Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Kaji
Toshiyuki Kaji 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: 11364930Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a display and a display controller configured to cause the display to display an image related to a state of a vehicle and perform control for switching display details to be displayed on the display when a predetermined event has occurred in the vehicle before driving assistance of the vehicle is started.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masatoshi Kubota, Yoshihiro Oniwa, Mineyuki Yoshida, Yuko Ouchi, Fue Kubota, Toshiyuki Kaji, Yoshitaka Mimura, Masayuki Takahashi, Hironori Takano
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Patent number: 11332164Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a direction detector configured to detect a direction of a face or line of sight of an occupant of a host vehicle; an automated driving controller configured to execute automated driving; and a switching controller configured to switch an automated driving mode executed by the automated driving controller to any one of a plurality of automated driving modes including a first automated driving mode in which a predetermined task is required of the occupant or a predetermined automation rate is set and a second automated driving mode in which a level of the task required of the occupant is lower than in the first automated driving mode or an automation rate is lower than in the first automated driving mode, wherein the switching controller includes the direction detected by the direction detector being a predetermined direction in switching conditions for switching from the second automated driving mode to the first automated driving mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki Kaji, Yoshifumi Nakamura
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Patent number: 11299161Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: an information acquiring unit that acquires an index value relating to easiness of merging which is evaluated on the basis of at least one of vehicle information relating to an operation of another vehicle that has advanced from a merging lane to a main lane before a subject vehicle and external system information acquired near a merging point using the other vehicle in a case in which the subject vehicle is running in the merging lane merging into the main lane; and an automated driving control unit that executes automated driving of the subject vehicle on the basis of the index value acquired by the information acquiring unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuya Yashiro, Toshiyuki Kaji, Toru Kokaki, Masanori Takeda, Hiroshi Oguro
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Patent number: 11203360Abstract: There is provided a vehicle control system including a driving assistance controller configured to execute driving assistance of a vehicle at a plurality of different degrees, an information output configured to output information, and an output controller configured to control the information output so that information indicating a target to be monitored or operated by an occupant required for the occupant is output on the basis of a change in a degree of driving assistance of the driving assistance controller.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Tatsuya Iwasa, Yoshihiro Oniwa, Mineyuki Yoshida, Yuko Ouchi, Fue Kubota, Toshiyuki Kaji, Naotaka Kumakiri, Naohiro Sakamoto
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Patent number: 11203359Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a recognition unit (16, 321, or 322) recognizing a surrounding status of a vehicle; a control unit (200 or 300) executing driving support for the vehicle by controlling one or both of steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle on the basis of the surrounding status recognized by the recognition unit; a reception unit (40 or 80) receiving an instruction relating to the driving support from a vehicle occupant of the vehicle; and an inhibition unit (130) inhibiting inactivation or reduction in functionality of the driving support using the control unit in a case in which a surrounding status of the vehicle is a predetermined surrounding status, or the predetermined surrounding status in the future is predicted in a case in which an instruction for inactivation or reduction in functionality of the driving support is received by the reception unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki Kaji, Yoshifumi Nakamura
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Patent number: 11194326Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a first detection unit configured to detect an operation of a driving operation element by an occupant, a second detection unit configured to detect a direction of a face or a line of sight of the occupant, and a switching control unit configured to switch an automatic driving mode executed by an automatic driving control unit to one of a plurality of automatic driving modes including a first automatic driving mode and a second automatic driving mode. The switching control unit sets a condition for executing the first automatic driving mode, and sets a condition for executing the second automatic driving mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshifumi Nakamura, Toshiyuki Kaji
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Patent number: 11161512Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a partition line recognizing unit that recognizes partition lines of a road on which a subject vehicle is running; an information acquiring unit that acquires information relating to running histories of other vehicles for a section in which no partition line can be recognized by the partition line recognizing unit from an external device; and an automated driving control unit that determines a behavior of the subject vehicle and performs automated driving on the basis of the running histories acquired by the information acquiring unit in a case in which there is a section in which no partition line can be recognized by the partition line recognizing unit after passing through a gate installed on the road.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanori Takeda, Katsuya Yashiro, Toshiyuki Kaji, Toru Kokaki, Hiroshi Oguro
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Patent number: 11148683Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an operation detector configured to detect that an operation element has been operated by an occupant, an automated driving controller configured to execute automated driving control, a switching controller configured to switch a driving mode to one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving assistance mode and a second driving assistance mode, and an output controller configured to cause an information outputter to output prescribed information when the driving mode is switched from the second driving assistance mode to the first driving assistance mode. The switching controller continues the second driving assistance mode until it is detected that the operation element has been operated after the prescribed information is output and switches the driving mode to the first driving assistance mode by cancelling the second driving assistance mode when it is detected that the operation element has been operated.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki Kaji, Yoshifumi Nakamura
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Patent number: 11106204Abstract: A vehicle control device is equipped with a state control unit adapted to perform a state transition control in which there are combined plural types of travel states in accordance with a travel control mode, and plural types of assist states in accordance with a driving assist mode. Under a sports mode (second travel state) in which a preference of the driver for manual driving is strong, as compared with a normal travel mode (first travel state), the state control unit suppresses a transition from a manual driving state (first assist state) to a normal automated driving state (second assist state) in which a level of driving assistance is high.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyuki Kaji, Yoshifumi Nakamura
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Patent number: 11077862Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a control unit configured to support a driving of a vehicle by selectively operating in one driving support mode among a plurality of driving support modes including a low speed following travel mode in which the vehicle travels while maintaining a constant inter-vehicle distance between a preceding traveling vehicle and the vehicle in a case where the speed is equal to or less than a predetermined speed, and an equipment control unit configured to release a use restriction on a specific function in which the line of sight of a driver is removed from the vehicle surroundings due to its utilization in a case where the control unit operates the low speed following travel mode is executed.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Yoshihiro Oniwa, Mineyuki Yoshida, Yuko Ouchi, Fue Kubota, Toshiyuki Kaji, Naotaka Kumakiri, Hironori Takano
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Patent number: 11059481Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a recognizer that recognizes a distribution state of obstacles in an advancement direction of a vehicle; a trajectory determiner that determines a target trajectory for each vehicle wheel of the vehicle on the basis of the distribution state of the obstacles recognized by the recognizer; and an automated driving controller that executes automated driving of the vehicle along the target trajectory determined by the trajectory determiner.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toru Kokaki, Katsuya Yashiro, Toshiyuki Kaji, Masanori Takeda, Hiroshi Oguro
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Publication number: 20210146962Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a direction detector configured to detect a direction of a face or line of sight of an occupant of a host vehicle; an automated driving controller configured to execute automated driving; and a switching controller configured to switch an automated driving mode executed by the automated driving controller to any one of a plurality of automated driving modes including a first automated driving mode in which a predetermined task is required of the occupant or a predetermined automation rate is set and a second automated driving mode in which a level of the task required of the occupant is lower than in the first automated driving mode or an automation rate is lower than in the first automated driving mode, wherein the switching controller includes the direction detected by the direction detector being a predetermined direction in switching conditions for switching from the second automated driving mode to the first automated driving mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Toshiyuki Kaji, Yoshifumi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20210146954Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an operation detector configured to detect that an operation element has been operated by an occupant, an automated driving controller configured to execute automated driving control, a switching controller configured to switch a driving mode to one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving assistance mode and a second driving assistance mode, and an output controller configured to cause an information outputter to output prescribed information when the driving mode is switched from the second driving assistance mode to the first driving assistance mode. The switching controller continues the second driving assistance mode until it is detected that the operation element has been operated after the prescribed information is output and switches the driving mode to the first driving assistance mode by cancelling the second driving assistance mode when it is detected that the operation element has been operated.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Toshiyuki Kaji, Yoshifumi Nakamura
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Patent number: 10960879Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a first switch that accepts an operation of an occupant of a vehicle; and a performance part that performs, when the first switch is operated, travel assist in a node in which an assist degree is the largest at that time point.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiko Shimada, Yoshitaka Mimura, Toshiyuki Kaji, Mahito Shikama, Masanori Takeda, Kentaro Ishisaka
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Publication number: 20200377083Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a recognizer that recognizes a distribution state of obstacles in an advancement direction of a vehicle; a trajectory determiner that determines a target trajectory for each vehicle wheel of the vehicle on the basis of the distribution state of the obstacles recognized by the recognizer; and an automated driving controller that executes automated driving of the vehicle along the target trajectory determined by the trajectory determiner.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Toru Kokaki, Katsuya Yashiro, Toshiyuki Kaji, Masanori Takeda, Hiroshi Oguro
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Publication number: 20200331458Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a recognizer (130) configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle; a vehicle controller (120 and 160) configured to perform driving support to control one or both of steering and a deceleration or acceleration of the vehicle based on the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer; a vigilance estimator (184) configured to estimate vigilance of a driver in the vehicle based on a detection result from a detector provided in the vehicle; and a task determiner (186) configured to determine a task requested of the driver while the driving support is performed by the vehicle controller and configured to raise a load of the task requested of the driver when the vigilance of the driver estimated by the vigilance estimator is lowered.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2017Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Yoshifumi Nakamura, Toshiyuki Kaji
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Patent number: 10810878Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a lane line recognizer that recognizes lane lines of a road on which a vehicle is traveling, a virtual line setter that sets, when there is a section in which the lane lines are not recognizable by the lane line recognizer after passing through a gate installed on the road, a virtual line with a terminating end portion of a lane line extending from the gate or an object present near the gate as one end and a beginning end portion of the lane line in a future travel area of the vehicle which is present ahead of the section in which the lane lines are not recognizable as another end, and an automated driving controller that performs automated driving in the section in which the lane lines are not recognizable on the basis of the virtual line set by the virtual line setter.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Oguro, Katsuya Yashiro, Toshiyuki Kaji, Toru Kokaki, Masanori Takeda
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Patent number: 10761532Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a first detection unit configured to detect a direction of a face or a line of sight of an occupant of a subject vehicle, an automatic driving control unit configured to execute an automatic driving control, and a switching control unit configured to switch an automatic driving mode for causing the automatic driving control unit to execute the automatic driving control to one of a plurality of automatic driving modes including a first automatic driving mode and a second automatic driving mode. The switching control unit prevents the automatic driving control executed by the automatic driving control unit on the basis of a detection result by the first detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshifumi Nakamura, Toshiyuki Kaji
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Publication number: 20200172123Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a display and a display controller configured to cause the display to display an image related to a state of a vehicle and perform control for switching display details to be displayed on the display when a predetermined event has occurred in the vehicle before driving assistance of the vehicle is started.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Masatoshi Kubota, Yoshihiro Oniwa, Mineyuki Yoshida, Yuko Ouchi, Fue Kubota, Toshiyuki Kaji, Yoshitaka Mimura, Masayuki Takahashi, Hironori Takano
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Publication number: 20200172122Abstract: There is provided a vehicle control system including a driving assistance controller configured to execute driving assistance of a vehicle at a plurality of different degrees, an information output configured to output information, and an output controller configured to control the information output so that information indicating a target to be monitored or operated by an occupant required for the occupant is output on the basis of a change in a degree of driving assistance of the driving assistance controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Tatsuya Iwasa, Yoshihiro Oniwa, Mineyuki Yoshida, Yuko Ouchi, Fue Kubota, Toshiyuki Kaji, Naotaka Kumakiri, Naohiro Sakamoto