Patents Assigned to Honda Môtor Co., Ltd.
  • SYSTEM FOR DETECTING POSITION OF BOAT MOORED UNDER ROOF
    Publication number: 20240109637
    Abstract: A control system, adapted for a boat having a first GNSS receiver disposed at a bow side of the boat, and a second GNSS receiver disposed at a stern side of the boat, the control system includes a control unit including a processor configured to determine whether an approach direction of the boat to a berth is bow first or stern first; and select, based on the approach direction, the first GNSS receiver or the second GNSS receiver for determining a position of the boat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi HASHIZUME, Ryota HISADA, Ryuichi KIMATA
  • VEHICLE FRONT STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20240109591
    Abstract: A vehicle front structure, which can improve structural strength to protect a high voltage electrical component and improve collision safety performance, is provided. The vehicle front structure includes: a side frame, disposed on a side part of a vehicle and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; a sub-frame, installed below the side frame and supporting a suspension component; a high voltage electrical component, disposed below a floor panel and located behind the sub-frame; a reinforcing frame, disposed around the high voltage electrical component; and a block component, disposed at a front end of the reinforcing frame. The block component has an inclined surface, and the inclined surface is inclined upward toward the sub-frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya INAZUMI, Kuri KASUYA, Heisuke KOBAYASHI, Kento SAKAI
  • MOVABLE SPOILER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240109610
    Abstract: A movable spoiler device is provided. The movable spoiler device includes: a fixed part, fixed on a body of a vehicle; a movable part, movable between a storage position and a deployed position; an actuator, disposed on the fixed part and drives the movable part to move in a front-rear direction; a rotating frame, connected to the actuator and rotates synchronously with the actuator; a connecting member, connected to the rotating frame and the movable part; and a locking member, disposed between the actuator and the rotating frame, applies force to the actuator through an elastic member, and is locked on the rotating frame, wherein, when the movable part is in the deployed position and is subjected to a load applied from the rear, the rotating frame is rotated by pushing the locking member against the elastic member to release the fitting of the locking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki MOMII, Kei AMBO
  • AUTONOMOUS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VESSEL
    Publication number: 20240111286
    Abstract: An autonomous control system and method for a vessel are provided. The autonomous control system includes a route setting unit, setting a route to a destination; a disturbance data acquisition unit, acquiring disturbance data from sources other than the vessel; an autonomous control unit, performing a control of the vessel based on the route set by the route setting unit and corrects the control of the vessel based on the disturbance data acquired by the disturbance data acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi HASHIZUME, Ryuichi KIMATA, Ryota HISADA, Koichi TSUNO
  • HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT FOR POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240110602
    Abstract: A hydraulic circuit for a power transmission device has an oil passage supplying hydraulic pressure of hydraulic fluid to the power transmission device mounted on a vehicle and a hydraulic actuator on which the hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic fluid in the oil passage acts, the oil passage is provided with a concave portion of the inner surface of the oil passage that is recessed upward in the state of mounting on the vehicle. The concave portion is located upstream of the hydraulic actuating portion in the oil passage and above the hydraulic actuating portion when the unit is mounted in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro Hiramine, Ryuichi Mori, Akira Yoshida, Robert David Morton, III, Matthew R. Scott
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20240112104
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire physical strength information related to physical strength and time information related to a scheduled farm work time of a work group including at least one worker who performs farm work; a determination unit configured to determine a work ability of the work group based on the physical strength information; and a crop type selection unit configured to select a crop type to be proposed to the work group based on the work ability determined by the determination unit and the time information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuma TAMAKI, Yuji YASUI, Tokitomo ARIYOSHI, Ken IINUMA, Hideki MATSUNAGA
  • MOVABLE SPOILER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240109609
    Abstract: A movable spoiler device is provided in the disclosure. The movable spoiler device includes: a fixed part, fixed on a body of a vehicle; a movable part, configured to be movable between a storage position connected to the fixed part and a deployed position protruding from the fixed part toward rear of the vehicle; an actuator, disposed on the fixed part and drives the movable part to move in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and a cover member, disposed on the fixed part and connected to the movable part so as to be linked with the movable part, in which there is a gap between the movable part and the fixed part due to the movement of the movable part, when the movable part moves from the storage position to the deployed position, the cover member is driven by the movable part to move and cover the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki MOMII, Kei AMBO
  • SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING SENSORS WHEN MOORING TO BERTH HAVING ROOF
    Publication number: 20240109627
    Abstract: A control system adapted for a boat having a first sensor including a GNSS receiver detecting a position of the boat, and a second sensor detecting the position of the boat is provided. The control system includes a control unit having a processor, configured to: switch a control mode of the control unit to an automatic docking mode; obtain roof information regarding whether a berth for mooring the boat includes a roof wherein when the control unit determines the berth for mooring the boat includes the roof, the control unit switches, at a predetermined timing, from the first sensor to the second sensor for determining the position of the boat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi HASHIZUME, Ryuichi KIMATA, Ryota HISADA
  • INSTALLATION STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE HAVING INSTALLATION STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20240109599
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an installation structure and a vehicle having the installation structure. The installation structure is disposed in a vehicle and configured to install a controller, including: a floor panel, constituting a lower portion of a vehicle body of the vehicle; a floor channel, disposed in the floor panel, located at a center in a width direction of the vehicle, extending along a front-to-back direction of the vehicle, and protruding on an upside of the vehicle; a pair of brackets, connected to a corner formed by a side surface and an upper surface of the floor channel; an insulator, configured to cover the floor panel and the brackets; a carpet, disposed on the insulator; and a bracket protrusion, separated from the upper surface of the floor channel and fixing the controller on the bracket protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki MURAMATSU, Teruki Komura, Tomoaki Ozaki, Atsuhiro Yamazaki, Takeru Akagami, Takayuki Doi
  • CONTROL DEVICE AND MOVING BODY
    Publication number: 20240109415
    Abstract: A control device for controlling a display device is mounted on a moving body that moves to a target position specified by a user by automatic steering. The moving body is configured to be capable of perpendicular parking into the target position and parallel parking into the target position. When the perpendicular parking or the parallel parking is performed, the control device causes the display device to display a top view image of the moving body and surroundings, and to display a frame image indicating a place set as the target position superimposed on the top view image. The control device is capable of enlarging and displaying the top view image according to an instruction from the user. The control device makes a display range when the top view image is enlarged and displayed different between when the perpendicular parking is performed and when the parallel parking is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuro FUJIWARA
  • MOVABLE SPOILER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240109608
    Abstract: A movable spoiler device includes: a fixed part, fixed on a body of a vehicle; a movable part, configured to be movable between a storage position connected to the fixed part and a deployed position protruding from the fixed part toward rear of the vehicle; an actuator, disposed on the fixed part and drives the movable part to move in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; a link mechanism, connected to the actuator and the movable part, in which the link mechanism includes: a fixed link, rotatably supported on the fixed part with a first axis, and connected to the actuator; a movable link, rotatably supported on the fixed link with a second axis different from the first axis and connected to the movable part. The fixed link is driven to rotate by the actuator, and the movable link drives the movable part to move relative to the fixed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki MOMII, Kei AMBO
  • POWER STORAGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240109435
    Abstract: A power storage system includes a battery including a first power storage unit, a second power storage unit, and a first switch unit, a three-phase motor in which coils of three phases are connected at a neutral point, the three-phase motor being driven by electric power supplied from the battery, an inverter connected on an electric power transmission path between the battery and the three-phase motor, and a DC power supply circuit connected to a connection portion located on an electric power transmission path between the inverter and the battery. The DC power supply circuit includes a branch circuit connected to the neutral point on a positive electrode side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi OGIHARA, Yasuo YAMADA, Yoshio KOJIMA, Harumi TAKEDOMI
  • WORK TIME PREDICTION DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, WORK TIME PREDICTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20240112109
    Abstract: The acquisition unit acquires area information regarding a current work area. The prediction unit predicts a work time in the current work area on the basis of the area information acquired by the acquisition unit and history information in which area information regarding a past work area and time information regarding a work time in the past work area are associated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Megumi HIRAKAWA, Satoshi MURATA, Sota SAKAGUCHI, Shohei NAMIKI, Ryota HISADA, Ryuichi KIMATA
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20240112467
    Abstract: The storage unit stores history information in which area information regarding a past work area and time information regarding a work time in the past work area are associated with each other. The acquisition unit acquires area information regarding a current work area. The identification unit identifies a degree of association between the area information acquired by the acquisition unit and the history information stored in the storage unit. The output unit outputs information included in the history information with priority according to the degree of association identified by the identification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Megumi HIRAKAWA, Sota SAKAGUCHI, Satoshi MURATA, Shohei NAMIKI, Ryota HISADA, Ryuichi KIMATA
  • WORK RANGE CALCULATOR FOR ELECTRIC LAWN MOWER
    Publication number: 20240111294
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium, storing a program causing a computer to execute a process including a step of obtaining, by an input unit, a work area information of an electric lawn mower; a step of calculating, by a processor, a required electricity amount of the electric lawn mower based on the work area information; and a step of outputting, by an output unit, the required electricity amount of the electric lawn mower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eric WRASE
  • POWER STORAGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240113531
    Abstract: A power storage system includes a first battery, a three-phase motor, an inverter, a DC power supply circuit, a branch circuit, a capacitor, a pre-charge circuit located on the electric power transmission path between the inverter and the first battery and connected between the inverter and the connection portion of the DC power supply circuit, a converter connected to the pre-charge circuit, and a second battery connected to the converter and having a voltage lower than the first voltage and the second voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo YAMADA, Yasushi OGIHARA, Yoshio KOJIMA
  • CONTROL DEVICE, INFORMATION TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20240111469
    Abstract: A control device for a moving body includes a control unit configured to communicate with an information terminal which is portable for a user of the moving body, and perform movement control on the moving body and charge control on a power supply device. The control unit is configured to start the moving body and the charge control, and, in response to receiving an action plan, if a progress state of the charge control does not reach a predetermined state, cause a display unit of the information terminal to display a third display image indicating the progress state, and if the progress state reaches the predetermined state, cause the display unit not to display the third display image, or cause the display unit to display it in an inconspicuous manner in comparison to a case where the progress state does not reach the predetermined state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jumpei NOGUCHI, Takeshi IIJIMA, Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Ayumu MITOMO, Satoshi NAKAMURA, Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Mizuki OWADA
  • AUTOMATIC BERTHING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20240111287
    Abstract: An automatic berthing system and method for a vessel are provided. The automatic berthing system comprises a controller, controlling the vessel; an input part, receiving an input to perform the automatic berthing mode; at least one peripheral sensor, detecting position information and speed information of another vessel other than the vessel to determine whether a wake caused by the another vessel has influence on the vessel. The controller performs an automatic berthing control when the input to perform the automatic berthing mode is received until the vessel reaches a berthing position, and the controller stops the automatic berthing control when the another vessel is located within a predetermined distance from the vessel based on the position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi HASHIZUME, Ryuichi KIMATA, Ryota HISADA, Koichi TSUNO
  • Cold flake suppression method
    Patent number: 11945029
    Abstract: A cold flake suppression method is provided. A molding device includes a sleeve, a tip, a sprue guide portion, a molding die, a sprue ring, a distributer, and a control device. The sprue guide portion includes a stamp portion, a runner portion, and a gate portion. The control device drives a supply device to slide the tip for molten metal to flow through the sleeve; sequentially calculates an amount of heat transfer changing continuously from the start of supply of molten metal until the tip slides to the position in FIG. 2, and calculates a total of the amounts as a total amount of heat transfer; and calculates a volume of the sprue guide portion based on information about the sprue guide portion input by an operator. Shapes of the sleeve and the sprue guide portion are determined to set a cold flake index equal to or less than 0.842.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Okada, Atsushi Yamashita
  • In-vehicle system, vehicle, and communication method
    Patent number: 11945333
    Abstract: A communication device includes a communicator that is mounted in a mobile body and functions as a wireless access point, a power supplier configured to supply electric power at least to a driver that causes the mobile body to travel, a detector configured to detect the electric energy of the power supplier, and a controller configured to control at least one of communication strength and communication quality of the communicator based on the electric energy detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Otaka, Ryusuke Tamanaha, Yusuke Oi, Takahiro Iijima, Naoko Imai