Patents by Inventor Yasushi Shoda

Yasushi Shoda 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: 11938925
    Abstract: A vehicle movement assist system includes: an external environment sensor unmovably fixed to a vehicle; and a control device configured to acquire the position of an obstacle relative to the vehicle based on a result of detection performed by the external environment sensor and to execute an automatic moving process to autonomously move the vehicle. During execution of the automatic moving process, if the obstacle is detected in a recognition range set by the control device, the control device performs a notification to the driver and/or executes a process including deceleration or stopping of the vehicle. The control device is configured to change the recognition range in accordance with the travel state of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Hara, Syoichi Kobayashi, Yasushi Shoda
  • Patent number: 11842548
    Abstract: A parking space recognition system includes an external environment information acquiring device and a parking space candidate detecting device. The parking space candidate detecting device includes: a virtual line calculating unit configured to calculate a virtual line connecting road side ends of parking space lines adjacent to each other; an angle calculating unit configured to calculate an angle between the virtual line and one of the parking space lines; a parking type determining unit configured to determine a parking type; and a parking space candidate setting unit configured to set at least one provisional parking space in an area between the parking space lines based on positions of the parking space lines, and to set an available parking area among the provisional parking space to the parking space candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Hara, Yasushi Shoda
  • Patent number: 11827212
    Abstract: A parking assist system is configured to autonomously move a vehicle to a target parking position. The parking assist system includes: a distance acquiring unit configured to acquire a distance between the vehicle and a vehicle stopper provided in the target parking position; and a control unit configured to control a movement of the vehicle to the target parking position based on the distance acquired by the distance acquiring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Nakada, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Yuki Hara, Yasushi Shoda
  • Patent number: 11801828
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes a recognition part that is configured to acquire recognition information through recognition of surroundings of a host vehicle, a maneuver controller that is configured to perform maneuver control to park the host vehicle in a parking region based on the recognition information, a maintain stop position controller that is configured to keep the host vehicle stationary after the host vehicle is stopped by the maneuver control of the maneuver controller until a predetermined operation is received from a driver, a determination part that is configured to determine a type of the parking region in which the host vehicle is to be parked with the maneuver controller; and a decision part that is configured to determine, in accordance with the type of the parking region that is determined by the determination part, a parking reference location that is used to park the host vehicle in the parking region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Hara, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Yasushi Shoda, Syoichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11760417
    Abstract: A brake noise at stationary steering is prevented while brake hold being in operation, in automated steering with parking assist control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuhei Shingai, Yuki Nakada, Masaaki Kawano, Yasushi Shoda, Daisuke Hanzawa
  • Patent number: 11753001
    Abstract: A parking assist system for a vehicle includes a control device configured to control the vehicle to execute an automatic moving process for autonomously moving the vehicle from a current position to a target position. The control device is configured such that, in a case where a parking brake driving condition is satisfied when the control device stops the vehicle during movement to the target position in the automatic moving process and thereafter cancels the automatic moving process without permitting resumption of the movement of the vehicle, the control device switches a shift position of the shift device of the vehicle to a parking position and drives the parking brake device of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Hara, Miki Tsujino, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Yuki Nakada, Yasushi Shoda
  • Patent number: 11731613
    Abstract: A parking assistance device including a recognition part configured to acquire recognition information through recognition of surroundings, a parking region determiner configured to determine a space between other vehicles as a parking region of the host vehicle based on the recognition information, an automatic parking controller configured to perform a parking operation to park the host vehicle in the parking region, and a parking location determiner. In response to determining that an entry width of the parking region is less than a predetermined value, the parking location determiner is configured to determine a parking location of the host vehicle in the parking region that is at a central location as viewed from an entry side of the parking region. In response to determining that the entry width is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, the parking location determiner is configured to determine the parking location that is closer to one of the other vehicles as viewed from the entry side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Nakada, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Yuki Hara, Yasushi Shoda, Syoichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11697408
    Abstract: An automatic parking control unit comprises a recognizing section recognizing an outer world outside a vehicle, a vehicle operation control section performing an operation control on the vehicle, an automatic parking control section performing a parking operation to park the vehicle at a target parking position and a display control section synthesizing images taken by a camera group into an image of a surrounding area of the vehicle and displaying the image on an output device group. The display control section displays an image of the surrounding area of the vehicle and a vehicle body image of the vehicle with a portion of the vehicle made translucent, the portion of the vehicle making a blind area to a driver in the surrounding area of the vehicle and the portion of the vehicle is changed according to a direction in which the vehicle is running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamanaka, Yasushi Shoda
  • Publication number: 20230202462
    Abstract: A control device is configured to control a moving object that is moved by automatic steering to a target position specified by a user, the moving object being configured to be movable according to a plurality of types of movement patterns, and moving according to a movement pattern selected by the user from among the plurality of types of movement patterns when moving to the target position. The control device has a first mode and a second mode, and is configured to be switchable between the first mode and the second mode according to an operation of the user. In the first mode, the control device receives selection of the movement pattern after receiving specification of the target position. In the second mode, the control device receives the specification of the target position after receiving the selection of the movement pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Yasushi SHODA, Akiko SATO
  • Publication number: 20230202503
    Abstract: A control device includes: a display control unit configured to display a candidate position image, indicating a candidate position that is a candidate of a target position, on a display device when the candidate position is detected based on a detection result of an external sensor provided in a moving object; and a reception unit configured to receive an operation of selecting a candidate position image indicating a candidate position to be set as the target position from among a plurality of candidate position images when the plurality of candidate position images are displayed on the display device. When any one of the candidate position images is selected, the display control unit displays a movement pattern image, representing a movement pattern executable by the moving object when the candidate position indicated by the candidate position image is set as the target position, on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Akiko SATO, Yasushi SHODA, Hiroki TAKAKU
  • Publication number: 20230205405
    Abstract: A control device includes: a display control unit configured to display a candidate position image on the display device when a candidate position is detected; and a reception unit configured to receive an operation of selecting a candidate position image indicating a candidate position to be set as a target position from among a plurality of candidate position images when the plurality of candidate position images are displayed on the display device. When the plurality of candidate position images are displayed in an overlapped manner and one candidate position image among the plurality of candidate position images is selected, and when an operation is performed on an operation valid region on a display screen, the reception unit changes the selected candidate position image to another candidate position image among the plurality of candidate position images. The operation valid region is a region including the plurality of candidate position images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Akiko SATO, Yasushi SHODA
  • Publication number: 20230176396
    Abstract: A control device includes circuitry configured to: generate, based on respective pieces of imaging data obtained by a plurality of imaging devices of a moving body, a three-dimensional image indicating a space including both the moving body and surroundings of the moving body; and cause a display device to display the generated three-dimensional image. The circuitry is capable of rotation of the space in the three-dimensional image, and the circuitry changes a rotation amount of the rotation, in a case where it is predicted that a boundary region of the respective pieces of imaging data in the three-dimensional image is present in a specific region when the rotation is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Yasushi SHODA, Jumpei MORITA
  • Publication number: 20230179757
    Abstract: A control device includes circuitry configured to: generate, based on imaging data obtained by an imaging device of a moving body, a three-dimensional image indicating a space including both the moving body and surroundings of the moving body; enable manual rotation in which the space in the three-dimensional image is manually rotated and automatic rotation in which the space in the three-dimensional image is automatically rotated; and cause a display device to display the generated three-dimensional image. In response to rotation being switched from the manual rotation to the automatic rotation due to an operation by the user of the moving body, the circuitry starts the automatic rotation from a position that is based on a stop position of the space after the manual rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Yasushi SHODA, Jumpei MORITA
  • Publication number: 20230177790
    Abstract: A control device includes circuitry configured to: generate, based on respective pieces of imaging data obtained by a plurality of imaging devices of a moving body, a three-dimensional image indicating a space including both the moving body and surroundings of the moving bod; and cause a display device to display generated the three-dimensional image. The circuitry is capable of rotation of the space in the three-dimensional image. When it is predicted that a boundary region of the respective pieces of imaging data in the three-dimensional image is present in a specific region at time of stop of the rotation, the circuitry changes the boundary region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Yasushi SHODA, Jumpei MORITA
  • Publication number: 20230158956
    Abstract: A control device includes circuitry configured to: generate a bird’s-eye view image and a three-dimensional image that show a moving body and surroundings of the moving body, based on respective pieces of imaging data obtained by a plurality of imaging devices of the moving body: cause a display device to display the generated bird’s-eye view image and the generated three-dimensional image; and determine whether a predetermined object is present in a boundary region between the respective pieces of imaging data in the bird’s-eye view image and the three-dimensional image. Upon determining that the predetermined object is present in the boundary region, the circuitry is configured to preferentially change the boundary region in the three-dimensional image among the displayed bird’s-eye view image and the displayed three-dimensional image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Yasushi SHODA, Jumpei MORITA
  • Patent number: 11623636
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes: an image display unit configured to display a direction indicating image that indicates a travel direction of the vehicle; and a control device configured to execute travel control of the vehicle. The direction indicating image is switchable between a first image that indicates a first travel direction of the vehicle and a second image that indicates a second travel direction of the vehicle, the second travel direction being opposite to the first travel direction. In a case where the control device switches the travel direction of the vehicle from the first travel direction to the second travel direction, the image display unit switches the direction indicating image from the first image to the second image based on a vehicle speed of the vehicle, a state of a power transmission device, and a steering state of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miki Tsujino, Yasushi Shoda, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Yuki Hara
  • Patent number: 11623521
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes an acquiring unit, a display unit, and a control unit. In a case where the acquiring unit acquires information about an obstacle on a first target route during traveling of a vehicle along the first target route and thus the vehicle stops traveling along the first target route, the control unit tries to calculate a second target route to a target position from a position where the vehicle stops traveling along the first target route. Upon succeeding in calculating the second target route, the control unit causes the display unit to display surrounding information corresponding to the second target route. Upon failing to calculate the second target route, the control unit causes the display unit to display a notification about an operation method of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Hara, Yasushi Shoda
  • Patent number: 11613252
    Abstract: A driving assistance system for a vehicle, comprising: a detection unit configured to detect information regarding surroundings of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to perform driving assistance control based on information detected by the detection unit, wherein, when the control unit performs an operation of stopping movement due to an object detected by the detection unit during the driving assistance control, the control unit restarts the movement after a predetermined time elapses from when the stop operation is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Hara, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Miki Tsujino, Yasushi Shoda
  • Patent number: 11548500
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes: a control device configured to execute a driving process for autonomously moving a vehicle to a target position; a steering operation member configured to receive a steering operation performed by an occupant; a vehicle state detecting device; and a notification device configured to make a notification to the occupant. In the driving process, the control device executes vehicle speed control and steering control. When, during execution of the driving process, the control device determines that the vehicle is a suspension state in which the driving process should be temporarily suspended, the control device causes the notification device to output a prescribed notification and executes a suspension process. In the suspension process, the control device executes the vehicle speed control to stop the vehicle and stops the steering control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamanaka, Yuki Hara, Yasushi Shoda, Megumi Kageyama
  • Patent number: 11541906
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to perform driving control on at least one of steering and a speed of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, an environment controller configured to control an operation of a predetermined device for providing a comfortable environment of the vehicle and limit an operation state of the predetermined device at a timing when a user gets out of the vehicle, and a reproducer configured to reproduce the operation state of the predetermined device at a timing when the user gets into the vehicle when the driving controller performs driving control for moving the vehicle from a parking area and picking up the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi