Patents by Inventor Masaya IKEDA

Masaya IKEDA 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: 11701967
    Abstract: A display control device includes a display that is configured to display information, a detector that is configured to detect a partition line for partitioning a lane on a road on which a vehicle is present, and a display controller that is configured to cause the display to display the partition line detected by the detector variably, and the display controller is configured to change a length of the partition line which is displayed by the display on the basis of a detection distance of the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Ikeda, Yasuharu Hashimoto, Taichi Sogo, Masayuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11352066
    Abstract: A D seat front beam has an inner end in a vehicle width direction fixed to a first column support point, and a point of fixation of the D seat front beam to the front lower pillar is provided further on a rear side in a vehicle front and rear direction than a first column support point. The D seat front beam extends toward an inner side in the vehicle width direction and toward the front side in the vehicle front and rear direction, from the point of fixation to the front lower pillar toward the first column support point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsu Mitsuo, Masaya Ikeda, Yukihiko Nakagawa, Osamu Okitsu, Yuuichi Suzue
  • Patent number: 11338821
    Abstract: A display system includes a display that displays a first image simulating a road on which a host vehicle is traveling, and a display controller that causes the display to display a second image simulating a recommended lane given to a controller that performs driving control of the host vehicle at a position associated with the first image, and to display a third image simulating a target trajectory generated by the controller that performs driving control of the host vehicle at a position associated with the first image, wherein the display controller changes the third image to an image simulating the target trajectory for lane change without changing a display position of the second image when the controller executes driving control for causing the host vehicle to return to an original lane after causing the host vehicle to perform lane change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Ikeda, Kenji Sugiyama, Yoshitaka Mimura, Takashi Watanabe, Taichi Sogo, Masayuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11285974
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a vehicle, an information terminal apparatus that can provide, on a display unit, a plurality of contents which provide training on an operation method of the vehicle, and a server that can communicate with the vehicle and the information terminal apparatus. The information terminal apparatus includes a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display a first content that provides training on an operation method including a method to start an operation of a specific function of the vehicle and a second content that provides, to a user of the vehicle who has been trained by the first content and is registered in the server, training on an operation method corresponding to a phenomenon that can occur while the specific function is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Ikeda, Takafumi Hirose, Kentaro Ishisaka, Takashi Watanabe, Junpei Yashima, Katsuya Yashiro, Toru Kokaki, Daiki Nishida, Yuta Takada, Yuji Fujiki
  • Patent number: 11183069
    Abstract: A display control device includes a display that is configured to display information and a display controller that is configured to cause the display to display a plurality of partition lines for partitioning a host lane in which a vehicle is present and an adjacent lane adjacent to the host lane, and the display controller is configured to cause the display to display a partition line of the adjacent lane in a case where the adjacent lane is a lane in which a lane change from the host lane is possible, and restrict causing the display to display the partition line of the adjacent lane in a case where the adjacent lane is not a lane in which a lane change from the host lane is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Ikeda, Yasuharu Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11137264
    Abstract: A display system includes: a display that displays an image; and a display controller that causes the display to display a first image resembling roads around a vehicle and a second image resembling a recommended lane determined on the basis of a route to a destination set by the vehicle among the roads around the vehicle. The display controller causes the display to display the second image and a third image guiding a course of the vehicle when the vehicle has reached a second position located a predetermined distance before a first position at which the vehicle has to make a turn in the route to the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Ikeda, Kenji Sugiyama, Yoshitaka Mimura, Takashi Watanabe, Taichi Sogo, Masayuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11104387
    Abstract: The instrument panel reinforcement includes a column attachment portion, a side end portion, and an inclined portion. The side end portion is fixed to a front lower pillar. The inclined portion is provided between the column attachment portion and the side end portion, extends toward an inner side in the vehicle width direction and toward a rear side in a vehicle front and rear direction from a bent portion at an inner end in the vehicle width direction of the side end portion, and is connected to the column attachment portion. A cowl to brace has a rear end fixed to the bent portion of the instrument panel reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsu Mitsuo, Masaya Ikeda, Yukihiko Nakagawa, Osamu Okitsu, Yuuichi Suzue
  • Patent number: 11084535
    Abstract: A gusset is joined to an instrument panel reinforcement and a floor brace. The instrument panel reinforcement includes a D seat rear beam extending from a portion to be joined to the floor brace to a portion for supporting the steering column. The D seat rear beam includes a D seat upper beam having a hat-shaped cross section open toward a lower side. The gusset includes a reinforcement joint portion that is joined to the D seat upper beam to form a closed cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsu Mitsuo, Masaya Ikeda, Yukihiko Nakagawa, Osamu Okitsu, Yuuichi Suzue
  • Patent number: 11077864
    Abstract: A travel control apparatus controls automated driving travel of a vehicle by making a transition between a plurality of control states based on a surrounding environment of the vehicle. The travel control apparatus includes a skill level acquisition unit configured to acquire a skill level of a vehicle occupant about automated driving, and a control unit configured to control the automated driving travel of the vehicle in one of the plurality of control states based on the surrounding environment of the vehicle sensed by a sensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Ishisaka, Takashi Watanabe, Takafumi Hirose, Takemi Tsukada, Katsuya Yashiro, Toru Kokaki, Hisashi Matsuda, Masaya Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10994750
    Abstract: A vehicle control device is provided with a timing selection unit configured to select, during automated driving, either one of a first notification timing at which notification of a driving takeover request is issued in the case that a remaining distance to a scheduled switching point from the automated driving to manual driving has become less than or equal to a predetermined distance, and a second notification timing at which notification of the driving takeover request is issued in the case that a remaining time period until reaching the scheduled switching point is less than or equal to a predetermined time period, wherein the timing selection unit selects the first notification timing or the second notification timing based on a present travel speed or a scheduled travel speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Watanabe, Hisashi Matsuda, Kentaro Ishisaka, Takafumi Hirose, Toru Kokaki, Katsuya Yashiro, Takemi Tsukada, Masaya Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20200307643
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a vehicle, an information terminal apparatus that can provide, on a display unit, a plurality of contents which provide training on an operation method of the vehicle, and a server that can communicate with the vehicle and the information terminal apparatus. The information terminal apparatus includes a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display a first content that provides training on an operation method including a method to start an operation of a specific function of the vehicle and a second content that provides, to a user of the vehicle who has been trained by the first content and is registered in the server, training on an operation method corresponding to a phenomenon that can occur while the specific function is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Masaya IKEDA, Takafumi HIROSE, Kentaro ISHISAKA, Takashi WATANABE, Junpei YASHIMA, Katsuya YASHIRO, Toru KOKAKI, Daiki NISHIDA, Yuta TAKADA, Yuji FUJIKI
  • Publication number: 20200307380
    Abstract: A display control device includes a display that is configured to display information, a detector that is configured to detect a partition line for partitioning a lane on a road on which a vehicle is present, and a display controller that is configured to cause the display to display the partition line detected by the detector variably, and the display controller is configured to change a length of the partition line which is displayed by the display on the basis of a detection distance of the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Masaya Ikeda, Yasuharu Hashimoto, Taichi Sogo, Masayuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200312151
    Abstract: A display control device includes a display that is configured to display information and a display controller that is configured to cause the display to display a plurality of partition lines for partitioning a host lane in which a vehicle is present and an adjacent lane adjacent to the host lane, and the display controller is configured to cause the display to display a partition line of the adjacent lane in a case where the adjacent lane is a lane in which a lane change from the host lane is possible, and restrict causing the display to display the partition line of the adjacent lane in a case where the adjacent lane is not a lane in which a lane change from the host lane is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Masaya Ikeda, Yasuharu Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20200239027
    Abstract: A vehicle control device is provided with a timing selection unit configured to select, during automated driving, either one of a first notification timing at which notification of a driving takeover request is issued in the case that a remaining distance to a scheduled switching point from the automated driving to manual driving has become less than or equal to a predetermined distance, and a second notification timing at which notification of the driving takeover request is issued in the case that a remaining time period until reaching the scheduled switching point is less than or equal to a predetermined time period, wherein the timing selection unit selects the first notification timing or the second notification timing based on a present travel speed or a scheduled travel speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi WATANABE, Hisashi MATSUDA, Kentaro ISHISAKA, Takafumi HIROSE, Toru KOKAKI, Katsuya YASHIRO, Takemi TSUKADA, Masaya IKEDA
  • Patent number: 10640128
    Abstract: A vehicle control device including: a recognizer (13) that recognizes a surrounding situation of a subject vehicle; a driving controller (140 or 160) that executes driving control of controlling one or both of steering and acceleration/deceleration of the subject vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer; and a notifier (30 or 180) that notifies a vehicle occupant of the subject vehicle of predetermined information, wherein the driving controller sets a degree of margin for a surrounding environment set in the driving control after start of the notification of the predetermined information using the notifier to be higher than that before start of the notification of the predetermined information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi Hirose, Kentaro Ishisaka, Takashi Watanabe, Takemi Tsukada, Katsuya Yashiro, Toru Kokaki, Hisashi Matsuda, Masaya Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20200103248
    Abstract: A display system includes: a display that displays an image; and a display controller that causes the display to display a first image resembling roads around a vehicle and a second image resembling a recommended lane determined on the basis of a route to a destination set by the vehicle among the roads around the vehicle. The display controller causes the display to display the second image and a third image guiding a course of the vehicle when the vehicle has reached a second position located a predetermined distance before a first position at which the vehicle has to make a turn in the route to the destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Masaya Ikeda, Kenji Sugiyama, Yoshitaka Mimura, Takashi Watanabe, Taichi Sogo, Masayuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200094883
    Abstract: The instrument panel reinforcement includes a column attachment portion, a side end portion, and an inclined portion. The side end portion is fixed to a front lower pillar. The inclined portion is provided between the column attachment portion and the side end portion, extends toward an inner side in the vehicle width direction and toward a rear side in a vehicle front and rear direction from a bent portion at an inner end in the vehicle width direction of the side end portion, and is connected to the column attachment portion. A cowl to brace has a rear end fixed to the bent portion of the instrument panel reinforcement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsu MITSUO, Masaya IKEDA, Yukihiko NAKAGAWA, Osamu OKITSU, Yuuichi SUZUE
  • Publication number: 20200094881
    Abstract: A D seat front beam has an inner end in a vehicle width direction fixed to a first column support point, and a point of fixation of the D seat front beam to the front lower pillar is provided further on a rear side in a vehicle front and rear direction than a first column support point. The D seat front beam extends toward an inner side in the vehicle width direction and toward the front side in the vehicle front and rear direction, from the point of fixation to the front lower pillar toward the first column support point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsu MITSUO, Masaya IKEDA, Yukihiko NAKAGAWA, Osamu OKITSU, Yuuichi SUZUE
  • Publication number: 20200094882
    Abstract: A gusset is joined to an instrument panel reinforcement and a floor brace. The instrument panel reinforcement includes a D seat rear beam extending from a portion to be joined to the floor brace to a portion for supporting the steering column. The D seat rear beam includes a D seat upper beam having a hat-shaped cross section open toward a lower side. The gusset includes a reinforcement joint portion that is joined to the D seat upper beam to form a closed cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsu MITSUO, Masaya IKEDA, Yukihiko NAKAGAWA, Osamu OKITSU, Yuuichi SUZUE
  • Publication number: 20200086890
    Abstract: A display system includes a display that displays a first image simulating a road on which a host vehicle is traveling, and a display controller that causes the display to display a second image simulating a recommended lane given to a controller that performs driving control of the host vehicle at a position associated with the first image, and to display a third image simulating a target trajectory generated by the controller that performs driving control of the host vehicle at a position associated with the first image, wherein the display controller changes the third image to an image simulating the target trajectory for lane change without changing a display position of the second image when the controller executes driving control for causing the host vehicle to return to an original lane after causing the host vehicle to perform lane change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Masaya Ikeda, Kenji Sugiyama, Yoshitaka Mimura, Takashi Watanabe, Taichi Sogo, Masayuki Takahashi