Patents by Inventor Kenta Hirayama
Kenta Hirayama 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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Publication number: 20230311990Abstract: A vehicle-mounted camera device mounted on a vehicle includes a main core that generates a guide line image including a guide line in accordance with the steering angle of the vehicle, a sub core that superposes a guide line image on a reference image based on the capturing result from a camera mounted on the vehicle, thereby to output the resulting reference image to a display device as a display image, and a memory that holds a plurality of guide line images generated in the main core with respect to a plurality of steering angle. The sub core reads from the memory, in accordance with steering angle information indicating the current steering angle of the vehicle, one of the plurality of guide line images to generate a display image using the read guide line image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2020Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: DENSO TEN LimitedInventor: Kenta HIRAYAMA
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Patent number: 10889224Abstract: A vehicle seat control system (1) includes an angle detection unit (308a) that detects an angle of a connection unit (308) that rotatably connects a seat surface portion to a backrest portion (302), a frame body (311) that includes a pair of vertical frames (311a, 311b) and a horizontal frame (311c) connecting the pair of vertical frames to each other and is provided to be stored in the seat surface portion, a leg support portion (312) including a first rotation shaft (Lb) parallel to an extending direction of the horizontal frame and is provided inside the frame body to be rotatable with respect to the frame body, a driving unit (315) that is provided at a proximal end (B1) of at least one of the pair of vertical frames and rotates the frame body taken out from the seat surface portion around a second rotation shaft (La) parallel to the extending direction of the horizontal frame, and a control unit (160) that controls the driving unit on the basis of a detection result of the angle detection unit at least aType: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Muneatsu Minato, Hajime Ishihara, Kenta Hirayama, Manabu Matsumoto, Yosuke Nishimura
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Patent number: 10793163Abstract: A vehicle system includes a seat on which an occupant of a vehicle is seated, a first operation reception unit and a second operation reception unit configured to be operated by the occupant, and a seat drive unit configured to change a position of the seat on the basis of an operation received by the first operation reception unit, and return the position of the seat to a position before being changed by the first operation reception unit when an operation is received by the second operation reception unit, and the second operation reception unit is provided at a rearward position relative to a place corresponding to a central portion in a travel direction of a seating portion of the seat in a side member provided in a side portion of the seat.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Manabu Matsumoto, Hajime Ishihara, Kenta Hirayama, Muneatsu Minato, Yosuke Nishimura
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Patent number: 10737599Abstract: An occupant posture adjusting device includes: a plate-shaped bottom support member pivotably supported by a seat cushion via a pivot shaft extending laterally at a position directly under a hip point of a seated occupant to support at least thighs of the occupant from below; a plate-shaped lower part support member pivotably supported by a seat back via a pivot shaft extending laterally at a position lower than an intermediate portion of the seat back to support at least a pelvis of the occupant; a plate-shaped upper part support member pivotably supported by the seat back via a pivot shaft extending laterally at a position higher than the intermediate portion to support at least scapulae of the occupant; first to third drive devices configured to drive the bottom support member, lower part support member, and upper part support member, respectively; and a control device configured to control the drive devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Yoshikawa, Makoto Ota, Tomoo Ito, Kenta Hirayama, Atsumi Sakurai
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Patent number: 10703225Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat capable of stably supporting buttocks of a seated occupant in an adaptive manner according to each right-to-left width of the seated occupant's body, which width is different from occupant to occupant, during a turn of a vehicle. The vehicle seat includes a seat cushion (2) having a seat surface (8) and configured to support buttocks of the seated occupant from below, and a right and left pair of side supports (9, 9) provided on right and left sides of the seat surface, which side supports bulge upward to be higher than the seat surface and allowed to laterally support the buttocks of the seated occupant from either side. Each of the right and left pair of side supports (9, 9) is movable individually in the right-to-left direction with respect to the seat surface. During a turn of the vehicle, one of the side supports on an outer side of the turn is moved inward so as to support the buttocks of the seated occupant from the outer side of the turn.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoo Ito, Makoto Ota, Atsumi Sakurai, Kenta Hirayama, Kenichi Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 10562415Abstract: A seat apparatus includes: a seat on which a passenger of a vehicle sits; an inputter which is operated by the passenger; a fixer which fixes a position of the seat until the inputter is operated by the passenger and allows the position of the seat to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle when the inputter is operated by the passenger; and a restrictor which restricts the movement of the seat when a predetermined condition related to a traveling state of the vehicle or an external environment of the vehicle is satisfied in comparison with a case in which the predetermined condition is not satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Muneatsu Minato, Hajime Ishihara, Kenta Hirayama, Manabu Matsumoto, Yosuke Nishimura
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Patent number: 10486553Abstract: A vehicle system includes a seat state acquisition unit (160) that acquires an orientation about a vertical axis of a seat on which an occupant of a vehicle sits, a vehicle state acquisition unit (170) that acquires a current or future acceleration relating to the vehicle, and a seat control unit (180) that deforms at least a part of the seat on the basis of the orientation of the seat acquired by the seat state acquisition unit and the acceleration acquired by the vehicle state acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenta Hirayama, Hajime Ishihara, Manabu Matsumoto, Muneatsu Minato, Yosuke Nishimura
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Patent number: 10434900Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a seat (41) on which an occupant of a vehicle sits, a first protruding mechanism (45) configured to move a pushing member (45A) provided inside the seat to adjust a protruding position and a displacement of the seat, a second protruding mechanism (46) configured to inject a gas or liquid into a bag-like member (46B) provided inside the seat to adjust the protruding position and the displacement of the seat, and a seat control unit configured to control the first protruding mechanism to cause at least a part of a contact portion between the occupant and the seat to protrude in a case that the vehicle performs a first driving mode having a degree of automated driving less than a predetermined reference and to control the second protruding mechanism to cause at least a part of the contact portion between the occupant and the seat to protrude in a case that the vehicle performs a second driving mode having a degree of automated driving equal to or higher than the predetermined reType: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenta Hirayama, Hajime Ishihara, Manabu Matsumoto, Muneatsu Minato, Yosuke Nishimura
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Patent number: 10391890Abstract: A vehicle seat control system (1) includes a first backrest portion (302) rotatably connected to a seating portion (301) by a first connection unit (308), a second backrest portion (302) rotatably connected to the first backrest portion by a second connection unit (309), a folding adjustment unit (304) that adjusts an angle of the second connection unit, a seat surface adjustment unit (304) that adjusts a height of the seating portion, a first angle detection unit (308a) that detects a first angle that is formed between the first backrest portion and a floor surface, a second angle detection unit (309a) that detects a second angle that is formed between the second backrest portion and the first backrest portion, and a control unit (160) that controls the folding adjustment unit on the basis of the first angle at the time of automatic driving of the vehicle to adjust the second angle, and controls the seat surface adjustment unit to maintain a height of a reference position in the second backrest portion to beType: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenta Hirayama, Hajime Ishihara, Manabu Matsumoto, Muneatsu Minato, Yosuke Nishimura
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Publication number: 20190248260Abstract: An occupant posture adjusting device includes: a plate-shaped bottom support member pivotably supported by a seat cushion via a pivot shaft extending laterally at a position directly under a hip point of a seated occupant to support at least thighs of the occupant from below; a plate-shaped lower part support member pivotably supported by a seat back via a pivot shaft extending laterally at a position lower than an intermediate portion of the seat back to support at least a pelvis of the occupant; a plate-shaped upper part support member pivotably supported by the seat back via a pivot shaft extending laterally at a position higher than the intermediate portion to support at least scapulae of the occupant; first to third drive devices configured to drive the bottom support member, lower part support member, and upper part support member, respectively; and a control device configured to control the drive devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Kenichi YOSHIKAWA, Makoto OTA, Tomoo ITO, Kenta HIRAYAMA, Atsumi SAKURAI
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Publication number: 20190241096Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat capable of stably supporting buttocks of a seated occupant in an adaptive manner according to each right-to-left width of the seated occupant's body, which width is different from occupant to occupant, during a turn of a vehicle. The vehicle seat includes a seat cushion (2) having a seat surface (8) and configured to support buttocks of the seated occupant from below, and a right and left pair of side supports (9, 9) provided on right and left sides of the seat surface, which side supports bulge upward to be higher than the seat surface and allowed to laterally support the buttocks of the seated occupant from either side. Each of the right and left pair of side supports (9, 9) is movable individually in the right-to-left direction with respect to the seat surface. During a turn of the vehicle, one of the side supports on an outer side of the turn is moved inward so as to support the buttocks of the seated occupant from the outer side of the turn.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Tomoo ITO, Makoto OTA, Atsumi SAKURAI, Kenta HIRAYAMA, Kenichi YOSHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20180290563Abstract: A seat apparatus includes: a seat on which a passenger of a vehicle sits; an inputter which is operated by the passenger; a fixer which fixes a position of the seat until the inputter is operated by the passenger and allows the position of the seat to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle when the inputter is operated by the passenger; and a restrictor which restricts the movement of the seat when a predetermined condition related to a traveling state of the vehicle or an external environment of the vehicle is satisfied in comparison with a case in which the predetermined condition is not satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Muneatsu Minato, Hajime Ishihara, Kenta Hirayama, Manabu Matsumoto, Yosuke Nishimura
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Publication number: 20180292821Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a seat (310) in which an occupant sits; a first slide mechanism (320) configured to enable movement of the seat in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle; a second slide mechanism (322) configured to enable movement of the seat in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle along the first slide mechanism; an automated driving control unit configured to execute automated driving of automatically controlling at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of the vehicle; and a seat control unit configured to enable movement of the seat using the first slide mechanism and the second slide mechanism in a case that the automated driving is being executed by the automated driving control unit and to enable movement of the seat using the first slide mechanism in a case that the automated driving is not being executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Muneatsu Minato, Hajime Ishihara, Manabu Matsumoto, Kenta Hirayama, Yosuke Nishimura
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Publication number: 20180229638Abstract: A vehicle seat control system (1) includes an angle detection unit (308a) that detects an angle of a connection unit (308) that rotatably connects a seat surface portion to a backrest portion (302), a frame body (311) that includes a pair of vertical frames (311a, 311b) and a horizontal frame (311c) connecting the pair of vertical frames to each other and is provided to be stored in the seat surface portion, a leg support portion (312) including a first rotation shaft (Lb) parallel to an extending direction of the horizontal frame and is provided inside the frame body to be rotatable with respect to the frame body, a driving unit (315) that is provided at a proximal end (B1) of at least one of the pair of vertical frames and rotates the frame body taken out from the seat surface portion around a second rotation shaft (La) parallel to the extending direction of the horizontal frame, and a control unit (160) that controls the driving unit on the basis of a detection result of the angle detection unit at least aType: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Muneatsu Minato, Hajime Ishihara, Kenta Hirayama, Manabu Matsumoto, Yosuke Nishimura
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Publication number: 20180229740Abstract: A vehicle system includes a seat on which an occupant of a vehicle is seated, a first operation reception unit and a second operation reception unit configured to be operated by the occupant, and a seat drive unit configured to change a position of the seat on the basis of an operation received by the first operation reception unit, and return the position of the seat to a position before being changed by the first operation reception unit when an operation is received by the second operation reception unit, and the second operation reception unit is provided at a rearward position relative to a place corresponding to a central portion in a travel direction of a seating portion of the seat in a side member provided in a side portion of the seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Manabu Matsumoto, Hajime Ishihara, Kenta Hirayama, Muneatsu Minato, Yosuke Nishimura
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Publication number: 20180222350Abstract: A vehicle seat control system (1) includes a first backrest portion (302) rotatably connected to a seating portion (301) by a first connection unit (308), a second backrest portion (302) rotatably connected to the first backrest portion by a second connection unit (309), a folding adjustment unit (304) that adjusts an angle of the second connection unit, a seat surface adjustment unit (304) that adjusts a height of the seating portion, a first angle detection unit (308a) that detects a first angle that is formed between the first backrest portion and a floor surface, a second angle detection unit (309a) that detects a second angle that is formed between the second backrest portion and the first backrest portion, and a control unit (160) that controls the folding adjustment unit on the basis of the first angle at the time of automatic driving of the vehicle to adjust the second angle, and controls the seat surface adjustment unit to maintain a height of a reference position in the second backrest portion to beType: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Kenta Hirayama, Hajime Ishihara, Manabu Matsumoto, Muneatsu Minato, Yosuke Nishimura
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Publication number: 20180222347Abstract: A vehicle system includes a seat state acquisition unit (160) that acquires an orientation about a vertical axis of a seat on which an occupant of a vehicle sits, a vehicle state acquisition unit (170) that acquires a current or future acceleration relating to the vehicle, and a seat control unit (180) that deforms at least a part of the seat on the basis of the orientation of the seat acquired by the seat state acquisition unit and the acceleration acquired by the vehicle state acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Kenta Hirayama, Hajime Ishihara, Manabu Matsumoto, Muneatsu Minato, Yosuke Nishimura
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Publication number: 20180208080Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a seat (41) on which an occupant of a vehicle sits, a first protruding mechanism (45) configured to move a pushing member (45A) provided inside the seat to adjust a protruding position and a displacement of the seat, a second protruding mechanism (46) configured to inject a gas or liquid into a bag-like member (46B) provided inside the seat to adjust the protruding position and the displacement of the seat, and a seat control unit configured to control the first protruding mechanism to cause at least a part of a contact portion between the occupant and the seat to protrude in a case that the vehicle performs a first driving mode having a degree of automated driving less than a predetermined reference and to control the second protruding mechanism to cause at least a part of the contact portion between the occupant and the seat to protrude in a case that the vehicle performs a second driving mode having a degree of automated driving equal to or higher than the predetermined reType: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Kenta Hirayama, Hajime Ishihara, Manabu Matsumoto, Muneatsu Minato, Yosuke Nishimura