Patents by Inventor Satoko YOKOCHI

Satoko YOKOCHI 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: 11981206
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes a processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to perform. The processor is configured to estimating curvature of a road on which a host vehicle will travel based on at least an output of a detection device that detects a target object present in a traveling direction of the host vehicle, causing a display device to display a surrounding situation display image including a host vehicle icon representing the host vehicle and an image of a road marking whose shape is determined based on the curvature, and decreasing reference curvature of the image of the road marking included in the surrounding situation display image if a prescribed condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Sakai, Satoko Yokochi
  • Patent number: 11964563
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes a processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to perform. The processor is configured to recognizing road markings of a road on which a host vehicle travels based on at least an output of a detection device that detects target objects present in a traveling direction of the host vehicle; causing a display device to display a surrounding situation display image including a host vehicle icon representing the host vehicle and an image of the road markings representing the road; determining positions of the road markings based on information of center positions of a traveling lane obtained by representing the center positions in a point sequence for each prescribed first distance with respect to a first direction; and generating the surrounding situation display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoko Yokochi, Yuta Murayama
  • Publication number: 20220305911
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes a processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to perform. The processor is configured to estimating curvature of a road on which a host vehicle will travel based on at least an output of a detection device that detects a target object present in a traveling direction of the host vehicle, causing a display device to display a surrounding situation display image including a host vehicle icon representing the host vehicle and an image of a road marking whose shape is determined based on the curvature, and decreasing reference curvature of the image of the road marking included in the surrounding situation display image if a prescribed condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yuya Sakai, Satoko Yokochi
  • Publication number: 20220305912
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes a processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to perform. The processor is configured to recognizing road markings of a road on which a host vehicle travels based on at least an output of a detection device that detects target objects present in a traveling direction of the host vehicle; causing a display device to display a surrounding situation display image including a host vehicle icon representing the host vehicle and an image of the road markings representing the road; determining positions of the road markings based on information of center positions of a traveling lane obtained by representing the center positions in a point sequence for each prescribed first distance with respect to a first direction; and generating the surrounding situation display image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Satoko Yokochi, Yuta Murayama
  • Patent number: 9613533
    Abstract: Provided is a parking space detector designed so as not to erroneously detect an inter-vehicle distance as a parking space, the inter-vehicle distance being the distance between oncoming vehicles continuously passing by. The invention is provided with a parking space presence determination part for determining whether or not a parking space for a vehicle is present. The parking space presence determination part is designed so as to determine whether or not oncoming vehicles are stationary on the basis of the vehicle speed and the relative speed of the oncoming vehicles, therefore preventing the space (inter-vehicle distance) between two other oncoming vehicles being erroneously detected as a parking space, the oncoming vehicles being vehicles traveling toward the vehicle and continuously passing by.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwami, Satoko Yokochi, Yuki Hara
  • Publication number: 20160148514
    Abstract: Provided is a parking space detector designed so as not to erroneously detect an inter-vehicle distance as a parking space, the inter-vehicle distance being the distance between oncoming vehicles continuously passing by. The invention is provided with a parking space presence determination part for determining whether or not a parking space for a vehicle is present. The parking space presence determination part is designed so as to determine whether or not oncoming vehicles are stationary on the basis of the vehicle speed and the relative speed of the oncoming vehicles, therefore preventing the space (inter-vehicle distance) between two other oncoming vehicles being erroneously detected as a parking space, the oncoming vehicles being vehicles traveling toward the vehicle and continuously passing by.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi IWAMI, Satoko YOKOCHI, Yuki HARA