Patents by Inventor Tomomi Hase
Tomomi Hase 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).
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Patent number: 11325480Abstract: A travel control apparatus includes a state detection unit that detects whether each of at least three power sources of the autonomous driving system including one or more electricity storage devices and one or more power generators is in a normal state or in a malfunctioning state; and a mode setting unit that sets a fail operation mode corresponding to a type of at least one of the power sources upon determination that the at least one of the power sources is in the malfunctioning state.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi Hase, Mitsuharu Higashitani, Noriaki Ikemoto
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Patent number: 11314257Abstract: A control apparatus for an automatic-driving vehicle includes a load state detecting unit and a collision preventing unit. The load state detecting unit detects a load state of the other vehicle that is present in a periphery of the automatic-driving vehicle. The collision preventing unit performs a collision prevention process based on the load state detected by the load state detecting unit. The collision prevention process is a process for preventing, in advance, collision of an automatic-driving vehicle with a load that may fall onto a road from the other vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi Hase, Noriaki Ikemoto, Mitsuharu Higashitani
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Patent number: 11292441Abstract: An ECU operating as a vehicle control device, to be mounted on a truck tractor, has a hauling determination part and an automatic driving control part. The truck tractor is hauling/pulling a trailer. The hauling determination part detects whether the trailer is hauled by the truck tractor. The automatic driving control part switches an automatic driving mode between a first automatic driving mode and a second automatic driving mode on the basis of a detection result of the hauling determination part. The first automatic driving mode represents a situation in which the truck tractor is not hauling/pulling the trailer. The second automatic driving mode represents a situation in which the truck tractor is hauling/pulling the trailer.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuharu Higashitani, Noriaki Ikemoto, Tomomi Hase
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Patent number: 11279242Abstract: A travel control apparatus includes a state detection unit that detects whether each of at least three power sources of the autonomous driving system including one or more electricity storage devices and one or more power generators is in a normal state or in a malfunctioning state; and a mode setting unit that sets a fail operation mode corresponding to a type of at least one of the power sources upon determination that the at least one of the power sources is in the malfunctioning state.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi Hase, Mitsuharu Higashitani, Noriaki Ikemoto
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Publication number: 20220041071Abstract: A control apparatus is used for an electric electric vehicle. The electric vehicle charges a storage battery with electric power that is supplied while traveling in a power supply lane that is a travelling road on which contactless power supply is able to be performed. The control apparatus for the electric vehicle includes a charging control unit and a range changing unit. The charging control unit controls charging of a storage battery of an electric vehicle such that a charge amount of the storage battery falls within a target range that is a preset range. The range changing unit changes at least one of an upper limit value and a lower limit value of the target range based on a state of the electric vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Tomomi HASE
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Publication number: 20220032931Abstract: A control device of an automatic drive vehicle includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires power generator information as information on a power generator provided in the automatic drive vehicle; an operation control unit that switches between a first state in which automatic driving of the automatic drive vehicle is executed without restriction and a second state in which the automatic driving is partially or entirely restricted; and a determination unit that determines whether to perform switching to the second state by the operation control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuharu HIGASHITANI, Noriaki IKEMOTO, Tomomi HASE
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Patent number: 11203351Abstract: A control device of an automatic drive vehicle includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires power generator information as information on a power generator provided in the automatic drive vehicle; an operation control unit that switches between a first state in which automatic driving of the automatic drive vehicle is executed without restriction and a second state in which the automatic driving is partially or entirely restricted; and a determination unit that determines whether to perform switching to the second state by the operation control unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuharu Higashitani, Noriaki Ikemoto, Tomomi Hase
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Patent number: 11198369Abstract: A power supply apparatus acquires peripheral information regarding whether a living body is present outside a vehicle near a power supplying unit, during power supply to the vehicle. The power supply apparatus acquires in-vehicle information regarding whether a living body is present inside the vehicle, during power supply to the vehicle. The power supply apparatus restricts supplied electric power when in-vehicle information indicating that a living body is present inside the vehicle is acquired or when peripheral information indicating that a living body is present near the power supplying unit is acquired. The power supply apparatus changes a restriction amount of the supplied electric power when at least either of in-vehicle information indicating that a living body is present inside the vehicle or peripheral information indicating that a living body is present near the power supplying unit is acquired, compared to that when neither piece of information is acquired.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Tomomi Hase
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Patent number: 11186186Abstract: A control apparatus is used for an electric electric vehicle. The electric vehicle charges a storage battery with electric power that is supplied while traveling in a power supply lane that is a travelling road on which contactless power supply is able to be performed. The control apparatus for the electric vehicle includes a charging control unit and a range changing unit. The charging control unit controls charging of a storage battery of an electric vehicle such that a charge amount of the storage battery falls within a target range that is a preset range. The range changing unit changes at least one of an upper limit value and a lower limit value of the target range based on a state of the electric vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Tomomi Hase
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Patent number: 11186259Abstract: A wiper drive device includes: a drive member that is configured to cause a wiper blade to wipe a region of a windshield as a wiping operation, the region of the windshield including a to-be-imaged region of the windshield, the to-be-imaged region being included in a field of view of a camera which images a predefined imaging range near a vehicle through the windshield; and a stop section that is configured to stop the wiper blade in an outside region in response to that an anomaly that hinders the wiping operation occurs while the drive member causes the wiper blade to perform the wiping operation on the windshield, the outside region being a region of the windshield outside of the to-be-imaged region.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi Hase, Mitsuharu Higashitani, Noriaki Ikemoto, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Shogo Hanai, Keisuke Koide
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Patent number: 10926778Abstract: An autonomous vehicle control device for controlling an own vehicle that is an autonomous vehicle including an alarm sound output device which outputs alarm sound for at least a person. In the autonomous vehicle control device, a determination unit determines whether there is an abnormality in the alarm sound output device during execution of autonomous driving. When the determination unit determines that there is an abnormality in the alarm sound output device, a safety assurance unit performs a safety assurance process for assuring human safety.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi Hase, Noriaki Ikemoto, Mitsuharu Higashitani
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Publication number: 20200233437Abstract: A traveling control device includes: a peripheral recognition unit which recognizes a status around an own vehicle; an abnormality determination unit which determines whether an abnormality has occurred in the recognition function of the peripheral recognition unit; and a control unit which, if the abnormality determination unit has determined that an abnormality has occurred in the recognition function of the peripheral recognition unit, executes procedure modification control to modify an automatic driving procedure in the automatic driving system in accordance with an abnormality recognition direction which is a direction in which the abnormality in the recognition function has occurred.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi HASE, Noriaki IKEMOTO, Mitsuharu HIGASHITANI
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Publication number: 20200174496Abstract: A control apparatus that controls a plurality of vehicles performing platoon travelling is provided. Each of the vehicles is provided with an inter-vehicle communication apparatus that performs an inter-vehicle communication with an other vehicle included in a column of the platoon travelling. At least some of the vehicles is provided with an external communication apparatus that performs an external communication based on own identification information given by a telecommunication company. The control apparatus is configured to control respective vehicles such that the number of vehicles capable of simultaneously performing the external communication is less than the number of vehicles included in the column.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi HASE, Hirofumi KANO, Mitsuharu HIGASHITANI
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Publication number: 20200166950Abstract: An automatic driving control device mounted in an automatic driving vehicle for executing automatic driving along a planned travelling route includes: a driving execution unit that executes driving of the automatic driving vehicle; a communication unit that communicates with outside of the automatic driving vehicle; and a control unit that executes the automatic driving by controlling the driving execution unit. The communication unit has a first receiving unit that receives instruction signals for instructing driving contents of the automatic driving vehicle. The control unit has a first determination unit that determines provisional driving contents which are the driving contents of the automatic driving vehicle according to the instruction signals, when the instruction signals are received during execution of the automatic driving, and the control unit executes the automatic driving using the determined provisional driving contents.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2020Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi HASE, Noriaki IKEMOTO, Mitsuharu HIGASHITANI
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Patent number: 10665102Abstract: A parking system includes first and second communicators. The first communicator is configured to be mounted on a vehicle and perform communication. The second communicator is configured to be mounted on a communication device owned by a user and perform communication. The first and second communicators are configured to communicate with a wireless communication service in a mutually exclusive manner by using the same information as service setting information. At least one of the vehicle and the communication device enables the first communicator in the vehicle to communicate by using the wireless communication service in at least one of a first period during execution of automatic parking, and a second period during execution of pick-up traveling, by transmitting a switching request for switching an active communicator in the wireless communication service, to a management apparatus managing a relationship between the service setting information and a related communicator.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi Hase, Noriaki Ikemoto
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Publication number: 20200130710Abstract: A control device includes a device status sensor which senses the status of a safety device installed to an autonomous vehicle, and a vehicle controller which controls the autonomous vehicle. The vehicle controller is capable of implementing each of a normal travel mode and a safe travel mode in which the level of safety is higher than in the normal travel mode. In response to the device status sensor sensing that the safety device has been unlocked, the vehicle controller performs the process of switching from the normal travel mode to the safe travel mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi HASE, Noriaki IKEMOTO, Mitsuharu HIGASHITANI
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Publication number: 20200134335Abstract: In a control apparatus for an automated driving vehicle, a receiving unit receives an external start signal that is a signal for starting automated driving in the automated driving vehicle and is transmitted from outside the automated driving vehicle. A control unit performs processes required for automated driving. A person determining unit determines whether a person is present inside a vehicle cabin of the automated driving vehicle. An operating unit is provided inside the vehicle cabin and receives a single or a plurality of operations for starting automated driving in the automated driving vehicle. In response to the person determining unit determining that a person is present inside the vehicle cabin, the control unit does not start automated driving even when the receiving unit receives the external start signal and starts automated driving only when an operation on the operating unit is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuharu HIGASHITANI, Noriaki IKEMOTO, Tomomi HASE
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Publication number: 20200079324Abstract: A wiper drive device includes: a drive member that is configured to cause a wiper blade to wipe a region of a windshield as a wiping operation, the region of the windshield including a to-be-imaged region of the windshield, the to-be-imaged region being included in a field of view of a camera which images a predefined imaging range near a vehicle through the windshield; and a stop section that is configured to stop the wiper blade in an outside region in response to that an anomaly that hinders the wiping operation occurs while the drive member causes the wiper blade to perform the wiping operation on the windshield, the outside region being a region of the windshield outside of the to-be-imaged region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi HASE, Mitsuharu HIGASHITANI, Noriaki IKEMOTO, Hidetoshi SUZUKI, Shogo HANAI, Keisuke KOIDE
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Publication number: 20200079366Abstract: An automatic driving control system includes power sources, a relay device changing connection states of the power sources, a relay control device controlling the relay device, a status recognizing unit recognizing a status of the own vehicle on a planned traveling route, and an automatic driving control unit controlling automatic driving. The status recognizing unit recognizes that a collision probability of a collision with an object during the automatic driving is a predetermined threshold or more, and also recognizes a damage-expected power source included in the power sources and expected to be damaged in a collision with the object. When the collision probability is the predetermined threshold or more, the automatic driving control unit instructs the relay control device to disconnect the damage-expected power source from particular auxiliary units and to connect, to the particular auxiliary units, a power source that is not the damage-expected power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuharu HIGASHITANI, Noriaki IKEMOTO, Tomomi HASE
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Publication number: 20200043254Abstract: A data storage device is mounted on a vehicle on which an autonomous driving control device performs an autonomous driving control. The data storage device includes an abnormality detector and a controller. The abnormality detector detects an abnormal state including at least one of an abnormality in an occupant of the vehicle and an abnormality in the surrounding environment of the vehicle. When the abnormality detector detects the abnormal state, the controller causes a storage medium to store determination information allowing for determination of whether a subject driving the vehicle is the autonomous driving control device. The determination information includes at least one of a control amount of the autonomous driving control, basis information for the control amount, an operation amount of the vehicle, actual output information of the vehicle, and information directly indicating whether autonomous driving is ON.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi HASE, Noriaki IKEMOTO, Mitsuharu HIGASHITANI