Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Kaneko
Kazuyuki Kaneko 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).
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Patent number: 11181902Abstract: A remote operation system for a vehicle includes a plurality of remote operation devices, each of which includes a communication unit configured to communicate with the vehicle and receive information including a remote operation request, a presentation unit configured to present a situation of the vehicle received from the vehicle by the communication unit to a remote operator, a reception unit configured to receive an operation of the remote operator, and a control unit configured to generate control information on the basis of the operation received by the reception unit and transmit the control information to the vehicle using the communication unit. A remote operation device having a good communication environment with respect to the vehicle transmitting the remote operation request among the plurality of remote operation devices executes the remote operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2016Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Genta Boda, Shogo Akaba, Kazuyuki Kaneko
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Patent number: 11046332Abstract: When a second condition is satisfied in a case in which an automated driving control unit performs switching from automated driving to manual driving, a request for a remote operation is sent to an outside-vehicle facility using a communicator, and remote driving for automatically controlling at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a vehicle is executed on the basis of control information received from the outside-vehicle facility.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shogo Akaba, Kazuyuki Kaneko, Genta Boda, Masahiko Asakura, Yoshitaka Mimura, Naotaka Kumakiri, Kohei Okimoto, Hironori Takano
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Patent number: 10654384Abstract: The present invention provides a seat which is unlikely to cause wrinkles or slack in a surface cover thereof, makes surface cover attachment and detachment simple, and is also capable of withstanding long-term use. To this end, a second fastening part 50 for attachably/detachably connecting a cushion material 2 and a surface cover 4 to one another is formed as a zipper in a seat 1.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignees: TACHI-S CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiko Nagasawa, Tsutomu Fujikake, Ryo Kurobe, Taku Nagasawa, Tomoyuki Uemura, Kazuyuki Kaneko
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Publication number: 20200057436Abstract: A remote operation system for a vehicle includes a plurality of remote operation devices, each of which includes a communication unit configured to communicate with the vehicle and receive information including a remote operation request, a presentation unit configured to present a situation of the vehicle received from the vehicle by the communication unit to a remote operator, a reception unit configured to receive an operation of the remote operator, and a control unit configured to generate control information on the basis of the operation received by the reception unit and transmit the control information to the vehicle using the communication unit. A remote operation device having a good communication environment with respect to the vehicle transmitting the remote operation request among the plurality of remote operation devices executes the remote operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2016Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Genta Boda, Shogo Akaba, Kazuyuki Kaneko
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Publication number: 20200047773Abstract: When a second condition is satisfied in a case in which an automated driving control unit performs switching from automated driving to manual driving, a request for a remote operation is sent to an outside-vehicle facility using a communicator, and remote driving for automatically controlling at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a vehicle is executed on the basis of control information received from the outside-vehicle facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2016Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Shogo Akaba, Kazuyuki Kaneko, Genta Boda, Masahiko Asakura, Yoshitaka Mimura, Naotaka Kumakiri, Kohei Okimoto, Hironori Takano
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Publication number: 20190381914Abstract: A target support device includes a bottom configured to be fixed to a floor of a vehicle and have a concave curved surface and three or more support members disposed on an upper side of the bottom and configured to come into contact with a convex curved surface formed on a lower surface of a target to support the target and have a surface which is formed as a curved surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2017Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuyuki KANEKO
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Publication number: 20190265710Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: an acquisitor configured to acquire a situation outside a vehicle; a driving operator configured to execute an operation for manual driving by an occupant of the vehicle; a detector configured to detect a state of the occupant of the vehicle; a manual driving controller configured to execute the manual driving to cause the vehicle to travel based on an operation received by the driving operator; a communicator configured to communicate with a facility outside the vehicle and transmit the situation outside the vehicle acquired by the acquisitor to the facility outside the vehicle; a remotely controlled driving controller configured to execute remotely controlled driving to cause the vehicle to travel based on control information received from the facility outside the vehicle; and a switching controller configured to switch from the remotely controlled driving to the manual driving when the remotely controlled driving is executed by the remotely controlled driving controller aType: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2016Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Kazuyuki Kaneko, Shogo Akaba, Genta Boda
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Patent number: 10251491Abstract: In order to provide a seat having enhanced apparent quality by covering a connecting part, the present invention is a seat 1 wherein a coating cover 40 for coating a first fastening part 30 is provided to an end of a surface cover 4.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignees: TACHI-S CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiko Nishino, Tsutomu Fujikake, Taku Nagasawa, Tomoyuki Uemura, Kazuyuki Kaneko
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Patent number: 10173563Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a seat that makes it possible to easily connect the end of a surface cover when assembling the surface cover and to achieve a secure connection. To this end, a seat (1) is provided with inclined piles (70, 80) on the end of the surface cover (4) and at a location that faces the end of the surface cover (4) on a cushion member (2) that forms a seat section, the inclined pile (80) of the cushion member (2) is inclined in a direction that is the opposite of the direction in which a load resulting from a seated person occurs, and the inclined pile (70) of the end of the surface cover (4) is inclined in the direction in which the load resulting from a seated person occurs.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignees: TAICHI-S CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryo Kurobe, Taku Nagasawa, Tomoyuki Uemura, Kazuyuki Kaneko
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Patent number: 10137808Abstract: A recessed seam structure for a cover (3) that improves workability when forming a recessed seam (A) and allows frequent attachment and detachment at the recessed seam (A) is provided. In a seat (1) having the recessed seam (A) formed by pulling part of the cover (3) toward a side of a cushion material (2), the recessed seam (A) is provided with an opening and closing fastener (30) configured to couple the cover (3) and the cushion material (2), and the opening and closing fastener (30) includes a first fastener half (31) fixed to a back face of the cover (3) and a second fastener half (32) fixed to the cushion material (2). In such a seat (1), the recessed seam (A) can be formed easily and reliably on the seat (1) by aligning an end of the first fastener half (31) in a longitudinal direction and an end of the second fastener half (32) in the longitudinal direction of the opening and closing fastener (30) and simply sliding a slider (33).Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.Inventors: Taku Nagasawa, Tomoyuki Uemura, Kazuyuki Kaneko, Takahiko Nagasawa, Tsutomu Fujikake, Ryo Kurobe
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Publication number: 20170305315Abstract: A recessed seam structure for a cover (3) that improves workability when forming a recessed seam (A) and allows frequent attachment and detachment at the recessed seam (A) is provided. In a seat (1) having the recessed seam (A) formed by pulling part of the cover (3) toward a side of a cushion material (2), the recessed seam (A) is provided with an opening and closing fastener (30) configured to couple the cover (3) and the cushion material (2), and the opening and closing fastener (30) includes a first fastener half (31) fixed to a back face of the cover (3) and a second fastener half (32) fixed to the cushion material (2). In such a seat (1), the recessed seam (A) can be formed easily and reliably on the seat (1) by aligning an end of the first fastener half (31) in a longitudinal direction and an end of the second fastener half (32) in the longitudinal direction of the opening and closing fastener (30) and simply sliding a slider (33).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.Inventors: Taku NAGASAWA, Tomoyuki UEMURA, Kazuyuki KANEKO, Takahiko NAGASAWA, Tsutomu FUJIKAKE, Ryo KUROBE
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Publication number: 20170303700Abstract: In order to provide a seat having enhanced apparent quality by covering a connecting part, the present invention is a seat 1 wherein a coating cover 40 for coating a first fastening part 30 is provided to an end of a surface cover 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Yoshihiko NISHINO, Jr., Tsutomu FUJIKAKE, Taku NAGASAWA, Tomoyuki UEMURA, Kazuyuki KANEKO
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Publication number: 20170253158Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a seat that makes it possible to easily connect the end of a surface cover when assembling the surface cover and to achieve a secure connection. To this end, a seat (1) is provided with inclined piles (70, 80) on the end of the surface cover (4) and at a location that faces the end of the surface cover (4) on a cushion member (2) that forms a seat section, the inclined pile (80) of the cushion member (2) is inclined in a direction that is the opposite of the direction in which a load resulting from a seated person occurs, and the inclined pile (70) of the end of the surface cover (4) is inclined in the direction in which the load resulting from a seated person occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2015Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: Ryo KUROBE, Taku NAGASAWA, Tomoyuki UEMURA, Kazuyuki KANEKO
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Publication number: 20170253157Abstract: The present invention provides a seat which is unlikely to cause wrinkles or slack in a surface cover thereof, makes surface cover attachment and detachment simple, and is also capable of withstanding long-term use. To this end, a second fastening part 50 for attachably/detachably connecting a cushion material 2 and a surface cover 4 to one another is formed as a zipper in a seat 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2015Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: Takahiko NAGASAWA, Tsutomu FUJIKAKE, Ryo KUROBE, Taku NAGASAWA, Tomoyuki UEMURA, Kazuyuki KANEKO
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Publication number: 20150083872Abstract: Provided is a seat mounting structure which enables stable mounting of a seat frame. A seat mounting structure is provided with right and left support members which support a seat frame of a seat within the floor of a vehicle, and a coupling member which is hung between the right and left support members and couples the support members. At least one of the right and left support members is provided with a base part, a sidewall part which extends upward from the base part and to which the seat frame and the coupling member are mounted, and first and second mounting parts for securing the base part to the floor. A coupling section to which the coupling member is coupled in the sidewall part is disposed within a space created by projecting a region formed by connecting the first and second mounting parts upward.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Teppei Ito, Kazuyuki Kaneko
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Patent number: 8783753Abstract: A stowable rear seat, wherein a seat back section comprises: a seat back body stood in a floor surface so as to tilt freely; a seat back locking mechanism that locks the tilting of the seat back body; and a swinging member that swings in the forward/backward direction in conjunction with the tilting movement of the seat back body when the lock of the seat back locking mechanism is released and the seat back body tilts. The seat cushion section of the stowable rear seat comprises: a seat cushion body freely housed in the underfoot floor surface and arranged horizontally in the floor surface in front of the seat back body, and a seat cushion locking mechanism that locks the seat cushion body in a horizontal state on the floor surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignees: TS Tech Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Teppei Ito, Kazuyuki Kaneko
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Publication number: 20130278005Abstract: A stowable rear seat, wherein a seat back section comprises: a seat back body stood in a floor surface so as to tilt freely; a seat back locking mechanism that locks the tilting of the seat back body; and a swinging member that swings in the forward/backward direction in conjunction with the tilting movement of the seat back body when the lock of the seat back locking mechanism is released and the seat back body tilts. The seat cushion section of the stowable rear seat comprises: a seat cushion body freely housed in the underfoot floor surface and arranged horizontally in the floor surface in front of the seat back body, and a seat cushion locking mechanism that locks the seat cushion body in a horizontal state on the floor surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2011Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Teppei Ito, Kazuyuki Kaneko
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Patent number: 8434828Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat cushion having a connector insertion hole for receiving therein a connector of a child seat for attachment of the child seat to the seat assembly, and a buckle insertion slit for allowing a buckle to be pulled out onto the seat cushion. The buckle insertion slit and the connector insertion hole are formed contiguously or otherwise integrally with each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2010Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Arata, Kazuyuki Kaneko
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Patent number: 8317255Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly includes a side support capable of supporting a side portion of the torso of an occupant seated in the seat. The seat has a seatback capable of being tilted up or down relative to a seat cushion. A support shaft extending from a lateral surface part of the seatback in a widthwise direction toward an outside of a vehicle is rotatably supported by a bracket. A spring for urging the seatback in a forward-tilting direction is disposed between the support shaft and the bracket. The bracket and the spring are positioned proximately to a rear surface part of the side support.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Arata, Kazuyuki Kaneko
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Patent number: 8020932Abstract: A vehicle seat is disclosed which comprises a seat cushion (1), first and second seat backs (2, 3) separated from each other in a vehicle width direction and pivotally supported to the seat cushion (1), a first recliner device (22) for allowing the first seat back (2) to be pivoted in a forward/rearward direction with respect to the seat cushion (1), and a second recliner device (34) for allowing the second seat back (3) to be pivoted in the forward/rearward direction with respect to the seat cushion (1).Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignees: TS TECH Co., Ltd., HONDA MOTOR Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takuro Yamada, Kazuyuki Kaneko