Patents by Inventor Masanori Kinuhata

Masanori Kinuhata 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: 11669936
    Abstract: A vehicle-related output program causes a computer to execute: a first receiving step of receiving a vehicle identification information piece transmitted from a vehicle; a second receiving step of receiving a vehicle state information piece transmitted from the vehicle; a calculating step of generating, as an output information piece, a result of predetermined calculation performed based on the vehicle state information piece, the predetermined calculation changing depending on a type indicated by the vehicle identification information piece; and an outputting step of outputting the output information piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hisato Tokunaga, Hirotoshi Shimura, Hisanosuke Kawada, Toshiyuki Tsubone, Masanori Kinuhata
  • Patent number: 11591036
    Abstract: An information transmission device applied to an open moving machine driven by a driver who is exposed to an outside of the moving machine includes: a vibrator configured to vibrate a component of the moving machine, the driver in a driving posture being in contact with the component; and a controller communicably connected to an information providing device and configured to control the vibrator and a voice output device configured to output voice to the driver, the information providing device being configured to provide utterance information to the driver as information to be transmitted to the driver. The controller makes the vibrator operate when making the voice output device output the utterance information to the driver by the voice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Masanori Kinuhata
  • Patent number: 11557275
    Abstract: A voice system of a moving machine is a voice system of a moving machine driven by a driver who is exposed to an outside of the moving machine and includes: a noise estimating section which estimates a future noise state based on information related to a noise generation factor; and a voice control section which changes an attribute of voice in accordance with the estimated noise state, the voice being voice to be output to the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Kinuhata, Daisuke Kawai, Shohei Terai, Hisanosuke Kawada, Hirotoshi Shimura
  • Publication number: 20220282984
    Abstract: A positional information transmitting program is executed by a computer in a system including: a first terminal carried by a user; a moving machine; a second terminal; and a server. The program transmits positional information of the first terminal from the first terminal through the server to the second terminal. The program makes the computer serve as: a situation determiner that determines based on moving machine detection information output from the moving machine whether or not the user is in a nearby range preset for the moving machine; an acquirer that acquires positional information indicating a position of the first terminal; and a transmission controller that controls at least one of the terminal communicator or the server communicator to transmit the positional information from the first terminal through the server to the second terminal in such a transmission mode that whether or not the user is in the nearby range is determinable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Masanori KINUHATA
  • Publication number: 20220114999
    Abstract: A voice system of a moving machine is a voice system of a moving machine driven by a driver who is exposed to an outside of the moving machine and includes: a noise estimating section which estimates a future noise state based on information related to a noise generation factor; and a voice control section which changes an attribute of voice in accordance with the estimated noise state, the voice being voice to be output to the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Masanori KINUHATA, Daisuke KAWAI, Shohei TERAI, Hisanosuke KAWADA, Hirotoshi SHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220034679
    Abstract: A travel route generation system includes: a first collector that collects running location information indicating running locations through which a plurality of vehicles have run; a second collector that collects vehicle-related information related to the plurality of vehicles; a memory that stores the vehicle-related information in association with the running location information; a criteria inputter that receives inputs of screening criteria including a criterion regarding the vehicle-related information; a processor that generates a recommended running route according to the screening criteria and based on the running location information and the vehicle-related information which are stored in the memory; and an outputter that outputs the recommended running route generated by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Hisato TOKUNAGA, Hirotoshi SHIMURA, Hisanosuke KAWADA, Toshiyuki TSUBONE, Masanori KINUHATA
  • Publication number: 20210319535
    Abstract: A vehicle-related output program causes a computer to execute: a first receiving step of receiving a vehicle identification information piece transmitted from a vehicle; a second receiving step of receiving a vehicle state information piece transmitted from the vehicle; a calculating step of generating, as an output information piece, a result of predetermined calculation performed based on the vehicle state information piece, the predetermined calculation changing depending on a type indicated by the vehicle identification information piece; and an outputting step of outputting the output information piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Hisato TOKUNAGA, Hirotoshi SHIMURA, Hisanosuke KAWADA, Toshiyuki TSUBONE, Masanori KINUHATA
  • Publication number: 20210316807
    Abstract: An information transmission device applied to an open moving machine driven by a driver who is exposed to an outside of the moving machine includes: a vibrator configured to vibrate a component of the moving machine, the driver in a driving posture being in contact with the component; and a controller communicably connected to an information providing device and configured to control the vibrator and a voice output device configured to output voice to the driver, the information providing device being configured to provide utterance information to the driver as information to be transmitted to the driver. The controller makes the vibrator operate when making the voice output device output the utterance information to the driver by the voice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Masanori KINUHATA
  • Patent number: 11124139
    Abstract: A vehicle conversation information output device is included in a vehicle conversation information output system configured to output conversation information to a driver driving a vehicle, the conversation information being created according to a predefined personality, the device including: a receiving part that obtains usage information related to how the vehicle has been used by the driver; a modifying part that modifies the predefined personality based on the usage information obtained by the receiving part; a creating part that creates conversation information to be output to the driver based on the personality modified by the modifying part; and an outputting part that outputs the conversation information created by the creating part to the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisanosuke Kawada, Masayuki Enomoto, Daisuke Kawai, Kazuhiro Ichikawa, Masanori Kinuhata, Hiroshi Ishii
  • Patent number: 11104397
    Abstract: Provided is an information transmission method including: a type determination step of determining a type of information to be transmitted to a driver of a vehicle when the driver is driving the vehicle; a sound output step of outputting the information in the form of sound; and a display step of operating a display device to display an illumination pattern as a function of the determined type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Kawai, Masanori Kinuhata, Hiroshi Ishii
  • Patent number: 11046384
    Abstract: A pseudo-emotion generating system configured to generate pseudo-emotions of a vehicle includes an emotion generating section that generates a pseudo-emotion of the vehicle based on external force information representing an external force applied to the vehicle from outside during travel of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisanosuke Kawada, Masayuki Enomoto, Daisuke Kawai, Kazuhiro Ichikawa, Masanori Kinuhata, Hiroshi Ishii
  • Publication number: 20210053639
    Abstract: Provided is an information transmission method including: a type determination step of determining a type of information to be transmitted to a driver of a vehicle when the driver is driving the vehicle; a sound output step of outputting the information in the form of sound; and a display step of operating a display device to display an illumination pattern as a function of the determined type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Daisuke KAWAI, Masanori KINUHATA, Hiroshi ISHII
  • Patent number: 10773764
    Abstract: A processing system for a straddle vehicle, comprises an input section which receives information relating to a reaction of a rider; a processor section which learns a reaction trend of the rider based on the information relating to the rider's reaction which is input from the input section, and generates information to be output, based on a learning content of the reaction trend of the rider; and an output section which transmits the information generated by the processor section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Kinuhata, Masayuki Enomoto, Hiroshi Ishii
  • Publication number: 20200156725
    Abstract: A pseudo-emotion generating system configured to generate pseudo-emotions of a vehicle includes an emotion generating section that generates a pseudo-emotion of the vehicle based on external force information representing an external force applied to the vehicle from outside during travel of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Hisanosuke KAWADA, Masayuki ENOMOTO, Daisuke KAWAI, Kazuhiro ICHIKAWA, Masanori KINUHATA, Hiroshi ISHII
  • Publication number: 20200156573
    Abstract: A vehicle conversation information output device is included in a vehicle conversation information output system configured to output conversation information to a driver driving a vehicle, the conversation information being created according to a predefined personality, the device including: a receiving part that obtains usage information related to how the vehicle has been used by the driver; a modifying part that modifies the predefined personality based on the usage information obtained by the receiving part; a creating part that creates conversation information to be output to the driver based on the personality modified by the modifying part; and an outputting part that outputs the conversation information created by the creating part to the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Hisanosuke KAWADA, Masayuki ENOMOTO, Daisuke KAWAI, Kazuhiro ICHIKAWA, Masanori KINUHATA, Hiroshi ISHII
  • Patent number: 10628107
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes an analog display unit, a liquid crystal display unit, a meter circuit board, a communication unit, a housing, and a meter harness. The analog display unit has a dial plate and a pointer. The liquid crystal display unit is a display for displaying vehicle information. The meter circuit board electronically controls contents displayed on the liquid crystal display unit. The communication unit performs the wireless communication with an external communication terminal. The meter circuit board and the communication unit are disposed within the housing. The meter harness supplies the power with at least the analog display unit, the liquid crystal display unit, the meter circuit board, and the communication unit, and they have a common power conduction path at the outside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Taro Iwamoto, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Jun Tominaga, Masanori Kinuhata, Dirk Braas
  • Patent number: 10525985
    Abstract: An information output apparatus for a straddle vehicle is configured to provide output information to a driver, and includes a receiving unit configured to receive input information input by the driver, a learning unit configured to learn an input tendency that is a tendency of the input information by the driver based on the input information received by the receiving unit, a generating unit configured to generate the output information according to a learned content learned by the learning unit, and an output unit configured to cause a sound device to output the output information generated by the generating unit in a form of a voice in natural language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Kinuhata, Masayuki Enomoto, Hiroshi Ishii
  • Publication number: 20190126913
    Abstract: A setting assist system of a straddle vehicle configured to change a vehicle body setting which relates to a traveling function of a vehicle body, comprises a receiving section which receives driving operation information relating to a driving operation performed by a rider; a learning section which learns a trend of the driving operation performed by the rider, based on the driving operation information received by the receiving section; a creating section which creates setting information relating to the vehicle body setting based on a learning content obtained by learning by the learning section; and an output section which outputs the setting information created by the creating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Masanori Kinuhata, Masayuki Enomoto, Hiroshi Ishii
  • Publication number: 20190118887
    Abstract: A processing system for a straddle vehicle, comprises an input section which receives information relating to a reaction of a rider; a processor section which learns a reaction trend of the rider based on the information relating to the rider's reaction which is input from the input section, and generates information to be output, based on a learning content of the reaction trend of the rider; and an output section which transmits the information generated by the processor section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Masanori Kinuhata, Masayuki Enomoto, Hiroshi Ishii
  • Publication number: 20190111940
    Abstract: An information output apparatus for a straddle vehicle is configured to provide output information to a driver, and includes a receiving unit configured to receive input information input by the driver, a learning unit configured to learn an input tendency that is a tendency of the input information by the driver based on the input information received by the receiving unit, a generating unit configured to generate the output information according to a learned content learned by the learning unit, and an output unit configured to cause a sound device to output the output information generated by the generating unit in a form of a voice in natural language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Masanori Kinuhata, Masayuki Enomoto, Hiroshi Ishii