Patents by Inventor Yuta MORIKAWA

Yuta MORIKAWA 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: 11796995
    Abstract: A vehicle including: a communication section configured to receive operation information to operate a travel device from an external operation device; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: acquire peripheral information peripheral to a vehicle body from a peripheral information detection section, generate a travel plan based on the peripheral information, and control the travel device so as to perform autonomous driving in which travel is based on the generated travel plan, and perform remote driving in which travel is based on the operation information received by the communication section; and the vehicle further comprising a presentation device configured to present, at a vehicle exterior, identifying information received by the communication section, the identifying information relating to a user making use of transportation by the autonomous driving or the remote driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Yuta Morikawa, Naoki Yamamuro, Yuki Tatsumoto
  • Patent number: 11720097
    Abstract: A vehicle control system, comprising a remote operator selection server, a vehicle control device, and a remote operation terminal. The vehicle control device is configured to transmit a manual operation information to the remote operator selection server. The remote operator selection server is configured to acquire the manual operation information transmitted from the vehicle control device, to compute a difference between the manual operation information and a remote operation information for each of the plurality of remote operators, to select a remote operator for whom the difference satisfies a predetermined criterion as a remote operator to remotely operate the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Yuta Morikawa, Yuki Ito, Naoki Yamamuro
  • Patent number: 11643109
    Abstract: A vehicle control system that acquires position information of a vehicle in a driving state of a manually driven state or a remotely operated driven state; that stores a pre-traveled travel route of a vehicle in the manually driven state or the remotely operated driven state based on the acquired position information; and that creates a travel route on which a vehicle is caused to travel in an autonomously driven state using the stored travel route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Yuta Morikawa, Naoki Yamamuro, Yuki Tatsumoto
  • Patent number: 11584398
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a situation detection device that detects a situation around a periphery of a vehicle and outputs a situation detection signal based on detection results; and a processor (i) that is input with the situation detection signal when the vehicle travels in an autonomous automatic driving mode, that controls travel of the vehicle based on the situation detection signal, and (ii) that enters a prohibited state that prohibits control of the travel of the vehicle in the autonomous automatic driving mode in a prohibited area in which the travel of the vehicle in the autonomous automatic driving mode is prohibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Yuta Morikawa, Naoki Yamamuro, Yuki Tatsumoto
  • Patent number: 11535279
    Abstract: A vehicle position sensing system includes: a position information acquiring section that acquires position information of a vehicle; a storage section that stores first region information, which expresses automatic driving regions where automatic driving of the vehicle is possible and remote driving regions where remote operation driving of the vehicle is possible, and second region information that expresses manual driving regions where only manual driving of the vehicle is permitted; a head up display that can be viewed by a driver of the vehicle; and a control section that, on the basis of the position information of the vehicle, the first region information and the second region information, causes the head up display to display relative positional relationships among the vehicle, the automatic driving regions, the remote driving regions and the manual driving regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Yuta Morikawa, Naoki Yamamuro, Yuki Tatsumoto
  • Patent number: 11465649
    Abstract: A vehicle control system comprising a vehicle control device, and a remote operation terminal. The vehicle control device controls a host vehicle capable of traveling in each of an autonomous self-driving mode, a remote self-driving mode, and a manual driving mode. The remote operation terminal remotely operate the host vehicle. The vehicle control device acquires a nearby-vehicle driving mode representing a driving mode of a nearby vehicle that is a vehicle near the host vehicle. In a case in which the nearby-vehicle driving mode of the nearby vehicle is a remote self-driving mode and a driving mode of the host vehicle is the autonomous self-driving mode, the vehicle control device controls travel of the host vehicle in the autonomous self-driving mode so that a distance between the nearby vehicle and the host vehicle becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Yuta Morikawa, Naoki Yamamuro, Yuki Tatsumoto
  • Patent number: 11396310
    Abstract: A vehicle control system that sets a preliminary destination or a preliminary destination area toward which a vehicle heads in an autonomously driven state; that causes the vehicle to travel in the autonomously driven state to the preliminary destination or the preliminary destination area set by the preliminary destination/area setting section; that acquires position information for the vehicle; and that switches a driving state of the vehicle from the autonomously driven state to a manually driven state or a remotely operated driven state when the vehicle has been detected to have arrived at the preliminary destination or in the preliminary destination area based on the position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Yuta Morikawa, Naoki Yamamuro, Yuki Tatsumoto
  • Publication number: 20220179412
    Abstract: A vehicle control system, comprising a remote operator selection server, a vehicle control device, and a remote operation terminal. The vehicle control device is configured to transmit a manual operation information to the remote operator selection server. The remote operator selection server is configured to acquire the manual operation information transmitted from the vehicle control device, to compute a difference between the manual operation information and a remote operation information for each of the plurality of remote operators, to select a remote operator for whom the difference satisfies a predetermined criterion as a remote operator to remotely operate the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki TATSUMOTO, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuta MORIKAWA, Yuki ITO, Naoki YAMAMURO
  • Publication number: 20220129243
    Abstract: A vehicle control device including: a remote operation signal reception section configured to be input with a remote operation signal based on an operation by an operator at a command center external to a vehicle; a control section configured to control the vehicle in a remote operation mode, based on the remote operation signal output from the command center, in a state in which remote operation of the vehicle from the command center side has been enabled; and a speech communication device configured to enable conversation between an occupant of the vehicle and an operator at the command center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki ITO, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuta MORIKAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Yuki TATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11287813
    Abstract: A vehicle control system, comprising a remote operator selection server, a vehicle control device, and a remote operation terminal. The vehicle control device is configured to transmit a manual operation information to the remote operator selection server. The remote operator selection server is configured to acquire the manual operation information transmitted from the vehicle control device, to compute a difference between the manual operation information and a remote operation information for each of the plurality of remote operators, to select a remote operator for whom the difference satisfies a predetermined criterion as a remote operator to remotely operate the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Yuta Morikawa, Yuki Ito, Naoki Yamamuro
  • Patent number: 11256475
    Abstract: A vehicle control device including: a remote operation signal reception section configured to be input with a remote operation signal based on an operation by an operator at a command center external to a vehicle; a control section configured to control the vehicle in a remote operation mode, based on the remote operation signal output from the command center, in a state in which remote operation of the vehicle from the command center side has been enabled; and a speech communication device configured to enable conversation between an occupant of the vehicle and an operator at the command center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Yuta Morikawa, Naoki Yamamuro, Yuki Tatsumoto
  • Patent number: 11098778
    Abstract: An electric brake actuator configured to push a friction member onto a rotary body by advancing a piston by rotating an input shaft by an electric motor, including: a torque imparting device configured to impart, to an input shaft, a torque in a direction to retract a piston based on an elastic torque of a torsion spring and including a mechanism configured to allow a first retained portion provided at one end portion of the torsion spring to be retained by another one of a plurality of first retaining portions of a stator when the elastic torque exceeds a set upper-limit torque to decrease the elastic torque; and a mechanism configured to permit a second retained portion of a rotor to be retained by a second retaining portion provided at the other end portion of the spring to prohibit the elastic torque from becoming smaller than a set lower-limit torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Nanahara, Naoki Yabusaki, Yuta Morikawa
  • Patent number: 10988129
    Abstract: An operating portion control device that acquires operation amount information of a first operating portion that operates a vehicle; sends first signals representing the operation amount information of the first operating portion, and receives second signals representing operation amount information of a second operating portion that operates the vehicle, the second operating portion being different from the first operating portion; switches between a state of sending the first signals and a state of receiving the second signals; and, on the basis of the second signals received in the state of receiving, actuate the first operating portion in accordance with an operation amount of the second operating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Morikawa, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Yuki Ito, Naoki Yamamuro, Yuki Tatsumoto
  • Publication number: 20210026351
    Abstract: A vehicle control system, comprising a remote operator selection server, a vehicle control device, and a remote operation terminal. The vehicle control device is configured to transmit a manual operation information to the remote operator selection server. The remote operator selection server is configured to acquire the manual operation information transmitted from the vehicle control device, to compute a difference between the manual operation information and a remote operation information for each of the plurality of remote operators, to select a remote operator for whom the difference satisfies a predetermined criterion as a remote operator to remotely operate the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki TATSUMOTO, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuta MORIKAWA, Yuki ITO, Naoki YAMAMURO
  • Publication number: 20210026349
    Abstract: A vehicle selection server is configured to refer to a memory, which stores vehicle information representing each of a plurality of vehicles, and to transmit the vehicle information regarding each of the plurality of vehicles to a remote operation terminal. The remote operation terminal is configured to display the vehicle information regarding each of the plurality of vehicles on a display section, to acquire selection information, input by a remote operator, for one of the plurality of vehicles, and to transmit the selection information to the vehicle selection server. The vehicle selection server is configured to transmit identification information regarding the remote operation terminal to a vehicle control device. The vehicle control device is configured to perform control in response to vehicle operation information transmitted from the remote operation terminal corresponding to the identification information so as to cause the host vehicle to travel in the remote driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki ITO, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuta MORIKAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Yuki TATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210024093
    Abstract: A vehicle control system that sets a preliminary destination or a preliminary destination area toward which a vehicle heads in an autonomously driven state; that causes the vehicle to travel in the autonomously driven state to the preliminary destination or the preliminary destination area set by the preliminary destination/area setting section; that acquires position information for the vehicle; and that switches a driving state of the vehicle from the autonomously driven state to a manually driven state or a remotely operated driven state when the vehicle has been detected to have arrived at the preliminary destination or in the preliminary destination area based on the position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki ITO, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuta MORIKAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Yuki TATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210024099
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a situation detection device that detects a situation around a periphery of a vehicle and outputs a situation detection signal based on detection results; and a processor (i) that is input with the situation detection signal when the vehicle travels in an autonomous automatic driving mode, that controls travel of the vehicle based on the situation detection signal, and (ii) that enters a prohibited state that prohibits control of the travel of the vehicle in the autonomous automatic driving mode in a prohibited area in which the travel of the vehicle in the autonomous automatic driving mode is prohibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki ITO, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuta MORIKAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Yuki TATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210024098
    Abstract: A vehicle position sensing system includes: a position information acquiring section that acquires position information of a vehicle; a storage section that stores first region information, which expresses automatic driving regions where automatic driving of the vehicle is possible and remote driving regions where remote operation driving of the vehicle is possible, and second region information that expresses manual driving regions where only manual driving of the vehicle is permitted; a head up display that can be viewed by a driver of the vehicle; and a control section that, on the basis of the position information of the vehicle, the first region information and the second region information, causes the head up display to display relative positional relationships among the vehicle, the automatic driving regions, the remote driving regions and the manual driving regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki ITO, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuta MORIKAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Yuki TATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210024089
    Abstract: A vehicle control system that acquires position information of a vehicle in a driving state of a manually driven state or a remotely operated driven state; that stores a pre-traveled travel route of a vehicle in the manually driven state or the remotely operated driven state based on the acquired position information; and that creates a travel route on which a vehicle is caused to travel in an autonomously driven state using the stored travel route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki ITO, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuta MORIKAWA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Yuki TATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210024051
    Abstract: An operating portion control device that acquires operation amount information of a first operating portion that operates a vehicle; sends first signals representing the operation amount information of the first operating portion, and receives second signals representing operation amount information of a second operating portion that operates the vehicle, the second operating portion being different from the first operating portion; switches between a state of sending the first signals and a state of receiving the second signals; and, on the basis of the second signals received in the state of receiving, actuate the first operating portion in accordance with an operation amount of the second operating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta MORIKAWA, Tsukasa NAKANISHI, Yuki ITO, Naoki YAMAMURO, Yuki TATSUMOTO