Patents by Inventor Atsushi Sotome

Atsushi Sotome 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: 11576302
    Abstract: A charging control system includes a lawn mower that has a battery and performs a lawn mowing work while traveling autonomously, and a charging station for charging the battery. The lawn mower includes a period calculator for calculating a shutoff period of supply power supplied from the charging station, and a first communication unit. The charging station includes a second communication unit communicating with the first communication unit, an information acquisition unit for acquiring shutoff period information indicating the shutoff period from the first communication unit via the second communication unit, a switch for shutting off the supply power, and a shutoff controller for controlling the operation of the switch. The shutoff controller releases the shutoff of the power supply to the lawn mower based on the shutoff period information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kawakami, Atsushi Sotome, Toshio Inoue, Takumi Shiiyama
  • Publication number: 20220300003
    Abstract: An autonomous lawnmower (1) including a work unit (12), a travel unit (11), a first control unit (20), a state detecting unit (21), and a communication device (30) wherein the first control unit is configured to transmit state information regarding the operating state via the communication device at a prescribed transmission time interval, the prescribed transmission time interval being varied between a first time interval, and a second time interval which is longer than the first time interval based on the operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Atsushi SOTOME, Takuya KANISAWA, Takumi HATADA
  • Publication number: 20200296887
    Abstract: A charging control system includes a lawn mower that has a battery and performs a lawn mowing work while traveling autonomously, and a charging station for charging the battery. The lawn mower includes a period calculator for calculating a shutoff period of supply power supplied from the charging station, and a first communication unit. The charging station includes a second communication unit communicating with the first communication unit, an information acquisition unit for acquiring shutoff period information indicating the shutoff period from the first communication unit via the second communication unit, a switch for shutting off the supply power, and a shutoff controller for controlling the operation of the switch. The shutoff controller releases the shutoff of the power supply to the lawn mower based on the shutoff period information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kawakami, Atsushi Sotome, Toshio Inoue, Takumi Shiiyama