Patents by Inventor Takafumi Tokuhiro

Takafumi Tokuhiro 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: 20250083523
    Abstract: A parking assistance apparatus performing parking assistance based on a route of a vehicle in teaching travel, the parking assistance apparatus including: a processor that determines whether an operation amount of a driver in the teaching travel of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined range, in which the processor executes predetermined processing in a case where the operation amount exceeds the predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi TOKUHIRO, Masashi HOSHINO, Yukihiro TANIZOE, Tomoya ISHII
  • Publication number: 20250050869
    Abstract: A parking support method is provided for performing automatic traveling of a vehicle based on a parking operation performed in the past. The parking support method stores a traveling route in the parking operation performed in the past, displays information in a first display mode before the vehicle reaches a position where the vehicle is configured to merge into the traveling route, and displays the information in a second display mode after the vehicle reaches the position where the vehicle is configured to merge into the traveling route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi TOKUHIRO, Shota AKAURA
  • Publication number: 20250050870
    Abstract: A parking support method is provided for performing automatic traveling of a vehicle based on a parking operation performed in the past. The parking support method stores a traveling route from the parking operation performed in the past, and displays a guidance image. The guidance image represents a change in an orientation of the vehicle on the traveling route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi TOKUHIRO, Shota AKAURA
  • Publication number: 20250050867
    Abstract: A parking assistance method is provided, which performs autonomous travel of a vehicle based on a teaching travel by a driver. The parking assistance method: stores a traveling route traveled by the vehicle according to a driving operation of the driver; displays first image information representing a start position of the traveling route in a first display mode; and displays second image information representing a parking position of the traveling route in a second display mode different from the first display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi TOKUHIRO, Masashi HOSHINO, Satoshi FUKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20250042392
    Abstract: A parking assistance method according to the present disclosure is a method of performing autonomous travel of a vehicle based on a travel route generated using teaching travel by a driver. The parking assistance method includes: acquiring a position of the vehicle and an azimuth in a travel direction of the vehicle; outputting, based on the position and the azimuth in the travel direction, when the vehicle is located and oriented with a prescribed azimuth in a prescribed position, a notification to a user to prompt an operation to start parking assistance; and receiving the operation by the user to start the parking assistance. The prescribed position is located within a range of a prescribed distance from a start position of the travel route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi TOKUHIRO, Masashi HOSHINO, Satoshi FUKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20250010848
    Abstract: A driving assistance method of performing automatic traveling of a vehicle based on a driving operation of a user is provided. The driving assistance method: stores a traveling route traveled by the vehicle according to the driving operation of the user in a training traveling mode; displays the traveling route from a traveling start position to a target parking position in the training traveling mode; and displays a target route from the traveling start position to the target parking position in an automatic traveling mode. The target route in the automatic traveling mode is shorter than the traveling route in the training traveling mode, and a first number of turns of the vehicle in the training traveling mode is same as a second number of turns of the vehicle in the automatic traveling mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takafumi TOKUHIRO
  • Patent number: 12172634
    Abstract: A parking assistance method according to the present disclosure is a method of performing autonomous travel of a vehicle based on a travel route generated using teaching travel by a driver. The parking assistance method including: acquiring as absolute position and an azimuth is the a travel direction of the vehicle; and determining, based on the absolute position and the azimuth in the travel direction, whether or not the vehicle is located oriented with a prescribed azimuth in a prescribed position, which are registered in association with the travel route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Tokuhiro, Masashi Hoshino, Satoshi Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20240416896
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus for assisting driving of a vehicle. The driving assistance apparatus includes a teacher data generator that stores a movement route traveled by the vehicle according to the user's driving operation in a teacher traveling mode, and generates teacher data related to a target route generated by inverting the movement route; a position estimator that estimates the vehicle current position based on sensor information from a peripheral sensor monitoring the surrounding environment of the vehicle; and a vehicle controller that feedback controls the vehicle based on the vehicle current position estimated by the position estimator and each of target positions on the target route so that the vehicle travels along the target route when an execution command for an automatic traveling mode is received from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takafumi TOKUHIRO
  • Publication number: 20240326912
    Abstract: A parking assist method according to the present disclosure is for performing autonomous driving of a vehicle on the basis of teacher driving by a driver. The parking assist method includes acquiring, from an imaging device installed in the vehicle, captured images obtained by imaging periphery of the vehicle in time series according to movement of the vehicle during the teacher driving. The method includes recording a travel route of the vehicle in the teacher driving, and generating, on the basis of the captured images, a first enlarged overhead image of a display target range viewed from above. The display target range covers the travel route and a periphery of the travel route. The method further includes causing a display device to display the first enlarged overhead image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takafumi TOKUHIRO
  • Patent number: 12103519
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus for assisting driving of a vehicle. The driving assistance apparatus includes a teacher data generator that stores a movement route traveled by the vehicle according to the user's driving operation in a teacher traveling mode, and generates teacher data related to a target route generated by inverting the movement route; a position estimator that estimates the vehicle current position based on sensor information from a peripheral sensor monitoring the surrounding environment of the vehicle; and a vehicle controller that feedback controls the vehicle based on the vehicle current position estimated by the position estimator and each of target positions on the target route so that the vehicle travels along the target route when an execution command for an automatic traveling mode is received from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takafumi Tokuhiro
  • Publication number: 20240317310
    Abstract: A parking assist method according to the present disclosure is for performing autonomous driving of a vehicle on the basis of teacher driving by a driver. The parking assist method includes acquiring, from an imaging device installed in the vehicle, captured images obtained by imaging periphery of the vehicle in time series according to movement of the vehicle during the teacher driving. The method includes recording a travel route of the vehicle in the teacher driving, and generating, on the basis of the captured images, a first enlarged overhead image of a display target range viewed from above. The display target range covers the travel route and a periphery of the travel route. The method further includes causing a display device to display the first enlarged overhead image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takafumi TOKUHIRO
  • Publication number: 20240317311
    Abstract: A parking assist method according to the present disclosure is for performing autonomous driving of a vehicle on the basis of teacher driving by a driver. The parking assist method includes acquiring, from an imaging device installed in the vehicle, captured images obtained by imaging periphery of the vehicle in time series according to movement of the vehicle during the teacher driving. The method includes recording a travel route of the vehicle in the teacher driving, and generating, on the basis of the captured images, a first enlarged overhead image of a display target range viewed from above. The display target range covers the travel route and a periphery of the travel route. The method further includes causing a display device to display the first enlarged overhead image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takafumi TOKUHIRO
  • Publication number: 20240317313
    Abstract: A parking assistance device causes a vehicle to automatically travel based on a travel path in a parking operation in past by a driver, and includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to: acquire at least one of environmental information concerning environment around the vehicle and user information concerning a user who gets on the vehicle; cause the memory to store a plurality of travel paths in association with at least one of the environmental information and the user information; specify a travel path on which the vehicle automatically travels based on at least one of the environmental information and the user information among the stored plurality of travel paths; cause a display unit to display information for urging the driver to approve the specified travel path; and cause the vehicle to travel based on the travel path approved by the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuma IIDA, Shota AKAURA, Takafumi TOKUHIRO, Yukihiro TANIZOE
  • Publication number: 20240294164
    Abstract: A parking assistance method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: storing information related to a teacher path in teacher traveling of moving a vehicle and stopping the vehicle in a first parking mode; receiving an instruction to change the parking mode, the instruction designating a second parking mode different from the first parking mode; and correcting the teacher path based on the second parking mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takafumi TOKUHIRO
  • Publication number: 20240278774
    Abstract: A parking assistance device according to the present disclosure includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to: record a first path based on teacher traveling in which a vehicle moves from a parking position to a parking-lot-exiting position by manual driving of a driver; generate a second path for causing the vehicle to travel from a first position where the vehicle is positioned to a joining point onto the first path; and cause the vehicle to perform automated traveling from the first position to the parking position based on the first path and the second path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro TANIZOE, Takafumi TOKUHIRO, Masashi HOSHINO
  • Patent number: 12037043
    Abstract: A parking assist method according to the present disclosure is for performing autonomous driving of a vehicle on the basis of teacher driving by a driver. The parking assist method includes acquiring, from an imaging device installed in the vehicle, captured images obtained by imaging periphery of the vehicle in time series according to movement of the vehicle during the teacher driving. The method includes recording a travel route of the vehicle in the teacher driving, and generating, on the basis of the captured images, a first enlarged overhead image of a display target range viewed from above. The display target range covers the travel route and periphery of the travel route. The method further includes causing a display device to display the first enlarged overhead image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takafumi Tokuhiro
  • Publication number: 20240051522
    Abstract: A parking assistance device that performs automatic travel of a vehicle based on teaching travel by a driver is provided. The parking assistance device: learns a travel route for parking the vehicle in a parking position during the teaching travel, based on the teaching travel; performs an automatic travel based on the travel route; controls the automatic travel to implement a temporary stop at first points where the vehicle has not temporarily stopped during teaching travel based on any of a first regulation, first environmental information, or first geographic information; and controls the automatic travel not to implement the temporary stop at second points where the vehicle has temporarily stopped during teaching travel based on any of a second regulation, second environmental information, or second geographic information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru YAMAGUCHI, Takafumi TOKUHIRO, Masashi HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20240042991
    Abstract: A parking assistance device that performs automatic travel of a vehicle based on teaching travel by a driver is provided. The parking assistance device: learns a travel route for parking the vehicle in a parking position during the teaching travel, based on the teaching travel; performs an automatic travel based on the travel route; and modifies a speed, a steering angle, or a braking operation in the automatic travel of the vehicle from a speed, a steering angle, or a braking operation in the teaching travel, based on a regulation for the automatic travel of the vehicle. The regulation for the automatic travel of the vehicle is determined based on ride comfort of a passenger or an effect on people around the vehicle during the automatic travel of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru YAMAGUCHI, Takafumi TOKUHIRO, Masashi HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20240042992
    Abstract: A parking assistance device performs automatic travel of a vehicle based on teaching travel by a driver. In this regard, the parking assistance device learns a travel route for parking the vehicle in a parking position during the teaching travel, based on the teaching travel. The parking assistance device further performs an automatic travel based on the travel route. A first vehicle speed during the automatic travel is slower than a second vehicle speed during the teaching travel, the first vehicle speed during the automatic travel is slower than a threshold value for a vehicle speed during the automatic travel, and the threshold value for the vehicle speed during the automatic travel is a value of a speed slower than 10 km/h.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru YAMAGUCHI, Takafumi TOKUHIRO, Masashi HOSHINO
  • Patent number: 11834035
    Abstract: A parking assistance device according to the present disclosure performs automatic travel of a vehicle based on teaching travel by a driver. The parking assistance device includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: learn a travel route for parking the vehicle in a parking position and a speed, a steering angle, and braking operation of the vehicle during the teaching travel, based on the teaching travel; and modify the speed, the steering angle, or the braking operation in the automatic travel of the vehicle from the speed, the steering angle, or the braking operation in the teaching travel, based on any of a regulation for the automatic travel of the vehicle, environmental information relating to an environment around the vehicle, or geographic information relating to a road condition around the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Yamaguchi, Takafumi Tokuhiro, Masashi Hoshino