Patents by Inventor Shinichiro Kobashi

Shinichiro Kobashi 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: 12225282
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging system including an imager configured to image a ridable moving object positioned at a registered photo spot, and a processor configured to execute a program to cause a guide to guide the ridable moving object on which a user gets and which is positioned near the photo spot to a recommended position in the photo spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kobashi, Makoto Hasegawa, Sachiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12186250
    Abstract: A movable body control system includes: a movable body on which a user is capable of riding; a support device that supports a body of the user in a lying posture; a body detection device that detects a state of the user supported by the support device; a periphery monitor device that monitors a periphery of the support device; and a determination part that determines whether or not the movable body is capable of approaching the support device based on a detection result of the periphery monitor device. In the movable body control system, in a case where the body detection device detects that the user is in a predetermined state and the determination part determines that the movable body is capable of approaching the support device, the movable body approaches the support device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiki Iimura, Takayuki Nakagawara, Takeshi Echizenya, Tomokazu Sakamoto, Etsuko Takasugi, Shinichiro Kobashi
  • Patent number: 12187170
    Abstract: A movable body control device controls a movable body on which a worker performing a work task at a workplace is capable of boarding and which is capable of adjusting the height of a boarding part on which the worker boards. The movable body control device includes: an acquisition part that acquires, from a terminal device that is carried by the worker and that accepts information which is input by the worker in accordance with the work task, information based on input information which is input by the worker in accordance with the work task; and a control part that controls the height of the boarding part based on the information which is acquired by the acquisition part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Sakamoto, Shinichiro Kobashi, Takeshi Echizenya, Taiki Iimura, Takayuki Nakagawara, Etsuko Takasugi
  • Patent number: 12157535
    Abstract: To provide a frictional drive unit that can arrange drive rollers with high density and facilitate an attachment operation of the drive rollers, a frictional drive unit 2 includes a pair of drive disks 4, a plurality of drive rollers 5 rotatably supported by an outer circumferential portion of each drive disk, a pair of actuators 8 configured to independently rotate the pair of drive disks, and an annular main wheel 7 arranged between the pair of drive disks and coming into contact with the drive rollers. Each drive roller includes a roller shaft 41 and a round roller body 42 provided on an intermediate portion of the roller shaft. Each drive disk includes plural pairs of bearing grooves 45 each receiving both ends of the roller shaft of each drive roller. Each bearing grooves open toward the main wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Yada, Shinichiro Kobashi, Toru Takenaka
  • Publication number: 20240326606
    Abstract: A mobile body includes: left and right driving wheels provided on a main body; a drive unit for driving each of the driving wheels; left and right swivel casters; and a controller for controlling the drive unit. The controller includes: an estimation unit for estimating a front-rear distance between a ground contact position of the swivel caster and a center of gravity; a limit velocity calculation unit for calculating a stability limit velocity based on the front-rear distance estimated by the estimation unit, a front-rear distance between a ground contact position of the driving wheel and the center of gravity, a cornering power of the driving wheel, and a cornering power of the swivel caster when a predetermined calculation condition is satisfied; and a driving control unit for controlling the drive unit such that a velocity of the mobile body is less than or equal to the stability limit velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Taiki IIMURA, Kazumasa OZAKI, Hiroshi IWAKAMI, Shinichiro KOBASHI
  • Publication number: 20240326907
    Abstract: A calibration method for a moving body, which includes a pair of left and right omnidirectional wheels, includes: a first step of creating a rotational speed command value for four electric motors such that the moving body performs a linear translational movement or an ultra-pivotal turn; a second step of driving each motor based on the command value to move the moving body; a third step of obtaining a total number of rotations of each motor until the movement of the moving body is completed; a fourth step of measuring an yaw angle change amount of the moving body as it moves; a fifth step of repeating the first to fourth steps at least three times to obtain three or more data sets including the total number of rotations of each motor and the yaw angle change amount; and a sixth step of calculating each correction value based on the data sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taiki IIMURA, Kazumasa OZAKI, Shinichiro KOBASHI
  • Patent number: 12093061
    Abstract: A movable body control device controls a movable body which a worker who performs a work task at a workplace is capable of boarding and which is capable of traveling in a state where the worker is boarding. The movable body control device includes: an acquisition part that acquires, from a terminal device that is carried by the worker and that receives information which is input by the worker in accordance with the work task, information based on input information which is input by the worker in accordance with the work task; and a control part that controls a speed of the movable body based on the information which is acquired by the acquisition part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Sakamoto, Shinichiro Kobashi, Takeshi Echizenya, Taiki Iimura, Takayuki Nakagawara, Etsuko Takasugi
  • Publication number: 20240109366
    Abstract: A wheel assembly includes a wheel portion and a pair of drive assemblies opposing each other with the wheel portion interposed therebetween. One of the pair of drive assemblies includes a first motor and a first deceleration assembly. The other of the pair of drive assemblies includes a second motor and a second deceleration assembly. The first deceleration assembly includes a first input shaft connected to the first output shaft. The first rotation axis and the second rotation axis are parallel to the rotation axis of the wheel portion and disposed outside the wheel portion in the radial direction of the wheel portion. The first output shaft, the first input shaft, the second output shaft, and the second input shaft extend in a direction away from the wheel portion in a direction along the rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Taihei TSUBONE, Wataru YADA, Tomokazu SAKAMOTO, Shinichiro KOBASHI
  • Patent number: 11945400
    Abstract: A ridable moving object on which a user gets is provided. The ridable moving object includes a processor configured to execute a program to determine that the user has been away from the ridable moving object, detect a usage intention of another person different from the user for the ridable moving object, and generate an action command for causing the ridable moving object to perform a prescribed operation on a basis of setting information set for at least one of the user and the ridable moving object when it is determined that the user has been away from the ridable moving object and the usage intention of the another person for the ridable moving object has been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kobashi, Makoto Hasegawa, Sachiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11844734
    Abstract: A mobile body (1A) includes: a base body (3) tiltably assembled to a movement operation section (2) that can move on a floor surface; an occupant riding section 6 installed to the base body (3) by a connection mechanism (4); an auxiliary ground contact section 7 connected to the occupant riding section (6) and in contact with the floor surface in a slidable or rollable manner when a tilt amount of the occupant riding section (6) with respect to the floor surface increases to a predetermined amount; and a control device (80) which controls the movement of the movement operation section (2) to stabilize the attitude of the mobile body (1A). The connection mechanism (4) elastically rocks the occupant riding section (6) with respect to the base body (3) according to the movement of the center of gravity of a user P riding on the occupant riding section (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Takenaka, Shinichiro Kobashi, Seiji Kato, Takeshi Echizenya, Makoto Hasegawa, Masaki Goto
  • Publication number: 20230303142
    Abstract: An operation device 5 includes: a base 40; an operation part 45, extending in a left-right direction; and a pair of left and right first connection parts 50, provided between the base and the operation part, and disposed apart from each other in the left-right direction. Each first connection part includes: a first end 56, connected to the base; a second end 55, connected to the operation part; a first elastic member 63, connecting the second end with respect to the first end to be displaceable in a front-rear direction; and a first distance sensor 65A, 65B, measuring a relative distance of the second end with respect to the first end in the front-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Inada, Ritsuya Oshima, Hiroshi Iwakami, Hiroshi Gomi, Shinichiro Kobashi, Makoto Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20230236609
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a mobile object management device for managing a ridable mobile object that a user is allowed to get on and which moves inside of a prescribed area includes an acquirer configured to acquire location information of the ridable mobile object, a manager configured to manage the ridable mobile object and a terminal device of the user on the ridable mobile object in association with each other, and an event operation instructor configured to cause the ridable mobile object to execute a prescribed operation corresponding to an event via the terminal device of the user on the basis of the location information and information about the event that is executed inside of the prescribed area. The manager manages whether or not to permit participation in the event of the user on the basis of a state in which the user uses the ridable mobile object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kobashi, Sachiko Yamamoto, Takeshi Echizenya, Misato Echizenya
  • Patent number: 11688026
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a storage medium that stores computer-readable instructions, and a processor connected to the storage medium, in which the processor executes the computer-readable instructions to acquire virtual experience information indicating that a user has been provided with a virtual travel service to experience a virtual travel, and purchase information indicating that the user has purchased a right to receive a real travel service to experience a real travel, in a case where the virtual experience information and the purchase information are acquired, generate grant information for granting an incentive for the user to purchase the right to a provider of the virtual travel service or a provider providing an apparatus used for the virtual travel service, and output the grant information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki Kawashima, Satoshi Haneda, Noriyuki Ishida, Sachiko Yamamoto, Shinichiro Kobashi, Shota Yamaguchi, Marika Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20230168680
    Abstract: The disclosure supports accident prevention or evacuation action of a user who is on board a moving body when a disaster occurs. A moving body control device includes: a moving body control part that controls a moving body maintained in a first state or a second state that is more stable than the first state by a balance control mechanism; and an event detection part that detects an occurrence of a predetermined event. The moving body control part stops the moving body from traveling and causes the moving body to change to the second state regardless of a driving operation of the moving body by an occupant of the moving body in a case where the event detection part detects the occurrence of the predetermined event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko YAMAMOTO, Shinichiro KOBASHI, Misato ECHIZENYA
  • Publication number: 20230168690
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a moving body control device, a moving body control method, and a non-transient computer-readable recording medium recording a program capable of moving multiple vehicles as a group with a higher degree of freedom. A moving body control device includes: a positional relationship grasping part that grasps a positional relationship of multiple vehicles; and a vehicle control part that controls a movement mode of the multiple vehicles based on the positional relationship. The vehicle control part controls the multiple vehicles to move as a group and, according to a movement result of a part of vehicles among the multiple vehicles, changes a movement mode of another vehicle different from the part of vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko YAMAMOTO, Shota YAMAGUCHI, Naoto SHIKANO, Marika Mochizuki, Makoto HASEGAWA, Shinichiro KOBASHI
  • Publication number: 20230169469
    Abstract: A tutorial management device manages, for a user of a moving body, attendance of a pre-use tutorial on an operation method of the moving body conducted before use of the moving body. The tutorial management device includes: an exemption range determination part that determines an exemption range for the user who is exempted from attending a part or all of the pre-use tutorial based on a predetermined exemption condition; and a tutorial management part that manages the attendance of the pre-use tutorial by the user based on the exemption range determined by the exemption range determination part. The tutorial management part requires all of the pre-use tutorial to be attended when the user uses the moving body for a first time, and exempts the user from attending the exemption range among the pre-use tutorial when the user has used the moving body in the past.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto HASEGAWA, Sachiko YAMAMOTO, Naoto SHIKANO, Shinichiro KOBASHI, Kanako IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230166806
    Abstract: The disclosure allows an occupant to control a vehicle as needed for the vehicle that automatically moves to a destination. An inverted pendulum type vehicle that travels while balancing an inverted pendulum type body includes: an operation input part that receives a driving operation of its own vehicle by a weight shift of an occupant; and a movement control part that causes the own vehicle to start automatic movement on a predetermined route at a predetermined time. The movement control part allows the own vehicle to deviate from the predetermined route and travel in a second direction when a weight shift greater than a threshold value is performed in the second direction other than a traveling direction related to the predetermined route during execution of the automatic movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko YAMAMOTO, Shinichiro KOBASHI, Misato ECHIZENYA
  • Publication number: 20230107865
    Abstract: A ridable moving object on which a user gets is provided. The ridable moving object includes a processor configured to execute a program to determine that the user has been away from the ridable moving object, detect a usage intention of another person different from the user for the ridable moving object, and generate an action command for causing the ridable moving object to perform a prescribed operation on a basis of setting information set for at least one of the user and the ridable moving object when it is determined that the user has been away from the ridable moving object and the usage intention of the another person for the ridable moving object has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kobashi, Makoto Hasegawa, Sachiko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230108144
    Abstract: A mobile object management device that manages a boarding-type mobile object that moves within a predetermined area with a user on board includes an acquirer configured to acquire positional information of the boarding-type mobile object, a manager configured to manage the boarding-type mobile object and a terminal device of a user on the boarding-type mobile object in association with each other, and an event operation commander configured to cause the boarding-type mobile object to execute a predetermined operation in accordance with an event performed in the predetermined area via the terminal device of the user on the basis of the positional information and information on the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Sachiko Yamamoto, Shinichiro Kobashi, Makoto Hasegawa, Naoto Shikano, Shota Yamaguchi, Marika Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20230095638
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging system including an imager configured to image a ridable moving object positioned at a registered photo spot, and a processor configured to execute a program to cause a guide to guide the ridable moving object on which a user gets and which is positioned near the photo spot to a recommended position in the photo spot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kobashi, Makoto Hasegawa, Sachiko Yamamoto