Patents Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20250148767
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for training an image processing network, and an image processing method and device. The method for training an image processing network includes following. A reference pixel is determined based on a training image annotated with a truth value. With the reference pixel as a starting point and based on a Markov chain of the training image, cropping probabilities of the image processing network processing the training image are determined. A network parameter value and the cropping probabilities of the image processing network are adjusted based on an output result obtained by the image processing network processing a training cropped area and the truth value, to obtain a trained image processing network. The training cropped area is obtained by cropping the training image based on the cropping probabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicants: SENSETIME GROUP LIMITED, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20250145156
    Abstract: A driving assistance device comprises: an external environment detection sensor of a vehicle; and a controller configured to control a drive source of the vehicle. The controller controls the drive source so as to change acceleration of the vehicle on the basis of relative information including at least any one of an arrival time, a distance, or a relative speed with respect to a predetermined position ahead or another vehicle ahead in a self-vehicle traveling lane in which the vehicle travels, and a traveling status in another traveling lane as a merging destination on the basis of information of the external environment detection sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyosuke Inada, Masaki Nakagawara
  • Patent number: 12293615
    Abstract: Provided is a driving evaluation device that enables evaluation of driving for the purpose of improving a driving time in a circuit racecourse, for example. The driving evaluation device includes an evaluation section extractor 24 that detects a deceleration section and an acceleration section in cornering, a section average classifier 25 that calculates, based on a front-rear acceleration and a lateral acceleration, an acceleration norm average value in the deceleration section and that in the acceleration section, and a skill deficiency evaluator 28 that evaluates driving skill based on the acceleration norm average value in the deceleration section and that in the acceleration section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yuya Goto, Yoshiaki Kobayashi, Toshiaki Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 12294257
    Abstract: There is provided a rotating electric machine stator manufacturing method for forming a resin film on coil film peeled-off portions of a rotating electric machine stator by liquid resin material, the method including: an immersion process of immersing the coil film peeled-off portions of the rotating electric machine stator in the liquid resin material; and a heat curing process of heat curing the liquid resin material after release of the immersing to form the resin film, wherein the liquid resin material has thixotropy; and the immersion process includes a process of causing the rotating electric machine stator to move in a direction other than a vertical direction at least once at least while the coil film peeled-off portions are immersed in the liquid resin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takayuki Kogure, Kazuya Nagasawa, Kenji Miyanaga, Takafumi Hei, Satoshi Shikata, Hideki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12291233
    Abstract: A system and method for providing accurate trajectory following for automated vehicles in dynamic environments that include receiving image data and LiDAR data associated with a dynamic environment of a vehicle. The system and method also include processing a planned trajectory of the vehicle that is based on an analysis of the image data and LiDAR data. The system and method further include communicating control signals associated with following the planned trajectory to autonomously control the vehicle to follow the planned trajectory to navigate within the dynamic environment to reach a goal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huckleberry Febbo, David Francis Isele
  • Patent number: 12290021
    Abstract: A control device for executing travel control of a self-propelled work machine, comprising a turning unit that turns the work machine such that the work machine travels inside a boundary of a work region, an evaluation unit that evaluates complexity of a shape of the boundary in the work region, and a changing unit that changes a turning mode of the work machine when the work machine is turned based on an evaluation result by the evaluation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsui, Hideaki Shimamura, Satoshi Onodera
  • Patent number: 12291190
    Abstract: A vehicle turning control device and a method thereof are disclosed. A saturated rear-wheel lateral offset angle when a rear-wheel lateral force is saturated in turning of a vehicle is obtained from a control state amount and a motion state amount of the vehicle detected. An actual rear-wheel lateral offset angle, and a vehicle body lateral offset angular speed, are calculated from the motion state amount. A first correction amount for correcting a comparison value of the saturated rear-wheel lateral offset angle and the actual rear-wheel lateral offset angle is calculated from speed. A second correction amount for correcting the vehicle body lateral offset angular speed is calculated from the speed and the first correction amount. A target yaw momentum is calculated from the saturated rear-wheel lateral offset angle, the actual rear-wheel lateral offset angle, the comparison value, and the vehicle body lateral offset angular speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoto Okubo
  • Patent number: 12294255
    Abstract: A coil molding apparatus being capable of easily forming the band-shaped coil into a wound state, without the winding posture in the coil winding jig being disturbed by spring back of the band-shaped coil. The coil molding apparatus includes: a coil winding jig for winding the band-shaped coil with inserting straight portions thereof into a plurality of comb-shaped grooves in the outer periphery; a coil conveying mechanism unit for pivotally conveying the band-shaped coil along the outer periphery of the coil winding jig; and guide members for inserting the band-shaped coil into the plurality of comb-shaped grooves by guiding in an arc shape while contacting with the side end of the band shaped groove thereby gradually reducing in diameter accompanying pivoting at a second half portion of pivot conveying of the band-shaped coil, then extending with maintaining curvature of the portion of which the diameter has already been reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Matsumoto, Shuhei Okuda, Eishi Yoshida, Junya Ochiai
  • Patent number: 12291119
    Abstract: A power supply system for moving body, includes, a power generation unit, a power storage unit, a converter provided between the power generation unit and the power storage unit, the converter including a power storage unit-side converter terminal and a power generation unit-side converter terminal, an external connection terminal configured to electrically connect to an external device, a first switching unit configured to switch between connected and disconnected of the external connection terminal, the power storage unit, and the power storage unit-side converter terminal, a second switching unit configured to switch between connected and disconnected of the power generation unit-side converter terminal and the external connection terminal, a third switching unit configured to switch between connected and disconnected of the power generation unit-side converter terminal and the power generation unit, and a control device configured to control the first switching unit, the second switching unit, and the thi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryota Kitamoto
  • Patent number: 12291226
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a storage device storing a program and a hardware processor connected to the storage device. The hardware processor reads and executes the program stored in the storage device to recognize a risky physical object located near a mobile object on the basis of an output of a physical object detection device, cause at least one speaker to output a notification sound on the basis of a position of the risky physical object, and when the notification sound is output, cause the at least one speaker to output a first notification sound if the risky physical object is located in a first region including a region in front of the mobile object and cause the at least one speaker to output a second notification sound if the risky physical object is located in a second region including a region behind the mobile object. The first notification sound is a sound having a pitch different from that of the second notification sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Aya Miura, Kenjiro Torii
  • Patent number: 12291148
    Abstract: A mounting system and method for a mirror assembly of a vehicle is provided. The mirror assembly includes a plate mounting portion formed along the body plate of the mirror assembly that includes provisions for secure attachment to a door sash of a vehicle. The mirror assembly also includes a base mounting portion formed along an underside of the swivel arm of the mirror assembly that includes provisions for secure attachment to a door skin of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hunter May, Timothy J. Rupp, Jesse W. Schlabach, Douglas R. Kaltenmark, Babuji K. Tamarapoo, Hirofumi Takemoto
  • Patent number: 12291308
    Abstract: A boat includes: a hull; a float that supports the hull; a suspension that is disposed between the hull and the float and absorbs a vibration transmitted from the float to the hull; and a conversion mechanism that converts an energy generated in accordance with a relative movement of the hull and the float in a vertical direction, wherein the conversion mechanism is arranged so as to sandwich a center of gravity of the hull in a forward-rearward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi Ohiso
  • Patent number: 12294268
    Abstract: A conductive unit, includes a U-phase conductive member, a V-phase conductive member and an insulating cover. The U-phase conductive member include a U-phase bus bar and a molded member molded integrally with the U-phase bus bar. The V-phase conductive member includes a V-phase bus bar and not including the molded member. The insulating cover separates the U-phase bus bar from the V-phase bus bar apart and is supported only by the molded member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Ito, Masato Fujioka
  • Patent number: 12290821
    Abstract: An electric pulse decomposition method for separating a composite material by an electric pulse, the composite material being obtained by bonding or joining a plurality of conductors to each other with an insulating member, the electric pulse decomposition method including a protrusion formation step for forming a protrusion in a specific site, on a side on which the composite material is arranged, of at least one of the plurality of conductors, and a separation step for separating the plurality of conductors in the composite material 1 by respectively bringing electrodes into contact with surfaces of the plurality of conductors and applying an electric pulse between the electrodes to destroy the insulating member. This makes it possible to separate the plurality of conductors from the composite material by making a shock wave caused by a current of the dielectric breakdown functioning as an adhesive to effectively destroy the insulating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., WASEDA UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Satoshi Oyama, Naoki Kishimoto, Chiharu Tokoro, Soowon Lim, Taketoshi Koita, Masataka Kondo, Takao Namihira
  • Patent number: 12291201
    Abstract: There is provided a travel control apparatus. A control unit executes, based on a recognition result of the division line by a recognition unit, first control to perform lane keeping of the self-vehicle. In a case in which the recognition result ceases to be satisfied a predetermined condition, the control unit will switch, at a first timing. Even in a case in which the recognition result ceases to be satisfied the predetermined condition, if the predetermined condition ceases to be satisfied due to a recognition result of a width of a travel lane of the self-vehicle, the control unit will switch the control to be executed from the first control to the second control at a second timing earlier than the first timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daichi Kato
  • Patent number: 12291099
    Abstract: For a vehicle interior compartment defined by a vehicle floor, opposing sidewalls, a forward end and a rearward end, and a vehicle ceiling covering at least part of the compartment, an end zone overhead display structure includes bulkhead forming attachment elements coupled to a roof strut spanning from sidewall to sidewall of the vehicle roof. The display structure includes an open box-like upper bracket and an open box-like lower bracket coupled together with the roof strut interposed to provide an assembly that reduces unwanted motion, rotation or vibration of the display assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Inoue, Patrick J. Ellison, Taiga Marukawa, Kosaku Tomozawa, Akira Futatsuhashi, Takashi Nakano, Jagpaul S. Pandher, Tsuyoshi Higuchi
  • Patent number: 12291264
    Abstract: A driving support device includes: a driving state monitoring portion configured to monitor a plurality of driving states including a gripping position of a steering wheel of an occupant of a vehicle; a positive value calculation portion configured to calculate a positive value indicating a degree of positiveness of the occupant with respect to steering based on the plurality of driving states monitored by the driving state monitoring portion; and a lane keep assistance control portion configured to perform lane keep assistance control of guiding a steering operation of the occupant so that the vehicle does not deviate from a traveling lane based on the positive value calculated by the positive value calculation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Iwasa, Haruko Okuyama
  • Patent number: 12291120
    Abstract: Scheduled usage of an electric moving body that moves using a battery as a power source is acquired; a necessary remaining capacity that is a charging state necessary for the scheduled usage is acquired; and if the necessary remaining capacity is not reached by a start timing of the scheduled usage, a charging plan set in advance prior to the acquired scheduled usage is changed in a manner that the necessary remaining capacity is reached by the start timing of the scheduled usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Saita
  • Patent number: 12291275
    Abstract: A vehicle body lower structure includes a front cross member, a rear side frame, a floor panel, and a front floor frame. The front cross member is disposed in front of a battery in a vehicle. The rear side frame is connected to an end portion of the front cross member on an outward side in a vehicle width direction. The front floor frame forms a closed cross section together with the floor panel and is coupled to the end portion of the front cross member on the outward side in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Hayakawa, Shungo Chino, Takashi Nitta, Kazuya Kimura, Shuma Yoshioka
  • Patent number: D1073541
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Maurizio Carbonara, Satoshi Ito