Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Innami

Toshiyuki Innami 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).

  • Patent number: 11760322
    Abstract: An on-vehicle control device includes: a control unit that controls an attitude of a vehicle based on a value of a behavior sensor that detects a behavior of the vehicle, and prohibits control based on the behavior sensor when the value of the behavior sensor exceeds a threshold; and a travel environment determination unit that determines a travel environment of the vehicle based on image information captured by a camera, and in which the control unit changes the threshold to a lower value based on the travel environment determined by the travel environment determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yamada, Shogo Nakao, Toshiyuki Innami, Koichi Yokoura
  • Publication number: 20230090474
    Abstract: A vehicle control device causes an automatic brake to function even for an obstacle suddenly appearing from outside a sensor detection range in a place estimated to be dangerous such as an intersection. A vehicle control device calculates time-to-collision TTC based on a detection result of an obstacle sensor, and controls a brake, which is an actuator of a vehicle, based on the calculated time-to-collision TTC. The vehicle control device includes a determination unit that determines right turn or left turn of the vehicle, and a command unit that sends a command according to a determination result of the determination unit to the brake. When determining that the vehicle is turning right or left, the determination unit changes the time-to-collision TTC to a longer value by extending more than that at the time of traveling straight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru OHBA, Toshiyuki INNAMI, Koichi YOKOURA
  • Patent number: 11383698
    Abstract: Provided are: a device and a method for controlling vehicle movement, with which it is possible to suppress causing uncomfortableness to vehicle occupants and causing unstable behavior during turning by automatic travel control; and a device and a method for generating a target course. In a vehicle capable of automatically controlling lateral acceleration occurring in the vehicle, the present invention controls the acceleration occurring in the vehicle such that jerk, which is the change over time of acceleration, becomes the greatest in a region where the lateral acceleration that occurs upon entering a curve is equal to or less than half the acceleration during normal turning, and the jerk decreases as the acceleration increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Junya Takahashi, Yuki Akiyama, Kenta Maeda, Naoki Hiraga, Toshiyuki Innami
  • Patent number: 11273810
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control device that can reduce the delay in the deceleration response of a vehicle to a deceleration command. The present invention modifies the distribution ratio of brake fluid pressure between front brakes and rear brakes on the basis of lateral motion information, vehicle information, and a collision risk or a traveling scene obtained from information pertaining to the external surroundings. The brake fluid pressure is distributed to only one of the front brakes or the rear brakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Hiraga, Toshiyuki Innami, Junya Takahashi, Seiichi Satoh
  • Patent number: 11092967
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle movement control device which is capable of achieving stable vehicle behavior during the movement of a vehicle in lane changing mode. When calculating a travel path for turning a vehicle to the left side or the right side and then turning the vehicle to the other side, this vehicle movement control device calculates the travel path so that the peak value of the curvature of the travel path decreases in a section where the vehicle speed is higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Akiyama, Junya Takahashi, Toshiyuki Innami
  • Publication number: 20210179123
    Abstract: Fail-safe is performed appropriately when an automatic driving ECU has a failure. Provided is an in-vehicle electronic control system including a recognition device that recognizes a situation outside a vehicle, a track calculation unit that calculates a track on which the vehicle travels, a failure diagnosis unit that diagnoses a failure of the track calculation unit, and an output unit that outputs a control signal used to control the vehicle, in which a control signal generated based on a brake control instruction generated by the recognition device and a control signal generated based on a track control instruction generated by the track calculation unit are input to the output unit, and when the failure diagnosis unit diagnoses that the track calculation unit has a failure, the output unit outputs a control signal generated based on the brake control instruction generated by the recognition device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuya YAMADA, Kentaro YOSHIMURA, Shouji MURAMATSU, Tsutomu KANEKO, Toshiyuki INNAMI, Koichi YOKOURA
  • Patent number: 11023750
    Abstract: A video output system provided with a camera and an interface device, wherein the interface device is provided with a condition storage unit which specifies conditions under which a video is to be selected by the camera, and a video output unit which outputs a captured video received from the camera, and wherein the camera is provided with: an image sensor; a video generation unit which generates captured videos on the basis of the output of the image sensor; a condition acquisition unit which acquires said conditions from the interface device; a recognition/comparison unit which determines whether or not each captured video generated by the video generation unit meets the acquired conditions, and if it is determined that a captured video meets the conditions, generates identification information on the basis of recognition results of a subject to be recognized that is included in the captured image determined to meet the conditions, and that is associated with the conditions; and a camera calculation unit wh
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yamada, Koichi Yokoura, Toshiyuki Innami, Haruki Matono
  • Patent number: 10843683
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control device and method capable of ensuring steering accuracy. In a vehicle provided with a left-right pair of steered wheels for which the braking/driving forces can each be controlled, and a steering force generation device that generates steering force for the steered wheels and controls the steering angle of the steered wheels, this vehicle control device and method control the steering force and the steering reaction force from the steering force generation device by controlling the braking/driving force of each of the steered wheels on the basis of the lateral force acting on the steered wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Akiyama, Junya Takahashi, Toshiyuki Innami
  • Publication number: 20200324748
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control device that can reduce the delay in the deceleration response of a vehicle to a deceleration command. The present invention modifies the distribution ratio of brake fluid pressure between front brakes and rear brakes on the basis of lateral motion information, vehicle information, and a collision risk or a traveling scene obtained from information pertaining to the external surroundings. The brake fluid pressure is distributed to only one of the front brakes or the rear brakes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki HIRAGA, Toshiyuki INNAMI, Junya TAKAHASHI, Seiichi SATOH
  • Publication number: 20200216046
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control device that can reduce an uncomfortable feeling imparted to the driver when yaw-moment control is executed. In accordance with the output of a computation unit that instructs a yaw moment, the vehicle control device changes the distribution ratio between the braking force imparted to the front wheels and the braking force imparted to the rear wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki HIRAGA, Seiichi SATOH, Toshiyuki INNAMI, Junya TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200164870
    Abstract: Provided are: a device and a method for controlling vehicle movement, with which it is possible to suppress causing uncomfortableness to vehicle occupants and causing unstable behavior during turning by automatic travel control; and a device and a method for generating a target course. In a vehicle capable of automatically controlling lateral acceleration occurring in the vehicle, the present invention controls the acceleration occurring in the vehicle such that jerk, which is the change over time of acceleration, becomes the greatest in a region where the lateral acceleration that occurs upon entering a curve is equal to or less than half the acceleration during normal turning, and the jerk decreases as the acceleration increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junya TAKAHASHI, Yuki AKIYAMA, Kenta MAEDA, Naoki HIRAGA, Toshiyuki INNAMI
  • Patent number: 10654478
    Abstract: A cruise control apparatus according to the present invention comprises a curve shape detection unit that detects the shape of a curve, an estimation trajectory calculation means that, on the basis of vehicle speed, calculates an estimated trajectory that satisfies a relationship in which a G-G diagram, which is a relationship between lateral acceleration and longitudinal acceleration, draws an arc, and a steering start point determination unit that determines a steering start point in front of a curve so that the estimated trajectory falls within the curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichi Satoh, Toshiyuki Innami, Junya Takahashi, Yuki Akiyama
  • Patent number: 10640109
    Abstract: Provided is a travel control device for a vehicle such that comfortable and safe control for the vehicle is possible without disturbing the driver. The travel control device for the vehicle is provided with a control command computation unit for calculating a steering assist amount for assisting the steering of the vehicle and an acceleration command value for controlling braking and driving forces of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Nagatsuka, Toshiyuki Innami
  • Publication number: 20200117192
    Abstract: The present invention provides a travel control device for a vehicle with which it is possible to control the vehicle so that, by appropriately controlling override in accordance with the vehicle behavior upon driver override, the vehicle behavior does not become unstable. This travel control device comprises: a vehicle control plan creation unit that creates a control plan for a vehicle; an operation detail acquisition unit that acquires operation details by a driver to the vehicle; a vehicle control assessment unit that determines vehicle control details on the basis of the control plan and the driver's operation details; a vehicle behavior assessment unit that assesses the behavior of the vehicle; and a vehicle control detail determination unit that determines whether or not to prioritize the driver's operation details over the vehicle control plan on the basis of the behavior of the vehicle as assessed by the vehicle behavior assessment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Seiichi SATOH, Toshiyuki INNAMI, Naoki HIRAGA, Junya TAKAHASHI, Yuki AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200086885
    Abstract: According to the present invention, even when information needed to calculate an acceleration command cannot be detected due to a sensor malfunction or the like, acceleration control can be continued by adding, in accordance with outside-world information, a correction to the result of calculating the acceleration command, which uses the result of an estimation made using alternative sensor information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Naoki HIRAGA, Toshiyuki INNAMI, Junya TAKAHASHI, Yuki AKIYAMA, Seiichi SATOH
  • Publication number: 20190359188
    Abstract: An on-vehicle control device includes: a control unit that controls an attitude of a vehicle based on a value of a behavior sensor that detects a behavior of the vehicle, and prohibits control based on the behavior sensor when the value of the behavior sensor exceeds a threshold; and a travel environment determination unit that determines a travel environment of the vehicle based on image information captured by a camera, and in which the control unit changes the threshold to a lower value based on the travel environment determined by the travel environment determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Tetsuya YAMADA, Shogo NAKAO, Toshiyuki INNAMI, Koichi YOKOURA
  • Patent number: 10384673
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a device and method for controlling vehicle motion and a vehicle equipped with the device, such that driving force and/or braking force is properly distributed between front wheels and rear wheels so that steering characteristics are made suitable and controllability and stability improve. This device comprises a means for controlling braking and/or driving force distribution between the front wheels and rear wheels of a vehicle such that when the absolute value of lateral acceleration of the vehicle increases, the distribution to the front wheels is made smaller, and when the absolute value of lateral acceleration of the vehicle decreases, the distribution to the front wheels is made larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Yamakado, Toshiyuki Innami, Keiichiro Nagatsuka
  • Publication number: 20190196487
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle movement control device which is capable of achieving stable vehicle behavior during the movement of a vehicle in lane changing mode. When calculating a travel path for turning a vehicle to the left side or the right side and then turning the vehicle to the other side, this vehicle movement control device calculates the travel path so that the peak value of the curvature of the travel path decreases in a section where the vehicle speed is higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki AKIYAMA, Junya TAKAHASHI, Toshiyuki INNAMI
  • Publication number: 20190180123
    Abstract: A video output system provided with a camera and an interface device, wherein the interface device is provided with a condition storage unit which specifies conditions under which a video is to be selected by the camera, and a video output unit which outputs a captured video received from the camera, and wherein the camera is provided with: an image sensor; a video generation unit which generates captured videos on the basis of the output of the image sensor; a condition acquisition unit which acquires said conditions from the interface device; a recognition/comparison unit which determines whether or not each captured video generated by the video generation unit meets the acquired conditions, and if it is determined that a captured video meets the conditions, generates identification information on the basis of recognition results of a subject to be recognized that is included in the captured image determined to meet the conditions, and that is associated with the conditions; and a camera calculation unit wh
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Tetsuya YAMADA, Koichi YOKOURA, Toshiyuki INNAMI, Haruki MATONO
  • Publication number: 20190054916
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control device and method capable of ensuring steering accuracy. In a vehicle provided with a left-right pair of steered wheels for which the braking/driving forces can each be controlled, and a steering force generation device that generates steering force for the steered wheels and controls the steering angle of the steered wheels, this vehicle control device and method control the steering force and the steering reaction force from the steering force generation device by controlling the braking/driving force of each of the steered wheels on the basis of the lateral force acting on the steered wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yuki AKIYAMA, Junya TAKAHASHI, Toshiyuki INNAMI