Patents by Inventor Ayumu HORIBA

Ayumu HORIBA 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: 20210053588
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a vehicle includes a selection unit configured to select one of a plurality of travel states which have different automation rates from each other, a storage unit configured to store an upper limit travel speed of each of the plurality of travel states, and a changing unit configured to change, based on at least one of an operation by a driver and/or information of the driver, an upper limit travel speed of a travel state which is currently selected by the selection unit. The changing unit changes, in accordance with the change in the upper limit travel speed of the travel state which is currently selected, an upper limit travel speed of a travel state which is not currently selected among the plurality of travel states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ayumu HORIBA, Tadahiko KANOH, Katsuya YASHIRO, Chihiro OGURO
  • Publication number: 20210034063
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus of an embodiment includes a recognizer which recognizes a surrounding environment of a host vehicle, and a driving controller which controls one or both of a speed and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer to perform driving control, wherein the driving controller performs the driving control in at least any of a first driving state and a second driving state having a higher rate of automation or fewer tasks requested for an occupant of the host vehicle than the first driving state, and an operation environment in which route change of the host vehicle in the second driving state is executed is limited as compared to a case of the first driving state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Chihiro Oguro, Katsuya Yashiro, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Yuta Takada
  • Publication number: 20210016778
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a recognizer which is configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a host vehicle and a driving controller which is configured to perform automated driving on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, wherein the driving controller is configured to perform passing control of causing the host vehicle to pass a preceding vehicle if at least one of a first condition according to a relative speed of the host vehicle with respect to the preceding vehicle and a second condition according to a type of the preceding vehicle is satisfied when the recognizer recognizes the preceding vehicle, and is configured to curb the passing control by changing at least one of the first condition and the second condition when a continuity of a first route on which the host vehicle is traveling decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Katsuya Yashiro, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Chihiro Oguro, Yuta Takada
  • Publication number: 20210009126
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognition unit configured to recognize surrounding conditions of a vehicle, a driving control unit configured to control a speed and a steering of the vehicle on the basis of a result of recognition from the recognition unit, and a reception unit configured to receive an operation of an occupant of the vehicle of selecting on which of a first path and a second path the vehicle is to travel at a branching point through which the vehicle passes. The driving control unit is configured to control the speed and the steering of the vehicle in a plurality of modes with different automation levels, to decrease the automation level at a point before the branching point, and to delay a time at which the automation level is decreased when the operation of selecting one of the first path and the second path is received by the reception unit in comparison with when the operation is not received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Katsuya Yashiro, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Chihiro Oguro, Yuta Takada
  • Publication number: 20210009148
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle and a driving controller configured to control a speed or steering of the vehicle based on a recognition result of the recognizer. The driving controller selects one of a plurality of traveling states in which rates of automation related to control of the vehicle are different from each other. The driving controller switches the selected traveling state to the traveling state different from the traveling state selected among the plurality of traveling states when a continuous traveling time or a continuous traveling distance that the vehicle continuously travels in the selected traveling state exceeds a standard value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Chihiro Oguro, Katsuya Yashiro, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh
  • Publication number: 20210009127
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a recognition unit recognizing a surrounding environment of an own vehicle, and a driving control unit controlling a speed or steering of the own vehicle on the basis of a recognition result from the recognition unit, in which the driving control unit causes the own vehicle to perform a first operation in which an inter-vehicle distance between a preceding vehicle and the own vehicle is reduced, and a second operation in which an inter-vehicle distance between the preceding vehicle and the own vehicle is increased after the first operation in a case where a change amount of another vehicle satisfies a predetermined condition or another vehicle is identified as a cutting-in vehicle, on the basis of one of a behavior or a position of another vehicle when another vehicle traveling in an adjacent lane that is adjacent to a traveling lane of the own vehicle changes lane to the traveling lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Katsuya Yashiro, Chihiro Oguro, Yuta Takada
  • Publication number: 20210009134
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a driving controller configured to control a speed and steering of a vehicle to perform an automatic lane change, in which the driving controller limits the automatic lane change when it is detected that the vehicle is in a first area having a length of a first distance in a longitudinal direction of a road with a starting point of a specific road structure set as a reference or in a second area having a length of a second distance in the longitudinal direction of the road with an end point of the specific road structure set as a reference on the basis of information of at least one of an external recognition result and map information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Katsuya Yashiro, Chihiro Oguro, Nozomu Hirosawa, Toru Kokaki, Daichi Kato
  • Publication number: 20210009103
    Abstract: A vehicle control device of an embodiment includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a host vehicle and a driving controller configured to perform driving control by controlling one or both of a speed and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer. In a case where a speed relationship between the host vehicle and a forward vehicle traveling in front of the host vehicle satisfies predetermined conditions, the driving controller is configured to perform passing control for passing the forward vehicle, and holds feature information of the forward vehicle under predetermined conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Katsuya Yashiro, Ayumu Horiba, Chihiro Oguro, Tadahiko Kanoh
  • Publication number: 20210004615
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle; and a driving controller configured to control a speed and steering of the vehicle according to a recognition result of the recognizer. The driving controller is configured to stop following travel of following a front vehicle recognized by the recognizer according to a state of a target recognized by the recognizer in a traveling region through which the front vehicle has passed when the following travel is performed. The target is a regulation sign for regulating a part of a lane in which a vehicle is traveling, a regulation sign for regulating a lane, or a guiding sign for guiding a visual line of an occupant of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Katsuya Yashiro, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Chihiro Oguro
  • Publication number: 20210001888
    Abstract: A control system of a vehicle that can travel in a first state in which travel control is performed based on a position of a white line on a travel lane and in a second state in which travel control is performed based on a travel position of another vehicle, includes: an obtainment unit configured to obtain periphery information of the vehicle; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the periphery information obtained by the obtainment unit, that an emergency vehicle is approaching; and a control unit configured to perform control so that the travel control by the first state is prioritized when the determination unit determines that the emergency vehicle is not approaching, and so that the travel control by the second state is prioritized when the determination unit determines that the emergency vehicle is approaching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Chihiro OGURO, Katsuya YASHIRO, Ayumu HORIBA, Tadahiko KANOH
  • Patent number: 10753271
    Abstract: In a system for controlling an internal combustion engine, first opening determination of determining whether to open an air bypass valve 22 on the basis of a compressor flow rate (target compressor flow rate QAIRCMD) passing through a compressor 17 and a compressor front-rear pressure ratio P2/P1, and second opening determination of determining whether to open the air bypass valve 22 on the basis of an opening ratio reduction amount DRTHO as a reduction amount of an opening ratio RTHO of a throttle valve 13 are performed. The air bypass valve 22 is opened when it is determined in both of the first opening determination and the second opening determination that the air bypass valve 22 should be opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Iida, Yujiro Tsutsumi, Ayumu Horiba
  • Patent number: 10711689
    Abstract: A control device is provided capable of reliably preventing occurrence of a surging state by judging a possibility of the surging state in a relatively easy manner and promptly executing a surging state avoidance control. When a supercharging pressure decreasing state in which a target supercharging pressure decreases is detected, an operating speed of a wastegate valve is determined based on a detected engine rotational speed. That is, by lowering the operating speed as the engine rotational speed lowers, reduction in flow rate of the air passing through a compressor is prevented, and the occurrence of the surging state is reliably prevented. By lowering the operating speed instead of changing a target opening degree of the wastegate valve, a maximum opening degree of the wastegate valve can be suppressed, and responsiveness in the case where an acceleration request is made immediately after deceleration of an engine can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Masukake, Tetsuya Iida, Yujiro Tsutsumi, Ayumu Horiba
  • Publication number: 20190136751
    Abstract: In a system for controlling an internal combustion engine, first opening determination of determining whether to open an air bypass valve 22 on the basis of a compressor flow rate (target compressor flow rate QAIRCMD) passing through a compressor 17 and a compressor front-rear pressure ratio P2/P1, and second opening determination of determining whether to open the air bypass valve 22 on the basis of an opening ratio reduction amount DRTHO as a reduction amount of an opening ratio RTHO of a throttle valve 13 are performed. The air bypass valve 22 is opened when it is determined in both of the first opening determination and the second opening determination that the air bypass valve 22 should be opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Iida, Yujiro Tsutsumi, Ayumu Horiba
  • Publication number: 20190010863
    Abstract: A control device is provided capable of reliably preventing occurrence of a surging state by judging a possibility of the surging state in a relatively easy manner and promptly executing a surging state avoidance control. When a supercharging pressure decreasing state in which a target supercharging pressure decreases is detected, an operating speed of a wastegate valve is determined based on a detected engine rotational speed. That is, by lowering the operating speed as the engine rotational speed lowers, reduction in flow rate of the air passing through a compressor is prevented, and the occurrence of the surging state is reliably prevented. By lowering the operating speed instead of changing a target opening degree of the wastegate valve, a maximum opening degree of the wastegate valve can be suppressed, and responsiveness in the case where an acceleration request is made immediately after deceleration of an engine can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi MASUKAKE, Tetsuya IIDA, Yujiro TSUTSUMI, Ayumu HORIBA
  • Patent number: 9879638
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an evaporated fuel treatment device capable of performing a function diagnosis of a sealing valve with high accuracy even if an internal combustion engine is in operation. The evaporated fuel treatment device includes a sealing valve that blocks a fuel tank from the atmosphere, a canister, a canister internal pressure detection unit, a control part that performs an instruction for opening or closing the sealing valve and controls a purge, and a diagnostic part that performs a function diagnosis of an evaporated fuel sealing system including the fuel tank, the canister, and the sealing valve. The diagnostic part performs the function diagnosis of the sealing valve based on whether or not a canister internal pressure detected by the canister internal pressure sensor varies beyond a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayumu Horiba, Mahito Shikama
  • Patent number: 9534565
    Abstract: An evaporated-fuel processing apparatus including: a sealing valve which is arranged in a communication path between the atmosphere and a fuel tank mounted on a vehicle having an internal combustion engine, and shuts an internal space of the fuel tank off from the atmosphere; an open/close member which covers a fuel filling port of the fuel tank; a refueling-intention-information acquisition unit which acquires information indicating an intention of refueling; and a control unit which issues an opening command for opening the sealing valve when the refueling-intention-information acquisition unit acquires the information indicating an intention of refueling, and allows the open/close member to open when a time elapsed from the moment at which the opening command is issued exceeds a first predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayumu Horiba, Hiroshi Kitamura, Masakazu Kitamoto, Koichi Hidano, Mahito Shikama, Hiroaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9404445
    Abstract: An evaporated fuel treatment apparatus includes a diagnosis section for leak diagnosis of an evaporated fuel tightly-closed system. In first diagnosis stage in which an atmosphere on-off valve is in close state after an ignition switch is turned off, the diagnosis section performs first leak diagnosis, based on relationship between tank internal pressure detected by a tank internal pressure sensor and first threshold value; and in second diagnosis stage in which the atmosphere on-off valve is in close state after completion of first leak diagnosis, the diagnosis section performs second leak diagnosis, based on relationship between tank internal pressure detected by the tank internal pressure sensor and second threshold value. The atmosphere on-off valve is once opened after completion of first leak diagnosis. First threshold value is set with larger deviation from the atmospheric pressure compared with second threshold value used in second diagnosis stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taisuke Furuhata, Mahito Shikama, Ayumu Horiba
  • Patent number: 9341538
    Abstract: A evaporated fuel processing device includes a seal valve that seals off the fuel tank from the atmosphere, a canister, a changeover valve that allows or inhibits communication of the canister with the atmosphere, the canister internal pressure sensor, a controller that sends an open/close command to the seal valve and the changeover valve, a diagnosis unit that performs leak diagnosis of an evaporated fuel sealing system, and a negative pressure pump that generates pressure in the evaporated fuel sealing system. The diagnosis unit performs leak diagnosis of the entirety of the evaporated fuel sealing system before performing leak diagnosis of a canister side section. The diagnosis unit performs function diagnosis of the seal valve with the seal valve closed and the changeover valve at a shut-off position based on whether the detection value of the tank internal pressure sensor varies beyond a predetermined range of the generated pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ayumu Horiba
  • Publication number: 20140345576
    Abstract: An evaporated fuel treatment apparatus includes a diagnosis section for leak diagnosis of an evaporated fuel tightly-closed system. In first diagnosis stage in which an atmosphere on-off valve is in close state after an ignition switch is turned off, the diagnosis section performs first leak diagnosis, based on relationship between tank internal pressure detected by a tank internal pressure sensor and first threshold value; and in second diagnosis stage in which the atmosphere on-off valve is in close state after completion of first leak diagnosis, the diagnosis section performs second leak diagnosis, based on relationship between tank internal pressure detected by the tank internal pressure sensor and second threshold value. The atmosphere on-off valve is once opened after completion of first leak diagnosis. First threshold value is set with larger deviation from the atmospheric pressure compared with second threshold value used in second diagnosis stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisuke FURUHATA, Mahito SHIKAMA, Ayumu HORIBA
  • Patent number: 8840712
    Abstract: An evaporative emission control system includes a fuel tank, a canister, a normally-closed control valve, a filler pipe, and a breather pipe. The fuel tank is to store fuel. The canister is to adsorb evaporative fuel generated in the fuel tank. The normally-closed control valve is provided in a vapor passage connecting the fuel tank to the canister. The fuel is delivered to the fuel tank through the filler pipe. The breather pipe includes a communicating passage, an opening, and at least one hole. The communicating passage connects the fuel tank to the filler pipe. The opening is provided at a first end of the breather pipe in the fuel tank. The opening is located below a predetermined fuel level in the fuel tank. The at least one hole is located above the predetermined fuel level in the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kitamura, Koichi Hidano, Ayumu Horiba, Masakazu Kitamoto, Yoshikazu Kaneyasu