Patents by Inventor Yukari Okamura

Yukari Okamura 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: 20100324795
    Abstract: A main ECU (71) for generating an actual acceleration/deceleration running pattern based on a current running situation of a vehicle, generating a corrected acceleration/deceleration running pattern obtained by elongating an actual acceleration/deceleration period of the actual acceleration/deceleration running pattern when an actual acceleration/deceleration period (T1) in the actual acceleration/deceleration running pattern is shorter than a reference acceleration/deceleration period (T0) set in advance, and setting the actual acceleration/deceleration running pattern as a best acceleration/deceleration running pattern when the corrected acceleration/deceleration running pattern is not generated and setting the corrected acceleration/deceleration running pattern as the best acceleration/deceleration running pattern when the corrected acceleration/deceleration running pattern is generated, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Chika Tsumori, Osamu Komeda, Mitsuhiro Tabata, Yukari Okamura, Hiroshi Tsujii
  • Publication number: 20100191435
    Abstract: A hybrid electronic control unit controls to set a target vehicle speed Vt for constant-speed driving based on setting operation of an auto cruise switch by a driver, when the target vehicle speed Vt is set, to set required torque Trt such that the vehicle speed V detected by a vehicle speed sensor becomes the target vehicle speed Vt, when the required torque Trt is set, to set a constant-speed driving torque map indicating the required torque Vrt with respect to a torque command value by accelerator operation or brake operation by the driver using the required torque Trt, and a positive maximum torque Tramax and a negative maximum torque Trbmax, which the vehicle can output, and to change the required torque Trt using the constant-speed driving torque map according to the torque command value. In the hybrid electronic control unit, by increasing followability of torque change when changing the vehicle speed from the constant-speed driving, controllability is improved and drivability is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukari Okamura, Koji Taguchi