Patents by Inventor Katsuya YASHIRO

Katsuya YASHIRO 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: 11970162
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control device including: a recognizer that recognizes a surrounding situation of a vehicle, and identifies an interrupting vehicle trying to cut in a lane of the vehicle; a driving controller that controls steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle without depending on an operation of the vehicle by a driver; and a mode determiner that determines a driving mode of the vehicle as one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode, wherein the second driving mode is a driving mode imposing a lighter task on the driver than the first driving mode, and a part of the plurality of driving modes including at least the second driving mode is controlled by the driving controller, and wherein the mode determiner restricts execution of the second driving mode when a relationship between the vehicle and the interrupting vehicle satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Oguro, Katsuya Yashiro
  • Publication number: 20240051567
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle capable of traveling in first and second traveling states is provided. The second traveling state requires an operation related to traveling by a passenger more than the first traveling state. The system changes, based on a traveling situation of the vehicle, an upper limit speed at which the vehicle can travel in the first traveling state. The system performs notification to the passenger of a request for a predetermined operation at a timing when a traveling speed of the vehicle reaches a predetermined speed when switching from the first traveling state to the second traveling state. A difference between the upper limit speed and the predetermined speed is increased in a case where the upper limit speed is high compared to a case where the upper limit speed is low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Tadahiko KANOH, Ayumu HORIBA, Katsuya YASHIRO, Chihiro OGURO
  • Patent number: 11858527
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle capable of traveling in first and second traveling states is provided. The second traveling state requires an operation related to traveling by a passenger more than the first traveling state. The system changes, based on a traveling situation of the vehicle, an upper limit speed at which the vehicle can travel in the first traveling state. The system performs notification to the passenger of a request for a predetermined operation at a timing when a traveling speed of the vehicle reaches a predetermined speed when switching from the first traveling state to the second traveling state. A difference between the upper limit speed and the predetermined speed is increased in a case where the upper limit speed is high compared to a case where the upper limit speed is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Kanoh, Ayumu Horiba, Katsuya Yashiro, Chihiro Oguro
  • Patent number: 11851090
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a recognizer which recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle, and a driving controller which controls acceleration/deceleration of the host vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, wherein the driving controller causes the host vehicle to operate in any of a first driving state and a second driving state which has a higher rate of automation or fewer tasks requested with respect to an occupant than the first driving state, and changes a driving state of the host vehicle to the second driving state on the basis of at least one of presence or absence of a recognized following vehicle positioned behind the host vehicle and a following vehicle detection situation when the host vehicle is operating in the first driving state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuya Yashiro
  • Publication number: 20230391321
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control device including: a recognizer that recognizes a surrounding situation of a vehicle, and identifies an interrupting vehicle trying to cut in a lane of the vehicle; a driving controller that controls steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle without depending on an operation of the vehicle by a driver; and a mode determiner that determines a driving mode of the vehicle as one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode, wherein the second driving mode is a driving mode imposing a lighter task on the driver than the first driving mode, and a part of the plurality of driving modes including at least the second driving mode is controlled by the driving controller, and wherein the mode determiner restricts execution of the second driving mode when a relationship between the vehicle and the interrupting vehicle satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi Oguro, Katsuya Yashiro
  • Publication number: 20230322221
    Abstract: A vehicle controller includes: a surrounding area recognition unit that detects a state surrounding a subject vehicle; a human detection unit that detects a specific target object in a specific area into which entry of the specific target object is restricted; an automated driving control part that provides control such that the subject vehicle follows a vehicle traveling ahead thereof, based on a result detected by the surrounding area recognition unit. The automated driving control part makes the subject vehicle operate at at least one of a first support status, and a second support status which has an automated degree higher than that of the first support status or has a task required to be done by a vehicle occupant of the subject vehicle less than that of the first support status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Katsuya Yashiro
  • Patent number: 11731624
    Abstract: A vehicle controller of a subject vehicle includes a processor that: recognizes a surrounding state of the subject vehicle traveling in a lane on a road; detects a specific target object in a specific area; provides control such that the subject vehicle follows a vehicle traveling ahead thereof; and makes the subject vehicle operate in at least one of a first support status and a second support status having an automated degree higher than the first and realized only when the subject vehicle is traveling in the specific area. When the subject vehicle is traveling in the specific area in the first support status and the specific target object has been detected therein, the processor keeps the support status of the subject vehicle unchanged at the first support status; and, in the second support status, shifts the support status of the subject vehicle to the first support status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuya Yashiro
  • Patent number: 11685407
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a vehicle includes a selection unit configured to select one of a plurality of travel states which have different automation rates from each other, a storage unit configured to store an upper limit travel speed of each of the plurality of travel states, and a changing unit configured to change, based on at least one of an operation by a driver and/or information of the driver, an upper limit travel speed of a travel state which is currently selected by the selection unit. The changing unit changes, in accordance with the change in the upper limit travel speed of the travel state which is currently selected, an upper limit travel speed of a travel state which is not currently selected among the plurality of travel states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Katsuya Yashiro, Chihiro Oguro
  • Patent number: 11661057
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer that is configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller that is configured to control acceleration or deceleration and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer. The driving controller is configured to cause the host vehicle to operate in at least any of a first driving state and a second driving state in which a rate of automation is higher or tasks required of an occupant are fewer than in the first driving state, and is configured to transition a driving state of the host vehicle to the first driving state on the basis of movement of a rearward vehicle that travels rearward of the host vehicle recognized by the recognizer in a direction of a vehicle width in a case where the host vehicle is operating in the second driving state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro Abe, Katsuya Yashiro, Hironobu Kiryu
  • Publication number: 20230115845
    Abstract: A vehicle control device according to an embodiment includes an imager configured to image surroundings of a host vehicle, a recognizer configured to recognize a surroundings situation of the host vehicle, a driving controller configured to control one or both of speed and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a result of the recognition of the recognizer, and a controller configured to control the driving controller on the basis of imaging content of the imager, and the controller sets relative position information with respect to the host vehicle for an object around the host vehicle present on a two-dimensional image captured by the imager, and corrects the recognition result of the recognizer on the basis of the set relative position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Naoto Hiramatsu, Yoshimitsu Murahashi, Hiroshi Oguro, Daichi Kato, Katsuya Yashiro
  • Patent number: 11597387
    Abstract: A vehicle controller includes: a recognition unit that recognizes a surrounding state of a subject vehicle traveling in a road lane; an area specification unit that specifies a specific area in the lane in which the subject vehicle travels; and a driving control part that controls the subject vehicle with respect to a vehicle traveling ahead thereof, based on a result recognized b the recognition unit. The driving control part determines a condition of shifting from a first support status to a second support status such that there is a vehicle traveling ahead of the subject vehicle in the lane; and, if the subject vehicle enters the specific area at the first support status, the subject vehicle keeps the first support status, and if the subject vehicle enters the specific area at the second support status, shifts the support status from the second to the first support status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuya Yashiro
  • Patent number: 11600079
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle; and a driving controller configured to control a speed and steering of the vehicle according to a recognition result of the recognizer. The driving controller is configured to stop following travel of following a front vehicle recognized by the recognizer according to a state of a target recognized by the recognizer in a traveling region through which the front vehicle has passed when the following travel is performed. The target is a regulation sign for regulating a part of a lane in which a vehicle is traveling, a regulation sign for regulating a lane, or a guiding sign for guiding a visual line of an occupant of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Yashiro, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Chihiro Oguro
  • Patent number: 11590979
    Abstract: A vehicle control device that controls traveling of a vehicle, the vehicle control device comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information of a periphery of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to, based on the information that the acquisition unit acquired, determine whether or not another vehicle, which travels in one of a plurality of traffic lanes of a merging path that merges into a traffic lane that the vehicle is traveling in, will merge into the traffic lane, and based on the determination, control travel of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junya Yoda, Katsuya Yashiro
  • Patent number: 11577760
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus comprises a first detection unit configured to have a first detection range, a second detection unit configured to have a second detection range which at least partially overlaps the first detection range, and a vehicle control unit configured to be capable of performing vehicle control based on a first control state and vehicle control based on a second control state which has a high vehicle control automation rate or a reduced degree of vehicle operation participation requested to a driver compared to the first control state. The vehicle control unit performs control to shift from the first control state to the second control state based on a condition that a match degree between pieces of preceding object information of a vehicle detected by the first detection unit and the second detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuya Yashiro
  • Patent number: 11572052
    Abstract: A vehicle control device of an embodiment includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a host vehicle and a driving controller configured to perform driving control by controlling one or both of a speed and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer. In a case where a speed relationship between the host vehicle and a forward vehicle traveling in front of the host vehicle satisfies predetermined conditions, the driving controller is configured to perform passing control for passing the forward vehicle, and holds feature information of the forward vehicle under predetermined conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Yashiro, Ayumu Horiba, Chihiro Oguro, Tadahiko Kanoh
  • Publication number: 20230014184
    Abstract: A vehicle control device controls travel of a vehicle by performing state transition for a plurality of control states having different driving assistance levels based on vehicle surrounding information. The vehicle control device comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire the vehicle surrounding information; and a control unit configured to control the state transition and braking operation of the vehicle based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit, wherein, based on the information, the control unit is configured to transition from a first control state set for travel of the vehicle to a second control state with a lower driving assistance level in a case where it is determined that another vehicle is crossing a lane line in front of the vehicle in a lane where the vehicle is traveling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Junya YODA, Katsuya YASHIRO
  • Patent number: 11524700
    Abstract: A control system of a vehicle that can travel in a first state in which travel control is performed based on a position of a white line on a travel lane and in a second state in which travel control is performed based on a travel position of another vehicle. Periphery information is obtained of the vehicle. It is determined, based on the periphery information obtained, whether an emergency vehicle is approaching. A control unit configured to perform control so that travel control in the first state is prioritized when it is determined that the emergency vehicle is not approaching. Travel control in the second state is prioritized when it is determined that the emergency vehicle is approaching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro Oguro, Katsuya Yashiro, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh
  • Patent number: 11505193
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a recognizer which is configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a host vehicle and a driving controller which is configured to perform automated driving on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, wherein the driving controller is configured to perform passing control of causing the host vehicle to pass a preceding vehicle if at least one of a first condition according to a relative speed of the host vehicle with respect to the preceding vehicle and a second condition according to a type of the preceding vehicle is satisfied when the recognizer recognizes the preceding vehicle, and is configured to curb the passing control by changing at least one of the first condition and the second condition when a continuity of a first route on which the host vehicle is traveling decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Yashiro, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Chihiro Oguro, Yuta Takada
  • Patent number: 11498563
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize situations around a vehicle; a determiner configured to determine any of lanes included in a road on which the vehicle travels as a reference lane; and a driving controller configured to control at least one of a speed and steering of the vehicle according to the situations recognized by the recognizer and the reference lane determined by the determiner, wherein the determiner is configured to, when the vehicle moves from a first road to a second road different from the first road, among a plurality of lanes included in the first road, according to a relative position of a first reference lane determined at a time before the vehicle moves to the second road with respect to the plurality of lanes, determine a second reference lane on the second road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nozomu Hirosawa, Tadahiko Kanoh, Kanta Tsuji, Atsushi Ishioka, Daichi Kato, Katsuya Yashiro
  • Patent number: 11479246
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognition unit configured to recognize surrounding conditions of a vehicle, a driving control unit configured to control a speed and a steering of the vehicle on the basis of a result of recognition from the recognition unit, and a reception unit configured to receive an operation of an occupant of the vehicle of selecting on which of a first path and a second path the vehicle is to travel at a branching point through which the vehicle passes. The driving control unit is configured to control the speed and the steering of the vehicle in a plurality of modes with different automation levels, to decrease the automation level at a point before the branching point, and to delay a time at which the automation level is decreased when the operation of selecting one of the first path and the second path is received by the reception unit in comparison with when the operation is not received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Yashiro, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Chihiro Oguro, Yuta Takada