Patents by Inventor Koichiro Honda

Koichiro Honda 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: 20240078055
    Abstract: An information processing device includes at least one processor, the processor configured to: accept a user's specification of one item of setup information from among plural items of setup information associated with a recording medium and a print setup item; in a case where there is preferred setup information that is another item of setup information associated with a same recording medium as a recording medium associated with the specified setup information, and that has a higher preference than the specified setup information, accept necessity or lack thereof to use the preferred setup information; and, upon acceptance of use of the preferred setup information, output print data to which the preferred setup information is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Koichiro HONDA
  • Publication number: 20200262326
    Abstract: A vehicular boarding assistance device includes: a slope main body provided in a body of a vehicle so as to project and retract and configured to form a slope by being bridged between the body and a ground surface in a state of projecting from the body; a slope drive source configured to drive the slope main body so as to project and retract; a seat drive source configured to drive at least one of a plurality of seats installed on a floor of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to drive and control the slope drive source such that the slope main body projects and drive and control the seat drive source such that an occupying region of a boarding assistance target moving on the slope and moving to the floor is secured on the floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichiro HONDA, Hiroshi Kajino, Norio Fukui
  • Patent number: 10475242
    Abstract: An image display control device of an embodiment includes: a mirror image creation unit that creates a mirror image of an area behind and on the side of a vehicle body based on an image captured with an image pickup unit provided on the vehicle body; an image superimposition unit that superimposes a line drawing from which at least a lower part of the vehicle body is recognizable, and the mirror image created by the mirror image creation unit; and a display control unit that controls a display device to display an image created by superimposing the mirror image and the line drawing by the image superimposition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Hashimoto, Koichiro Honda, Kanae Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20160350974
    Abstract: An image display control device of an embodiment includes: a mirror image creation unit that creates a mirror image of an area behind and on the side of a vehicle body based on an image captured with an image pickup unit provided on the vehicle body; an image superimposition unit that superimposes a line drawing from which at least a lower part of the vehicle body is recognizable, and the mirror image created by the mirror image creation unit; and a display control unit that controls a display device to display an image created by superimposing the mirror image and the line drawing by the image superimposition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikuni HASHIMOTO, Koichiro HONDA, Kanae KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 8936129
    Abstract: Provided is an electric vehicle that realizes a light electric straddled vehicle using a motor with a small size, and optimizes the left and right weight balances in the width direction of the vehicle with respect to the vehicle body centerline. The electric motor (250) is disposed inside a swing arm (124) of a cantilever type at a position overlapping a projection area of a rear wheel WR when seen from the side portion of the vehicle body. The motor driver (216) is disposed inside the swing arm (124) so that the vehicle body centerline (C) passing through at the front side of the vehicle body in the rear wheel (WR). The position (G2) of the center of gravity of the motor driver (216) is disposed to be offset in the direction opposite to the offset direction of the electric motor (250) with respect to the vehicle body centerline (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichiro Honda, Hideaki Nakagawa, Masahide Mimura, Hiroshi Iwakami, Kazuo Sato, Keiichiro Niizuma
  • Patent number: 8820461
    Abstract: An electric vehicle can include a pair of left and right rear wheels configured to be driven by the rotary driving power of a motor supplied with electric power from a battery. A rear body can support the motor and rear wheels, and is attached at the back of a body frame. A battery box houses at least the battery, and is supported by a battery box supporting frame joined to the body frame below a seat of the vehicle. A monitoring board monitors the state of the battery, and can be located on top of the battery. A BMU collects information from the monitoring board, and a contactor opens and closes the connection between the battery and a drive circuit for the motor. The BMU and the contactor are housed in the battery box and in front of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Shinde, Koichiro Honda, Kazunori Kuroda
  • Patent number: 8717438
    Abstract: A parking assist apparatus includes a display portion mounted at a vehicle and displaying a parking assist image in which an estimated course line generated in association with an operation of a steering wheel is superimposed on a captured image of a surrounding of the vehicle, and an auxiliary image controlling portion displaying an auxiliary image in place of the parking assist image in a state where the parking assist image is displayed on the display portion, the auxiliary image including a virtual vehicle representing the vehicle and a virtual estimated course line corresponding to the estimated course line for the virtual vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Hosoi, Noboru Nagamine, Koichiro Honda, Keigo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8665080
    Abstract: Disclosed is a driving assistance apparatus for assisting a driving operation by outputting a reverse sound at the time of a reversing maneuver of a vehicle. The apparatus includes an information acquisition unit for acquiring driving assistance information including a vehicle condition and a vehicle surrounding condition, a reverse sound management unit for managing reverse sounds belonging in a musical scale including the reverse sound as the tonic note thereof as musical scale reverse sounds, an output reverse sound determination unit for determining a sequence of musical scale in the form of temporal sequence corresponding to the driving assistance information, and a reverse sound output control unit configured to select from the reverse sounds managed by the reverse sound management unit and output to a speaker reverse sounds suitable for the sequence of the musical scale determined by the reverse sound determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noboru Nagamine, Kazuya Watanabe, Koichiro Honda
  • Publication number: 20120247856
    Abstract: An electric vehicle can include a pair of left and right rear wheels configured to be driven by the rotary driving power of a motor supplied with electric power from a battery. A rear body can support the motor and rear wheels, and is attached at the back of a body frame. A battery box houses at least the battery, and is supported by a battery box supporting frame joined to the body frame below a seat of the vehicle. A monitoring board monitors the state of the battery, and can be located on top of the battery. A BMU collects information from the monitoring board, and a contactor opens and closes the connection between the battery and a drive circuit for the motor. The BMU and the contactor are housed in the battery box and in front of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo SHINDE, Koichiro HONDA, Kazunori KURODA
  • Publication number: 20120139716
    Abstract: Disclosed is a driving assistance apparatus for assisting a driving operation by outputting a reverse sound at the time of a reversing maneuver of a vehicle. The apparatus includes an information acquisition unit for acquiring driving assistance information including a vehicle condition and a vehicle surrounding condition, a reverse sound management unit for managing reverse sounds belonging in a musical scale including the reverse sound as the tonic note thereof as musical scale reverse sounds, an output reverse sound determination unit for determining a sequence of musical scale in the form of temporal sequence corresponding to the driving assistance information, and a reverse sound output control unit configured to select from the reverse sounds managed by the reverse sound management unit and output to a speaker reverse sounds suitable for the sequence of the musical scale determined by the reverse sound determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noboru Nagamine, Kazuya Watanabe, Koichiro Honda
  • Patent number: 8096114
    Abstract: An engine has a crankcase, and a cylinder which extends from an upper portion of the crankcase toward a front side. In a space which is formed at an upper side of a horizontal plane which substantially horizontally extends from a bottom surface of the crankcase, a catalyst storage chamber is arranged in such a manner that an axis of the catalyst converter is in a direction of a crankshaft. The space is arranged just below a front surface of the cylinder and forward of a front surface of the crankcase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Mitsukawa, Koichiro Honda
  • Publication number: 20120000720
    Abstract: Provided is an electric vehicle that realizes a light electric straddled vehicle using a motor with a small size, and optimizes the left and right weight balances in the width direction of the vehicle with respect to the vehicle body centerline. The electric motor (250) is disposed inside a swing arm (124) of a cantilever type at a position overlapping a projection area of a rear wheel WR when seen from the side portion of the vehicle body. The motor driver (216) is disposed inside the swing arm (124) so that the vehicle body centerline (C) passing through at the front side of the vehicle body in the rear wheel (WR). The position (G2) of the center of gravity of the motor driver (216) is disposed to be offset in the direction opposite to the offset direction of the electric motor (250) with respect to the vehicle body centerline (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Koichiro Honda, Hideaki Nakagawa, Masahide Mimura, Hiroshi Iwakami, Kazuo Sato, Keiichiro Niizuma
  • Publication number: 20110292079
    Abstract: A parking assist apparatus includes a display portion mounted at a vehicle and displaying a parking assist image in which an estimated course line generated in association with an operation of a steering wheel is superimposed on a captured image of a surrounding of the vehicle, and an auxiliary image controlling portion displaying an auxiliary image in place of the parking assist image in a state where the parking assist image is displayed on the display portion, the auxiliary image including a virtual vehicle representing the vehicle and a virtual estimated course line corresponding to the estimated course line for the virtual vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyasu HOSOI, Noboru NAGAMINE, Koichiro HONDA, Keigo IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20090165448
    Abstract: An engine has a crankcase, and a cylinder which extends from an upper portion of the crankcase toward a front side. In a space which is formed at an upper side of a horizontal plane which substantially horizontally extends from a bottom surface of the crankcase, a catalyst storage chamber is arranged in such a manner that an axis of the catalyst converter is in a direction of a crankshaft. The space is arranged just below a front surface of the cylinder and forward of a front surface of the crankcase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto MITSUKAWA, Koichiro HONDA
  • Patent number: D488759
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeya Hattori, Koichiro Honda
  • Patent number: D708213
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichiro Honda, Haruki Wakabayashi, Keigo Ikeda
  • Patent number: D709520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichiro Honda, Haruki Wakabayashi, Keigo Ikeda