Patents by Inventor Yojiro Koike

Yojiro Koike 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).

  • Vehicle motion control device
    Patent number: 7966127
    Abstract: The invention provides a vehicle motion control device capable of realizing optimum avoidance control in the case of an emergency. The vehicle motion control device includes an external environment detection unit for detecting external environment, and a travel state detection unit for detecting a travel state of a driver's vehicle. An obstruction is detected based on the external environment detected by the external environment detection unit, and an environment map indicating obstructions is created. A control device estimates a plurality of possible avoidance actions for avoiding an obstruction based on the environment map and the travel state of the driver's vehicle detected by the travel state detection unit. The control device estimates collision damage according to each avoidance action estimated by the avoidance action estimation unit, and selects an appropriate avoidance action based on the estimated collision damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Eiichi Ono, Yoshiki Ninomiya, Yoshikatsu Kisanuki, Takero Hongo, Kiyokazu Sunami, Yuichi Tanaka, Kazunori Furukawa, Yoshikazu Hattori, Yuji Muragishi, Arata Takahashi, Yojiro Koike