Patents by Inventor Naotoshi Fujimoto

Naotoshi Fujimoto 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: 12139017
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided. A detector detects an object at least ahead of the vehicle. A display is provided on an instrument panel of the vehicle and displays a signal at a position corresponding to a direction of the object detected by the detector. The display includes a part recessed forward in a vehicle longitudinal direction in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naotoshi Fujimoto, Ryo Shimoe, Takahiro Matsuoka, Takeru Goto
  • Publication number: 20240286678
    Abstract: A driving assistance system includes a frontward lane edge part estimation unit that, when it is difficult for a frontward lane edge part recognition unit to recognize a position, with respect to a vehicle, of a lane edge part of an own lane ahead of the vehicle, estimates the position, with respect to the vehicle, of the lane edge part of the own lane ahead of the vehicle, based on a shape of a target road recognized from map information and a current position of the vehicle, and based on a position, with respect to the vehicle, of a lane edge part of the own lane behind the vehicle recognized by a rearward lane edge part recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ryo Iitaka, Naotoshi Fujimoto, Tetsuya Kawahara, Keisuke Osakabe
  • Patent number: 12033194
    Abstract: A ridesharing management device includes: a communicator configured to communicate with a plurality of terminal devices used by a plurality of users; an acquirer configured to acquire pick-up requests of the plurality of users in which a use condition including at least a desired pick-up place is defined; and a service manager configured to perform a grouping process of grouping users associated with the use condition and an allocating process of allocating a vehicle which is able to be used by the grouped users according to the use condition included in the pick-up request and configured to determine a pick-up place at which the allocated vehicle is picked up so that the grouped users are able to be assembled according to results of the grouping process and the allocating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naotoshi Fujimoto, Yo Ito, Susumu Iwamoto, Seiichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11834063
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a peripheral object recognition unit configured to recognize an object that is present around a vehicle to be controlled, an object state recognition unit configured to recognize, in a situation where a first object and a second object are recognized by the peripheral object recognition unit, states of the first object and the second object including distance between the vehicle to be controlled and the first object, distance between the vehicle to be controlled and the second object, moving direction of the first object, and moving direction of the second object, and a display control unit configured to cause the display device to execute external notification processing for displaying a notification to the first object or the second object based on the states of the first object and the second object recognized by the object state recognition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naotoshi Fujimoto, Yuji Tsuchiya, Takashi Oshima
  • Publication number: 20230158889
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided. A detector detects an object at least ahead of the vehicle. A display is provided on an instrument panel of the vehicle and displays a signal at a position corresponding to a direction of the object detected by the detector. The display includes a part recessed forward in a vehicle longitudinal direction in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naotoshi Fujimoto, Ryo Shimoe, Takahiro Matsuoka, Takeru Goto
  • Patent number: 11514545
    Abstract: A rideshare management system includes: a communicator configured to communicate with a plurality of terminal devices used by a plurality of users; an acquirer configured to acquire use requests from the plurality of users in which a use condition including at least a desired access place is defined; a user arrival situation monitor configured to monitor an arrival situation of the users at a predetermined place derived according to the desired access place; and a service manager configured to search for an available vehicle according to the use condition included in the use requests and determine a vehicle service schedule and configured to determine a user accessing the vehicle at the predetermined place according to the arrival situation of the users monitored by the user arrival situation monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naotoshi Fujimoto, Yo Ito, Seiichi Yamamoto, Susumu Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20220258758
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a peripheral object recognition unit configured to recognize an object that is present around a vehicle to be controlled, an object state recognition unit configured to recognize, in a situation where a first object and a second object are recognized by the peripheral object recognition unit, states of the first object and the second object including distance between the vehicle to be controlled and the first object, distance between the vehicle to be controlled and the second object, moving direction of the first object, and moving direction of the second object, and a display control unit configured to cause the display device to execute external notification processing for displaying a notification to the first object or the second object based on the states of the first object and the second object recognized by the object state recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Naotoshi Fujimoto, Yuji Tsuchiya, Takashi Oshima
  • Patent number: 11307041
    Abstract: A vehicle information providing device (300) includes an acquisition unit (320) that acquires a destination input by a user and a plan setting unit (330) that sets a plan for a vehicle to travel toward the destination acquired by the acquisition unit, and the plan setting unit (330) sets a first travel plan for moving a first user to a first destination set as a destination on a first route and sets a second travel plan for moving the first user and a second user in a second route which allows the second user to ride by changing the first route in a case in which the second user also rides in the vehicle traveling in accordance with the first travel plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naotoshi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11299067
    Abstract: A first seat device includes a first pressure sensor attached to a seatback to detect pressure, a second pressure sensor attached to the seatback at a position below the first pressure sensor to detect pressure, and a control unit configured to control the angle of the seatback based on a value of the first pressure sensor and a value of the second pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kobayashi, Naotoshi Fujimoto, Eika Takami
  • Patent number: 10880694
    Abstract: A service assistance device includes an acquirer configured to acquire position information associated with each of a plurality of users and movement direction information associated with each of the plurality of users; a group former configured to group some or all of the plurality of users on the basis of the position information and the movement direction information; and a service specifier configured to specify a service for the users on the basis of attributes of the users included in the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naotoshi Fujimoto, Yo Ito, Seiichi Yamamoto, Susumu Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 10726360
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an output unit configured to output information to the outside of a vehicle, an in-vehicle status acquisition unit configured to acquire a status inside the vehicle, and a control unit configured to cause the output unit to output information as to whether or not it is possible to ride in the vehicle on the basis of in-vehicle information acquired by the in-vehicle status acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naotoshi Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20200175633
    Abstract: A rideshare management system includes: a communicator configured to communicate with a plurality of terminal devices used by a plurality of users; an acquirer configured to acquire use requests from the plurality of users in which a use condition including at least a desired access place is defined; a user arrival situation monitor configured to monitor an arrival situation of the users at a predetermined place derived according to the desired access place; and a service manager configured to search for an available vehicle according to the use condition included in the use requests and determine a vehicle service schedule and configured to determine a user accessing the vehicle at the predetermined place according to the arrival situation of the users monitored by the user arrival situation monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Naotoshi Fujimoto, Yo Ito, Seiichi Yamamoto, Susumu Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20200175558
    Abstract: A ridesharing management device includes: a communicator configured to communicate with a plurality of terminal devices used by a plurality of users; an acquirer configured to acquire pick-up requests of the plurality of users in which a use condition including at least a desired pick-up place is defined; and a service manager configured to perform a grouping process of grouping users associated with the use condition and an allocating process of allocating a vehicle which is able to be used by the grouped users according to the use condition included in the pick-up request and configured to determine a pick-up place at which the allocated vehicle is picked up so that the grouped users are able to be assembled according to results of the grouping process and the allocating process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Naotoshi Fujimoto, Yo Ito, Susumu Iwamoto, Seiichi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20200149902
    Abstract: A vehicle information providing device (300) includes an acquisition unit (320) that acquires a destination input by a user and a plan setting unit (330) that sets a plan for a vehicle to travel toward the destination acquired by the acquisition unit, and the plan setting unit (330) sets a first travel plan for moving a first user to a first destination set as a destination on a first route and sets a second travel plan for moving the first user and a second user in a second route which allows the second user to ride by changing the first route in a case in which the second user also rides in the vehicle traveling in accordance with the first travel plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Naotoshi Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20190283629
    Abstract: A first seat device includes a first pressure sensor attached to a seatback to detect pressure, a second pressure sensor attached to the seatback at a position below the first pressure sensor to detect pressure, and a control unit configured to control the angle of the seatback based on a value of the first pressure sensor and a value of the second pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi KOBAYASHI, Naotoshi FUJIMOTO, Eika TAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20180367957
    Abstract: A service assistance device includes an acquirer configured to acquire position information associated with each of a plurality of users and movement direction information associated with each of the plurality of users; a group former configured to group some or all of the plurality of users on the basis of the position information and the movement direction information; and a service specifier configured to specify a service for the users on the basis of attributes of the users included in the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Naotoshi Fujimoto, Yo Ito, Seiichi Yamamoto, Susumu Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20180349825
    Abstract: A ridesharing managing device (300) includes: an acquisition unit (320) configured to acquire a riding request in which riding conditions including a riding place and an alighting place of a user are defined; and a management unit (330) configured to search for allocable vehicles on the basis of the riding conditions of the riding request, to determine an operation schedule satisfying the riding conditions, and to determine the operation schedule satisfying the riding conditions by transferring from a first vehicle to a second vehicle among the allocable vehicles in a case that an operation schedule satisfying the riding conditions is not determined with one vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Seiichi Yamamoto, Naotoshi Fujimoto, Yo Ito, Susumu Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20180315022
    Abstract: A ride sharing management device includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a terminal device of a user, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a riding request of the user in which riding conditions including at least a desired boarding place and a desired boarding time are defined, an operation management unit configured to search for a vehicle which can be allocated from operation schedule information, to decide an operation schedule of the vehicle, and to register it in the operation schedule information, and a facility guidance unit configured to refer to a result of the search by the operation management unit and to transmit information on a facility available to a user to a terminal device of the user using the communication unit when the vehicle has not reached the desired boarding place by the time a first predetermined time elapses from the desired boarding time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Seiichi Yamamoto, Naotoshi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 10053107
    Abstract: A vehicular awakening detection device 10 includes pressure sensors 48 provided in a + side paddle shift 46R and/or a ? side paddle shift 46L which is able to be operated by a driver in a vehicle. The pressure sensor 48 is used for determining the degrees of awakening of a driver by making the driver to operate the + side paddle shift 46R and/or the ? side paddle shift 46L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naotoshi Fujimoto, Wataru Kimatsuka
  • Publication number: 20180215286
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire time change information of which a value changes with time, a seat driving unit configured to drive at least a part of a seat on which an occupant of a vehicle is seated, and a seat control unit configured to control the seat driving unit on the basis of a change in the value of the time change information acquired by the information acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventor: Naotoshi Fujimoto