Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Onimaru

Hiroyuki Onimaru 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: 12374214
    Abstract: A road management apparatus including a communication unit and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform acquiring detection information via the communication unit, the detection information being information from a detection device mounted on each vehicle, and estimating a traveling lane on which each vehicle travels based on the detection information. The memory stores driving information including at least one of vehicle speed information and operation information of a direction indicator in association with the traveling lane, the driving information being obtained from the detection information acquired in each of a first period and a second period earlier than the first period. The microprocessor is configured to further perform estimating an occurrence of an abnormality on a road in the first period, in accordance with a degree of divergence between the driving information in the first period and the second period stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onimaru, Takeo Tokunaga, Atsuki Kakinuma, Yasuo Oishi, Akira Iihoshi
  • Publication number: 20250148841
    Abstract: A vehicle traveling information analysis device comprises: a reception unit that receives, from a plurality of vehicles, traveling information which includes location information and time information; a traveling information recording unit that stores, in a traveling information storage unit, the traveling information received from the reception unit together with identification information of vehicles; an analysis condition input unit that accepts, from a user, designation of an analysis condition which includes information pertaining to an analysis target road; an extraction region setting unit that sets extraction regions each having a predetermined area to a respective plurality of locations on a road map on the basis of the designated analysis condition; and a vehicle identification information extraction unit that extracts identification information of a vehicle having a record of traveling information in all the extraction regions which have been respectively set to the plurality of locations on the ro
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ONIMARU, Takeo TOKUNAGA, Atsuki KAKINUMA, Yasuo OISHI, Akira IIHOSHI
  • Publication number: 20250146237
    Abstract: A road surface evaluation apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: acquiring driving information of a plurality of vehicles which are traveling, including acceleration information, speed information, and position information; acquiring map information including information of a road on which the plurality of vehicles travel; deriving a road surface roughness value representing a roughness of a road surface on which the plurality of vehicles travel for each speed range based on the acquired driving information of each of the plurality of vehicles; correcting, for each speed range, the road surface roughness values derived for each speed range, and combining the road surface roughness values corrected for each speed range to derive a corrected road surface roughness value; and outputting the corrected road surface roughness value in association with the information of the road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onimaru, Takeo Tokunaga, Atsuki Kakinuma, Yasuo Oishi, Akira Iihoshi
  • Publication number: 20250146238
    Abstract: A road surface evaluation apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: acquiring driving information of a vehicle which is traveling including acceleration information, speed information, and position information of the vehicle, acquiring map information including information on a road on which the vehicle travels, acquiring weather information including information relating to weather; deriving a road surface roughness value representing roughness of a road surface on which the vehicle travels based on the driving information of the vehicle estimating the weather in a section where the vehicle has traveled based on the weather information to correct the road surface roughness value based on the estimation result; and outputting the road surface roughness value in association with the information on the road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onimaru, Takeo Tokunaga, Atsuki Kakinuma, Yasuo Oishi, Akira Iihoshi
  • Patent number: 12263844
    Abstract: A road surface evaluation apparatus includes a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The memory stores map information including roughness information indicating a roughness of a surface of a road, and the microprocessor is configured to perform: acquiring as driving information of a plurality of vehicles driving on the road, position information of the plurality of vehicles, acceleration information indicating accelerations of the plurality of vehicles, driving image information including a captured image of the surface of the road, and driving sound information indicating driving sound of the plurality of vehicles; evaluating the roughness of the surface of the road based on the driving information of the plurality of vehicles; and updating the roughness information corresponding to the road stored in the memory based on an evaluation result in the evaluating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onimaru, Atsuki Kakinuma, Takeo Tokunaga, Yasuo Oishi, Akira Iihoshi
  • Patent number: 12196577
    Abstract: A road surface evaluation apparatus includes a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: acquiring vehicle information including information indicating a motion of a vehicle while traveling and position information of the vehicle and map information including information on a road on which the vehicle is traveling, deriving roughness information indicating a roughness of road surface and a reliability of the roughness information based on the vehicle information, and outputting the roughness information and the reliability in association with the information on the road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onimaru, Atsuki Kakinuma, Akira Iihoshi, Takeo Tokunaga, Yasuo Oishi
  • Patent number: 12157486
    Abstract: A road surface evaluation apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: acquiring driving information of each of a plurality of vehicles, including a position and an acceleration of each of the plurality of vehicles while traveling, and a map information including road information on a road where the plurality of vehicles travel; evaluating a surface roughness of the road based on accelerations of the plurality of vehicles acquired in the acquiring within a predetermined period and, when a degree of accumulation of the accelerations of the plurality of vehicles acquired within the predetermined period is less than a predetermined value, evaluating the surface roughness by complementing the acceleration of the plurality of vehicles acquired before the predetermined period; and outputting information on the surface roughness evaluated in the evaluating in association with the road information acquired in the acquiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onimaru, Takeo Tokunaga, Atsuki Kakinuma, Yasuo Oishi, Akira Lihoshi
  • Publication number: 20240308528
    Abstract: A road surface evaluation apparatus includes a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The memory stores map information including roughness information indicating a roughness of a surface of a road, and the microprocessor is configured to perform: acquiring as driving information of a plurality of vehicles driving on the road, position information of the plurality of vehicles, acceleration information indicating accelerations of the plurality of vehicles, driving image information including a captured image of the surface of the road, and driving sound information indicating driving sound of the plurality of vehicles; evaluating the roughness of the surface of the road based on the driving information of the plurality of vehicles; and updating the roughness information corresponding to the road stored in the memory based on an evaluation result in the evaluating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onimaru, Atsuki Kakinuma, Takeo Tokunaga, Yasuo Oishi, Akira Iihoshi
  • Publication number: 20240310168
    Abstract: A road surface evaluation apparatus includes a microprocessor is configured to perform: calculating a roughness value of road surface corresponding to a predetermined period based on driving information of the plurality of vehicles during the predetermined period; and outputting roughness information including the roughness value. The microprocessor is configured to further perform, when calculating the roughness value corresponding to a second predetermined period, estimating whether a magnitude of a change rate of the roughness value corresponding to the second predetermined period with respect to the roughness value corresponding to a first predetermined period exceeds a predetermined threshold to acquire, when the magnitude is estimated to exceed the predetermined threshold, more pieces of the driving information to be used for calculating the roughness value corresponding to the second predetermined period than when the magnitude is estimated to be equal to or less than the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Takeo Tokunaga, Hiroyuki Onimaru, Atsuki Kakinuma, Yasuo Oishi, Akira Iihoshi
  • Publication number: 20240308527
    Abstract: A road surface evaluation apparatus includes a microprocessor is configured to perform: acquiring as driving information of a plurality of vehicles, position information of the plurality of vehicles, acceleration information indicating acceleration of the plurality of vehicles and map information of a predetermined road; calculating a degree of stability of a driving behavior of each of the plurality of vehicles based on the driving information when the plurality of vehicles drove on the predetermined road in a past; selecting a group of vehicles to be evaluated from among vehicles whose degree of stability is equal to or greater than a predetermined degree; evaluating a roughness of a road surface of the predetermined road based on the driving information of the group of vehicles; and outputting information on the roughness evaluated in the evaluating in association with the information of the predetermined road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Atsuki Kakinuma, Takeo Tokunaga, Hiroyuki Onimaru, Yasuo Oishi, Akira Iihoshi
  • Publication number: 20230358559
    Abstract: A road surface evaluation apparatus includes an electronic control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform acquiring driving information of each of a plurality of vehicles, including position information of the plurality of vehicles while driving and acceleration information indicating acceleration of the plurality of vehicles and map information including road information; evaluating the road roughness based on the acquired acceleration information of the plurality of vehicles; and outputting information on the evaluated road surface roughness in association with the acquired road information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Akira Iihoshi, Yasuo Oishi, Atsuki Kakinuma, Takeo Tokunaga, Hiroyuki Onimaru
  • Publication number: 20230273019
    Abstract: A road surface evaluation apparatus includes a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: acquiring vehicle information including information indicating a motion of a vehicle while traveling and position information of the vehicle and map information including information on a road on which the vehicle is traveling, deriving roughness information indicating a roughness of road surface and a reliability of the roughness information based on the vehicle information, and outputting the roughness information and the reliability in association with the information on the road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onimaru, Atsuki Kakinuma, Akira Iihoshi, Takeo Tokunaga, Yasuo Oishi
  • Publication number: 20230243113
    Abstract: A road surface evaluation apparatus including a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform acquiring driving information (including information indicating a motion of a vehicle while driving and position information of the vehicle, map information including information on a road on which the vehicle is traveling, and vehicle information including unique information of the vehicle), deriving a roughness value indicating a roughness of a road surface of the road on which the vehicle is traveling based on the driving information, correcting the roughness value based on the vehicle information, and outputting the corrected roughness value in association with the road information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Atsuki Kakinuma, Akira Iihoshi, Yasuo Oishi, Takeo Tokunaga, Hiroyuki Onimaru
  • Publication number: 20230234602
    Abstract: A road surface evaluation apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: acquiring driving information of each of vehicles, including a position and an acceleration of each of the vehicles while traveling, and a map information including road information on a road where the vehicles travel; evaluating a surface roughness of the road based on acquired accelerations of the vehicles; estimates a surface change location where the surface roughness has changed, based on a difference between a first road surface information including the evaluated surface roughness evaluated based on the acceleration of the vehicles acquired within a past predetermined period and a second road surface information including the evaluated surface roughness based on the acceleration of the vehicles acquired later than the past predetermined period; and outputting a road surface change information including the estimation result, in association with the road information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onimaru, Takeo Tokunaga, Atsuki Kakinuma, Yasuo Oishi, Akira Iihoshi
  • Patent number: 11700355
    Abstract: A region monitoring system includes: a first communication control unit that transmits monitoring camera captured-image data to a monitoring server, the monitoring camera captured-image data being captured-image data of a monitoring camera that monitors a region in which a plurality of houses are located; and a camera communication control unit that transmits in-vehicle camera captured-image data to the monitoring server, the in-vehicle camera captured-image data being captured-image data of an in-vehicle camera of a vehicle located in the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Oishi, Akira Iihoshi, Atsuki Kakinuma, Takeo Tokunaga, Hiroyuki Onimaru
  • Publication number: 20230211792
    Abstract: A reverse direction traveling detection apparatus including a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform acquiring an actually measured road surface profile of a road surface on which a vehicle is traveling, determining a travel direction of the vehicle based on position information of the vehicle, further determining whether a coincidence degree between the actually measured road surface profile and a first reference road surface profile in a first lane is equal to or greater than a predetermined value when it is determined that the travel direction of the vehicle is a first direction, and determining whether the vehicle travels in reverse direction based on the actually measured road surface profile and a second reference road surface profile in a second lane when it is determined that the coincidence degree is less than the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuo Oishi, Akira Iihoshi, Atsuki Kakinuma, Takeo Tokunaga, Hiroyuki Onimaru
  • Publication number: 20230206750
    Abstract: A road management apparatus including a communication unit and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform acquiring detection information via the communication unit, the detection information being information from a detection device mounted on each vehicle, and estimating a traveling lane on which each vehicle travels based on the detection information. The memory stores driving information including at least one of vehicle speed information and operation information of a direction indicator in association with the traveling lane, the driving information being obtained from the detection information acquired in each of a first period and a second period earlier than the first period. The microprocessor is configured to further perform estimating an occurrence of an abnormality on a road in the first period, in accordance with a degree of divergence between the driving information in the first period and the second period stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onimaru, Takeo Tokunaga, Atsuki Kakinuma, Yasuo Oishi, Akira Iihoshi
  • Publication number: 20230202501
    Abstract: A road surface evaluation apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: acquiring driving information of each of a plurality of vehicles, including a position and an acceleration of each of the plurality of vehicles while traveling, and a map information including road information on a road where the plurality of vehicles travel; evaluating a surface roughness of the road based on accelerations of the plurality of vehicles acquired in the acquiring within a predetermined period and, when a degree of accumulation of the accelerations of the plurality of vehicles acquired within the predetermined period is less than a predetermined value, evaluating the surface roughness by complementing the acceleration of the plurality of vehicles acquired before the predetermined period; and outputting information on the surface roughness evaluated in the evaluating in association with the road information acquired in the acquiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onimaru, Takeo Tokunaga, Atsuki Kakinuma, Yasuo Oishi, Akira Iihoshi
  • Publication number: 20230184555
    Abstract: A lane estimation apparatus including a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform determining whether a precision of positioning is equal to or larger than a predetermined value based on precision information, identifying a traveling lane based on position information and road map information when it is determined that the precision of positioning is equal to or larger than the predetermined value, then when it is determined that the precision of positioning is smaller than the predetermined value, determining whether a lane change has been made from the traveling lane identified when it has been determined that the precision of positioning is equal to or larger than the predetermined value, based on driving information and information on a road surface profile included in the road map information, and identifying the traveling lane in accordance with a determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Akira Iihoshi, Atsuki Kakinuma, Yasuo Oishi, Takeo Tokunaga, Hiroyuki Onimaru
  • Publication number: 20220321837
    Abstract: A region monitoring system includes: a first communication control unit that transmits monitoring camera captured-image data to a monitoring server, the monitoring camera captured-image data being captured-image data of a monitoring camera that monitors a region in which a plurality of houses are located; and a camera communication control unit that transmits in-vehicle camera captured-image data to the monitoring server, the in-vehicle camera captured-image data being captured-image data of an in-vehicle camera of a vehicle located in the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuo Oishi, Akira Iihoshi, Atsuki Kakinuma, Takeo Tokunaga, Hiroyuki Onimaru