Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Watanabe
Yoshinori Watanabe 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: 12214783Abstract: An autonomous driving system mounted on a vehicle determines a target path based on necessary information and performs vehicle travel control such that the vehicle follows the target path. A first coordinate system is a vehicle coordinate system at a first timing when the necessary information is acquired. A second coordinate system is a vehicle coordinate system at a second timing later than the first timing. The autonomous driving system calculates, based on the necessary information acquired at the first timing, a first target path defined in the first coordinate system. Then, the autonomous driving system corrects the first target path to a second target path defined in the second coordinate system by performing coordinate transformation from the first coordinate system to the second coordinate system. The autonomous driving system uses the second target path as the target path to perform the vehicle travel control.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Sone, Yoji Kunihiro, Takahiro Yokota, Ryo Irie, Yoshinori Watanabe, Masateru Amano
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Patent number: 12210347Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a scene determination unit determining whether or not a current traveling scene is a traveling-restricted scene, an order setting unit setting priorities corresponding to a restriction with respect to driving behaviors previously classified for different purposes in a case where it is determined that the traveling scene is the traveling-restricted scene and setting priorities with respect to the plurality of driving behaviors in a case where it is not determined that the traveling scene is the traveling-restricted scene, a traveling plan generating unit generating traveling plans corresponding to the plurality of priority-set driving behaviors, an executability determination unit determining executability of each of the plurality of generated driving behaviors, a traveling plan selection unit selecting the traveling plan corresponding to the driving behavior with the highest priority, and a traveling control unit controlling the traveling of the host vehicle based on the travType: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiyuki Matsubara, Masaki Matsunaga, Kenichiro Aoki, Yoshinori Watanabe, Ryuta Hashimoto
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Patent number: 12202515Abstract: A vehicle travel control device executes vehicle travel control such that a vehicle follows a target trajectory. An automated driving control device generates a first target trajectory that is the target trajectory for automated driving of the vehicle. The vehicle travel control device further determines whether or not an activation condition of travel assist control is satisfied. When the activation condition is satisfied, the vehicle travel control device generates a second target trajectory that is the target trajectory for the travel assist control. Even when the second target trajectory is generated during the automated driving, or when the second target trajectory is generated during the automated driving and a priority condition for giving priority to the first target trajectory is satisfied, the vehicle travel control device executes the vehicle travel control by giving more weight to the first target trajectory than to the second target trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Goto, Yoshinori Watanabe, Nobuhide Kamata, Kazuyuki Fujita, Masahiro Harada
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Patent number: 12202699Abstract: A sheet transporting device includes: plural pairs of transporting rolls that are arranged adjacent to one another in a direction of transport of a sheet; and a component configured to switch individual positions of the plural pairs of transporting rolls between a nipping position and an unnipping position, the component being a single switching component capable of switching a state of nipping by the plural pairs of transporting rolls between a state where all of the plural pairs of transporting rolls are in the nipping position, a state where some of the plural pairs of transporting rolls are in the nipping position while remaining ones of the plural pairs of transporting rolls are in the unnipping position, and a state where all of the plural pairs of transporting rolls are in the unnipping position.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yoshinori Koike, Nobuhiro Hiroe, Hirotake Eguchi, Koji Deguchi, Yasunobu Goto, Natsumi Nakata, Yoshiki Matsuzaki, Kiyoshi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20250019059Abstract: A marine propulsion system includes a controller configured or programmed to perform an in-wave vessel speed control such that a vessel speed becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined minimum vessel speed in an in-wave vessel speed control mode in which an in-wave vessel speed control is performed to adjust the vessel speed based on information regarding upward-downward movement of a hull.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Inventors: Akihiro TAGATA, Yoshinori YAGI, Yohei KUROKI, Yoshikazu WATANABE
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Patent number: 12181883Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a scene determination unit determining whether or not a current traveling scene is a traveling-restricted scene, an order setting unit setting priorities corresponding to a restriction with respect to driving behaviors previously classified for different purposes in a case where it is determined that the traveling scene is the traveling-restricted scene and setting priorities with respect to the plurality of driving behaviors in a case where it is not determined that the traveling scene is the traveling-restricted scene, a traveling plan generating unit generating traveling plans corresponding to the plurality of priority-set driving behaviors, an executability determination unit determining executability of each of the plurality of generated driving behaviors, a traveling plan selection unit selecting the traveling plan corresponding to the driving behavior with the highest priority, and a traveling control unit controlling the traveling of the host vehicle based on the travType: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiyuki Matsubara, Masaki Matsunaga, Kenichiro Aoki, Yoshinori Watanabe, Ryuta Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20240400011Abstract: A control device configured to remotely control mobile objects includes: a generation section configured to generate a control command corresponding to each mobile object; a transmission section configured to transmit, to each mobile object, the control command corresponding to the mobile object; an information acquisition section configured to acquire command information related to the control command, internal sensor information related to a state of movement of the mobile object detected by an internal sensor mounted in the mobile object, and external sensor information related to a state of movement of the mobile object detected by an external sensor located outside the mobile object; and a detection section configured to detect that the control command is transmitted from the transmission section to one of the mobile objects not corresponding to the control command, by comparing at least two of the command information, the internal sensor information, and the external sensor information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Go INOUE, Noritsugu IWAZAKI, Takeshi KANOU, Yuki OKAMOTO, Yoshinori WATANABE, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Kento IWAHORI
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Publication number: 20240400091Abstract: A control device includes: a determination unit for determining an action to be performed by a moving object, wherein the moving object is operable by unmanned driving; a control unit for causing a controlled moving object to perform the action while the controlled moving object is moving; an action information acquisition unit for acquiring an action information, wherein the action information is an information regarding the action that is observed from the outside a moving object; and a judgement unit for judging whether or not the controlled moving object has performed the action using the action information, wherein when the judgement unit judges that the controlled moving object has not performed the action, the control unit executes at least one of a process of notifying occurrence of abnormality, a process of stopping the controlled moving object, and a process of changing a speed of the controlled moving object.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Go INOUE, Noritsugu IWAZAKI, Takeshi KANOU, Yoshinori WATANABE, Yuki OKAMOTO, Daiki YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20240402723Abstract: A control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection result by a detector, wherein the detector is mounted on a moving object movable by unmanned driving; a determination unit configured to determine a landmark to be detected by the detector, wherein the landmark is located outside the moving object; and a control unit configured to move the moving object by unmanned driving, wherein the control unit performs different processing for moving the moving object depending on whether or not the landmark determined by the determination unit is included in the detection result.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Go INOUE, Noritsugu IWAZAKI, Yoshinori WATANABE, Takeshi KANOU, Yuki OKAMOTO, Daiki YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 12157477Abstract: Processing to set a control mode of driving control is performed. In this setting processing, it is determined whether or not a predetermined condition in which a tracking performance of a vehicle state with respect to a target vehicle state decreases is satisfied. Then, when it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the control mode is switched from a normal mode to a temporary mode. In the temporary mode, generation of a driving plan is stopped. Alternatively, updating or referring to the driving plan generated while it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied is prohibited. Alternatively, an instruction value for control calculated using a target control value and a current vehicle state in the driving plan generated while it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied is modified.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Okamoto, Yoshinori Watanabe, Sho Amagai, Atsushi Sone, Atsushi Kodama, Kosuke Futagami, Yosuke Hirate
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Patent number: 12110014Abstract: An autonomous driving system mounted on a vehicle determines a target path based on necessary information and performs vehicle travel control such that the vehicle follows the target path. A first coordinate system is a vehicle coordinate system at a first timing when the necessary information is acquired. A second coordinate system is a vehicle coordinate system at a second timing later than the first timing. The autonomous driving system calculates, based on the necessary information acquired at the first timing, a first target path defined in the first coordinate system. Then, the autonomous driving system corrects the first target path to a second target path defined in the second coordinate system by performing coordinate transformation from the first coordinate system to the second coordinate system. The autonomous driving system uses the second target path as the target path to perform the vehicle travel control.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Sone, Yoji Kunihiro, Takahiro Yokota, Ryo Irie, Yoshinori Watanabe, Masateru Amano
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Publication number: 20240329651Abstract: A technique that can prevent conveyance of a moving object from delaying when the moving object stops during autonomous driving by a remote operation. A control device includes a switching execution unit that, when a predetermined first switching condition is satisfied, switches a driving mode of the moving object from a remote autonomous driving mode to a remote manual driving mode, and the first switching condition includes as a condition a case where, during running in the remote autonomous driving mode, the moving object falls in at least one state of (1a) a first state where a state of the moving object has become an abnormal state, (1b) a second state where a moving object has intruded a surrounding area set in advance to surroundings of the moving object, and (1c) a third state where a failure has occurred during the running in the remote autonomous driving mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keigo Ikeda, Rio Suda, Yoshinori Watanabe, Daiki Yokoyama
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Patent number: 12017682Abstract: A vehicle control system generates at least one primary candidate of a target trajectory for an automated driving of a vehicle and executes a primary evaluation. An evaluation index of the primary evaluation includes a travel safety level of a travel to follow the primary candidate. The primary candidate having highest travel safety level is selected as at least one strong candidate of the target trajectory. If only one is selected as the strong candidate, the vehicle control system determines the selected strong candidate as a finalist candidate of the target trajectory. If two or more strong candidates are selected, the vehicle control system executes a secondary evaluation for the strong candidates to determine the finalist candidate. An additional evaluation index is used in the secondary evaluation.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuyuki Fujita, Yoshinori Watanabe, Takayuki Goto, Masahiro Harada, Nobuhide Kamata
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Patent number: 12005904Abstract: An autonomous driving system acquires information concerning a vehicle density in an adjacent lane that is adjacent to a lane on which an own vehicle is traveling, when the own vehicle travels on a road having a plurality of lanes. The autonomous driving system selects the adjacent lane as an own vehicle travel lane, when the vehicle density in the adjacent lane that is calculated from the acquired information is lower than a threshold density that is determined in accordance with relations between the own vehicle and surrounding vehicles. The autonomous driving system performs lane change to the adjacent lane autonomously, or propose lane change to the adjacent lane to a driver, when the adjacent lane is selected as the own vehicle travel lane.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryuta Hashimoto, Yoshinori Watanabe, Kenichiro Aoki, Tomoyuki Kuriyama
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Patent number: 11904937Abstract: A vehicle traveling controller according to the present disclosure performs automatic steering so that a vehicle travels along a target path. The vehicle traveling controller allows a driver to intervene in steering. When the driver intervenes in steering and thereby a traveling position of the vehicle deviates outside from a threshold line set apart from the target path in a lane width direction, the vehicle traveling controller increases a steering reaction force acting on steering operation by the driver.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yutaro Hayashi, Yoshinori Watanabe
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Publication number: 20240043039Abstract: A vehicle control system for an autonomous vehicle includes: a first control device configured to generate a first driving plan including desired lateral lane driving positions or desired lateral lane driving position ranges; a plurality of first sensors configured to obtain information on motion of the vehicle and information on surroundings of the vehicle; and a second control device configured to communicate with the first control device, generate, based on the first driving plan obtained from the first control device and the information obtained by the first sensors, a second driving plan different from the first driving plan, the second driving plan including target lateral lane driving positions or target lateral lane driving position ranges, and control driving operation of the vehicle based on the second driving plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshinori WATANABE, Kazuyuki FUJITA, Takayuki GOTO, Masahiro HARADA, Nobuhide KAMATA
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Patent number: 11834068Abstract: A vehicle control system for an autonomous vehicle includes: a first control device configured to generate a first driving plan including desired lateral lane driving positions or desired lateral lane driving position ranges; a plurality of first sensors configured to obtain information on motion of the vehicle and information on surroundings of the vehicle; and a second control device configured to communicate with the first control device, generate, based on the first driving plan obtained from the first control device and the information obtained by the first sensors, a second driving plan different from the first driving plan, the second driving plan including target lateral lane driving positions or target lateral lane driving position ranges, and control driving operation of the vehicle based on the second driving plan.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshinori Watanabe, Kazuyuki Fujita, Takayuki Goto, Masahiro Harada, Nobuhide Kamata
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Patent number: 11834761Abstract: An adhesive tape substrate production method disclosed in the present description includes the steps of decreasing the amount of a sizing agent contained in a glass cloth by heat; impregnating the glass cloth for which the amount of the sizing agent has been decreased with a dispersion of a fluorine resin; and heating the impregnated glass cloth to a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point of the fluorine resin. Thus, an adhesive tape substrate including the glass cloth impregnated with the fluorine resin is obtained. This method are more productive of adhesive tape substrates and adhesive tapes than conventional methods. In addition, adhesive tape substrates and adhesive tapes for which the occurrence of defects in appearance are reduced can be produced.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Watanabe, Hiroki Kigami, Yuta Kuroki
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Patent number: 11835956Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a scene determination unit determining whether or not a current traveling scene is a traveling-restricted scene, an order setting unit setting priorities corresponding to a restriction with respect to driving behaviors previously classified for different purposes in a case where it is determined that the traveling scene is the traveling-restricted scene and setting priorities with respect to the plurality of driving behaviors in a case where it is not determined that the traveling scene is the traveling-restricted scene, a traveling plan generating unit generating traveling plans corresponding to the plurality of priority-set driving behaviors, an executability determination unit determining executability of each of the plurality of generated driving behaviors, a traveling plan selection unit selecting the traveling plan corresponding to the driving behavior with the highest priority, and a traveling control unit controlling the traveling of the host vehicle based on the travType: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiyuki Matsubara, Masaki Matsunaga, Kenichiro Aoki, Yoshinori Watanabe, Ryuta Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20230356749Abstract: A vehicle travel control device executes trajectory following control to make the vehicle follow a target trajectory. A delay time represents control delay of the trajectory following control. A delay compensation time is at least a part of the delay time. The trajectory following control includes: displacement estimation processing that estimates a displacement of the vehicle in the delay compensation time; and delay compensation processing that corrects a deviation between the vehicle and the target trajectory based on the estimated displacement to compensate the control delay. The displacement estimation processing is effective in an effective period and ineffective in an ineffective period. When the ineffective period is included in the delay time of the trajectory following control, the displacement estimation processing is executed in a temporary mode by using sensor-detected information in the effective period without using the sensor-detected information in the ineffective period.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Go INOUE, Yoshinori Watanabe, Hirotaka Tokoro