Patents by Inventor Fue Kubota

Fue Kubota 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: 11565713
    Abstract: There are provided an outputter provided in a vehicle and configured to output information, a controller configured to execute driving support for the vehicle, and an output controller configured to provide a notification for requesting an occupant of the vehicle to perform a predetermined action when the driving support is being executed by the controller, cause a form of the notification to be changed so that the notification is emphasized in accordance with a passage of time from a start of the notification, and cause the outputter to output the notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Tatsuya Iwasa, Fue Kubota, Naohiro Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11548443
    Abstract: A display system includes a display (400) configured to display an image, and a display controller (120) configured to control the display such that a periphery image indicating a peripheral situation of a vehicle viewed from a predetermined virtual viewpoint is displayed in a predetermined display region on a display surface, and change the predetermined display region on the basis of a traveling state of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oniwa, Fue Kubota, Hironori Takano
  • Patent number: 11364930
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a display and a display controller configured to cause the display to display an image related to a state of a vehicle and perform control for switching display details to be displayed on the display when a predetermined event has occurred in the vehicle before driving assistance of the vehicle is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Kubota, Yoshihiro Oniwa, Mineyuki Yoshida, Yuko Ouchi, Fue Kubota, Toshiyuki Kaji, Yoshitaka Mimura, Masayuki Takahashi, Hironori Takano
  • Patent number: 11287879
    Abstract: A display control device includes a display configured to display a peripheral image indicating a peripheral situation of a host vehicle in a display range viewed from a predetermined virtual viewpoint and a display range determiner configured to determine a viewpoint position of the virtual viewpoint, an angle of view from the virtual viewpoint, or a gaze direction from the virtual viewpoint in accordance with a traveling condition of the host vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oniwa, Takemi Tsukada, Mineyuki Yoshida, Fue Kubota
  • Patent number: 11203360
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle control system including a driving assistance controller configured to execute driving assistance of a vehicle at a plurality of different degrees, an information output configured to output information, and an output controller configured to control the information output so that information indicating a target to be monitored or operated by an occupant required for the occupant is output on the basis of a change in a degree of driving assistance of the driving assistance controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Tatsuya Iwasa, Yoshihiro Oniwa, Mineyuki Yoshida, Yuko Ouchi, Fue Kubota, Toshiyuki Kaji, Naotaka Kumakiri, Naohiro Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11077862
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a control unit configured to support a driving of a vehicle by selectively operating in one driving support mode among a plurality of driving support modes including a low speed following travel mode in which the vehicle travels while maintaining a constant inter-vehicle distance between a preceding traveling vehicle and the vehicle in a case where the speed is equal to or less than a predetermined speed, and an equipment control unit configured to release a use restriction on a specific function in which the line of sight of a driver is removed from the vehicle surroundings due to its utilization in a case where the control unit operates the low speed following travel mode is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Yoshihiro Oniwa, Mineyuki Yoshida, Yuko Ouchi, Fue Kubota, Toshiyuki Kaji, Naotaka Kumakiri, Hironori Takano
  • Patent number: 11008016
    Abstract: A display system includes a display configured to display an image, a driving controller configured to execute a first driving mode in which one or both of steering and acceleration/deceleration of a vehicle are controlled on the basis of a prescribed event accompanied by a change in behavior of the vehicle or a second driving mode in which a degree of reliance on an operation of an occupant of the vehicle is greater than that in the first driving mode, and a display controller configured to control the display, wherein the display controller causes the display to display an image indicating the occurrence of the prescribed event to be executed in the first driving mode at a timing before the behavior of the vehicle changes and display information for prompting the occupant to implement the change in the behavior executed by the driving controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fue Kubota, Mineyuki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20200262349
    Abstract: A display system includes a display (400) configured to display an image, and a display controller (120) configured to control the display such that a periphery image indicating a peripheral situation of a vehicle viewed from a predetermined virtual viewpoint is displayed in a predetermined display region on a display surface, and change the predetermined display region on the basis of a traveling state of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oniwa, Fue Kubota, Hironori Takano
  • Publication number: 20200209959
    Abstract: A display control device includes a display configured to display a peripheral image indicating a peripheral situation of a host vehicle in a display range viewed from a predetermined virtual viewpoint and a display range determiner configured to determine a viewpoint position of the virtual viewpoint, an angle of view from the virtual viewpoint, or a gaze direction from the virtual viewpoint in accordance with a traveling condition of the host vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oniwa, Takemi Tsukada, Mineyuki Yoshida, Fue Kubota
  • Publication number: 20200172122
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle control system including a driving assistance controller configured to execute driving assistance of a vehicle at a plurality of different degrees, an information output configured to output information, and an output controller configured to control the information output so that information indicating a target to be monitored or operated by an occupant required for the occupant is output on the basis of a change in a degree of driving assistance of the driving assistance controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Tatsuya Iwasa, Yoshihiro Oniwa, Mineyuki Yoshida, Yuko Ouchi, Fue Kubota, Toshiyuki Kaji, Naotaka Kumakiri, Naohiro Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20200172123
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a display and a display controller configured to cause the display to display an image related to a state of a vehicle and perform control for switching display details to be displayed on the display when a predetermined event has occurred in the vehicle before driving assistance of the vehicle is started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Masatoshi Kubota, Yoshihiro Oniwa, Mineyuki Yoshida, Yuko Ouchi, Fue Kubota, Toshiyuki Kaji, Yoshitaka Mimura, Masayuki Takahashi, Hironori Takano
  • Publication number: 20200156662
    Abstract: There are provided an outputter provided in a vehicle and configured to output information, a controller configured to execute driving support for the vehicle, and an output controller configured to provide a notification for requesting an occupant of the vehicle to perform a predetermined action when the driving support is being executed by the controller, cause a form of the notification to be changed so that the notification is emphasized in accordance with a passage of time from a start of the notification, and cause the outputter to output the notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Tatsuya Iwasa, Fue Kubota, Naohiro Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 10503167
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a display unit configured to display an image, a vehicle control unit configured to perform a driving support by different degrees, and a display control unit configured to display an image indicating an action requested for an occupant at a display position corresponding to an image related to the degree of the driving support on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Fue Kubota, Noboru Okajima
  • Publication number: 20190283770
    Abstract: A display system includes a display configured to display an image, a driving controller configured to execute a first driving mode in which one or both of steering and acceleration/deceleration of a vehicle are controlled on the basis of a prescribed event accompanied by a change in behavior of the vehicle or a second driving mode in which a degree of reliance on an operation of an occupant of the vehicle is greater than that in the first driving mode, and a display controller configured to control the display, wherein the display controller causes the display to display an image indicating the occurrence of the prescribed event to be executed in the first driving mode at a timing before the behavior of the vehicle changes and display information for prompting the occupant to implement the change in the behavior executed by the driving controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Fue Kubota, Mineyuki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20180345988
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a control unit configured to support a driving of a vehicle by selectively operating in one driving support mode among a plurality of driving support modes including a low speed following travel mode in which the vehicle travels while maintaining a constant inter-vehicle distance between a preceding traveling vehicle and the vehicle in a case where the speed is equal to or less than a predetermined speed, and an equipment control unit configured to release a use restriction on a specific function in which the line of sight of a driver is removed from the vehicle surroundings due to its utilization in a case where the control unit operates the low speed following travel mode is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Yoshihiro Oniwa, Mineyuki Yoshida, Yuko Ouchi, Fue Kubota, Toshiyuki Kaji, Naotaka Kumakiri, Hironori Takano
  • Publication number: 20180348757
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a driving support control unit configured to execute a driving support, an information output unit configured to output information, an operation unit configured to receive an operation by an occupant of a vehicle, and an information output control unit configured to cause the information output unit to output information indicating that a start of the driving support by the driving support control unit is possible in a case where the operation by the operation unit is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Fue Kubota, Masayuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20180348756
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a display unit configured to display an image, a vehicle control unit configured to perform a driving support by different degrees, and a display control unit configured to display an image indicating an action requested for an occupant at a display position corresponding to an image related to the degree of the driving support on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Fue Kubota, Noboru Okajima
  • Publication number: 20180345991
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a display unit configured to display an image, an automatic driving control unit configured to execute an automatic driving of a vehicle, and a display control unit configured to display an image indicating an occurrence of an event accompanying a change of a behavior of the vehicle executed by the automatic driving control unit on the display unit in a first display mode at a first timing before the behavior of the vehicle changes and display the image on the display unit in a second display mode in which the change of the behavior of the vehicle is emphasized compared to the first display mode at a second timing after the first timing and before the change of the behavior of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Fue Kubota
  • Publication number: 20180345790
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a first display unit configured to display information on a driving support in a vehicle interior, a second display unit configured to display the information on the driving support by projecting an image on a front windshield of a vehicle at a position different from a position of the first display unit, and a display control unit configured to cause the first display unit to display first information on the driving support and cause the second display unit to display second information on the driving support that is simpler than the first information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Fue Kubota, Noboru Okajima