Honda Patents
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. develops, produces and manufactures motor products, including engines, scooters, motorcycles, passenger cars, light trucks, and power tools and products. It markets its automobile products under the Honda and Acura brands. The company also provides financing to support the sale of its products.
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Publication number: 20150206535Abstract: Provided is a speech recognition device that executes a speech recognition method capable of improving speech recognition accuracy. The speech recognition device includes a trigger generation unit for generating a trigger signal on the basis of at least mouth movement and a speech recognition unit which extracts a sound signal on the basis of the trigger signal and starts speech recognition for speech in the extracted sound signal. When the trigger generation unit is generating a trigger signal solely on the basis of opening of the mouth, the trigger generation unit generates the trigger signal so as to precede the opening of the mouth by a predetermined period. Alternatively, when the trigger generation unit is generating a trigger signal on the basis of opening of the mouth and changes in eye orientation, the trigger generation unit generates the trigger signal from the moment any of the above occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: HONDA ACCESS CORP.Inventor: Shiro Iwai
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Publication number: 20150203014Abstract: Provided is a vehicle floor mat reducing a load on a mat main body. The vehicle floor mat includes at least one fastening device for fastening the mat main body to a vehicle. The fastening device includes a first fastening member fixed to the vehicle and a second fastening member fixed to the mat main body. The first fastening member includes a vertical rotating knob, and the second fastening member includes: an insertion receiving section for the rotating knob to be inserted thereinto and engaged therewith; and upper and lower half bodies sandwiching the mat main body and being connected to each other through a half body connecting portion for the rotating knob to be inserted thereinto and at least one outer connecting portion disposed outside the half body connecting portion provided around the insertion receiving section, thus improving a connecting strength between the upper and lower half bodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicants: HONDA ACCESS CORP., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Goto, Kana Harata, Tohru Ohba, Tatsuya Shiono, Hirobumi Kikuchi, Mitsuyoshi Nakamura
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Patent number: 9064182Abstract: An image recognition device includes an image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image, and an object recognition unit configured to calculate gradient directions and gradient values of intensity of the image acquired by the image acquiring unit, to scan the gradient values of each acquired gradient direction with a window, to calculate a rectangular feature value, and to recognize a target object using a classifier based on the rectangular feature value.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Honda Elesys Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomokazu Mitsui, Hiroyuki Akimoto, Junji Kanamoto
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Patent number: 9041596Abstract: An on-board multibeam radar apparatus includes a plurality of beam elements that constitute an antenna transmitting a transmission wave and receiving an incoming wave reflected by and arriving from a target in response to the transmission wave, and a processing unit configured to apply a Fourier transformation to beam element data which are data of a received wave received through the plurality of beam elements based on the number of elements and the element interval of a desired virtual array antenna so as to create virtual array data, and to perform a predetermined process based on the created virtual array data.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignees: National University Corporation Shizuoka University, Honda Elesys Co., LtdInventors: Yoshihiko Kuwahara, Junji Kanamoto, Hiroyuki Kamo
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Patent number: 9033207Abstract: An electronic component unit manufacturing method includes: preparing a circuit board including a heat generating element mounted thereon and a bonding metal foil layer formed thereon, a heat transfer board including an insulative layer formed on one face thereof and a heat transfer metal foil layer formed on the insulative layer, and a heat sink; applying a cream solder to form a solder layer on the board bonding metal foil layer or the heat transfer metal foil layer; superimposing the bonding metal foil layer and the heat transfer metal foil layer with each other via the solder layer; re-melting the solder layer to solder the bonding metal foil layer and the heat transfer metal foil layer; and superimposing the other face of the heat transfer board with the heat sink to thereby assemble the circuit board with the heat sink via the heat transfer board.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: HONDA ELESYS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seiji Yamashita, Tamotsu Teshima, Amane Murao, Hiroshi Ishizaki, Takashi Honda, Hitoshi Kuroyanagi, Tomoyuki Masubuchi
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Patent number: 9016756Abstract: Provided is a vehicle floor mat reducing a load on a mat main body. The vehicle floor mat includes at least one fastening device for fastening the mat main body to a vehicle. The fastening device includes a first fastening member fixed to the vehicle and a second fastening member fixed to the mat main body. The first fastening member includes a vertical rotating knob, and the second fastening member includes: an insertion receiving section for the rotating knob to be inserted thereinto and engaged therewith; and upper and lower half bodies sandwiching the mat main body and being connected to each other through a half body connecting portion for the rotating knob to be inserted thereinto and at least one outer connecting portion disposed outside the half body connecting portion provided around the insertion receiving section, thus improving a connecting strength between the upper and lower half bodies.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignees: Honda Access Corp., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Goto, Kana Harata, Tohru Ohba, Tatsuya Shiono, Hirobumi Kikuchi, Mitsuyoshi Nakamura
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Patent number: 9020566Abstract: A system to link a mobile device with a vehicle on-board unit includes an interface section that allows communication between the mobile device and the on-board unit, a linkage determining section that, on the basis of information obtained by the interface section, determines whether or not the mobile device and the on-board unit are linked together, a vehicle travel determining section that determines whether or not the vehicle is in motion, an application start control section that starts a launcher application provided on the mobile device, the launcher application being configured to restrict use of a registered application of the mobile device while the vehicle is in motion, and an illumination control section that causes a screen of a display section of the mobile device turn off when the launcher application is started.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Honda Access Corp.Inventor: Keiichi Takikawa
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Patent number: 8960752Abstract: There is provided an interior decorative resin component allowing mounting holes to be further precisely bored on a mounting portion thereof without using a pattern paper. This interior decorative resin component comprises a mounting portion to be fixed to a pocket section of an instrument panel inside a vehicle, and an auxiliary portion having a shape conformable to the pocket section with a three-dimensional shape. This interior decorative resin component can be applied to even more types of vehicles due to an improved merchantability thereof. Particularly, the interior decorative resin component is easily mounted in a sense that positioning procedures thereof are reduced by a significant degree by not using a pattern paper, thus minimizing variations in the precisions of positioning performed by each worker. Further, costs spent on the pattern paper and parts such as jigs or the like can thus be omitted to improve a profit ratio.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Honda Access Corp.Inventor: Ryoichi Enoki
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Patent number: 8964058Abstract: An on-board camera system includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image around a vehicle, a wide-angle image generation unit configured to generate a wide-angle image of a desired size by performing reduction processing of the image obtained by the imaging unit, a standard image generation unit configured to generate a standard image of the desired size by extracting an image of a predetermined region from the image obtained by the imaging unit such that an optical axis of the image and the image size are the same as those of the wide-angle image, and an application processing unit configured to execute application processing using each of the wide-angle image and the standard image.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Honda Elesys Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuyoshi Otuka
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Publication number: 20150042798Abstract: An in-vehicle camera that is provided with a substrate, a camera body, a housing including the substrate and the camera body. The substrate is provided with the opening, and the camera body is attached to the position of the opening of the substrate. Furthermore, the camera body is included in the housing, with a part thereof inserted into the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: Honda elesys Co., Ltd.Inventor: Naoya Takeda
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Publication number: 20150013862Abstract: A window cover for an automobile integrally includes: a front sheet to cover an outer surface of an automobile windshield; and a pair of side sheets to cover outer surfaces of left and right front door glasses, respectively. The side sheets are fixed to a vehicle body by a fixing device. The device includes a plate-shaped tab fixed to a rear edge of each side sheet. The tab is fixed by being inserted into a clearance between a rear edge of each of the front door glasses and a front edge of a rear door glass of a rear door placed rearward of the rear edge. Accordingly, convenience is improved because the cover can be easily attached to the vehicle body with the front and rear doors remaining closed, and workability is not deteriorated because the cover is not twisted or entwined when the front doors are opened or closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: HONDA ACCESS CORP.Inventors: Tadashi Nomura, Daisuke Watanabe
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Publication number: 20150015706Abstract: A vehicle exterior image capturing device is provided with a detecting unit, such as a sensor microphone and a sensor camera, that detects a predetermined change n conditions of an occupant in a compartment of a vehicle, an exterior image capturing unit that continuously images the exterior of the vehicle compartment and generates a series of exterior images, and a storage unit that stores a part of the series of exterior images when the predetermined occupant's condition change is detected by the detecting unit. The vehicle exterior image capturing device may further include an interior image capturing unit that continuously images the interior of the vehicle compartment and generates a series of interior images. In the latter case, the storage unit also stores a part of the series of interior images.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., HONDA ACCESS CORP.Inventors: Hiroyuki Hatori, Fumihiko Aizawa, Tomohisa Kato, Tokio Isono, Yasuyo Mitsumori
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Publication number: 20150010348Abstract: A structure securely attaches a component to an opening portion in a plate-shaped member without stripping or turning over the member. Each of a pair of mount members includes a first engagement portion engaged with a rear surface of the plate-shaped member and a second engagement portion engaged with the component. The component includes projecting portions to be fitted between the mount members, thus the component can be fixed against coming off by engagement of the second engagement portion and the component. The projecting portions inhibit the mount members engaged with the opening portion from moving, thereby preventing the mount members from coming off the opening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2014Publication date: January 8, 2015Applicant: HONDA ACCESS CORP.Inventors: Kazuya Takita, Shoji Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20150010345Abstract: In a structure, which securely attaches a component to an opening portion in a plate-shaped member without stripping or turning over the plate-shaped member, each of a pair of mount members includes a first engagement portion engaged with a rear surface side of the plate-shaped member and a second engagement portion engaged with the component. The component includes projecting portions to be fitted between the mount members to enable fixing against coming off by engagement of the second engagement portion and the component. The projecting portions inhibit the mount members from moving so as not to come off the opening portion. Since the second engagement portion is formed from the multiple step portions engageable with the component, engagement with the component may be done even if plate thickness of the plate-shaped member varies, enabling fixing without backlash and improving versatility to the plate-shaped member having different plate thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: January 8, 2015Applicant: HONDA ACCESS CORP.Inventors: Kazuya Takita, Shoji Yokoyama
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Patent number: 8919870Abstract: Provided is a structure enabling mounting at a lower position and on a forward side of an opening section. A sunroof visor is to be installed in a vehicle including: the opening section formed on a roof portion; and a sunroof capable of freely opening the opening section. The opening section possesses an edge portion extending downward and having a thin-walled structure vertically composed of: corner edge sections as vertically short edges; slanted edge sections; and vertically elongated edge sections. The sunroof visor is to be fixed to the forward side of the opening section through brackets. Each bracket includes: an extended supporting portion extended forward from the opening section and used to fix the sunroof visor; and an engagement portion engageable with one vertically elongated edge section after being moved thereto from one corner edge section or slanted edge section, for coupling the sunroof visor.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2013Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Honda Access Corp.Inventors: Yoshimasa Misono, Masahiro Abe, Hiroshi Takakura
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Patent number: 8907840Abstract: An electronic scanning radar apparatus mounted on a moving object includes a receiver unit including a plurality of antennas receiving a received wave arriving from a target having reflected a transmitted wave, a beat signal generating unit generating a beat signal from the transmitted wave and the received wave, a frequency resolving unit resolving the beat signal into beat frequencies having a predetermined frequency bandwidth and that calculates complex data based on the beat signal resolved for each beat frequency, and an azimuth detecting unit estimating a wave number of the received wave based on singular values calculated from a matrix created based on the complex data calculated based on the beat signal and calculating a direction of arrival of the received wave based on coefficients calculated based on a pseudo-inverse matrix of the matrix included in a signal subspace determined by the estimated wave number.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2012Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Honda Elesys Co., Ltd.Inventor: Junji Kanamoto
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Patent number: 8898878Abstract: There is provided a method for attaching an exterior component. When attaching an exterior component to a bumper, an attachment member for a first attaching hole of the bumper fixed to the vehicular main body is detached, and then the attachment member is inserted into a first through-hole of the exterior component and the first attaching hole and fixed, thereby temporarily fixing the exterior component. A marking is put on a temporarily fixed portion where a second through-hole faces the bumper, and the exterior component is temporarily detached. A third attaching hole is formed by boring a hole in the marking of the bumper, and then a well nut is fitted into the exterior component, enabling the exterior component to be attached through the first and second through-holes. Accordingly, the marking and positioning of the exterior component can be easily performed without detaching the bumper.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Honda Access Corp.Inventor: Kazuyoshi Iwamoto
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Patent number: 8897764Abstract: A system that links a mobile device with a vehicle on-board unit includes a data control section that restricts use of at least one of a plurality of registered application software products provided on the mobile device, and a data output section that outputs an indication representing the at least one registered application software product to a display section of the vehicle on-board unit when the at least one application software product is available according to conditions of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Honda Access Corp.Inventor: Keiichi Takikawa
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Patent number: 8882171Abstract: Provided is a vehicle floor mat that can reliably maintain a fixed state and includes a mat main body and at least one fastening device for fastening the mat main body to a vehicle. The fastening device includes a first fastening member fixed to the vehicle and a second fastening member fixed to the mat main body. The first fastening member includes a rotating knob rotating about a vertical axis and a lever pivotally provided on an upper section of the knob. The second fastening member includes an insertion receiving section for the knob to be inserted thereinto, and engaged therewith by rotating the knob inserted into the insertion receiving section. A rotation of the knob in an engaged state is restricted by laying the lever. The knob and lever allow the mat main body to be fixed to the vehicle through a two-step fixation mechanism, thus enabling strong fixation.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignees: Honda Access Corp., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Goto, Kana Harata, Tohru Ohba, Tatsuya Shiono, Hirobumi Kikuchi, Mitsuyoshi Nakamura
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Patent number: 8866901Abstract: A motion calculation device includes an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of a range including a plane and outputs the captured image, an extraction unit configured to extract a region of the plane from the image, a detection unit configured to detect feature points and motion vectors of the feature points from a plurality of images captured by the image-capturing unit at a predetermined time interval; and a calculation unit configured to calculate the motion of the host device based on both of an epipolar constraint relating to the feature points and a homography relating to the region.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Honda Elesys Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Azuma, Masatoshi Okutomi, Shigeki Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20140297133Abstract: An automatic child lock device includes an electrostatic sensor installed in a seat of a vehicle, for detecting electrostatic capacitance; a detection unit that applies AC voltage to the electrostatic sensor and detects a voltage value from a current generated in the electrostatic sensor in response to the application; an occupant judgment unit that judges that an occupant seated in the seat is a child when the detected voltage value is lower than or equal to a threshold, and judges that the occupant is an adult when the detected voltage value exceeds the threshold; a locking judgment unit that judges whether or not a child lock mechanism installed in a door is in a locked state; and a locking control unit that performs a control to lock the child lock mechanism when the occupant is a child and the child lock mechanism is not in the locked state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Honda elesys Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroshi Oikawa
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Patent number: 8847815Abstract: An electronic scanning radar apparatus mounted on a moving object includes a receiving unit including a plurality of antennas receiving a received wave arriving from a target having reflected a transmitted wave, a beat signal generating unit generating a beat signal from the transmitted wave and the received wave, a frequency resolving unit resolving the beat signal in beat frequencies and to calculate complex data based on the beat signal resolved for each beat frequency, and an azimuth detecting unit calculating a direction of arrival of the received wave based on original complex data calculated based on the beat signal, wherein the azimuth detecting unit includes a data extending unit generating extended complex data by extending the number of data based on the original complex data, and a first computation processing unit calculating the direction of arrival of the received wave based on the extended complex data.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Honda elesys Co., Ltd.Inventor: Junji Kanamoto
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Publication number: 20140285373Abstract: An on-board radar apparatus includes an antenna unit configured by combining one of a lens and a reflector, and a plurality of antenna elements, a transmission and reception unit configured to emit a radio wave using, for at least one of transmission or reception, a partial antenna of a plurality of patterns configured by the antenna elements that are part of the plurality of antenna elements, and to receive a reflection wave obtained by reflection of the radio wave from an object, and a detection unit configured to detect the object based on the reflection wave received by the transmission and reception unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicants: Honda elesys Co., Ltd., National University Corporation Shizuoka UniversityInventors: Yoshihiko KUWAHARA, Hiroyuki KAMO
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Publication number: 20140285372Abstract: An object detecting device includes a signal transmitting and receiving unit configured to generate an intermediate frequency signal based on a transmission signal and a reception signal which is a reflected wave thereof, a processing unit configured to determine that an image of a target peak frequency is a virtual image based on noise when it is determined that a peak frequency of predetermined n times the target peak frequency is not present in information based on the intermediate frequency signal generated by the signal transmitting and receiving unit and to detect an object based on the determination result, where n is an integer of 2 or greater.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2013Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: HONDA ELESYS CO., LTD.Inventor: Takeshi KAMBE
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Patent number: 8836812Abstract: An image processing device includes an image acquiring unit, a storage unit, and an image processing unit, wherein the image region is divided into a plurality of sub-regions in the vertical direction, and wherein when the rectangular range set in the image region extends over two or more sub-regions, the image processing unit acquires the cumulative value at a pixel position in the lowermost sub-region of the two or more sub-regions by adding the cumulative values in the upper sub-regions at the pixel position in the same column of a lowermost row in the upper sub-regions, over which the rectangular range extends, to the cumulative value in the lowermost sub-region at the pixel position in the lowermost sub-region.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Honda Elesys Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junji Kanamoto, Tomokazu Mitsui
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Publication number: 20140248535Abstract: An electrode active material has, as a main component, a mixture of an organic compound containing a rubeanic acid and cyanomethanesulfonylamide. The rubeanic acid is represented by the following general formula: In the formula, n indicates an integer between 1 and 20, and R1-R4 indicate hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, or a prescribed substituent group such as a hydroxide group, a 1-3C alkyl group, an amino group, a phenyl group, a cyclohexyl group, or a sulfo group.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicants: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO.,LTD., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaharu Sato, Tomoaki Onoue, Hidehisa Mokudai, Toru Sukigara
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Publication number: 20140248536Abstract: An electrode active material has, as a main component, a mixture of an organic compound containing a rubeanic acid and oxamide. The rubeanic acid is represented by the following general formula: In the formula, n indicates an integer between 1 and 20, and R1-R4 indicate hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, or a prescribed substituent group such as a hydroxide group, a 1-3C alkyl group, an amino group, a phenyl group, a cyclohexyl group, or a sulfo group.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicants: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaharu Sato, Tomoaki Onoue, Masanori Mita, Hidehisa Mokudai, Toru Sukigara
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Publication number: 20140224309Abstract: A method of fabricating a thin-film compound solar cell having an n-type buffer layer formed therein for providing a heterojunction with a p-type compound semiconductor light absorbing layer formed on a back electrode by applying a chemical bath deposition (CBD) process using an aqueous solution for dipping the light absorbing layer to deposit particles on the surface thereof. In this process, the temperature of the solution is controlled from low to high to increase sizes of the particles to be deposited on the light absorbing layer so as to form the buffer layer which possesses a high optical transmittance, tight adherence to the light absorbing layer and conformity with the transparent electrode formed thereon even if it would be made of InS material generally possessing a small bandgap and hard to pass light of short wavelengths.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Satoshi Aoki
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Publication number: 20140229066Abstract: An electronic control device for an electric power steering apparatus includes a power relay connected between a positive electrode of an on-vehicle power supply and a first line connected to the positive electrode of the on-vehicle power supply, a capacitive element connected between the first line and a second line connected to a negative electrode of the on-vehicle power supply, and a control section configured to switch ON and OFF states of the power relay to thereby perform pre-charging of the capacitive element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Honda elesys Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuki Harada
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Publication number: 20140159972Abstract: An on-board radar includes a lens antenna which includes a lens, a substrate provided with a hole for disposing the lens, a plurality of parts provided on a portion of the substrate other than a portion on which the lens is provided, and a primary radiator which radiates electromagnetic waves onto the lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicants: Honda elesys Co., Ltd., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITYInventors: Yoshihiko KUWAHARA, Hiroyuki Kamo
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Patent number: 8737075Abstract: According to embodiments, there is provided an electronic component unit, including: a circuit board including: a heat generating element that generates a heat; and a bonding metal foil layer formed on a face thereof; a heat transfer board including: a board body having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the circuit board; an insulative layer formed on a first face of the board body; and a heat transfer metal foil layer formed to cover the insulative layer; and a heat sink, wherein the circuit board is assembled with the heat sink via the heat transfer board such that (1) the heat transfer metal foil layer is soldered to the bonding metal foil layer and (2) the second face of the board body is superimposed on the heat sink.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Honda Elesys Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiji Yamashita, Tamotsu Teshima, Amane Murao, Hiroshi Ishizaki, Takashi Honda, Hitoshi Kuroyanagi, Tomoyuki Masubuchi
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Patent number: 8730096Abstract: An electronic scanning type radar device mounted on a moving body includes: a transmission unit transmitting a transmission wave; a reception unit comprising a plurality of antennas receiving a reflection wave of the transmission wave from a target; a beat signal generation unit generating a beat signal from the transmission wave and the reflection wave; a frequency resolution processing unit frequency computing a complex number data; a target detection unit detecting an existence of the target; a correlation matrix computation unit computing a correlation matrix from each of a complex number data of a detected beat frequency; a target consolidation processing unit linking the target in a present detection cycle and a past detection cycle; a correlation matrix filtering unit generating an averaged correlation matrix by weighted averaging a correlation matrix of a target in the present detection cycle and a correlation matrix of a related target in the past detection cycle; and a direction detection unit compuType: GrantFiled: April 9, 2013Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Honda elesys Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junji Kanamoto, Hiroyuki Akimoto
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Patent number: 8730099Abstract: An electronic scanning type radar device mounted on a moving body includes: a transmission unit transmitting a transmission wave; a reception unit comprising a plurality of antennas receiving a reflection wave of the transmission wave from a target; a beat signal generation unit generating a beat signal from the transmission wave and the reflection wave; a frequency resolution processing unit frequency computing a complex number data; a target detection unit detecting an existence of the target; a correlation matrix computation unit computing a correlation matrix from each of a complex number data of a detected beat frequency; a target consolidation processing unit linking the target in a present detection cycle and a past detection cycle; a correlation matrix filtering unit generating an averaged correlation matrix by weighted averaging a correlation matrix of a target in the present detection cycle and a correlation matrix of a related target in the past detection cycle; and a direction detection unit compuType: GrantFiled: April 9, 2013Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Honda elesys Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junji Kanamoto, Hiroyuki Akimoto
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Patent number: 8708386Abstract: An assist grip for a vehicle to which a force can be easily applied from above when a passenger gets in and out of the vehicle, facilitating the movement of the passenger at that time. The assist grip includes a grip main body 4 vertically provided along a door opening of a vehicle 2. The grip main body 4 includes the grip head portion 6. The passenger can vertically apply a force to the grip head portion 6 when getting in and out of the vehicle, and thus he/she is allowed to easily get in and out of the vehicle. Moreover, a supporting member 5 is provided in the grip head portion 6 and an attachment position of the grip head is adjustable in relation to the grip main body 4, enabling the attachment position to be adjusted according to a passenger's physical size, further improving its convenience.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Honda Access Corp.Inventors: Jun Abe, Kazuya Matsuda
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Patent number: 8698344Abstract: In a navigation apparatus having a cradle unit that is fastenable to a vehicle and is equipped with at least a microcomputer; and a front panel unit that is attachable to and detachable from the cradle unit and is equipped with at least a display displaying map data and a microcomputer performing a navigation function to indicate a determined location of the vehicle on the map data, it is configured such that a panel is integrally formed at bottom of the cradle unit to be attachable to the vehicle. With this, it becomes possible to provide the navigation apparatus configured such that a member having a microcomputer performing a navigation function is attachable/detachable to/from the main body, i.e., the base unit, thereby improving ease of use, that the member can be easily attached to the dashboard of the vehicle, and that unnatural impression is prevented from arising in the appearance.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2008Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Honda Access Corp.Inventors: Jun Tokue, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Hiroaki Masuda, Yasuo Oishi, Yukihiko Suzaki
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Publication number: 20140086715Abstract: An occupant transfer apparatus includes: guide rails arranged substantially along an up-down direction between a seat and a door; a slide unit raisable and lowerable along the guide rails; and a transfer board foldably supported by the slide unit. A long elastic member connects a floor panel and the slide unit, and elastic force of the elastic member biases the slide unit upward. By balancing the elastic force of the elastic member with the weight of an assisted person, the assisted person sitting on the transfer board can be raised and lowered with very small force. Moreover, because there is no need for a special drive source, the structure can be realized at low cost, and also be made compact. This prevents the structure from narrowing a vehicle-compartment space and obstructing an able-bodied person getting in and out of a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: HONDA ACCESS CORP.Inventors: Yoshimasa Misonou, Shintaro Arimura
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Patent number: 8666599Abstract: A driving support system includes a first, a second, and a third imaging units capturing images of front view, right rear view, and left rear view from the vehicle, respectively, a turn signal indicator operation detection unit detecting an operation state of a turn signal indicator of the vehicle, a steering control unit controlling a steering operation of the vehicle, a lane keeping support unit performing driving support for lane keeping, and a lane change support unit performing a lane change by instructing the lane keeping support unit to cancel lane keeping based on the the image of the rear view from the vehicle when an operation of the turn signal indicator is detected, and withholding a lane change and wait until there is no obstructing vehicle and then cancelling withholding of the lane change when it is determined that there is no obstructing vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Honda elesys Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuyoshi Otuka
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Patent number: 8655023Abstract: A road profile defining apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image, a lane marking recognition unit configured to extract from the image a left lane marking located at a left end of one lane painted on a road and a right lane marking located at a right end of the lane, and a road profile determination unit configured to output gradient information indicating a gradient change of the road based on directions of the left and right lane markings.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Honda elesys Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuyoshi Otuka
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Patent number: 8648745Abstract: An electronic scanning radar apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a frequency resolving unit resolves beat signals into beat frequencies having a predetermined frequency bandwidth and calculates complex data based on the resolved beat signals for each beat frequency. An azimuth calculating unit estimates a number of received waves based on eigenvalues of a matrix being part of a primary normal equation having complex data as elements calculated from the beat signals, creates coefficients calculated as a solution of a secondary normal equation of a signal subspace created based on eigenvalues and eigenvectors corresponding to the number of the estimated waves, and calculates a DOA of a received wave based on the created coefficients.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Honda elesys Co., Ltd.Inventor: Junji Kanamoto
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Patent number: 8641117Abstract: There is provided an assist grip for a vehicle capable of gripping a grip main body easily when in use and applying force thereon and facilitating movement of getting off. The assist grip 1 for the vehicle includes the grip main body 2 for supporting getting out movement from the seat 51 of the occupant, which is provided in the lower part of the door opening 10 beside the seat 51, where the grip main body 2 is provided in a manner capable of raising and lowering in an outward direction of the vehicle. Accordingly, since the grip main body 2 falls outward of the vehicle at the time of use of the assist grip 1, a portion to which a hand of the occupant is applied becomes large, and a flexibility of posture change increases, and getting out of the occupant becomes easy.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Honda Access Corp.Inventors: Jun Abe, Hideki Oino
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Publication number: 20140028493Abstract: An on-board radar apparatus includes a plurality of reception antennas that form a reception array antenna, the reception array antenna having two or more average pitches that do not have the relationship of integral multiplication, and an azimuth detecting unit configured to perform a phase shift so that an azimuth of the target is apparently changed by a predetermined angle, for a signal received by each reception array antenna, to perform an azimuth detection process of detecting the azimuth of the target based on the phase shift result, and to determine that the target is present in the azimuth detection range in the azimuth detection process when it is determined that the azimuths of the target detected based on the phase shift result for the signals received by the respective reception array antennas coincide with each other and to determine that the target is present outside the azimuth detection range when it is determined that the azimuths of the target do not coincide with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: Honda elesys Co., Ltd.Inventor: Honda elesys Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 8637204Abstract: In a solid polymer electrolyte membrane [film] type fuel cell of the invention, where a pair of electrodes are provided on opposite sides of a solid polymer electrolyte membrane [film], and the outside thereof is clamped by a pair of separators, and nonconductive picture frame-shaped members 61 are arranged at the outer edge portions of the separators, for allowing increase and decrease of a space between separators, while sealing a gap between the separators.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshihiko Suenaga, Narutoshi Sugita, Takayuki Ogawa, Keisuke Andou, Masajiro Inoue
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Patent number: 8639414Abstract: An operation apparatus includes image capturing device capable of capturing images of a plurality of mark members provided in assembled members in a compartment; determining device capable of determining individually whether each of the mark members is or is not shielded on the basis of the image data taken and outputted by the image capturing device; and operation instructing device configured to output an operation command to on-board devices in accordance with a result of the determining by the determining device. Accordingly, it is easy for an operator to understand operational steps, thereby effectively preventing an erroneous operation due to the operator's misunderstanding. Furthermore, it is possible to simplify a determination logic of the operation instructing device, and also possible to easily provide a retrofitted option.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2010Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Honda Access Corp.Inventors: Yukihiko Suzaki, Yasuo Ooishi, Toshiaki Hosogai, Atsuki Kakinuma, Takeo Tokunaga
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Publication number: 20130344385Abstract: An electrode active material has the general formula (I) or (II) in a constituent unit. In the formulas, X is C or Si; and Y1 and Y2, or Y3 and Y4 are different substituent groups selected from among S, O, Se, Te, NH, SR1?R2?, and SR3?R4?. R1 to R4 and R1? to R4? are predetermined substituent groups. Z is CH2, CF2, O, S, SO, SO2, Se, or N—Z? (where Z? is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an oxygen radical). Thereby, high energy density, high output, and excellent cycle characteristics which has a small deterioration of capacity even in repeating charge and discharge are realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicants: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoaki Onoue, Masaharu Satoh, Toru Sukigara, Hidehisa Mokudai
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Publication number: 20130300897Abstract: An image processing device includes an image acquiring unit, a storage unit, and an image processing unit, wherein the image region is divided into a plurality of sub-regions in the vertical direction, and wherein when the rectangular range set in the image region extends over two or more sub-regions, the image processing unit acquires the cumulative value at a pixel position in the lowermost sub-region of the two or more sub-regions by adding the cumulative values in the upper sub-regions at the pixel position in the same column of a lowermost row in the upper sub-regions, over which the rectangular range extends, to the cumulative value in the lowermost sub-region at the pixel position in the lowermost sub-region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: Honda Elesys Co., Ltd.Inventor: Honda Elesys Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 8582586Abstract: In an onboard gateway apparatus, when data is received from one network, the received data is stored in the buffer. The buffer includes a first storage area for storing data in the order of priority of an identifier (ID) attached to the data and a second storage area for storing data in the order in which the data is received. A control means stores the received data in one of the first and second storage areas based on the attached identifier, and sends the data to another network in accordance with the priority of the ID of the data. As to data passing through the first storage area, sending in the order of priority is ensured. As to data passing through the second storage area, sending in the order in which the data is received is ensured.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2010Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Honda Elesys Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michitaka Tsuboi, Makoto Ikeda, Yoshiaki Murata, Kazuhisa Yamamoto, Kazuo Hirabayashi, Tetsuya Yashiki, Kazunari Okada, Shuji Tomimatsu, Hiroshi Nishimura
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Patent number: 8581777Abstract: In an electronic scanning radar apparatus, a receiving unit includes a plurality of antennas receiving a reflected wave arriving from a target having reflected a transmitted wave as a received wave. A beat signal generating unit generates beat signals from the transmitted wave and the received wave. A frequency resolving unit resolves the beat signals in beat frequencies having a predetermined frequency bandwidth and calculates complex data based on the resolved beat signals for each beat frequency. An azimuth calculating unit estimates an order of a normal equation used to calculate a DOA of the received wave on the basis of eigenvalues of a primary order matrix having complex data calculated from the beat signals as elements, creates a secondary order normal equation based on the estimated order, and calculates the DOA of the received wave based on the created secondary order normal equation.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Honda elesys Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junji Kanamoto, Itaru Izumi, Hiroyuki Akimoto
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Patent number: D723402Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Honda Elesys Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takayuki Kobayashi
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Patent number: D724978Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Honda Elesys Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Abe, Takayuki Kobayashi
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Patent number: D727761Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Honda Elesys Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Abe, Takayuki Kobayashi