Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Oe

Yoshihiro Oe 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).

  • Publication number: 20200294432
    Abstract: A control device as an advertisement display device that is mountable on a vehicle includes a calculation unit configured to calculate a time for which an occupant of another vehicle is able to visually recognize a video displayed on a display attached to a host vehicle based on a driving state of the host vehicle, and a display controller configured to display an advertisement edited such that a video time corresponds to the visually recognizable time calculated by the calculation unit on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Naoki UENOYAMA, Yoshihiro OE, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Publication number: 20200292350
    Abstract: In a server apparatus, a first acquisition unit is configured to acquire a specific point at which the traveling route of a vehicle deviates from a guidance route. A specifying unit is configured to specify a vehicle that has passed through the acquired specific point based on traveling route information of a plurality of vehicles. A second acquisition unit is configured to acquire, from the specified vehicle, an image of the specific point captured by the vehicle. A generation unit is configured to generate information for traveling guidance relating to the specific point based on the acquired image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OE, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Publication number: 20200294221
    Abstract: In a system for specifying a lane marking deterioration, an image acquiring unit acquires a captured image of an outside of a vehicle. A specifying unit extracts a lane marking on a road surface included in the captured image and specifies a deteriorated portion of the lane marking. The specifying unit specifies the deteriorated portion of the lane marking in comparison with another lane marking included in the captured image. A receiving unit receives past lane marking data of a road included in the captured image. The specifying unit specifies, from the captured image, a deteriorated portion of the lane marking that has deteriorated from the past lane marking data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OE, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Publication number: 20200286250
    Abstract: The disclosure includes: a first acquisition section that acquires a first image captured by an imaging device mounted on a vehicle after driving of the vehicle is finished; a second acquisition section that acquires a second image captured by the imaging device when driving of the vehicle is started; and a detection section that detects misalignment between the first image and the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yoshihiro OE
  • Publication number: 20200279378
    Abstract: A collision determination server includes a receiver configured to receive a collision candidate moving image from a moving object, an extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of feature points in a frame image constituting the received collision candidate moving image from the frame image, a generation unit configured to generate trajectory patterns of the feature points by tracking the extracted feature points, and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a collision has occurred by analyzing the trajectory patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OE, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Publication number: 20200273202
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a calculation unit that calculates a size of a target object on an occasion when the target object exists along a peripheral edge part of a captured image captured by an external image capturing apparatus, based on a plurality of images containing the target object that needs to undergo image processing for protecting privacy; a determination unit that determines a region, on an image, that is captured in a state where a part of the target object protrudes from a peripheral edge part of the captured image, based on the size of the target object calculated by the calculation unit; and an image processing unit that performs the image processing on the region on the image determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Naoki UENOYAMA, Yoshihiro OE, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Patent number: 10752260
    Abstract: A driving assistance device for a vehicle includes a storage unit configured to store a position of a first point on a road map where a traveling environment of a road changes, and a controller configured to output an alarm for alerting a driver of a vehicle after the vehicle has passed through the first point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oe, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Publication number: 20200266635
    Abstract: A vehicle capable of transmitting power to another vehicle includes an acquisition section that acquires a distance from a location of the vehicle to a specified point; a comparison section that compares the distance with a cruising range of the vehicle; and a control section that controls the power transmission to the other vehicle according to a comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yoshihiro OE, Naoki UENOYAMA, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Publication number: 20200265837
    Abstract: In a voice output apparatus, an acquisition unit acquires a speech of an occupant of a vehicle. A determination unit determines whether or not the acquired speech is asking for repetition or rephrasing. A classification unit classifies, when it is determined that the speech is the asking, the speech according to a type of asking. An output unit outputs a voice sound in accordance with the classified type of the asking based on a content of a voice sound that is a target of the asking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yoshihiro OE, Naoki UENOYAMA, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Publication number: 20200265807
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a display device that is visible from a front side, a measurement unit configured to measure a distance between the vehicle and a front vehicle which travels in the same direction as the vehicle, and a display control unit configured to horizontally invert display content on the display device based on the measured distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yoshihiro OE, Naoki UENOYAMA, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Publication number: 20200265250
    Abstract: A driving support system includes: an acquisition portion configured to acquire visual-recognition position information on a position where a driver of a vehicle visually recognizes a traffic light; an image acquisition portion configured to acquire a forward image ahead of the vehicle; a traffic-light recognition portion configured to recognize a traffic light included in a forward image; and a notification portion configured to notify the driver of warning when the traffic light is not recognized from the forward image, in a case where the vehicle is present at a position based on the visual-recognition position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OE, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Patent number: 10733461
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a first communication control unit that receives a first signal from one or more terminals carried by one or more detection objects around a vehicle, a detection unit that detects the detection objects in a predetermined range from image data created by photographing the predetermined range that can be seen from the vehicle, a determination unit that determines whether the one or more detection objects can be seen from the vehicle based on a detection result generated by the detection unit and the first signal received by the first communication control unit, and an information providing unit that provides information on a detection object that cannot be seen from the vehicle when the one or more detection objects include the detection object that cannot be seen from the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oe, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Patent number: 10726727
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes first circuitry configured to: detect that a predetermined lane change has been made in a vehicle; acquire information indicating acceleration of the vehicle, the acceleration being an acceleration at a time when the lane change is made; judge a traveling environment of the vehicle, the traveling environment being a traveling environment when the lane change is made; decide a first risk level by comparing the information indicating the acceleration acquired by the first circuitry with one or more first threshold values; and determine a risk level of the lane change using the first risk level decided by the first circuitry and the traveling environment of the vehicle judged by the first circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Publication number: 20200149895
    Abstract: A transfer guiding device includes: a reception unit that receives a destination of a first vehicle used by a user; a search unit that searches for first and second routes along which the user travels from the first vehicle's current location to the destination respectively by the first vehicle and by the first and second vehicles; a calculation unit that calculates a first arrival time at which the user arrives at the destination by the first route, based on a first required time to travel through the first route, and a second arrival time at which the user arrives at the destination by the second route, based on a second required time to travel through the second route; and a transmission unit that transmits a message for recommending the user to transfer to the second vehicle when the first arrival time is later than the second arrival time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OE, Michio IKEDA, Kohei UEZATO, Masashi YAMADA, Kenichi KOMURO, Toshiaki NIWA
  • Publication number: 20200124765
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: a plurality of vehicles; and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles, wherein each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to detect wind information by using a wind detection device mounted on each of the plurality of vehicles, and send probe data to the server, the probe data including the wind information and position information on each of the plurality of vehicles at a time when the wind information was detected, and the server is configured to store the probe data received from the plurality of vehicles in a database, and provide information to a client by using the probe data stored in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yoshihiro OE, Jun Goto, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Publication number: 20200111202
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a memory configured to record base image data and an index value of the base image data, and a processor. The processor is configured to calculate an index value based on input image data and correct answer information at a position where the input image data is captured, read an index value of base image data at the position where the input image data is captured, from the memory, and write the input image data and the calculated index value into the memory such that each of the base image data and the index value of the base image data is updated in a case where the calculated index value has evaluation higher than evaluation of the index value of the base image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OE, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Publication number: 20200097765
    Abstract: An image processing system includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image obtained by imaging a vehicle outside, a dictionary storage unit that stores dictionary data to be referred to in specifying an object included in the captured image, a specification unit that specifies the object based on the dictionary data, a behavior information acquisition unit that acquires behavior information indicating a behavior state of a vehicle, and a classification unit that classifies, based on the behavior information of the vehicle with respect to an unspecifiable object as the object unspecified by the specification unit, whether or not the vehicle needs to avoid the unspecifiable object. Image data of the unspecifiable object is used for creating the dictionary data along with a classification result of the classification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yoshihiro OE, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Publication number: 20200074226
    Abstract: A method of generating log data that includes a plurality of records, in which information detected through image recognition processing on a plurality of image frames is recorded. The method includes, detecting objects in each image frame through the image recognition processing, generating a record including identification information of each image frame and the aggregated number of objects detected in the image frame for each image frame, and adding metadata relating to the detected objects to the corresponding record when the aggregated number of objects is equal to or greater than one. When the aggregated number of objects is zero, the metadata related to the detected objects is not added to the record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OE, Kazuya NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200041657
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a server and a first vehicle acquiring a combination of first and second position information of the first vehicle. The first position information is calculated using a positioning signal from the first satellite system. The second position information is obtained by correcting an error of the first position information using a positioning reinforcement signal from the second satellite system. The first vehicle or the server calculates difference information between the first and second position information for each combination thereof. The server estimates a calculation accuracy for the first position information in a road section on a road map based on one or more pieces of difference information in which one or more positions indicated by the second position information corresponding to the difference information are within the road section and to output the calculation accuracy for the first position information in the road section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yoshihiro OE, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Publication number: 20200042802
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a vehicle and a server. The vehicle generates a plurality of captured still images in which scenery outside the vehicle is captured, and acquires position information of the vehicle. The vehicle or the server executes a detection process of detecting a predetermined object in a captured moving image that includes each of the plurality of captured still images as a frame, calculates the number of times that the predetermined object is detected of a section of a predetermined amount of time while changing a position of the section, and determines position information of a candidate start point of a traffic disturbance site on the road based on the position information of the vehicle at a time when at least one captured still image included in the section when the number of times that the predetermined object is detected exceeds a first reference number, is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Yoshihiro OE, Jun GOTO