Patents by Inventor Hideharu Murano

Hideharu Murano 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: 11618427
    Abstract: A vehicle control device that controls a vehicle electric brake system includes: a shutdown determination part that determines whether the vehicle control device itself has been previously shut down normally or abnormally; a cranking determination part that determines whether an instruction to perform a cranking at a start-up of the vehicle is based on a manual operation of a driver of the vehicle or automatically; a diagnosis part that performs a plurality of initial diagnoses of the vehicle control device at the start-up of the vehicle; and a diagnosis skip control part configured to provide control such that the diagnosis part skips at least one of the initial diagnoses when the shutdown determination part determines that the vehicle control device has been previously shut down abnormally, and at the same time, when the cranking determination part determines that the cranking has been conducted based on the driver's manual operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eisuke Horii, Katsuhito Kanbe, Hiroyuki Hase, Hideharu Murano, Shinji Suto, Keishiro Kikuchi, Katsuya Matsuzaki, Toru Watanabe, Hisanori Yanagida, Yuki Hotani
  • Publication number: 20210139011
    Abstract: A vehicle control device that controls a vehicle electric brake system includes: a shutdown determination part that determines whether the vehicle control device itself has been previously shut down normally or abnormally; a cranking determination part that determines whether an instruction to perform a cranking at a start-up of the vehicle is based on a manual operation of a driver of the vehicle or automatically; a diagnosis part that performs a plurality of initial diagnoses of the vehicle control device at the start-up of the vehicle; and a diagnosis skip control part configured to provide control such that the diagnosis part skips at least one of the initial diagnoses when the shutdown determination part determines that the vehicle control device has been previously shut down abnormally, and at the same time, when the cranking determination part determines that the cranking has been conducted based on the driver's manual operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Eisuke HORII, Katsuhito KANBE, Hiroyuki HASE, Hideharu MURANO, Shinji SUTO, Keishiro KIKUCHI, Katsuya MATSUZAKI, Toru WATANABE, Hisanori YANAGIDA, Yuki HOTANI
  • Patent number: 10753333
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a boost device, a braking unit, a cell motor, and a start operating unit. The boost device boosts a braking force applied by a foot brake to a vehicle with an output voltage from a battery. The braking unit, which is different than the foot brake, brakes the vehicle appropriately and keeps the braking force even in a case that the output voltage is not supplied from the battery, or which braking unit does not require the output voltage from the battery. The cell motor is driven by an output voltage from the battery and starts the engine. The start operation unit starts the cell motor, wherein the vehicle control system has a function not to start the cell motor when the start operation unit is operated, unless the braking unit is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhito Kanbe, Eisuke Horii, Katsuya Matsuzaki, Yuki Hotani, Keishiro Kikuchi, Hisanori Yanagida, Toshihiko Fukuda, Hideharu Murano, Shinji Suto, Ikuo Nonaga, Hiroyuki Hase
  • Publication number: 20200095968
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a boost device, a braking unit, a cell motor, and a start operating unit. The boost device boosts a braking force applied by a foot brake to a vehicle with an output voltage from a battery. The braking unit, which is different than the foot brake, brakes the vehicle appropriately and keeps the braking force even in a case that the output voltage is not supplied from the battery, or which braking unit does not require the output voltage from the battery. The cell motor is driven by an output voltage from the battery and starts the engine. The start operation unit starts the cell motor, wherein the vehicle control system has a function not to start the cell motor when the start operation unit is operated, unless the braking unit is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Katsuhito KANBE, Eisuke HORII, Katsuya MATSUZAKI, Yuki HOTANI, Keishiro KIKUCHI, Hisanori YANAGIDA, Toshihiko FUKUDA, Hideharu MURANO, Shinji SUTO, Ikuo NONAGA, Hiroyuki HASE
  • Patent number: 9221462
    Abstract: A vehicle behavior stability control apparatus includes a yaw rate sensor, a lateral acceleration sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, an urgency determining section, a target yaw rate setting section, and an actuator control section. If the urgency determining section determines that an urgency with which a vehicle behavior is to be stabilized is equal to or lower than a determination criterion that indicates a necessity to stabilize the vehicle behavior urgently, the target yaw rate setting section sets, as a target yaw rate, a right-left cooperative target yaw rate that is commonly applied to both right cornering and left cornering. Otherwise, if the urgency determining section determines that the urgency exceeds the determination criterion, the target yaw rate setting section sets, as a target yaw rate, right-left independent target yaw rates that are independently applied to the right cornering and left cornering, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki Suzuki, Hideharu Murano, Ryota Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20140136014
    Abstract: A vehicle behavior stability control apparatus includes a yaw rate sensor, a lateral acceleration sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, an urgency determining section, a target yaw rate setting section, and an actuator control section. If the urgency determining section determines that an urgency with which a vehicle behavior is to be stabilized is equal to or lower than a determination criterion that indicates a necessity to stabilize the vehicle behavior urgently, the target yaw rate setting section sets, as a target yaw rate, a right-left cooperative target yaw rate that is commonly applied to both right cornering and left cornering. Otherwise, if the urgency determining section determines that the urgency exceeds the determination criterion, the target yaw rate setting section sets, as a target yaw rate, right-left independent target yaw rates that are independently applied to the right cornering and left cornering, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki Suzuki, Hideharu Murano, Ryota Yasuda