Patents by Inventor Katsuya IKENOBU

Katsuya IKENOBU 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: 11657626
    Abstract: An emotion estimation apparatus includes a recording section that records one or more events that cause a change in an emotion of a person and prediction information for predicting, for each event, an occurrence of the event; an event predicting section that predicts the occurrence of the event, based on detection of the prediction information; and a frequency setting section that sets a frequency with which an estimation of the emotion is performed. If the occurrence of the event is predicted by the event predicting section, the frequency setting section sets the frequency to be higher than in a case where the occurrence of the event is not predicted, and also sets the frequency based on the content of the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Okuma, Takashi Okada, Kota Saito, Seungho Choi, Yoshikazu Matsuo, Naoki Kikuchi, Katsuya Ikenobu
  • Patent number: 11220181
    Abstract: An operation control device includes a line-of-sight detector configured to detect a line of sight of a driver of a vehicle on the basis of an image of an interior of the vehicle captured by an imaging device provided in the vehicle, a hand state detector configured to detect a hand state of the driver on the basis of the image, a driving state determiner configured to determine whether the detected hand state is a first state in which it is estimated that a driving operation of the vehicle is being performed or a second state in which it is estimated that the driving operation is not being performed, a traveling state detector configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle, and an operation restrictor configured to restrict reception of an operation on an operator including a display device arranged within the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Okuma, Weifeng Zhang, Takashi Kusaka, Katsuya Ikenobu, Hiromi Sato
  • Publication number: 20210295074
    Abstract: An emotion estimation apparatus includes a recording section that records one or more events that cause a change in an emotion of a person and prediction information for predicting, for each event, an occurrence of the event; an event predicting section that predicts the occurrence of the event, based on detection of the prediction information; and a frequency setting section that sets a frequency with which an estimation of the emotion is performed. If the occurrence of the event is predicted by the event predicting section, the frequency setting section sets the frequency to be higher than in a case where the occurrence of the event is not predicted, and also sets the frequency based on the content of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Kenji OKUMA, Takashi OKADA, Kota SAITO, Seungho CHOI, Yoshikazu MATSUO, Naoki KIKUCHI, Katsuya IKENOBU
  • Patent number: 11062159
    Abstract: An emotion estimation apparatus includes a recording section that records one or more events that cause a change in an emotion of a person and prediction information for predicting, for each event, an occurrence of the event; an event predicting section that predicts the occurrence of the event, based on detection of the prediction information; and a frequency setting section that sets a frequency with which an estimation of the emotion is performed. If the occurrence of the event is predicted by the event predicting section, the frequency setting section sets the frequency to be higher than in a case where the occurrence of the event is not predicted, and also sets the frequency based on the content of the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Okuma, Takashi Okada, Kota Saito, Seungho Choi, Yoshikazu Matsuo, Naoki Kikuchi, Katsuya Ikenobu
  • Publication number: 20210053440
    Abstract: An operation control device includes a line-of-sight detector configured to detect a line of sight of a driver of a vehicle on the basis of an image of an interior of the vehicle captured by an imaging device provided in the vehicle, a hand state detector configured to detect a hand state of the driver on the basis of the image, a driving state determiner configured to determine whether the detected hand state is a first state in which it is estimated that a driving operation of the vehicle is being performed or a second state in which it is estimated that the driving operation is not being performed, a traveling state detector configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle, and an operation restrictor configured to restrict reception of an operation on an operator including a display device arranged within the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kenji Okuma, Weifeng Zhang, Takashi Kusaka, Katsuya Ikenobu, Hiromi Sato
  • Publication number: 20200134337
    Abstract: An emotion estimation apparatus includes a recording section that records one or more events that cause a change in an emotion of a person and prediction information for predicting, for each event, an occurrence of the event; an event predicting section that predicts the occurrence of the event, based on detection of the prediction information; and a frequency setting section that sets a frequency with which an estimation of the emotion is performed. If the occurrence of the event is predicted by the event predicting section, the frequency setting section sets the frequency to be higher than in a case where the occurrence of the event is not predicted, and also sets the frequency based on the content of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kenji OKUMA, Takashi OKADA, Kota SAITO, Seungho CHOI, Yoshikazu MATSUO, Naoki KIKUCHI, Katsuya IKENOBU