Patents by Inventor Shinji Sawada
Shinji Sawada 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: 11556331Abstract: Provided is a program update management device that includes: an acquiring part that acquires a scene signal indicating a scene in which a vehicle is used; a determining part that determines a level indicating how strongly the vehicle is restricted when respective functions of a plurality of ECUs are impaired, the plurality of ECUs each having the same function in the scene indicated by the scene signal; and a selecting part that selects, from among the plurality of ECUs, an ECU for which a program update is performed, based on the level.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinji Sawada
-
Publication number: 20210109741Abstract: Provided is a program update management device that includes: an acquiring part that acquires a scene signal indicating a scene in which a vehicle is used; a determining part that determines a level indicating how strongly the vehicle is restricted when respective functions of a plurality of ECUs are impaired, the plurality of ECUs each having the same function in the scene indicated by the scene signal; and a selecting part that selects, from among the plurality of ECUs, an ECU for which a program update is performed, based on the level.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventor: Shinji Sawada
-
Patent number: 10877742Abstract: Provided is a program update management device that includes: an acquiring part that acquires a scene signal indicating a scene in which a vehicle is used; a determining part that determines a level indicating how strongly the vehicle is restricted when respective functions of a plurality of ECUs are impaired, the plurality of ECUs each having the same function in the scene indicated by the scene signal; and a selecting part that selects, from among the plurality of ECUs, an ECU for which a program update is performed, based on the level.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shinji Sawada
-
Patent number: 10710657Abstract: The suspension assembly mounting method includes: a step of mounting the suspension assembly on a pallet having a support body and a movable member relatively movable with respect to the support body, so as to fix the base body to the support body and engage the arm member with the movable member; a step of causing the movable member to press the arm member upward so that the suspension assembly becomes a position where its own weight load equivalent to the vehicle body weight is applied; a step of lifting the pallet from under the vehicle body and contacting the suspension assembly to the vehicle body; a step of raising the pallet while stopping the movable member from pressing after the contacting; and a vehicle mount step of mounting the suspension assembly on the vehicle body while causing the movable member to press the arm member upward.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Osada, Takeshi Hara, Hideari Kamachi, Takeshi Iura, Hiroki Sakabe, Shinji Sawada
-
Patent number: 10573021Abstract: Provided is a position and attitude estimation method and system in which the Z coordinate value of each index point Pi is estimated according to the size ?1 of each index area Ai of a work W acquired through an imaging device 4 having an optical axis parallel to the Z axis of a real space. Based on the Z coordinate value Zi of each index point Pi, the first real space attitude ?1(i, j) of an index straight line Qij passing through paired index points Pi and Pj is estimated. A light beam 20 is irradiated to a first index point Pi1 among a plurality of index points Pi by using an irradiation device 2, thereby forming and defining a first index area Ai1, which includes the first index point Pi1.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Shinji Sawada
-
Publication number: 20190286433Abstract: Provided is a program update management device that includes: an acquiring part that acquires a scene signal indicating a scene in which a vehicle is used; a determining part that determines a level indicating how strongly the vehicle is restricted when respective functions of a plurality of ECUs are impaired, the plurality of ECUs each having the same function in the scene indicated by the scene signal; and a selecting part that selects, from among the plurality of ECUs, an ECU for which a program update is performed, based on the level.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventor: Shinji Sawada
-
Publication number: 20180257722Abstract: The suspension assembly mounting method includes: a step of mounting the suspension assembly on a pallet having a support body and a movable member relatively movable with respect to the support body, so as to fix the base body to the support body and engage the arm member with the movable member; a step of causing the movable member to press the arm member upward so that the suspension assembly becomes a position where its own weight load equivalent to the vehicle body weight is applied; a step of lifting the pallet from under the vehicle body and contacting the suspension assembly to the vehicle body; a step of raising the pallet while stopping the movable member from pressing after the contacting; and a vehicle mount step of mounting the suspension assembly on the vehicle body while causing the movable member to press the arm member upward.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Atsushi Osada, Takeshi Hara, Hideari Kamachi, Takeshi Iura, Hiroki Sakabe, Shinji Sawada
-
Publication number: 20180089853Abstract: Provided is a position and attitude estimation method and system in which the Z coordinate value of each index point Pi is estimated according to the size ?1 of each index area Ai of a work W acquired through an imaging device 4 having an optical axis parallel to the Z axis of a real space. Based on the Z coordinate value Zi of each index point Pi, the first real space attitude ?1(i, j) of an index straight line Qij passing through paired index points Pi and Pj is estimated. A light beam 20 is irradiated to a first index point Pi1 among a plurality of index points P by using an irradiation device 2, thereby forming and defining a first index area Ai1, which includes the first index point Pi1.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventor: Shinji Sawada
-
Patent number: 9574538Abstract: An idling stop control system stops an idling of an engine so as to automatically stop the engine in the case where a predetermined condition on automatic stop of the engine is established and releases the automatic stop of the engine so as to restart the engine in the case where a predetermined condition on restart of the engine is established in accordance with a driving condition of the vehicle. The idling stop control system recognizes a type of an object in front of the vehicle and restarts the engine depending on the type of the object in front of the vehicle even if the engine is in the automatic stop and the restart condition of the engine is not established with respect to the driving condition.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: FUJI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinji Sawada
-
Patent number: 9308938Abstract: There is provided a vehicle power steering control apparatus. A steering control unit sets a base assist torque Tb based upon a vehicle speed and a steering torque. When an obstacle ahead is detected by an image recognition device, the steering control unit calculates an overlapping ratio between the obstacle and the vehicle in the widthwise direction. When an absolute value of the overlapping ratio is larger than a predetermined threshold value, the steering control unit increases the base assist torque for correction, and when the absolute value is equal to or smaller than the predetermined threshold value, it decreases the base assist torque for correction. The steering control unit outputs the calculated value to a motor drive unit as a control quantity (assist torque).Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji Sawada, Hiroki Kato
-
Publication number: 20150275840Abstract: An idling stop control system stops an idling of an engine so as to automatically stop the engine in the case where a predetermined condition on automatic stop of the engine is established and releases the automatic stop of the engine so as to restart the engine in the case where a predetermined condition on restart of the engine is established in accordance with a driving condition of the vehicle. The idling stop control system recognizes a type of an object in front of the vehicle and restarts the engine depending on the type of the object in front of the vehicle even if the engine is in the automatic stop and the restart condition of the engine is not established with respect to the driving condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventor: Shinji SAWADA
-
Patent number: 9085055Abstract: Provided is a nut feeding system for feeding a nut smoothly and efficiently without the occurrence of nut clogging or the like. A posture alignment device 2 of the nut feeding system 1 repeats an advance and retreat motion of an insert pin 19. After the insert pin 19 is inserted into a screw hole of the nut N, the nut N is raised and transferred from the posture alignment device 2 towards a supply placing unit 5.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2013Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Sugimoto, Ryo Nakajima, Shinji Sawada, Shinji Yonehana, Koichi Matsumoto, Hideari Kamachi
-
Patent number: 8972153Abstract: In an idling control apparatus for a vehicle, normally, when a predetermined idling reduction execution condition is satisfied, a signal is output to the engine control device so as to execute idling reduction for stopping the idling operation of an engine to automatically stop it. Further, it is determined whether or not a subject vehicle is stopped against an obstacle for avoidance of danger based on at least one of environmental information in front of the subject vehicle, obstacle information and a driving condition of the subject vehicle before it is stopped. When it is determined that the subject vehicle is stopped against the obstacle for avoidance of danger, automatic engine stop is prohibited.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinji Sawada, Hiroki Obayashi
-
Publication number: 20130299510Abstract: Provided is a nut feeding system for feeding a nut smoothly and efficiently without the occurrence of nut clogging or the like. A posture alignment device 2 of the nut feeding system 1 repeats an advance and retreat motion of an insert pin 19. After the insert pin 19 is inserted into a screw hole of the nut N, the nut N is raised and transferred from the posture alignment device 2 towards a supply placing unit 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Sugimoto, Ryo Nakajima, Shinji Sawada, Shinji Yonehana, Koichi Matsumoto, Hideari Kamachi
-
Patent number: 8482431Abstract: When an own vehicle waits to turn left or right, a vehicle data processing unit processes information of an oncoming vehicle based on data analyzed by data analyzing units. A support processing unit sets a blind angle rank according to a difficulty degree of recognizing a following vehicle due to the blind angle of a lead vehicle from the relationship in the vehicle body size between the lead and following vehicles based on the oncoming vehicle information, and sets the highest blind angle rank value as an oncoming straight-ahead vehicle rank flag. It also sets an evaluation rank according to a risk degree when the own vehicle turns left or right, based on the oncoming straight-ahead vehicle rank flag and an oncoming vehicle rank flag set according to the size of an oncoming vehicle waiting to turn left or right, and informs the driver of driving support information according to the evaluation rank.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2010Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Azumi Kushi, Shinji Sawada
-
Patent number: 8452452Abstract: The grip position calculator determines a grip position where the fingers can grip a workpiece in any orientation of the workpiece. The calculator then determines an initial position where the finger tips can grip the workpiece and set the initial position as a point of calculation. Then an allowable gripping force is calculated which is an index that indicates an allowable force to be applied to the workpiece at point. Then other allowable forces are calculated for a plurality of points near the point of calculation. Then the point of calculation is selected as a possible gripping position if the allowable force a point is greater than any of the allowable forces. Otherwise, one of the points is selected for another point of calculation where the greatest allowable force (De) has been calculated and return to calculating an allowable gripping force.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., National University CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Kondo, Shinji Sawada, Nobuhiro Nanba, Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Kenji Fujimoto, Akira Nakashima, Takashi Uno
-
Patent number: 8362922Abstract: When a vehicle attempts to enter a priority road from a non-priority road, a visibility determination processing section compares moving object information on the priority road obtained from a first infrastructure facility installed near a stop position with moving object information on the priority road detected by an autonomous sensor mounted on the vehicle, and determines that the visibility is poor if the former does not match the latter or determines that the visibility is good if the former matches the latter. Then, when the former does not match the latter, the driver is informed of intersection support information. When the former matches the latter, the driver is not informed since it is determined that the driver has already recognized the information by visual observation.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Azumi Kushi, Shinji Sawada
-
Publication number: 20120239252Abstract: There is provided a vehicle power steering control apparatus. A steering control unit sets a base assist torque Tb based upon a vehicle speed and a steering torque. When an obstacle ahead is detected by an image recognition device, the steering control unit calculates an overlapping ratio between the obstacle and the vehicle in the widthwise direction. When an absolute value of the overlapping ratio is larger than a predetermined threshold value, the steering control unit increases the base assist torque for correction, and when the absolute value is equal to or smaller than the predetermined threshold value, it decreases the base assist torque for correction. The steering control unit outputs the calculated value to a motor drive unit as a control quantity (assist torque).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji Sawada, Hiroki Kato
-
Publication number: 20120132176Abstract: In an idling control apparatus for a vehicle, normally, when a predetermined idling reduction execution condition is satisfied, a signal is output to the engine control device so as to execute idling reduction for stopping the idling operation of an engine to automatically stop it. Further, it is determined whether or not a subject vehicle is stopped against an obstacle for avoidance of danger based on at least one of environmental information in front of the subject vehicle, obstacle information and a driving condition of the subject vehicle before it is stopped. When it is determined that the subject vehicle is stopped against the obstacle for avoidance of danger, automatic engine stop is prohibited.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji Sawada, Hiroki Obayashi
-
Publication number: 20110288683Abstract: The grip position calculator determines a grip position where the fingers can grip a workpiece in any orientation of the workpiece. The calculator then determines an initial position where the finger tips can grip the workpiece and set the initial position as a point of calculation. Then an allowable gripping force is calculated which is an index that indicates an allowable force to be applied to the workpiece at point. Then other allowable forces are calculated for a plurality of points near the point of calculation. Then the point of calculation is selected as a possible gripping position if the allowable force a point is greater than any of the allowable forces. Otherwise, one of the points is selected for another point of calculation where the greatest allowable force (De) has been calculated and return to calculating an allowable gripping force.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki Kondo, Shinji Sawada, Nobuhiro Nanba, Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Kenji Fujimoto, Akira Nakashima, Takashi Uno