Patents by Inventor Shintaro Masu

Shintaro Masu 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: 11616743
    Abstract: An information sharing system includes a processor that receives and stores a post from a user group, outputs content of the post to a terminal device of a user, receives a joining request regarding synchronous output of the content, from the user, and acquires specification of a joining mode of the terminal device in the synchronous output, the processor makes, based on a reproduction operation in the terminal device of the user from whom the joining request is received, the terminal devices of all the users from whom the joining request is received synchronously output the content, establishes communication between the terminal device and equipment of a vehicle when the specification of a driver mode is acquired as the joining mode, and outputs the content to the equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Masu, Shota Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11548449
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display that has a screen; a wall portion (instrument panel) where the display is attached to an attachment portion; and a display control section that displays an information image showing information to be provided to a user (occupant) in a partial range of the screen, and displays a wall portion image having the same texture, color, or pattern as the wall portion, in a range of the screen in which the information image is not displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Aoki, Hisashi Murayama, Shintaro Masu
  • Patent number: 11467718
    Abstract: An information sharing system includes: a post reception unit configured to receive a post from a user; a display control unit configured to display a thumbnail indicating the post at a terminal device of the user for each received post; and a vote reception unit configured to receive a vote from the user to the post, and the display control unit changes a display aspect of the thumbnail according to a number of the votes received by the vote reception unit regarding the corresponding post, for each thumbnail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Masu, Shota Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11345388
    Abstract: A vehicle steering apparatus includes a steering wheel that is mechanically separable from a steering mechanism of a vehicle, and a lateral movement mechanism that moves the steering wheel between a manipulation position set in front of a driver's seat and a withdrawn position set to a position located between the manipulation position and a position in front of a passenger seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Murayama, Shintaro Masu, Yuki Aoki
  • Patent number: 11254242
    Abstract: An occupant posture adjustment device and a pedal device include a pedal adjustment mechanism that changes the inclination of a pedal with respect to a floor panel between a first driving state and a second driving state, and a controller that, in the first driving state, controls the pedal adjustment mechanism such that a back face of the pedal and the floor panel are separated from each other, and in the second driving state, controls the pedal adjustment mechanism such that the back face of the pedal and the floor panel come into contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shintaro Masu, Hisashi Murayama, Yuki Aoki, Ryoji Iida
  • Publication number: 20220038401
    Abstract: An information sharing system includes: a post reception unit receiving and storing a post from a user group; a content reproduction unit outputting content of the post to a terminal device of the user; a joining request reception unit receiving a joining request regarding synchronous output of the content, from the user; and a joining mode acquisition unit acquiring specifying of a joining mode of the terminal device in the synchronous output, the content reproduction unit makes, based on a reproduction operation in the terminal device of the user from whom the joining request is received, the terminal devices of all the users from whom the joining request is received synchronously output the content, the joining mode acquisition unit establishes communication between the terminal device and equipment of a vehicle when the specifying of a driver mode is acquired as the joining mode, and outputs the content to the equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Shintaro Masu, Shota Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220035517
    Abstract: An information sharing system includes: a post reception unit configured to receive a post from a user; a display control unit configured to display a thumbnail indicating the post at a terminal device of the user for each received post; and a vote reception unit configured to receive a vote from the user to the post, and the display control unit changes a display aspect of the thumbnail according to a number of the votes received by the vote reception unit regarding the corresponding post, for each thumbnail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Shintaro Masu, Shota Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210239487
    Abstract: An information providing device is equipped with a position information acquisition unit that acquires information concerning a position of a user's own vehicle, a regional information acquisition unit that acquires regional information defined by information concerning a region located on a travel route of the user's own vehicle, and a providing unit that provides the regional information acquired by the regional information acquisition unit in accordance with the position of the user's own vehicle, in the case it is determined by a determination unit that a visiting experience of a driver is less than an experience threshold value, or in the case it is determined by the determination unit that a visiting interval of the driver is greater than or equal to an interval threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Masahide KOBAYASHI, Shintaro MASU
  • Patent number: 10787190
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steering device that includes: a pair of armrests which are mounted on left and right sides of a seat for a vehicle and on which arms of a sitter are placed; and steering units which are provided on the pair of armrests, are formed to be grasped by the sitter, and are configured to change a steering angle of the vehicle by moving in a forward and backward direction of the seat. The steering units are formed to be movable between an operation position at which the sitter grasps and operates the steering units and a storage position at which the steering units are stored in the armrests, and are disposed at the storage position when a predetermined condition is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shintaro Masu
  • Publication number: 20200283054
    Abstract: A vehicle steering apparatus includes a steering wheel that is mechanically separable from a steering mechanism of a vehicle, and a lateral movement mechanism that moves the steering wheel between a manipulation position set in front of a driver's seat and a withdrawn position set to a position located between the manipulation position and a position in front of a passenger seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Hisashi MURAYAMA, Shintaro MASU, Yuki AOKI
  • Publication number: 20200262321
    Abstract: An occupant posture adjustment device and a pedal device include a pedal adjustment mechanism that changes the inclination of a pedal with respect to a floor panel between a first driving state and a second driving state, and a controller that, in the first driving state, controls the pedal adjustment mechanism such that a back face of the pedal and the floor panel are separated from each other, and in the second driving state, controls the pedal adjustment mechanism such that the back face of the pedal and the floor panel come into contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Shintaro MASU, Hisashi MURAYAMA, Yuki AOKI, Ryoji IIDA
  • Patent number: 10745041
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steering device that includes: a pair of armrests which are mounted on left and right sides of a seat for a vehicle and are formed to be movable in a forward and backward direction of the seat, and on which arms of a driver are placed; and a pair of steering members which are provided on the pair of armrests, are formed to be grasped by the driver in a state in which the arms of the driver are placed on the pair of armrests, and are moved in the forward and backward direction to change a steering angle of the vehicle. The armrests are configured to move in the forward and backward direction in association with the movement of the steering members in the forward and backward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shintaro Masu
  • Publication number: 20200254879
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display that has a screen; a wall portion (instrument panel) where the display is attached to an attachment portion; and a display control section that displays an information image showing information to be provided to a user (occupant) in a partial range of the screen, and displays a wall portion image having the same texture, color, or pattern as the wall portion, in a range of the screen in which the information image is not displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki AOKI, Hisashi MURAYAMA, Shintaro MASU
  • Publication number: 20190106141
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steering device that includes: a pair of armrests which are mounted on left and right sides of a seat for a vehicle and on which arms of a sitter are placed; and steering units which are provided on the pair of armrests, are formed to be grasped by the sitter, and are configured to change a steering angle of the vehicle by moving in a forward and backward direction of the seat. The steering units are formed to be movable between an operation position at which the sitter grasps and operates the steering units and a storage position at which the steering units are stored in the armrests, and are disposed at the storage position when a predetermined condition is established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventor: Shintaro Masu
  • Publication number: 20190106140
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steering device that includes: a pair of armrests which are mounted on left and right sides of a seat for a vehicle and are formed to be movable in a forward and backward direction of the seat, and on which arms of a driver are placed; and a pair of steering members which are provided on the pair of armrests, are formed to be grasped by the driver in a state in which the arms of the driver are placed on the pair of armrests, and are moved in the forward and backward direction to change a steering angle of the vehicle. The armrests are configured to move in the forward and backward direction in association with the movement of the steering members in the forward and backward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventor: Shintaro Masu