Patents by Inventor Takahiro KUREHASHI
Takahiro KUREHASHI 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: 11967236Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image from an image capturing unit installed in a movable object, a reception control unit configured to control reception of risk area information including location information from another movable object, a determination unit configured to determine whether a notification target is present in a region based on the location information included in the risk area information based on the image, and a transmission control unit configured to control transmission of a determination result of the determination unit to the other movable object.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Kurehashi, Shigeru Inoue
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Publication number: 20240078899Abstract: A system for providing information to equipment which is movable, the system includes a first reception section which receives position information of the equipment from the equipment, a first transmission section which transmits, based on the position information of the equipment, assistance information related to a movement of the equipment to the equipment through a base station of a mobile communication, a predicting section which predicts, based on the position information of the equipment, equipment entering a communication available area of a mobile object having a function of communicating with the equipment, and a second transmission section which transmits, to the mobile object, information related to the equipment predicted to enter the communication available area by the predicting section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Yuta SAKAGAWA, Shigeru INOUE, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Moriya HORIUCHI
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Publication number: 20240078909Abstract: A system includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires position information of equipment that is movable, and precision information indicating a precision of the position information; a specification unit that specifies, based on the position information and the precision information, an area where the precision of the position information is lower than a predetermined value, among a plurality of areas where pieces of the equipment exist; and an instruction unit that instructs a moving object which has a function of acquiring the position information of the equipment, to move to the area specified by the specification unit, in order to cause the moving object to measure a position of the equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Takahiro KUREHASHI, Shigeru INOUE, Yuta SAKAGAWA, Moriya HORIUCHI
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Publication number: 20240080711Abstract: A system includes a first specifying unit which specifies, from among a plurality of areas, an area where a mobile communication terminal is present and a traffic risk is higher than a predetermined value, and an instruction unit which instructs, in order to cause a mobile object performing mobile communication with the mobile communication terminal to carry out the mobile communication of the mobile communication terminal, the mobile object to move to the area specified by the first specifying unit. A method includes specifying, from among a plurality of areas, an area where a mobile communication terminal is present and a traffic risk is higher than a predetermined value, and instructing, in order to cause a mobile object performing mobile communication with the mobile communication terminal to carry out the mobile communication of the mobile communication terminal, the mobile object to move to the area specified by the pacifying.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Takahiro KUREHASHI, Moriya HORIUCHI, Yuta SAKAGAWA, Shigeru INOUE
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Patent number: 11922813Abstract: An alert control apparatus includes: an alert control unit to issue a first alert to an occupant in a moving body if an object in a particular category is present within a region to which the moving body is headed, and issue a second alert to the occupant if an object in a category other than the particular category is present within the region; a reception control unit to perform, when the moving body enters a new movement section on a movement route, control for receiving a category of an object present within the new movement section from an external apparatus. If there is an object for which an alert is to be issued during movement within the new section, the alert control unit, based on the category received from the external apparatus, controls as to which of the first and second alerts is to be issued.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuta Sakagawa, Shigeru Inoue, Takahiro Kurehashi, Moriya Horiuchi
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Patent number: 11869356Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image from an image capturing unit installed in a movable object, a reception control unit configured to control reception of risk area information including location information from another movable object, a determination unit configured to determine whether a notification target is present in a region based on the location information included in the risk area information based on the image, and a transmission control unit configured to control transmission of a determination result of the determination unit to the other movable object.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Kurehashi, Shigeru Inoue
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Patent number: 11842643Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image captured by an image capturing unit installed in a movable object. The communication control apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a risk area from the image. The communication control apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate location information of the risk area. The communication control apparatus includes a transmission control unit configured to control transmission of risk area information including the location information. The communication control apparatus includes a reception control unit configured to control reception of a response to the risk area information. The communication control apparatus includes an output control unit configured to control output of notification information based on the response.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Kurehashi, Shigeru Inoue
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Patent number: 11807262Abstract: A control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a location of a warning target, and the number of the warning targets, the warning target being recognized from an image captured by an image capture device mounted on a moving body; a reception control unit configured to perform a control to receive, from a plurality of external terminals existing near the location of the warning target acquired by the acquisition unit, trajectory information indicating a past movement trajectory of each of the plurality of external terminals; a selection unit configured to select, from among the plurality of external terminals, one or more external terminals that are transmission targets of warning information based on the past movement trajectory; and a transmission control unit configured to perform a control to transmit the warning information to the one or more external terminals selected by the selection unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuta Sakagawa, Shigeru Inoue, Takahiro Kurehashi, Moriya Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20230351895Abstract: Provided is a traffic safety support system capable of improving traffic safety in a situation in which it is predicted that a mobile body will not obey a signal displayed by a traffic light. A traffic safety support system includes a recognizer, a HMI, a risk notification setting unit, and a risk notification control device. The risk notification setting unit sets a notification mode to a hinting notification mode in a case where a four-wheeled automobile acts as an oncoming mobile body and at least one of the four-wheeled automobile or a motorcycle is approaching a traffic light, and sets the notification mode to an analogue notification mode in a case where the four-wheeled automobile is present within an analogue notification actuation range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Hideo KADOWAKI, Akihito KIMATA, Shigeru INOUE, Yuji TAKAGI, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Masaki OKUMOTO, Takahiro KUREHASHI
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Publication number: 20230326344Abstract: Provided is a traffic safety support system capable of improving traffic safety in a situation in which a mobile body has merged onto a road on which a mobile vehicle as a host vehicle is traveling and is approaching the host vehicle. A traffic safety support system includes a recognizer, a HMI, a risk notification setting unit, and a risk notification control device. The risk notification setting unit sets a notification mode to a hinting notification mode in a case where a motorcycle acts as an oncoming vehicle and a first travel path of a four-wheeled automobile and a second travel path of the motorcycle join, and sets the notification mode to an analogue notification mode in a case where the motorcycle is present within an analogue notification actuation range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Akihito KIMATA, Shigeru INOUE, Yuji TAKAGI, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Hideo KADOWAKI, Masaki OKUMOTO
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Publication number: 20230326345Abstract: A traffic safety support system 1 includes mobile terminals that move with traffic participants in a target traffic area, and a coordination support device 6 capable of communicating with the mobile terminals. Each of the mobile terminals includes a notification device configured to make a risk notification in a hinting notification mode or in an analogue notification mode. The coordination support device includes a target area recognizer 60 configured to recognize recognition targets including the traffic participants and traffic environments and acquire recognition information, a predictor 62 configured to predict a risk in future of prediction targets that are a plurality of traffic participants in a monitoring area that is part of the target traffic area, and a risk notification specifier 64 configured to set an operation manner of risk notification for each of support targets on the basis of the recognition information and a prediction result.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Akihito KIMATA, Shigeru INOUE, Yuji TAKAGI, Masaki OKUMOTO, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Hideo KADOWAKI
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Publication number: 20230311927Abstract: Provided is a traffic safety support system capable of improving traffic safety in a situation in which it is predicted that a mobile body other than a host vehicle is shielded by a nearby vehicle present near the mobile body. A traffic safety support system includes a recognizer, a HMI, a risk notification setting unit, and a risk notification control device. The risk notification setting unit sets a notification mode to a hinting notification mode in a case where a motorcycle acts as an oncoming mobile body, and where a four-wheeled automobile is present near the motorcycle and is approaching a four-wheeled automobile from the front in the traveling direction of the four-wheeled automobile, and sets the notification mode to an analogue notification mode in a case where the motorcycle is present within an analogue notification range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Hideo KADOWAKI, Shigeru INOUE, Yuji TAKAGI, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Masaki OKUMOTO, Akihito KIMATA, Takahiro KUREHASHI
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Publication number: 20230316923Abstract: A traffic safety support system 1 includes a recognizer configured to recognize traffic participants present near a mobile body 94 that is a support target, a notification device configured to make a risk notification to a driver of the support target, and a risk notification specifier configured to set an operation manner of the risk notification. In a case where the support target is traveling on the road and a first pedestrian 95 is present ahead of the support target, the risk notification specifier calculates a risk value of the first pedestrian 95 and the support target on the road 90 on the basis of the recognition information, and in a case where the risk value exceeds a threshold, sets ON of the risk notification. The risk notification specifier calculates the risk value on the basis of the number of pedestrians present in the vicinity of the first pedestrian 95.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Takashi OSHIMA, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Shinsuke ODAI, Takahiro KUREHASHI
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Publication number: 20230311922Abstract: Provided is a traffic safety support system capable of improving traffic safety in a situation in which it is predicted that a mobile body will approach a host vehicle from the front or the rear. A traffic safety support system includes a recognizer, a HMI, a risk notification setting unit, and a risk notification control device. The risk notification setting unit sets a notification mode to a hinting notification mode in a case where a motorcycle is present outside an analogue notification actuation range and acts as an oncoming mobile body or acts as a following mobile body, and the risk notification setting unit sets the notification mode to an analogue notification mode in a case where the motorcycle is present within the analogue notification actuation range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Akihito KIMATA, Shigeru INOUE, Yuji TAKAGI, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Hideo KADOWAKI, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Masaki OKUMOTO
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Publication number: 20230306752Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a risk area identification unit configured to identify a risk area outside a moving object; and a transmission control unit configured to perform control for transmitting risk area information representing the risk area identified by the risk area identification unit to a server configured to retain information related to a risk area, in which the risk area identification unit is configured to identify an area defined by a plurality of points as the risk area, and the transmission control unit is configured to perform control for transmitting coordinate information of some of the plurality of points to the server as the risk area information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Moriya HORIUCHI, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Yuta SAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20230266133Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a risk area identification unit configured to identify a risk area outside a moving object; a transmission control unit configured to control sending risk area information indicating the risk area identified by the risk area identification unit to a server for retaining information indicating a risk area; and a reception control unit configured to control receiving the information indicating the risk area retained in the server in relation to a planned traveling route of the moving object, wherein the transmission control unit is configured to control sending evaluation information regarding evaluation of the risk area indicated by the information received from the server when the risk area identification unit could not identify, on the planned traveling route, the risk area indicated by the information received from the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2022Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Moriya HORIUCHI, Yuta SAKAGAWA, Takahiro KUREHASHI
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Publication number: 20230237912Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a receiving control unit configured to perform a control to receive information indicating a risk area ahead in a movement direction of a moving object, from a server configured to retain information relating to a risk area; a prediction unit configured to predict a change in the movement direction of the moving object; and a determination unit configured to determine whether the movement direction of the moving object has been changed to the direction predicted by the prediction unit, in which the receiving control unit is configured to perform a control to receive the information indicating the risk area, when the determination unit determines that the movement direction of the moving object has been changed to the direction predicted by the prediction unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2022Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Moriya HORIUCHI, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Yuta SAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20230237910Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a risk area identification unit configured to identify a risk area outside a moving object and a transmission control unit configured to perform control for transmitting risk area information representing the risk area identified by the risk area identification unit to a server configured to retain information related to the risk area, in which the risk area identification unit is configured to identify an area defined by a plurality of points as the risk area, and the risk area identification unit is configured to identify, based on a boundary between a first area in which the moving object is prohibited from moving and a second area in which the moving object is allowed to move, a shape of the risk area on a side of the first area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2022Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Moriya HORIUCHI, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Yuta SAKAGAWA
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Patent number: 11710408Abstract: Provided is a communication apparatus including: a target specification unit for specifying a position of a target at risk of approaching a moving body; and a communication unit for transmitting, based on the target position specified by the target specification unit, warning information including positional information of an external terminal to output a warning; a program causing a computer to function as: a target specification unit for specifying a position of a target at risk of approaching a moving body; and a communication unit for transmitting, based on the target position specified by the target specification unit, warning information including positional information of an external terminal to output a warning; and a communication method including: specifying a position of a target at risk of approaching a moving body; and transmitting, based on the specified target position, warning information including positional information of an external terminal to output a warning.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Kurehashi, Shigeru Inoue, Hiroshi Furumi, Yasuhiro Miyachi, Yasuaki Gunji
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Patent number: 11622228Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image obtaining unit which obtains an image around a moving object. The information processing apparatus includes a determining unit which determines a risk area based on an image obtained by the image obtaining unit. The information processing apparatus includes a communication unit which transmits risk area information related to a risk area determined by the determining unit to an information collecting apparatus which collects information from a plurality of moving objects. The communication unit transmits risk area information to the information collecting apparatus when the moving object is within a region where information is provided by the information collecting apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Kurehashi, Shigeru Inoue