Patents by Inventor Yusuke Kiyokawa

Yusuke Kiyokawa 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: 10155540
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: an obstacle detection unit detecting an obstacle; a target determination unit determining a target area; a route determination unit determining a route from a position of a vehicle to the target area when assisting a driver in parking the vehicle in the target area; and a movement control unit assisting the driver by detecting the position and an inclination angle of the vehicle and controlling the vehicle, terminating the assist when the position is within a first range, the inclination angle is within a second range, and the position is within a third range, and terminating the assist when, while the vehicle travels, the position is within the first range, the inclination angle is within the second range, the position is outside of the third range, and the approach of an obstacle is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yusuke Kiyokawa
  • Publication number: 20180273027
    Abstract: A driving control apparatus includes: a movement control unit that controls movement of a vehicle in accordance with a first movement path indicating a movement trajectory to a first target position that is a movement destination of the vehicle; and a movement path calculating unit that calculates a second movement path as a movement path to a second target position from a position after the vehicle moves from a current position of the vehicle for a predetermined period of time along the first movement path, wherein the movement control unit controls movement of the vehicle to the second target position in accordance with the second movement path after causing the vehicle to move along the first movement path for the predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motokatsu TOMOZAWA, Norio IMAI, Yusuke KIYOKAWA, Masaya KATO, Yuichi UKAI
  • Publication number: 20180273028
    Abstract: A vehicle traveling assistance apparatus includes: a creation unit configured to create a first route, which is a route along which a vehicle moves from a first position to a second position and in which the vehicle stops to perform stationary steering in a middle of the route and then moves to the second position; and a controller configured to cause the vehicle to travel along the created first route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaya KATO, Motokatsu TOMOZAWA, Yusuke KIYOKAWA
  • Patent number: 10077045
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit configured to: estimate first extending directions of obstacles respectively located on right and left sides of a target parking space in a state where a host vehicle moves across in front of the target parking space; calculate a planned moving path based on the estimated first extending directions; as the host vehicle is guided into the target parking space, estimate second extending directions of the obstacles respectively located on the right and left sides of the target parking space while updating the second extending directions; determine whether the estimated and updated second extending directions satisfy a predetermined condition; and when the updated second extending directions satisfy the predetermined condition, update the planned moving path by using the updated second extending directions instead of the first extending directions or the second extending directions before being updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Kiyokawa, Masaya Kato, Masaki Kinoshita, Takayuki Hiromitsu
  • Publication number: 20180237031
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes: a driving assistance unit configured to control a braking unit which decelerates a moving body, and assist driving of the moving body by automatic driving; and a switching unit configured to perform instructing a driver of the moving body to operate the braking unit which is under control by the driving assistance unit, and switching from the automatic driving to manual driving by transferring an authority of driving to the driver when receiving an operation of the braking unit by the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norio IMAI, Masaya KATO, Yusuke KIYOKAWA, Motokatsu TOMOZAWA, Yuichi UKAI
  • Publication number: 20180222471
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes: a clocking section which clocks time after an operation section is operated until a certain period of time elapses; and a vehicle control section which starts a first control in a case where a vehicle is stopped within the certain period of time after the operation section is operated, the first control corresponding to a control executed in a case where the operation section is operated in a state where the vehicle is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke KIYOKAWA, Tomoyuki MATSUBA
  • Patent number: 10031227
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to detect an obstacle, detect a boundary of a parking space, determine a target position to which a vehicle moves, and, when the vehicle is allowed to be located in a third area in which a first area and a second area overlap with each other, be allowed to determine the target position in the third area. The first area is an area across a limit line from the obstacle. The limit line is set substantially along an outer periphery of the obstacle at a position spaced a predetermined distance from the obstacle outward of the obstacle. The second area is an area out of the boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Kiyokawa, Masaya Kato, Hiroyuki Tachibana, Tomohisa Yamashita, Tomoyuki Matsuba, Motonari Obayashi, Hironobu Ishijima
  • Patent number: 9925919
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: an obstacle detection unit detecting an obstacle; a target position determination unit determining a target position between a first virtual obstacle, based on a first obstacle, and a second virtual obstacle based on a second obstacle being lined up with the first obstacle in a first direction; and a route determination unit determining a first route from the position of a vehicle to the target position, and that, when while the vehicle travels along the determined first route, the obstacle detection unit has detected a third obstacle positioned between the first and second obstacles and closer to the first obstacle than the second obstacle, enlarges the first virtual obstacle, and determines a second route that avoids the enlarged first virtual obstacle and is set from the position of the vehicle to the target position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Kiyokawa, Motokatsu Tomozawa
  • Patent number: 9875655
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to set at least one candidate position that is a candidate for a target position of a moving path of a vehicle on the basis of at least one of a detected obstacle or a detected parking boundary, rank each of the at least one candidate position on the basis of the candidate position and a position and orientation of the host vehicle, and determine one of the ranked at least one candidate position as the target position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Kiyokawa, Masaya Kato, Tomohisa Yamashita, Yoichi Iwata, Motonari Obayashi, Hironobu Ishijima
  • Patent number: 9836978
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a first distance between a vehicle and a first obstacle measured by a distance measuring unit and a second distance between the vehicle and a second obstacle measured by the distance measuring unit; a calculation unit that calculates an inter-objects distance between the first and second obstacles; and a generation unit that generates a guidance route for the vehicle such that each of the first and second distances become equal to or longer than a second reference distance which is shorter than a first reference distance that is a reference for safe travelling of the vehicle, when the vehicle is caused to move between the first and second obstacles and within the inter-objects distance and in a case where a condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norio Imai, Masaya Kato, Yusuke Kiyokawa, Motokatsu Tomozawa
  • Patent number: 9836658
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit configured to: set at least one candidate position that is a candidate for a target position of a moving path of a vehicle on the basis of at least one of a detection result of an obstacle and a detection result of a parking boundary; set an orientation of the vehicle at each of the at least one candidate position, as a candidate position vehicle orientation, on the basis of at least one of the detection result of the obstacle and the detection result of the parking boundary; rank each of the at least one candidate position on the basis of an orientation of the vehicle and the candidate position vehicle orientation; and determine one of the ranked at least one candidate position as the target position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Kiyokawa, Tomohisa Yamashita, Motonari Obayashi, Hironobu Ishijima
  • Patent number: 9738276
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit configured to detect a stopped vehicle, and to set a target position, to which a vehicle moves, to a position between a first stopped vehicle and a second stopped vehicle that are detected, the position being commensurate with a distance between the first stopped vehicle and the second stopped vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Kiyokawa, Tomohisa Yamashita, Motonari Obayashi, Hironobu Ishijima
  • Patent number: 9676182
    Abstract: According to an embodiment the present invention, a printing apparatus detects a distance between a printhead and a print medium using a sensor while using a print medium for sensor calibration and changing a height from a print position to a carriage, stores first distance information indicating a relationship between the height and a signal representing a result of detecting the distance for each of heights in a memory, obtains second distance information indicating a relationship between the height and the signal representing the result of detecting the distance for each of the heights while using a predetermined print medium and changing the height, compares the first and second distance information, and corrects the first distance information stored in the memory, based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yusuke Kiyokawa
  • Patent number: 9604638
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to detect an obstacle. The electronic control unit is configured to determine whether a vehicle is allowed to run over the obstacle. The electronic control unit is configured to, when it is determined that the vehicle is allowed to run over the obstacle, set a target position, to which the vehicle moves, to a position at which the vehicle overlaps with the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Kiyokawa, Masaya Kato, Tomohisa Yamashita, Tomoyuki Matsuba, Hironobu Ishijima, Keisuke Oyama
  • Patent number: 9592852
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to detect an obstacle. The electronic control unit is configured to determine a target position of a moving path of a vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to determine the target position at a position at which the vehicle is spaced at least a predetermined distance from the obstacle higher than a first threshold and the vehicle overlaps with the obstacle lower than the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Kiyokawa, Masaya Kato, Tomohisa Yamashita, Tomoyuki Matsuba, Takashi Kuwayama, Motonari Obayashi, Hironobu Ishijima, Keisuke Oyama
  • Publication number: 20170028985
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: an obstacle detection unit that detects an obstacle; a separated distance determination unit that determines a separated distance between the obstacles when a plurality of the obstacles are detected; a target position determination unit that determines a target position in a guidance route; a route calculation unit that calculates the guidance route; and a control unit that guides a vehicle in accordance with the guidance route, wherein, when a second obstacle is detected in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction in which one or plurality of first obstacles extends or are lined up while being separated from each other and at a position separated from the first direction, the separated distance determination unit determines the separated distance between the first and second obstacles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yusuke KIYOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170032680
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a first distance between a vehicle and a first obstacle measured by a distance measuring unit and a second distance between the vehicle and a second obstacle measured by the distance measuring unit; a calculation unit that calculates an inter-objects distance between the first and second obstacles; and a generation unit that generates a guidance route for the vehicle such that each of the first and second distances become equal to or longer than a second reference distance which is shorter than a first reference distance that is a reference for safe travelling of the vehicle, when the vehicle is caused to move between the first and second obstacles and within the inter-objects distance and in a case where a condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norio IMAI, Masaya KATO, Yusuke KIYOKAWA, Motokatsu TOMOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170028984
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit configured to: estimate first extending directions of obstacles respectively located on right and left sides of a target parking space in a state where a host vehicle moves across in front of the target parking space; calculate a planned moving path based on the estimated first extending directions; as the host vehicle is guided into the target parking space, estimate second extending directions of the obstacles respectively located on the right and left sides of the target parking space while updating the second extending directions; determine whether the estimated and updated second extending directions satisfy a predetermined condition; and when the updated second extending directions satisfy the predetermined condition, update the planned moving path by using the updated second extending directions instead of the first extending directions or the second extending directions before being updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke KIYOKAWA, Masaya KATO, Masaki KINOSHITA, Takayuki HIROMITSU
  • Publication number: 20170028914
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: an obstacle detection unit detecting an obstacle; a target position determination unit determining a target position between a first virtual obstacle, based on a first obstacle, and a second virtual obstacle based on a second obstacle being lined up with the first obstacle in a first direction; and a route determination unit determining a first route from the position of a vehicle to the target position, and that, when while the vehicle travels along the determined first route, the obstacle detection unit has detected a third obstacle positioned between the first and second obstacles and closer to the first obstacle than the second obstacle, enlarges the first virtual obstacle, and determines a second route that avoids the enlarged first virtual obstacle and is set from the position of the vehicle to the target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke KIYOKAWA, Motokatsu TOMOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170029028
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: an obstacle detection unit detecting an obstacle; a target determination unit determining a target area; a route determination unit determining a route from a position of a vehicle to the target area when assisting a driver in parking the vehicle in the target area; and a movement control unit assisting the driver by detecting the position and an inclination angle of the vehicle and controlling the vehicle, terminating the assist when the position is within a first range, the inclination angle is within a second range, and the position is within a third range, and terminating the assist when, while the vehicle travels, the position is within the first range, the inclination angle is within the second range, the position is outside of the third range, and the approach of an obstacle is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yusuke KIYOKAWA