Patents by Inventor Yuta Ikezawa

Yuta Ikezawa 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: 20240127598
    Abstract: A driving support apparatus comprises a sensor configured to acquire sensor information that is used to acquire a distance between a vehicle and an object, and a controller configured to execute a driving support control using a first distance, which is acquired by applying a first recognition method to the sensor information, representing a distance between the vehicle and a target object as a control distance. The first recognition method has a characteristic that a recognition reliability of the target object increases as an acquisition time of the first distance increases. The controller is configured to use an extrapolation distance representing the vehicle and the target object as the control distance, when the first distance can no longer be acquired and the acquisition time is equal to or longer than a predetermined threshold time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta IKEZAWA, Kohei TOCHIGI
  • Publication number: 20240075933
    Abstract: A vehicle deceleration assistance apparatus executes a deceleration assistance control to assist a deceleration of a vehicle before the vehicle arrives at a deceleration assistance target point to turn left or right. The apparatus executes the deceleration assistance control of a first level as a deceleration assistance level of assisting the deceleration of the vehicle when first and second conditions are satisfied. The first condition is a condition that a target point distance between the vehicle and the deceleration assistance target point is equal to or shorter than a predetermined distance, and blinkers are activated. The second condition is a condition that the blinkers activated for changing traffic lanes continues being activated. The apparatus executes the deceleration assistance control of a second level lower than the first level until a predetermined time elapses since the first condition becomes satisfied while the second condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta IKEZAWA, Kohei Tochigi
  • Publication number: 20240075932
    Abstract: A vehicle deceleration assistance apparatus executes a deceleration assistance control before a vehicle arrives at a target point. The apparatus executes the deceleration assistance control, setting a deceleration assistance level to a first level when a first condition is satisfied, blinkers are activated, and a second condition is satisfied. The first condition is a condition that a target point distance between the vehicle and the target point is equal to or shorter than a first distance. The second condition is a condition that the target point distance is equal to or longer than a second distance shorter than the first distance. The apparatus executes the deceleration assistance control, setting the deceleration assistance level to a second level lower than the first level when the first condition is satisfied, the blinkers are activated, and the second condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta IKEZAWA, Kohei TOCHIGI
  • Publication number: 20240017723
    Abstract: Provided is a driving support device (1) including a control device configured to enter, in a first situation that is a situation in which an own vehicle travels in a predetermined region (X) before an intersection and an adjacent traveling lane is absent on a first direction side in a crossing direction of a traveling lane (L0) on which the own vehicle is traveling, a state in which start of driving support for changing a traveling direction of the own vehicle to the first direction at the intersection is possible, and enter, in a second situation that is a situation in which the own vehicle travels in the predetermined region (X) and an adjacent traveling lane is present on the first direction side in the crossing direction of the traveling lane (L0), a state in which the start of the driving support is impossible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta IKEZAWA, Kohei Tochigi
  • Publication number: 20230256964
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is configured to determine whether a preset deceleration assistance start condition is satisfied, start deceleration assistance for a driver's vehicle against a first deceleration-triggering object, determine whether a preset deceleration assistance termination condition is satisfied, issue a deceleration assistance termination notification to a driver of the driver's vehicle, determine whether a second deceleration-triggering object is detected ahead of the driver's vehicle, and determine whether a preset quick resumption condition is satisfied. The driving assistance apparatus is configured not to issue the deceleration assistance termination notification when the driving assistance apparatus determines that the quick resumption condition is satisfied, even in a case where the driving assistance apparatus determines that the deceleration assistance termination condition for the first deceleration-triggering object is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Ikezawa, Kohei Tochigi, Shogo Ito
  • Publication number: 20230234567
    Abstract: A deceleration support device in which an electronic control unit controls a speed reduction device to execute automatic deceleration control when an object that requires deceleration of a vehicle is detected and a braking/driving operation is not detected, and interrupt the automatic deceleration control when a driving operation is detected in a situation where the automatic deceleration control is being executed, and with an object that requires deceleration of the vehicle and does not prevent the vehicle from passing through a position of the object being defined as a specific object, the electronic control unit resumes the automatic deceleration control if it is determined that the object is not a specific object, but does not resume the automatic deceleration control if it is determined that the object is a specific object, when the driving operation is not detected in a situation where the automatic deceleration control is interrupted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta IKEZAWA, Kohei Tochigi
  • Publication number: 20230227036
    Abstract: A driving support apparatus includes a surrounding information acquisition device which acquires surrounding information, a steering information acquisition device which acquires steering information, a control unit which executes driving support control including at least one of pre-right/left-turn deceleration assist control or pre-right/left-turn warning control when a predetermined first execution condition is satisfied. When a precondition which is satisfied in a case in which an intersection is detected based on the surrounding information and steering operation is being performed by a driver based on the steering information is satisfied, the control unit determines whether or not the first execution condition is satisfied based on the steering operation being performed and traveling lane arrow information which is road arrow information of a traveling lane or adjacent lane arrow information which is road arrow information of an adjacent lane, both of which being stored in a storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi TOYODA, Yuta IKEZAWA, Kohei TOCHIGI
  • Publication number: 20230219571
    Abstract: A deceleration assistance device including: a target information acquisition unit for acquiring information of a target located in front of a vehicle; a position estimation unit for estimating an estimated position of a deceleration object; a position recognition unit for recognizing a position of the deceleration object; and a control unit for executing, based on the estimated position, first deceleration control of decelerating a vehicle at a first deceleration and executing, based on the recognized position, second deceleration control of decelerating the vehicle at a second deceleration. The control unit executes processing of gradually changing a deceleration of the vehicle from the first deceleration toward the second deceleration when the deceleration control is caused to transition from the first to the second deceleration control, and when a difference exists between the first and second deceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shogo ITO, Yuta IKEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230192091
    Abstract: A driving support apparatus includes a surrounding sensor which acquires surrounding information, and a control unit which executes driving support control when a execution condition is satisfied. The control unit performs overwrite processing or retention processing based on whether or not a specific condition is satisfied. The specific condition is satisfied when the number of types of directions other than a straight direction included in permitted travel directions of a first road arrow marking detected at a first time point is less than the number of types of directions other than a straight direction included in the permitted travel directions included in second road arrow information already stored in a storage device at the first time point. The control unit then determines whether or not the execution condition is satisfied at the first time point based on the overwritten or retained road arrow information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chiemi ARAI, Yuta Ikezawa
  • Patent number: 11667279
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is configured to determine whether a preset deceleration assistance start condition is satisfied, start deceleration assistance for a driver's vehicle against a first deceleration-triggering object, determine whether a preset deceleration assistance termination condition is satisfied, issue a deceleration assistance termination notification to a driver of the driver's vehicle, determine whether a second deceleration-triggering object is detected ahead of the driver's vehicle, and determine whether a preset quick resumption condition is satisfied. The driving assistance apparatus is configured not to issue the deceleration assistance termination notification when the driving assistance apparatus determines that the quick resumption condition is satisfied, even in a case where the driving assistance apparatus determines that the deceleration assistance termination condition for the first deceleration-triggering object is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Ikezawa, Kohei Tochigi, Shogo Ito
  • Patent number: 11648937
    Abstract: A driver assistance device is configured to determine whether a type of a deceleration target is included in a category of a position-fixed object or a moving object, and determine whether the deceleration target is lost, and to continue the deceleration assistance on assumption that the lost deceleration target exists when the deceleration target is determined to be lost. The driver assistance device is configured to notify a driver of a host vehicle that the deceleration target is lost when the deceleration target is determined to be lost and the type of the deceleration target is included in the category of the moving object, and not to notify the driver that the deceleration target is lost when the deceleration target is determined to be lost and the type of the deceleration target is included in the category of the position-fixed object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Ikezawa, Kohei Tochigi, Shogo Ito
  • Publication number: 20230141328
    Abstract: A driving support ECU (21) of a driving support device (11a) executes automatic deceleration control for decelerating a vehicle (10) without a driver operating a brake pedal (105) when it is determined that a specific condition indicating that the driver intends to turn the vehicle (10) to the right or left at an intersection present in front of the vehicle (10) is satisfied. When a direction indicator (34, 35) stops operating during execution of the automatic deceleration control, the driving support ECU (21) continues the automatic deceleration control until a predetermined time period elapses from a time point at which the direction indicator (34, 35) stops operating, and ends the automatic deceleration control when the direction indicator (34, 35) continues to stop operating from when the direction indicator (34, 35) stops operating until the predetermined time period elapses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya NISHIMOTO, Yuta IKEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230110942
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus assists a driver of a vehicle by performing a deceleration control to decelerate the vehicle when the vehicle makes a right turn or a left turn at an intersection. The driving assistance apparatus is configured to make a magnitude of a deceleration of a vehicle while performing a deceleration control of when a left-or-right-turn-condition is not satisfied smaller than a magnitude of a deceleration of the vehicle while performing the deceleration control of when the left-or-right-turn-condition is satisfied, in a case where a distance between the vehicle and the intersection is equal to or shorter than a distance threshold and the vehicle is predicted to change a moving direction to a particular direction, the left-or-right-turn-condition being a condition that is satisfied when the vehicle is permitted to change the moving direction to the particular direction in/from a traveling lane in which the vehicle is running.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kota ENDO, Yuta IKEZAWA, Kohei TOCHIGI
  • Publication number: 20230001946
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is configured to perform an assistance control of assisting in driving a vehicle, when a first condition and a second condition are satisfied, in a situation in which a target is recognized. The driving assistance apparatus is provided with: a determinator configured to determine a state of the assistance control. The determinator is configured (i) to determine that the state of the assistance control is a standby state if a standby condition is satisfied, wherein the standby condition requires that the first condition is satisfied, but the second condition is not satisfied, in the situation in which the target is recognized, and (ii) to determine that the state of the assistance control is an interruption state if an interruption condition is satisfied, wherein the interruption condition requires that the first condition is no longer satisfied while the satisfaction of the standby condition is continued.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei TOCHIGI, Shogo ITO, Yuta IKEZAWA
  • Patent number: 11518350
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is configured to provide deceleration assistance of decelerating a host vehicle, and is configured to end the deceleration assistance on condition that a pedal operation is performed by a driver while the deceleration assistance is provided. The driving assistance apparatus is provided with: an estimator configured to estimate an operation intention of the driver associated with an operation of a brake pedal, on condition that the brake pedal is operated by the driver while the deceleration assistance is provided; and a controller programmed to delay timing in which a deceleration assistance amount associated with the deceleration assistance becomes zero at the end of the deceleration assistance, if the estimated operation intention is caused by the target, in comparison with that if the estimated operation intention is not caused by the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shogo Ito, Kohei Tochigi, Yuta Ikezawa
  • Patent number: 11518397
    Abstract: When a driver is not in pedal erroneous operation inducing situation and a rate of change in an operation amount of an accelerator pedal is equal to or greater than a first erroneous operation determination threshold value, a driving assistance apparatus determines that operation of the accelerator pedal is erroneous operation. When the driver is in the pedal erroneous operation inducing situation and the rate of change in the operation amount of the accelerator pedal is equal to or greater than a second erroneous operation determination threshold value, the riving assistance apparatus determines that the operation of the accelerator pedal is the erroneous operation, and the second erroneous operation determination threshold value is smaller than the first erroneous operation determination threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei Tochigi, Yuta Ikezawa, Shogo Ito
  • Patent number: 11511766
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is configured to perform an assistance control of assisting in driving a vehicle, when a first condition and a second condition are satisfied, in a situation in which a target is recognized. The driving assistance apparatus is provided with: a determinator configured to determine a state of the assistance control. The determinator is configured (i) to determine that the state of the assistance control is a standby state if a standby condition is satisfied, wherein the standby condition requires that the first condition is satisfied, but the second condition is not satisfied, in the situation in which the target is recognized, and (ii) to determine that the state of the assistance control is an interruption state if an interruption condition is satisfied, wherein the interruption condition requires that the first condition is no longer satisfied while the satisfaction of the standby condition is continued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei Tochigi, Shogo Ito, Yuta Ikezawa
  • Patent number: 11479248
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is provided with: a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle; a controller programmed to perform a deceleration control when a deceleration target is recognized by the recognizer; and a detector configured to detect a slip of the host vehicle. The controller sets a first controlled variable, which is a controlled variable associated with the deceleration control when the slip of the host vehicle is detected without execution of the deceleration control, so as to suppress an extent of deceleration of the host vehicle, in comparison with a second controlled variable, which is the controlled variable when the slip of the host vehicle is not detected without execution of the deceleration control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shogo Ito, Masahiko Adachi, Kohei Tochigi, Yuta Ikezawa
  • Patent number: 11433888
    Abstract: A driving support system detects a deceleration object ahead and starts deceleration assistance for a host vehicle. The driving support system includes a reliability calculation unit configured to calculate a reliability of detection of the deceleration object, an assistance mode selection unit configured to select an assistance mode of the deceleration assistance from among multiple assistance modes in accordance with the calculated reliability of detection, and a driving support unit configured to perform the deceleration assistance in the selected assistance mode. The assistance mode selection unit is configured to select a first assistance mode when the reliability of detection is lower than a predetermined reliability threshold and select a second assistance mode higher in a level of the deceleration assistance than the first assistance mode when the reliability of detection is higher than or equal to the reliability threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Ito, Kohei Tochigi, Yuta Ikezawa, Norio Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 11420622
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus can provide deceleration assistance of decelerating a host vehicle independently of an operation by a driver. The driving assistance apparatus is provided with: a specifier configured to specify a type of a target associated with the deceleration assistance, wherein the target is ahead of the host vehicle on a course thereof and requires the host vehicle to decelerate or stop; and a controller programmed to change an end condition associated with deceleration assistance, in accordance with the specified type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Ikezawa, Kohei Tochigi, Masahiko Adachi, Shogo Ito, Shuichi Yamaki