Patents by Inventor Ayumu HORIBA

Ayumu HORIBA 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: 11919547
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a driving controller controls one of or both steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle, and a mode determinator determines any of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode as a driving mode of the vehicle, in which tasks imposed on a driver in the second driving mode are less significant than in the first driving mode and one of or both steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle are controlled by the driving controller, the driving controller controls the vehicle in the second driving mode, and the driving mode is changed to the first driving mode when an abnormality occurs in a combination switch, combination switch related equipment which is connected between the driving controller and the combination switch via a communication line, or communication which is performed by the combination switch and the driving controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Komori, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Takuma Kobayashi, Shingo Ito, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh
  • Publication number: 20240059304
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize surrounding circumstances of a vehicle; a driving controller configured to control steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle; and a mode determinator configured to determine any of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode as a driving mode of the vehicle, in which tasks imposed on a driver in the second driving mode are less significant than in the first driving mode, the driving controller controls the vehicle in the second driving mode, and the driving mode is changed to the first driving mode when an abnormality including predetermined conditions has occurred regarding one or more cameras capturing an image of an area around the vehicle or an image captured by the one or more cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Nakamura, Yuichi Komori, Shingo Ito, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Noriyuki Imaeda, Takashi Kishimoto, Daiki Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20240051583
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a driving controller controls one of or both steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle, and a mode determinator determines any of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode as a driving mode of the vehicle, in which tasks imposed on a driver in the second driving mode are less significant than in the first driving mode and one of or both steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle are controlled by the driving controller, the driving controller controls the vehicle in the second driving mode, and the driving mode is changed to the first driving mode when an abnormality occurs in a combination switch, combination switch related equipment which is connected between the driving controller and the combination switch via a communication line, or communication which is performed by the combination switch and the driving controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yuichi Komori, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Takuma Kobayashi, Shingo Ito, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh
  • Publication number: 20240051567
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle capable of traveling in first and second traveling states is provided. The second traveling state requires an operation related to traveling by a passenger more than the first traveling state. The system changes, based on a traveling situation of the vehicle, an upper limit speed at which the vehicle can travel in the first traveling state. The system performs notification to the passenger of a request for a predetermined operation at a timing when a traveling speed of the vehicle reaches a predetermined speed when switching from the first traveling state to the second traveling state. A difference between the upper limit speed and the predetermined speed is increased in a case where the upper limit speed is high compared to a case where the upper limit speed is low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Tadahiko KANOH, Ayumu HORIBA, Katsuya YASHIRO, Chihiro OGURO
  • Patent number: 11858527
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle capable of traveling in first and second traveling states is provided. The second traveling state requires an operation related to traveling by a passenger more than the first traveling state. The system changes, based on a traveling situation of the vehicle, an upper limit speed at which the vehicle can travel in the first traveling state. The system performs notification to the passenger of a request for a predetermined operation at a timing when a traveling speed of the vehicle reaches a predetermined speed when switching from the first traveling state to the second traveling state. A difference between the upper limit speed and the predetermined speed is increased in a case where the upper limit speed is high compared to a case where the upper limit speed is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Kanoh, Ayumu Horiba, Katsuya Yashiro, Chihiro Oguro
  • Publication number: 20230303078
    Abstract: The present invention provides a driving support device that performs driving support of a vehicle, comprising: a detector configured to detect a state of a driver of the vehicle; and a controller configured to control the driving support with a setting validated by the driver among a plurality of settings including a first setting and a second setting each of which requests the driver to perform a predetermined operation obligation, wherein the controller is configured to invalidate the second setting, in a case of determining that the driver does not fulfill the operation obligation from a detection result of the detector in a state where the second setting is validated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Daichi KATO, Haruhiko NISHIGUCHI, Shingo ITO, Yuma YOSHIDA, Ayumu HORIBA
  • Patent number: 11685407
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a vehicle includes a selection unit configured to select one of a plurality of travel states which have different automation rates from each other, a storage unit configured to store an upper limit travel speed of each of the plurality of travel states, and a changing unit configured to change, based on at least one of an operation by a driver and/or information of the driver, an upper limit travel speed of a travel state which is currently selected by the selection unit. The changing unit changes, in accordance with the change in the upper limit travel speed of the travel state which is currently selected, an upper limit travel speed of a travel state which is not currently selected among the plurality of travel states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Katsuya Yashiro, Chihiro Oguro
  • Patent number: 11600079
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle; and a driving controller configured to control a speed and steering of the vehicle according to a recognition result of the recognizer. The driving controller is configured to stop following travel of following a front vehicle recognized by the recognizer according to a state of a target recognized by the recognizer in a traveling region through which the front vehicle has passed when the following travel is performed. The target is a regulation sign for regulating a part of a lane in which a vehicle is traveling, a regulation sign for regulating a lane, or a guiding sign for guiding a visual line of an occupant of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Yashiro, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Chihiro Oguro
  • Patent number: 11597400
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus, which controls a vehicle having a plurality of driving modes, includes a travel control section that performs travel control of the vehicle based on vicinity information; a limit value determining section that determines a deceleration limit value used when the travel control is performed, according to the driving mode; and a braking control section that performs braking control based on the vicinity information, such that the vehicle decelerates with a deceleration that does not exceed the determined deceleration limit value; wherein the limit value determining section sets the deceleration limit value to a first limit value when the vehicle is driven in a first driving mode, and sets the deceleration limit value to a second limit value higher than the first limit value, when the vehicle is driven in a second driving mode that has a higher degree of automation than the first driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Tobe, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Shinya Uno, Kentaro Ishisaka, Ayumu Horiba
  • Patent number: 11572052
    Abstract: A vehicle control device of an embodiment includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a host vehicle and a driving controller configured to perform driving control by controlling one or both of a speed and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer. In a case where a speed relationship between the host vehicle and a forward vehicle traveling in front of the host vehicle satisfies predetermined conditions, the driving controller is configured to perform passing control for passing the forward vehicle, and holds feature information of the forward vehicle under predetermined conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Yashiro, Ayumu Horiba, Chihiro Oguro, Tadahiko Kanoh
  • Patent number: 11524700
    Abstract: A control system of a vehicle that can travel in a first state in which travel control is performed based on a position of a white line on a travel lane and in a second state in which travel control is performed based on a travel position of another vehicle. Periphery information is obtained of the vehicle. It is determined, based on the periphery information obtained, whether an emergency vehicle is approaching. A control unit configured to perform control so that travel control in the first state is prioritized when it is determined that the emergency vehicle is not approaching. Travel control in the second state is prioritized when it is determined that the emergency vehicle is approaching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro Oguro, Katsuya Yashiro, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh
  • Patent number: 11505193
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a recognizer which is configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a host vehicle and a driving controller which is configured to perform automated driving on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, wherein the driving controller is configured to perform passing control of causing the host vehicle to pass a preceding vehicle if at least one of a first condition according to a relative speed of the host vehicle with respect to the preceding vehicle and a second condition according to a type of the preceding vehicle is satisfied when the recognizer recognizes the preceding vehicle, and is configured to curb the passing control by changing at least one of the first condition and the second condition when a continuity of a first route on which the host vehicle is traveling decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Yashiro, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Chihiro Oguro, Yuta Takada
  • Patent number: 11479246
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognition unit configured to recognize surrounding conditions of a vehicle, a driving control unit configured to control a speed and a steering of the vehicle on the basis of a result of recognition from the recognition unit, and a reception unit configured to receive an operation of an occupant of the vehicle of selecting on which of a first path and a second path the vehicle is to travel at a branching point through which the vehicle passes. The driving control unit is configured to control the speed and the steering of the vehicle in a plurality of modes with different automation levels, to decrease the automation level at a point before the branching point, and to delay a time at which the automation level is decreased when the operation of selecting one of the first path and the second path is received by the reception unit in comparison with when the operation is not received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Yashiro, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Chihiro Oguro, Yuta Takada
  • Patent number: 11402844
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus of an embodiment includes a recognizer which recognizes a surrounding environment of a host vehicle, and a driving controller which controls one or both of a speed and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer to perform driving control, wherein the driving controller performs the driving control in at least any of a first driving state and a second driving state having a higher rate of automation or fewer tasks requested for an occupant of the host vehicle than the first driving state, and an operation environment in which route change of the host vehicle in the second driving state is executed is limited as compared to a case of the first driving state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro Oguro, Katsuya Yashiro, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Yuta Takada
  • Publication number: 20220234599
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a recognition unit configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle, a driving control unit configured to control at least one of acceleration and deceleration and steering of the host vehicle based on a recognition result of the recognition unit and to perform driving control of the host vehicle, and a driving request unit configured to execute a driving change request or a driving operation request based on the surrounding situation during execution of the driving control. The driving request unit is configured to output a first request and a second request different from the first request. The driving request unit comprises a first mode in which the first request is output, and the second request is output when the first request is not satisfied, and a second mode in which the second request is output without outputting the first request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanta TSUJI, Yoshifumi NAKAMURA, Ayumu HORIBA, Akihiko AOYAGI, Yuichi KOMORI
  • Patent number: 11383714
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a driving controller configured to control a speed and steering of a vehicle to perform an automatic lane change, in which the driving controller limits the automatic lane change when it is detected that the vehicle is in a first area having a length of a first distance in a longitudinal direction of a road with a starting point of a specific road structure set as a reference or in a second area having a length of a second distance in the longitudinal direction of the road with an end point of the specific road structure set as a reference on the basis of information of at least one of an external recognition result and map information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Katsuya Yashiro, Chihiro Oguro, Nozomu Hirosawa, Toru Kokaki, Daichi Kato
  • Publication number: 20220203985
    Abstract: A vehicle control device of the embodiment includes a recognizer that recognizes a surrounding situation of a host vehicle; and a driving controller that controls one or both of steering or acceleration/deceleration of the host vehicle to cause the host vehicle to travel, wherein the driving controller causes the host vehicle to travel in any of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode in which the host vehicle travels so that the speed of the host vehicle reaches a target speed, and the driving controller restricts the execution of at least the first driving mode when a specific object is recognized in a traveling direction of the host vehicle based on map information or a recognition result from the recognizer during the execution of the first driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Katsuya Yashiro, Hiroshi Oguro, Chihiro Oguro, Junya Yoda, Keisuke Hata, Tomofumi Koishi, Shingo Ito, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh
  • Patent number: 11358595
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a recognition unit recognizing a surrounding environment of an own vehicle, and a driving control unit controlling a speed or steering of the own vehicle on the basis of a recognition result from the recognition unit, in which the driving control unit causes the own vehicle to perform a first operation in which an inter-vehicle distance between a preceding vehicle and the own vehicle is reduced, and a second operation in which an inter-vehicle distance between the preceding vehicle and the own vehicle is increased after the first operation in a case where a change amount of another vehicle satisfies a predetermined condition or another vehicle is identified as a cutting-in vehicle, on the basis of one of a behavior or a position of another vehicle when another vehicle traveling in an adjacent lane that is adjacent to a traveling lane of the own vehicle changes lane to the traveling lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Katsuya Yashiro, Chihiro Oguro, Yuta Takada
  • Publication number: 20220119000
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle capable of traveling in first and second traveling states is provided. The second traveling state requires an operation related to traveling by a passenger more than the first traveling state. The system changes, based on a traveling situation of the vehicle, an upper limit speed at which the vehicle can travel in the first traveling state. The system performs notification to the passenger of a request for a predetermined operation at a timing when a traveling speed of the vehicle reaches a predetermined speed when switching from the first traveling state to the second traveling state. A difference between the upper limit speed and the predetermined speed is increased in a case where the upper limit speed is high compared to a case where the upper limit speed is low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Tadahiko KANOH, Ayumu HORIBA, Katsuya YASHIRO, Chihiro OGURO
  • Publication number: 20210276580
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus, which controls a vehicle having a plurality of driving modes, includes a travel control section that performs travel control of the vehicle based on vicinity information; a limit value determining section that determines a deceleration limit value used when the travel control is performed, according to the driving mode; and a braking control section that performs braking control based on the vicinity information, such that the vehicle decelerates with a deceleration that does not exceed the determined deceleration limit value; wherein the limit value determining section sets the deceleration limit value to a first limit value when the vehicle is driven in a first driving mode, and sets the deceleration limit value to a second limit value higher than the first limit value, when the vehicle is driven in a second driving mode that has a higher degree of automation than the first driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Takuya TOBE, Yoshifumi NAKAMURA, Shinya UNO, Kentaro ISHISAKA, Ayumu HORIBA