Patents by Inventor Tadahiro Matori

Tadahiro Matori 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: 20240083369
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle configured to allow for capturing an image of a surrounding area along a side of a vehicle regardless of whether a door is opened or closed. A vehicle comprises a vehicle body having a passenger opening on a side, and a camera rearward of the passenger opening. The camera has an optical axis oriented in a laterally outward and frontward direction. A door with a side mirror is provided at the passenger opening and has a door window in its upper part. The camera may be located above a lower end of the door window and/or above an upper end of the side mirror. An extension window is provided rearward of the passenger opening, with a garnish member at an edge of the extension window. The camera may be provided on the garnish member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Shingo NAKAYAMA, Tadahiro MATORI, Akira FUJITA, Yuhei TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11858314
    Abstract: An automatic driving vehicle that is automatically movable, the automatic driving vehicle includes a LIDAR configured to acquire external world information on an automatic movement, and a bracket holding the LIDAR and fixed to the automatic driving vehicle. The bracket is fixed to a rearview mirror which is as another device different from the LIDAR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Iwamoto, Tadahiro Matori, Shingo Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20230158970
    Abstract: A camera holding structure for holding a vehicle-mounted camera includes: a window separating a vehicle interior space from a vehicle exterior space; and a holding member fixed to an inner surface of the window and holding the vehicle-mounted camera. The holding member includes a fixing frame that is fixed to the inner surface of the window and a hood that protrudes from the fixing frame toward an inside of a vehicle and defines a field-of-view space of the vehicle-mounted camera on a vehicle inner side of the window. The fixing frame has an opposing surface that opposes the inner surface of the window and is attached to the inner surface of the window, the opposing surface being provided with at least one marking part that is visible from outside the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Hironori YAMAOKA, Tadahiro MATORI
  • Patent number: 11654837
    Abstract: A moving body including an external world information acquisition device is autonomously movable based on external world information acquired by the external world information acquisition device. The external world information acquisition device is arranged on an inner side of the moving body than an outer shell member of the moving body, and is formed with an external world information acquisition surface. The outer shell member has an opening portion. The moving body includes a cover member which is provided between the external world information acquisition device and the opening portion. The external world information acquisition surface acquires the external world information via the cover member. The cover member has a flat plate shape, and is arranged to face the external world information acquisition surface, and to be inclined in an upper-lower direction and a left-right direction of the moving body with respect to the external world information acquisition surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Nakayama, Yuki Kizumi, Tadahiro Matori, Shohei Iwamoto, Tohko Nakai
  • Publication number: 20230110608
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes an environment sensor (22) positioned in an inner space defined between a bumper face and an internal structural member, and attached to the internal structural member, and a cover member (23) including a lower wall (24) extending from the internal structural member to a point adjacent to the bumper face to substantially close the inner space from below. The cover member including a main part (28) forming a base end part thereof and a tip end part (29) extending from the main part to the point adjacent to the bumper face and having a substantially lower stiffness than the main part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventor: Tadahiro MATORI
  • Publication number: 20220098915
    Abstract: A moving body includes: an opening and closing body, attached to be openable and closable, including: an opening operation device operated by a user when opening the opening and closing body; an external world information acquisition device including an external world information acquisition unit which acquires external world information of the moving body; a panel member forming an outer shell of the moving body; and a garnish member attached to an outer surface of the panel member, which is a surface on an outer side of the moving body. The external world information acquisition device is fixed to the panel member, and the opening operation device is fixed to the garnish member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadahiro MATORI, Shingo NAKAYAMA, Shohei IWAMOTO, Tohko NAKAI
  • Publication number: 20220063378
    Abstract: An automatic driving vehicle that is automatically movable, the automatic driving vehicle includes a LIDAR configured to acquire external world information on an automatic movement, and a bracket holding the LIDAR and fixed to the automatic driving vehicle. The bracket is fixed to a rearview mirror which is as another device different from the LIDAR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei IWAMOTO, Tadahiro MATORI, Shingo NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220063509
    Abstract: A moving body includes a first external world information acquisition device. The moving body is autonomously movable based on first external world information acquired by the first external world information acquisition device. An outer shell member of the moving body includes a side surface facing a left-right direction of the moving body. The first external world information acquisition device is provided on the side surface, and is arranged on an inner side of the moving body than an outermost portion in the left-right direction of the side surface in the left-right direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadahiro MATORI, Shingo NAKAYAMA, Shohei IWAMOTO, Tohko NAKAI, Hitomi YONEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220063514
    Abstract: A moving body including an external world information acquisition device is autonomously movable based on external world information acquired by the external world information acquisition device. The external world information acquisition device is arranged on an inner side of the moving body than an outer shell member of the moving body, and is formed with an external world information acquisition surface. The outer shell member has an opening portion. The moving body includes a cover member which is provided between the external world information acquisition device and the opening portion. The external world information acquisition surface acquires the external world information via the cover member. The cover member has a flat plate shape, and is arranged to face the external world information acquisition surface, and to be inclined in an upper-lower direction and a left-right direction of the moving body with respect to the external world information acquisition surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Nakayama, Yuki Kizumi, Tadahiro Matori, Shohei Iwamoto, Tohko Nakai
  • Patent number: 11255947
    Abstract: A transportation apparatus includes an external detection device configured to detect an object. The external detection device includes: an irradiation surface; and an adjustment portion for adjusting an angle of the irradiation surface, the adjustment portion is adjustable from a hole portion provided in the transportation apparatus, and the hole portion is offset with respect to the adjustment portion and the irradiation surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadahiro Matori, Takayuki Iizuka
  • Patent number: 11187780
    Abstract: A transportation apparatus includes an external detection device configured to detect an object. The external detection device is disposed further on an inner side than an outer surface of the transportation apparatus, on the outer surface, a lid member is attached to be removable and cover an irradiation surface when viewed from a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the irradiation surface of the external detection device, the lid member is formed so as to be removable from an abutment portion provided on the outer surface by being pressed from an inside, the outer surface is provided with an opening portion disposed close to the abutment portion, and the lid member is disposed so as to be pressable from the inside through the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadahiro Matori, Takayuki Iizuka
  • Patent number: 10921166
    Abstract: A sensor bracket includes a locking wall formed on a bracket main body of the sensor bracket and to which a side surface of the engaging is locked in a pressed state, the side surface of the engaging protrusion being formed so as to cross with a protruding direction of the engaging protrusion; and a biasing piece having a base section and a tip region, the base section being formed so as to be supported by the bracket main body, the tip region being formed so as to abut the side surface of the engaging protrusion and to bias the engaging protrusion in a direction pressing against the locking wall, wherein a plurality of bending deformation sections bent in a state in which the biasing piece is biasing the engaging protrusion against the locking wall are installed between the base section and the tip region of the biasing piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tadahiro Matori
  • Patent number: 10800343
    Abstract: Provided is an onboard electronic device mounting structure that prevents rattling of the electronic device, and does not unduly limit the mounting space for other components. The mounting structure (1) secures a camera (2) to a window (W) of a vehicle via a mounting device (3). An engagement portion (14) provided in a front end side of the camera abuts against a base (8) of the mounting device, and a biased portion including a columnar member provided on a lateral side of the camera is supported by the base. A biasing member (18) of the base biases the biased portion against a supporting portion (17) of the base. The supporting portion is provided with two supporting surfaces (17a and 17b) which support the biased portion with two reaction forces each at an angle to the direction of the biasing force of the biasing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., NIFCO INC.
    Inventors: Keita Kasai, Tadahiro Matori, Hajime Naoi
  • Publication number: 20200047683
    Abstract: Provided is an onboard electronic device mounting structure that prevents rattling of the electronic device, and does not unduly limit the mounting space for other components. The mounting structure (1) secures a camera (2) to a window (W) of a vehicle via a mounting device (3). An engagement portion (14) provided in a front end side of the camera abuts against a base (8) of the mounting device, and a biased portion including a columnar member provided on a lateral side of the camera is supported by the base. A biasing member (18) of the base biases the biased portion against a supporting portion (17) of the base. The supporting portion is provided with two supporting surfaces (17a and 17b) which support the biased portion with two reaction forces each at an angle to the direction of the biasing force of the biasing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Keita KASAI, Tadahiro MATORI, Hajime NAOI
  • Patent number: 10471906
    Abstract: A sensor bracket includes a plate-shaped bracket, a front surface of which is attached to an inner surface of a windshield of a vehicle, the plate-shape bracket having a camera that detects a state around a vehicle mounted on a back surface, reference surfaces provided on a back surface of the plate-shaped bracket, the reference surfaces being parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Kasai, Mitsuru Tokiwa, Tadahiro Matori, Takahiro Ohmoto
  • Patent number: 10459319
    Abstract: A sensor bracket includes a bracket on which a camera detecting a state around the vehicle is mounted, a planar portion that holds the camera to the bracket by engaging with an engagement protrusion of the camera, a flat spring that biases the camera in a direction that maintains an engaged state of the camera by abutting against the camera when the camera is mounted on the bracket, a projecting structure of the bracket that restricts a defamation range of the flat spring displaced in an engagement direction of the engagement protrusion within an elastic deformation range when the engagement protrusion is engaged with the planar portion while the camera is abutted against the flat spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Kasai, Mitsuru Tokiwa, Tadahiro Matori, Takahiro Ohmoto
  • Publication number: 20190324120
    Abstract: A transportation apparatus includes an external detection device configured to detect an object. The external detection device includes: an irradiation surface; and an adjustment portion for adjusting an angle of the irradiation surface, the adjustment portion is adjustable from a hole portion provided in the transportation apparatus, and the hole portion is offset with respect to the adjustment portion and the irradiation surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadahiro MATORI, Takayuki IIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20190324119
    Abstract: A transportation apparatus includes an external detection device configured to detect an object. The external detection device is disposed further on an inner side than an outer surface of the transportation apparatus, on the outer surface, a lid member is attached to be removable and cover an irradiation surface when viewed from a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the irradiation surface of the external detection device, the lid member is formed so as to be removable from an abutment portion provided on the outer surface by being pressed from an inside, the outer surface is provided with an opening portion disposed close to the abutment portion, and the lid member is disposed so as to be pressable from the inside through the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadahiro MATORI, Takayuki IIZUKA
  • Patent number: 10293760
    Abstract: A sensor bracket that holds a sensor having an engaging protrusion, the sensor bracket includes: a locking concave section to which a side surface of the engaging protrusion is locked in a abutting state, the side surface of the engaging protrusion being formed so as to cross with a protruding direction of the engaging protrusion; a displacement allowing section that is provided adjacent to the locking concave section, and that allows a displacement of the engaging protrusion during engaging and separating between the engaging protrusion and the locking concave section in a direction crossing with the protrusion direction of the engaging protrusion; and a movement restricting wall that is disposed below the displacement allowing section and that suppresses a downward movement of the engaging protrusion when the engaging protrusion is displaced during separation from the locking concave section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tadahiro Matori
  • Patent number: 10220799
    Abstract: A sensor bracket includes a bracket on which a camera that detects a state around a vehicle is mounted, a flat spring that abuts against the camera and biasing in a direction that maintains a mounted state of the camera when the camera is mounted on the bracket, and a recess that receives a portion of a tool and restricts a displacement range of the tool when the flat spring is pressed by the tool and is mounted on a projection for the spring of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Kasai, Mitsuru Tokiwa, Tadahiro Matori, Takahiro Ohmoto