Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Hirakuri

Kazuhiko Hirakuri 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: 11904859
    Abstract: The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of achieving appropriate cornering during cruise control of a straddle-type vehicle. In the controller and the control method according to the present invention, during the cruise control, in which acceleration/deceleration of the straddle-type vehicle is automatically controlled without relying on an accelerating/decelerating operation by a driver, a vehicle speed of the straddle-type vehicle is restricted to be equal to or lower than an upper limit speed at the time of turning, an exit of a curved road is detected on the basis of a predicted route of the straddle-type vehicle, and a magnitude of the deceleration of the decelerated straddle-type vehicle is reduced at a time point before the straddle-type vehicle reaches the exit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Hirakuri
  • Patent number: 11840143
    Abstract: The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of achieving appropriate cornering during cruise control of a straddle-type vehicle. In the controller and the control method according to the present invention, during the cruise control, in which acceleration/deceleration of the straddle-type vehicle is automatically controlled without relying on an accelerating/decelerating operation by a driver, an entry of a curved road is detected on the basis of a predicted route of the straddle-type vehicle, and the straddle-type vehicle is decelerated at a time point before the straddle-type vehicle reaches the entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Hirakuri
  • Publication number: 20220410896
    Abstract: The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of improving safety of adaptive cruise operation in a motorcycle. In the controller for operation of the motorcycle, to which a surrounding environment detector is mounted, an adaptive cruise operation performing section controls deceleration to be generated by the motorcycle in adaptive cruise operation to be equal to or lower than an upper limit value or to be lower than the upper limit value, determines a collision possibility of the motorcycle on the basis of the upper limit value during the adaptive cruise operation, and performs warning operation that acts on a tactile organ of a rider of the motorcycle when determining that the collision possibility is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Hirakuri
  • Publication number: 20210354694
    Abstract: The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of achieving appropriate cornering during cruise control of a straddle-type vehicle. In the controller and the control method according to the present invention, during the cruise control, in which acceleration/deceleration of the straddle-type vehicle is automatically controlled without relying on an accelerating/decelerating operation by a driver, a vehicle speed of the straddle-type vehicle is restricted to be equal to or lower than an upper limit speed at the time of turning, an exit of a curved road is detected on the basis of a predicted route of the straddle-type vehicle, and a magnitude of the deceleration of the decelerated straddle-type vehicle is reduced at a time point before the straddle-type vehicle reaches the exit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Hirakuri
  • Publication number: 20210339626
    Abstract: The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of achieving appropriate cornering during cruise control of a straddle-type vehicle. In the controller and the control method according to the present invention, during the cruise control, in which acceleration/deceleration of the straddle-type vehicle is automatically controlled without relying on an accelerating/decelerating operation by a driver, an entry of a curved road is detected on the basis of a predicted route of the straddle-type vehicle, and the straddle-type vehicle is decelerated at a time point before the straddle-type vehicle reaches the entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Hirakuri