Patents by Inventor Chihiro ABE
Chihiro ABE 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).
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Patent number: 11912828Abstract: Described herein is a crosslinked organosilicone resin that has a crosslinked structure formed by reacting a silicone or hydrocarbon having an alkenyl group at both ends thereof with a hydrosilyl group-containing organosilicone resin, is soluble with a liquid oil at room temperature, and forms a film by volatilization of the oil. Also described herein is a method for preparing a crosslinked organosilicone resin and cosmetics containing a crosslinked organosilicone resin.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takuya Abe, Masayuki Konishi, Chihiro Hayakawa
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Patent number: 11661057Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer that is configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller that is configured to control acceleration or deceleration and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer. The driving controller is configured to cause the host vehicle to operate in at least any of a first driving state and a second driving state in which a rate of automation is higher or tasks required of an occupant are fewer than in the first driving state, and is configured to transition a driving state of the host vehicle to the first driving state on the basis of movement of a rearward vehicle that travels rearward of the host vehicle recognized by the recognizer in a direction of a vehicle width in a case where the host vehicle is operating in the second driving state.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Chihiro Abe, Katsuya Yashiro, Hironobu Kiryu
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Patent number: 11651969Abstract: An etching method according to one embodiment, includes alternately switching a first step and a second step. The first step introduces a first gas containing a fluorine atom without supplying radiofrequency voltage to form a surface layer on a surface of a target cooled at a temperature equal to or lower than a liquefaction temperature of the first gas. The second step introduces a second gas gaseous at the first temperature and different from the first gas, and supplies the radiofrequency voltage, to generate plasma from the second gas to etch the target by sputtering using the plasma.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Chihiro Abe, Toshiyuki Sasaki, Hisataka Hayashi, Mitsuhiro Omura, Tsubasa Imamura
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Publication number: 20230114349Abstract: An etching method according to one embodiment, includes alternately switching a first step and a second step. The first step introduces a first gas containing a fluorine atom without supplying radiofrequency voltage to form a surface layer on a surface of a target cooled at a temperature equal to or lower than a liquefaction temperature of the first gas. The second step introduces a second gas gaseous at the first temperature and different from the first gas, and supplies the radiofrequency voltage, to generate plasma from the second gas to etch the target by sputtering using the plasma.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Chihiro ABE, Toshiyuki SASAKI, Hisataka HAYASHI, Mitsuhiro OMURA, Tsubasa IMAMURA
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Patent number: 11230289Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle and a driving controller configured to control acceleration/deceleration and steering of the vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer, wherein the driving controller determines a search range or a setting range of a target position candidate when a lane change is made in accordance with a type of lane change when the driving controller causes the vehicle to make the lane change.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Nana Niibo, Chihiro Abe, Katsuya Yashiro
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Patent number: 11209828Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller configured to control acceleration/deceleration and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, wherein the driving controller determines a target speed of the host vehicle by reflecting a first target speed based on a relationship between a first vehicle that travels in front of the host vehicle in a first lane and the host vehicle and a second target speed based on a relationship between a second vehicle that travels in front of a target position to which the host vehicle makes a lane change in a second lane and the host vehicle in a prescribed ratio according to progress of the lane change when the lane change from the first lane to the second lane is made.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Nana Niibo, Chihiro Abe, Katsuya Yashiro
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Patent number: 11203343Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller configured to control acceleration/deceleration and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, wherein the driving controller holds a target position selected from one or more target position candidates from a start time point according to a type of lane change to a point in time at which a prescribed condition is satisfied when the driving controller causes the host vehicle to make the lane change.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Chihiro Abe, Nana Niibo, Katsuya Yashiro
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Patent number: 11194313Abstract: A numerical controller includes a command analysis unit for analyzing the machining program in which the axis movement command for a plurality of sections is described in one block of the machining program in a reading processing for the one block to specify a plurality of coordinate values or movement amounts, and a block information generation unit for generating the block information for the plurality of sections based on the plurality of coordinate values or movement amounts. Each of one or more addresses is described only once and a plurality of command values corresponding to the respective addresses is described according to a predetermined order in the axis movement command, and the command analysis unit specifies a correlation between the addresses and the command values according to the order.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Fanuc CorporationInventors: Chihiro Abe, Manabu Saitou, Takenori Ono
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Patent number: 11036206Abstract: A numerical controller for generating block information of a path by analyzing an axis movement command described in a machining program includes a command analysis unit for analyzing the machining program in which the axis movement command for a plurality of sections is described in one block in a reading processing for the one block to specify a plurality of coordinate values, a command synthesis unit for generating a plurality of direction vectors constituting the path based on the plurality of coordinate values and generating a resultant vector obtained by adding the direction vectors, and a block information generation unit for generating the block information based on the resultant vector.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Fanuc CorporationInventors: Chihiro Abe, Manabu Saitou, Takenori Ono
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Patent number: 10967864Abstract: This vehicle control device is provided with: an external sensor which detects a vehicle stop position present ahead of a host vehicle in the travel direction; and a remaining distance calculation unit which calculates the remaining distance to the detected vehicle stop position from the host vehicle. The vehicle control device is further provided with a medium-term trajectory generation unit and a short-term trajectory generation unit which use a predefined setting method to set a target speed for decelerating the host vehicle in accordance with the calculated remaining distance.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Oguro, Daichi Kato, Chihiro Abe
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Publication number: 20210020450Abstract: An etching method according to one embodiment, includes alternately switching a first step and a second step. The first step introduces a first gas containing a fluorine atom without supplying radiofrequency voltage to form a surface layer on a surface of a target cooled at a temperature equal to or lower than a liquefaction temperature of the first gas. The second step introduces a second gas gaseous at the first temperature and different from the first gas, and supplies the radiofrequency voltage, to generate plasma from the second gas to etch the target by sputtering using the plasma.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Chihiro ABE, Toshiyuki Sasaki, Hisataka Hayashi, Mitsuhiro Omura, Tsubasa Imamura
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Publication number: 20200218234Abstract: A numerical controller for generating block information of a path by analyzing an axis movement command described in a machining program includes a command analysis unit for analyzing the machining program in which the axis movement command for a plurality of sections is described in one block in a reading processing for the one block to specify a plurality of coordinate values, a command synthesis unit for generating a plurality of direction vectors constituting the path based on the plurality of coordinate values and generating a resultant vector obtained by adding the direction vectors, and a block information generation unit for generating the block information based on the resultant vector.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Fanuc CorporationInventors: Chihiro Abe, Manabu Saitou, Takenori Ono
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Patent number: 10696301Abstract: A vehicle control device is installed in a host vehicle and is configured to be capable of performing automatic driving or providing a driving support. The vehicle control device includes a left/right boundary line generating unit that calculates left and right boundary lines of a travel path on which the host vehicle travels. Further, the vehicle control device includes an ideal travel route generating unit that sets constraint points through which the host vehicle passes within a range of the left and right boundary lines, and furthermore, calculates an ideal travel route in which a curvature with the constraint points serving as a constraint condition, a travel distance, and a difference from a center line are minimized.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Chihiro Abe, Daichi Kato, Tadashi Sumioka, Kazuyuki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20200192334Abstract: A numerical controller includes a command analysis unit for analyzing the machining program in which the axis movement command for a plurality of sections is described in one block of the machining program in a reading processing for the one block to specify a plurality of coordinate values or movement amounts, and a block information generation unit for generating the block information for the plurality of sections based on the plurality of coordinate values or movement amounts. Each of one or more addresses is described only once and a plurality of command values corresponding to the respective addresses is described according to a predetermined order in the axis movement command, and the command analysis unit specifies a correlation between the addresses and the command values according to the order.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: Fanuc CorporationInventors: Chihiro Abe, Manabu Saitou, Takenori Ono
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Publication number: 20200114916Abstract: This vehicle control device is provided with: an external sensor which detects a vehicle stop position present ahead of a host vehicle in the travel direction; and a remaining distance calculation unit which calculates the remaining distance to the detected vehicle stop position from the host vehicle. The vehicle control device further provided with a medium-term trajectory generation unit and a short-term trajectory generation unit which use a predefined setting method to set a target speed for decelerating the host vehicle in accordance with the calculated remaining distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2016Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Hiroshi OGURO, Daichi KATO, Chihiro ABE
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Publication number: 20200094826Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer that is configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller that is configured to control acceleration or deceleration and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer. The driving controller is configured to cause the host vehicle to operate in at least any of a first driving state and a second driving state in which a rate of automation is higher or tasks required of an occupant are fewer than in the first driving state, and is configured to transition a driving state of the host vehicle to the first driving state on the basis of movement of a rearward vehicle that travels rearward of the host vehicle recognized by the recognizer in a direction of a vehicle width in a case where the host vehicle is operating in the second driving state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Chihiro Abe, Katsuya Yashiro, Hironobu Kiryu
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Patent number: 10576976Abstract: A drivable area setting device and a drivable area setting method, which can perform driving control based on a drivable area also in a road section in which a lane marker is not present. A terminal node specifying unit specifies a terminal node of a lane marker on an entry side and a terminal node of a lane marker on an exit side in a road section, such as an intersection, in which lane marker data are not present, a virtual lane marker generating unit for generating a virtual lane marker linking the terminal node of the lane marker on the entry side to the terminal node of the lane marker on the exit side, and an area setting unit for setting, as a drivable area of a vehicle, an area interposed between the generated virtual lane markers.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuichi Suto, Hitoshi Konishi, Daichi Kato, Chihiro Abe, Shion Tokunaga
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Publication number: 20190384305Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller configured to control acceleration/deceleration and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, wherein the driving controller determines a target speed of the host vehicle by reflecting a first target speed based on a relationship between a first vehicle that travels in front of the host vehicle in a first lane and the host vehicle and a second target speed based on a relationship between a second vehicle that travels in front of a target position to which the host vehicle makes a lane change in a second lane and the host vehicle in a prescribed ratio according to progress of the lane change when the lane change from the first lane to the second lane is made.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Nana Niibo, Chihiro Abe, Katsuya Yashiro
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Publication number: 20190382021Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller configured to control acceleration/deceleration and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer, wherein, the driving controller sets one or more target position candidates when the driving controller causes the host vehicle to make a lane change, evaluates some or all of the one or more target position candidates by performing calculation according to a positional relationship and a speed relationship between each of the one or more target position candidates and the host vehicle, and determines a target position on the basis of evaluation results.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Nana Niibo, Chihiro Abe, Katsuya Yashiro
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Publication number: 20190382019Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller configured to control acceleration/deceleration and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, wherein the driving controller holds a target position selected from one or more target position candidates from a start time point according to a type of lane change to a point in time at which a prescribed condition is satisfied when the driving controller causes the host vehicle to make the lane change.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Chihiro Abe, Nana Niibo, Katsuya Yashiro