Patents by Inventor Junichiro Onaka

Junichiro Onaka 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: 20240105052
    Abstract: An information management device for managing information provided to a plurality of first devices mounted on a mobile object that an occupant boards and a second device used by a user at a location different from the mobile object includes a processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program to acquire information from the plurality of first devices and the second device, match any one of the plurality of first devices with the second device, receive a designation of the user for setting any one of the plurality of first devices as a matching target of the second device, and switch the matching target of the second device when a designation of the user for setting any one of the plurality of first devices as the matching target of the second device already matched with the first device is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kenta Maruyama, Junichiro Onaka, Yusuke Ishida
  • Publication number: 20240104604
    Abstract: An information management device according to the embodiment is an information management device that manages information provided to a first device mounted on a mobile object on which an occupant boards and a second device used by a user at a location different from the mobile object, and includes an acquirer configured to acquire information from the first device and the second device, and a provider configured to provide each of the first device and the second device with information based on the information acquired, in which the information acquired by the first device includes an indoor image of the mobile object, an outdoor image, and indoor voice information of the mobile object, and the provider provides the second device with information set to be available among the indoor image, the outdoor image, and the indoor voice information based on provision availability information set by the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kenta Maruyama, Junichiro Onaka, Yusuke Ishida
  • Publication number: 20240107184
    Abstract: An information management device according to the embodiment is an information management device that manages information provided to a first device mounted on a mobile object that an occupant has boarded and a second device used by a user at a location different from the mobile object, and includes an acquirer configured to acquire information from the first device and the second device, and a provider configured to provide each of the first device and the second device with information on the basis of the information acquired, in which the acquirer acquires an indoor image and an outdoor image of the mobile object using the first device, and acquires operation information of the user using the second device, and the provider switches between the indoor image and the outdoor image and provides the second device with a switching result when an operation of the user is a predetermined operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kenta Maruyama, Junichiro Onaka, Junya Obara, Yusuke Ishida
  • Publication number: 20240085207
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a first device that is mounted on a mobile object boarded by an occupant, and a second device that is used by a user at a location different from the mobile object, in which the first device includes a first speaker configured to output a voice uttered by the user, and a camera unit that is provided on a predetermined seat of the mobile object and has one or more cameras including at least an indoor camera capable of capturing an image of an interior of the mobile object viewed from the predetermined seat, the second device includes a detection device for detecting an orientation direction, which is a face orientation or gaze direction, of the user, and a display device configured to display an image corresponding to the orientation direction viewed from the predetermined seat among images captured by the camera unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Junichiro Onaka, Kenta Maruyama, Junya Obara, Yusuke Ishida
  • Publication number: 20240085976
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a first device that is mounted in a mobile object which an occupant boards and a second device that is used by a user at a place different from the mobile object. The first device includes a first communication device configured to communicate with a second communication device of the second device and a camera unit. The second device includes the second communication device configured to communicate with the first communication device, a detection device configured to detect an orientation direction and a gesture of the user, and a display device configured to display an image corresponding to the orientation direction when seen from the predetermined seat out of images captured by the camera unit. The second device determines an operation unit of the mobile object oriented by the user and operation details on the operation unit from the image on the basis of the detected orientation direction and the detected gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kenta Maruyama, Junichiro Onaka, Junya Obara, Yusuke Ishida
  • Publication number: 20240087339
    Abstract: An information processing device mounted in a moving object includes a display device having a display display a person image indicating a person or a character corresponding to the person and capable of adjusting a position of the display so that an occupant of a backseat is shown in a mirror when an occupant of a driver's seat or a front passenger seat of the moving object visually recognizes the display on the assumption that the display is the mirror and the occupant is sitting in the backseat of the moving object and a control device control a first speaker within the moving object so that a sound is output from a direction of the backseat when the display is allowed to display a service image including the person image in which the person or the character is sitting in the backseat of the moving object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke Ishida, Junichiro Onaka, Junya Obara, Kenta Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20240087334
    Abstract: An information process system includes: a first apparatus that is provided on a movable body on which an occupant boards; and a second apparatus that is used by a user at a place different from the movable body. The first apparatus includes: a first communication device that communicates with a second communication device of the second apparatus; and a camera unit that is capable of capturing an image of the inside and the outside of the movable body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Junichiro Onaka, Junya Obara, Yusuke Ishida, Kenta Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20240083249
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a first device that is mounted in a mobile object which an occupant boards and a second device that is used by a user at a place different from the mobile object. The first device includes a first communication device configured to communicate with a second communication device of the second device and a camera unit including one or more cameras. The second device includes the second communication device configured to communicate with the first communication device, a detection device configured to detect an orientation direction of the user, and a display device configured to display an image corresponding to the orientation direction when seen from the predetermined seat out of images captured by the camera unit. The second device identifies a sight area to which a sightline of the user is directed in the image, and the first device displays the sight area received via the first communication device in a predetermined mode on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke Ishida, Junichiro Onaka, Kenta Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11508368
    Abstract: An agent system includes: a recognizer configured to recognize speech including speech contents of an occupant in a mobile object; an acquirer configured to acquire an image including the occupant; and an estimator configured to compare wording included in the speech contents of the occupant recognized by the recognizer with unclear information which is stored in a storage and includes wording making the speech contents unclear, to estimate a first direction which is a sight direction of the occupant or a second direction which is indicated by the occupant on the basis of the image acquired by the acquirer when the speech contents of the occupant includes unclear wording, and to estimate an object which is located in the estimated first direction or the estimated second direction. The recognizer is configured to recognize the speech contents of the occupant on the basis of the object estimated by the estimator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suzuki, Junichiro Onaka, Koichi Tanizaki
  • Patent number: 11468888
    Abstract: A control apparatus controls an agent apparatus functioning as a user interface of a request processing apparatus that acquires a request indicated by at least one of a voice and a gesture of a user and performs a process corresponding to the request. The control apparatus includes a feature information acquiring section that acquires feature information indicating a feature of a state of the user when the user transmits the request, and a mode determining section that determines a mode of an agent to be used to provide information with the agent apparatus, based on the feature indicated by the feature information acquired by the feature information acquiring section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junichiro Onaka
  • Patent number: 10966028
    Abstract: The mobile terminal includes a playback signal generation unit that generates a playback signal for playing back a music and outputs the playback signal to a first sound output unit; an interruption detection unit that detects interruption of an output of the sound from the first sound output unit during the playback of the music; an output detection unit that detects that the sound from a second sound output unit can be output; and a time measurement unit that measures a time period after interruption is detected until it is detected by the output detection unit that the output is possible. The playback signal generation unit outputs a playback signal for playing back the music from a playback position advanced forward from a playback position, in which the interruption has been detected, in correspondence to the time period measured by the time measurement unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junichiro Onaka
  • Patent number: 10956761
    Abstract: A control apparatus controls an agent apparatus functioning as a user interface of a request processing apparatus that acquires a request indicated by at least one of a voice and a gesture of a user and performs a process corresponding to the request. The control apparatus includes a transmission event detecting section that detects an occurrence of an event necessitating transmission of a message to a communication terminal of the user, and a transmission determining section that makes a determination to transmit a voice message to the communication terminal of the user, via a communication network, if an occurrence of the event is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junichiro Onaka
  • Publication number: 20200341729
    Abstract: The voice operation system includes an indication candidate determination unit for extracting an indication element included in a user's utterance, and determining a first indication candidate which is a candidate of an indication content intended by the user based on the indication element and a behavioral habit of the user U estimated by a behavioral habit estimation unit when the indication content intended by the user U cannot be specified from the indication element, a predetermined processing execution unit for executing first predetermined processing corresponding to the first indication candidate, and a display control unit for causing a display unit to display at least one of the content of the first indication candidate and the execution content of the first predetermined processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiro Tanaka, Masaro Koike, Junichiro Onaka, Masahiro Kurehashi
  • Publication number: 20200251108
    Abstract: An agent system includes: a recognizer configured to recognize speech including speech contents of an occupant in a mobile object; an acquirer configured to acquire an image including the occupant; and an estimator configured to compare wording included in the speech contents of the occupant recognized by the recognizer with unclear information which is stored in a storage and includes wording making the speech contents unclear, to estimate a first direction which is a sight direction of the occupant or a second direction which is indicated by the occupant on the basis of the image acquired by the acquirer when the speech contents of the occupant includes unclear wording, and to estimate an object which is located in the estimated first direction or the estimated second direction. The recognizer is configured to recognize the speech contents of the occupant on the basis of the object estimated by the estimator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suzuki, Junichiro Onaka, Koichi Tanizaki
  • Publication number: 20200152193
    Abstract: A control apparatus controls an agent apparatus functioning as a user interface of a request processing apparatus that acquires a request indicated by at least one of a voice and a gesture of a user and performs a process corresponding to the request. The control apparatus includes a feature information acquiring section that acquires feature information indicating a feature of a state of the user when the user transmits the request, and a mode determining section that determines a mode of an agent to be used to provide information with the agent apparatus, based on the feature indicated by the feature information acquired by the feature information acquiring section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Junichiro ONAKA
  • Publication number: 20200151477
    Abstract: A control apparatus controls an agent apparatus functioning as a user interface of a request processing apparatus that acquires a request indicated by at least one of a voice and a gesture of a user and performs a process corresponding to the request. The control apparatus includes a transmission event detecting section that detects an occurrence of an event necessitating transmission of a message to a communication terminal of the user, and a transmission determining section that makes a determination to transmit a voice message to the communication terminal of the user, via a communication network, if an occurrence of the event is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Junichiro ONAKA
  • Publication number: 20200145758
    Abstract: The mobile terminal includes a playback signal generation unit that generates a playback signal for playing back a music and outputs the playback signal to a first sound output unit; an interruption detection unit that detects interruption of an output of the sound from the first sound output unit during the playback of the music; an output detection unit that detects that the sound from a second sound output unit can be output; and a time measurement unit that measures a time period after interruption is detected until it is detected by the output detection unit that the output is possible. The playback signal generation unit outputs a playback signal for playing back the music from a playback position advanced forward from a playback position, in which the interruption has been detected, in correspondence to the time period measured by the time measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventor: Junichiro ONAKA
  • Patent number: 10363876
    Abstract: An image control unit of an image display device provides, on display screens of a display unit, a captured-image-only region in which only a captured image is displayed when the display unit displays the captured image, and multiple-image regions in which the captured image or a different image that is different from the captured image is selectively displayed when the display unit displays the captured image. In an embodiment, the image control unit fixes a position of the captured-image-only region on the display screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junichiro Onaka
  • Patent number: 10306154
    Abstract: An image display device 12 includes a camera 20 for imaging a rear of a vehicle 10, a reference position detection section 80 for detecting a reference position indicating a relative position of eyes 104 of an operator 100 relative to a display part 50, and an image control section 82 for extracting a part of an imaged image of the camera 20 thereby to display it as a circumferential image on the display part 50 and changing an extraction range of the imaged image in accordance with the reference position. The image control section 82 increases or decreases a movement amount of the extraction range relative to a change amount of the reference position in comparison with the case of a normal mirror 120.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junichiro Onaka
  • Patent number: 10248228
    Abstract: An operation member 30 of an operation input device 20 includes a finger sensor 54 adapted to detect each of a plurality of fingers gripping the operation member 30. A controller 36 specifies the number of gripping fingers Ngf which is the number of fingers 300 gripping the operation member 30 based on the detection result of the finger sensor 54 and switches, in accordance with the number of gripping fingers Ngf, a type of an operation command corresponding to the operation input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuko Minyu, Junichiro Onaka