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: 11352058Abstract: 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: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yutaro Hayashi, Yoshinori Watanabe
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Patent number: 11338812Abstract: The vehicle control device recognizes an object around an own-vehicle and acquires information related to a road shape ahead of the own-vehicle. The vehicle control device detects, when a road shape prompting cut-in to an own-lane is acquired, a monitoring target vehicle likely to be prompted to cut into the own-lane among the recognized objects. The vehicle control device executes an evasive preparation for cut-in of the monitoring target vehicle when the monitoring target vehicle is detected. The vehicle control device executes an evasive action to avoid interference between the monitoring target vehicle and the own-vehicle when a predetermined motion from which cut-in of the monitoring target vehicle to the own-lane is expected is sensed after the evasive preparation is executed.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro Katsura, Yoshinori Watanabe, Takaaki Tanaka, Tadashi Omachi
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Publication number: 20220121209Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiyuki MATSUBARA, Masaki Matsunaga, Kenichiro Aoki, Yoshinori Watanabe, Ryuta Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20220113735Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Ryuta Hashimoto, Yoshinori Watanabe, Kenichiro Aoki, Tomoyuki Kuriyama
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Patent number: 11275382Abstract: 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: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryuta Hashimoto, Yoshinori Watanabe, Kenichiro Aoki, Tomoyuki Kuriyama
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Patent number: 11276378Abstract: A vehicle operating system for controlling a control target device by performing a predetermined operation of a driver on a steering wheel of a vehicle, includes: a visual line position calculator for calculating a visual line position of the driver; a display position calculator for calculating a display position on a display arranged on a far side of the steering wheel from the visual line position of the driver using a calculation result of the visual line position calculator and a position coordinate of the steering wheel, the display position not hidden behind the steering wheel; and a display controller for displaying display information indicating a content of the operation on the steering wheel at the display position.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Wataru Mizuno, Kazutomo Tsuchikawa, Daisuke Suzuki, Yoshinori Watanabe, Taiichiro Ichimaru, Daisuke Namekawa
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Publication number: 20220073069Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi SONE, Yoji KUNIHIRO, Takahiro YOKOTA, Ryo IRIE, Yoshinori WATANABE, Masateru AMANO
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Publication number: 20220063611Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi SONE, Yoji Kunihiro, Takahiro Yokota, Ryo Irie, Yoshinori Watanabe, Masateru Amano
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Patent number: 11250707Abstract: A collision avoidance assistance device includes a road shape recognition unit that recognizes a road shape of a traveling road, a path estimation unit that estimates a path of the host vehicle based on the road shape, an obstacle situation recognition unit recognizes an obstacle situation surrounding the host vehicle including at least a relative position of the obstacle with respect to the host vehicle, an early avoidance assistance determination unit that determines a need for early avoidance assistance for avoiding collision between the host vehicle and the obstacle from a distance between the host vehicle and the obstacle on the path of the host vehicle based on the path of the host vehicle and the obstacle situation, and a collision avoidance assistance execution unit executes the early avoidance assistance in a case where the early avoidance assistance determination unit determines that the early avoidance assistance is needed.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaaki Yamaoka, Yoshinori Watanabe, Naotoshi Kadotani
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Patent number: 11230291Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a controller for generating a target path for the vehicle to change a lane from a main lane to a diverging lane in a diverging zone from a diverging start point to a diverging end point, and causing the vehicle to travel so as to follow the target path. Here, the diverging lane include a plurality of lanes divided into a first diverging lane farthest from the main lane and a second target diverging lane closer to the main lane than the first diverging lane. The controller is configured to generate the target path based on a diverging partition line that partitions the main lane and the diverging lane in the diverging zone when traveling from the main lane through the second diverging lane of the diverging lane toward a destination.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Fukuda, Yoshinori Watanabe, Yuta Asaka
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Patent number: 11220262Abstract: 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: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Sone, Yoji Kunihiro, Takahiro Yokota, Ryo Irie, Yoshinori Watanabe, Masateru Amano
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Patent number: 11192555Abstract: A vehicle controller includes: a determination unit configured to determine a preparatory speed of a vehicle in a merging lane based on a relative speed between a first main lane vehicle traveling on a main lane and the vehicle, the first main lane vehicle being detected by a front sensor of the vehicle; a preparation unit configured to adjust speed of the vehicle such that the speed of the vehicle coincides with the preparatory speed; and a merging control unit configured to merge the vehicle into the main lane from the merging lane based on at least a detection result of a side sensor of the vehicle and the speed of the vehicle, when the vehicle is in a situation where the main lane vehicle is recognizable based on the detection result of the side sensor, after the preparation unit starts speed adjustment of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryo Hashimoto, Yoshinori Watanabe, Masaaki Yamaoka, Kenichiro Aoki
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Patent number: 11180138Abstract: 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: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Sone, Yoji Kunihiro, Takahiro Yokota, Ryo Irie, Yoshinori Watanabe, Masateru Amano
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Patent number: 11173911Abstract: A vehicle control device according to an example in the present disclosure detects a monitoring target vehicle that may potentially cut into an own-lane from an adjacent lane. Further, the vehicle control device first executes an evasive preparation when sensing a predetermined relative motion of the monitoring target vehicle relative to the flow of the adjacent lane. The vehicle control device executes an evasive action to avoid interference between the monitoring target vehicle and the own-vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro Katsura, Yoshinori Watanabe, Takaaki Tanaka, Tadashi Omachi
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Publication number: 20210352454Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a management apparatus, a communication apparatus, a system, a method, and a program capable of providing a service that meets a targeted KPI. A management apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: KPI management means for acquiring a target Key Performance Indicator (KPI) of a service that is provided to a communication terminal by a business operator; operation state acquisition means for acquiring element data regarding a component necessary for the service, the element data indicating a feature of a control system of the service; KPI prediction means for calculating a predicted KPI which is a predicted value of the KPI of the service based on the element data; and communication performance calculation means for, when the KPI is defined so that a value becomes lower as performance becomes better, detecting the component in which the predicted KPI is equal to or greater than the target KPI.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2019Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: NEC CorporationInventor: Yoshinori WATANABE
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Patent number: 11167632Abstract: A vibration-damping device including: a first mounting member configured to be mounted to one of components of a vibration transmission system; a second mounting member configured to be mounted to an other of the components of the vibration transmission system; a main rubber elastic body connecting the first mounting member and the second mounting member elastically to each other; a bracket attached to the second mounting member, the bracket having a mounting part configured to be mounted to the other of the components of the vibration transmission system; a tubular outer member secured press-fit to the second mounting member; a mass member disposed within the tubular outer member; and a support rubber fixed at an outer peripheral part of the mass member, the support rubber elastically connecting the tubular outer member and the mass member to constitute a dynamic damper.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignees: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayoshi Yasuda, Yoshinori Watanabe, Naoki Furumachi, Keishi Hatanaka, Hiroyuki Ichikawa, Yuji Matsubara, Kentaro Mori
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Patent number: 11161491Abstract: An automatic deceleration control device includes an electronic control unit including a central processing unit, the electronic control unit configured to: acquire road-type information that is information about a type of a road on which a vehicle is traveling; set a maximum deceleration based on the road-type information; and output a signal to decelerate the vehicle at a first deceleration that is equal to or lower than the maximum deceleration, when an actual vehicle speed of the vehicle exceeds a target vehicle speed of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Fukuda, Yoshinori Watanabe
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Publication number: 20210337174Abstract: In a format in which a graphic is transmitted to a display apparatus after being combined with a content video, luminance of the graphic is fluctuated by dynamic metadata control. A video content medium relating to technology disclosed in the description of the present application is a video content medium on which one or more video streams, control information, and graphic information including a menu or a subtitle are recorded, wherein at least one of the video streams is a video having a wide luminance range, and graphic transition time information indicating a transition time to switch between luminance range adjustment functions when a graphic is combined is stored together.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kosuke YAGI, Nobuo TAKESHITA, Masaaki SHIMADA, Tomo KISHIGAMI, Yoshinori WATANABE
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Publication number: 20210280157Abstract: A vehicle operating system for controlling a control target device by performing a predetermined operation of a driver on a steering wheel of a vehicle, includes: a visual line position calculator for calculating a visual line position of the driver; a display position calculator for calculating a display position on a display arranged on a far side of the steering wheel from the visual line position of the driver using a calculation result of the visual line position calculator and a position coordinate of the steering wheel, the display position not hidden behind the steering wheel; and a display controller for displaying display information indicating a content of the operation on the steering wheel at the display position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2017Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Wataru MIZUNO, Kazutomo TSUCHIKAWA, Daisuke SUZUKI, Yoshinori WATANABE, Taiichiro ICHIMARU, Daisuke NAMEKAWA
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Patent number: 11116029Abstract: A network entity (5) sends, to a mobility management entity (6) or a subscriber server (9), a request message in order to configure the mobility management entity (6) to report a second identifier to be used by a radio access network node (2) for identifying a radio terminal (1). Further, the network entity (5) receives the second identifier from the mobility management entity (6) directly or through the subscriber server (9) and communicates with the radio access network node (2) by using the second identifier. It is thus, for example, possible to allow an MEC server (or an MEC application hosted on the MEC server) and the radio access network (RAN) node to directly exchange therebetween control messages regarding a specific radio terminal.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takanori Iwai, Nobuhiko Itoh, Ling Xu, Kenki Takagi, Toshiyuki Tamura, Tomoaki Hokao, Naoaki Suzuki, Hisashi Futaki, Sadafuku Hayashi, Kazuki Eguchi, Kouichi Kimura, Hiroki Aoki, Hideki Bessho, Yoshinori Watanabe, Tooru Kikuchi