Patents by Inventor Yusuke Hayashi

Yusuke Hayashi 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: 20220153263
    Abstract: An automated driving trajectory generating device is configured to: recognize a mobile object which is located near a vehicle; calculate a host vehicle path for automated driving of the vehicle and a plurality of predicted paths of the mobile object based on a position of the vehicle on a map, a position of the mobile object on the map, and map information; calculate a predicted acceleration which is generated in the mobile object moving along a predicted path for each predicted path based on the plurality of predicted paths and a vehicle speed of the mobile object; identify a target path which is a predicted path used to generate the trajectory out of the plurality of predicted paths based on a result of comparison between the predicted acceleration and an acceleration threshold value; and generate the trajectory based on the host vehicle path and the target path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daichi HOTTA, Taichi KAWANAI, Yusuke HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11330130
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a flow execution unit configured to receive, in response to an instruction from a user to start an application installed in the image processing apparatus, a request to register a flow from the application; store information for identifying functions included in the flow and an execution order of the functions; switchably display setting screens for the respective functions included in the flow in response to a request from the application to execute the flow; and execute the functions identified based on the stored information in the stored execution order based on setting information input on the setting screens for the respective functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Katsumata, Yusuke Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20220137221
    Abstract: The vehicle position estimation apparatus that estimates the position of the host vehicle includes: a laser light irradiation unit configured to illuminate laser light; a light reception element configured to receive reflection light of the laser light and reflection light of ambient light which is light other than the laser light and be able to detect an intensity of each of the received reflection light; and a host position estimation unit configured to estimate the position of the host vehicle, based on a result of light reception of the reflection light of the laser light received by the light reception element and a result of light reception of the reflection light of the ambient light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke HAYASHI, Taichi KAWANAI, Sadayuki ABE
  • Publication number: 20220137196
    Abstract: The object detection apparatus detects an object target by using the LIDAR and the camera. The object detection apparatus includes a calibration processing unit that is configured to perform calibration of the LIDAR and the camera. The LIDAR includes a light reception element configured to receive reflection light of irradiated laser light and reflection light of ambient light which is light other than the laser light and to detect an intensity of the received reflection light of the ambient light. The calibration processing unit is configured to perform the calibration, based on a result of light reception of the received reflection light of the ambient light and the camera image captured by the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke HAYASHI, Taichi Kawanai, Sadayuki Abe
  • Publication number: 20220141392
    Abstract: The object detection apparatus includes: a laser light irradiation unit; a light reception element configured to detect a laser light intensity of reflection light of laser light and an ambient light intensity of reflection light of ambient light; a correlation information generation unit configured to generate correlation information indicating a correlation relationship between the laser light intensity and the ambient light intensity; an image correction unit configured to correct the camera image captured by the camera based on the correlation information and generate a corrected camera image; and an object detection unit configured to detect an object target based on the corrected camera image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke HAYASHI, Taichi Kawanai, Sadayuki Abe
  • Publication number: 20220137187
    Abstract: An object detection apparatus includes: a laser light irradiation unit; a light reception element configured to detect reflection light of the laser light and reflection light of ambient light which is light other than the laser light; a camera; an information correction unit configured to generate corrected ambient light information by correcting ambient light information, which is information about the reflection light of the ambient light detected by the light reception element, based on a camera image; an object detection unit configured to detect an object target, based on the corrected ambient light information and laser light information received by the light reception element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sadayuki ABE, Yusuke HAYASHI, Taichi KAWANAI
  • Patent number: 11315913
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base comprising a first lead, a second lead, and a supporting member; a light emitting element mounted on the first lead; a protection element mounted on the second lead; a wire including a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is connected to an upper surface of the first lead, and the second end is connected to a first terminal electrode of the protection element; a resin frame located on an upper surface of the base, wherein the resin frame covers at least part of the protection element and surrounds the light emitting element and the first end of the wire; a first resin member surrounded by the resin frame and covering the light emitting element and the first end of the wire; and a second resin member covering the resin frame and the first resin member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ukawa, Yusuke Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20220115961
    Abstract: An electronic device has a primary loop circuit that includes a main circuit causing a current to flow in a loop shape; and a secondary loop circuit that is disposed to face the primary loop circuit at a predetermined distance, and causes an induced current generated by a magnetic field generated in the primary loop circuit to flow in a loop shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yusuke HAYASHI, Satoshi YOSHIDA, Kazuto TAKAO
  • Patent number: 11303214
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a first switching element and a first inductor connected in series between a first terminal and a second terminal, the first inductor and a second switching element being connected in series between the second and third terminals, a switching controller that alternately turns on and off the first and second switching elements, a first capacitor connected between the first and second terminals, and a second capacitor connected between the second and third terminals. When a first full-wave rectified voltage is input, switching frequencies of the first switching element and the second switching element, an inductance of the first inductor, a capacitance of the first capacitor, and a capacitance of the second capacitor are set so that a second full-wave rectified voltage having a voltage amplitude and a phase same as the voltage amplitude and the phase of the first full-wave rectified voltage is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yusuke Hayashi, Kazuto Takao
  • Publication number: 20220097377
    Abstract: There are provided an inkjet head, an inkjet image forming apparatus, a nozzle plate manufacturing method, and an inkjet head manufacturing method capable of improving durability against wiping on an ink discharge surface. The inkjet head includes a nozzle substrate including nozzle holes from which ink is discharged. The nozzle substrate has an irregularity structure formed on an ink discharge surface such that neither ink particles contained in the ink nor a wiping member that wipes the ink discharge surface get caught by the irregularity structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: HIROAKI KOZAI, YOHEI SATO, YUSUKE HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220097720
    Abstract: A map information system includes a map database including map information; and a driving assist level determination device. The map information is associated with an evaluation value indicating a certainty of the map information for each location in an absolute coordinate system. Information indicating that the intervention operation is performed is included in driving environment information indicating a driving environment of a vehicle. The driving assist level determination device is configured to acquire, based on the driving environment information, intervention operation information indicating an intervention operation location where the intervention operation is performed, acquire, based on the map information, the evaluation value for each point or section in a target range, and determine, based on the evaluation value and the intervention operation location, an allowable level for each point or section within the target range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taichi KAWANAI, Yasuhiro Takagi, Masahiro Harada, Nobuhide Kamata, Eiji Sakaguchi, Keisuke Hokai, Hideyuki Matsui, Kazuhiko Kamikado, Yusuke Hayashi, Hideo Fukamachi
  • Patent number: 11275575
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a main unit including a first installer; an operation unit including a second installer; processing circuitry; and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that cause the processing circuitry to cause the second installer of the operation unit to acquire an application type of an application to be updated and to update the application based on the acquired application type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yusuke Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11275378
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a vehicle control apparatus configured to set a target trajectory of a vehicle in autonomous driving, a manual driving database configured to contain manual driving trajectory information that indicates a manual driving trajectory that is a trajectory of the vehicle in manual driving, a weight acquisition device configured to acquire weight information that indicates weights of the target trajectory and manual driving trajectory, the weights being designated by a user of the vehicle, and a trajectory adjusting device configured to determine an integrated target trajectory by integrating the target trajectory and the manual driving trajectory based on the weights indicated by the weight information. The vehicle control apparatus is configured to control the autonomous driving of the vehicle such that the vehicle follows the integrated target trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke Hokai, Kazuhiko Kamikado, Taichi Kawanai, Masahiro Harada, Nobuhide Kamata, Yasuhiro Takagi, Hideo Fukamachi, Eiji Sakaguchi, Hideyuki Matsui, Yusuke Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11254823
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an antifouling coating composition capable of forming an antifouling coating film that retains a high antifouling performance for a prolonged period of time and has an excellent damage resistance. Another object of the present invention is to provide an antifouling coating film formed with the antifouling coating composition, a substrate with an antifouling coating film and a method for producing the same, and an antifouling method using the antifouling coating film. The antifouling coating composition of the present invention contains a hydrolyzable polymer (A) containing a metal ester group, zinc oxide (B), and medetomidine (C), and has a content of the zinc oxide (B) in a solid content of the antifouling composition of 27 to 60% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CHUGOKU MARINE PAINTS, LTD.
    Inventors: Jyunji Niimoto, Yusuke Hayashi, Satoshi Masuda, Hideyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220048524
    Abstract: A map information system includes a map database including map information; and a driving assist level determination device. The map information is associated with an evaluation value indicating a certainty of the map information for each location in an absolute coordinate system. Information indicating that the intervention operation is performed is included in driving environment information indicating a driving environment of a vehicle. The driving assist level determination device is configured to acquire, based on the driving environment information, intervention operation information indicating an intervention operation location where the intervention operation is performed, acquire, based on the map information, the evaluation value for each point or section in a target range, and determine, based on the evaluation value and the intervention operation location, an allowable level for each point or section within the target range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taichi KAWANAI, Yasuhiro TAKAGI, Masahiro HARADA, Nobuhide KAMATA, Eiji SAKAGUCHI, Keisuke HOKAI, Hideyuki MATSUI, Kazuhiko KAMIKADO, Yusuke HAYASHI, Hideo FUKAMACHI
  • Publication number: 20220036582
    Abstract: A controller is configured to determine a position of an object point in a real space, based on a cornea image of a first eye and a cornea image of a second eye of a user who is viewing the object point, in a captured image generated by imaging the first and second eyes of the user by an imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke HAYASHI, Kaoru KUSAFUKA
  • Patent number: 11231285
    Abstract: A map information system includes a database management device configured to manage a map database used for vehicle driving support control. The map database includes road marking map information that indicates a position of a specific road marking including at least one of a stop line and a pedestrian crossing. The database management device is further configured to: detect a road marking candidate being a candidate for the specific road marking around a vehicle; recognize vehicle behavior of at least one of the vehicle and another vehicle in a period when passing the road marking candidate; determine, based on the vehicle behavior, an evaluation value that indicates certainty of the road marking candidate being the specific road marking; and register the road marking candidate having the evaluation value equal to or higher than a threshold, as the specific road marking, in the road marking map information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke Hokai, Yusuke Hayashi, Nobuhide Kamata
  • Patent number: 11221481
    Abstract: A three-dimensional projection apparatus includes a display including a display surface having a plurality of subpixels arranged in a grid along a first direction and a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, an optical element configured to define a light beam direction of an image light emitted from the subpixels for each strip-shaped region of a plurality of strip-shaped regions extending in the second direction on the display surface, an optical member configured to project the image light, the light beam direction of which is defined by the optical element, so that a virtual image of the display surface is formed, and a controller configured to acquire information related to a position of an eye of a subject and to correct, in accordance with the position of the eye, the optical element and an image to be displayed by the display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Kusafuka, Shin Miura, Yusuke Hayashi, Satoshi Kawaji
  • Publication number: 20220003558
    Abstract: A map information system includes a database management device configured to manage a map database used for vehicle driving support control. The map database includes road marking map information that indicates a position of a specific road marking including at least one of a stop line and a pedestrian crossing. The database management device is further configured to: detect a road marking candidate being a candidate for the specific road marking around a vehicle; recognize vehicle behavior of at least one of the vehicle and another vehicle in a period when passing the road marking candidate; determine, based on the vehicle behavior, an evaluation value that indicates certainty of the road marking candidate being the specific road marking; and register the road marking candidate having the evaluation value equal to or higher than a threshold, as the specific road marking, in the road marking map information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke Hokai, Yusuke Hayashi, Nobuhide Kamata
  • Publication number: 20210391458
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor member, first and second electrodes, a gate electrode, a gate terminal, a first conductive member, a first terminal, and a first insulating member. The semiconductor member includes first and second semiconductor regions, and a third semiconductor region provided between the first and second semiconductor regions. The first electrode is electrically connected to the first semiconductor region. The second electrode is electrically connected to the second semiconductor region. The gate terminal is electrically connected to the gate electrode. The first conductive member is electrically insulated from the first and second electrodes, and the gate electrode. The first terminal is electrically connected to the first conductive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Tatsunori SAKANO, Hiro GANGI, Tomoaki INOKUCHI, Takahiro KATO, Yusuke HAYASHI, Ryohei GEJO, Tatsuya NISHIWAKI