Patents by Inventor Ryuichi Kimata

Ryuichi Kimata 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: 10844801
    Abstract: A fuel injection control apparatus is provided. An injection unit injects fuel in an internal combustion engine. A carbon monoxide concentration sensor is provided in an exhaust path of the internal combustion engine and detects a carbon monoxide concentration in an exhaust gas. A control unit controls the injection unit based on the carbon monoxide concentration detected by the carbon monoxide concentration sensor such that an air fuel ratio in the internal combustion engine becomes close to a target air fuel ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Yamamura, Ryuichi Kimata, Toshikazu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10839663
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus (100) includes: an organism recognizing unit (12) recognizing an organism in an outside world; a harmfulness level detecting unit (14) detecting a harmfulness level of the organism recognized by the organism recognizing unit (12); an emotion generating unit (15) generating an emotion that a device (1) is assumed to have in accordance with the harmfulness level detected by the harmfulness level detecting unit (14); and an emotion output unit (16) outputting the emotion produced by the emotion generating unit (15) in a mode recognizable by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Haneda, Makoto Yamamura, Takamasa Udagawa, Satoshi Onodera, Ryuichi Kimata
  • Patent number: 10759299
    Abstract: A management device is a management device that: manages batteries; receives a first battery; and supplies a second battery. The management device includes an obtaining portion that obtains, from the first battery, first identification information stored in the first battery. The management device includes an authenticating portion that authenticates a user of the first battery by using the first identification information the obtaining portion has obtained. The management device includes a writing portion that, if the authenticating portion authenticates the user, writes the first identification information to the second battery that is to be supplied to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi Shiiyama, Ryo Oshima, Ryuichi Kimata
  • Patent number: 10746552
    Abstract: A navigation assist system having a plurality of navigation assist apparatuses installed on small boats like motorboats each fitted with an outboard motor to be able to navigate in a predetermined water area, and a server placed on land to communicate with the navigation assist apparatuses. Each of the navigation assist apparatuses detects a sharp turn position of the boat, adds the position to a danger level data downloaded from the server unit, and alerts an operator concerned when the boat approaches a region whose danger level is great.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Hashizume, Keiichiro Bungo, Ryuichi Kimata
  • Patent number: 10699581
    Abstract: A server provides necessary data including at least map data and weather data for an ocean area to be navigated by a boat, and its AR-display data generating unit AR-displays a destination of the boat on captured forward-looking images displayed on a display of an information communication terminal at every via-target-point en route. And a server navigation data learning unit sequentially receives navigation data of the outboard motor from the terminal and learns navigation data that enables to reduce fuel consumption rate of an engine mounted on the outboard motor, and a server operation assist unit transmits the learned navigation data to the terminal so as to assist the operator's operation of the outboard motor accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akifumi Fujima, Ryuichi Kimata, Takashi Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20200150647
    Abstract: A working system (100) includes: a working actuator (26) installed on a working machine (1); a camera (21) and a microphone (22) detecting a state of a user changing in accordance with a satisfaction level; a rework determining unit (11) determining whether a rework is needed based on the detected state of the user after a predetermined work is performed by the working machine (1); and an actuator controlling unit (15) controlling the working actuator (26) to perform the rework when it is determined by the rework determining unit (11) that the rework is needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi HANEDA, Makoto YAMAMURA, Takamasa UDAGAWA, Masato FUJIWARA, Satoshi ONODERA, Ryuichi KIMATA
  • Publication number: 20200143650
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus (100) includes: an organism recognizing unit (12) recognizing an organism in an outside world; a harmfulness level detecting unit (14) detecting a harmfulness level of the organism recognized by the organism recognizing unit (12); an emotion generating unit (15) generating an emotion that a device (1) is assumed to have in accordance with the harmfulness level detected by the harmfulness level detecting unit (14); and an emotion output unit (16) outputting the emotion produced by the emotion generating unit (15) in a mode recognizable by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi HANEDA, Makoto YAMAMURA, Takamasa UDAGAWA, Satoshi ONODERA, Ryuichi KIMATA
  • Publication number: 20200121888
    Abstract: An emotion improving apparatus (100) includes: a biological information acquiring unit (20) acquiring a biological information of a user; an uncomfortable emotion determining unit (11) determining whether a predetermined uncomfortable emotion occurs to the user based on the biological information acquired by the biological information acquiring unit (20); and a working machine controlling unit (15) controlling the working machine to perform a predetermined operation for improving the uncomfortable emotion to the user when it is determined by the uncomfortable emotion determining unit (11) that the predetermined uncomfortable emotion occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi HANEDA, Makoto YAMAMURA, Takamasa UDAGAWA, Masato FUJIWARA, Satoshi ONODERA, Ryuichi KIMATA
  • Patent number: 10613149
    Abstract: A target information acquiring unit that acquires target information indicating a target condition about a degree of wear of an expendable; a usage information acquiring unit that acquires usage information indicating a degree of usage from a start of usage of the expendable; a wear information acquiring unit that acquires wear information indicating a degree of wear of the expendable; and a deciding unit that decides (i) whether or not usage of each expendable is possible and/or (ii) a degree of priority about usage of each expendable based on (i) a target condition indicated by the target information acquired by the target information acquiring unit, (ii) a degree of usage of each expendable indicated by the usage information acquired by the usage information acquiring unit and (iii) a degree of wear of each expendable indicated by the wear information acquired by the wear information acquiring unit are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi Shiiyama, Ryo Oshima, Ryuichi Kimata
  • Publication number: 20200018800
    Abstract: Provided are an abnormality detection unit that detects abnormality or stop of at least one of a plurality of storage battery housing devices, a storage device extraction unit that extracts, when the abnormality detection unit detects the abnormality or the stop, one or more storage battery housing devices related to the storage battery housing device in which the abnormality or the stop is detected from among the plurality of storage battery housing devices, and an adjustment unit that determines adjustment of utilization rate of at least one of the one or more storage battery housing devices extracted by the storage device extraction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Ryo OSHIMA, Tomoyuki KOKETSU, Kenichi ETSUNAGI, Michihito OKADO, Takumi SHIIYAMA, Ryuichi KIMATA
  • Publication number: 20200009990
    Abstract: Provided are a deterioration information acquisition unit that acquires deterioration information indicating a deterioration state of each of a plurality of storage batteries, a temperature condition determination unit that determines a temperature condition allowable at the start of charging or during charging for each of the plurality of storage batteries in accordance with the deterioration information acquired by the deterioration information acquisition unit, a temperature information acquisition unit that acquires temperature information indicating the temperature of each of the plurality of storage batteries, and a charge target extraction unit that extracts a storage battery to be charged from the storage batteries among the plurality of storage batteries in which the temperature indicated by the temperature information acquired by the temperature information acquisition unit satisfies the temperature condition determined by the temperature condition determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Takumi SHIIYAMA, Tomoyuki KOKETSU, Kenichi ETSUNAGI, Michihito OKADO, Ryo OSHIMA, Ryuichi KIMATA
  • Publication number: 20200009983
    Abstract: Provided are an arrangement information acquisition unit that acquires arrangement information indicating a position where a charging device for charging one or more storage batteries is arranged, a user position acquisition unit that acquires user position information indicating a position of the user, a charge state acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a charge state of at least one of the one or more storage batteries at specific time, and a state information generation unit that generates information to which (i) a charge state at the specific time and (ii) a charge state at an estimated time of arrival of the user at the charging device are associated for at least one of the one or more storage batteries, in accordance with (i) the arrangement information acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit and (ii) the user position information acquired by the user position acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Ryo OSHIMA, Tomoyuki KOKETSU, Kenichi ETSUNAGI, Michihito OKADO, Takumi SHIIYAMA, Ryuichi KIMATA
  • Publication number: 20200014221
    Abstract: A charge control device can include a plurality of control units that are mutually connected by a communication line and control charging of different batteries. The control units can each include a communication state acquisition unit that acquires a communication state of another control unit of the control units through the communication line. The control units can each include a detection unit that detects an abnormality of the other control unit based on the communication state of the other control unit acquired by the communication state acquisition unit. The control units can each include a suppression unit that suppresses an operation of the other control unit for which an abnormality is detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Takumi SHIIYAMA, Ryo OSHIMA, Ryuichi KIMATA
  • Publication number: 20200009984
    Abstract: A management device is a management device that manages replacement of batteries. The management device includes an obtaining portion that obtains, from a first battery, specific information that specifies identification information of a vehicle to which the first battery has been attached, and identification information of the first battery. The management device includes an authenticating portion that authenticates a user of the vehicle by using the specific information and the identification information of the first battery that have been obtained by the obtaining portion. The management device includes a replacement receiving portion that receives replacement of the first battery if the authenticating portion authenticates the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Takumi SHIIYAMA, Ryo OSHIMA, Ryuichi KIMATA
  • Publication number: 20200001836
    Abstract: A housing device includes a first housing part and a second housing part arranged at different heights, each housing part to house a storage battery, and a first guide and a second guide to assist insertion of the storage battery into a respective one of the first housing part and the second housing part. The first guide and the second guide assist the insertion of the storage batteries in different respective manners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KOKETSU, Kenichi ETSUNAGI, Michihito OKADO, Takumi SHIIYAMA, Ryo OSHIMA, Ryuichi KIMATA
  • Publication number: 20190389326
    Abstract: A management device manages batteries. The management device includes an obtaining portion that obtains, from batteries, specific information that specifies identification information of a vehicle that has used the batteries. The management device includes an authenticating portion that authenticates a user by using the specific information obtained from the batteries. The management device includes a replacement receiving portion that receives replacement of the batteries if the authenticating portion authenticates the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Takumi SHIIYAMA, Ryo OSHIMA, Ryuichi KIMATA
  • Publication number: 20190389325
    Abstract: A management device is a management device that: manages batteries; receives a first battery; and supplies a second battery. The management device includes an obtaining portion that obtains, from the first battery, first identification information stored in the first battery. The management device includes an authenticating portion that authenticates a user of the first battery by using the first identification information the obtaining portion has obtained. The management device includes a writing portion that, if the authenticating portion authenticates the user, writes the first identification information to the second battery that is to be supplied to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Takumi Shiiyama, Ryo Oshima, Ryuichi Kimata
  • Publication number: 20190381911
    Abstract: The system is a system for a battery exchanger that accepts a used first battery and provides a charged second battery. The above system includes a support target information receiving unit that receives, from a supporter that supports operation of a battery exchanger, an instruction for selecting the battery exchanger for which the supporter supports operation from among multiple battery exchangers. The above system includes a user information providing unit that provides the supporter with information on the user of the battery exchanger selected by the supporter, according to support value information indicating the value of the support for the operation of the battery exchanger by the supporter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Takumi SHIIYAMA, Ryo OSHIMA, Ryuichi KIMATA
  • Publication number: 20190377029
    Abstract: A target information acquiring unit that acquires target information indicating a target condition about a degree of wear of an expendable; a usage information acquiring unit that acquires usage information indicating a degree of usage from a start of usage of the expendable; a wear information acquiring unit that acquires wear information indicating a degree of wear of the expendable; and a deciding unit that decides (i) whether or not usage of each expendable is possible and/or (ii) a degree of priority about usage of each expendable based on (i) a target condition indicated by the target information acquired by the target information acquiring unit, (ii) a degree of usage of each expendable indicated by the usage information acquired by the usage information acquiring unit and (iii) a degree of wear of each expendable indicated by the wear information acquired by the wear information acquiring unit are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Takumi SHIIYAMA, Ryo OSHIMA, Ryuichi KIMATA
  • Publication number: 20190333214
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an image acquiring section that acquires image data of an image of a plant; a form recognizing section that recognizes at least either (i) a shape of the plant or (ii) an end portion of the plant, based on the image data acquired by the image acquiring section; and a deciding section that decides at least one of (a) a level of water content in a medium of the plant, (b) whether water-supply to the plant is necessary or not, and (c) an amount of water-supply to the plant, based on a feature of at least either the shape of the plant or the end portion of the plant that is recognized by the form recognizing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi HANEDA, Takamasa UDAGAWA, Makoto YAMAMURA, Masato FUJIWARA, Ryuichi KIMATA, Satoshi ONODERA, Yutaka TSUJI, Hiroyuki ISEGAWA