Patents by Inventor Shun IWASAKI

Shun IWASAKI 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).

  • Publication number: 20230406289
    Abstract: A moving body control device includes: an external environment recognition unit configured to acquire recognition data of an external environment; a detection unit configured to detect, based on the recognition data, a following moving body; a search unit configured to search, based on a current position of the moving body and passage information indicating a passage through which the moving body is movable, for a route from the current position to a predetermined parking position; and a control unit configured to move the moving body to the parking position along the found route. When the following moving body is detected while the moving body is moving to the parking position along a first route, the search unit searches for a second route different from the first route, and, when the second route is found, the control unit moves the moving body to the parking position along the second route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota ISHIKAWA, Shun IWASAKI, Keisuke OKA
  • Patent number: 11794816
    Abstract: An automated driving vehicle includes: a traveling unit to which an upper structure can be attached and which does not have a passenger compartment; and a connector provided in the traveling unit and connected to the upper structure detachably attached to the traveling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Iwasaki, Hisao Asaumi, Kentaro Ishisaka, Izumi Kondo, Satoshi Koike, Tomohisa Manabe, Yo Ito, Yuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11691070
    Abstract: An in-vehicle performance device is an in-vehicle performance device that performs a game that is played by an occupant in a vehicle, and includes a motion detector configured to detect a motion of the occupant irrelevant to driving the vehicle, a display configured to display an image visually recognizable by the occupant, and a display controller configured to display a response image according to the motion of the occupant on the display on the basis of the motion of the occupant detected by the motion detector, and output a result of a game based on a predetermined rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Iwasaki, Hisao Asaumi, Kentaro Ishisaka, Izumi Kondo, Satoshi Koike, Tomohisa Manabe, Yo Ito, Yuki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230182731
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: recognizing a surrounding situation of a subject vehicle; controlling a traveling actuator so that the subject vehicle travels along a target path generated based on a recognition result; and predicting, when an object is recognized in a current lane or in an adjacent lane, whether a passing run is occur based on a relative speed with the object. The generating includes, when the passing run is predicted to occur, generating the target path so that the subject vehicle executes an offset driving in which the subject vehicle is offset in a vehicle width direction relative to the object, and so that an acceleration of the subject vehicle in the vehicle width direction while shifting to or returning from the offset driving is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Shota Ishikawa, Nana Niibo, Shun Iwasaki, Takeru Goto
  • Publication number: 20230182733
    Abstract: A traveling control apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: determining whether a second other vehicle is located within a predetermined range from a subject vehicle when the subject vehicle and a first other vehicle are closer than a predetermined degree in a traveling direction, when the first other vehicle traveling in a first adjacent lane adjacent to a current lane, which has a same traveling direction as the current lane, and the second other vehicle traveling in a second adjacent lane adjacent to the current lane are recognized; and when it is determined in the determining that the second other vehicle is located within the predetermined range, controlling a actuator so that a distance in the traveling direction from the subject vehicle to the first other vehicle becomes not less than a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Shun Iwasaki, Nana Niibo, Shota Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20230174069
    Abstract: A driving control apparatus includes: an in-vehicle detector configured to detecting a situation around a vehicle; and a microprocessor and a memory coupled to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: recognizing an object in a predetermined area set in front of the vehicle base on the situation detected by the in-vehicle detector; calculating a reliability of a recognition result of the object in the recognizing; and controlling an actuator for traveling based the recognition result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Shun Iwasaki, Nana Niibo, Naoto Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 11660525
    Abstract: An in-vehicle performance device is an in-vehicle performance device that performs a game that is played by an occupant in a vehicle, and includes a motion detector configured to detect a motion of the occupant irrelevant to driving the vehicle, a display configured to display an image visually recognizable by the occupant, and a display controller configured to display a response image according to the motion of the occupant on the display on the basis of the motion of the occupant detected by the motion detector, and output a result of a game based on a predetermined rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Iwasaki, Hisao Asaumi, Kentaro Ishisaka, Izumi Kondo, Satoshi Koike, Tomohisa Manabe, Yo Ito, Yuki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230158397
    Abstract: An in-vehicle performance device is an in-vehicle performance device that performs a game that is played by an occupant in a vehicle, and includes a motion detector configured to detect a motion of the occupant irrelevant to driving the vehicle, a display configured to display an image visually recognizable by the occupant, and a display controller configured to display a response image according to the motion of the occupant on the display on the basis of the motion of the occupant detected by the motion detector, and output a result of a game based on a predetermined rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Shun Iwasaki, Hisao Asaumi, Kentaro Ishisaka, Izumi Kondo, Satoshi Koike, Tomohisa Manabe, Yo Ito, Yuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11586223
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a communicator configured to receive driving information from a management server, a controller configured to drive the vehicle on the basis of the driving information from the communicator, a manager configured to manage a compartment of the vehicle in which a service user receives a service from a service provider, and an interface set up in association with service-related information provided by the service provider and the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Iwasaki, Hisao Asaumi, Kentaro Ishisaka, Izumi Kondo, Satoshi Koike, Tomohisa Manabe, Yo Ito, Yuki Hayashi, Yuji Yasui, Shion Tokunaga, Nobuyuki Watanabe, Kazuki Nishioka, Yudai Hirohata, Hisakazu Yamane, Takayuki Shimoyamada, Kovi Ahego, Liyan Liu, Hirotaka Uchitomi, Masashi Yuki, Takafumi Hirose, Jun Ito, Rie Fukushima, Masaaki Onoda, Christopher Lang
  • Patent number: 11465627
    Abstract: A first possible space, for which a lane change of the vehicle is possible, is specified from an inter-vehicle distance between the preceding other vehicle and the nearby vehicle, a speed of the preceding other vehicle, and a speed of the nearby vehicle. A second possible space, for which the lane change of the vehicle is possible, is specified from an inter-vehicle distance between the nearby vehicle and the following other vehicle, the speed of the nearby vehicle, and a speed of the following other vehicle. The control unit controls the traveling of the vehicle to make the lane change to the adjacent lane based on a result of the evaluation of the first possible space and the second possible space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Oka, Takeru Goto, Shun Iwasaki, Masanori Takeda
  • Publication number: 20220234576
    Abstract: A travel control apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: recognizing a surrounding situation of a subject vehicle; generating a target path of the subject vehicle according to the surrounding situation; calculating a correction amount for correcting the target path in a direction away from a first other vehicle traveling in a first adjacent lane in the vehicle width direction, when the subject vehicle is predicted to pass a side of the first other vehicle or the first other vehicle is predicted to pass a side of the subject vehicle; when a second other vehicle traveling in a second adjacent lane is recognized, determining whether to correct the target path based on a traveling situation of the second other vehicle; and correcting the target path based on the correction amount when the target path is determined to be corrected in the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Shota Ishikawa, Nana Niibo, Takeru Goto, Shun Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 11364912
    Abstract: If an external environment recognition unit recognizes a traffic signal indicating a stop instruction at a point in time when a distance detection unit detects a distance less than or equal to a first distance, an operation determination unit performs deceleration control at a first rate of deceleration at a point in time when the distance detection unit detects a distance less than or equal to a second distance shorter than the first distance, and if the external environment recognition unit does not recognize the traffic signal at the point in time when the distance detection unit detects the distance less than or equal to the first distance, the operation determination unit performs the deceleration control at a second rate of deceleration smaller than the first rate of deceleration at the point in time when the distance detection unit detects the distance less than or equal to the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shun Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 11348463
    Abstract: A travel control device comprising: a control unit configured to control travel of a vehicle; a first acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding the surroundings of the vehicle; and a second acquisition unit configured to acquire vehicle information regarding another vehicle traveling in the same direction as the vehicle in a different lane from the lane that the vehicle is traveling in with at least a part of the other vehicle forward of the vehicle, the vehicle information regarding the other vehicle being included in the information regarding the surroundings of the vehicle acquired by the first acquisition unit, wherein, if the vehicle information regarding the other vehicle fulfills a condition, the control unit, in accordance with a state of approach of the vehicle to the other vehicle, performs control so that the vehicle decelerates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shun Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 11308357
    Abstract: A data generation apparatus for automated travel, the data generation apparatus being a data collection apparatus characterized by comprising: obtaining means for obtaining external environment information; and labeling means for adding, to focus information included in the external environment information obtained by the obtaining means, a label corresponding to passing of a vehicle through a position at which the external environment information has been collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shun Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 11136026
    Abstract: In the case an external environment recognition unit recognizes that an obstacle that hinders traveling of an oncoming vehicle exists in an oncoming lane at a more forward position in a direction of progress than a host vehicle, and also recognizes that a preceding vehicle exists at a more forward position in the direction of progress than the obstacle, and further, in the case that a behavior determination unit determines that the preceding vehicle stops within a predetermined distance (first predetermined distance) from the obstacle, the operation determination unit causes the host vehicle to stop in front of the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shun Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20210284163
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus for controlling traveling of a vehicle comprises an acquisition unit configured to acquire information around the vehicle, and a control unit configured to control a lane change of the vehicle in accordance with a guidance route. If it is determined, based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit, that a bus stop exists near a point where the lane change is scheduled to be made, the control unit controls the vehicle to complete the lane change before the bus stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Keisuke OKA, Shun IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200307599
    Abstract: A first possible space, for which a lane change of the vehicle is possible, is specified from an inter-vehicle distance between the preceding other vehicle and the nearby vehicle, a speed of the preceding other vehicle, and a speed of the nearby vehicle. A second possible space, for which the lane change of the vehicle is possible, is specified from an inter-vehicle distance between the nearby vehicle and the following other vehicle, the speed of the nearby vehicle, and a speed of the following other vehicle. The control unit controls the traveling of the vehicle to make the lane change to the adjacent lane based on a result of the evaluation of the first possible space and the second possible space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Keisuke OKA, Takeru GOTO, Shun IWASAKI, Masanori TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20200302233
    Abstract: A data generation apparatus for automated travel, the data generation apparatus being a data collection apparatus characterized by comprising: obtaining means for obtaining external environment information; and labeling means for adding, to focus information included in the external environment information obtained by the obtaining means, a label corresponding to passing of a vehicle through a position at which the external environment information has been collected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shun Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20200283024
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle comprising: a detection unit configured to detect peripheral information of a periphery of a self-vehicle; a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus; a specification unit configured to specify, based on the peripheral information detected by the detection unit, a region that cannot be detected in the periphery of the self-vehicle; an obtaining unit configured to obtain, from peripheral information which has been detected by an object and is accumulated in the external apparatus, information of the region specified by the specification unit, via the communication unit; and a generation unit configured to generate, by using the peripheral information detected by the detection unit and the information obtained by the obtaining unit, information to perform travel control of the self-vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventor: Shun IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200282992
    Abstract: If an external environment recognition unit recognizes a traffic signal indicating a stop instruction at a point in time when a distance detection unit detects a distance less than or equal to a first distance, an operation determination unit performs deceleration control at a first rate of deceleration at a point in time when the distance detection unit detects a distance less than or equal to a second distance shorter than the first distance, and if the external environment recognition unit does not recognize the traffic signal at the point in time when the distance detection unit detects the distance less than or equal to the first distance, the operation determination unit performs the deceleration control at a second rate of deceleration smaller than the first rate of deceleration at the point in time when the distance detection unit detects the distance less than or equal to the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventor: Shun IWASAKI