Patents by Inventor Hokuto FUJII

Hokuto FUJII 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: 11983940
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle that moves automatically without any driver's manipulation. The autonomous vehicle includes a vehicle body including a deck, and an action-inducing device for inducing an action of a person who is a user of the autonomous vehicle or a non-user around the autonomous vehicle. The action-inducing device including an image-capturing device for capturing the person, and an information presentation device for presenting action-inducing information, to thereby induce the person to take the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro Ogura, Takehiro Ogawa, Yoshiki Kuranuki, Hokuto Fujii
  • Patent number: 11897513
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle, including a vehicle body, a wheel supported by the vehicle body, a steering mechanism configured to change a travel direction, a driving/braking force generating device configured to generate a driving force or a braking force to drive or decelerate the autonomous vehicle, a plurality of seats each configured to be sat on by a passenger, and an autonomous driving controller configured to control the steering mechanism and the driving/braking force generating device to autonomously drive the autonomous vehicle without any driver's manipulation. The autonomous driving controller is configured to determine whether or not to control the driving/braking force generating device to change the autonomous vehicle from a stopped state to a run state, based on (1) at least one of a number of passengers, a maximum capacity, or a scheduled number of passengers, and (2) at least one of a number of sitting passengers or a number of ready-state-expressing passengers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiki Kuranuki, Hokuto Fujii
  • Patent number: 11332160
    Abstract: An on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicle comprising a vehicle-mounted controller configured to cause the vehicle to run toward a planned riding location such that the vehicle automatically runs along a predefined route which is determined in advance and in a runnable area. The vehicle-mounted controller communicates with an on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicle fleet controller. Based on route information and an in-advance vehicle dispatch command signal received from the vehicle fleet controller, the vehicle-mounted controller controls the vehicle so that the vehicle runs toward an anticipated riding location based on the in-advance vehicle dispatch command signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hokuto Fujii, Hitoshi Watanabe, Makoto Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11325615
    Abstract: An on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicle automatically travels, regardless of whether a passenger is on board, along a annular-connecting predefined route which has a annular predefined route and a connecting predefined route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hokuto Fujii, Hitoshi Watanabe, Makoto Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20210237778
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle, including a vehicle body, a wheel supported by the vehicle body, a steering mechanism configured to change a travel direction, a driving/braking force generating device configured to generate a driving force or a braking force to drive or decelerate the autonomous vehicle, a plurality of seats each configured to be sat on by a passenger, and an autonomous driving controller configured to control the steering mechanism and the driving/braking force generating device to autonomously drive the autonomous vehicle without any driver's manipulation. The autonomous driving controller is configured to determine whether or not to control the driving/braking force generating device to change the autonomous vehicle from a stopped state to a run state, based on (1) at least one of a number of passengers, a maximum capacity, or a scheduled number of passengers, and (2) at least one of a number of sitting passengers or a number of ready-state-expressing passengers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshiki KURANUKI, Hokuto FUJII
  • Publication number: 20210241010
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle that moves automatically without any driver's manipulation. The autonomous vehicle includes a vehicle body including a deck, and an action-inducing device for inducing an action of a person who is a user of the autonomous vehicle or a non-user around the autonomous vehicle. The action-inducing device including an image-capturing device for capturing the person, and an information presentation device for presenting action-inducing information, to thereby induce the person to take the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Kotaro OGURA, Takehiro OGAWA, Yoshiki KURANUKI, Hokuto FUJII
  • Publication number: 20200317229
    Abstract: An on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicle comprising a vehicle-mounted controller configured to cause the vehicle to run toward a planned riding location such that the vehicle automatically runs along a predefined route which is determined in advance and in a runnable area. The vehicle-mounted controller communicates with an on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicle fleet controller. Based on route information and an in-advance vehicle dispatch command signal received from the vehicle fleet controller, the vehicle-mounted controller controls the vehicle so that the vehicle runs toward an anticipated riding location based on the in-advance vehicle dispatch command signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hokuto FUJII, Hitoshi WATANABE, Makoto YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200320882
    Abstract: An on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicle fleet controller is configured to send and receive information to and from on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicles each of which automatically runs on a predefined route which is determined in advance and in a runnable area, and control running of the on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicles so that at least one of the on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicles is dispatched to a planned riding location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hokuto FUJII, Hitoshi WATANABE, Makoto YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200317230
    Abstract: An on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicle automatically travels, regardless of whether a passenger is on board, along a annular-connecting predefined route which has a annular predefined route and a connecting predefined route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hokuto FUJII, Hitoshi WATANABE, Makoto YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 9885580
    Abstract: A navigation method for a navigating apparatus of a moving device, including obtaining weight information that includes a plurality of weight coefficients and storing the weight information, detecting one or a plurality of paths through which the moving device is capable of moving, acquiring information regarding a position of a destination with respect to the moving device as destination positional information, acquiring information regarding characteristics of topography in surroundings of the moving device as topographical characteristics information, calculating worth correlation information regarding the one or plurality of detected paths to the destination using the acquired destination positional information, the acquired topographical characteristics information and the stored weight information, and estimating a worth score of each of the one or plurality of paths to the destination based on the calculated worth correlation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi Kobayashi, Yuji Hiramatsu, Hokuto Fujii, Tsuyoshi Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20160169694
    Abstract: A navigation method for a navigating apparatus of a moving device, including obtaining weight information that includes a plurality of weight coefficients and storing the weight information, detecting one or a plurality of paths through which the moving device is capable of moving, acquiring information regarding a position of a destination with respect to the moving device as destination positional information, acquiring information regarding characteristics of topography in surroundings of the moving device as topographical characteristics information, calculating worth correlation information regarding the one or plurality of detected paths to the destination using the acquired destination positional information, the acquired topographical characteristics information and the stored weight information, and estimating a worth score of each of the one or plurality of paths to the destination based on the calculated worth correlation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi KOBAYASHI, Yuji HIRAMATSU, Hokuto FUJII, Tsuyoshi KAMIYA