Patents by Inventor Yusuke Fukui

Yusuke Fukui 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).

  • Patent number: 11731619
    Abstract: A collision avoidance assist apparatus calculates a lane marking recognition reliability level and execute an emergency steering control. The emergency steering control includes processes to determine a target steering torque to avoid a collision of a vehicle with an obstacle when determining that the vehicle has a high probability of colliding with the obstacle, a moving lane defined by the left and right lane markings is a straight lane, and the calculated lane marking recognition reliability level is equal to or higher than a first threshold reliability level, and apply a steering torque corresponding to the target steering torque to a steering mechanism. The collision avoidance assist apparatus stops executing the emergency steering control when the lane marking recognition reliability level becomes lower than a second threshold reliability level set to a value lower than the first threshold reliability level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CONTINENTAL AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Takashi Moriya, Sho Hashimoto, Yusuke Fukui, Akshay Rajendra, Michael Patzelt
  • Publication number: 20230219566
    Abstract: A vehicle driving assistance apparatus executes a collision avoidance control to avoid a collision of an own vehicle with an object ahead of the own vehicle by forcibly braking and stopping the own vehicle before the object when a collision condition that the own vehicle collides with the object, becomes satisfied. The vehicle driving assistance apparatus acquires information on a situation behind the own vehicle as rearward detection information when the own vehicle tows a trailer, acquires an angle between a moving vector of the own vehicle and a moving vector of the trailer as a towing angle. and keep the collision avoidance control unexecuted even when the collision condition becomes satisfied when a forbiddance condition that the towing angle is equal to or greater than a predetermined towing angle, is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yusuke FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20230166727
    Abstract: A vehicle driving assistance apparatus executes a driving assistance control which provides a driver of an own vehicle with a driving assistance when a predetermined execution condition becomes satisfied. The apparatus performs an assistance delay function and a positive assistance function. The assistance delay function is a function to change the predetermined execution condition such that a timing of starting to execute the driving assistance control is later than a base timing. The positive assistance function is a function to change the predetermined execution condition such that the timing of starting to execute the driving assistance control is earlier than the base timing. The apparatus does not perform the assistance delay function even when the assistance delay function is requested to be performed while the positive assistance function is requested to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke FUKUI, Yuhei MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230159028
    Abstract: A collision avoidance assistance device for a vehicle includes a driving assistance ECU which executes vehicle speed suppression control of suppressing a speed of the vehicle when an obstacle condition indicating that an obstacle exists and an erroneous operation condition indicating that an operation of an accelerator pedal executed is an erroneous operation for a brake pedal are satisfied. The driving assistance ECU inhibits the vehicle speed suppression control in a case in which an avoidance operation condition indicating that a steering operation is an operation for avoiding the collision with the obstacle is satisfied when the vehicle speed is higher than a threshold value, and does not inhibit the vehicle speed suppression control in a case in which the avoidance operation condition is satisfied when the speed of the vehicle is equal to or lower than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke FUKUI, Yuhei Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20230063729
    Abstract: A collision avoidance support device for a vehicle that includes an obstacle detection device for detecting an obstacle in front of the vehicle and an electronic control unit configured to perform automatic brake control that automatically applies braking force to a vehicle when it is determined that the obstacle detection device have detected an obstacle and the vehicle may collide with the obstacle, and the electronic control unit is configured to prohibit the automatic brake control when it is determined that the vehicle is not towing a trailer and a turning index value indicating a degree of turning of the vehicle is equal to or larger than a first reference value, and prohibit the automatic brake control when it is determined that the vehicle is towing a trailer and the turning index value is equal to or larger than a second reference value smaller than the first reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Fukui, Yuzo Kaneshige, Takashi Moriya
  • Patent number: 11403950
    Abstract: A moving body detection system detects a moving body that is present in a blind spot of a driver of a host vehicle. A main control device of the moving body detection system executes a first terminal signal acquisition process for acquiring, as a first terminal signal, a signal that a reception device has received from a first terminal control device. When the first terminal signal is acquired by the process, the main control device determines whether a blind-spot condition that a moving body is present in the blind spot is met based on the acquired first terminal signal. The main control device executes the process on a first cycle when it is determined that the condition is not met, and executes the process on a second cycle that is shorter than the first cycle when it is determined that the condition is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Fukui, Yuzo Kaneshige, Takashi Moriya
  • Publication number: 20220017080
    Abstract: A collision avoidance assist apparatus calculates a lane marking recognition reliability level and execute an emergency steering control. The emergency steering control includes processes to determine a target steering torque to avoid a collision of a vehicle with an obstacle when determining that the vehicle has a high probability of colliding with the obstacle, a moving lane defined by the left and right lane markings is a straight lane, and the calculated lane marking recognition reliability level is equal to or higher than a first threshold reliability level, and apply a steering torque corresponding to the target steering torque to a steering mechanism. The collision avoidance assist apparatus stops executing the emergency steering control when the lane marking recognition reliability level becomes lower than a second threshold reliability level set to a value lower than the first threshold reliability level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Moriya, Sho Hashimoto, Yusuke Fukui, Akshay Rajendra, Michael Patzelt
  • Publication number: 20220017078
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus determines that a control start condition is satisfied when there is an object in an area of a moving route of the own vehicle and determine that a control forbidding condition is satisfied when there is an oncoming vehicle which satisfies a predetermined moving condition that the oncoming vehicle moves in an oncoming lane next to a moving lane of the own vehicle and approaches the own vehicle. The vehicle control apparatus determines that the control forbidding condition is not satisfied when a forbidding cancelling condition is satisfied, the forbidding cancelling condition being satisfied when a first me elapses since determining that the oncoming vehicle satisfying the predetermined moving condition disappears after determining that the control forbidding condition is satisfied and executes the steering control when the control start condition is satisfied, and the control forbidding condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Continental Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke FUKUI, Yumi SHIMANAKA, Akshay RAJENDRA, Michael PATZELT
  • Publication number: 20210383700
    Abstract: A moving body detection system detects a moving body that is present in a blind spot of a driver of a host vehicle. A main control device of the moving body detection system executes a first terminal signal acquisition process for acquiring, as a first terminal signal, a signal that a reception device has received from a first terminal control device. When the first terminal signal is acquired by the process, the main control device determines whether a blind-spot condition that a moving body is present in the blind spot is met based on the acquired first terminal signal. The main control device executes the process on a first cycle when it is determined that the condition is not met, and executes the process on a second cycle that is shorter than the first cycle when it is determined that the condition is met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Fukui, Yuzo Kaneshige, Takashi Moriya
  • Patent number: 10644165
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a thin-film transistor is provided. In the method, an oxide semiconductor layer is formed above a substrate. A gate insulating layer is formed above the oxide semiconductor layer. A gate electrode is formed above the gate insulating layer. A metal oxide layer is formed on the oxide semiconductor layer by reactive sputtering to reduce a resistance of the oxide semiconductor layer in a region in contact with the metal oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Emi Kobayashi, Arinobu Kanegae, Yusuke Fukui
  • Patent number: 10512263
    Abstract: An aqueous suspension agrochemical composition is provided containing fenpyrazamine and an acid component. The composition has no problem of emission of odor and has excellent storage stability. The composition has a pH at 25° C. in a range of 2.5 to 6.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yusuke Fukui, Naoki Tsuda, Maki Owaki
  • Publication number: 20180315858
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a thin-film transistor is provided. In the method, an oxide semiconductor layer is formed above a substrate. A gate insulating layer is formed above the oxide semiconductor layer. A gate electrode is formed above the gate insulating layer. A metal oxide layer is formed on the oxide semiconductor layer by reactive sputtering to reduce a resistance of the oxide semiconductor layer in a region in contact with the metal oxide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Emi KOBAYASHI, Arinobu KANEGAE, Yusuke FUKUI
  • Patent number: 10050150
    Abstract: A thin-film transistor includes: an oxide semiconductor layer having a channel region, a source region, and a drain region; a gate insulating layer disposed above the oxide semiconductor layer; a gate electrode disposed at a position that is above the gate insulating layer and opposing the channel region; and a metal oxide layer stacked on the oxide semiconductor layer and in contact with the source region and the drain region. The metal oxide layer includes, as a main component, an oxide of a second metal whose bond dissociation energy with oxygen is greater than that of a first metal included in the oxide semiconductor layer. A first concentration ratio of oxygen to the second metal in an interface layer between the metal oxide layer and the oxide semiconductor layer is greater than a second concentration ratio of the same in a bulk layer of the metal oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Emi Kobayashi, Arinobu Kanegae, Yusuke Fukui
  • Patent number: 9893193
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a thin-film transistor includes: forming an oxide semiconductor layer above a substrate; forming a gate insulating layer above the oxide semiconductor layer; forming a gate electrode above the gate insulating layer; forming a cover layer on the gate electrode; forming a side wall insulating layer on a side wall portion of the gate electrode by heat treatment, after the forming of a cover layer; forming an interlayer insulating layer covering the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer, after the forming of a side wall insulating layer; and forming, above the interlayer insulating layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Arinobu Kanegae, Emi Kobayashi, Yusuke Fukui
  • Publication number: 20170339948
    Abstract: An aqueous suspension agrochemical composition is provided containing fenpyrazamine and an acid component. The composition has no problem of emission of odor and has excellent storage stability. The composition has a pH at 25° C. in a range of 2.5 to 6.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Yusuke FUKUI, Naoki TSUDA, Maki OWAKI
  • Publication number: 20160163868
    Abstract: A thin-film transistor includes: an oxide semiconductor layer having a channel region, a source region, and a drain region; a gate insulating layer disposed above the oxide semiconductor layer; a gate electrode disposed at a position that is above the gate insulating layer and opposing the channel region; and a metal oxide layer stacked on the oxide semiconductor layer and in contact with the source region and the drain region. The metal oxide layer includes, as a main component, an oxide of a second metal whose bond dissociation energy with oxygen is greater than that of a first metal included in the oxide semiconductor layer. A first concentration ratio of oxygen to the second metal in an interface layer between the metal oxide layer and the oxide semiconductor layer is greater than a second concentration ratio of the same in a bulk layer of the metal oxide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Emi KOBAYASHI, Arinobu KANEGAE, Yusuke FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20160163878
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a thin-film transistor includes: forming an oxide semiconductor layer above a substrate; forming a gate insulating layer above the oxide semiconductor layer; forming a gate electrode above the gate insulating layer; forming a cover layer on the gate electrode; forming a side wall insulating layer on a side wall portion of the gate electrode by heat treatment, after the forming of a cover layer; forming an interlayer insulating layer covering the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer, after the forming of a side wall insulating layer; and forming, above the interlayer insulating layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Arinobu KANEGAE, Emi KOBAYASHI, Yusuke FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20160000068
    Abstract: An aqueous suspension agrochemical composition is provided containing fenpyrazamine and an acid component. The composition has no problem of emission of odor and has excellent storage stability. The composition has a pH at 25° C. in a range of 2.5 to 6.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Yusuke FUKUI, Naoki TSUDA, Maki OWAKI
  • Publication number: 20140264328
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor element including a p-type semiconductor layer that is used in combination with an n-type ZnO-based semiconductor layer, and that can be formed, even at relatively low temperature, to have a small thickness, high crystallinity, and surface smoothness. The semiconductor element is expected to achieve high performance when used for a large-screen display. Specifically, the semiconductor element includes: a glass substrate; a lower electrode; a ZnO active layer (n-type semiconductor layer) having a thickness of 2 um to 4 um; a p-type ZnNiO layer (first p-type semiconductor layer) made of a p-type semiconductor material of Zn0.5Ni0.5O and having a thickness of 200 nm to 400 nm; a p-type NiO layer (second p-type semiconductor layer); and an upper electrode made of a transparent electrode material such as ITO, which are sequentially formed in the stated order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikihiko NISHITANI, Masahiro SAKAI, Masumi IZUCHI, Yusuke FUKUI, Yasuhiro YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 8778228
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of producing an ultraviolet light emitting phosphor material. This method includes a step of heat-treating a composition containing zinc and oxygen as main components and at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum, gallium and indium as a sub-component, in the presence of at least two coexisting substances selected from the group consisting of zinc oxide, gallium oxide and phosphorus oxide under a non-oxidizing atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Inoue, Hiroshi Asano, Yusuke Fukui