Patents by Inventor Kohei Noguchi

Kohei Noguchi 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: 20210347329
    Abstract: A vehicle remote control system includes a vehicle and a server configured to remote-control the vehicle via a communication device. The communication device comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire control information representing a control state of the vehicle from a control device configured to control the vehicle and voltage information from a power supply device configured to supply power to the vehicle; a transmission unit configured to transmit the control information and the voltage information to the server; a warning unit configured to, if the voltage information cannot be acquired, transmit a warning for notifying an abnormality of the vehicle to the server; and a processing suppression unit configured to, if the vehicle is in a maintenance state, suppress processing of the warning unit such that the warning is not transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yotaro Mori, Keisuke Kishikawa, Kohei Noguchi, Kenichi Ohira
  • Publication number: 20210347373
    Abstract: An in-vehicle control device comprising a reception unit configured to receive a control signal for controlling a power source of a vehicle, and a control unit configured to control the power source based on the control signal, wherein the control signal includes a start signal for starting the power source in a stop state, a stop signal for stopping the power source in an operation state, and a start restriction signal for restricting a start of the power source based on the start signal, and if the start restriction signal is received during the operation state of the power source, the control unit maintains the power source in the operation state until the stop signal is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yotaro MORI, Keisuke KISHIKAWA, Kohei NOGUCHI, Yoshiaki MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20210339761
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted control apparatus comprises a controller configured to control the drive power source of the vehicle on the basis of the control signal, wherein the controller puts the drive power source into a startable state or an unstartable state in accordance with the control signal, monitors the control signal, and when a transmission source of the control signal is determined to have malfunctioned, puts the drive power source into the startable state regardless of the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Yotaro MORI, Keisuke KISHIKAWA, Kohei NOGUCHI, Kenichi OHIRA
  • Publication number: 20210302191
    Abstract: A control device has a plurality of speakers and includes an audio output portion mounted on a vehicle, a route searching portion that searches for a guidance route to a destination, and a sound image localization processing portion that controls the audio output portion based on the guidance route searched by the route searching portion and that displaces a position to localize a sound image of predetermined notification sound output from each of the speakers discretely corresponding to the guidance route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Kohei Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20210304729
    Abstract: A vehicle includes options including function selection buttons and selection buttons respectively associated with operations of a plurality of functions mounted on the vehicle, and a sound controller is capable of changing a sound output from a speaker array to a sound that arrives from a target virtual sound source set at a predetermined position, and changes the position of the target virtual sound source for each of the options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Kohei Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20210306790
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an in-vehicle device and a speaker array. The in-vehicle device acquires information that identifies a posture of an occupant of the vehicle by use of an occupant posture acquisition portion. The in-vehicle device controls a sound outputted from the speaker array to a sound arriving from a virtual sound source that is set at a predetermined position, and corrects the position of the virtual sound source based on the posture of the occupant by use of a sound control portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Kohei Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20210303256
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an in-vehicle device and a speaker array. The in-vehicle device is capable of changing a sound outputted from the speaker array to a sound arriving from a virtual sound source that is set to a predetermined position by use of a sound control portion. The speaker array is configured to be changeable in posture relative to the vehicle and to adjust a position of a virtual sound source relative to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Kohei Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20210306747
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a first voice output section, a second voice output section, and a third voice output section which are arranged side by side in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle. If the vehicle speed is a first threshold or less, the vehicle causes at least one of the first voice output section, second voice output section, and third voice output section to output noise sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Kohei Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20210303255
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a first voice output section, a second voice output section, a third voice output section, and a control section which are arranged side by side in a width direction of the vehicle. The control section controls volume of the voice output from the first, second and third voice output sections. If sitting on a rider seat and a pillion passenger seat is detected, the control section controls the first, second and third voice output sections to make the volume of the voice output from the first and third voice output sections larger than the volume of the voice output from the second voice output section. The first and third voice output sections are located at both ends in the width direction of the vehicle and the second voice output section is located between the first and third voice output sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Kohei Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20210306789
    Abstract: An own vehicle includes a wireless communication section, an application control section, and a speaker array. The application control section makes a voice call by wireless communication and the speaker array includes a plurality of speakers to output voice based on a voice signal in the voice call. The position information of the other calling party in the voice call is received by the wireless communication section and the relative speed as the moving speed of the other calling party with respect to the vehicle is calculated on the basis of the received position information. On the basis of the calculated relative speed, sound image localization processing is performed so that the sound image of the voice based on the voice signal to be output by the speaker array is in the direction in which the other calling party is positioned after the elapse of a prescribed time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Kohei Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20210247286
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus comprising: a supply passage through which fluid supplied to a substrate flows; and a foreign substance detector including a channel forming part forming a portion of the supply passage, a light projector irradiating light to the channel forming part, and a light receiver receiving light emitted from the channel forming part as a result of irradiating light to the channel forming part by the light projector, the foreign substance detector being configured to detect a foreign substance in the fluid based on a signal obtained by the light that the light receiver receives, wherein the light projector and the light receiver in the foreign substance detector are disposed in areas that are not opposite to each other in areas in upper, lower, left, right, front and rear directions of the channel forming part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Masato HAYASHI, Kohei NOGUCHI, Koudai HIGASHI, Makoto OGATA
  • Patent number: 11048016
    Abstract: An apparatus includes flow path units 15A to 15K configured to form flow paths 17A to 17K through which a fluid supplied to a target object W is flown; a laser light irradiator 51 configured to irradiate a laser light into the flow path units such that an optical path intersects with a flow direction of the fluid in the flow path units; light receiving elements 45A and 45B provided at the optical path having passed through the flow path units; a detector 6 configured to detect the foreign substance in the fluid based on a signal from the light receiving elements; and a filter unit 57 provided at the optical path between the light receiving elements and the flow path units, and configured to block a Raman scattered light and allow a Rayleigh scattered light to be transmitted to the light receiving elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Hayashi, Kohei Noguchi, Daisuke Kajiwara, Koudai Higashi
  • Publication number: 20210190661
    Abstract: A foreign substance detection device includes a flow path unit through which a fluid is flown; an optical system configured to flatten a laser light from a laser source to be lengthened in a direction intersecting with a flow direction of the fluid; a laser light irradiation unit provided such that an optical path intersects with the flow direction and configured to irradiate the laser light into the flow path unit; a light detection unit which is provided on the optical path having passed through the flow path unit and includes light receiving elements arranged in a lengthwise direction of a transversal cross section of the optical path; a foreign substance detection unit configured to compare a signal level corresponding to intensity of light received by each light receiving element with a threshold value and configured to detect the foreign substance based on a comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Masato Hayashi, Kohei Noguchi, Daisuke Kajiwara, Koudai Higashi
  • Patent number: 11021165
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a driving state detection portion that detects a driving state of a vehicle by a driver; an environment detection portion that detects an environment in which the vehicle travels; an emotion detection portion that detects the driver's emotion or change in emotion; a characteristic estimation portion that estimates the drivers characteristic with respect to the vehicle on the basis of the driving state of the driver in the environment detected by the environment detection portion, and the driver's emotion or change in emotion during the driving; and a change portion that changes setting of various control in the vehicle on the basis of the driver's characteristic estimated by the characteristic estimation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Noguchi, Ryuichi Nagai, Hideki Kato, Yuki Tsuda, Atsushi Ito
  • Patent number: 11002656
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus comprising: a supply passage through which fluid supplied to a substrate flows; and a foreign substance detector including a channel forming part forming a portion of the supply passage, a light projector irradiating light to the channel forming part, and a light receiver receiving light emitted from the channel forming part as a result of irradiating light to the channel forming part by the light projector, the foreign substance detector being configured to detect a foreign substance in the fluid based on a signal obtained by the light that the light receiver receives, wherein the light projector and the light receiver in the foreign substance detector are disposed in areas that are not opposite to each other in areas in upper, lower, left, right, front and rear directions of the channel forming part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Hayashi, Kohei Noguchi, Koudai Higashi, Makoto Ogata
  • Patent number: 10994800
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a suspension that supports a front wheel thereon, and a road surface state decision unit that decides a road surface state by detection of an acceleration sensor. The acceleration sensor is provided at a lower portion of the suspension and is capable of detecting an acceleration at least in a one-axis direction. The suspension is a front fork that supports the front wheel of the saddle riding vehicle. The front fork includes a bottom case that connects a lower portion of the front fork and an axle of the front wheel to each other. The acceleration sensor is attached to the bottom case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Noguchi, Kineo Tomura, Shinichi Hosogoshi
  • Patent number: 10762677
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display apparatus that provides, to a driver of a vehicle, an image showing vehicle information related to the vehicle by superimposing the image on a foreground of the vehicle, the apparatus including an obtainment unit configured to obtain information related to a driving state of the driver, and a control unit configured to control a display mode of the image based on the information obtained by the obtainment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaharu Senno, Kohei Noguchi, Yojiro Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 10742933
    Abstract: In an in-vehicle picture storage device for a motorcycle having a camera mounted in a vehicle, and a storage device for storing pictures taken by the camera, the camera contains a first camera for imaging rider's facial expression, and the storage device stores vehicle environmental information in association with pictures taken by the first camera. The stored rider's pictures can be viewed in association with the vehicle environmental information, and a user can experience the conditions of a rider, a vehicle, etc. more realistically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Noguchi, Takashi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20200240891
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus comprising: a supply passage through which fluid supplied to a substrate flows; and a foreign substance detector including a channel forming part forming a portion of the supply passage, a light projector irradiating light to the channel forming part, and a light receiver receiving light emitted from the channel forming part as a result of irradiating light to the channel forming part by the light projector, the foreign substance detector being configured to detect a foreign substance in the fluid based on a signal obtained by the light that the light receiver receives, wherein the light projector and the light receiver in the foreign substance detector are disposed in areas that are not opposite to each other in areas in upper, lower, left, right, front and rear directions of the channel forming part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Masato HAYASHI, Kohei NOGUCHI, Koudai HIGASHI, Makoto OGATA
  • Publication number: 20190383963
    Abstract: An apparatus includes flow path units 15A to 15K configured to form flow paths 17A to 17K through which a fluid supplied to a target object W is flown; a laser light irradiator 51 configured to irradiate a laser light into the flow path units such that an optical path intersects with a flow direction of the fluid in the flow path units; light receiving elements 45A and 45B provided at the optical path having passed through the flow path units; a detector 6 configured to detect the foreign substance in the fluid based on a signal from the light receiving elements; and a filter unit 57 provided at the optical path between the light receiving elements and the flow path units, and configured to block a Raman scattered light and allow a Rayleigh scattered light to be transmitted to the light receiving elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Masato Hayashi, Kohei Noguchi, Daisuke Kajiwara, Koudai Higashi