Patents by Inventor Takashi Adachi

Takashi Adachi 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: 11180136
    Abstract: An autonomous parking apparatus incorporated into a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a torque converter, a transmission, a detector detecting a creep torque acting on an axle, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform instructing a self-parking of the vehicle, determining whether it is necessary to perform a creep torque reduction control based on a creep torque detected when the self-parking is instructed, and controlling the transmission in accordance with a determination result in the determining. When it is determined that it is necessary to perform the creep torque reduction control, the microprocessor is configured to control the transmission so as to increase engaging force of engagement elements of the transmission or change speed stage of the transmission to high speed side than when it is determined that it is unnecessary to perform the creep torque reduction control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Sadakiyo, Hisashi Ishikawa, Tomoyuki Noguchi, Takashi Adachi
  • Patent number: 11184544
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes: a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display part or all of an image in a first region on a display screen displayed by the display unit, the image indicating an imaging range which an imaging apparatus can image by changing the imaging range; a change control unit configured to change a position or size of an image to be displayed in the first region by the display control unit, on the image indicating the range which an imaging apparatus can image; and an output unit configured to output an instruction to cause the imaging apparatus to image an imaging range corresponding to a range indicating an image displayed in a second region which is a part of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takashi Adachi
  • Patent number: 11084469
    Abstract: A vehicular control apparatus includes: a drive power control unit that controls drive power from a drive unit that drives drive wheels of a vehicle; a brake switch (a brake action detection unit) that detects a brake action performed on a brake unit, the brake action including decelerating and stopping the vehicle; a wheelspin detection unit that detects spinning of the drive wheels; a time measurement unit that, when the drive wheels being stopped start to rotate, measures time elapsed since the start of the rotation; and a control unit that enables the wheelspin detection unit to perform detection after a preset detection disabled period elapses since the time measurement unit has started measuring the time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Adachi, Hisashi Ishikawa, Takayuki Kishi
  • Patent number: 11072341
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus including an operation detector detecting driving instruction, a direction detector detecting actual traveling direction of the vehicle, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: determining whether a deviation of the actual traveling direction from target traveling direction according to the driving instruction is greater than or equal to predetermined deviation; switching to the self-drive mode when the deviation is greater than or equal to the predetermined deviation during traveling in the manual drive mode; and controlling the actuator in accordance with the driving instruction, the controlling including controlling the actuator so as to match the actual traveling direction with the target traveling direction after switching to the self-drive mode, and the switching including switching to the manual drive mode when the actual traveling direction is matched with the target traveling direction after switching to the self-drive mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao Niu, Shogo Takano, Kota Saito, Takashi Adachi
  • Patent number: 11075470
    Abstract: A wire harness that includes a first wire and a second wire each including a core wire and a covering material that covers the core wire; and a tube, wherein: the tube covers a connection between the core wire of the first wire and the core wire of the second wire, each of the covering materials contains a cross-linked polyethylene, the tube contains a cross-linked polyethylene, the tube and each of the covering materials are directly joined, and a tensile shear strength between the tube and each of the covering materials is 350 kPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Nakashima, Hironobu Rachi, Katsutoshi Izawa, Ryo Kuroishi, Takashi Adachi
  • Patent number: 11040713
    Abstract: A collision mitigation apparatus configured to mitigate a shock to an occupant of a vehicle when a rearward vehicle collides into the vehicle from behind, including a driving unit generating a driving force, and an electronic control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform predicting whether the rearward vehicle collides into the vehicle, and controlling the driving unit so that when it is predicted that the rearward vehicle collides into the vehicle, a difference between a vehicle speed of the vehicle and a vehicle speed of the rearward vehicle reduces and a driving force of a rear wheel is greater than a driving force of a front wheel immediately before the rearward vehicle collides into the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kota Saito, Chao Niu, Shogo Takano, Takashi Adachi
  • Publication number: 20210174532
    Abstract: To improve calculation efficiency by properly reducing the number of regression regions based on a size of an object to be detected, a processing apparatus has at least one processor or circuit configured to function as: a size obtain unit configured to obtain a size of a predetermined object in the image; a set unit configured to divide the image into a plurality of regions based on the size of the predetermined object obtained by the size obtain unit, and to set regression regions for estimating a number of the predetermined object, wherein the set unit is configured to inhibit to set the regression regions smaller than a predetermined minimum size corresponding to the predetermined object, and an estimate unit configured to estimate the number of the predetermined object by performing a regression process on the regression regions set by the set unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventor: Takashi Adachi
  • Patent number: 11014573
    Abstract: A vehicle control device performs a drive mode switching control including switching a drive mode, when a request for switching to a manual drive control is made during execution of an automated drive control, to one of a plurality of drive modes that allows a driving force to accord with a required driving force based on an operation of the driver of the vehicle, over a wide range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Arai, Masayuki Sadakiyo, Hisashi Ishikawa, Takashi Adachi, Tomoyuki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11009872
    Abstract: If the driver operates the operation tool while the vehicle is traveling under the automated drive control, override control is performed in which the acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle is controlled according to the operation of the operation tool, when an automated drive target gear position selected based on automatic control of the acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle equals a manual drive target gear position determined according to the operation of the operation tool by the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi Ishikawa, Kentaro Arai, Masayuki Sadakiyo, Takashi Adachi, Tomoyuki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 10994768
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle capable of operating in an automated driving mode for automatically controlling at least the accelerating/decelerating control of the steering control and the accelerating/decelerating control of a vehicle includes: a route information acquisition unit; and an automated driving control unit that decides an action plan on a basis of map information, the action plan includes a target vehicle speed sequence that defines a target vehicle speed at the respective predetermined points at least on a road along which the vehicle will travel next, and the automated driving control unit calculates requested braking force that is braking force for decelerating the vehicle to target vehicle speed when the target vehicle speed is achieved by deceleration, calculates a predicted temperature of a brake device when the requested braking force is achieved, and decides a utilization proportion of the brake device for the requested braking force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Adachi, Masayuki Sadakiyo, Tomoyuki Noguchi, Hisashi Ishikawa, Kentaro Arai
  • Publication number: 20200372259
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising, a tracking unit configured to detect an object and track the object in images to be processed, the images being sequential with respect to time, a determining unit configured to determine a stay time for which the object stays, on the basis of a result of the tracking, and an associating unit configured to specify, on the basis of the result of the tracking, one predetermined location from one or more predetermined locations included in the images to be processed, and associate the specified one predetermined location with the stay time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi Adachi, Mari Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 10821997
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus configured to control a vehicle capable of switching between a manual drive mode for driving manually and a self-drive mode for driving autonomously. The vehicle control apparatus includes an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform detecting a failure of the vehicle while traveling in the manual drive mode, and switching a drive mode from the manual drive mode to the self-drive mode when the failure is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Ishikawa, Masayuki Sadakiyo, Tomoyuki Noguchi, Takashi Adachi, Yusuke Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 10798305
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes: a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display part or all of an image in a first region on a display screen displayed by the display unit, the image indicating an imaging range which an imaging apparatus can image by changing the imaging range; a change control unit configured to change a position or size of an image to be displayed in the first region by the display control unit, on the image indicating the range which an imaging apparatus can image; and an output unit configured to output an instruction to cause the imaging apparatus to image an imaging range corresponding to a range indicating an image displayed in a second region which is a part of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takashi Adachi
  • Patent number: 10793153
    Abstract: The vehicle controller performs gear position switch control in which a gear position of an automatic transmission set based on the automated drive control is changed to an upper-level gear position if the driver operates the accelerator pedal under the automated drive control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi Ishikawa, Kentaro Arai, Masayuki Sadakiyo, Takashi Adachi, Tomoyuki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20200313318
    Abstract: A wire harness that includes a first wire and a second wire each including a core wire and a covering material that covers the core wire; and a tube, wherein: the tube covers a connection between the core wire of the first wire and the core wire of the second wire, each of the covering materials contains a cross-linked polyethylene, the tube contains a cross-linked polyethylene, the tube and each of the covering materials are directly joined, and a tensile shear strength between the tube and each of the covering materials is 350 kPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo NAKASHIMA, Hironobu RACHI, Katsutoshi IZAWA, Ryo KUROISHI, Takashi ADACHI
  • Patent number: 10787162
    Abstract: A driving force control apparatus including a posture detecting part detecting a riding posture of an occupant; an acceleration detecting part detecting an acceleration of a vehicle; a driving force generation part generating a driving force in a manner enabling to change a driving force distribution between a front and rear wheels or between a left and right wheels; and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform calculating a required driving force, and controlling the driving force generation part so as to change the driving force distribution to a target driving force distribution to suppress a change of the riding posture while generating the required driving force when a magnitude of the acceleration is greater than or equal to a predetermined magnitude and a degree of change of the riding posture is greater than or equal to a predetermined degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao Niu, Shogo Takano, Kota Saito, Takashi Adachi
  • Publication number: 20200207328
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle including a temperature detection part detecting a temperature of a first motor-generator, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform controlling an internal combustion engine, the first motor-generator and a second motor-generator so that the hybrid vehicle travels in accordance with a required driving force, outputting a request for temperature increase suppression of the first motor-generator based on the temperature of the first motor-generator, and the controlling including controlling the internal combustion engine, the first motor-generator and the second motor-generator so that power generation amount of the first motor-generator is reduced, the second motor-generator generates an electric power by a regenerative torque and a driving force of the internal combustion engine increases by an amount corresponding to the regenerative torque when the request for the temperature increase suppression is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi Adachi, Hisashi Ishikawa, Tomoyuki Noguchi, Masayuki Sadakiyo
  • Patent number: 10691124
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a switching control unit that switches a traveling mode of a vehicle from an automated driving mode to a manual driving mode if an automated drive canceling request to cancel the automated driving mode to switch to the manual driving mode is submitted while the vehicle is traveling in the automated driving mode. The switching control unit performs transmission gear setting control in which a transmission gear of an automatic transmission is set to a highest transmission gear among transmission gears within a range of a predetermined allowable driving force in the switching from the automated driving mode to the manual driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Sadakiyo, Kentaro Arai, Hisashi Ishikawa, Takashi Adachi, Tomoyuki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20200184205
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising a setting unit configured to set a plurality of areas for detecting an object in a moving image, a detection unit configured to analyze the moving image and detect an object, a determination unit configured to determine a stay time for which the object has stayed within the area on the basis of a result of detecting the object in the moving image, a specifying unit configured to, when the same object has been detected in a plurality of the areas by the detection unit, specify an area, among the plurality of areas, to be associated with the stay time, on the basis of a predetermined condition, and an output unit configured to output information in which the area specified by the specifying unit and the stay time are associated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Mari Yamasaki, Takashi Adachi
  • Patent number: 10647330
    Abstract: If an automated drive release request to release the automated drive mode and switch to the manual drive mode is made while the vehicle is travelling in an automated drive mode, a traveling control unit performs control that gradually shifts a vehicle driving force from the vehicle driving force in the automated mode to the vehicle driving force requested by the driver in the manual drive mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Arai, Masayuki Sadakiyo, Hisashi Ishikawa, Takashi Adachi, Tomoyuki Noguchi