Patents by Inventor Yuki Horita

Yuki Horita 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: 20240338292
    Abstract: An in-vehicle processing device mounted in a vehicle includes a calculation unit that calculates output data based on input data, a storage unit that stores data, a data management unit that manages data stored in the storage unit, and a log collection unit that collects a log in the in-vehicle processing device and outputs the log to outside. The data management unit inputs data stored in the storage unit to the calculation unit as the input data and stores the output data output from the calculation unit in the storage unit, and the log collection unit refers to and acquires data stored in the storage unit and outputs the log to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Satoshi IIMURO, Yuki HORITA, Mikio KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20240300523
    Abstract: A driving support system includes a storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of invasion event information including information on an invasion position where a moving object invades a traveling region, the invasion event information being information on an invasion event in which the moving object invades the traveling region, an invasion frequent occurrence region calculation unit that specifies an invasion frequent occurrence region which is a region where the invasion event easily occurs based on the plurality of pieces of invasion event information, a position specification unit that specifies a position of the vehicle, and a driving support unit that supports driving of the vehicle by notifying an occupant of the vehicle and controlling traveling of the vehicle based on a relationship between the invasion frequent occurrence region and the position of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel GABRIEL, Yuki HORITA, Hidehiro TOYODA
  • Publication number: 20240274009
    Abstract: An electronic control device incorporated in a vehicle includes: a sensor detection information acquiring unit that acquires detection information from a first external environment sensor and detection information from a second external environment sensor, the first external environment sensor and second external environment sensor being incorporated in the vehicle; a sensor detection information integrating unit that specifies a correspondence relationship between an environmental element indicated in detection information from the first external environment sensor and an environmental element indicated in detection information from the second external environment sensor; and a sensor detectable area determining unit that determines a relationship between a relative position and a detection capability at the first external environment sensor, based on a state of detection by the first external environment sensor of an environmental element detected by the second external environment sensor, the state of dete
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki HORITA, Satoru OKUBO
  • Publication number: 20240249528
    Abstract: An external environment recognition device 101 estimates a blind spot region around a host vehicle based on information detected by a sensor that detects a target around the host vehicle. The external environment recognition device 101 includes a visibility index determination unit 121 that calculates a visibility index of the target based on a coordinate point and a reflection intensity of the target detected by the sensor, and assigns the visibility index to a region from the host vehicle 200 to the coordinate point of the target, a visibility map storage unit 124 that stores the visibility index as a visibility map in association with the region, and a blind spot region estimation unit 127 that estimates the blind spot region based on the visibility map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke KATOH, Yuki HORITA, Gabriel DANIEL, Hidehiro TOYODA
  • Publication number: 20240001962
    Abstract: An electronic control device mounted on a vehicle includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires information regarding an environmental element around the vehicle, the environmental element including at least a road surface obstacle that is passable by the vehicle on a road surface; a risk map generation unit that generates a risk map representing a degree of traveling risk of the vehicle at each position around the vehicle based on the information; and a traveling control planning unit that determines a traveling track for traveling control for the vehicle based on the risk map, in which the traveling control planning unit determines the traveling track based on the degree of traveling risk due to the road surface obstacle on the risk map through which a wheel track of the vehicle in the traveling track passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki HORITA, Hidehiro TOYODA
  • Publication number: 20230415749
    Abstract: A vehicle control device capable of suppressing an unnecessary lane-change operation of a host vehicle and suppressing deterioration of ride comfort is achieved. A vehicle control device 1 includes peripheral state detection sensors 301 to 304 that detect a peripheral state for a host vehicle, a blind-spot object estimation processing unit 311 that calculates a blind-spot region around the host vehicle based on the detected peripheral state of the host vehicle and a feature amount of map information, and estimates an object existing in the blind-spot region and a behavior trend of the object, and a potential risk map generation unit 309 that generates a region having a potential risk that the host vehicle approaches the object, based on the behavior trend of the object estimated by the blind-spot object estimation processing unit 311.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoh INABA, Yuki HORITA
  • Patent number: 11794728
    Abstract: A vehicle electronic controller includes a peripheral obstacle identification section identifying obstacles near the vehicle, a blind spot region identification section identifying a blind spot region which is not in a detection range of the obstacle identification section, a region determination section which classifies the blind spot region into either a dangerous blind or a safe blind spot region and an obstacle region presumption section which presumes an obstacle presence region which is a region that a latent obstacle which is the latent obstacle which could be present at a previous time in the dangerous blind spot region which was classified at the previous time can be present at a present time, in which the region determination section determines that a region which overlaps with at least the obstacle presence region in the blind spot region that the blind spot region identification section identified is the dangerous blind spot region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Horita, Akira Kuriyama, Tatsuhiko Monji
  • Publication number: 20230182732
    Abstract: An electronic control device mounted on a vehicle includes: a sensor detectable zone-determining unit that determines a sensor detectable zone representing a zone where an environmental element present around the vehicle is detectable by a sensor mounted on the vehicle based on detection information of the sensor; a cruise control information-generating unit that generates cruise control information for the vehicle based on the detection information of the sensor and the sensor detectable zone determined by the sensor detectable zone-determining unit; and an information output unit that outputs the cruise control information generated by the cruise control information-generating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki HORITA, Hidehiro TOYODA
  • Patent number: 11487748
    Abstract: An in-vehicle processing device includes: a signal input unit that generates input data based on an input signal from outside; a processing unit that executes arithmetic processing for calculating output data based on the input data; a signal output unit that generates an output signal based on the output data to output the output signal to the outside; and a storage unit that stores application software for causing the processing unit to execute the arithmetic processing. The application software includes: a data management layer for managing object data which is a collection of data corresponding to a given target element on the storage unit; a data adaptation layer for generating the object data based on the input data to output the generated object data to the data management layer; and a data operation layer for acquiring the object data from the data management layer to calculate the output data based on the acquired object data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Horita, Kohei Sakurai, Makoto Kudo, Kentaro Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20220314968
    Abstract: An electronic control device mounted on a vehicle includes a blind spot region specifying unit, an information obtaining unit, and a blind spot region dangerous event determining unit. The blind spot region specifying unit specifies a blind spot region that is not included in a detection range of a sensor mounted on the vehicle. The information obtaining unit obtains lane information of a road around the vehicle including the blind spot region. The blind spot region dangerous event determining unit judges assumed behavior of a latent obstacle that possibly exist in the blind spot region based on the lane information of the blind spot region and a positional relationship of the blind spot region on the road with respect to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki HORITA, Hidehiro TOYODA
  • Publication number: 20220242403
    Abstract: A vehicle electronic controller includes a peripheral obstacle identification section identifying obstacles near the vehicle, a blind spot region identification section identifying a blind spot region which is not in a detection range of the obstacle identification section, a region determination section which classifies the blind spot region into either a dangerous blind or a safe blind spot region and an obstacle region presumption section which presumes an obstacle presence region which is a region that a latent obstacle which is the latent obstacle which could be present at a previous time in the dangerous blind spot region which was classified at the previous time can be present at a present time, in which the region determination section determines that a region which overlaps with at least the obstacle presence region in the blind spot region that the blind spot region identification section identified is the dangerous blind spot region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki HORITA, Akira KURIYAMA, Tatsuhiko MONJI
  • Patent number: 11366443
    Abstract: Fail operational that can guarantee stability of control while suppressing cost increase is difficult. A control controller according to the present invention stores information necessary for recovery in a normal travel mode in time series in a backup, and thus control software can be recovered from the backup in real time if a failure occurs in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Tasuku Ishigooka, Yuki Horita
  • Patent number: 11130500
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an in-vehicle database which enables frequently updated real-time information to be read at high speed from a plurality of sets of input information, and an in-vehicle control apparatus having the in-vehicle database. The in-vehicle electronic control apparatus comprises: a data collection unit which acquires a plurality of pieces of data; a data storage unit which stores the plurality of pieces of data; and a table generation unit which generates a table having storage place identification information for identifying a storage place for the piece of data matching a predetermined data condition among the pieces of data stored in the data storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuma Fukumoto, Yuki Horita, Yuji Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11049398
    Abstract: A surrounding environment recognizing apparatus that is mounted on a vehicle and recognizes a surrounding environment of the vehicle includes: an own vehicle information acquiring unit that acquires own vehicle information about motion of the vehicle; a surrounding environment factor acquiring unit that acquires surrounding environment factor information about an environment factor around the vehicle; a time-of-presence range determining unit that determines, based on the own vehicle information, an own vehicle time-of-presence range representing a time-of-presence range of the vehicle for each position around the vehicle; and a risk-of-driving determining unit that determines a risk of driving in an area around the vehicle based on the own vehicle time-of-presence range and the surrounding environment factor information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Horita, Shigenori Hayase, Makoto Kudo
  • Publication number: 20210146953
    Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a control unit that controls automatic traveling of a vehicle, an information generation unit that generates information necessary for the automatic traveling, an abnormality detection unit that detects an abnormality, and a function reconfiguration unit that lowers a functional level of the information generation unit and activates the control unit when the abnormality detection unit detects an abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki HORITA, Shigenori HAYASE, Makoto KUDO
  • Publication number: 20210141710
    Abstract: The present invention makes efficient development possible by providing a development support device that automatically establishes a network model, messages to be transmitted and received, etc. for a cooperative simulation that connects a plurality of development support devices. The present invention is characterized in that: a development support device generates a communication definition file in a format that can be read and executed by a development support device; and development support device reads the communication definition file and thereby automatically establishes messages to be transmitted and received by development support device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi KOMORIYA, Yuki HORITA, Yasuhiro ODA, Fumio NARISAWA, Masato HAYASHI, Kohei SAKURAI, Takuya AZUMI, Syota TOKUNAGA
  • Patent number: 10922963
    Abstract: A vehicle information processing apparatus detects the relative positions multiple vehicles that travel on a road having multiple lanes in the same direction. The apparatus includes a vehicle travel information acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one of position information and speed information measured for a first vehicle, and at least one of position information and speed information measured for a second vehicle included in the multiple vehicles, and a vehicle travel information processing unit configured to successively compare acquire first vehicle travel information with second vehicle travel information acquired, and determine that reciprocity which is attribute information indicating a state in which the first vehicle and the second vehicle travel in different lanes is established between the first vehicle and the second vehicle if it is determined that an event that cannot occur when the first vehicle and the second vehicle travel in the same lane occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Horita, Tsuneo Sobue, Makoto Kudo
  • Publication number: 20200159180
    Abstract: Fail operational that can guarantee stability of control while suppressing cost increase is difficult. A control controller according to the present invention stores information necessary for recovery in a normal travel mode in time series in a backup, and thus control software can be recovered from the backup in real time if a failure occurs in the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tasuku ISHIGOOKA, Yuki HORITA
  • Publication number: 20200150648
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control apparatus configured to be communicably connected to an external apparatus. The vehicle control apparatus includes: a communication control unit configured to control data transmission to and reception from the external apparatus; a data management unit configured to manage object data; one or more functional components configured to perform a predetermined calculation by using object data acquired from the data management unit or the communication control unit, and to output output object data acquired by the predetermined calculation to the data management unit; and a storage unit configured to store setting information in which information on a writing destination of the output object data is stored for each of the functional components and to store object data. The data management unit is configured to control the writing destination of the output object data based on the setting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki HORITA, Yuji FUKUSHIMA, Fumio NARISAWA, Masato HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200034354
    Abstract: An in-vehicle processing device includes: a signal input unit that generates input data based on an input signal from outside; a processing unit that executes arithmetic processing for calculating output data based on the input data; a signal output unit that generates an output signal based on the output data to output the output signal to the outside; and a storage unit that stores application software for causing the processing unit to execute the arithmetic processing. The application software includes: a data management layer for managing object data which is a collection of data corresponding to a given target element on the storage unit; a data adaptation layer for generating the object data based on the input data to output the generated object data to the data management layer; and a data operation layer for acquiring the object data from the data management layer to calculate the output data based on the acquired object data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki HORITA, Kohei SAKURAI, Makoto KUDO, Kentaro YOSHIMURA