Patents by Inventor Haruhiko Nishiguchi

Haruhiko Nishiguchi 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: 11912352
    Abstract: A moving body includes: a steering system configured to change steering of the moving body; and a steering control device configured to control the steering of the moving body by controlling the steering system. The steering control device selectively executes first steering control for controlling the steering of the moving body and second steering control for restricting the steering of the moving body, executes the second steering control when a failure related to execution of the first steering control occurs, ends the first steering control when an operation amount of an operation member exceeds a first threshold value in the state where the first steering control is being executed, and ends the second steering control when an operation amount of the operation member exceeds a second threshold value larger than the first threshold value in a state where the second steering control is being executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Katayama, Haruhiko Nishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20230398990
    Abstract: A mobile body control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a mobile body, and a determiner configured to determine whether an object is present in a target area in which a direction along a traveling direction of the mobile body is set as a longitudinal direction on a side of the mobile body on the basis of a result of the recognition of the surrounding environment by the recognizer, and when it is determined that the object is present in the target area, to control a notifier to notify a driver of the mobile body to this effect, in which the determiner makes a width of the target area in a transverse direction when a lane change in which the mobile body changes a traveling lane has progressed to a predetermined stage smaller than the width in the transverse direction before the lane change progresses to the predetermined stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Haruhiko Nishiguchi, Hironori Aoyagi
  • Publication number: 20230322231
    Abstract: A vehicle control device of an embodiment includes a recognizer that recognizes a peripheral situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller that controls one or both of steering and speed of the host vehicle on the basis of a result of recognition performed by the recognizer. In a case where the host vehicle traveling in a first lane performs a lane change to a second lane adjacent to the first lane and a case where it is recognized by the recognizer that there is another vehicle in the vicinity of the host vehicle, the driving controller specifies a position of the other vehicle by changing a range to be recognized as the second lane on the basis of a relative speed between the host vehicle and the other vehicle, and executes control related to the lane change on the basis of the specified position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Haruhiko Nishiguchi, Tomotaka Teramachi
  • Publication number: 20230311875
    Abstract: A control device that controls a vehicle, the control device comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain peripheral information of the vehicle; a specifying unit configured to specify a travel path of the vehicle and a curved road ahead of the travel path of the vehicle on the basis of the peripheral information; a prediction unit configured to predict whether or not automatic lane change is performed on the curved road; and a control unit configured to control a speed of the vehicle on the basis of a prediction result of the prediction unit and a curvature of the curved road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Haruhiko NISHIGUCHI, Daichi KATO
  • Publication number: 20230303077
    Abstract: A driving assistance device in a vehicle, the driving assistance device comprises a control unit configured to perform a lane change from a traveling lane in which the vehicle travels to a branch lane branching from the traveling lane, by driving assistance capable of automatically performing the lane change on an initiative of a system. The control unit acquires a travel distance in the branch lane, an elapsed time in the branch lane, and information indicating passage of an end position of the branch lane detected based on map information or external environment recognition information, after the lane change is completed by crossing a division line of the traveling lane, and ends the driving assistance in the branch lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Daichi KATO, Haruhiko NISHIGUCHI, Akio FUTATSUDERA
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20230303076
    Abstract: A control device controlling a vehicle, includes a control unit configured to execute lane change assist control of the vehicle, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire highly accurate map information that contains location information within a lane. When the acquisition unit acquires the highly accurate map information that contains information regarding a road on which the vehicle is running, the control unit is configured to be capable of executing the lane change assist control, and when the acquisition unit does not acquire the highly accurate map information that contains the information regarding a road on which the vehicle is running, the control unit does not execute the lane change assist control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Haruhiko NISHIGUCHI, Daichi KATO, Shingo ITO
  • Publication number: 20230294723
    Abstract: A driving assistance device comprises: an information display unit configured to display travel information based on the driving assistance function based on a power supply from a power source mounted on a vehicle having a driving assistance function; an information notification unit provided on a steering wheel of the vehicle and configured to make a notification of an operation state of the driving assistance function by turning on or off; a notification control unit configured to operate based on a power supply from the power source and control the notification based on operation information indicating the operation state of the driving assistance function; and an alarm unit connected to the notification control unit via a communication unit and capable of outputting an alarm based on power of an internal power source different from the power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Hirotaka KATAYAMA, Haruhiko NISHIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220204075
    Abstract: A moving body includes: a steering system configured to change steering of the moving body; and a steering control device configured to control the steering of the moving body by controlling the steering system. The steering control device selectively executes first steering control for controlling the steering of the moving body and second steering control for restricting the steering of the moving body, executes the second steering control when a failure related to execution of the first steering control occurs, ends the first steering control when an operation amount of the operation member exceeds a first threshold value in the state where the first steering control is being executed, and ends the second steering control when an operation amount of the operation member exceeds a second threshold value smaller than the first threshold value in a state where the second steering control is being executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko NISHIGUCHI, Hirotaka KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220204076
    Abstract: A moving body includes: a steering system configured to change steering of the moving body; and a steering control device configured to control the steering of the moving body by controlling the steering system. The steering control device selectively executes first steering control for controlling the steering of the moving body and second steering control for restricting the steering of the moving body, executes the second steering control when a failure related to execution of the first steering control occurs, ends the first steering control when an operation amount of an operation member exceeds a first threshold value in the state where the first steering control is being executed, and ends the second steering control when an operation amount of the operation member exceeds a second threshold value larger than the first threshold value in a state where the second steering control is being executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka KATAYAMA, Haruhiko NISHIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11370441
    Abstract: A position to which a turn signal lever can be moved includes a neutral position, middle positions, and end positions. A detection unit detects a start request of a lane change operation based on the turn signal lever having been operated to the middle position in one of two different directions, and detects a cancellation request of the lane change operation based on the turn signal lever having been operated to the middle position in the other of the two different directions during the execution of the lane change operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanta Tsuji, Atsushi Ishioka, Nozomu Hirosawa, Haruhiko Nishiguchi, Takafumi Hirose
  • Patent number: 11299160
    Abstract: A vehicle control device (100, 1) including: a detector (110, 16) detecting other vehicles; a lane change executer (154) executing a lane change of a subject vehicle on the basis of states of the other vehicles detected by the detector without depending on a steering operation of a vehicle occupant of the subject vehicle; a determiner (152) determining whether or not the lane change is to be continued on the basis of the states of the other vehicles executing a lane change from a third lane adjacent to a second lane to the second lane, which are being detected or have been detected by the detector, after control of executing a lane change of the subject vehicle from a first lane to the second lane adjacent to the first lane is started by the lane change executer; and a return controller (156) returning the subject vehicle from the second lane to the first lane in a case in which it is determined that the lane change is not to be continued by the determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Nishiguchi, Satoshi Fujii, Hiroyuki Koibuchi, Idhsada Sanguanwongthong
  • Patent number: 11285954
    Abstract: In a case in which a lane change operation is to be performed, a control unit performs travel control in accordance with a lane change mode selected among lane change modes. The lane change modes include a first mode in which the driver plans the lane change operation, and the driver issues an instruction to start the lane change operation, and a second mode in which the control unit plans the lane change operation, and the driver issues the instruction to start the lane change operation. An amount of operation performed by the driver to issue the instruction to the start of the lane change operation in the second mode is less than that in the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishioka, Kanta Tsuji, Haruhiko Nishiguchi
  • Patent number: 11260859
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a first steering controller that executes first steering control for controlling a steering device such that a traveling lane is maintained, and a second steering controller that executes second steering control that is activated during execution of the first steering control. If a command value given to the steering device in the first steering control has continued to deviate either left or right in a case that the second steering control starts, the second steering controller executes the second steering control by reflecting the command value given in the first steering control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haruhiko Nishiguchi
  • Patent number: 11008001
    Abstract: A vehicle control device (100) includes a deceleration controller (110) that operates according to an operation of an occupant of a vehicle or on the basis of a result of detecting a state of the occupant, and performs at least control of decelerating the vehicle, and a lane change controller (150) that causes the vehicle to change a lane independently of a steering operation of the occupant of the vehicle, and at least a part of the control of the deceleration controller is restricted when an operation condition of the deceleration controller and an operation condition of the lane change controller are satisfied at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Nakatsuka, Haruhiko Nishiguchi, Hiroyuki Koibuchi
  • Patent number: 10807608
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a lane change support control unit (150) configured to execute lane change of a vehicle independently of a steering operation by an occupant of the vehicle by receiving an operation from the occupant of the vehicle; a road information acquiring unit (151) configured to acquire a type of a road on which the vehicle is traveling; a lane changeability determining unit (152, 153) configured to determine whether lane change of the vehicle is to be executed by the lane change support control unit; and a lane keeping support control unit (140) configured to control a steering device such that the vehicle is prevented from departing from a lane on which the vehicle is traveling independently of the steering operation by the occupant of the vehicle and to continue to perform a lane keeping operation in a case that the lane changeability determining unit determines that lane change of the vehicle is not to be executed on the basis of the type of the road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haruhiko Nishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20200247416
    Abstract: A position to which a turn signal lever can be moved includes a neutral position, middle positions, and end positions. A detection unit detects a start request of a lane change operation based on the turn signal lever having been operated to the middle position in one of two different directions, and detects a cancellation request of the lane change operation based on the turn signal lever having been operated to the middle position in the other of the two different directions during the execution of the lane change operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Kanta Tsuji, Atsushi Ishioka, Nozomu Hirosawa, Haruhiko Nishiguchi, Takafumi Hirose
  • Publication number: 20200247414
    Abstract: In a case in which a lane change operation is to be performed, a control unit performs travel control in accordance with a lane change mode selected among lane change modes. The lane change modes include a first mode in which the driver plans the lane change operation, and the driver issues an instruction to start the lane change operation, and a second mode in which the control unit plans the lane change operation, and the driver issues the instruction to start the lane change operation. An amount of operation performed by the driver to issue the instruction to the start of the lane change operation in the second mode is less than that in the first mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Atsushi ISHIOKA, Kanta TSUJI, Haruhiko NISHIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10676087
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a lane change intention detector that detects an intention of a lane change by an occupant of a vehicle, a recognizer that recognizes a surrounding situation of the vehicle, and a lane change controller that determines whether the lane change by the vehicle is possible based on the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer, and changes a lane of the vehicle to another lane, independently of a steering operation of the occupant of the vehicle, based on a detection result of the lane change intention detector and the determined result, wherein the lane change controller decides a starting timing of the lane change based on whether a predetermined time has passed or the vehicle has traveled a predetermined distance after the intention of the lane change is detected by the lane change intention detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Nishiguchi, Idhsada Sanguanwongthong, Hiroyuki Koibuchi
  • Patent number: 10676093
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a recognition unit configured to recognize a situation in the surroundings of a vehicle, a lane change control unit configured to cause a lane of the vehicle to be changed from a first lane to a second lane without depending upon a steering operation of an occupant of the vehicle, and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a nearby vehicle travelling in a lane adjacent to the second lane and the vehicle are in a parallel traveling state in a case that the lane of the vehicle is changed to the second lane by the lane change control unit on the basis of the situation in the surroundings recognized by the recognition unit, wherein the lane change control unit causes control details of the lane change to be different between a case in which the determination unit determines that the nearby vehicle and the vehicle are in the parallel traveling state and a case in which the determination unit determines that the nearby vehicle and the vehicle are not in the par
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haruhiko Nishiguchi