Patents by Inventor Takuya KUME

Takuya KUME 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: 20250225869
    Abstract: A display control device or a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a display control program grasps information of an oncoming vehicle that is a passing target on a narrow road, causes a head-up display to perform overlapping display of a first assistance image with a foreground of a subject vehicle, the first assistance image assisting a driver in lateral position adjustment, and displays, on a screen display device, an external environment image in which a second assistance image that assists passing overlaps with a capture image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Inventors: Takuya KUME, Shota IBARA, Yoshihiro KOZAWA, Shingo SHIBATA, Kazuki IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20250171053
    Abstract: An HCU is to be used in a vehicle including an autonomous driving operation, and includes a function of a presentation control device that controls presentation of information to a driver of the vehicle. The presentation control device determines interruption of a second task other than driving permitted to the driver in an autonomous traveling period where the vehicle travels by the autonomous driving operation. Based on the interruption determination of the second task, the HCU changes a provision method of content provided in association with the second task in the autonomous traveling period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Takuya KUME, Asako NAGATA, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Shizuka YOKOYAMA, Kazuki KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 12311837
    Abstract: By a vehicle control notification device or a vehicle control notification method, an automated driving-related state of a vehicle is identified, a vehicle exterior notification device is controlled for performing vehicle exterior notification that is notification of information related to the automated driving toward an outside of the vehicle, and a type of the vehicle exterior notification is changed according to the identified automated driving-related state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota Nojiri, Shiori Maneyama, Kazuki Izumi, Takuya Kume
  • Publication number: 20250145001
    Abstract: A traffic congestion determination unit is configured to determine whether a traffic congestion occurs in an automatic travel period in which the vehicle travels by an automatic driving function. A cut-in prediction unit is configured to detect a sign of cut-in of an adjacent vehicle, which is adjacent to a subject vehicle as the vehicle, on determination by the traffic congestion determination unit that a traffic congestion occurs. A provision restricting unit is configured to restrict display of content provided in the automatic travel period on detection of a sign of cut-in of the adjacent vehicle by the cut-in prediction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Yukari ITOU, Takuya KUME, Kazuki KOJIMA, Shiori MANEYAMA
  • Patent number: 12280665
    Abstract: A traffic congestion determination unit is configured to determine whether a traffic congestion occurs in an automatic travel period in which the vehicle travels by an automatic driving function. A cut-in prediction unit is configured to detect a sign of cut-in of an adjacent vehicle, which is adjacent to a subject vehicle as the vehicle, on determination by the traffic congestion determination unit that a traffic congestion occurs. A provision restricting unit is configured to restrict display of content provided in the automatic travel period on detection of a sign of cut-in of the adjacent vehicle by the cut-in prediction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukari Itou, Takuya Kume, Kazuki Kojima, Shiori Maneyama
  • Patent number: 12258031
    Abstract: A presentation control device is configured to control information presentation to a driver of a vehicle. A determination unit is configured to distinguish between a monitoring interruption mode in which the driver is permitted to interrupt surroundings monitoring and a monitoring-required mode in which the driver is prohibited to interrupt the surroundings monitoring, and in the monitoring-required mode, between a hands-free permitted state and a hands-free prohibited state. A presentation control unit configured to perform the information presentation related to a mode transition from the monitoring interruption mode to the monitoring-required mode when the mode transition occurs. The presentation control unit is configured to perform the information presentation at an earlier timing when the monitoring interruption mode is transitioned to the hands-free prohibited state than when the monitoring interruption mode is transitioned to the hands-free permitted state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Kume, Yukari Itou, Kazuki Kojima, Shiori Maneyama
  • Patent number: 12240502
    Abstract: An HCU is to be used in a vehicle including an autonomous driving operation, and includes a function of a presentation control device that controls presentation of information to a driver of the vehicle. The presentation control device determines interruption of a second task other than driving permitted to the driver in an autonomous traveling period where the vehicle travels by the autonomous driving operation. Based on the interruption determination of the second task, the HCU changes a provision method of content provided in association with the second task in the autonomous traveling period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Kume, Asako Nagata, Takeshi Yamamoto, Shizuka Yokoyama, Kazuki Kojima
  • Patent number: 12195028
    Abstract: A human machine interface control unit as an information presentation control device is used in a vehicle having an autonomous driving function to perform a driving action on behalf of a driver, and controls an information presentation device configured to present information to the driver. The human machine interface control unit includes a permissible action determination unit configured to determine a permissible action that a driver is permitted to take among actions, other than a driving action, to be possibly taken by the driver when the autonomous driving function is implemented, and an information presentation content control unit configured to cause an information presentation device to present information related to a determination result of the permissible action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Hayashi, Takuya Kume, Yukari Itou, Kazuki Kojima, Shiori Maneyama
  • Publication number: 20240416945
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technique of notification control for a vehicle configured to execute automated driving. In the technique, a predetermined operation of the vehicle to be executed in an intersection is identified. A notification related to the predetermined operation is made during automated driving of the vehicle based on the identifying the predetermined operation. The notification prompts a driver of the vehicle to assist in passing the intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya Kume, Kazuki Izumi
  • Publication number: 20240399870
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technique of controlling display of travel related information on an indicator provided in a vehicle that can be switched between non-monitoring-obligation automated driving and monitoring-obligation driving. The non-monitoring-obligation automated driving is automated driving without a surrounding monitoring obligation. The monitoring-obligation driving is driving with the surrounding monitoring obligation. In the method, the travel related information displayed during the non-monitoring-obligation automated driving is reduced compared to the travel related information displayed during the monitoring-obligation driving. Reduction of the travel related information is suppressed based on an identified vehicle situation during the non-monitoring-obligation automated driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya KUME, Kazuki Izumi
  • Patent number: 12157489
    Abstract: An HMI control device is configured to control an HMI device mounted in a vehicle, which is capable of performing an autonomous driving as a first task. The HMI control device is configured to: acquire a possible duration for the autonomous driving; and present, by the HMI device, a second task that an occupant on a driver's seat is able to start executing during the autonomous driving based on the possible duration acquired by the time acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Ota, Asako Nagata, Takeshi Yamamoto, Shizuka Yokoyama, Takuya Kume, Kazuki Kojima
  • Publication number: 20240375674
    Abstract: A presentation control device is used in a subject vehicle capable of traveling by autonomous travel control and controls presentation of information related to the autonomous travel control. The presentation control device is configured to grasp a plan of automatic lane change made by the autonomous travel control and, when a plurality of times of lane change are planned within a predetermined section or within a predetermined time, notify of an execution plan of the plurality of times of the automatic lane change in accordance with a first automatic lane change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya KUME, Kazuki IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20240371272
    Abstract: A vehicle control device in a vehicle performing autonomous driving without monitoring responsibility is provided. The vehicle control device is configured to identify a situation of the vehicle and make a notification to the inside of a compartment of the vehicle. The vehicle control device identifies, as the situation of the vehicle, a first waiting situation where an automatic lane change which was started has to be interrupted in the middle and waited during the autonomous driving without monitoring responsibility. In a case where the first waiting situation is identified, the vehicle control device makes a notification to notify of a waiting state in which the vehicle interrupts the lane change in the middle and is waiting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya KUME, Kazuki IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20240361132
    Abstract: An autonomous driving operation is performed at an automation level that allows a driver seat passenger to sleep. An approved route approved by the driver seat passenger is acquired. A predetermined delay factor existing on the approved route is detected based on traffic information or weather information. Based on an input signal from a passenger state sensor, it is determined whether the driver seat passenger is asleep. An alternative route that reduces a delay time using map data is searched when detecting the delay factor. A travel plan route is changed to the alternative route without acquiring approval from the driver seat passenger when the alternative route is acquired while the driver seat passenger is asleep.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya Kume, Kazuki Izumi
  • Publication number: 20240317274
    Abstract: A vehicle control device specifies a travel location of a subject vehicle; and executes a location target speed control, which is a speed control with respect to a location as a control target for automatically changing a speed of the vehicle when a travel location of the vehicle is a specific location where a speed change of the vehicle is required due to a structure of a road. The vehicle control device executes the location target speed control differently depending on whether the subject vehicle is in the autonomous driving with monitoring obligation or in the autonomous driving with no monitoring obligation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya KUME, Kazuki Izumi
  • Publication number: 20240308537
    Abstract: A vehicle control device that performs automatic driving without monitoring obligation is configured to: identity an obstacle which prevents the vehicle from traveling; identify, when the obstacle is identified, an avoidance measure which is a measure that allows the vehicle to avoid the obstacle; and permit, during the automatic driving without monitoring obligation, an avoidance based on a deviant measure on a basis of a fact that the avoidance measure is a deviant measure outside a scope of traffic regulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya KUME, Kazuki Izumi
  • Publication number: 20240294188
    Abstract: A control unit performs switching control, in automatic driving of a vehicle, between a first automatic driving state of an automatic driving level 2 or lower with manual driving or surrounding monitoring obligation, and a second automatic driving state of an automatic driving level 4 or higher with no surrounding monitoring obligation and allowing sleep, depending on a road on which the vehicle travels. When the control unit determines that a driver is in an asleep state based on a detection result of a detection unit in the second automatic driving state, the control unit performs acceleration control to adjust second vehicle speed in the second automatic driving state to be higher than first vehicle speed in the first automatic driving state, equal to the first vehicle speed, or lower than the first vehicle speed and higher than the second vehicle speed in a current state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya KUME, Kazuki IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20240286641
    Abstract: A vehicular control device with which automated driving without a monitoring obligation is performed includes: a guidance provision determination unit that determines whether route guidance to a destination set by an occupant of the vehicle is under way; and a notification control unit that when the guidance provision determination unit determines that the route guidance is not under way during the automated driving without a monitoring obligation of the vehicle, causes prompting notification, which is at least either confirmation notification prompting confirmation related to setting of a route or situation notification notifying of a traveling situation, at a predetermined timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya KUME, Kazuki Izumi
  • Publication number: 20240288883
    Abstract: A remote driving system controls a remote driving vehicle, which is capable of performing a remote driving and an in-vehicle driving. The remote driving system is configured to: sequentially determining occurrence of an abnormality in a remote determination target, the remote determination target being a remote driver or a remote system operated by the remote driver; permit the in-vehicle driving in response to determining occurrence of the abnormality in the remote determination target; and forbid the in-vehicle driving in response to failing to determine occurrence of the abnormality in the remote determination target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya KUME, Kazuki IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20240279933
    Abstract: A vehicle control device for driver is configured to: acquire currently executing autonomous driving level and scheduled autonomous driving level; acquire a consciousness state of driver; in response to the autonomous driving level is required to be switched to a level lower than a nap enabled autonomous driving level in reclined state of driver seat back, terminate the reclined state and output a notification notifying termination of the reclined state. The vehicle control device further acquires a destination type, determines an execution order of an angle control of the driver seat back and an output control of the notification according to the consciousness state of driver, and changes details of the angle control of the driver seat back when the destination is set to a boarding and alighting area from when the destination is set to a parking lot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya KUME, Kazuki IZUMI