Patents by Inventor Makoto Katayama
Makoto Katayama 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).
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Publication number: 20240086592Abstract: A design assistance device (10) comprises: a determination rule definition unit (102) that defines a determination rule for determining whether a CAD model (103) violates a design guideline (101); a geometric shape recognition unit (105) that extracts, from the CAD model (103), a violation location violating the design guidelines (101), by using geometric shape recognition based on the determination rule defined by the determination rule definition unit (102); and a feature amount recognition unit (108) that identifies, from among violation locations, a violation location violating the design guidelines (101), by using feature amount recognition based on a prescribed feature amount of the violation location extracted by the geometric shape recognition unit (105).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Erika KATAYAMA, Ichiro KATAOKA, Makoto ONODERA
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Publication number: 20240001920Abstract: A driving support control apparatus acquires forward information regarding a state ahead of an own vehicle V3, sets a preceding vehicle as a tracking target and executes tracking control of causing the own vehicle to automatically track this tracking target. While an offset preceding vehicle V2 traveling laterally ahead of the own vehicle and a front preceding vehicle V1 traveling ahead of the offset preceding vehicle V2 and traveling at a closer position than the offset preceding vehicle V2 along a vehicle width direction are recognized, the driving support control apparatus sets the offset preceding vehicle V2 as the tracking target in a case where a distance between the two preceding vehicles V1 and V2 is greater than a predetermined distance threshold and sets the front preceding vehicle V1 as the tracking target in a case where the distance between the preceding vehicles is less than the distance threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Makoto KATAYAMA, Hiroki TANAKA
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Publication number: 20230322214Abstract: A driver assistance system is provided with: an external sensor unit that acquires forward information; and a driver assistance control device that calculates, on the basis of the forward information, a relative speed and a predicted time to collision between the vehicle body and an object, and additionally executes a braking control for emergency avoidance that operates a brake device automatically at a timing determined on the basis of the predicted time to collision. If the object is a pedestrian, the driver assistance control device executes the braking control when the current state point specified by the relative speed and the predicted time to collision is inside an area 1 above a braking avoidance limit line L4, and executes a steering control that automatically changes the travel direction of the vehicle body when the state point is inside an area 2 at or below the limit line L4.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Makoto KATAYAMA, Hiroki TANAKA
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Publication number: 20230312043Abstract: A driver assistance system 1 is provided with an accelerator grip 811 turnably operable by a rider to accelerate or decelerate a vehicle which is a saddle-type vehicle, an accelerator position sensor 812 that detects a turning operation of the accelerator grip 811, an automated cruise controller 61 that automatically controls a vehicle speed of the vehicle or a following distance on the basis of a set vehicle speed, a road sign recognizer 62 that recognizes a regulation speed stipulated for a road on which the vehicle is traveling, and a vehicle speed specifier 64 that, in response to the accelerator position sensor 812 detecting a turning operation in a predetermined pattern while the automated cruise control based on the set vehicle speed is in progress, changes the set vehicle speed on the basis of a recognition result from the road sign recognizer 62.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Makoto KATAYAMA, Hiroki TANAKA
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Publication number: 20230312044Abstract: A driver assistance system 1 for a motorcycle is provided with: a driving force output device 82 that generates a backup output for reversing a drive wheel and backing up a vehicle body; a brake lever 810 squeezably operable by a rider; a ACC main switch 43 and an ACC lever 44 operable by the rider; and a back out assistance controller 64 that controls the driving force output device 82 on the basis of the operation of the lever 810, the switch 43, and the lever 44. The back out assistance controller 64, after causing the driving force output device 82 to generate the backup output when triggered by receiving an operation of turning the lever 44 to a “SET/?” side, continues to cause the backup output to be generated until the lever 810 is operated, or until the switch 43 or lever 44 is turned off.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Makoto KATAYAMA, Hiroki TANAKA
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Patent number: 11772676Abstract: The present disclosure provides a driving support device which can notify a driver of the existence of other vehicles, even in a case of a function of detecting the existence of the other vehicle temporarily not being useable. A driving support device 11 includes: a second vehicle detection unit 204 which detects the other vehicle existing behind or ahead of the vehicle 1, based on the captured image, in a case of the vehicle detection function being determined as not normally operating, in which the notification control unit 202 notifies the driver of the vehicle 1 of existence of the other vehicle, in a case of detecting the other vehicle by way of the second vehicle detection unit 204.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Katayama, Hirokazu Tokushima, Osamu Ito, Hideo Kadowaki, Hiroki Tanaka
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Patent number: 11743373Abstract: The present disclosure provides a driving support device which can reduce injury during collision. A driving support device 11 includes: a peripheral information acquisition unit 40 which acquires peripheral information of a vehicle 1; a moving body detection unit 201 which detects a two-wheel vehicle 100 in the periphery of the vehicle 1 based on the peripheral information; an overturn determination unit 202 which determines whether the two-wheel vehicle 100 has overturned based on the peripheral information; an additional information acquisition unit 203 which acquires the additional information indicating the overturn situation of the two-wheel vehicle 100, in the case of being determined that the two-wheel vehicle 100 overturned; and an emergency information sending unit 204 which sends the additional information to the emergency call center 200 together with the emergency call information for performing an emergency call for the two-wheel vehicle 100.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Katayama, Osamu Ito, Hideo Kadowaki, Hiroki Tanaka
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Publication number: 20220315161Abstract: A driving support system (1) for motorcycles including: an external sensor unit (2) which recognizes a road state ahead of one's own vehicle; a collision risk determination unit (62) which determines a level of collision risk between one's own vehicle and an object ahead of one's own vehicle based on a recognition result of the external sensor unit 2; an automatic braking control unit (61) which executes automatic braking to automatically operate a brake device (83) in response to the determination result by the collision risk determination unit (62); and a departure risk determination unit (64) which determines a level of departure risk of one's own vehicle to outside of one's own vehicle travel lane in a case of executing the automatic braking. The automatic braking control unit (61) ends execution of the automatic braking in a case of being determined that the departure risk is high.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Makoto KATAYAMA, Hiroki TANAKA, Hiroshi MAEDA
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Publication number: 20220250615Abstract: A vehicle 1 as a host vehicle includes: detection unit that detects a translationally-moving two-wheeled vehicle 9 traveling in front of or alongside the host vehicle; an on-board communication device capable of communicating with a communication device mounted on the vehicle 9; an ECU that determines whether the host vehicle is at either one of blind spots BR and BL of the vehicle 9, based on a detection result of the detection unit, and that transmits a warning notification from the on-board communication device to the communication device mounted on the vehicle 9 when determining that the host vehicle is at the blind spot BR or BL. In this case, it is preferable that the ECU changes an actuation condition so that an automatic operation according to contact avoidance control is started more promptly than when the host vehicle is determined to be outside the blind spots BR, BL.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Hiroki TANAKA, Makoto KATAYAMA, Osamu ITO, Hideo KADOWAKI
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Publication number: 20220242437Abstract: The present disclosure provides a driving support device which can notify a driver of the existence of other vehicles, even in a case of a function of detecting the existence of the other vehicle temporarily not being useable. A driving support device 11 includes: a second vehicle detection unit 204 which detects the other vehicle existing behind or ahead of the vehicle 1, based on the captured image, in a case of the vehicle detection function being determined as not normally operating, in which the notification control unit 202 notifies the driver of the vehicle 1 of existence of the other vehicle, in a case of detecting the other vehicle by way of the second vehicle detection unit 204.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Makoto KATAYAMA, Hirokazu TOKUSHIMA, Osamu ITO, Hideo KADOWAKI, Hiroki TANAKA
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Publication number: 20220247856Abstract: The present disclosure provides a driving support device which can reduce injury during collision. A driving support device 11 includes: a peripheral information acquisition unit 40 which acquires peripheral information of a vehicle 1; a moving body detection unit 201 which detects a two-wheel vehicle 100 in the periphery of the vehicle 1 based on the peripheral information; an overturn determination unit 202 which determines whether the two-wheel vehicle 100 has overturned based on the peripheral information; an additional information acquisition unit 203 which acquires the additional information indicating the overturn situation of the two-wheel vehicle 100, in the case of being determined that the two-wheel vehicle 100 overturned; and an emergency information sending unit 204 which sends the additional information to the emergency call center 200 together with the emergency call information for performing an emergency call for the two-wheel vehicle 100.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Makoto KATAYAMA, Osamu ITO, Hideo KADOWAKI, Hiroki TANAKA
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Patent number: 11180139Abstract: A driving support device includes an output unit configured to output information, a recognition unit configured to recognize surrounding vehicles existing around a subject vehicle, and a control unit configured to determine control modes of in-vehicle devices of the subject vehicle on the basis of a position of a surrounding vehicle existing on an adjacent lane adjacent to a subject lane on which the subject vehicle exists among one or more surrounding vehicles recognized by the recognition unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Katayama, Hiroyuki Yamada, Idhsada Sanguanwongthong
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Patent number: 10930154Abstract: A driving support system includes a driving support apparatus that receives a information related to a predetermined spot, determines whether or not the predetermined spot is present ahead in a subject vehicle lane in which a subject vehicle is present based on this information, causes an in-car instrument to perform a predetermined operation based on a relative distance between an object present in an adjacent lane and the subject vehicle when the predetermined spot is not present ahead in the subject vehicle lane, and restrains the in-car instrument from performing the predetermined operation when the predetermined spot is present ahead in the subject vehicle lane.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Makoto Katayama
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Patent number: 10643474Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a recognizer (110, 120) that recognizes an object present around a host vehicle; and an apparatus operation controller (130) that determines whether the object is recognized in a predetermined target area by the recognizer and causes an onboard apparatus to perform a predetermined operation when it is determined that an object has been recognized by the recognizer. The predetermined target area is set around the host vehicle, and the apparatus operation controller determines whether the host vehicle enters or has entered a predetermined branching point and lowers a level of the predetermined operation performed by the onboard apparatus when it is determined that the host vehicle enters or has entered the predetermined branching point.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Makoto Katayama
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Patent number: 10464420Abstract: An emergency vehicle control device includes an emergency vehicle stop switch that detects or estimates an emergency situation; an accelerator operation detector that detects whether or not an accelerator is being operated; and a cruise controller that executes vehicle speed maintaining control or inter-vehicle distance maintaining control for a preceding vehicle. In the case where an emergency situation is detected or estimated by the emergency vehicle stop switch while a vehicle is running, execution of control by the cruise controller is prohibited, and when an accelerator non-operation state lasting for an accelerator non-operation time threshold value or longer since the prohibition of the control is detected by the accelerator operation detector, the vehicle is automatically stopped.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Nakatsuka, Kei Oshida, Makoto Katayama, Yukinori Kurahashi
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Patent number: 10286912Abstract: An emergency vehicle control device includes an emergency vehicle stop switch (emergency situation detector) that detects or estimates an emergency situation; and an accelerator operation detector that detects whether or not an accelerator is being operated. When an emergency situation is detected or estimated by the emergency situation detector and an accelerator non-operation state lasting for an accelerator non-operation time threshold value or longer is detected by the accelerator operation detector while the vehicle is running, the vehicle is automatically stopped regardless of whether or not a steering operation is performed.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Nakatsuka, Kei Oshida, Makoto Katayama, Yukinori Kurahashi
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Publication number: 20190088137Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a recognizer (110, 120) that recognizes an object present around a host vehicle; and an apparatus operation controller (130) that determines whether the object is recognized in a predetermined target area by the recognizer and causes an onboard apparatus to perform a predetermined operation when it is determined that an object has been recognized by the recognizer. The predetermined target area is set around the host vehicle, and the apparatus operation controller determines whether the host vehicle enters or has entered a predetermined branching point and lowers a level of the predetermined operation performed by the onboard apparatus when it is determined that the host vehicle enters or has entered the predetermined branching point.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Makoto Katayama
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Publication number: 20190080611Abstract: A driving support system includes a driving support apparatus that receives a information related to a predetermined spot, determines whether or not the predetermined spot is present ahead in a subject vehicle lane in which a subject vehicle is present based on this information, causes an in-car instrument to perform a predetermined operation based on a relative distance between an object present in an adjacent lane and the subject vehicle when the predetermined spot is not present ahead in the subject vehicle lane, and restrains the in-car instrument from performing the predetermined operation when the predetermined spot is present ahead in the subject vehicle lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Makoto Katayama
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Publication number: 20190071071Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognition unit that recognizes another vehicle in a vicinity of a host vehicle, a turning determination unit that determines whether or not the host vehicle is turning in a specific situation, and an apparatus operation control unit that causes an on-vehicle apparatus to perform a predetermined operation in a case where the other vehicle recognized by the recognition unit is present within a predetermined area of the host vehicle, and the apparatus operation control unit inhibits the predetermined operation to be performed by the on-vehicle apparatus in a case where the turning determination unit determines that the host vehicle is turning in the specific situation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Makoto Katayama
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Publication number: 20190071081Abstract: A driving support device includes an output unit configured to output information, a recognition unit configured to recognize surrounding vehicles existing around a subject vehicle, and a control unit configured to determine control modes of in-vehicle devices of the subject vehicle on the basis of a position of a surrounding vehicle existing on an adjacent lane adjacent to a subject lane on which the subject vehicle exists among one or more surrounding vehicles recognized by the recognition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Makoto Katayama, Hiroyuki Yamada, Idhsada Sanguanwongthong