Patents by Inventor Toru Takashima
Toru Takashima 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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Publication number: 20250136176Abstract: A steering control device includes: a target rotation angle calculation circuit that calculates a target rotation angle of a shaft; an offset angle calculation circuit that calculates an offset angle relative to the target rotation angle; a final target rotation angle calculation circuit that calculates a final target rotation angle of the shaft; and a feedback control circuit that executes feedback control that adapts a real angle to the final target rotation angle. The offset angle calculation circuit calculates an estimated rotation angle deviation based on a value of a current of a turning motor immediately before a specific event occurs, and calculates the offset angle by subtracting the real angle and the estimated rotation angle deviation from the target rotation angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya MIYAKE, Toru TAKASHIMA, Hidetsugu TOYAMA
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Patent number: 12284436Abstract: An imaging apparatus configured to notify an external control device of information in the imaging apparatus, the imaging apparatus includes: a communication circuitry configured to perform data communication with the control device; and a control circuitry configured to generate notification data in response to an event and control the communication circuitry to transmit the notification data to the control device, the event indicating that a state in the imaging apparatus changes, wherein the notification data includes a data storage region capable of storing data indicating each state in a plurality of types of events.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventor: Toru Takashima
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Patent number: 12252152Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiro Okano, Toru Takashima, Shun Maruyama, Shun Mizoo
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Publication number: 20250068185Abstract: A moving object operation management device is configured to set an exclusive section when a work of a certain moving object inhibits movement of a passage of another moving object, and to selectively issue a first operation instruction for moving one of the two moving objects to the next destination on a path bypassing the exclusive section for the other when the exclusive section for one of the two moving objects and the exclusive section for the other object are adjacent to each other and the movement on the shortest path to the next destination is inhibited by the other exclusive section, and a second operation instruction for moving one of the two moving objects to the next destination on the shortest path after the exclusive section for the other object is released, by comparing the arrival time to the one next destination when the instruction is followed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Atsushi TOJO, Keigo NOGUCHI, Shun MARUYAMA
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Publication number: 20250068180Abstract: A moving object operation management device for managing the operation of moving objects that move in a passage provided in an area and perform work at a specific place. When the work of a certain moving object hinders the movement of another moving object in a passage, the exclusive section and the exclusive section for one of the two moving objects are adjacent to each other, and when the movement of the shortest path to the next destination is hindered by the other exclusive section, the first operation instruction for moving one to the next exclusive section and after the exclusive section of the other section is released. And a second operation instruction to move the one moving object to the next destination by the shortest path, by comparing the arrival time to the one of the next destination in accordance with the instructions, configured to selectively emit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Keigo NOGUCHI, Atsushi TOJO, Shun MARUYAMA
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Patent number: 12238756Abstract: A communication method of the present disclosure includes detecting or estimating a decrease in throughput of a first communication terminal mounted on a first vehicle that is remotely driven, and reducing a communication speed of a second communication terminal with which the first communication terminal shares a communication resource in response to detection or estimation of the decrease in the throughput.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toru Takashima, Takahiro Ogawa, Kenji Tadakuma, Keisuke Miwa, Shuichi Tamagawa, Takahiro Okano, Shun Ota, Yuki Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20250054387Abstract: In this management system, the latest time among the expected arrival times at which each of the plurality of moving objects is expected to reach the destination is set as the reference time. Then, for each of the one or more moving objects other than the moving object predicted to arrive at the destination at the reference time among the plurality of moving objects, the traveling route to the destination and the traveling speed are determined so that the estimated arrival time approaches the reference time and the energy consumption is reduced. Accordingly, it is possible to satisfactorily reduce energy consumption in the entire plurality of moving objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shun MARUYAMA, Toru TAKASHIMA, Atsushi TOJO, Keigo NOGUCHI
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Patent number: 12214834Abstract: A steering control device controls a turning motor that generates a turning force for causing turning wheels of which power transmission to and from a steering wheel is cut off to turn. The steering control device includes a first processor configured to change a steering angle ratio which is a ratio of a turning angle of the turning wheels to a steering angle of the steering wheel according to a vehicle speed through control of the turning motor and a second processor configured to change a degree of change of the steering angle ratio with respect to change of the vehicle speed according to a steering state or a vehicle state.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Kodera, Toru Takashima
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Patent number: 12157524Abstract: A steering device includes a turning shaft, a turning motor, and a control device that controls the turning motor such that an angle capable of being converted into a turning angle of a turning wheel follows a target angle that is calculated depending on a steering state of a steering wheel. The control device executes a correction process of correcting the target angle. The control device corrects the target angle such that the degree of an increase in the target angle is slower as the target angle approaches a limit value of an angle region, when the target angle increases toward the limit value of the angle region in either of a vehicle stop state or an extremely low speed state.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya Miyake, Takashi Kodera, Toru Takashima, Hidetsugu Toyama
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Patent number: 12152891Abstract: A server receives a return request of a rental car including information on a usage end position of a car rental service desired by a user from a terminal of the user who has rented a rental car or the rental car. The server searches for a remote driving route of the rental car based on the information on the usage end position and information on a destination of the rental car for after the user finishes using the car rental service. The server compares the remote driving route with a communication area on a map. Then, the server transmits information indicating permission to drop off the rental car to the terminal of the user or the rental car when an entire route of the remote driving route is located inside the communication area.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toru Takashima, Takahiro Ogawa, Kenji Tadakuma, Keisuke Miwa, Shuichi Tamagawa, Takahiro Okano, Shun Ota, Yuki Nishikawa
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Patent number: 12123960Abstract: A position locating system for locating a current position of a mobile terminal includes an imaging section, an image acquisition section, a matching section, and a position locating section. The imaging section is configured to capture a surroundings image of surroundings of the mobile terminal using a camera provided at the mobile terminal. The image acquisition section is configured to acquire over a network images similar to the surroundings image and associated with position information regarding an imaging location. The matching section is configured to perform image matching between the surroundings image and the images acquired by the image acquisition section so as to find a single image that is a match for the surroundings image. The position locating section is configured to locate the current position of the mobile terminal from the position information associated with the single image.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiro Okano, Takaaki Yanagihashi, Hiroaki Kiyokami, Toru Takashima, Kenta Miyahara, Yohei Tanigawa
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Patent number: 12111655Abstract: A multifunctional vehicle includes a traveling input device that is operated by a driver of the multifunctional vehicle; an information processing device that processes operation information of the traveling input device and that switches and executes a normal driving mode for driving the multifunctional vehicle and a remote driving mode for driving the other vehicle; wearable glasses that communicate with another vehicle directly or via the information processing device; and a communication device that communicate with the other vehicle. In the normal driving mode, a vehicle control of the multifunctional vehicle is executed using control information generated based on the operation information. In the remote driving mode, the control information is transmitted to the other vehicle via the communication device. The wearable glasses are configured to display a surrounding image of the other vehicle during execution of the remote driving mode by the information processing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toru Takashima, Takahiro Ogawa, Kenji Tadakuma, Keisuke Miwa, Shuichi Tamagawa, Takahiro Okano, Shun Ota, Yuki Nishikawa
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Patent number: 12103565Abstract: An autonomous driving device to be mounted on a vehicle includes a first ECU configured to autonomously drive the vehicle, and a second ECU configured to operate the vehicle under remote control from an outside. The first ECU is configured to keep an activated state while the second ECU is operating the vehicle. The second ECU is configured to keep a power saving state while the first ECU is autonomously driving the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiromitsu Urano, Sho Otaki, Takashi Suzuki, Toru Takashima, Hojung Jung, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Satoru Niwa, Kosuke Akatsuka
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Publication number: 20240321095Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Yusuke NOZAWA, Shun MIZOO, Toru TAKASHIMA, Takashi HIRANAKA, Kenta OSAGAWA, Shota KONISHI
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Patent number: 12097917Abstract: A steering control device is configured to control a steering device as a controlled object, the steering device having a structure in which transmission of power between a steering portion and a turning portion is cut off. The steering control device includes a central processing unit. The central processing unit is configured to execute a reduction process in a case where at least either one of a travel state amount and a steering state amount is a state amount indicating that a target turning-corresponding angle does not change. The reduction process is a process of reducing a driving current to be supplied to a turning motor.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya Miyake, Takashi Kodera, Toru Takashima, Hidetsugu Toyama
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Publication number: 20240295883Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Takahiro OKANO, Toru TAKASHIMA, Yusuke NOZAWA, Shun MIZOO, Takashi HIRANAKA, Kenta OSAGAWA, Shota KONISHI
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Patent number: 12060086Abstract: An autonomous driving device includes a plurality of driving function ECUs having a function to drive a vehicle in place of an occupant, and a driving function switch ECU is configured to individually change operating states of the driving function ECUs according to a route to a destination and remaining power. The driving function ECUs include an autonomous driving ECU configured to autonomously drive the vehicle, and a remote control ECU configured to operate the vehicle according to remote control from outside.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiromitsu Urano, Sho Otaki, Takashi Suzuki, Toru Takashima, Hojung Jung, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Satoru Niwa, Kosuke Akatsuka
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Publication number: 20240262384Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Yusuke NOZAWA, Shun Mizoo, Toru Takashima, Takahiro Okano, Takashi Hiranaka, Kenta Osagawa, Shota Konishi
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Patent number: 12049263Abstract: A steering control device includes a control unit configured to perform a calculation based on angle information and to control the operation of a turning section based on a turning control amount. The angle information is obtained by relating the turning control amount for operating the turning section to a steering angle that is an angle by which a steering wheel is steered. The control unit includes a speed increase ratio calculation unit configured to calculate a speed increase ratio based on state variables, and an angle information calculation unit configured to calculate the angle information by converting the steering angle using the speed increase ratio obtained by the speed increase ratio calculation unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Kodera, Yusuke Kakimoto, Toru Takashima, Hidetsugu Toyama
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Publication number: 20240249620Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Toru TAKASHIMA, Takahiro Okano, Shun Mizoo, Yusuke Nozawa, Takashi Hiranaka, Kenta Osagawa, Shota Konishi