Patents by Inventor Kotaro Higuchi

Kotaro Higuchi 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: 11511626
    Abstract: Provided is an information display device for a vehicle having a display control section acquiring information of the vehicle and a display section displaying an image selected by the display control section. The vehicle includes a shift lever that can select at least a parking range and a driving range, and an in displayed on the display section includes either a first vehicle image or a second vehicle that are images of the vehicle viewed from mutually different directions. On the display section, the display control section displays the first vehicle image when the shift lever selects the parking range and the second vehicle image when the shift lever selects at least the driving range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Kuroda, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Kotaro Higuchi, Masaru Aoki, Eiichi Hoshino, Keisuke Kato
  • Patent number: 11046203
    Abstract: Provided is a capacitor state display device for a vehicle displaying a capacitor state in the vehicle. The vehicle includes a capacitor to which electric power is supplied from an external charging facility, and a power consumption section consuming electric power supplied from the external charging facility or the capacitor. The capacitor state display device includes a display control section acquiring the capacitor state and a display section displaying images based on a command of the display control section. The display control section displays that electric power supplied from the external charging facility is being consumed by the power consumption section if electric power supplied from the external charging facility is being supplied to the power consumption section in a state that electric power is being supplied to the vehicle from the external charging facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Kuroda, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Kotaro Higuchi, Masaru Aoki, Eiichi Hoshino, Keisuke Kato
  • Publication number: 20200249899
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display configured to display information, a second display configured to display information, a display controller configured to determine the content of information to be displayed on each of the first and second displays and to display the determined information on each of the first and second displays, a first receiver configured receive an operation of a user; and a second receiver configured receive an operation of a user, wherein the display controller is configured to display predetermined information across the first and second displays in a case where the first receiver receives a predetermined operation, and the display controller is configured to display the predetermined information on the second display in a case where the second receiver receives the predetermined operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Kotaro Higuchi, Masaru Aoki
  • Publication number: 20200167116
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a first display which is provided at a position where the first display is visually recognizable by a driver and has a touch panel function, a second display which is provided at a position closer to a seat next to the driver than the first display is in a vehicle width direction and has a touch panel function , and a controller configured to set one or more first operation buttons in the first display irrespective of the presence or absence of an occupant in the driver's seat, set one or more second operation buttons in the second display in a case where an occupant is present in the seat next to the driver, and not set the second operation button in the second display in a case where an occupant is not present in the seat next to the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Tomohisa Manabe, Mirai Aki, Masaru Aoki, Kotaro Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20200101858
    Abstract: Provided is a capacitor state display device for a vehicle displaying a capacitor state in the vehicle. The vehicle includes a capacitor to which electric power is supplied from an external charging facility, and a power consumption section consuming electric power supplied from the external charging facility or the capacitor. The capacitor state display device includes a display control section acquiring the capacitor state and a display section displaying images based on a command of the display control section. The display control section displays that electric power supplied from the external charging facility is being consumed by the power consumption section if electric power supplied from the external charging facility is being supplied to the power consumption section in a state that electric power is being supplied to the vehicle from the external charging facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Kuroda, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Kotaro Higuchi, Masaru Aoki, Eiichi Hoshino, Keisuke Kato
  • Publication number: 20200105073
    Abstract: Provided is an information display device for a vehicle having a display control section acquiring information of the vehicle and a display section displaying an image selected by the display control section. The vehicle includes a shift lever that can select at least a parking range and a driving range, and an in displayed on the display section includes either a first vehicle image or a second vehicle that are images of the vehicle viewed from mutually different directions. On the display section, the display control section displays the first vehicle image when the shift lever selects the parking range and the second vehicle image when the shift lever selects at least the driving range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Kuroda, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Kotaro Higuchi, Masaru Aoki, Eiichi Hoshino, Keisuke Kato
  • Publication number: 20170031162
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes: a design display part for generating multiple split designs into which a single continuous design is split; and multiple virtual image display parts for respectively displaying virtual images of corresponding split designs. Each virtual image display part displays, among the multiple split designs, a near side split design which is a split design on the near side in the sight line direction of the driver, in such a manner that it continues into a far side split design which is a split design on the far side in the sight line direction of the driver, from the near side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Konishi, Kotaro Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20080133838
    Abstract: In a data processing device including a main memory for storing therein a plurality of instruction streams and a processor for executing an instruction stream transferred from the main memory, the processor includes: an instruction RAM for storing therein the instruction stream transferred from the main memory; a location address setting section for setting location addresses on a memory space at which the instruction RAM will be placed; and an instruction fetch control section for determining, based on the location addresses set by the location address setting section, a space to be accessed by an instruction fetch access, and, according to result of the determination, making access to either the main memory or the instruction RAM. The location address setting section sets the location addresses in such a manner that location addresses, on the memory space, of the instruction stream stored in the instruction RAM do not coincide with location addresses, on the instruction RAM, of another instruction stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Kotaro Higuchi, Shinya Miyaji