Patents by Inventor Shinichi Arie
Shinichi Arie 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: 9865413Abstract: In a switching control device of a vehicle control device, when a vehicle is in a non-traveling condition, an operating method for a pressing operation, which is carried out with respect to a push switch in relation to a switching control for switching an operating state of a drive source of the vehicle or a power supply state to a vehicle mounted device of the vehicle, in a case that the operating state of the drive source of the vehicle or the power supply state to the vehicle mounted device of the vehicle is switched from off to on, differs from an operating method for a pressing operation in a case that the operating state or the power supply state is switched from on to off.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Shinichi Arie, Masayuki Yamazaki, Tomonori Watanabe, Masayuki Habaguchi, Kentaro Yoshimura
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Patent number: 9670702Abstract: A lock control device of a vehicle includes: a door lock device that causes a door of the vehicle to be in an unlocked state or a locked state; a door handle that is operated in order to allow the door to become an open state from a closed state; a sensor array that is provided in the vicinity of the door handle and that is arranged with a plurality of contact detection sensors; and a main controller that controls the door lock device to be in the unlocked state when the plurality of contact detection sensors sequentially detect the contact in a first direction which is a direction from the sensor array toward the door handle.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Sugita, Shinichi Arie, Katsuyasu Yamane, Masayuki Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20160300672Abstract: In a switching control device of a vehicle control device, when a vehicle is in a non-traveling condition, an operating method for a pressing operation, which is carried out with respect to a push switch in relation to a switching control for switching an operating state of a drive source of the vehicle or a power supply state to a vehicle mounted device of the vehicle, in a case that the operating state of the drive source of the vehicle or the power supply state to the vehicle mounted device of the vehicle is switched from off to on, differs from an operating method for a pressing operation in a case that the operating state or the power supply state is switched from on to off.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2015Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Shinichi Arie, Masayuki Yamazaki, Tomonori Watanabe, Masayuki Habaguchi, Kentaro Yoshimura
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Patent number: 9396597Abstract: Upon determination that a mobile device is present within a first communication area, a control device maintains transmitter power output of an electromagnetic wave to be transmitted from a communication section. Further, the mobile device decreases sensitivity for receiving the electromagnetic wave such that the first communication area is narrowed to a second communication area. Then, the control device determines, based on presence/absence of a response from the mobile device, whether the mobile device is present within the second communication area.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuyasu Yamane, Shinichi Arie, Masayuki Yamazaki
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Patent number: 9236956Abstract: A frequency control apparatus includes: an input operation unit which detects a presence/absence of an input of a predetermined operation by an operator; and a control unit which, when the input of the predetermined operation by the input operation unit is detected, calculates radio frequencies, each of the radio frequencies being where a minimum value of differences with respect to multiplied frequencies of a current drive frequency of a device is less than or equal to a predetermined value, and which changes the current drive frequency of the device so that minimum values of differences between the calculated radio frequencies and multiplied frequencies of the changed drive frequency are greater than or equal to a predetermined value. The control unit changes the drive frequency to lessen a change width before and after the change by either increasing the drive frequency or decreasing the drive frequency.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2013Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Kanahara, Katsumi Kanasugi, Yoshihiro Mishio, Shinichi Arie
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Publication number: 20150368935Abstract: A lock control device of a vehicle includes: a door lock device that causes a door of the vehicle to be in an unlocked state or a locked state; a door handle that is operated in order to allow the door to become an open state from a closed state; a sensor array that is provided in the vicinity of the door handle and that is arranged with a plurality of contact detection sensors; and a main controller that controls the door lock device to be in the unlocked state when the plurality of contact detection sensors sequentially detect the contact in a first direction which is a direction from the sensor array toward the door handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2013Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Masashi Sugita, Shinichi Arie, Katsuyasu Yamane, Masayuki Yamazaki
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Patent number: 9000622Abstract: A vehicular power transmission device includes a power transmission unit which transmits electromagnetic waves to a mobile device to transmit power to a power reception unit of the mobile device, and a frequency changing unit which, when it is determined based on the transmission frequency of the electromagnetic waves to be transmitted from the power transmission unit to the mobile device and a reception frequency of a radio receiver that radio noise is generated by the power transmission unit, changes the transmission frequency of the electromagnetic waves of the power transmission unit, wherein the power transmission unit changes a transmission power of the electromagnetic waves based on an amount of change in the transmission frequency of the electromagnetic waves changed by the frequency changing unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirokazu Kanahara, Shinichi Arie, Yoshihiro Mishio, Katsumi Kanasugi
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Publication number: 20150061830Abstract: Upon determination that a mobile device is present within a first communication area, a control device maintains transmitter power output of an electromagnetic wave to be transmitted from a communication section. Further, the mobile device decreases sensitivity for receiving the electromagnetic wave such that the first communication area is narrowed to a second communication area. Then, the control device determines, based on presence/absence of a response from the mobile device, whether the mobile device is present within the second communication area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Katsuyasu Yamane, Shinichi Arie, Masayuki Yamazaki
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Patent number: 8948931Abstract: A control system for a vehicle, capable of suppressing increase in power consumption and reducing running cost when electric power supplied from power source is consumed by an on-vehicle electric device. The control system 1 for a vehicle V includes an ECU 2. If a predetermined communication state where a portable device 11 is estimated to be in a compartment of the vehicle V is established (if the answer to the question of the step 23 is NO) after a state where a power source position set by a changeover switch 22 is an accessory position has continued for a first predetermined time period (?T·TREF), the ECU 2 stops power supply from the power source to the on-vehicle electric device when a second predetermined time period (?T·TREF) elapses after the predetermined communication state was established (steps 26, 11, 13).Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Kowada, Shinichi Arie, Junpei Noguchi
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Publication number: 20140357212Abstract: A frequency control apparatus includes: an input operation unit which detects a presence/absence of an input of a predetermined operation by an operator; and a control unit which, when the input of the predetermined operation by the input operation unit is detected, calculates radio frequencies, each of the radio frequencies being where a minimum value of differences with respect to multiplied frequencies of a current drive frequency of a device is less than or equal to a predetermined value, and which changes the current drive frequency of the device so that minimum values of differences between the calculated radio frequencies and multiplied frequencies of the changed drive frequency are greater than or equal to a predetermined value. The control unit changes the drive frequency to lessen a change width before and after the change by either increasing the drive frequency or decreasing the drive frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Hirokazu Kanahara, Katsumi Kanasugi, Yoshihiro Mishio, Shinichi Arie
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Publication number: 20140244074Abstract: A control system for a vehicle, capable of suppressing increase in power consumption and reducing running cost when electric power supplied from power source is consumed by an on-vehicle electric device. The control system 1 for a vehicle V includes an ECU 2. If a predetermined communication state where a portable device 11 is estimated to be in a compartment of the vehicle V is established (if the answer to the question of the step 23 is NO) after a state where a power source position set by a changeover switch 22 is an accessory position has continued for a first predetermined time period (?T·TREF), the ECU 2 stops power supply from the power source to the on-vehicle electric device when a second predetermined time period (?T·TREF) elapses after the predetermined communication state was established (steps 26, 11, 13).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Kowada, Shinichi Arie, Junpei Noguchi
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Publication number: 20140008969Abstract: A vehicular power transmission device includes a power transmission unit which transmits electromagnetic waves to a mobile device to transmit power to a power reception unit of the mobile device, and a frequency changing unit which, when it is determined based on the transmission frequency of the electromagnetic waves to be transmitted from the power transmission unit to the mobile device and a reception frequency of a radio receiver that radio noise is generated by the power transmission unit, changes the transmission frequency of the electromagnetic waves of the power transmission unit, wherein the power transmission unit changes a transmission power of the electromagnetic waves based on an amount of change in the transmission frequency of the electromagnetic waves changed by the frequency changing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Hirokazu Kanahara, Shinichi Arie, Yoshihiro Mishio, Katsumi Kanasugi
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Patent number: 8525641Abstract: A vehicular electronic key system includes a vehicle having a key cylinder and a portable device. The portable devise includes a key body and a mechanical key. The key body is communicatable with the vehicle. The mechanical key is attachable to and detachable from the key body and mechanically rotates the key cylinder whereby the communication between the vehicle and the portable device allows the vehicle to execute predetermined functions. The key body includes a key detector configured to detect an attachment state and a detachment state of the mechanical key to and from the key body so that the key body transitions to a valet mode to limit some of the predetermined functions executable by the vehicle in accordance with the communication between the vehicle and the portable device while the key detector detects the detachment state of the mechanical key from the key body.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyasu Yamane, Shinichi Ueda, Shinichi Arie
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Patent number: 8255116Abstract: A vehicle control device has a portable-unit restraining control unit which, when the portable unit is inserted in the slot in the drive-permitted state, irremovably fixed the portable unit, which is inserted in the slot, by the portable-unit restraining unit and, when the portable unit is inserted in the slot in the drive-prohibited state, releases the portable unit from the locking effected by the portable-unit restraining unit to allow removal of the portable unit from the slot.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2008Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Suguru Asakura, Shinichi Arie, Katsuyasu Yamane, Masahiko Asakura, Shinichi Ueda, Akira Kamikura
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Publication number: 20120092128Abstract: A vehicular electronic key system includes a vehicle having a key cylinder and a portable device. The portable devise includes a key body and a mechanical key. The key body is communicatable with the vehicle. The mechanical key is attachable to and detachable from the key body and mechanically rotates the key cylinder whereby the communication between the vehicle and the portable device allows the vehicle to execute predetermined functions. The key body includes a key detector configured to detect an attachment state and a detachment state of the mechanical key to and from the key body so that the key body transitions to a valet mode to limit some of the predetermined functions executable by the vehicle in accordance with the communication between the vehicle and the portable device while the key detector detects the detachment state of the mechanical key from the key body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuyasu YAMANE, Shinichi UEDA, Shinichi ARIE
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Patent number: 7778743Abstract: A counter increases a counted value at regular time intervals during a transmission time of a request signal Sr transmitted based on trigger signals input from a door unlocking sensor or the like. On the other hand, the counter decreases the counted value at regular time intervals during a non-transmission time of the request signal Sr. A determination unit either prohibits or permits transmission of the request signal Sr to a portable unit, based on comparison results of the counted value with a prohibition value and a lifting value.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Arie, Masahiko Asakura, Suguru Asakura
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Publication number: 20100017056Abstract: A vehicle control device has a portable-unit restraining control unit which, when the portable unit is inserted in the slot in the drive-permitted state, irremovably fixed the portable unit, which is inserted in the slot, by the portable-unit restraining unit and, when the portable unit is inserted in the slot in the drive-prohibited state, releases the portable unit from the locking effected by the portable-unit restraining unit to allow removal of the portable unit from the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2008Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Suguru Asakura, Shinichi Arie, Katsuyasu Yamane, Masahiko Asakura, Shinichi Ueda, Akira Kamikura
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Patent number: 7336151Abstract: The present invention provides an automatic locking/unlocking device which locks an opening/closing body when a normal response signal is received in response to a request signal sent to a predetermined zone around a vehicle body, comprising detector for detecting that the opening/closing body is closed, wherein the request signal is sent within the vehicle compartment in response to closing of the opening/closing body before the request signal is sent to the predetermined zone around the vehicle body and if the normal response signal is received in response to this request signal, transmission of the request signal to the predetermined zone around the vehicle body is prohibited, thereby suppressing consumption of power in the portable unit and ensuring a secure automatic locking.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2003Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Hondalock Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Ueda, Kentaro Yoshimura, Suguru Asakura, Shinichi Arie, Kenichi Sawada, Sadanori Watarai
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Publication number: 20070191998Abstract: A counter increases a counted value at regular time intervals during a transmission time of a request signal Sr transmitted based on trigger signals input from a door unlocking sensor or the like. On the other hand, the counter decreases the counted value at regular time intervals during a non-transmission time of the request signal Sr. A determination unit either prohibits or permits transmission of the request signal Sr to a portable unit, based on comparison results of the counted value with a prohibition value and a lifting value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2007Publication date: August 16, 2007Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Arie, Masahiko Asakura, Suguru Asakura
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Patent number: 7180454Abstract: LF antennas are mounted respectively on the corners of a rear bumper of a vehicle. Radio waves radiated from the LF antennas mounted respectively on the corners of the rear bumper are propagated to the both surfaces of the vehicle on the opposite sides of the corner, providing effective transmission ranges. The remaining LF antennas are mounted respectively on the side surfaces of the vehicle such that their effective transmission ranges overlap the effective transmission ranges of the LF antennas mounted respectively on the corners of the rear bumper.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2004Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Suguru Asakura, Shinichi Arie, Kenichi Sawada, Katsuyasu Yamane, Kentaro Yoshimura, Masaaki Ochi