Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Uchisasai

Hiroaki Uchisasai 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: 11834122
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle comprises: a detection unit configured to detect a situation of a detection area on one of a rear side and a lateral side of a self-vehicle; a distance determination unit configured to determine a change in a relative distance between the self-vehicle and another vehicle detected in the detection area and a notification control unit configured to make a notification to a driver based on one of a detection result of the detection unit and a determination result of the distance determination unit. The notification control unit makes the notification by first notification output if the other vehicle is detected in the detection area by the detection unit, and makes the notification by second notification output if it is determined by the distance determination unit that the relative distance to the other vehicle has become short.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Tetsuka, Tsubasa Fukuoka, Hiroaki Uchisasai
  • Patent number: 11772614
    Abstract: A drive assistance device (24) for a saddle type vehicle (1) includes a ride sensor (37) configured to detect a ride attitude of a rider (J), a vehicle body behavior generating part (25) configured to generate a behavior on a vehicle body by a prescribed output, and a controller (27) configured to control driving of the vehicle body behavior generating part (25), the vehicle body behavior generating part (25) includes a brake device (BR) configured to brake a host vehicle, and wherein, when the brake device (BR) is actuated regardless of an operation of the rider (J), the controller (27) actuates the brake device (BR) according to the ride attitude of the rider (J) detected by the ride sensor (37).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsubasa Nose, Tsutomu Tamashima, Kiyotaka Sakai, Hiroaki Uchisasai, Yuta Kanbe
  • Patent number: 11760347
    Abstract: The present invention provides a saddle ride type vehicle including a sensing unit configured to sense a four-wheel vehicle that is present in front of a self-vehicle and is traveling in a travel lane of the self-vehicle, and a control unit configured to, in a case where the four-wheel vehicle is sensed by the sensing unit, perform follow-travel control for causing traveling of the self-vehicle to follow traveling of the four-wheel vehicle, wherein the sensing unit senses a vehicle width of the four-wheel vehicle, and the control unit, in the follow-travel control, controls a travel position in a vehicle width direction of the self-vehicle so that at least a portion of the self-vehicle falls within a region within the vehicle width of the four-wheel vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Maeda, Kazuyuki Fukaya, Kineo Tomura, Hiroaki Uchisasai, Takayuki Abe
  • Patent number: 11718138
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes a steering actuator configured to steer a front wheel, an actuator control unit configured to control the steering actuator, a collision determination unit configured to determine whether or not a collision has occurred in a host vehicle, and a riding determination unit configured to determine whether or not an occupant is riding the host vehicle. When it is determined that a collision has occurred and determined that no occupant is riding the host vehicle, the actuator control unit executes a step of positioning the front wheel at a position deviating from a central position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Uchisasai, Kazuyuki Fukaya, Takayuki Abe, Hiroshi Maeda, Kineo Tomura
  • Patent number: 11679834
    Abstract: A drive assistance device (24) for a saddle type vehicle (1) includes a ride sensor (37) configured to detect a ride attitude of a rider, a vehicle body behavior generating part (25) configured to generate a behavior on a vehicle body by a prescribed output, and a controller (27) configured to control driving of the vehicle body behavior generating part (25), and wherein, when the vehicle body behavior generating part (25) is actuated regardless of the operation of the rider, the controller (27) firstly controls the vehicle body behavior generating part (25) such that a low output that is lower than a predetermined original target output is generated as a predictive action, and sets an output value after that according to a change of detection information of the ride sensor (37) generated by the low output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsubasa Nose, Tsutomu Tamashima, Kiyotaka Sakai, Hiroaki Uchisasai, Yuta Kanbe
  • Patent number: 11654929
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle includes a setting unit configured to set a warning line along a boundary between a traveling lane of a self-vehicle and an oncoming lane, a warning unit configured to issue a warning if the self-vehicle has crossed the warning line, a detection unit configured to detect a difficult-to-travel region in the traveling lane, and a determination unit configured to determine whether it is difficult or possible for the self-vehicle to pass between the boundary and the difficult-to-travel region. If it is determined by the determination unit that it is difficult for the self-vehicle to pass, the setting unit changes a position of the warning line to a position shifted from the boundary toward the oncoming lane side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Maeda, Kazuyuki Fukaya, Kineo Tomura, Hiroaki Uchisasai, Takayuki Abe
  • Patent number: 11536326
    Abstract: This clutch control device includes an engine (13), a transmission (21), a clutch device (26) configured to connect and disconnect motive power transmission between the engine (13) and the transmission (21), a clutch actuator (50) configured to drive the clutch device (26) and change a clutch capacity, a hydraulic circuit (63) provided between the clutch device (26) and the clutch actuator (50), an air bleeding device (64) configured to perform air bleeding of the hydraulic circuit (63), a control unit (60) configured to calculate a control target value of the clutch capacity, a control mode changeover switch (59) configured to enable a control mode of the control unit (60) to be switched to an air bleeding mode, and an air bleeding switch (65) configured to enable a hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic circuit (63) to increase in the air bleeding mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryohei Tsuzuki, Junya Ono, Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Hiroaki Uchisasai
  • Patent number: 11396262
    Abstract: An invention is a saddle type vehicle comprising a lighting device, and an operator configured to perform a driving operation of a direction indicator, characterized in that the lighting device is configured to irradiate a part of a road surface on a front to lateral side of the saddle type vehicle in accordance with input of an operation of showing an intention of route change to the operator by a driver of the saddle type vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Marika Mochizuki, Hiroaki Uchisasai, Hiroshi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20220169239
    Abstract: A drive assistance device (24) for a saddle type vehicle (1) includes a ride sensor (37) configured to detect a ride attitude of a rider (J), a vehicle body behavior generating part (25) configured to generate a behavior on a vehicle body by a prescribed output, and a controller (27) configured to control driving of a plurality of devices (BR, EN, ST) included in the vehicle body behavior generating part (25), and, when at least one of the plurality of devices (BR, EN, ST) is actuated regardless of the operation of the rider (J), the controller (27) determines which of the plurality of devices (BR, EN, ST) is to be actuated according to the ride attitude of the rider (J) detected by the ride sensor (37).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Tsubasa Nose, Tsutomu Tamashima, Kiyotaka Sakai, Hiroaki Uchisasai, Yuta Kanbe
  • Publication number: 20220161788
    Abstract: This driving support device of a saddle-riding type vehicle includes: an external detection means (29) that detects a situation around the vehicle; a steering device (ST) that steers an own vehicle; and a control means (27) that controls drive of the steering device (ST), wherein the control means (27) operates the steering device (ST) according to the situation around the vehicle detected by the external detection means (29) regardless of an operation of a rider (J) and moves a traveling trajectory in a lane width direction within a lane in which the own vehicle is traveling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Tsutomu Tamashima, Tsubasa Nose, Kiyotaka Sakai, Hiroaki Uchisasai, Yuta Kanbe
  • Publication number: 20220161766
    Abstract: A drive assistance device (24) for a saddle type vehicle (1) includes a ride sensor (37) configured to detect a ride attitude of a rider (J), a vehicle body behavior generating part (25) configured to generate a behavior on a vehicle body by a prescribed output, and a controller (27) configured to control driving of the vehicle body behavior generating part (25), the vehicle body behavior generating part (25) includes a brake device (BR) configured to brake a host vehicle, and wherein, when the brake device (BR) is actuated regardless of an operation of the rider (J), the controller (27) actuates the brake device (BR) according to the ride attitude of the rider (J) detected by the ride sensor (37).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Tsubasa Nose, Tsutomu Tamashima, Kiyotaka Sakai, Hiroaki Uchisasai, Yuta Kanbe
  • Publication number: 20220153377
    Abstract: A drive assistance device (24) for a saddle type vehicle (1) includes a ride sensor (37) configured to detect a ride attitude of a rider (J), a vehicle body behavior generating part (25) configured to generate a behavior on a vehicle body by a prescribed output, and a controller (27) configured to control driving of the vehicle body behavior generating part (25), and wherein, when the vehicle body behavior generating part (25) is actuated regardless of the operation of the rider (J), the controller (27) firstly controls the vehicle body behavior generating part (25) such that a low output that is lower than a predetermined original target output is generated as a predictive action, and sets an output value after that according to a change of detection information of the ride sensor (37) generated by the low output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Tsubasa Nose, Tsutomu Tamashima, Kiyotaka Sakai, Hiroaki Uchisasai, Yuta Kanbe
  • Publication number: 20220135165
    Abstract: A drive assistance device for a saddle riding-type vehicle includes an outside detecting part that detects a situation around the vehicle, a brake device that brakes a host vehicle, a driving device that drives the host vehicle, and a controller that controls operation of the brake device and the driving device, and the controller performs following-travel-control that causes the host vehicle to travel with a first vehicular gap while following a preceding vehicle by actuating at least one of the brake device and the driving device, adjusts actuation of at least one of the brake device and the driving device when the outside detecting part detects a corner in a direction in which the host vehicle advances while the following-travel-control is performed, and performs control of setting a vehicular gap with respect to the preceding vehicle as a second vehicular gap that is greater than the first vehicular gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Tsutomu Tamashima, Tsubasa Nose, Kiyotaka Sakai, Hiroaki Uchisasai, Yuta Kanbe
  • Patent number: 11288966
    Abstract: An information notification apparatus is mounted on a straddle type vehicle and is capable of performing information notification mutually with a vehicle existing on the periphery of the straddle type vehicle. The information notification apparatus comprises: a plurality of detection units, having detection areas of different characteristics, configured to detect relative information representing a relative relationship with the vehicle; and a detection control unit configured to control, based on vehicle speed information of the straddle type vehicle, switching of a detection unit used for the information notification in the plurality of detection units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Uchisasai, Hiroshi Maeda, Marika Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20210324924
    Abstract: This clutch control device includes an engine (13), a transmission (21), a clutch device (26) configured to connect and disconnect motive power transmission between the engine (13) and the transmission (21), a clutch actuator (50) configured to drive the clutch device (26) and change a clutch capacity, a hydraulic circuit (63) provided between the clutch device (26) and the clutch actuator (50), an air bleeding device (64) configured to perform air bleeding of the hydraulic circuit (63), a control unit (60) configured to calculate a control target value of the clutch capacity, a control mode changeover switch (59) configured to enable a control mode of the control unit (60) to be switched to an air bleeding mode, and an air bleeding switch (65) configured to enable a hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic circuit (63) to increase in the air bleeding mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Ryohei Tsuzuki, Junya Ono, Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Hiroaki Uchisasai
  • Publication number: 20210300363
    Abstract: The present invention provides a saddle ride type vehicle including a sensing unit configured to sense a four-wheel vehicle that is present in front of a self-vehicle and is traveling in a travel lane of the self-vehicle, and a control unit configured to, in a case where the four-wheel vehicle is sensed by the sensing unit, perform follow-travel control for causing traveling of the self-vehicle to follow traveling of the four-wheel vehicle, wherein the sensing unit senses a vehicle width of the four-wheel vehicle, and the control unit, in the follow-travel control, controls a travel position in a vehicle width direction of the self-vehicle so that at least a portion of the self-vehicle falls within a region within the vehicle width of the four-wheel vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Maeda, Kazuyuki Fukaya, Kineo Tomura, Hiroaki Uchisasai, Takayuki Abe
  • Publication number: 20210300497
    Abstract: The present invention provides a saddle ride type vehicle including a sensing unit configured to sense a travel lane of a self-vehicle; and a control unit configured to control a travel position in a vehicle width direction of the self-vehicle so that the self-vehicle travels within the travel lane of the self-vehicle sensed by the sensing unit and on a side closer to an edge than a center of the travel lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Maeda, Kazuyuki Fukaya, Kineo Tomura, Hiroaki Uchisasai, Takayuki Abe
  • Publication number: 20210284190
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle includes a setting unit configured to set a warning line along a boundary between a traveling lane of a self-vehicle and an oncoming lane, a warning unit configured to issue a warning if the self-vehicle has crossed the warning line, a detection unit configured to detect a difficult-to-travel region in the traveling lane, and a determination unit configured to determine whether it is difficult or possible for the self-vehicle to pass between the boundary and the difficult-to-travel region. If it is determined by the determination unit that it is difficult for the self-vehicle to pass, the setting unit changes a position of the warning line to a position shifted from the boundary toward the oncoming lane side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Maeda, Kazuyuki Fukaya, Kineo Tomura, Hiroaki Uchisasai, Takayuki Abe
  • Publication number: 20210221191
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes a steering actuator configured to steer a front wheel, an actuator control unit configured to control the steering actuator, a collision determination unit configured to determine whether or not a collision has occurred in a host vehicle, and a riding determination unit configured to determine whether or not an occupant is riding the host vehicle. When it is determined that a collision has occurred and determined that no occupant is riding the host vehicle, the actuator control unit executes a step of positioning the front wheel at a position deviating from a central position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroaki Uchisasai, Kazuyuki Fukaya, Takayuki Abe, Hiroshi Maeda, Kineo Tomura
  • Publication number: 20200407001
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle comprises: a detection unit configured to detect a situation of a detection area on one of a rear side and a lateral side of a self-vehicle; a distance determination unit configured to determine a change in a relative distance between the self-vehicle and another vehicle detected in the detection area and a notification control unit configured to make a notification to a driver based on one of a detection result of the detection unit and a determination result of the distance determination unit. The notification control unit makes the notification by first notification output if the other vehicle is detected in the detection area by the detection unit, and makes the notification by second notification output if it is determined by the distance determination unit that the relative distance to the other vehicle has become short.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi TETSUKA, Tsubasa FUKUOKA, Hiroaki UCHISASAI