Patents by Inventor Naohide Aizawa
Naohide Aizawa 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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Patent number: 11460309Abstract: A control apparatus comprises a first information acquisition circuit configured to acquire a recognition result relating to a passenger of a vehicle; a second information acquisition circuit configured to acquire information relating to a surrounding environment of the vehicle; and a vehicle control circuit configured to generate a travel route of the vehicle based on the recognition result acquired by the first information acquisition circuit and the information relating to the surrounding environment acquired by the second information acquisition circuit, wherein the information relating to the surrounding environment includes information relating to a route set according to the recognition result.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naohide Aizawa, Mafuyu Koseki, Takaaki Ishikawa, Hidekazu Shintani
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Patent number: 11322026Abstract: A control device is provided, including a request-information receiving section that receives request information being for requesting transmission of a captured image of an image-capturing target spot and including spot location information indicating the image-capturing target spot and transmitting source information indicating a transmitting source of the request information; a vehicle location information acquiring section that acquires vehicle location information indicating a location of the first vehicle; and a transmission control section that transmits, to the transmitting source indicated by the transmitting source information, a captured image of the image-capturing target spot captured by an image capturing section included in the first vehicle when the first vehicle is located within a predetermined range with the image-capturing target spot as a reference, and broadcasts the request information to a vehicle other than the first vehicle when the first vehicle is located outside the predeterminedType: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Mutsumi Katayama, Naohide Aizawa
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Patent number: 11021112Abstract: A display control device is provided, which includes an image storing section for storing a plurality of captured images in association with image capturing locations on a road, and a display control section for causing a captured image to be successively displayed, the captured image corresponding to each of a plurality of positions that are identified based on a user operation, where the display control section causes the captured image and an object related to an image capturing location of the captured image to be displayed such that the object is arranged on a position of a display screen corresponding to the image capturing location.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Nishikawa, Mutsumi Katayama, Naohide Aizawa
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Patent number: 10997853Abstract: A control device is provided, which includes vehicle information collecting section configured to collect vehicle information that is sent by a vehicle and that includes location information indicating a location of the vehicle, a travelling situation determining section configured to determine a travelling situation of each of a plurality of vehicles including the vehicle based on a plurality of pieces of vehicle information including the vehicle information, and a captured-image receiving section configured to receive, from a vehicle in the travelling situation that satisfies a predetermined condition, a captured image captured by the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Mutsumi Katayama, Naohide Aizawa, Yuji Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20200309548Abstract: A control apparatus comprises: a generation circuit configured to generate a route plan of a vehicle; and a control circuit configured to control the generation circuit to change the route plan of the vehicle generated by the generation circuit because of at least one of vehicle information of the vehicle, information of an occupant of the vehicle, and information concerning an environment on the route plan as a factor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Hidekazu SHINTANI, Naohide AIZAWA, Mafuyu KOSEKI, Takaaki ISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20200309549Abstract: A control apparatus comprises a first information acquisition circuit configured to acquire a recognition result relating to a passenger of a vehicle; a second information acquisition circuit configured to acquire information relating to a surrounding environment of the vehicle; and a vehicle control circuit configured to generate a travel route of the vehicle based on the recognition result acquired by the first information acquisition circuit and the information relating to the surrounding environment acquired by the second information acquisition circuit, wherein the information relating to the surrounding environment includes information relating to a route set according to the recognition result.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Naohide AIZAWA, Mafuyu KOSEKI, Takaaki ISHIKAWA, Hidekazu SHINTANI
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Publication number: 20200191583Abstract: A matching method for matching of a vehicle user is provided. The matching method comprises: acquiring first and second user information including boarding characteristic information of a first and second user; determining, based on the acquired first and second user information, whether compatibility between the first and second user is high; acquiring information concerning a position of a moving schedule of each of the first and second user; determining whether there is a possibility that the first user approaches the second user within a predetermined range of the position of the acquired moving schedule of the first user; and providing, to the first user, information concerning the second user for which it is determined in the determining that the compatibility is high, and that there is the possibility that the approach occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takaaki Ishikawa, Mafuyu Koseki, Naohide Aizawa, Hidekazu Shintani
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Publication number: 20200173798Abstract: A generation apparatus for generating a moving plan including information of a feature point on a route., comprises an extraction unit configured to extract the information of the feature point on the route; and a generation unit configured to generate the moving plan based on the information of the feature point and profile information of a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Mafuyu Koseki, Hidekazu Shintani, Naohide Aizawa, Takaaki Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20200066150Abstract: A control device is provided, including a request-information receiving section that receives request information being for requesting transmission of a captured image of an image-capturing target spot and including spot location information indicating the image-capturing target spot and transmitting source information indicating a transmitting source of the request information; a vehicle location information acquiring section that acquires vehicle location information indicating a location of the first vehicle; and a transmission control section that transmits, to the transmitting source indicated by the transmitting source information, a captured image of the image-capturing target spot captured by an image capturing section included in the first vehicle when the first vehicle is located within a predetermined range with the image-capturing target spot as a reference, and broadcasts the request information to a vehicle other than the first vehicle when the first vehicle is located outside the predeterminedType: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Mutsumi KATAYAMA, Naohide AIZAWA
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Publication number: 20200051427Abstract: A control device is provided, which includes vehicle information collecting section configured to collect vehicle information that is sent by a vehicle and that includes location information indicating a location of the vehicle, a travelling situation determining section configured to determine a travelling situation of each of a plurality of vehicles including the vehicle based on a plurality of pieces of vehicle information including the vehicle information, and a captured-image receiving section configured to receive, from a vehicle in the travelling situation that satisfies a predetermined condition, a captured image captured by the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Mutsumi KATAYAMA, Naohide AIZAWA, Yuji NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20200034098Abstract: A control device is provided, the control device including: a target geographical point indication acquiring unit that acquires an indication of an image-capturing target geographical point; a candidate display control unit that causes an image-capturing direction candidate to be displayed, the image-capturing direction candidate being a candidate of a direction in which an image of the image-capturing target geographical point is to be captured; a selection indication receiving unit that receives an indication of selection of an image-capturing direction candidate; and a captured-image receiving unit that receives, from a device, a captured image capturing an image of the image-capturing target geographical point, the device being a device that has captured the image of the image-capturing target geographical point in a direction of the image-capturing direction candidate indicated by the indication of selection received by the selection indication receiving unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Mutsumi KATAYAMA, Naohide AIZAWA, Yuji NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20200031290Abstract: A display control device is provided, which includes an image storing section for storing a plurality of captured images in association with image capturing locations on a road, and a display control section for causing a captured image to be successively displayed, the captured image corresponding to each of a plurality of positions that are identified based on a user operation, where the display control section causes the captured image and an object related to an image capturing location of the captured image to be displayed such that the object is arranged on a position of a display screen corresponding to the image capturing location.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Yuji NISHIKAWA, Mutsumi KATAYAMA, Naohide AIZAWA
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Publication number: 20190371172Abstract: A control device is provided, the control device including: a positional information acquiring unit that acquires information indicating a position of a first vehicle; a vehicle selecting unit that selects one vehicle from a plurality of vehicles travelling on a road; an image receiving unit that receives a captured image captured by the one vehicle selected by the vehicle selecting unit; and a display control unit that causes the captured image received by the image receiving unit to be displayed, wherein every time the vehicle selecting unit receives an indication of predetermined manipulation, the vehicle selecting unit selects a vehicle located farther from the position of the first vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Mutsumi KATAYAMA, Naohide AIZAWA
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Publication number: 20190143995Abstract: A content selection server according to the present invention includes: a reception unit configured to receive a current location of a vehicle; a storage unit which stores advisory information about one or more objects that exist on one or more roads and require attention on driving; a transmission unit configured to transmit information; and a control unit which can select a content to be played back. The control unit includes a driving concentration level setting unit configured to obtain a driving concentration level (STEP 31) and, based on the obtained driving concentration level, the current location of the vehicle (STEP 31), and the advisory information (STEPS 32 to 33), and selects at least one category of the content to be played back (STEP 34).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Naohide Aizawa, Mitsuhiro Baba