Patents by Inventor Yudai Sadakuni

Yudai Sadakuni 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: 20240270239
    Abstract: The driving assistance device includes a processor configured to detect an obstacle around a vehicle based on peripheral information of the vehicle; detect a line-of-sight direction of an occupant of the vehicle; estimate a visible range of the occupant based on the line-of-sight direction and a visual field information of the occupant; notify the occupant of a warning when the obstacle is outside the visible range; and learn the visual field information of the occupant based on an execution state of a vehicle control for avoiding a collision between the vehicle and the obstacle when the obstacle is inside the visible range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yuko HIRATSUKA, Yudai SADAKUNI, Kakeru TAKAHASHI, Dai TONUMA
  • Publication number: 20240025437
    Abstract: A personalization setting unit sets enable and disable of a personalization function that allows the set value to be changed to a recommended value for each of the driver assistance functions and for each driver registered in the driver information registration unit. A recommended value calculation unit obtains the recommended value based on driving-related information of the driver including a driving history. A change condition setting unit sorts a plurality of the recommended values into an approval type recommended value that requires an approval of the driver and an automatic change type recommended value that does not require the approval of the driver. A display control unit is able to display an approval screen for the approval type recommended value on a center display that is a display unit, and suspends display of the approval screen while the vehicle is traveling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yudai SADAKUNI, Masato ENDO, Yuko HIRATSUKA, Akihito NAKAMURA, Shuhei MANABE
  • Publication number: 20240025432
    Abstract: A personalization setting unit requests a new driver for setting whether to use a personalization function that is able to change a set value of a driver assistance function to a recommended value for each driver assistance function when the new driver is registered in a driver information registration unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yudai SADAKUNI, Masato ENDO, Yuko HIRATSUKA, Akihito NAKAMURA, Shuhei MANABE
  • Publication number: 20240025433
    Abstract: A driver information registration unit can register driver information of a vehicle. A personalization data storage unit (registered driver data storage unit) stores a driving history for each registered driver who is a driver registered in the driver information registration unit. An additional function extraction unit extracts an additional assistance function that is a driver assistance function that can be newly added for each registered driver based on the driving history. A display control unit can output a proposal image that proposes the registered driver an acquisition of the additional assistance function to a center panel display (display unit).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yudai SADAKUNI, Masato ENDO, Yuko HIRATSUKA, Akihito NAKAMURA, Shuhei MANABE
  • Publication number: 20240025431
    Abstract: When there is a new driving assistance function for a registered driver, which is a driving assistance function enabled for the first time for the relevant registered driver among a plurality of driving assistance functions to be enabled for registered drivers, a test executor executes a driving ability test according to the new driving assistance function for the relevant registered driver. A personalization setter determines recommended setting values of the new driving assistance function based on the result of the driving ability test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yudai SADAKUNI, Masato ENDO, Yuko HIRATSUKA, Akihito NAKAMURA, Shuhei MANABE
  • Publication number: 20220258697
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes a first group of nozzles for cleaning the sensor surfaces of a plurality of LiDARs for obtaining information of a surrounding region, a first pump for feeding a cleaning liquid to the first group of nozzles, a second group of nozzles for cleaning the sensor surfaces of a plurality of cameras for obtaining information of a region overlapping with the region whose information is obtained by the LiDARs, a second pump for feeding the cleaning liquid to the second group of nozzles, and a drive assist ECU which activates the first pump and the second pump. When the drive assist ECU determines that a cleaning execution condition is satisfied, the drive assist ECU selectively activates one of the first pump and the second pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoaki Iida, Akihiro Yamada, Yudai Sadakuni