Patents by Inventor Junpei Noguchi

Junpei Noguchi 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: 11091151
    Abstract: A management device guides a vehicle capable of performing automated traveling to a target parking space with reference to management information indicating parking situations of a plurality of parking spaces. The management device includes: a communicator configured to receive parking situation information which is information generated based on a recognition result by a recognizer recognizing a surrounding situation of the vehicle, the parking situation information indicating whether another vehicle is parked in a parking space adjacent to a route along which the vehicle is traveling; and an extractor configured to extract a parking space in which a parking situation managed with the management information is different from an actual parking situation based on the received parking situation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Chie Sugihara, Yuta Takada, Ryoma Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20210216202
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an operation screen including a contact sensor and remotely instructs a vehicle to move. Based on an operation performed on the operation screen, an instruction to cause the vehicle to move is output, and in a case in which touches are detected on a plurality of locations on the operation screen while the operation is performed on the operation screen, the instruction to cause the vehicle to move is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Junpei NOGUCHI, Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Rikuro Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20210216067
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an operation screen including a contact sensor and remotely issues an instruction to move a vehicle, wherein output of the instruction to move the vehicle is started based on a reciprocating operation on the operation screen in a case in which the reciprocating operation has satisfied a predetermined condition, and the predetermined condition includes a condition related to at least one of a cumulative distance and a count of a stroke of the reciprocating operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Junpei NOGUCHI, Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Rikuro Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 11055999
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is configured to be capable of controlling movement and parking of a vehicle based on an operation from an operation terminal. The vehicle control apparatus comprises a processing unit configured to execute processing in a virtual parking control mode in which a virtual vehicle displayed on a screen is virtually operated by the operation from the operation terminal and processing in a remote parking control mode in which the vehicle is moved to a parking position and parked at the parking position based on the operation from the operation terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gaku Shimamoto, Junpei Noguchi, Kenya Sakurai, Rikuro Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20210197843
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a terminal configured to be carried by a user; and a control device configured to execute a remote autonomous moving process to move a vehicle from an initial position to a prescribed stop position based on an input from the terminal and to stop the vehicle at the stop position. The remote autonomous moving process proceeds on condition of continuation of a reciprocating operation on the terminal by the user, and has a plurality of modes in which a vehicle speed to move the vehicle is set to values different from each other. The control device or the terminal is configured to select one of the plurality of modes based on a speed of the reciprocating operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Junpei NOGUCHI, Naotoshi TAKEMURA
  • 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: 20210157335
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus that controls movement of a vehicle in response to an instruction from a remote control terminal located outside the vehicle, the apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain an image captured by an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a periphery of the vehicle; an operator detecting unit configured to detect an operator of the remote control terminal on the basis of the image obtained by the obtaining unit; a terminal detecting unit configured to detect a position of the remote control terminal relative to the vehicle; and a control unit configured to control, on the basis of a detection result from the operator detecting unit and a detection result from the terminal detecting unit, whether to permit or prohibit a remote control operation of the vehicle performed through the remote control terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Junpei NOGUCHI, Naotoshi TAKEMURA, Hidetoshi KOBORI, Masafumi SAGARA, Tatsuro FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20210155231
    Abstract: A vehicle control device comprising: a control unit configured to control an automated parking mode based on a shift position of a transmission when an automated parking is instructed, wherein the automated parking mode includes a first automated parking mode in which steering is not executed and forward movement or rearward movement is possible and a second automated parking mode in which a parking space is detected and steering is executed automatically, and the control unit controls the automated parking mode to be in the first automated parking mode, in a case where the shift position is a first position, and selectively controls the automated parking mode to be in the first automated parking mode or the second automated parking mode, in a case where the shift position is a second position that differs from the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Gaku Shimamoto, Junpei Noguchi, Tomonori Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210158702
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is configured to be capable of controlling movement and parking of a vehicle based on an operation from an operation terminal. The vehicle control apparatus comprises a processing unit configured to execute processing in a virtual parking control mode in which a virtual vehicle displayed on a screen is virtually operated by the operation from the operation terminal and processing in a remote parking control mode in which the vehicle is moved to a parking position and parked at the parking position based on the operation from the operation terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Junpei NOGUCHI, Kenya SAKURAI, Rikuro SHIRAISHI
  • Publication number: 20210086762
    Abstract: A remote parking system includes: a terminal configured to transmit a ranging signal; plural reception units provided with a reception surface to receive the ranging signal and configured to detect an arrival direction of the ranging signal with respect to the reception surface; and a control device configured to acquire a distance from the terminal to a vehicle based on the arrival direction of the ranging signal and a reference posture of each of the reception units and to move the vehicle toward a parking position based on an operation input to the terminal in a case where the control device determines that the acquired distance from the terminal to the vehicle is equal to or less than a prescribed threshold. The control device is configured to cause the terminal to display an intensity of the ranging signal received by at least one of the reception units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Junpei NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210089020
    Abstract: A remote parking system includes: a control device mounted on a vehicle and configured to execute remote parking processing; an operation terminal configured to be carried by a user; and a position determination unit mounted on the vehicle and/or the operation terminal and configured to determine a terminal position which is a position of the operation terminal. The control device is configured to calculate a first traveling route and a first recommended area. The first traveling route is a traveling route of the vehicle from an alighting position to a parking position. The first recommended area is an area where the user should be present when the vehicle moves along the first traveling route. The control device calculates a second traveling route on determining that the terminal position is not present within the first recommended area set for the first traveling route that has already been calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Junpei NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210089019
    Abstract: A remote parking system includes: a terminal configured to transmit a ranging signal; plural reception units configured to detect an arrival direction of the ranging signal; a control device configured to acquire a distance from the terminal to a vehicle based on the arrival direction of the ranging signal detected by at least two of the reception units and to move the vehicle toward a parking position in a case where the control device determines that the acquired distance from the terminal to the vehicle is equal to or less than a prescribed threshold; and a transmission antenna fixed to the vehicle and configured to transmit the ranging signal. The control device is configured to determine a failure of at least one of the reception units based on the ranging signal transmitted from the transmission antenna and received by the at least one of the reception units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Junpei NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210089021
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a control device mounted on a vehicle and configured to execute remote automatic moving processing; an operation terminal configured to be carried by a user and to transmit a control signal to the control device based on an input by the user; and a position determination unit mounted on the vehicle and/or the operation terminal and configured to measure a distance between the operation terminal and the vehicle. When the control device determines that the distance exceeds a first threshold based on a signal from the position determination unit, the control device stops the vehicle and transmits an output signal to the operation terminal, the output signal being a signal to cause the operation terminal to output a fact that the distance exceeds the first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Junpei NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200391605
    Abstract: A management device includes: an acquirer configured to acquire information indicating remaining energy amounts of vehicles parked in a parking lot; a determiner configured to determine a remaining energy amount of a vehicle parked in the parking lot so that a sum of the acquired remaining energy amounts is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; and a replenisher configured to replenish energy of the parked vehicle based on the remaining energy amount determined by the determiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Chie Sugihara, Yuta Takada, Ryoma Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20200384983
    Abstract: A management device guides a vehicle capable of performing automated traveling to a target parking space with reference to management information indicating parking situations of a plurality of parking spaces. The management device includes: a communicator configured to receive parking situation information which is information generated based on a recognition result by a recognizer recognizing a surrounding situation of the vehicle, the parking situation information indicating whether another vehicle is parked in a parking space adjacent to a route along which the vehicle is traveling; and an extractor configured to extract a parking space in which a parking situation managed with the management information is different from an actual parking situation based on the received parking situation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Chie Sugihara, Yuta Takada, Ryoma Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20200385016
    Abstract: A control device includes a getting-into/out facility selection unit configured to select one or more getting-into/out facilities where a vehicle to be parked in a parking lot will stop from among a plurality of getting-into/out facilities on the basis of at least information indicating a driving assistance level at which driving assistance can be executed by the vehicle and information associated with the parking lot having the plurality of getting-into/out facilities and a guidance unit configured to guide the vehicle to the selected getting-into/out facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Chie Sugihara, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada
  • Publication number: 20200387153
    Abstract: A parking lot management system including a vehicle using a parking lot, a vehicle control application to be executed by a terminal device used by a user of the vehicle, and a management device which is capable of communicating with the vehicle and the vehicle control application and manages at least one of a parking position, a movement trajectory, and a movement order of the vehicle using the parking lot. When communication with the vehicle control application has failed, the management device causes the vehicle and the vehicle control application to perform direct communication and acquires a communication result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Chie Sugihara, Yuta Takada, Ryoma Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20200384985
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a communicator which communicates with a management device that guides a vehicle capable of automatedly traveling to a target parking space with reference to management information representing parking states of a plurality of parking spaces, a recognizer which recognizes a surrounding state of the vehicle, and a generator which generates parking state information including information representing whether other vehicles are parked in parking spaces which the vehicle passes on the basis of a result recognized by the recognizer and transmits the parking state information to the management device using the communicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Chie Sugihara, Yuta Takada, Ryoma Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20200387840
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires position information of a user of a vehicle parked in a parking lot, and a processing unit that determines whether or not an arrival time of the user at a predetermined position in the parking lot exceeds a reserved time period included in parking reservation information on the basis of the position information of the user, determines whether or not to move the vehicle from a parking position on the basis of a result of the determination as to whether the arrival time exceeds the reserved time period, and performs processing based on a result of the determination as to whether to move the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Chie Sugihara, Yuta Takada, Ryoma Taguchi
  • Patent number: 10858014
    Abstract: A vehicle control system of an embodiment includes a recognizer that recognizes a peripheral environment of a vehicle, a driving controller that performs driving control based on speed control and steering control of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, an acquirer that acquires a remaining energy amount of a terminal device, and a notifier that performs a notification for prompting an increase of the remaining energy amount when the remaining energy amount acquired by the acquirer while an occupant is aboard the vehicle is less than a first threshold in a case where an instruction to cause a vehicle to enter a parking area in which the vehicle is able to be parked by traveling based on the driving control or an instruction to cause the vehicle to exit the parking area is performed by the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada