Patents by Inventor Kohei Okimoto

Kohei Okimoto 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: 20230302966
    Abstract: A vehicle seat including a seat that includes a seat cushion and a seat back; an inclination drive portion configured to incline the seat back; and a slide mechanism configured to enable the seat to slide in a vehicle front-rear direction, in which the slide mechanism includes: a slide rail that includes an upper rail and a lower rail and supporting the seat to be able to move in a sliding manner in the front-rear direction, a slide drive portion configured to enable the upper rail to slide with respect to the lower rail, and a mode switching switch configured to enable switching between modes, in a normal mode, a slide range of the seat in the front-rear direction is a slide amount used when the vehicle is driven, in a relaxing mode, a slide amount is at a position where a slide position of the seat in the front-rear direction is rearward, with respect to a slide position at a rearmost end in the normal mode, and the mode switching switch is disposed on a front side where a switch operation is not able to be
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Takeyuki Suzuki, Kohei Okimoto
  • Publication number: 20230191955
    Abstract: A vehicle seat including a seat that includes a seat cushion and a seat back; an inclination drive portion configured to incline the seat back; and a slide mechanism configured to enable the seat to slide in a vehicle front-rear direction, in which the slide mechanism includes: a slide rail supporting to be able to move in a sliding manner in the front-rear direction; a slide drive portion configured to enable the upper rail to slide with respect to the lower rail; and a mode switching switch configured to enable mode switching, in the normal mode, a slide amount used by the seat when the vehicle is driven is used, in the relaxing mode, a slide amount at a position rearward with respect to the rearmost end in the normal mode is used, and, when the relaxing mode is switched to the normal mode, in a case where the seat back is inclined, the seat back is raised to the normal mode, and then the seat is moved forward to the normal mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Takeyuki Suzuki, Kohei Okimoto
  • Patent number: 11175658
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an automatic driving control unit executing a first driving mode in which at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a subject vehicle is automatically controlled and an environment control unit controlling an environment device of the subject vehicle such that an environment of the inside of a vehicle cabin is in a state appropriate for a second driving mode in a case in which the automatic driving control unit ends execution of the first driving mode and transitions to a second driving mode of which a degree of automatic driving is lower than that of the first driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Okimoto, Yoshitaka Mimura, Naotaka Kumakiri
  • Patent number: 11046332
    Abstract: When a second condition is satisfied in a case in which an automated driving control unit performs switching from automated driving to manual driving, a request for a remote operation is sent to an outside-vehicle facility using a communicator, and remote driving for automatically controlling at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a vehicle is executed on the basis of control information received from the outside-vehicle facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo Akaba, Kazuyuki Kaneko, Genta Boda, Masahiko Asakura, Yoshitaka Mimura, Naotaka Kumakiri, Kohei Okimoto, Hironori Takano
  • Patent number: 10921804
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an automatic driving control unit configured to automatically control at least one of acceleration or deceleration and steering of a subject vehicle, an operation reception unit configured to receive an operation of a vehicle occupant of the subject vehicle, an estimation unit configured to estimate a state of the vehicle occupant, and an override control unit configured to perform an override for switching from automatic driving to manual driving on the basis of the operation from the vehicle occupant received by the operation reception unit and suppress the override in a case where a decrease of a driving intention of the vehicle occupant is estimated by the estimation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Okimoto, Yoshitaka Mimura, Naotaka Kumakiri, Masahiko Asakura, Naoto Sen
  • Patent number: 10836254
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: an automated driving controller that is configured to execute automated driving of automatedly controlling at least one of speed control and steering control of a vehicle; an estimator that is configured to estimate a degree of wakefulness of a vehicle occupant of the vehicle; and an output controller that is configured to cause an outputter to output a first content requiring the vehicle occupant of the vehicle engage in active behavior in a case in which the degree of wakefulness is estimated as being equal to or lower than a criterion by the estimator when the automated driving is executed by the automated driving controller, whereby the degree of wakefulness of the vehicle occupant of the vehicle can be maintained at a necessary level or higher in automated driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Masahiko Asakura, Naotaka Kumakiri, Kohei Okimoto, Hironori Takano
  • Patent number: 10829129
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an external environment recognition unit configured to recognize an external environment situation, an automated driving control unit configured to perform automated driving for automatically controlling at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a subject vehicle, the automated driving control unit executing handover to switch a driving mode from an automated driving mode to a manual driving mode on the basis of the external environment situation recognized by the external environment recognition unit, a handover prediction unit configured to predict a possibility of occurrence of the handover on the basis of the recognized external environment situation, an output unit configured to output information, and an interface control unit configured to control the output unit so that information for prompting the vehicle occupant to prepare for the handover is output when the handover prediction unit predicts that the possibility of occurrence of the handover is hig
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Kohei Okimoto, Naotaka Kumakiri
  • Publication number: 20200050212
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a receiver configured to receive an instruction from an occupant of a vehicle, and an automated driving controller configured to execute automated driving after the occupant of the vehicle exits the vehicle in a case in which an instruction to perform the automated driving after the occupant of the vehicle exits the vehicle is received by the receiver. Therefore, it is possible to improve the convenience of the occupant of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Masahiko Asakura, Naotaka Kumakiri, Kohei Okimoto, Hironori Takano
  • Publication number: 20200047773
    Abstract: When a second condition is satisfied in a case in which an automated driving control unit performs switching from automated driving to manual driving, a request for a remote operation is sent to an outside-vehicle facility using a communicator, and remote driving for automatically controlling at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a vehicle is executed on the basis of control information received from the outside-vehicle facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Shogo Akaba, Kazuyuki Kaneko, Genta Boda, Masahiko Asakura, Yoshitaka Mimura, Naotaka Kumakiri, Kohei Okimoto, Hironori Takano
  • Patent number: 10457242
    Abstract: An air bag device has an air bag body, a retainer, a lid member. The retainer has an inner space and a flange portion. The lid member has a base portion and a door portion. An opening portion has a shape with a pair of opposite sides which are facing each other. A dimension in the parallel direction to the opposite side is larger than a dimension in the orthogonal direction to the opposite side. The flange portion has longer side portions and shorter side portions. The longer side portions are fixed on the lid member with a fastening and fixing member in a fastened and fixed portion. The shorter side portions are positioned at the lid member in an engaging portion. The engaging portion has an engaging member, and an engaging hole into which the engaging member is inserted and engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taro Shimizu, Kohei Okimoto, Yasuharu Ichikohara, Yuki Kashima
  • Patent number: 10436603
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: an automated drive control unit that performs automated driving where at least one of speed control and steering control of a vehicle is performed automatically; a route guidance unit that decides a traveling route over which the vehicle will travel to a destination that has been set, and performs guidance to the decided traveling route; and a presentation unit that presents, to the passenger, at least one of an automated drive proportion that indicates the proportion of the traveling route to the destination where the automated driving can be performed, distance over which automated driving can be performed, predicted driving time over which automated driving can be performed, timing for performing the automated driving, and number of times of performing the automated driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Kohei Okimoto, Naotaka Kumakiri
  • Publication number: 20190263262
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: an automated driving controller that is configured to execute automated driving of automatedly controlling at least one of speed control and steering control of a vehicle; an estimator that is configured to estimate a degree of wakefulness of a vehicle occupant of the vehicle; and an output controller that is configured to cause an outputter to output a first content requiring the vehicle occupant of the vehicle engage in active behavior in a case in which the degree of wakefulness is estimated as being equal to or lower than a criterion by the estimator when the automated driving is executed by the automated driving controller, whereby the degree of wakefulness of the vehicle occupant of the vehicle can be maintained at a necessary level or higher in automated driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Masahiko Asakura, Naotaka Kumakiri, Kohei Okimoto, Hironori Takano
  • Patent number: 10386838
    Abstract: A vehicle control device performs driving mode switching processing from an automated driving mode to a manual driving mode according to the intention of a vehicle occupant of a vehicle. A vehicle control device includes: a switching controller that is configured to switch a driving mode of a vehicle from an automated driving mode to a manual driving mode based on a predetermined manipulated variable of a steering wheel; and a steering reaction force setting unit that is configured to set, according to how a vehicle occupant grips the steering wheel, a steering reaction force applied when the vehicle occupant steers the steering wheel in the automated driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naotaka Kumakiri, Kohei Okimoto, Yoshitaka Mimura
  • Publication number: 20190118831
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an operation reception unit configured to receive an operation of an occupant of a vehicle, an automated driving control unit configured to automatically perform at least one of speed control and steering control of the vehicle and switch from automated driving to manual driving on the basis of the operation received by the operation reception unit, an output unit configured to output information, and an interface control unit configured to cause the output unit to output information indicating a relationship between an operation amount related to the speed control or the steering control from the occupant of the vehicle received by the operation reception unit and a threshold value of an operation amount at which control for switching from the automated driving to the manual driving is implemented by the automated driving control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Kohei Okimoto, Naotaka Kumakiri
  • Publication number: 20190118832
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an external environment recognition unit configured to recognize an external environment situation, an automated driving control unit configured to perform automated driving for automatically controlling at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a subject vehicle, the automated driving control unit executing handover to switch a driving mode from an automated driving mode to a manual driving mode on the basis of the external environment situation recognized by the external environment recognition unit, a handover prediction unit configured to predict a possibility of occurrence of the handover on the basis of the recognized external environment situation, an output unit configured to output information, and an interface control unit configured to control the output unit so that information for prompting the vehicle occupant to prepare for the handover is output when the handover prediction unit predicts that the possibility of occurrence of the handover is hig
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Kohei Okimoto, Naotaka Kumakiri
  • Publication number: 20190086917
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an automatic driving control unit configured to automatically control at least one of acceleration or deceleration and steering of a subject vehicle, an operation reception unit configured to receive an operation of a vehicle occupant of the subject vehicle, an estimation unit configured to estimate a state of the vehicle occupant, and an override control unit configured to perform an override for switching from automatic driving to manual driving on the basis of the operation from the vehicle occupant received by the operation reception unit and suppress the override in a case where a decrease of a driving intention of the vehicle occupant is estimated by the estimation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Kohei Okimoto, Yoshitaka Mimura, Naotaka Kumakiri, Masahiko Asakura, Naoto Sen
  • Patent number: 10228698
    Abstract: One object is to enable a preparation period for switching between modes in automated driving to be provided for a vehicle occupant. A vehicle control system includes an automated driving control unit that automatically controls at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a host vehicle, the automated driving control unit performing automated driving control in any one of a plurality of modes having different degrees of automated driving, a detection unit that detects a state of an occupant in the host vehicle, an output unit that outputs notification information on the automated driving control, and a notification condition changing unit that changes a notification condition for outputting the notification information according to the state of the occupant detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Kohei Okimoto, Naotaka Kumakiri
  • Patent number: 10198000
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: an automated drive control unit that performs automated driving where at least one of speed control and steering control of a vehicle is performed automatically, the automated drive control unit executing handover where an automated drive mode is switched to a manual driving mode; a calculating unit that calculates an occurrence frequency of the handover or an occurrence probability of the handover on a traveling route that the vehicle will travel; and a presentation unit that presents the occurrence frequency of the handover or the occurrence probability of the handover that has been calculated, to an occupant of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Kohei Okimoto, Naotaka Kumakiri
  • Publication number: 20190033860
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an automatic driving control unit executing a first driving mode in which at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a subject vehicle is automatically controlled and an environment control unit controlling an environment device of the subject vehicle such that an environment of the inside of a vehicle cabin is in a state appropriate for a second driving mode in a case in which the automatic driving control unit ends execution of the first driving mode and transitions to a second driving mode of which a degree of automatic driving is lower than that of the first driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Kohei Okimoto, Yoshitaka Mimura, Naotaka Kumakiri
  • Publication number: 20170351256
    Abstract: A vehicle control device performs driving mode switching processing from an automated driving mode to a manual driving mode according to the intention of a vehicle occupant of a vehicle. A vehicle control device includes: a switching controller that is configured to switch a driving mode of a vehicle from an automated driving mode to a manual driving mode based on a predetermined manipulated variable of a steering wheel; and a steering reaction force setting unit that is configured to set, according to how a vehicle occupant grips the steering wheel, a steering reaction force applied when the vehicle occupant steers the steering wheel in the automated driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naotaka Kumakiri, Kohei Okimoto, Yoshitaka Mimura