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).
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Patent number: 11616743Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Masu, Shota Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11548449Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuki Aoki, Hisashi Murayama, Shintaro Masu
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Patent number: 11467718Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Masu, Shota Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11345388Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisashi Murayama, Shintaro Masu, Yuki Aoki
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Patent number: 11254242Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shintaro Masu, Hisashi Murayama, Yuki Aoki, Ryoji Iida
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Publication number: 20220038401Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Shintaro Masu, Shota Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20220035517Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Shintaro Masu, Shota Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20210239487Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Masahide KOBAYASHI, Shintaro MASU
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Patent number: 10787190Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Shintaro Masu
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Publication number: 20200283054Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Hisashi MURAYAMA, Shintaro MASU, Yuki AOKI
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Publication number: 20200262321Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Shintaro MASU, Hisashi MURAYAMA, Yuki AOKI, Ryoji IIDA
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Patent number: 10745041Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Shintaro Masu
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Publication number: 20200254879Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Yuki AOKI, Hisashi MURAYAMA, Shintaro MASU
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Publication number: 20190106141Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventor: Shintaro Masu
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Publication number: 20190106140Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventor: Shintaro Masu