Patents by Inventor Ryuichi Kimata
Ryuichi Kimata 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).
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Patent number: 12358603Abstract: A control system, adapted for a boat having a first GNSS receiver disposed at a bow side of the boat, and a second GNSS receiver disposed at a stern side of the boat, the control system includes a control unit including a processor configured to determine whether an approach direction of the boat to a berth is bow first or stern first; and select, based on the approach direction, the first GNSS receiver or the second GNSS receiver for determining a position of the boat.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Hashizume, Ryota Hisada, Ryuichi Kimata
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Patent number: 12352815Abstract: A battery information management system, comprises: a battery; and a server that establishes communication with the battery via a network. The battery includes: a storage unit configured to store maintenance information for maintenance of the battery, user information related to personal data of a user of the battery, and usage history information of the battery; an information communication unit configured to transmit the user information and the usage history information from the storage unit to the server; and a control unit configured to control the storage unit and the information communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Jinno, Takumi Shiiyama, Ryuichi Kimata
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Patent number: 12237709Abstract: The present invention provides an electric power supply apparatus that supplies power to an external load, characterized by comprising: a generator capable of generating electric power by motive power of an engine; a container capable of housing a battery; a first detector configured to detect a remaining amount of the battery housed in the container; a determining unit configured to determine a maximum amount of electric power that can be output from the electric power supply apparatus, on the basis of a result of detection by the first detector; and a notifying unit configured to notify a user of the maximum amount of electric power determined by the determining unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukihiko Kiyohiro, Ryuichi Kimata
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Patent number: 12237716Abstract: The present invention provides a power supply device that supplies power to an external load, comprising: a generator configured to generate electric power by power of an engine; a housing container configured to house a battery; a state determination unit configured to determine a state of the power supply device; and a control unit configured to control charging of the battery housed in the housing container and power supply to the external load, wherein the generator includes a tank that stores fuel for the engine, and in a case where the state determination unit determines that a remaining amount of fuel in the tank is less than a threshold, the control unit automatically transitions to a control mode in which power supply to the external load is controlled by the power from the generator and the power from the battery.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukihiko Kiyohiro, Ryuichi Kimata
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Patent number: 12210359Abstract: A mobile charging apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a battery for charging a work machine; a movement unit that causes the mobile charging apparatus to autonomously move; and a controller that executes a program to perform control such that the movement unit moves the mobile charging apparatus to a predetermined position to wait for the work machine.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2024Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Hashizume, Ryuichi Kimata, Keiichiro Bungo, Koichi Tsuno
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Publication number: 20250007287Abstract: A management device controls an interruption unit provided between a power supply source and each of a plurality of outlets. The device determines whether it is in a supply shortage state, determines priorities of the plurality of outlets, and switches the interruption unit associated with an outlet having a low priority to a disconnection state in a case of a supply shortage state. Each of the plurality of outlets includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire priority identification information from a storage medium to which the priority identification information is assigned when at least one load is connected. The device determines the priority of the outlet for each of the plurality of outlets based on the priority identification information acquired by the acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2024Publication date: January 2, 2025Inventors: Takayuki ENOMOTO, Yasuhiro NAKADA, Kenji SHIBATA, Miho TOKUNAGA, Ryuichi KIMATA
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Publication number: 20240429709Abstract: A device changes a connection state between a plurality of types of power supply sources and a plurality of DC/DC converters. The device specifies switching an operating power supply source, detects excess or insufficiency of power supply, acquires a usage condition of each of the plurality of DC/DC converters, selects at least one DC/DC converter for switching a connection state based on the usage condition and changes the connection state. The device selects a DC/DC converter having the longest accumulated power generation time as at least one DC/DC converter to be disconnected upon specifying that the operating power supply source is switched or detecting that the power supply is excessive, and changes the connection state between the plurality of types of power supply sources and the plurality of DC/DC converters upon switching the operating power supply source.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Inventors: Takayuki ENOMOTO, Yasuhiro NAKADA, Ryuichi KIMATA
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Patent number: 12147436Abstract: A battery information processing system having: an acquisition unit configured to acquire battery information including use histories of batteries, a classification unit configured to classify the batteries for each property on the basis of properties of the batteries and store the battery information in a plurality of databases classified for each property, a selection unit configured to select a database including high priority battery information from the plurality of classified databases, a determination unit configured to determine the selected database as a database for selecting a combination of a plurality of batteries in a case in which a property of an assembled battery calculated by combining a plurality of batteries satisfies a criterion, and a presentation unit configured to present combination information of the plurality of batteries selected in a descending order from the highest coincidence.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Jinno, Takumi Shiiyama, Ryuichi Kimata
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Patent number: 12135551Abstract: An automatic berthing system and method for a vessel are provided. The automatic berthing system comprises a controller, controlling the vessel; an input part, receiving an input to perform the automatic berthing mode; at least one peripheral sensor, detecting position information and speed information of another vessel other than the vessel to determine whether a wake caused by the another vessel has influence on the vessel. The controller performs an automatic berthing control when the input to perform the automatic berthing mode is received until the vessel reaches a berthing position, and the controller stops the automatic berthing control when the another vessel is located within a predetermined distance from the vessel based on the position information.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Hashizume, Ryuichi Kimata, Ryota Hisada, Koichi Tsuno
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Publication number: 20240361781Abstract: A work vehicle capable of autonomously moving in a work area, the work vehicle including a control unit, wherein the control unit starts an alignment in response to a request for the alignment from a manned forklift acquired via a communication unit, determines whether or not a positional relation between the work vehicle and the manned forklift is in a state before starting the alignment, and notifies the manned forklift that a movement direction of the work vehicle and a movement direction of the manned forklift are not orthogonal to each other via the communication unit, when the positional relation between the work vehicle and the manned forklift is not in the state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Takashi HASHIZUME, Ryuichi KIMATA, Ryota HISADA
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Publication number: 20240353865Abstract: A work vehicle including a control unit configured to control traveling of the work vehicle such that the work vehicle and an oncoming vehicle are able to pass each other in a vehicle passage, wherein the control unit controls the traveling of the work vehicle such that the work vehicle travels in a first region when the work vehicle and the oncoming vehicle pass each other, and controls the traveling of the work vehicle such that the work vehicle is retreated to a third region to which the work vehicle is capable of being retreated from a second region in a case where the work vehicle is incapable of traveling in the first region when the work vehicle and the oncoming vehicle pass each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2024Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventors: Takashi HASHIZUME, Ryuichi KIMATA, Ryota HISADA, Koichi TSUNO
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Publication number: 20240338042Abstract: A transport system includes: a plurality of transport vehicles capable of autonomously moving between a departure place and a destination; a terminal used for inputting a transport request instruction including information about a plurality of transported objects to be respectively transported by the plurality of transport vehicles; and a server capable of communicating with the plurality of transport vehicles and the terminal. The server calculates priorities of the plurality of transported objects to be transported from the departure place to the destination, based on the transport request instruction, and assigns, in accordance with the priorities, the plurality of transport vehicles to respectively transport the plurality of transported objects from transport vehicles in a state of being capable of transporting, out of the plurality of transport vehicles, and outputs, at a predetermined timing, a movement instruction to each of the assigned plurality of transport vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2024Publication date: October 10, 2024Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Hashizume, Ryuichi Kimata, Ryota Hisada
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Publication number: 20240302847Abstract: A server device includes an area setting unit that sets a first area in which a first lawnmower executes first lawn-mowing work in a work area and a second area in which a second lawnmower executes second lawn-mowing work in the work area, a time calculation unit that obtains a first time necessary for the first lawnmower to execute the first lawn-mowing work in the first area and a second time necessary for the second lawnmower to execute the second lawn-mowing work in the second area, a machine number calculation unit that obtains the number of first lawnmowers and the number of second lawnmowers based on the first time and the second time, and a notification unit that notifies the number of first lawnmowers and the number of second lawnmowers to a smartphone. Consequently, a user can check the number of first lawnmowers and the number of second lawnmowers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Akifumi Yamashita, Ryota Hisada, Takuya Kanisawa, Ryuichi Kimata
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Publication number: 20240168496Abstract: A server device includes an area setting unit that sets a first area in which a first lawnmower executes first lawn-mowing work in a work area and a second area in which a second lawnmower second lawn-mowing work in the work area, a zone dividing unit that divides the work area into plural virtual zones, a time range setting unit that sets a first time range in which the first lawnmower executes the first lawn-mowing work in each of the virtual zones included in the plural virtual zones and a second time range in which the second lawnmower executes the second lawn-mowing work in each of the virtual zones included in the plural virtual zones, and a notification unit that notifies the first time range and the second time range to a smartphone. Consequently, a user can check a possibilty of contact between the first and second lawnmowers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Akifumi Yamashita, Ryota Hisada, Takuya Kanisawa, Ryuichi Kimata
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Publication number: 20240152151Abstract: A mobile charging apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a battery for charging a work machine; a movement unit that causes the mobile charging apparatus to autonomously move; and a controller that executes a program to perform control such that the movement unit moves the mobile charging apparatus to a predetermined position to wait for the work machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Hashizume, Ryuichi Kimata, Keiichiro Bungo, Koichi Tsuno
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Patent number: 11953892Abstract: A selection support device that supports selection of a work machine to be used for work from among a plurality of work machines, the selection support device including: a history information acquisition unit configured to acquire history information on a use history of each work machine; a specifying unit configured to specify a degree of use of each work machine based on the history information; and a selection unit configured to preferentially select a work machine with a small degree of use as a work machine to be used for work.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Megumi Hirakawa, Satoshi Murata, Sota Sakaguchi, Shohei Namiki, Ryota Hisada, Ryuichi Kimata
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Publication number: 20240111287Abstract: An automatic berthing system and method for a vessel are provided. The automatic berthing system comprises a controller, controlling the vessel; an input part, receiving an input to perform the automatic berthing mode; at least one peripheral sensor, detecting position information and speed information of another vessel other than the vessel to determine whether a wake caused by the another vessel has influence on the vessel. The controller performs an automatic berthing control when the input to perform the automatic berthing mode is received until the vessel reaches a berthing position, and the controller stops the automatic berthing control when the another vessel is located within a predetermined distance from the vessel based on the position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi HASHIZUME, Ryuichi KIMATA, Ryota HISADA, Koichi TSUNO
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Publication number: 20240112109Abstract: The acquisition unit acquires area information regarding a current work area. The prediction unit predicts a work time in the current work area on the basis of the area information acquired by the acquisition unit and history information in which area information regarding a past work area and time information regarding a work time in the past work area are associated with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Megumi HIRAKAWA, Satoshi MURATA, Sota SAKAGUCHI, Shohei NAMIKI, Ryota HISADA, Ryuichi KIMATA
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Publication number: 20240111286Abstract: An autonomous control system and method for a vessel are provided. The autonomous control system includes a route setting unit, setting a route to a destination; a disturbance data acquisition unit, acquiring disturbance data from sources other than the vessel; an autonomous control unit, performing a control of the vessel based on the route set by the route setting unit and corrects the control of the vessel based on the disturbance data acquired by the disturbance data acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi HASHIZUME, Ryuichi KIMATA, Ryota HISADA, Koichi TSUNO
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Publication number: 20240109627Abstract: A control system adapted for a boat having a first sensor including a GNSS receiver detecting a position of the boat, and a second sensor detecting the position of the boat is provided. The control system includes a control unit having a processor, configured to: switch a control mode of the control unit to an automatic docking mode; obtain roof information regarding whether a berth for mooring the boat includes a roof wherein when the control unit determines the berth for mooring the boat includes the roof, the control unit switches, at a predetermined timing, from the first sensor to the second sensor for determining the position of the boat.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi HASHIZUME, Ryuichi KIMATA, Ryota HISADA