Patents by Inventor Masamitsu Tsuchiya

Masamitsu Tsuchiya 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: 11968544
    Abstract: A control device acquires quality information indicating a correspondence relationship between a position and communication quality related to wireless communication at the position, and route information indicating a movement route of a mobile base station, specifies an area in which the communication quality is determined to be lower than a predetermined communication quality based on the quality information, and executes control for moving the mobile base station to a position at which a wireless communication service can be provided in at least a part of the area in a case where the position is included in the movement route based on the route information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Matsunaga, Masamitsu Tsuchiya, Toshiaki Takano
  • Patent number: 11968352
    Abstract: Provided is a display method, which is executed by a display device capable of forming an image in both of an inside of a lens area and an outside of the lens area and enabling a user to visually recognize the image, the display method including displaying, by the display device, one or more objects from a predetermined area inside the lens area toward the outside of the lens area so that an object near the predetermined area is displayed in a different display mode relating to at least one of a density, a color strength, a luminance, and a size compared to an object away from the predetermined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Masamitsu Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20240109551
    Abstract: A notification control device performs: detecting a sightline of a driver; causing an information output device to output a first warning when a first condition is satisfied; and causing the information output device to output a second warning when a second condition is satisfied. The first condition is a condition that the driver's sight line is out of a predetermined range in which the driver is considered to see a view in front of the mobile object and a state in which the sightline is out of the range is maintained for a first time. The second condition is a condition that the driver's sightline is out of the range, a risky object to be noticed is present in a reference area, and the state in which the sightline is out of the range is maintained for a second time shorter than the first time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Gakuyo Fujimoto, Masamitsu Tsuchiya, Misako Yoshimura, Shigenobu Saigusa
  • Publication number: 20240109550
    Abstract: A control device of an embodiment is a control device that makes a proposal for steering to avoid a risk object present on a traveling direction side of a mobile object to a driver of the mobile object and includes a determiner configured to determine, when it is assumed that the mobile object is caused to travel straight from a current position of the mobile object in a current traveling direction for a predetermined time, whether an assumed reference position of the mobile object intersects a traveling road boundary, and a proposer configured to suppress the proposal when it is determined that the reference position intersects the traveling road boundary, and makes the proposal when it is determined that the reference position does not intersect the traveling road boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Gakuyo Fujimoto, Atsushi Kato, Shigenobu Saigusa, Kotaro Fujimura, Misako Yoshimura, Masamitsu Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20240109554
    Abstract: A control device is configured to perform: performing a first process when an index value indicating a degree of closeness to a risky object which is present in front of a mobile object is less than a first threshold value; performing a second process when the index value is equal to or greater than the first threshold value and less than a second threshold value greater than the first threshold value; and performing a third process and the second process when the index value is equal to or greater than the second threshold value. The third process includes a fourth process of proposing a driving operation for avoiding the risky object to a driver. The fourth process is not performed when the driver has performed an action for reducing or releasing an operation of an operator instructing an accelerating operation for accelerating the mobile object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kotaro Fujimura, Atsushi Kato, Shigenobu Saigusa, Gakuyo Fujimoto, Misako Yoshimura, Masamitsu Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20240104936
    Abstract: An object detection device includes a storage medium configured to store computer-readable instructions, and a processor connected to the storage medium, in which the processor executes the computer-readable instructions to execute acquiring a captured image of a surface along which a mobile object is able to travel, which is captured with an inclination with respect to the surface, generating a low-resolution image obtained by lowering image quality of the captured image, defining a plurality of partial area sets each having partial areas in the low-resolution image, and deriving a total value obtained by totalizing differences in feature amount between the partial areas included in each of the plurality of partial area sets and partial areas in the vicinity to extract a point of interest on the basis of the total value, each of the plurality of partial area sets is defined to include a plurality of partial areas in a target area of each partial area set, and the target area is obtained by cutting out a part
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Masamitsu Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11924652
    Abstract: A control device of a mobile object is configured to execute a function using communication. The control device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire communication quality on a planned movement route of the mobile object, and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the acquired communication quality, whether or not the planned movement route includes a position that does not satisfy communication quality required for execution of the function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Onodera, Masamitsu Tsuchiya, Hideki Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11924265
    Abstract: A communication system includes a communication device that may transmit a command for requesting a response about communication quality to a specific type of user terminal, and a user terminal that may transmit the communication quality in response to the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Matsunaga, Masaru Otaka, Masamitsu Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11840222
    Abstract: A vehicle control method includes recognizing surrounding conditions of a vehicle and controlling a speed and a steering of the vehicle based on the surrounding conditions of the vehicle. The method includes controlling the vehicle to stop before a stop line such that the vicinity of a center or the center in a width direction of the vehicle is aligned with the vicinity of a center or the center in a length direction of the stop line in a width direction of a road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masamitsu Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11838859
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus may acquire first information on communication status of a fixed terminal device and second information on communication status of a mobile terminal device, and may determine which of the first information and the second information is preferentially used to execute predetermined control processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Matsunaga, Masaru Otaka, Masamitsu Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11754413
    Abstract: A path setting apparatus that sets a path of a mobile body having a plurality of operation modes is provided. The apparatus includes a quality acquisition unit configured to acquire communication qualities at a plurality of geographical locations, and a setting unit configured to set a path of the mobile body so as to pass through an area that satisfies a requirement of communication quality that is determined according to an operation mode of the mobile body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Onodera, Masamitsu Tsuchiya, Hideki Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11733694
    Abstract: A control apparatus for remotely operating an operation target is provided. The apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding an object that exists in the surroundings of the operation target, and is not to be operated by the control apparatus, from an information providing unit outside the control apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine a virtual object for representing the object, based on the information regarding the object, and a display control unit configured to display the virtual object at a display position corresponding to a geographical location of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Matsunaga, Masamitsu Tsuchiya, Toshiaki Takano, Satoshi Onodera
  • Publication number: 20230245468
    Abstract: An image processing device of the embodiment includes an acquirer configured to acquire a first image captured in time series by an imager mounted on a mobile object, a setter configured to set one or more positions of interest based on a position of the mobile object in the first image, a converter configured to convert a partial image set on the basis of the position of interest set by the setter into a second image, and a target detector configured to detect a target near the mobile object on the basis of the second image obtained by the conversion by the converter, in which the setter changes the position of interest on the basis of at least one of a result of detection by the target detector and a situation of the mobile object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: Masamitsu Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20230242145
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a mobile object control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a mobile object on the basis of a first image captured, an action plan generator configured to generate a future action plan of the mobile object on the basis of a recognition result, and a driving controller configured to control at least one of steering and a speed of the mobile object on the basis of the action plan generated. The recognizer recognizes a physical object near the mobile object in a first recognition mode in which a recognition process is performed using a second image obtained by reducing a data amount of the first image and determines that another physical object having a larger risk area than the recognized physical object has been recognized when accuracy of the recognized physical object is less than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: Masamitsu Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20230245323
    Abstract: An object tracking device according to embodiments includes an image acquirer configured to acquire image data including a plurality of image frames captured in time series by an imager mounted on a mobile object, a recognizer configured to recognize an object from image data acquired by the image acquirer, an area setter configured to set an image area including an object recognized by the recognizer, and an object tracker configured to track the object on the basis of an amount of time-series change in an image area set by the area setter, in which the area setter sets a position and a size of an image area for tracking the object in the future image frame on the basis of the amount of time-series change in an image area including the object in the past image frame and behavior information of the mobile object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Satoru Araki, Masamitsu Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20230245325
    Abstract: Provided is a moving object detection device including a storage medium storing computer-readable commands and a processor connected to the storage medium, the processor executing the computer-readable commands to: acquire image data including a plurality of frames representing a surrounding condition of a mobile object, which are photographed by a camera mounted in the mobile object in time series; calculate a difference image between the plurality of frames by calculating differences between the plurality of frames and binarizing the differences using a first value and a second value; extract a grid for which the density of pixels with the first value is equal to or larger than a first threshold value from among a plurality of grids set in the difference image; and detect the extracted grid as a moving object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Satoru Araki, Gakuyo Fujimoto, Masamitsu Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11564192
    Abstract: A base station that includes a memory for storing computer readable code and a processor operatively coupled to the memory is provided herein. The processor is configured to transmit, to a terminal apparatus, information associated with communication delays predicted for communication between the base station and the terminal apparatus. The terminal apparatus acquires the information associated with the communication delays from the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Otaka, Hideki Matsunaga, Masamitsu Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20220318960
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus performs external recognition for driving assistance or automated driving of a vehicle based on a captured image obtained from a photographing apparatus capturing an image requiring distortion correction. The image processing apparatus: moves and sets a partial region to be a target of distortion correction processing according to a rule, and applies the distortion correction processing to the set partial region of the captured image to acquire a partial image corrected in distortion; detects a road mirror around the vehicle; and changes the rule so that a partial region corresponding to a predetermined direction of the vehicle is preferentially set as a target of the distortion correction processing when a road mirror is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Masamitsu TSUCHIYA, Gakuyo FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220309796
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises an image acquisition unit; and a processing unit configured to process an image acquired by the image acquisition unit, wherein the processing unit recognizes a moving object from the image acquired by the image acquisition unit, performs masking processing on the moving object recognized in the image; and estimates spatial motion of the image processing apparatus based on the image subjected to the masking processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yuji YASUI, Masamitsu TSUCHIYA, Akira KANEHARA
  • Patent number: 11447155
    Abstract: Provided herein is a vehicle control device that includes a recognition unit that recognizes a surrounding status of a vehicle and a driving control unit that controls a speed and/or a steering of the vehicle. The driving control unit performs switching to a second driving state in which a driver has a higher degree of a monitoring obligation than in a first driving state. The vehicle control device further includes a map updating unit that updates intrinsic map information on the basis of the recognition result and when switching from the first driving state to the second driving state is performed by the driving control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Matsunaga, Tokitomo Ariyoshi, Umiaki Matsubara, Masamitsu Tsuchiya