIROMA, Tadahiko KANOH, Kanta TSUJI, Takuyuki MUKAI
  • Publication number: 20190359225
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes first and second traveling control units for performing traveling control of controlling driving, braking, and/or steering of a vehicle without depending on a driving operation of a driver. In a case in which control instructions concerning the same actuator conflict between the first traveling control unit and the second traveling control unit, the first traveling control unit arbitrate the control instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Tadahiko KANOH, Jun OCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190359221
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes first and second control apparatus for controlling a vehicle and a power supply. Each apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting a surrounding situation of the vehicle, and a driving control unit for executing automated driving control. The power supply includes a first power supply for supplying power to the first control apparatus, and a second power supply for supplying power to the second control apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Jun OCHIDA, Takuji HIROMA, Tadahiko KANOH, Kanta TSUJI, Takashi TSUJIOKA, Takuyuki MUKAI
  • Publication number: 20190359207
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an automated driving control unit for controlling, based on surrounding environment information of a vehicle, driving, braking, and/or steering of the vehicle without depending on a driving operation of a driver; and a driving support control unit for supporting driving of the vehicle by the driver by controlling driving, braking, and/or steering of the vehicle. The control units are communicably connected. The driving support control unit can control, depending on a reception result of a signal received from the automated driving control unit, steering, and driving and/or braking of the vehicle based on the surrounding environment information without depending on the driving operation of the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Jun Ochida, Mahito Shikama, Takuji Hiroma, Tadahiko Kanoh, Kanta Tsuji, Takuyuki Mukai
  • Publication number: 20190283757
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus controls movement of a vehicle in a lateral direction intersecting a direction in which the vehicle travels based on a movement trajectory of a preceding vehicle. The vehicle control apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a surrounding environment of the vehicle, and a preceding vehicle which travels ahead in the same lane in which the vehicle travels, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the preceding vehicle straddles lanes or approaches within a set distance predetermined for the lanes based on lateral movement information of the preceding vehicle detected by the detection unit, and a control unit configured to control lateral movement of the vehicle based on a determination result of the determination unit and detection information of the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Shigehiro HONDA, Tadahiko KANOH, Yuta TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20190276020
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer 130 which recognizes a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller 140 and 160 which executes driving control by controlling one or both of steering and acceleration/deceleration of the host vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer, wherein the driving controller assigns predetermined required tasks to an occupant of the host vehicle to execute the driving control when there is a gap of a threshold value or more between first speed information determined from at least one of a traveling speed of the host vehicle and a target speed and second speed information determined from at least one of a speed limit in a lane in which the host vehicle is traveling and a speed of a neighboring vehicle traveling around the host vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Tadahiko Kanoh, Yuta Takada
  • Publication number: 20190263425
    Abstract: A travel control apparatus for controlling travel of a vehicle, comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire external information using one of a first camera and a second camera; a specifying unit configured to specify a position of the vehicle; and a travel control unit configured to control the travel of the vehicle based on the external information acquired by the acquisition unit and the position of the vehicle specified by the specifying unit. If the acquisition unit acquires the external information using the second camera instead of the first camera, the travel control unit controls the travel of the vehicle so that participation of a driver in driving is higher than in a case in which the acquisition unit acquires the external information using the first camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Tadahiko KANOH, Hiroaki HORII
  • Publication number: 20190256093
    Abstract: Even in the case that a learning flag and an ACC permission flag are not set, if a power switch is in an ON state, a travel control of a second control state, which is capable of being executed in a setting in which an inter-vehicle distance setting is a short setting or a host vehicle velocity setting is a low setting, is carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroaki HORII, Tadahiko KANOH, Jun OCHIDA, Hirofumi KANAZAKI, Luwei JIA, Nobuharu NAGAOKA
  • Patent number: 7365479
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical filter for a display device capable to improve the bright-location contrast, and a display device in particular a plasma display device incorporating the optical filter. In a transmittance spectrum of the optical filter, a transmittance in a region having a wavelength range of 430 nm to 445 nm, a transmittance in a region having a wavelength range of 535 to 560 nm, and a transmittance in a region having a wavelength range of 605 to 630 nm are set to 80% or less of the maximum transmittance over the entire visible wavelength region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Plasma Display Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahiko Kanoh, Takashi Furutani
  • Publication number: 20050258727
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical filter for a display device capable to improve the bright-location contrast, and a display device in particular a plasma display device incorporating the optical filter. In a transmittance spectrum of the optical filter, a transmittance in a region having a wavelength range of 430 nm to 445 nm, a transmittance in a region having a wavelength range of 535 to 560 nm, and a transmittance in a region having a wavelength range of 605 to 630 nm are set to 80% or less of the maximum transmittance over the entire visible wavelength region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Tadahiko Kanoh, Takashi Furutani