Patents by Inventor Kimihiro Yonekawa

Kimihiro Yonekawa 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: 11222484
    Abstract: A maintenance notification system estimates a state of a target vehicle that is subjected to maintenance on a basis of at least one of status information and drive history information of the target vehicle; estimates a tendency of maintenance by a user on a basis of the status information of the target vehicle; selects index information to be used for identifying a timing for maintenance of the target vehicle on a basis of at least one of the status information and the drive history information of the target vehicle, and identifies the timing for maintenance of the target vehicle and a content using the estimated state, the estimated tendency of maintenance by the user, and the selected index information; and provides a notification relating to the maintenance on a basis of the timing for the maintenance and the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Kanbe, Kimihiro Yonekawa
  • Patent number: 11186290
    Abstract: An emotion inference device and an emotion inference system that are capable of inferring a user's emotion with higher precision. A motorcycle includes an individual personality that is configured on the basis of information on a user from a plurality of products associated with the user, connected to a communication network, and including the motorcycle, an automobile, a rice cooker, a vacuum cleaner, a television receiver, and a refrigerator, the individual personality forms a base personality, and the motorcycle includes an emotion detecting section that detects an emotion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ito, Yasumasa Matsui, Kohei Matsuura, Akiko Sakai, Kimihiro Yonekawa
  • Patent number: 10951805
    Abstract: An image generating apparatus comprises a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a geographical position for which an image is to be generated, a second obtaining unit configured to specify date and time when a target vehicle traveled through the geographical position in a past and obtain travel data of the vehicle at the date and time; and a generating unit configured to generate a travel image including a scene of the geographical position and the travel data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kawatani, Kota Nakauchi, Ken Iihoshi, Kimihiro Yonekawa
  • Publication number: 20200013237
    Abstract: A maintenance notification system estimates a state of a target vehicle that is subjected to maintenance on a basis of at least one of status information and drive history information of the target vehicle; estimates a tendency of maintenance by a user on a basis of the status information of the target vehicle; selects index information to be used for identifying a timing for maintenance of the target vehicle on a basis of at least one of the status information and the drive history information of the target vehicle, and identifies the timing for maintenance of the target vehicle and a content using the estimated state, the estimated tendency of maintenance by the user, and the selected index information; and provides a notification relating to the maintenance on a basis of the timing for the maintenance and the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Yuta KANBE, Kimihiro YONEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200007742
    Abstract: An image generating apparatus comprises a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a geographical position for which an image is to be generated, a second obtaining unit configured to specify date and time when a target vehicle traveled through the geographical position in a past and obtain travel data of the vehicle at the date and time; and a generating unit configured to generate a travel image including a scene of the geographical position and the travel data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Takeshi KAWATANI, Kota NAKAUCHI, Ken IIHOSHI, Kimihiro YONEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190276037
    Abstract: An emotion inference device and an emotion inference system that are capable of inferring a user's emotion with higher precision. A motorcycle includes an individual personality that is configured on the basis of information on a user from a plurality of products associated with the user, connected to a communication network, and including the motorcycle, an automobile, a rice cooker, a vacuum cleaner, a television receiver, and a refrigerator, the individual personality forms a base personality, and the motorcycle includes an emotion detecting section that detects an emotion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ito, Yasumasa Matsui, Kohei Matsuura, Akiko Sakai, Kimihiro Yonekawa