Patents by Inventor Toraki IWAMARU

Toraki IWAMARU 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).

  • Publication number: 20230391402
    Abstract: The present invention can realize a relatively simple parking operation of a straddle type vehicle. The present invention is related to an assistance device that assists an operation of a straddle type vehicle, the assistance device comprising acquisition means for acquiring steering angle information indicating a steering angle of the straddle type vehicle and inclination angle information indicating an inclination of a vehicle body of the straddle type vehicle, calculation means for calculating a trajectory of the straddle type vehicle, in a case of performing handling the straddle type vehicle, based on the steering angle information and the inclination angle information, and output means for outputting information indicating the trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Toraki IWAMARU, Ryo TAKECHI, Ko HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230373510
    Abstract: A computation apparatus for computing a travel route of a vehicle, the computation apparatus comprising an acquisition unit configured to acquire vehicle state information indicating a state of the vehicle, vehicle periphery information indicating a state around the vehicle, and driver state information indicating a state of a driver of the vehicle, a calculation unit configured to calculate the travel route of the vehicle based on the vehicle state information, the vehicle periphery information, and the driver state information, and a signal output unit configured to output a signal in a case where the travel route satisfies a predetermined condition, that implements more appropriate driving assistance thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Toraki IWAMARU, Ryo TAKECHI, Kazuki AKAMI, Masao YOSHINAGA
  • Publication number: 20230216980
    Abstract: The present invention is an image processing device processing an image of a vehicle, comprising a first acquisition unit for acquiring an image showing a situation around the vehicle as a vehicle surrounding image, a second acquisition unit for acquiring information indicating a state of the vehicle, a third acquisition unit for acquiring an image of a driver of the vehicle as a driver image, and an image generation unit for generating an image of the vehicle as a vehicle image based on the information acquired by the second acquisition unit and generating a composite image by superimposing the vehicle image and the driver image on the vehicle surrounding image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toraki Iwamaru, Ryo Takechi
  • Publication number: 20220172617
    Abstract: An information management apparatus, comprising an acquisition unit configured to acquire vehicle location information indicating a location of a certain vehicle and vehicle state information indicating a state of the vehicle, a selection unit configured to select another vehicle corresponding to the vehicle state information from among other vehicles in surroundings of the vehicle that are identified based on the vehicle location information, and a notification unit configured to notify the another vehicle that has been selected in accordance with the vehicle state information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Naoki OKIMOTO, Toraki IWAMARU, Keiichi MIZUMURA, Sho TAJIMA
  • Patent number: 9776636
    Abstract: A calculation method and apparatus for calculating a starting point for acceleration/deceleration operation of a vehicle with high accuracy using more input values while at the same time keeping calculation cost and time to a minimum is disclosed herein. An ECU making up a system calculates a start point for acceleration/deceleration operation of a vehicle on the basis of traveling condition information that changes as the vehicle travels and vehicle information that changes only slightly as a result of the travel of the vehicle. As a result, if the driver maintains a throttle operator at a given opening angle or more at a point before the start point, an actuator applies a force in the direction of closing a throttle valve to the throttle operator, thereby notifying the driver that the vehicle is close to the start point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yamato Nakamizo, Tetsuya Kudo, Toraki Iwamaru, Satoshi Fukuoka, Takao Fujiwara, Masatoshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20160090090
    Abstract: A calculation method and apparatus for calculating a starting point for acceleration/deceleration operation of a vehicle with high accuracy using more input values while at the same time keeping calculation cost and time to a minimum is disclosed herein. An ECU making up a system calculates a start point for acceleration/deceleration operation of a vehicle on the basis of traveling condition information that changes as the vehicle travels and vehicle information that changes only slightly as a result of the travel of the vehicle. As a result, if the driver maintains a throttle operator at a given opening angle or more at a point before the start point, an actuator applies a force in the direction of closing a throttle valve to the throttle operator, thereby notifying the driver that the vehicle is close to the start point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Yamato NAKAMIZO, Tetsuya KUDO, Toraki IWAMARU, Satoshi FUKUOKA, Takao FUJIWARA, Masatoshi SATO