Patents by Inventor Naoko Imai

Naoko Imai 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: 11945333
    Abstract: A communication device includes a communicator that is mounted in a mobile body and functions as a wireless access point, a power supplier configured to supply electric power at least to a driver that causes the mobile body to travel, a detector configured to detect the electric energy of the power supplier, and a controller configured to control at least one of communication strength and communication quality of the communicator based on the electric energy detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Otaka, Ryusuke Tamanaha, Yusuke Oi, Takahiro Iijima, Naoko Imai
  • Patent number: 11935354
    Abstract: A communication device includes a communicator controller. The communication controller configured to cause a communicator to communicate with a terminal device in a first mode or a second mode, in which the first mode is a mode in which communication conditions are better than in the second mode, and, when the communication controller has acquired permission information indicating that communication in the first mode is permitted according to completion of processing of a first procedure different from a second procedure required for communication in the second mode in response to a request from the terminal device, the communication controller causes the communicator to communicate with a terminal device associated with the permission information in the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Otaka, Ryusuke Tamanaha, Yusuke Oi, Takahiro Iijima, Naoko Imai
  • Publication number: 20230403666
    Abstract: A communication device that communicates wirelessly receives, from a first another device, a predetermined signal to be transmitted before a connection with the first another device is established, a response to the predetermined signal being to be transmitted to the first another device when the communication device receives the predetermined signal, and controls, upon receiving the predetermined signal, a transmission timing of the response to the predetermined signal, based on communication that is executable by the communication device with a second another device that is a communication partner of the first another device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Naoko IMAI, Yusuke OI, Masahiro TAKAHATA, Tsubasa SHIBAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230388901
    Abstract: A communication device that performs communication wirelessly receives by using a first communication method, from a first another device, information regarding a condition for communication in a second communication method within a geographical range where communication with the first another device is possible, the second communication method being different from the first communication method, and selects a second another device that performs the communication in the second communication method, based on the information regarding the condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Naoko IMAI, Yusuke OI, Masahiro TAKAHATA, Tsubasa SHIBAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230388240
    Abstract: A communication device performs connection establishment processing with another communication device that relays communication with a predetermined communication device, and when transmitting a request for a connection to the another communication device, transmits, to the another communication device, together with the request, first data that is a part of data to be transmitted to the predetermined communication device and information indicating a condition for the another communication device to discard the first data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Naoko IMAI, Yusuke OI
  • Publication number: 20230389096
    Abstract: A communication device that performs communication wirelessly transmits, to one or more other communication devices, a request signal requesting information indicating a condition regarding communication with a predetermined device, in each of one or more communication methods in the one or more other communication devices, receives, from at least any of the one or more other communication devices, a response including the information indicating the condition regarding the communication in the other communication devices, selects, based on the received response, a device to be requested to transfer the communication of the communication device from a transmission source device of the response, and selects a communication method in the device to be used for transferring, and performs connection establishment processing including requesting the selected device to relay the communication of the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Masaru OTAKA, Ryusuke TAMANAHA, Naoko IMAI
  • Patent number: 11766997
    Abstract: A vehicle management system includes a vehicle use situation recognition unit recognizing that a user of a vehicle visits a predetermined area or a predetermined facility by the vehicle based on a position of the vehicle recognized by a vehicle position recognition unit and a vehicle cleaning handling unit transmitting vehicle cleaning information about cleaning of the vehicle to at least either one of a user terminal and a maintenance management server in a case where the vehicle use situation recognition unit recognizes that the user visits the predetermined area or the predetermined facility by the vehicle, the user terminal being used by the user, the maintenance management server managing maintenance of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Saiki, Atsuyuki Suzuki, Jumpei Ichinokawa, Naoko Imai, Fumiaki Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20230281000
    Abstract: A function management system includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a first function that is a function installed on a first vehicle, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a second function that is a function installed on a second vehicle, a selection unit configured to select, based on the information about the first function and the information about the second function, an additional function that is a function to be added to the second vehicle, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the second vehicle, an addition program that is a program for adding the additional function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Naoko Imai, Atsuyuki Suzuki, Koji Tohmiya, Ryo Saiki, Mitsutaka Koyata
  • Patent number: 11641571
    Abstract: A TCU includes: a wide-area communication section that performs wireless communication with a base station; a short-range communication section that performs wireless communication with an access point; a vehicle-to-vehicle communication section that performs wireless communication with a relay vehicle; and a communication control section that transmits upload data by using any one of the wide-area communication section, the short-range communication section, and the vehicle-to-vehicle communication section, wherein the communication control section transmits the upload data more preferentially by using the short-range communication section or the vehicle-to-vehicle communication section than by using the wide-area communication section when an upload deferment condition is met, and transmits the upload data more preferentially by using the wide-area communication section than by using the short-range communication section and the vehicle-to-vehicle communication section when the upload deferment condition is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Otaka, Ryusuke Tamanaha, Shohei Tsukahara, Ryo Saiki, Yusuke Oi, Takahiro Iijima, Naoko Imai
  • Publication number: 20230126215
    Abstract: An information providing device for use in a moving body includes: a user behavior recognition unit configured to recognize a behavior of a user boarding on the moving body; a recommendation information output unit configured to output recommendation information for a prescribed service when the user behavior recognition unit recognizes a specific behavior estimated to be a behavior of the user getting off the moving body; a service request reception unit configured to receive a request for the prescribed service when the recommendation information output unit outputs the recommendation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Atsuyuki Suzuki, Akira Terauchi, Koji Toumiya, Naoko Imai, Ryo Saiki
  • Patent number: 11617221
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a communication device includes a communicator configured to perform communication with a base station and a plurality of access points having narrower communication ranges than the base station, a first acquirer configured to acquire vehicle information from in-vehicle equipment, a second acquirer configured to acquire information about communication quality for each of the plurality of access points, and a connection adjuster configured to release a connected state associated with a determined access point when the access point whose connected state is released is determined on the basis of the information about the communication quality acquired by the second acquirer if communication with the plurality of access points by the communicator is in the connected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Otaka, Ryusuke Tamanaha, Yusuke Oi, Takahiro Iijima, Naoko Imai
  • Patent number: 11597079
    Abstract: A robot apparatus includes a storage that stores first instructional information which serves as a guide to first work operation, an acquirer that acquires second instructional information which serves as a guide to second work operation similar to the first work operation or second work operation related to the first work operation from a different apparatus having the second instructional information, and a work controller that performs the first work operation based on the first instructional information stored in the storage and the second work operation based on the second instructional information acquired by the acquirer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoko Imai, Takeyuki Suzuki, Yasushi Ikeuchi
  • Patent number: 11589419
    Abstract: A communication system comprises a communication device; an access point (AP); and a communication server is provided. The communication system performs a method comprising: acquiring first information including movement information of the communication device; acquiring second information including position information of the AP; determining a connectable time corresponding to a length of time the communication device moves within a communicable range of the AP on the basis of the first information and the second information; and controlling a connection between the communication device and the AP on the basis of the connectable time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Otaka, Ryusuke Tamanaha, Takahiro Iijima, Yusuke Ol, Naoko Imai
  • Publication number: 20230049286
    Abstract: A movable vehicle includes an access point functional unit that includes an antenna and functions as an access point by wirelessly communicating with a terminal device around the vehicle, and a notifier that notifies the surroundings that the vehicle is functioning as an access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Masaru Otaka, Ryusuke Tamanaha, Takahiro Iijima, Yusuke Oi, Naoko Imai
  • Publication number: 20230044953
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a task; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a processing time of the task; a third acquisition unit configured to acquire a wirelessly communicable period with an external communication device; and a communication control unit configured to control, based on the processing time and the wirelessly communicable period, a wireless communication unit to transmit request information to the external communication device, the request information requesting to process at least a part of the task, in which the communication control unit is configured to control the wireless communication unit to perform direct communication with the external communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Masaru OTAKA, Ryusuke TAMANAHA, Shohei TSUKAHARA, Ryo SAIKI, Yusuke OI, Takahiro IIJIMA, Naoko IMAI
  • Patent number: 11503538
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a communication device includes a communicator configured to perform communication with a base station and a plurality of access points having narrower communication ranges than the base station, a first acquirer configured to acquire vehicle information from equipment mounted in a vehicle, a second acquirer configured to acquire information about communication quality for each of the plurality of access points, a third acquirer configured to acquire a communication requirement for each piece of the vehicle information acquired by the first acquirer, and a selector configured to select an access point that transmits the vehicle information acquired by the first acquirer on the basis of the information about the communication quality acquired by the second acquirer and the communication requirement acquired by the third acquirer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Otaka, Ryusuke Tamanaha, Yusuke Oi, Takahiro Iijima, Naoko Imai
  • Publication number: 20220358544
    Abstract: Provided is a communication apparatus including: a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire moving object position information regarding a current position of a first moving object on which the communication apparatus is mounted; a reception unit configured to receive distribution information; a transmission unit configured to transmit the distribution information to a second moving object; and a communication relay unit configured to relay communication between an external terminal and an external network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Masaru OTAKA, Ryusuke TAMANAHA, Ryo SAIKI, Yusuke OI, Takahiro IIJIMA, Naoko IMAI
  • Patent number: 11481835
    Abstract: A predicted energy consumption calculation unit calculates, when an on-vehicle apparatus of a rental vehicle is operated during the period of depositing an article in a deposit space of the rental vehicle, a predicted energy consumption that is a predicted value of the amount of energy consumed by the on-vehicle apparatus. A rentable period determination unit determines a rentable period of the deposit space on the basis of the predicted energy consumption calculated by the predicted energy consumption calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuyuki Suzuki, Naoko Imai, Tomoko Shintani
  • Patent number: 11477806
    Abstract: A communication device, comprising: communication-part communicates with external device by first-communication-system provided at first-access-point or by second-communication-system provided at second-access-point, determination-part dynamically determines communication priority level of host device with respect to each of first and/or second-access-point; and communication controller transmits information including communication priority level and moving body information with respect to each of first and second-access-points, communication controller communicates with external device through first-communication-system in accordance with communication priority level determined at first-access-point or second-communication-system in accordance with communication priority level determined at second-access-point, communicates in accordance with communication priority level determined at second-access-point when the communication is switched from first-access-point to second-access-point, and communicates in ac
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Otaka, Ryusuke Tamanaha, Yusuke Oi, Takahiro Iijima, Naoko Imai
  • Patent number: 11470463
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a processor executing a communication control process of performing vehicle-to-vehicle communication, a data reception process of receiving and saving, in a storage unit, file data transmitted from a communication destination vehicle by the vehicle-to-vehicle communication, and an incompletely received file data management process of, in a case where the vehicle-to-vehicle communication is disconnected after reception of the file data by the data reception process is started and before the reception of the file data completes, setting, in accordance with a state of a predetermined parameter, at least one of an upper limit of a period for saving in the storage unit and a priority level for deleting from the storage unit for partial data of the file data saved in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Otaka, Ryusuke Tamanaha, Shohei Tsukahara, Ryo Saiki, Takahiro Iijima, Yusuke Oi, Naoko Imai