Patents by Inventor Akinori Myoi

Akinori Myoi 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: 11912099
    Abstract: An automatic driving vehicle, that is automatically movable, includes a front window, a LIDAR disposed at an inner side of the front window and configured to acquire external world information on an automatic movement, a display device disposed at the inner side of the front window, a cover member covering the LIDAR and the display device, and a blowout port configured to discharge air toward the LIDAR and the display device along the inner side of the front window. The cover member includes a first introduction port formed by a gap between a portion overlapping the LIDAR in a width direction of the moving body and the front window, and a second introduction port formed by a gap between a portion overlapping the display device in the width direction and the front window. The gap of the first introduction port is larger than the gap of the second introduction port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Nakayama, Akinori Myoi
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220068049
    Abstract: An automatic driving vehicle, that is automatically movable, includes a front window, a LIDAR disposed at an inner side of the front window and configured to acquire external world information on an automatic movement, a display device disposed at the inner side of the front window, a cover member covering the LIDAR and the display device, and a blowout port configured to discharge air toward the LIDAR and the display device along the inner side of the front window. The cover member includes a first introduction port formed by a gap between a portion overlapping the LIDAR in a width direction of the moving body and the front window, and a second introduction port formed by a gap between a portion overlapping the display device in the width direction and the front window. The gap of the first introduction port is larger than the gap of the second introduction port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo NAKAYAMA, Akinori MYOI
  • 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: 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: 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: D847056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akinori Myoi