Patents by Inventor Shigeru Inoue

Shigeru Inoue 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: 11967236
    Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image from an image capturing unit installed in a movable object, a reception control unit configured to control reception of risk area information including location information from another movable object, a determination unit configured to determine whether a notification target is present in a region based on the location information included in the risk area information based on the image, and a transmission control unit configured to control transmission of a determination result of the determination unit to the other movable object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kurehashi, Shigeru Inoue
  • Publication number: 20240082711
    Abstract: A control system assists generation of a distribution content item representing progress of a video game played by a user. The control system includes at least one memory that stores a program; and at least one processor that executes the program to (i) provide the user with address information representing an address of material data on an effect material used for the distribution content item, (ii) under a control condition set in accordance with instructions from the user, update the material data in conjunction with progress of the video game played by the user, and (iii) in conjunction with the progress of the video game played by the user, transmit the material data to the editing system based on a request that uses the address information from an editing system that generates the distribution content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru CHIBA, Akira Sakai, Kai Inoue, Junki Hirai, Tsuguo Shinpo, Toshiaki Kanahara, Yoshihiko Narita
  • Publication number: 20240078899
    Abstract: A system for providing information to equipment which is movable, the system includes a first reception section which receives position information of the equipment from the equipment, a first transmission section which transmits, based on the position information of the equipment, assistance information related to a movement of the equipment to the equipment through a base station of a mobile communication, a predicting section which predicts, based on the position information of the equipment, equipment entering a communication available area of a mobile object having a function of communicating with the equipment, and a second transmission section which transmits, to the mobile object, information related to the equipment predicted to enter the communication available area by the predicting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Yuta SAKAGAWA, Shigeru INOUE, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Moriya HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240078909
    Abstract: A system includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires position information of equipment that is movable, and precision information indicating a precision of the position information; a specification unit that specifies, based on the position information and the precision information, an area where the precision of the position information is lower than a predetermined value, among a plurality of areas where pieces of the equipment exist; and an instruction unit that instructs a moving object which has a function of acquiring the position information of the equipment, to move to the area specified by the specification unit, in order to cause the moving object to measure a position of the equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Takahiro KUREHASHI, Shigeru INOUE, Yuta SAKAGAWA, Moriya HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240080711
    Abstract: A system includes a first specifying unit which specifies, from among a plurality of areas, an area where a mobile communication terminal is present and a traffic risk is higher than a predetermined value, and an instruction unit which instructs, in order to cause a mobile object performing mobile communication with the mobile communication terminal to carry out the mobile communication of the mobile communication terminal, the mobile object to move to the area specified by the first specifying unit. A method includes specifying, from among a plurality of areas, an area where a mobile communication terminal is present and a traffic risk is higher than a predetermined value, and instructing, in order to cause a mobile object performing mobile communication with the mobile communication terminal to carry out the mobile communication of the mobile communication terminal, the mobile object to move to the area specified by the pacifying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Takahiro KUREHASHI, Moriya HORIUCHI, Yuta SAKAGAWA, Shigeru INOUE
  • Patent number: 11922813
    Abstract: An alert control apparatus includes: an alert control unit to issue a first alert to an occupant in a moving body if an object in a particular category is present within a region to which the moving body is headed, and issue a second alert to the occupant if an object in a category other than the particular category is present within the region; a reception control unit to perform, when the moving body enters a new movement section on a movement route, control for receiving a category of an object present within the new movement section from an external apparatus. If there is an object for which an alert is to be issued during movement within the new section, the alert control unit, based on the category received from the external apparatus, controls as to which of the first and second alerts is to be issued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Sakagawa, Shigeru Inoue, Takahiro Kurehashi, Moriya Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11869356
    Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image from an image capturing unit installed in a movable object, a reception control unit configured to control reception of risk area information including location information from another movable object, a determination unit configured to determine whether a notification target is present in a region based on the location information included in the risk area information based on the image, and a transmission control unit configured to control transmission of a determination result of the determination unit to the other movable object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kurehashi, Shigeru Inoue
  • Patent number: 11856341
    Abstract: To enable routing control to be easily performed in a video system. Signal output equipment generates and outputs a digital signal for transmission in which the digital signal includes a video signal and a predetermined number of identification information groups related to the video signal. A routing unit outputs an inputted digital signal for transmission to a predetermined signal output unit on the basis of at least any identification information included in the predetermined number of identification information groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kamiya, Shigeru Inoue, Norimasa Ozaki
  • Patent number: 11842643
    Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image captured by an image capturing unit installed in a movable object. The communication control apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a risk area from the image. The communication control apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate location information of the risk area. The communication control apparatus includes a transmission control unit configured to control transmission of risk area information including the location information. The communication control apparatus includes a reception control unit configured to control reception of a response to the risk area information. The communication control apparatus includes an output control unit configured to control output of notification information based on the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kurehashi, Shigeru Inoue
  • Patent number: 11807262
    Abstract: A control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a location of a warning target, and the number of the warning targets, the warning target being recognized from an image captured by an image capture device mounted on a moving body; a reception control unit configured to perform a control to receive, from a plurality of external terminals existing near the location of the warning target acquired by the acquisition unit, trajectory information indicating a past movement trajectory of each of the plurality of external terminals; a selection unit configured to select, from among the plurality of external terminals, one or more external terminals that are transmission targets of warning information based on the past movement trajectory; and a transmission control unit configured to perform a control to transmit the warning information to the one or more external terminals selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Sakagawa, Shigeru Inoue, Takahiro Kurehashi, Moriya Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20230351895
    Abstract: Provided is a traffic safety support system capable of improving traffic safety in a situation in which it is predicted that a mobile body will not obey a signal displayed by a traffic light. A traffic safety support system includes a recognizer, a HMI, a risk notification setting unit, and a risk notification control device. The risk notification setting unit sets a notification mode to a hinting notification mode in a case where a four-wheeled automobile acts as an oncoming mobile body and at least one of the four-wheeled automobile or a motorcycle is approaching a traffic light, and sets the notification mode to an analogue notification mode in a case where the four-wheeled automobile is present within an analogue notification actuation range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hideo KADOWAKI, Akihito KIMATA, Shigeru INOUE, Yuji TAKAGI, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Masaki OKUMOTO, Takahiro KUREHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230326345
    Abstract: A traffic safety support system 1 includes mobile terminals that move with traffic participants in a target traffic area, and a coordination support device 6 capable of communicating with the mobile terminals. Each of the mobile terminals includes a notification device configured to make a risk notification in a hinting notification mode or in an analogue notification mode. The coordination support device includes a target area recognizer 60 configured to recognize recognition targets including the traffic participants and traffic environments and acquire recognition information, a predictor 62 configured to predict a risk in future of prediction targets that are a plurality of traffic participants in a monitoring area that is part of the target traffic area, and a risk notification specifier 64 configured to set an operation manner of risk notification for each of support targets on the basis of the recognition information and a prediction result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Akihito KIMATA, Shigeru INOUE, Yuji TAKAGI, Masaki OKUMOTO, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Hideo KADOWAKI
  • Publication number: 20230326344
    Abstract: Provided is a traffic safety support system capable of improving traffic safety in a situation in which a mobile body has merged onto a road on which a mobile vehicle as a host vehicle is traveling and is approaching the host vehicle. A traffic safety support system includes a recognizer, a HMI, a risk notification setting unit, and a risk notification control device. The risk notification setting unit sets a notification mode to a hinting notification mode in a case where a motorcycle acts as an oncoming vehicle and a first travel path of a four-wheeled automobile and a second travel path of the motorcycle join, and sets the notification mode to an analogue notification mode in a case where the motorcycle is present within an analogue notification actuation range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Akihito KIMATA, Shigeru INOUE, Yuji TAKAGI, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Hideo KADOWAKI, Masaki OKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230311922
    Abstract: Provided is a traffic safety support system capable of improving traffic safety in a situation in which it is predicted that a mobile body will approach a host vehicle from the front or the rear. A traffic safety support system includes a recognizer, a HMI, a risk notification setting unit, and a risk notification control device. The risk notification setting unit sets a notification mode to a hinting notification mode in a case where a motorcycle is present outside an analogue notification actuation range and acts as an oncoming mobile body or acts as a following mobile body, and the risk notification setting unit sets the notification mode to an analogue notification mode in a case where the motorcycle is present within the analogue notification actuation range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Akihito KIMATA, Shigeru INOUE, Yuji TAKAGI, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Hideo KADOWAKI, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Masaki OKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230316898
    Abstract: A traffic safety support system includes a target traffic area recognizer configured to acquire recognition information regarding traffic participants, and the like, in a target traffic area, a predictor 62 configured to predict a risk in the target traffic area on the basis of the recognition information, and a coordination support information notifier 65 configured to transmit coordination support information to support targets. The predictor 62 includes an area risk predictor 620 configured to extract a high risk area from a plurality of local areas obtained by subdividing the target traffic area on the basis of information obtained by performing statistical processing on the recognition information, and a traffic participant risk predictor 625 configured to predict a risk in future of traffic participants in the high risk area on the basis of information related to the high risk area among the recognition information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Akihito KIMATA, Hirokazu TOKUSHIMA, Shigeru INOUE, Yuji TAKAGI, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Yoji SASABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230311927
    Abstract: Provided is a traffic safety support system capable of improving traffic safety in a situation in which it is predicted that a mobile body other than a host vehicle is shielded by a nearby vehicle present near the mobile body. A traffic safety support system includes a recognizer, a HMI, a risk notification setting unit, and a risk notification control device. The risk notification setting unit sets a notification mode to a hinting notification mode in a case where a motorcycle acts as an oncoming mobile body, and where a four-wheeled automobile is present near the motorcycle and is approaching a four-wheeled automobile from the front in the traveling direction of the four-wheeled automobile, and sets the notification mode to an analogue notification mode in a case where the motorcycle is present within an analogue notification range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Hideo KADOWAKI, Shigeru INOUE, Yuji TAKAGI, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Masaki OKUMOTO, Akihito KIMATA, Takahiro KUREHASHI
  • Patent number: 11710408
    Abstract: Provided is a communication apparatus including: a target specification unit for specifying a position of a target at risk of approaching a moving body; and a communication unit for transmitting, based on the target position specified by the target specification unit, warning information including positional information of an external terminal to output a warning; a program causing a computer to function as: a target specification unit for specifying a position of a target at risk of approaching a moving body; and a communication unit for transmitting, based on the target position specified by the target specification unit, warning information including positional information of an external terminal to output a warning; and a communication method including: specifying a position of a target at risk of approaching a moving body; and transmitting, based on the specified target position, warning information including positional information of an external terminal to output a warning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kurehashi, Shigeru Inoue, Hiroshi Furumi, Yasuhiro Miyachi, Yasuaki Gunji
  • Patent number: 11622228
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image obtaining unit which obtains an image around a moving object. The information processing apparatus includes a determining unit which determines a risk area based on an image obtained by the image obtaining unit. The information processing apparatus includes a communication unit which transmits risk area information related to a risk area determined by the determining unit to an information collecting apparatus which collects information from a plurality of moving objects. The communication unit transmits risk area information to the information collecting apparatus when the moving object is within a region where information is provided by the information collecting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kurehashi, Shigeru Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220406187
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a risk area specification unit to specify a risk area outside a movable object, a transmission control unit to perform control to transmit alert information related to a position of the risk area to an outside of the movable object, a reception control unit to perform control to receive response information including information related to a position of another movable object that is response information to the alert information which is transmitted by the other movable object, and a control unit to execute control of the movable object based on position information of the risk area and the information related to the position of the other movable object which is acquired, in which the alert information includes information for controlling a mode related to a transmission cycle of the response information to be transmitted by the other movable object which has received the alert information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro KUREHASHI, Shigeru INOUE, Moriya HORIUCHI, Yuta SAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220406188
    Abstract: An alert control apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain recognition information including position information of each of a plurality of targets present outside a movable object, a risk level decision unit configured to decide a risk level for each of the plurality of targets to approach the movable object, a selection unit configured to select a plurality of targets corresponding to alert targets based on the risk level decided by the risk level decision unit, a classification unit configured to classify the plurality of targets selected by the selection unit into one or more groups based on the position information of each of the plurality of targets selected by the selection unit, and a transmission control unit configured to perform control to transmit alert information including position information of the one or more groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Moriya HORIUCHI, Shigeru INOUE, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Yuta SAKAGAWA