Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Yamanaka

Hiroshi Yamanaka 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).

  • Publication number: 20210179083
    Abstract: A parking assist system for a vehicle includes a control device configured to control the vehicle to execute an automatic moving process for autonomously moving the vehicle from a current position to a target position. The control device is configured such that, in a case where a parking brake driving condition is satisfied when the control device stops the vehicle during movement to the target position in the automatic moving process and thereafter cancels the automatic moving process without permitting resumption of the movement of the vehicle, the control device switches a shift position of the shift device of the vehicle to a parking position and drives the parking brake device of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki HARA, Miki TSUJINO, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Yuki NAKADA, Yasushi SHODA
  • Publication number: 20210179078
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes: a display device configured to display a parking space candidate; and a control device configured to control a screen display of the display device, to set the parking space candidate selected by a user to a target parking space, to set a stop position where the vehicle should be stopped in the target parking space, and to execute a driving process to autonomously move the vehicle along a trajectory to the stop position. While executing the driving process, the control device causes the display device to display the trajectory and the stop position and determines whether the stop position is suitable based on external environment information. Upon determining that the stop position is not suitable, the control device corrects the stop position and causes the display device to display the stop position that has been corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki NAKADA, Yasushi SHODA, Syoichi KOBAYASHI, Yuki HARA, Miki TSUJINO, Hiroshi YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210179173
    Abstract: To assist a vehicle operator in performing turning maneuvers in an appropriate manner under all conditions, a vehicle driving assist system includes: an external environment acquiring unit configured to acquire information on external environment surrounding a vehicle; a display unit having a screen displaying the information on the external environment; a steering state acquiring unit configured to acquire a steering status of the vehicle; and an image processing unit configured to determine a predicted trajectory of the vehicle according to the steering status of the vehicle, and superimpose the predicted trajectory on the information on the external environment displayed on the screen, wherein in case the predicted trajectory happens to be a full circle, the image processing unit removes a far end part of the trajectory to be displayed so as not to be connected to a start point of the trajectory on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroshi YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210179077
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes: an image display unit configured to display a direction indicating image that indicates a travel direction of the vehicle; and a control device configured to execute travel control of the vehicle. The direction indicating image is switchable between a first image that indicates a first travel direction of the vehicle and a second image that indicates a second travel direction of the vehicle, the second travel direction being opposite to the first travel direction. In a case where the control device switches the travel direction of the vehicle from the first travel direction to the second travel direction, the image display unit switches the direction indicating image from the first image to the second image based on a vehicle speed of the vehicle, a state of a power transmission device, and a steering state of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Miki TSUJINO, Yasushi SHODA, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Yuki HARA
  • Publication number: 20210179080
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes: a control device configured to control a powertrain, a brake device, and a steering device to autonomously move a vehicle to a target position; a display device; and operation members configured to receive an operation performed by an occupant of the vehicle. The control device is configured to set at least one target position candidate according to a first operation performed on one of the operation members and cause the display device to display the at least one target position candidate, decide the target position from the at least one target position candidate according to a second operation performed on one of the operation members, and execute driving control for autonomously moving the vehicle to the target position according to a third operation performed on one of the operation members, wherein the first operation and the third operation are an identical operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Miki TSUJINO, Yuki HARA, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Yasushi SHODA
  • Patent number: 11027651
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a vehicle; a driving controller configured to perform speed control and steering control of the vehicle based on a recognition result of the recognizer; a communication unit configured to communicate with a terminal device of a user boarding the vehicle; a vehicle exterior notification unit configured to notify information regarding vehicle identification to the vehicle exterior; and a notification controller configured to cause the communication unit to transmit information for notifying the information regarding the vehicle identification to the terminal device and to cause the vehicle exterior notification unit to notify the information regarding the vehicle identification when the driving controller causes the vehicle to travel toward a position at which the user is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamanaka, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Katsuyasu Yamane, Yoshitaka Mimura, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20210138736
    Abstract: A control unit controls a position of a carrier and an irradiation unit to form a modeled object obtained by curing a photocurable composition. Here, the control unit irradiates the photocurable composition) with light from the irradiation unit to form the modeled object and a support portion which connects the carrier) and the modeled object. In addition, the control unit controls a modeling condition to make a modeling condition when modeling a joint portion of the support portion with the carrier be a condition in which the photocurable composition is easily cured rather than a modeling condition when modeling a first region, in which an area of a cross section parallel to the surface of the light transmission portion is the largest, in the modeled object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hirohisa SHIODE, Hiroshi YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210129447
    Abstract: A control unit controls a position of a carrier and an irradiation unit to form a modeled object obtained by curing a photocurable composition. In addition, the control unit controls the position of the carrier and the irradiation unit to form at least a part of a flow channel connected to an outside of a container by curing the photocurable composition in a region irradiated with light, and controls the position of the carrier and the irradiation unit to at least temporarily provide at least one of an enlarged diameter portion and an opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hirohisa SHIODE, Hiroshi YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210122116
    Abstract: A three-dimensional modeling apparatus includes a container, a carrier, and a blower unit. The container accommodates a curable composition. The carrier is configured to face an inner surface of the container and to have a variable distance with respect to the inner surface. The blower unit performs blowing between the carrier and the container. Further, in a case where the curable composition is cured in the container, the modeled object and the support portion, which connects the carrier and the modeled object, are formed. A wind from the blower unit is at least temporarily output toward at least one of the modeled object and the support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hirohisa SHIODE, Hiroshi YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 10981516
    Abstract: To a hinge pillar including a hinge pillar inner and a hinge pillar outer that form a closed cross-section extending vertically, a speaker box configured to hold and house a speaker therein is joined and fixed. As necessary, the speaker box includes a box part formed of a sheet metal member including a bottom and side walls that form a housing space housing the speaker, together with the bottom. The box part is arranged in the opening, with the bottom located in the closed cross-section and with the housing space open inside a vehicle cabin, and is joined to an edge of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Kataoka, Hidenori Matsuoka, Takeshi Nakamura, Kiyoshi Mutsura, Akihiro Fujiwara, Yoshihiro Teshima, Koji Wakamatsu, Hiroshi Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20200400337
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes: an infrared sensor configured to detect an infrared ray and output a thermal image; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the infrared sensor; and a processor configured to process output signals of the infrared sensor and the temperature sensor, and the processor is configured to estimate a temperature distribution in a space between the infrared sensor and a background in a detection direction of the infrared sensor from a background temperature of the thermal image and the temperature of the infrared sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Takaaki HIRAMATSU, Takanori SUGIYAMA, Hiroshi YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20200398824
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes: a control device configured to control an autonomous parking operation to move a vehicle autonomously to a prescribed target parking position; a brake input member configured to receive a brake operation of the vehicle by an occupant, and a vehicle state detecting device configured to detect a state of the vehicle, wherein during control of the parking operation, when the control device determines that the state of the vehicle detected by the vehicle state detecting device is a prohibition state in which the parking operation should be prohibited, the control device suspends the parking operation so as to stop a movement of the vehicle and does not resume the parking operation unless the brake operation is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Miki TSUJINO, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Yuki HARA, Yasushi SHODA
  • Publication number: 20200398826
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes a control device configured to control screen display of a display device, to set the parking position candidate selected by an occupant as a target parking position, and to control an autonomous parking operation to autonomously move the vehicle to the target parking position. When multiple parking position candidates partially overlapping with each other are detected by a parking position candidate detector, the control device causes the display device to display the multiple parking position candidates so as to partially overlap with each other and to be selectable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Miki TSUJINO, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Yasushi SHODA, Megumi KAGEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200398866
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes: a control device configured to control a vehicle so as to move the vehicle autonomously from a current position to a target position; and an external environment sensor configured to detect an obstacle. During control of the vehicle to the target position, the control device is configured to recognize the obstacle present in a first area and a second area based on information from the external environment sensor. In a case where the control device recognizes the obstacle in the first area, the control device stops the vehicle, and in a case where the control device recognizes the obstacle in the second area and the obstacle in the second area is a moving object and/or a moving creature, the control device moves the vehicle in a decelerated state in which the vehicle is decelerated to a prescribed speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki HARA, Yasushi SHODA, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Masaaki KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20200398821
    Abstract: A parking assist system moves a vehicle autonomously from a current position to a target position. The parking assist system includes: a driving device configured to drive the vehicle; a control device configured to execute a setting process to set the target position and a driving process to control the driving device; a setting reception switch configured to receive an operation for starting the setting process; a driving reception switch configured to receive an operation for starting the driving process; a brake input member sensor configured to detect an input operation of a brake input member. The control device starts the setting process after the setting reception switch is operated, and starts the driving process on condition that a prescribed operation is performed when the driving reception switch is operated. The prescribed operation includes the input operation on the brake input member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki HARA, Yasushi SHODA, Masaaki KAWANO, Takeshi IIJIMA, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Megumi KAGEYAMA, Eiichi HOSHINO, Chihiro KAJIHARA, Hikaru HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200398867
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes: a control device configured to control a vehicle, a vehicle position detecting device configured to detect a position of the vehicle; a shift device configured to be operated for changing a shift position; and a brake input member configured to be operated for driving a brake device. In a case where the vehicle is stopped at a position other than a target position and a switching position, the control device changes the shift position to a parking position or a neutral position unless a shift maintenance condition is satisfied. The shift maintenance condition includes at least one of condition (i) that the vehicle is stopped at a position out of a prescribed range according to an operation of the brake input member and a condition (ii) that a cause for which the vehicle has been stopped is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki HARA, Yuki NAKADA, Yasushi SHODA, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Miki TSUJINO, Hiroki NISHIMURA, Hikaru HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200398865
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes a control device configured to control screen display of a display device, to set a target position candidate selected by an occupant as a target position, and to control an autonomous movement operation to autonomously move a vehicle to the target position to park or unpark the vehicle. The control device is configured to cause the display device to display a look-down image and a bird's-eye image side by side in a target position setting screen and to cause the display device to display the look-down image and a travel direction image, which is an image viewed from the vehicle in the travel direction, side by side in an autonomous movement control screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Miki TSUJINO, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Yasushi SHODA
  • Publication number: 20200307514
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a vehicle on the basis of a detection result of a detector configured to detect a situation outside the vehicle, a driving controller configured to perform at least one of speed control and steering control of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, and a door controller configured to perform opening control for opening a door of the vehicle. The door controller starts opening control for opening the door of the vehicle if the recognizer has recognized a predetermined motion of a user when the vehicle travels according to control of the driving controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Katsuyasu Yamane, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Yoshitaka Mimura, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20200307608
    Abstract: In a vehicle control device of an embodiment, a recognizer that recognizes the presence or absence and type of article carried by a user who uses a vehicle and an instrument controller that controls a vehicle-mounted instrument are included, and the instrument controller determines a mode of control of the vehicle-mounted instrument on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamanaka, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Katsuyasu Yamane, Yoshitaka Mimura, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20200307635
    Abstract: A vehicle control device of an embodiment includes a recognizer configured to recognize a peripheral situation of a vehicle and a controller configured to control a window portion of the vehicle, and the controller controls opening and closing of the window portion on the basis of a result of the recognizing has recognized a gesture which is performed by a user of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki Hara, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Katsuyasu Yamane, Yoshitaka Mimura, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi