Patents by Inventor Takafumi Hirose

Takafumi Hirose 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: 11919515
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller configured to control one or both of steering and a speed of the host vehicle. The driving controller designates an inter-vehicle distance from the preceding vehicle that travels in front of the host vehicle as a first inter-vehicle distance when the host vehicle is allowed to travel in a first driving mode, designates an inter-vehicle distance from the preceding vehicle as a second inter-vehicle distance when the host vehicle is allowed to travel in a second driving mode, and designates the target inter-vehicle distance from the preceding vehicle in the second driving mode as a longer distance between the first inter-vehicle distance and the second inter-vehicle distance when the driving mode is switched from the first driving mode to the second driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanta Tsuji, Takafumi Hirose, Atsushi Ishioka
  • Publication number: 20230391332
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller configured to control one or both of steering and a speed of the host vehicle. The driving controller allows the host vehicle to travel in any one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode in which the host vehicle is allowed to travel such that an inter-vehicle distance between a preceding vehicle and the host vehicle becomes a target inter-vehicle distance and a second driving mode in which the host vehicle is decelerated and moved to a target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Kanta Tsuji, Takafumi Hirose, Atsushi Ishioka
  • 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: 11440558
    Abstract: An automated driving control unit sets an automated driving state to a first automated driving state (step S3), in a case that an automated driving instruction unit has instructed the initiation of automated driving in a state in which a destination is set by a destination setting unit, sets the automated driving state to a second automated driving state (step S4), in a case that the automated driving instruction unit has instructed the initiation of automated driving in a state in which the destination is not set by the destination setting unit, and causes the automated driving state to transition from the first automated driving state to the second automated driving state (step S13), in a case that a current travel position lies outside of a travel route during the travel control in the first automated driving state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishioka, Kanta Tsuji, Daiki Nishida, Shigehiro Honda, Takafumi Hirose
  • Patent number: 11370441
    Abstract: A position to which a turn signal lever can be moved includes a neutral position, middle positions, and end positions. A detection unit detects a start request of a lane change operation based on the turn signal lever having been operated to the middle position in one of two different directions, and detects a cancellation request of the lane change operation based on the turn signal lever having been operated to the middle position in the other of the two different directions during the execution of the lane change operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanta Tsuji, Atsushi Ishioka, Nozomu Hirosawa, Haruhiko Nishiguchi, Takafumi Hirose
  • Patent number: 11299163
    Abstract: A control system of a vehicle determines whether to require a shift from a first travel state in which an operation by a driver is not required to a second travel state in which the operation by the driver is required; makes an operation request to the driver when the shift is required; determines whether the driver has performed an operation in response to the request; and stops the vehicle in a predetermined position when the driver has not performed the operation, wherein in a case in which a lane change operation is required to stop the vehicle in the predetermined position, a speed of travel of the self-vehicle is reduced in accordance with each of a vehicle speed set for a first lane before the lane change operation and a vehicle speed set for a second lane after the lane change operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishioka, Kanta Tsuji, Yuichi Komori, Daiki Nishida, Takafumi Hirose, Tadashi Naruse
  • Patent number: 11285974
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a vehicle, an information terminal apparatus that can provide, on a display unit, a plurality of contents which provide training on an operation method of the vehicle, and a server that can communicate with the vehicle and the information terminal apparatus. The information terminal apparatus includes a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display a first content that provides training on an operation method including a method to start an operation of a specific function of the vehicle and a second content that provides, to a user of the vehicle who has been trained by the first content and is registered in the server, training on an operation method corresponding to a phenomenon that can occur while the specific function is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Ikeda, Takafumi Hirose, Kentaro Ishisaka, Takashi Watanabe, Junpei Yashima, Katsuya Yashiro, Toru Kokaki, Daiki Nishida, Yuta Takada, Yuji Fujiki
  • Patent number: 11137758
    Abstract: A vehicle use system includes an authentication information assignor that assigns authentication information for using a vehicle to a user, an authenticator (180) that acquires the authentication information to permit use of the vehicle, at least a part of the authenticator being mounted in the vehicle (100), and a driving controller (220, 260) that automatedly controls acceleration, deceleration, and steering of the vehicle, in which the authentication information assignor assigns the authentication information in which constraints are applied to both a time period and an area in which traveling is possible to the user, and the driving controller enables the user to use the vehicle in a range of the constraints applied to the authentication information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Yasuda, Takafumi Hirose, Yuki Oshitani, Susumu Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 11077864
    Abstract: A travel control apparatus controls automated driving travel of a vehicle by making a transition between a plurality of control states based on a surrounding environment of the vehicle. The travel control apparatus includes a skill level acquisition unit configured to acquire a skill level of a vehicle occupant about automated driving, and a control unit configured to control the automated driving travel of the vehicle in one of the plurality of control states based on the surrounding environment of the vehicle sensed by a sensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Ishisaka, Takashi Watanabe, Takafumi Hirose, Takemi Tsukada, Katsuya Yashiro, Toru Kokaki, Hisashi Matsuda, Masaya Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10994750
    Abstract: A vehicle control device is provided with a timing selection unit configured to select, during automated driving, either one of a first notification timing at which notification of a driving takeover request is issued in the case that a remaining distance to a scheduled switching point from the automated driving to manual driving has become less than or equal to a predetermined distance, and a second notification timing at which notification of the driving takeover request is issued in the case that a remaining time period until reaching the scheduled switching point is less than or equal to a predetermined time period, wherein the timing selection unit selects the first notification timing or the second notification timing based on a present travel speed or a scheduled travel speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Watanabe, Hisashi Matsuda, Kentaro Ishisaka, Takafumi Hirose, Toru Kokaki, Katsuya Yashiro, Takemi Tsukada, Masaya Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20210116917
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control system including an information acquirer (15) that acquires situation information indicating a situation of surroundings of an autonomous vehicle; collectors (153, 526) that collect, from situation information acquired by the information acquirer, first situation information acquired by the information acquirer in relation to a situation satisfying a predetermined condition including that the autonomous vehicle is traveling without any passengers; and controllers (120, 160) that allow the autonomous vehicle to travel in a first travel mode determined in advance for acquiring the first situation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Takafumi Hirose, Naoto Yasuda, Yuki Oshitani, Susumu Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20210114626
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a service management device that is configured to estimate an out-of-use period in which a user does not use an automated driving vehicle on the basis of reference information including a usage schedule of the automated driving vehicle by the user, and that is configured to manage a predetermined service provided in a state in which the user does not use the automated driving vehicle in the estimated out-of-use period, and a controller configured to generate an action plan of the automated driving vehicle in the out-of-use period according to the predetermined service managed by the service management device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Takafumi Hirose, Naoto Yasuda, Yuki Oshitani, Susumu Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20210107529
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control system including a reception unit (30, 20, 510) that receives setting of a use schedule of an automatic driving vehicle by a user, and a control unit (146, 520) that causes the automatic driving vehicle to travel as a taxi from a starting time of a period in which the user does not use the automatic driving vehicle to a termination time and causes the automatic driving vehicle to travel so that the automatic driving vehicle returns to a location designated by the user by the termination time, with reference to the use schedule received by the reception unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Takafumi Hirose, Naoto Yasuda, Yuki Oshitani, Susumu Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20210107509
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a service management device configured to manage a predetermined service provided in a state in which a user is not using an automated driving vehicle in an out-of-use period which is set in a usage schedule of the automated driving vehicle by the user, and a controller configured to generate an action plan of the automated driving vehicle in the out-of-use period according to the predetermined service managed by the service management device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Takafumi Hirose, Naoto Yasuda, Yuki Oshitani, Susumu Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 10921813
    Abstract: A vehicle control device (100) includes a recognition unit (130) that is configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a subject vehicle that is able to be automatically driven, and a control unit (120, 160) that is configured to perform a predetermined operation with respect to a cause of obstruction to traffic of a traffic participant due to a predetermined contact of the subject vehicle in a case that the recognition unit recognizes that the predetermined contact of the subject vehicle has occurred, and the control unit differentiates an operation that is executed in a case that it is recognized that an occupant is not onboard the subject vehicle from an operation that is executed in a case that it is recognized that the occupant is onboard the subject vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Yasuda, Takafumi Hirose, Nobuyuki Watanabe, Makoto Nakatsuka, Yuki Oshitani, Susumu Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20200307643
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a vehicle, an information terminal apparatus that can provide, on a display unit, a plurality of contents which provide training on an operation method of the vehicle, and a server that can communicate with the vehicle and the information terminal apparatus. The information terminal apparatus includes a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display a first content that provides training on an operation method including a method to start an operation of a specific function of the vehicle and a second content that provides, to a user of the vehicle who has been trained by the first content and is registered in the server, training on an operation method corresponding to a phenomenon that can occur while the specific function is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Masaya IKEDA, Takafumi HIROSE, Kentaro ISHISAKA, Takashi WATANABE, Junpei YASHIMA, Katsuya YASHIRO, Toru KOKAKI, Daiki NISHIDA, Yuta TAKADA, Yuji FUJIKI
  • Publication number: 20200247416
    Abstract: A position to which a turn signal lever can be moved includes a neutral position, middle positions, and end positions. A detection unit detects a start request of a lane change operation based on the turn signal lever having been operated to the middle position in one of two different directions, and detects a cancellation request of the lane change operation based on the turn signal lever having been operated to the middle position in the other of the two different directions during the execution of the lane change operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Kanta Tsuji, Atsushi Ishioka, Nozomu Hirosawa, Haruhiko Nishiguchi, Takafumi Hirose
  • Publication number: 20200239027
    Abstract: A vehicle control device is provided with a timing selection unit configured to select, during automated driving, either one of a first notification timing at which notification of a driving takeover request is issued in the case that a remaining distance to a scheduled switching point from the automated driving to manual driving has become less than or equal to a predetermined distance, and a second notification timing at which notification of the driving takeover request is issued in the case that a remaining time period until reaching the scheduled switching point is less than or equal to a predetermined time period, wherein the timing selection unit selects the first notification timing or the second notification timing based on a present travel speed or a scheduled travel speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi WATANABE, Hisashi MATSUDA, Kentaro ISHISAKA, Takafumi HIROSE, Toru KOKAKI, Katsuya YASHIRO, Takemi TSUKADA, Masaya IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20200216096
    Abstract: A control system of a vehicle determines whether to require a shift from a first travel state in which an operation by a driver is not required to a second travel state in which the operation by the driver is required; makes an operation request to the driver when the shift is required; determines whether the driver has performed an operation in response to the request; and stops the vehicle in a predetermined position when the driver has not performed the operation, wherein in a case in which a lane change operation is required to stop the vehicle in the predetermined position, a speed of movement in a lateral direction at the time of the lane change operation is suppressed more than the speed of movement in the lateral direction at the time of a lane change operation performed in the first travel state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishioka, Kanta Tsuji, Yuichi Komori, Daiki Nishida, Takafumi Hirose, Tadashi Naruse
  • Publication number: 20200216074
    Abstract: A control system of a vehicle determines whether to require a shift from a first travel state in which an operation by a driver is not required to a second travel state in which the operation by the driver is required; makes an operation request to the driver when the shift is required; determines whether the driver has performed an operation in response to the request; and stops the vehicle in a predetermined position when the driver has not performed the operation, wherein in a case in which a lane change operation is required to stop the vehicle in the predetermined position, a speed of travel of the self-vehicle is reduced in accordance with each of a vehicle speed set for a first lane before the lane change operation and a vehicle speed set for a second lane after the lane change operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishioka, Kanta Tsuji, Yuichi Komori, Daiki Nishida, Takafumi Hirose, Tadashi Naruse