Patents by Inventor Kazutaka NAKABE

Kazutaka NAKABE 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: 20230274344
    Abstract: A management server that manages lending and borrowing of a battery detachably provided in a moving body includes a lending management unit configured to determine an approval mode, which is one of an approval unnecessary mode in which permission for borrowing is granted to a borrower without receiving approval of a lender and an approval necessary mode in which permission for the borrowing is granted to the borrower after receiving approval of the lender, on the basis of designation by the lender or a predetermined condition allowed by the lender, and a borrowing permission granting unit configured to grant permission for the borrowing to the borrower by transmitting information necessary for borrowing of the battery to second electronic equipment, and the borrowing permission granting unit grants permission for the borrowing to the borrower in accordance with the approval mode determined by the lending management unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventor: Kazutaka Nakabe
  • Publication number: 20230274343
    Abstract: A management server that manages lending and borrowing of a battery provided in a moving body receives a lending location designated by a lender from first electronic equipment, records the lending location in association with the lender, in a case where a request for borrowing of the battery is received from second electronic equipment, grants permission for borrowing to a borrower by transmitting information necessary for borrowing of the battery at the lending location to the second electronic equipment, and in a case where the borrower who acquires the permission for borrowing cannot borrow the battery at the lending location or in a case where a remaining battery level of the battery is equal to or less than a predetermined value, imposes penalty on the lender of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventor: Kazutaka Nakabe
  • Patent number: 11708029
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a front seat, a rear seat, and a mirror body. The front seat is arranged to face rearward in a travel direction. The rear seat is arranged, at a rearward side of the front seat, to face frontward in the travel direction. The mirror body is arranged at a rearward position of the rear seat and reflects a vehicle frontward side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Kobayashi, Kotone Nakao, Mai Numazawa, Tomohiro Ito, Kazutaka Nakabe
  • Patent number: 11610257
    Abstract: Vehicle-rental-system includes: rental-vehicle for rent to user; user-terminal carried by user; and management-server configured to manage operation, locking, and unlocking of rental-vehicle. Rental-vehicle is automatic-drive-vehicle having first-space available for user, and second-space available for luggage. Management-server includes processor and memory. Processor is configured to perform: receiving reservation-information of rental-vehicle transmitted from user-terminal; calculating usage-fee of rental-vehicle based on reservation-information; acquiring payment-information of usage-fee; setting operation-schedule of rental-vehicle based on reservation-information when payment-information is acquired; outputting travel-command to rental-vehicle in accordance with operation-schedule; and outputting unlocking-command of rental-vehicle when rental-vehicle and user-terminal are mutually authenticated. Reservation-information includes usage-information of at least one of first-space and second-space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mai Numazawa, Kei Kobayashi, Kotone Nakao, Tomohiro Ito, Kazutaka Nakabe
  • Publication number: 20220084109
    Abstract: Vehicle-rental-system includes: rental-vehicle for rent to user; user-terminal carried by user; and management-server configured to manage operation, locking, and unlocking of rental-vehicle. Rental-vehicle is automatic-drive-vehicle having first-space available for user, and second-space available for luggage. Management-server includes processor and memory. Processor is configured to perform: receiving reservation-information of rental-vehicle transmitted from user-terminal; calculating usage-fee of rental-vehicle based on reservation-information; acquiring payment-information of usage-fee; setting operation-schedule of rental-vehicle based on reservation-information when payment-information is acquired; outputting travel-command to rental-vehicle in accordance with operation-schedule; and outputting unlocking-command of rental-vehicle when rental-vehicle and user-terminal are mutually authenticated. Reservation-information includes usage-information of at least one of first-space and second-space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Mai Numazawa, Kei Kobayashi, Kotone Nakao, Tomohiro Ito, Kazutaka Nakabe
  • Publication number: 20210300213
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a front seat, a rear seat, and a mirror body. The front seat is arranged to face rearward in a travel direction. The rear seat is arranged, at a rearward side of the front seat, to face frontward in the travel direction. The mirror body is arranged at a rearward position of the rear seat and reflects a vehicle frontward side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei KOBAYASHI, Kotone NAKAO, Mai NUMAZAWA, Tomohiro ITO, Kazutaka NAKABE
  • Publication number: 20210300212
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a front seat that is arranged to face rearward in a travel direction; and a rear seat that is arranged, at a rear side of the front seat, to face frontward in the travel direction. At least part of a floor below the front seat is constituted of a flat floor part. A seat portion of the front seat is capable of being flipped up such that a vehicle front side of the seat is a fulcrum point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro ITO, Kei KOBAYASHI, Kotone NAKAO, Mai NUMAZAWA, Kazutaka NAKABE
  • Publication number: 20210300249
    Abstract: A vehicle body rear part structure according to an aspect of the present invention includes: an opening/closing part that is capable of opening and closing a rear opening part of a vehicle main body that continues to an inside of a load room; and a step that is rotatably connected to a rear end part of the vehicle main body and that has a load placement surface. The step rotates between a use position at which the load placement surface faces upward at a further rear position than a rear end of the vehicle main body and at a lower position than a floor surface of the load room and a storage position at which the load placement surface stands upright compared to the use position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutaka NAKABE, Kei KOBAYASHI, Kotone NAKAO, Mai NUMAZAWA, Tomohiro ITO
  • Publication number: 20210300210
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a first seat, a second seat, and an article placement part. The first seat and the second seat are disposed to face each other in a vehicle room. The article placement part is disposed around at least one of the first seat and the second seat. A high contrast part having a high brightness and a high saturation relative to another interior component is provided on a member surface which becomes a back portion of an article that is placed on the article placement part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mai NUMAZAWA, Kei KOBAYASHI, Kotone NAKAO, Tomohiro ITO, Kazutaka NAKABE