STEERING DEVICE AND VEHICLE
    31.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220134990A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US17511891

    申请日:2021-10-27

    Inventor: Shotaro Odate

    Abstract: An in-vehicle steering device, comprising a steering wheel, and an airbag mechanism that is built in the steering wheel and includes an airbag body deployable to a vehicle body rear side, wherein the steering device further comprises an in-vehicle component built in the steering wheel, and the in-vehicle component has a recessed groove portion for guiding the airbag body to be deployed when the airbag body is deployed in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body.

    Steering wheel unit
    32.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11104367B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-31

    申请号:US16039434

    申请日:2018-07-19

    Inventor: Shotaro Odate

    Abstract: A steering wheel unit is equipped with an electrode which is provided on a steering wheel and constitutes an electrostatic capacitance sensor, a sensor circuit that passes an alternating current to the electrode, a comprehensive control unit adapted to energize the sensor circuit at a time of failure diagnosis, and a failure diagnosis unit that performs a short circuit failure diagnosis continuously or periodically when a power source of a vehicle is on, and performs an open circuit failure diagnosis when the power source of the vehicle is switched from off to on.

    CONTROL ASSIST VEHICLE
    33.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200298881A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-24

    申请号:US16088832

    申请日:2016-03-29

    Abstract: A drive assist controller verifies the driving intention of a driver on the basis of whether or not the driver is contacting the steering wheel when a lane-maintaining control is being executed. An automatic driving controller verifies the driving intention of the driver on the basis of whether or not the driver is gripping the steering wheel when automatic driving is being performed. This configuration makes it possible to appropriately determine the driving intention of a driver, by changing the method of verifying the driving intention of the driver between cases when the driver has driving authority and cases when the vehicle has driving authority.

    Contact determination processing apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10232858B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-19

    申请号:US15342379

    申请日:2016-11-03

    Inventor: Shotaro Odate

    Abstract: A contact determination processing apparatus includes a contact sensor disposed in a steering wheel of and inside a vehicle. The contact sensor has an output that depends on a contact or non-contact state between the steering wheel and an occupant in the vehicle. The apparatus further includes a contact determination ECU that detects the contact state when the output of the contact sensor is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, and detects the non-contact state when the output is less than the predetermined threshold. In addition, the apparatus includes a temperature detection module that detects the ambient temperature of the steering wheel. The contact determination ECU includes a threshold changing section that changes the threshold based on a detection result of the temperature detection module.

    DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20190061811A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-28

    申请号:US16108269

    申请日:2018-08-22

    Inventor: Shotaro Odate

    Abstract: A driving support device may include, but is not limited to: a plurality of sensors is configured to detect state quantities relating to steering of a vehicle; a determiner is configured to determine whether each of the plurality of sensors is normal or abnormal; and a controller controlling execution of driving support functions for supporting a driving operation for the vehicle, in which the controller is configured to determine a control state of an executable driving support function on the basis of a result of the determination of the determiner.

    Vehicle brake system
    36.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10053066B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-21

    申请号:US15189171

    申请日:2016-06-22

    Inventor: Shotaro Odate

    CPC classification number: B60T7/22 B60T8/17 B60T8/17558 B60T8/4081 B60T13/66

    Abstract: A vehicle brake system includes a collision determination unit configured to determine whether collision of the vehicle occurs; a second braking control unit configured to cause at least one of ESB and VSA systems to perform emergency braking control of the vehicle irrespective of a press-down operation of a brake pedal by a driver when collision of the vehicle occurs; and a braking force determination unit configured to determine whether a demanded braking force by emergency braking control exceeds a predetermined braking force threshold. In a case where the collision of the vehicle occurs, and where the demanded braking force exceeds the braking force threshold, the second braking control unit retreats an operation position of the brake pedal in a press-down direction.

    Vehicle brake system
    37.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09969369B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-15

    申请号:US15138879

    申请日:2016-04-26

    Inventor: Shotaro Odate

    CPC classification number: B60T7/22 B60T8/4872 B60T8/72 B60T2201/024

    Abstract: A vehicle brake system includes a master cylinder that generates a hydraulic pressure according to an operation amount of a brake pedal, a vehicle stabilization device that generates a hydraulic pressure in response to a hydraulic pressure generation command received from a brake controller, and front brake operation sections and rear brake operation sections that are actuated by the hydraulic pressure generated by the master cylinder or by the vehicle stabilization device and that generate braking force on the vehicle. A brake controller actuates automatic braking when an impact has been detected by a collision detection sensor, and actuates the automatic braking with smaller braking force when an engine is stopped than when the engine is running.

    STEERING WHEEL UNIT
    38.
    发明申请
    STEERING WHEEL UNIT 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180118247A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-03

    申请号:US15792870

    申请日:2017-10-25

    Inventor: Shotaro Odate

    Abstract: Each of detection units detects electrostatic capacitance values Cc, Cr, Cl produced between sensors and a passenger H, based on electrical signals Sc, Sr, Sl outputted from the sensors, respectively. A total value calculation unit sums electrostatic capacitance values Cc, Cr, Cl to calculate a total value Ct of the electrostatic capacitance values Cc, Cr, Cl. A comparison determination unit compares the total value Ct with a first threshold value Cth1 to make a contact determination of whether the passenger H is in contact with a steering wheel.

    Automatic operation vehicle control apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US09643620B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-09

    申请号:US14822036

    申请日:2015-08-10

    Inventor: Shotaro Odate

    CPC classification number: B60W50/082 B60W2400/00 G05D1/0061 G05D2201/0213

    Abstract: An automatic operation vehicle control apparatus includes a contact detecting unit, an override detecting unit, and an automatic operation control unit. The contact detecting unit detects the presence of contact of a hand or hands of a driver with a steering wheel of a vehicle. The override detecting unit detects the presence of override on the steering wheel by the driver on the basis of the result of the detection by the contact detecting unit. The automatic operation control unit switches the operation mode at least including the automatic operation and the manual operation of the vehicle on the basis of the result of the detection by the override detecting unit.

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