Patents by Inventor Stuart M. Yamamoto
Stuart M. Yamamoto 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: 11654748Abstract: This disclosure describes a system and method for displaying an indicator when temperature and fan adjustments occur which may cause passengers potential discomfort. Discomfort may be caused by deviations of expected air temperature, fan speed, or both. For example, when a desired temperature is set to seventy-two degrees Fahrenheit (72° F.), colder air at sixty degrees Fahrenheit (60° F.) may be used to bring down the temperature within the vehicle which may be at ninety degrees Fahrenheit (90° F.). The temperature difference between the desired temperature of seventy-two degrees Fahrenheit (72° F.) and the incoming air at sixty degrees Fahrenheit (60° F.) may be above a threshold comfort level, such as two degrees Fahrenheit (2° F.). When this happens, the system may provide the indicator to the passengers. Indicators for a fan speed may also be shown when discomfort may exist. Through these indicators, the passengers may recognize that the threshold for comfort has been exceeded.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Stuart M. Yamamoto, Alen Khoduzadeh
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Publication number: 20220355646Abstract: This disclosure describes a system and method for displaying an indicator when temperature and fan adjustments occur which may cause passengers potential discomfort. Discomfort may be caused by deviations of expected air temperature, fan speed, or both. For example, when a desired temperature is set to seventy-two degrees Fahrenheit (72° F.), colder air at sixty degrees Fahrenheit (60° F.) may be used to bring down the temperature within the vehicle which may be at ninety degrees Fahrenheit (90° F.). The temperature difference between the desired temperature of seventy-two degrees Fahrenheit (72° F.) and the incoming air at sixty degrees Fahrenheit (60° F.) may be above a threshold comfort level, such as two degrees Fahrenheit (2° F.). When this happens, the system may provide the indicator to the passengers. Indicators for a fan speed may also be shown when discomfort may exist. Through these indicators, the passengers may recognize that the threshold for comfort has been exceeded.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Stuart M. YAMAMOTO, Alen KHODUZADEH
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Patent number: 9541418Abstract: A user, such as the driver of a vehicle, to retrieve information related to a point of interest (POI) near the vehicle by pointing at the POI or performing some other gesture to identify the POI. Gesture recognition is performed on the gesture to generate a target region that includes the POI that the user identified. After generating the target region, information about the POI can be retrieved by querying a server-based POI service with the target region or by searching in a micromap that is stored locally. The retrieved POI information can then be provided to the user via a display and/or speaker in the vehicle. This process beneficially allows a user to rapidly identify and retrieve information about a POI near the vehicle without having to navigate a user interface by manipulating a touchscreen or physical buttons.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Edge 3 Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tarek A. El Dokor, Jordan Cluster, James E. Holmes, Pedram Vaghefinazari, Stuart M. Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9346471Abstract: An in-vehicle computing system allows a user to control components of the vehicle by performing gestures. The user provides a selecting input to indicate that he wishes to control one of the components. After the component is identified, the user performs a gesture to control the component. The gesture and the component that was previously selected are analyzed to generate a command for the component. Since the command is based on both the gesture and the identified component, the user can perform the same gesture in the same position within the vehicle to control different components.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Edge 3 Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tarek A. El Dokor, Jordan Cluster, James E. Holmes, Pedram Vaghefinazari, Stuart M. Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9045098Abstract: An in-vehicle audio system and methods are provided. A respective word or a respective phrase may be associated with each item of audio content stored in the in-vehicle audio system. The in-vehicle audio system may perform an action with respect to one of the stored items of audio content in response to a spoken command, which may include the respective word or the respective phrase associated with the one of the stored items. When audio content is to be added to the in-vehicle audio system, phonetics related to the audio content may be generated and added to a vocabulary dictionary during a compile process. When stored audio content is to be deleted from the in-vehicle audio system, phonetics related to the stored audio content to be deleted may be eliminated from the vocabulary dictionary during the compile process, which, in some embodiments, may be performed during a shutdown process.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2010Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ritchie Huang, Stuart M. Yamamoto, David M. Kirsch
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Publication number: 20150032331Abstract: An in-vehicle computing system allows a user to control components of the vehicle by performing gestures. The user provides a selecting input to indicate that he wishes to control one of the components. After the component is identified, the user performs a gesture to control the component. The gesture and the component that was previously selected are analyzed to generate a command for the component. Since the command is based on both the gesture and the identified component, the user can perform the same gesture in the same position within the vehicle to control different components.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Tarek A. El Dokor, Jordan Cluster, James E. Holmes, Pedram Vaghefinazari, Stuart M. Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8886399Abstract: An in-vehicle computing system allows a user to control components of the vehicle by performing gestures. The user provides a selecting input to indicate that he wishes to control one of the components. After the component is identified, the user performs a gesture to control the component. The gesture and the component that was previously selected are analyzed to generate a command for the component. Since the command is based on both the gesture and the identified component, the user can perform the same gesture in the same position within the vehicle to control different components.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Edge 3 Technologies LLCInventors: Tarek A. El Dokor, Jordan Cluster, James E. Holmes, Pedram Vaghefinazari, Stuart M. Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20140330515Abstract: A user, such as the driver of a vehicle, to retrieve information related to a point of interest (POI) near the vehicle by pointing at the POI or performing some other gesture to identify the POI. Gesture recognition is performed on the gesture to generate a target region that includes the POI that the user identified. After generating the target region, information about the POI can be retrieved by querying a server-based POI service with the target region or by searching in a micromap that is stored locally. The retrieved POI information can then be provided to the user via a display and/or speaker in the vehicle. This process beneficially allows a user to rapidly identify and retrieve information about a POI near the vehicle without having to navigate a user interface by manipulating a touchscreen or physical buttons.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: Tarek A. El Dokor, Jordon Cluster, James E. Holmes, Pedram Vaghefinazari, Stuart M. Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20140277936Abstract: An in-vehicle computing system allows a user to control components of the vehicle by performing gestures. The user provides a selecting input to indicate that he wishes to control one of the components. After the component is identified, the user performs a gesture to control the component. The gesture and the component that was previously selected are analyzed to generate a command for the component. Since the command is based on both the gesture and the identified component, the user can perform the same gesture in the same position within the vehicle to control different components.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Tarek A. El Dokor, Jordan Cluster, James E. Holmes, Pedram Vaghefinazari, Stuart M. Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20140278068Abstract: A user, such as the driver of a vehicle, to retrieve information related to a point of interest (POI) near the vehicle by pointing at the POI or performing some other gesture to identify the POI. Gesture recognition is performed on the gesture to generate a target region that includes the POI that the user identified. After generating the target region, information about the POI can be retrieved by querying a server-based POI service with the target region or by searching in a micromap that is stored locally. The retrieved POI information can then be provided to the user via a display and/or speaker in the vehicle. This process beneficially allows a user to rapidly identify and retrieve information about a POI near the vehicle without having to navigate a user interface by manipulating a touchscreen or physical buttons.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Tarek A. El Dokor, Jordan Cluster, James E. Holmes, Pedram Vaghefinazari, Stuart M. Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8818716Abstract: A user, such as the driver of a vehicle, to retrieve information related to a point of interest (POI) near the vehicle by pointing at the POI or performing some other gesture to identify the POI. Gesture recognition is performed on the gesture to generate a target region that includes the POI that the user identified. After generating the target region, information about the POI can be retrieved by querying a server-based POI service with the target region or by searching in a micromap that is stored locally. The retrieved POI information can then be provided to the user via a display and/or speaker in the vehicle. This process beneficially allows a user to rapidly identify and retrieve information about a POI near the vehicle without having to navigate a user interface by manipulating a touchscreen or physical buttons.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Edge 3 Technologies LLCInventors: Tarek A. El Dokor, Jordan Cluster, James E. Holmes, Pedram Vaghefinazari, Stuart M. Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20110131037Abstract: An in-vehicle audio system and methods are provided. A respective word or a respective phrase may be associated with each item of audio content stored in the in-vehicle audio system. The in-vehicle audio system may perform an action with respect to one of the stored items of audio content in response to a spoken command, which may include the respective word or the respective phrase associated with the one of the stored items. When audio content is to be added to the in-vehicle audio system, phonetics related to the audio content may be generated and added to a vocabulary dictionary during a compile process. When stored audio content is to be deleted from the in-vehicle audio system, phonetics related to the stored audio content to be deleted may be eliminated from the vocabulary dictionary during the compile process, which, in some embodiments, may be performed during a shutdown process.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2010Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ritchie Huang, Stuart M. Yamamoto, David M. Kirsch
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Publication number: 20110131040Abstract: A method and an in-vehicle system having a speech recognition component are provided for improving speech recognition performance. The speech recognition component may have multiple vocabulary dictionaries, each of which may include phonetics associated with commands. When the in-vehicle system receives speech input, the speech recognition component may determine whether the received speech input includes a speech access command. If the received speech input is determined to include a speech access command, then a dictionary changing component may transition a currently-used dictionary of the speech recognition component to a vocabulary dictionary associated with the determined speech access command. Otherwise, the dictionary changing component may transition the currently-used dictionary to a first vocabulary dictionary. A command included in the received speech input may then be recognized by the speech recognition component using the transitioned currently-used dictionary.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2009Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTDInventors: Ritchie Huang, Stuart M. Yamamoto, David M. Kirsch