Patents by Inventor Genta BODA

Genta BODA 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: 11181902
    Abstract: A remote operation system for a vehicle includes a plurality of remote operation devices, each of which includes a communication unit configured to communicate with the vehicle and receive information including a remote operation request, a presentation unit configured to present a situation of the vehicle received from the vehicle by the communication unit to a remote operator, a reception unit configured to receive an operation of the remote operator, and a control unit configured to generate control information on the basis of the operation received by the reception unit and transmit the control information to the vehicle using the communication unit. A remote operation device having a good communication environment with respect to the vehicle transmitting the remote operation request among the plurality of remote operation devices executes the remote operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Genta Boda, Shogo Akaba, Kazuyuki Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11046332
    Abstract: When a second condition is satisfied in a case in which an automated driving control unit performs switching from automated driving to manual driving, a request for a remote operation is sent to an outside-vehicle facility using a communicator, and remote driving for automatically controlling at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a vehicle is executed on the basis of control information received from the outside-vehicle facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo Akaba, Kazuyuki Kaneko, Genta Boda, Masahiko Asakura, Yoshitaka Mimura, Naotaka Kumakiri, Kohei Okimoto, Hironori Takano
  • Publication number: 20200057436
    Abstract: A remote operation system for a vehicle includes a plurality of remote operation devices, each of which includes a communication unit configured to communicate with the vehicle and receive information including a remote operation request, a presentation unit configured to present a situation of the vehicle received from the vehicle by the communication unit to a remote operator, a reception unit configured to receive an operation of the remote operator, and a control unit configured to generate control information on the basis of the operation received by the reception unit and transmit the control information to the vehicle using the communication unit. A remote operation device having a good communication environment with respect to the vehicle transmitting the remote operation request among the plurality of remote operation devices executes the remote operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Genta Boda, Shogo Akaba, Kazuyuki Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20200047773
    Abstract: When a second condition is satisfied in a case in which an automated driving control unit performs switching from automated driving to manual driving, a request for a remote operation is sent to an outside-vehicle facility using a communicator, and remote driving for automatically controlling at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a vehicle is executed on the basis of control information received from the outside-vehicle facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Shogo Akaba, Kazuyuki Kaneko, Genta Boda, Masahiko Asakura, Yoshitaka Mimura, Naotaka Kumakiri, Kohei Okimoto, Hironori Takano
  • Publication number: 20190265710
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: an acquisitor configured to acquire a situation outside a vehicle; a driving operator configured to execute an operation for manual driving by an occupant of the vehicle; a detector configured to detect a state of the occupant of the vehicle; a manual driving controller configured to execute the manual driving to cause the vehicle to travel based on an operation received by the driving operator; a communicator configured to communicate with a facility outside the vehicle and transmit the situation outside the vehicle acquired by the acquisitor to the facility outside the vehicle; a remotely controlled driving controller configured to execute remotely controlled driving to cause the vehicle to travel based on control information received from the facility outside the vehicle; and a switching controller configured to switch from the remotely controlled driving to the manual driving when the remotely controlled driving is executed by the remotely controlled driving controller a
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kaneko, Shogo Akaba, Genta Boda
  • Publication number: 20180157262
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a travel route acquisition unit configured to acquire a travel route, on which a vehicle can travel, from an external device, and a travel control unit configured to at least partly automatically perform travel control of the vehicle and to cause the vehicle to travel on the basis of the travel route acquired by the travel route acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ao, Naotoshi Fujimoto, Genta Boda
  • Publication number: 20180046369
    Abstract: An on-board operation device with improved operability is provided. The on-board operation device includes: a display unit configured to display a GUI object; a first detection unit configured to detect an approach position of an indicator on a display surface of the display unit; a process performing unit configured to perform a process corresponding to the GUI object displayed at the approach position detected by the first detection unit; a second detection unit disposed at an outer edge of the display surface of the display unit and configured to detect an approach position of the indicator; and a display control unit configured to enlarge and display the GUI object on the display unit when the approach position of the indicator is detected by the second detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori TAKANO, Ryosuke TANAKA, Genta BODA, Naotoshi FUJIMOTO