Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki Shigefuji

Yasuyuki Shigefuji 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: 11491874
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure, comprising an image capturing apparatus configured to capture an image of a left-rearward area and a right-rearward area of a vehicle, and a display apparatus including a left-side display unit configured to display the left-rearward area and a right-side display unit configured to display the right-rearward area, wherein when viewed in a vehicle body front-and-rear direction, the left-side display unit and the right-side display unit are respectively fixed at a left-side end part and a right-side end part of a vehicle cabin forward structure so as to be positioned higher than a center of a steering wheel and lower than an upper end of the steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Hayashida, Yasuyuki Shigefuji, Akinori Myoi, Susumu Seki
  • Patent number: 11198364
    Abstract: A pair of outside view displays that are provided on an instrument panel, are located outside a steering in a vehicle width direction, and display captured outside view images and displays that are provided inside the outside view displays in the vehicle width direction and have display regions from a driver seat to a front passenger seat are provided, and the outside view displays are provided so as to face the inside in the vehicle width direction and are disposed such that inner ends of the outside view displays are located on a front side of the vehicle relative to closer left and right ends of the displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Hayashida, Akinori Myoi, Susumu Seki, Yasuyuki Shigefuji
  • Publication number: 20210268906
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure, comprising an image capturing apparatus configured to capture an image of a left-rearward area and a right-rearward area of a vehicle, and a display apparatus including a left-side display unit configured to display the left-rearward area and a right-side display unit configured to display the right-rearward area, wherein when viewed in a vehicle body front-and-rear direction, the left-side display unit and the right-side display unit are respectively fixed at a left-side end part and a right-side end part of a vehicle cabin forward structure so as to be positioned higher than a center of a steering wheel and lower than an upper end of the steering wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshimasa HAYASHIDA, Yasuyuki SHIGEFUJI, Akinori MYOI, Susumu SEKI
  • Patent number: 11052822
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus comprises a shooting unit configured to shoot a periphery of a vehicle, a display unit configured to display an image shot by the shooting unit, an acquisition unit configured to acquire illuminance information regarding peripheral illuminance of the vehicle, and a control unit configured to control a display mode of the display unit based on the illuminance information acquired by the acquisition unit. The control unit changes the control of the display mode of the display unit between a case where peripheral illuminance of the vehicle increases and a case where the peripheral illuminance of the vehicle decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Takenaka, Yasuyuki Shigefuji
  • Patent number: 11027664
    Abstract: A rearview monitor apparatus includes: a display provided on an instrument panel; and a housing formed to surround a periphery of the display, wherein the housing includes an upper surface arranged above the display, a side surface arranged at the outside in a vehicle width direction of the display, and a visor that extends in a vehicle rearward direction beyond the display from vehicle rearward positions of the upper surface and the side surface and that forms an opening part in a vehicle rearward direction, and a first recess part of which a depth gradually increases toward a vehicle frontward direction towards the inside in the vehicle width direction from an outer end in the vehicle width direction is formed on the upper surface side of the visor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Shigefuji, Shunsuke Osafune, Akinori Myoi, Susumu Seki
  • Patent number: 10899228
    Abstract: A rear view monitoring device includes: a display unit which is provided on both sides of an instrument panel in a vehicle width direction; and a housing formed to surround a periphery of the display unit, wherein the housing includes an opening portion formed on a display surface side of the display unit, an upper surface disposed above the display unit, a side surface disposed outside the display unit in the vehicle width direction, and an overhanging portion which straddles the upper surface and the side surface and overhangs outward in the vehicle width direction from a range in which a pillar projects in a vertical direction, and at least the overhanging portion is formed to have a downward gradient toward an outside in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Shigefuji, Akinori Myoi, Susumu Seki
  • Publication number: 20200269697
    Abstract: A pair of outside view displays that are provided on an instrument panel, are located outside a steering in a vehicle width direction, and display captured outside view images and displays that are provided inside the outside view displays in the vehicle width direction and have display regions from a driver seat to a front passenger seat are provided, and the outside view displays are provided so as to face the inside in the vehicle width direction and are disposed such that inner ends of the outside view displays are located on a front side of the vehicle relative to closer left and right ends of the displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Hayashida, Akinori Myoi, Susumu Seki, Yasuyuki Shigefuji
  • Publication number: 20200164801
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus comprises a shooting unit configured to shoot a periphery of a vehicle, a display unit configured to display an image shot by the shooting unit, an acquisition unit configured to acquire illuminance information regarding peripheral illuminance of the vehicle, and a control unit configured to control a display mode of the display unit based on the illuminance information acquired by the acquisition unit. The control unit changes the control of the display mode of the display unit between a case where peripheral illuminance of the vehicle increases and a case where the peripheral illuminance of the vehicle decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Kenta TAKENAKA, Yasuyuki SHIGEFUJI
  • Publication number: 20200114832
    Abstract: A rearview monitor apparatus includes: a display provided on an instrument panel; and a housing formed to surround a periphery of the display, wherein the housing includes an upper surface arranged above the display, a side surface arranged at the outside in a vehicle width direction of the display, and a visor that extends in a vehicle rearward direction beyond the display from vehicle rearward positions of the upper surface and the side surface and that forms an opening part in a vehicle rearward direction, and a first recess part of which a depth gradually increases toward a vehicle frontward direction towards the inside in the vehicle width direction from an outer end in the vehicle width direction is formed on the upper surface side of the visor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Shigefuji, Shunsuke Osafune, Akinori Myoi, Susumu Seki
  • Publication number: 20200114762
    Abstract: A rear view monitoring device includes: a display unit which is provided on both sides of an instrument panel in a vehicle width direction; and a housing formed to surround a periphery of the display unit, wherein the housing includes an opening portion formed on a display surface side of the display unit, an upper surface disposed above the display unit, a side surface disposed outside the display unit in the vehicle width direction, and an overhanging portion which straddles the upper surface and the side surface and overhangs outward in the vehicle width direction from a range in which a pillar projects in a vertical direction, and at least the overhanging portion is formed to have a downward gradient toward an outside in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Shigefuji, Akinori Myoi, Susumu Seki
  • Patent number: 6791501
    Abstract: The present invention includes an antenna rod, an antenna base which attaches the antenna rod so as to be capable of swiveling, a joint assembly which consists of a cylindrical member in an axial direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the rod at one end of the antenna rod, a pair of pivotal support portions provided so as to confront an upper portion of the antenna base so as to mount the joint assembly on a pivot in a swiveling manner, and a torsion spring which is provided with respect to the joint assembly and automatically returns the joint assembly to a predetermined swiveling position by giving the elasticity of itself even if a swiveling position of the joint assembly is changed due to an external force applied to the antenna rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignees: Harada Industry Co., Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Maeda, Junichi Kohinata, Masaki Shinkawa, Morihiro Inomata, Yasuyuki Shigefuji, Hitoshi Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20030112191
    Abstract: The present invention includes an antenna rod, an antenna base which attaches the antenna rod so as to be capable of swiveling, a joint assembly which consists of a cylindrical member in an axial direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the rod at one end of the antenna rod, a pair of pivotal support portions provided so as to confront an upper portion of the antenna base so as to mount the joint assembly on a pivot in a swiveling manner, and a torsion spring which is provided with respect to the joint assembly and automatically returns the joint assembly to a predetermined swiveling position by giving the elasticity of itself even if a swiveling position of the joint assembly is changed due to an external force applied to the antenna rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: HARADA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Maeda, Junichi Kohinata, Masaki Shinkawa, Morihiro Inomata, Yasuyuki Shigefuji, Hitoshi Otsuka