Patents by Inventor Misako YOSHIMURA

Misako YOSHIMURA 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: 11999385
    Abstract: A mobile object control system includes: a storage device configured to store instructions; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions stored in the storage device to: acquire an image in which a road where a mobile object is present is imaged; recognize support information for supporting movement of a specific traffic participant who is a traffic participant having a predetermined attribute appearing on a road surface included in the image; recognize a road structure included in the image or a road structure which is a structure provided on the road; move the mobile object at least based on a trajectory determined using the support information when the support information is recognized; and move the mobile object based on a trajectory determined using the road structure without using the support information when the support information has not been recognized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Koike, Misako Yoshimura, Ichiro Baba, Kosuke Nakanishi, Koki Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20240109550
    Abstract: A control device of an embodiment is a control device that makes a proposal for steering to avoid a risk object present on a traveling direction side of a mobile object to a driver of the mobile object and includes a determiner configured to determine, when it is assumed that the mobile object is caused to travel straight from a current position of the mobile object in a current traveling direction for a predetermined time, whether an assumed reference position of the mobile object intersects a traveling road boundary, and a proposer configured to suppress the proposal when it is determined that the reference position intersects the traveling road boundary, and makes the proposal when it is determined that the reference position does not intersect the traveling road boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Gakuyo Fujimoto, Atsushi Kato, Shigenobu Saigusa, Kotaro Fujimura, Misako Yoshimura, Masamitsu Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20240109549
    Abstract: A control device performs: setting a moving area including a trajectory along which a mobile object is scheduled to move with behavior of the mobile object and a surrounding area when the mobile object moves straight, turns right, or turns left; controlling an information provision device configured to provide a driver with information such that the driver is notified of presence of a first type of object when a first type of object is present in the surrounding area and the driver does not see the first type of object; and controlling the information provision device such that the driver is re-notified of the first type of object when the first type of object is present in the moving area and the driver does not see the first type of object after the driver has seen the first type of object through the notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Gakuyo Fujimoto, Misako Yoshimura, Shigenobu Saigusa
  • Publication number: 20240109551
    Abstract: A notification control device performs: detecting a sightline of a driver; causing an information output device to output a first warning when a first condition is satisfied; and causing the information output device to output a second warning when a second condition is satisfied. The first condition is a condition that the driver's sight line is out of a predetermined range in which the driver is considered to see a view in front of the mobile object and a state in which the sightline is out of the range is maintained for a first time. The second condition is a condition that the driver's sightline is out of the range, a risky object to be noticed is present in a reference area, and the state in which the sightline is out of the range is maintained for a second time shorter than the first time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Gakuyo Fujimoto, Masamitsu Tsuchiya, Misako Yoshimura, Shigenobu Saigusa
  • Publication number: 20240109583
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a storage medium configured to store computer-readable instructions, and a processor that is connected to the storage medium, in which the processor executes the computer-readable instructions to determine to prompt a driver of a mobile object to avoid contact with an object detected by an object detection device whose detection range is at least on a traveling direction side of the mobile object according to steering, and a steering direction for avoiding contact with the object, and when it is determined to prompt the driver of the mobile object to avoid contact with the object according to steering, cause an actuator capable of outputting force to a steering operator to execute outputting, first, a force to reach a first target force in the same direction as the steering direction in a first period to maintain the state, and causing, then, a force output in a second period longer than the first period to reach zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Misako Yoshimura, Gakuyo Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20240109554
    Abstract: A control device is configured to perform: performing a first process when an index value indicating a degree of closeness to a risky object which is present in front of a mobile object is less than a first threshold value; performing a second process when the index value is equal to or greater than the first threshold value and less than a second threshold value greater than the first threshold value; and performing a third process and the second process when the index value is equal to or greater than the second threshold value. The third process includes a fourth process of proposing a driving operation for avoiding the risky object to a driver. The fourth process is not performed when the driver has performed an action for reducing or releasing an operation of an operator instructing an accelerating operation for accelerating the mobile object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kotaro Fujimura, Atsushi Kato, Shigenobu Saigusa, Gakuyo Fujimoto, Misako Yoshimura, Masamitsu Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11914386
    Abstract: A mobile object control device includes a first controller that recognizes a surrounding situation of a mobile object based on an output of a detection device having a space around the mobile object as a detection range and generates a first movement plan for the mobile object in a first period based on the recognized surrounding situation of the mobile object, and a second controller that generates a second movement plan for the mobile object in a second period shorter than the first period, and when the second controller generates label data in which label information indicating different values depending on at least the presence or absence of a moving object is imparted to each of division elements obtained by dividing the space around the mobile object into a finite number, and generates the second movement plan based on the label data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Gakuyo Fujimoto, Misako Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11465504
    Abstract: A control device controls a display device capable of displaying visual information for a passenger of a moving body, in two or more display regions. The control device causes adjacent target regions of the display regions to change from a display state in which the information is displayed to a display restricted state in which display is restricted, according to a predetermined order, when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The control device determines the target regions and the order, based on a traveling direction of the moving body at the time when the condition is satisfied or a traveling direction of the moving body that is predicted after the time when the condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Misako Yoshimura, Kentaro Yamada, Nanami Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20220319191
    Abstract: A control device of a mobile object including an imaging device attached with a lens having a wide angle of view is given. The control device acquires, from the imaging device, an image acquired by imaging an outside of the mobile object, and detects a target object through image recognition, based on the acquired image. The control device performs a distortion reduction process for reducing a distortion of the image on a partial area in the image acquired from the imaging device, in accordance with the detection result. The partial area is an area whose center is set to be either a detection position of the target object or a vicinity of the detection position. The control device recognizes the outside of the mobile object, based on an image that has been acquired by the distortion reduction process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Akira KANEHARA, Misako YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220297680
    Abstract: A mobile object control system includes: a storage device configured to store a instructions; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions stored in the storage device to: determining whether a roadway is a pedestrian road in which passage of vehicles is restricted; expanding a movable area in which the mobile object can move in a width direction of the roadway when it is determined that the roadway is the pedestrian road; and controlling the mobile object based on the movable area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Kosuke Nakanishi, Misako Yoshimura, Yosuke Koike, Ichiro Baba, Koki Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20220291689
    Abstract: A control system of a mobile object that can move in any one operation mode determined from a plurality of operation modes is provided. The control system includes: a storage device configured to store instructions; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions stored in the storage device to: generate evaluation information for a trajectory of the mobile object including a trajectory on a sidewalk; each of the plurality of operation modes being associated with an acceptance level for an event that may occur when the mobile object moves along a trajectory; and generate the evaluation information for the trajectory based on the acceptance level in the operation mode associated with an event that occurs when moving along the trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Ichiro Baba, Misako Yoshimura, Yosuke Koike, Kosuke Nakanishi, Koki Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20220291684
    Abstract: A control system of a mobile object that can move in any one operation mode determined from a plurality of operation modes is provided. The control system includes: a storage device configured to store instructions; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions stored in the storage device to: determine whether a predetermined road is a first road in which passage of vehicles in a mode other than a first operation mode in which a maximum moving speed of the mobile object is less than a predetermined speed is restricted; and execute a first process of generating a route of the mobile object so as to include the road determined to be first road and a second process of generating a route of the mobile object so as not to include the road determined to be the first road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Misako Yoshimura, Ichiro Baba, Kosuke Nakanishi, Yosuke Koike, Koki Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20220274630
    Abstract: A mobile object control system includes: a storage device configured to store instructions; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions stored in the storage device to: acquire an image in which a road where a mobile object is present is imaged; recognize support information for supporting movement of a specific traffic participant who is a traffic participant having a predetermined attribute appearing on a road surface included in the image; recognize a road structure included in the image or a road structure which is a structure provided on the road; move the mobile object at least based on a trajectory determined using the support information when the support information is recognized; and move the mobile object based on a trajectory determined using the road structure without using the support information when the support information has not been recognized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yosuke KOIKE, Misako YOSHIMURA, Ichiro BABA, Kosuke NAKANISHI, Koki AIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220274629
    Abstract: A mobile object control system includes: a storage device configured to store instructions; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions stored in the storage device to: acquire an image in which a road surface around the mobile object is imaged; recognize support information for supporting walking of a specific traffic participant who is a traffic participant having a predetermined attribute obtained from the road surface imaged in the image and the traffic participant imaged in the image; predict a behavior of the recognized traffic participant based on the support information; and control the behavior of the mobile object based on the support information and the prediction result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Misako Yoshimura, Ichiro Baba, Kosuke Nakanishi, Yosuke Koike, Koki Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20220269276
    Abstract: A moving object control system includes a storage device configured to store instructions; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors executes the instructions stored in the storage device to determine whether or not an element selected on a basis of a priority based on the type of a specific location near the sidewalk among a plurality of elements satisfies a criterion defined for each element, and determine whether or not a sidewalk is to be included in a route of a moving object on a basis of a result of determination of whether or not the element satisfies the criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Koki Aizawa, Misako Yoshimura, Ichiro Baba, Kosuke Nakanishi, Yosuke Koike
  • Publication number: 20220266861
    Abstract: A moving object control system includes a storage device configured to store instructions; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors executes the instructions stored in the storage device to determine a stop position of a moving object in a sidewalk region near a specific location in a case where a degree of congestion of a sidewalk near the specific location is less than a threshold value, and determines the stop position in a region that does not belong to the sidewalk region near the specific location in a case where the degree of congestion of the sidewalk near the specific location is equal to or more than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Koki Aizawa, Misako Yoshimura, Ichiro Baba, Kosuke Nakanishi, Yosuke Koike
  • Publication number: 20210302982
    Abstract: A mobile object control device includes a first controller that recognizes a surrounding situation of a mobile object based on an output of a detection device having a space around the mobile object as a detection range and generates a first movement plan for the mobile object in a first period based on the recognized surrounding situation of the mobile object, and a second controller that generates a second movement plan for the mobile object in a second period shorter than the first period, and when the second controller generates label data in which label information indicating different values depending on at least the presence or absence of a moving object is imparted to each of division elements obtained by dividing the space around the mobile object into a finite number, and generates the second movement plan based on the label data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Gakuyo Fujimoto, Misako Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20210252981
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a display control unit which controls a display unit which can display an image of a character and a graphical user interface (GUI) which accepts an operation instruction for an apparatus. The information processing device includes an obtaining unit which obtains information indicating an operation content of an apparatus intended by a user. The display control unit determines the presentation duration for which a presentation image of the character operating the GUI is displayed based on the operation content and causes a display unit to display the presentation image for the presentation duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Yuji YASUI, Nanami TSUKAMOTO, Misako YOSHIMURA, Kentaro YAMADA, Hisashi ISHIMATSU
  • Publication number: 20210252982
    Abstract: A control device controls a display device capable of displaying visual information for a passenger of a moving body, in two or more display regions. The control device causes adjacent target regions of the display regions to change from a display state in which the information is displayed to a display restricted state in which display is restricted, according to a predetermined order, when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The control device determines the target regions and the order, based on a traveling direction of the moving body at the time when the condition is satisfied or a traveling direction of the moving body that is predicted after the time when the condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Yuji YASUI, Misako YOSHIMURA, Kentaro YAMADA, Nanami TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210187737
    Abstract: A robot control apparatus causes one or more robots to perform a predetermined task formed by a plurality of task processes. The robot control apparatus includes first control units each configured to control an operation of the one or more robots for each task process of the plurality of task processes, and a second control unit configured to specify a combination and an order to execute the first control units in the plurality of task processes and cause each of the first control units to operate in accordance with the combination and the order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Gakuyo FUJIMOTO, Misako YOSHIMURA