Patents by Inventor Takeshi Sasajima

Takeshi Sasajima 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: 20240144700
    Abstract: A moving body control device includes an outside recognition unit configured to acquire recognition data of an outside of a moving body, a reception unit which receives designation of a predetermined parking position from a user of the moving body, and a control unit configured to perform automatic parking control for parking the moving body at the predetermined parking position based on the recognition data of the outside and the predetermined parking position, and register the predetermined parking position as a designated parking position. The control unit is configured to register feature points related to the designated parking position by using a plurality of patterns based on illuminance of the outside calculated from the recognition data of the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakashima, Takeshi Sasajima, Hiroki Takaku, Hideki Nagatomo, Tatsuro Fujiwara, Makoto Bessho, Masaya Kato, Jun Adachi, Momoka Akaike, Kazutaka Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 11938931
    Abstract: A stop assist system for moving a moving body to a stop position and making the moving body stop at the stop position includes: an external environment recognizing unit that recognizes an external environment of the moving body; and a moving body control unit that executes a driving process to make the moving body travel to the stop position based on a recognition result of the external environment recognizing unit. The moving body control unit suspends the driving process when, while the moving body is traveling to the stop position, the moving body control unit determines, based on the recognition result, that there is an object within a range of a prescribed lateral threshold value on a lateral outside of the moving body and the object extends over a prescribed longitudinal threshold value or more along a travel direction within the range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Gaku Shimamoto, Takuma Sekino, Tatsuro Fujiwara, Akiko Nakamura, Kazuya Kobayashi, Masafumi Sagara, Takeshi Sasajima
  • Publication number: 20230303169
    Abstract: A control device including circuitry configured to: obtain an external environment recognition image representing a recognition result of a surrounding area of a moving body; and display the external environment recognition image on a display device. The circuitry is further configured to: enable displaying of a moving guide representing a predetermined position in a traveling direction of the moving body and a stop guide representing a position where movement of the moving body is to be stopped on the display device in a superimposed manner on the external environment recognition image; and set a transmittance of the moving guide to be higher in a case where the moving guide and the stop guide are superimposed on the external environment recognition image than in a case where only the moving guide among the moving guide and the stop guide is superimposed on the external environment recognition image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki TAKAKU, Zekun XIU, Takeshi SASAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230192072
    Abstract: A control device includes: a retry determination unit configured to determine whether to execute retry control based on a current position of a moving object and a target position when the moving object is moved to the target position by automatic steering; and a notification control unit configured to transmit a retry notification, including information indicating that the retry control is to be executed based on a determination result of the retry determination unit, to a terminal device. The notification control unit transmits the retry notification to the terminal device when the retry control, executed after at least a part of the moving object reaches the target position, is determined, and the notification control unit does not transmit the retry notification to the terminal device when the retry control, executed before at least a part of the moving object reaches the target position, is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Akiko SATO, Junpei NOGUCHI, Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Takeshi SASAJIMA, Hiroki TAKAKU, Masafumi SAGARA
  • Publication number: 20220306090
    Abstract: A stop assist system for moving a moving body to a stop position and making the moving body stop at the stop position includes: an external environment recognizing unit that recognizes an external environment of the moving body; and a moving body control unit that executes a driving process to make the moving body travel to the stop position based on a recognition result of the external environment recognizing unit. The moving body control unit suspends the driving process when, while the moving body is traveling to the stop position, the moving body control unit determines, based on the recognition result, that there is an object within a range of a prescribed lateral threshold value on a lateral outside of the moving body and the object extends over a prescribed longitudinal threshold value or more along a travel direction within the range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Junpei NOGUCHI, Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Takuma SEKINO, Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Akiko NAKAMURA, Kazuya KOBAYASHI, Masafumi SAGARA, Takeshi SASAJIMA
  • Patent number: 10619608
    Abstract: To allow linking a fuel cock and an engine switch with a simple configuration and reducing residual fuel, a switch plate (link component) that links a fuel cock and an engine switch is provided. The switch plate includes: an extending portion (switch operation portion) pressed by a cam, which rotates integrally with the fuel cock, to switch off the engine switch when the fuel cock is further rotated beyond a position where the fuel cock is switched from ON to OFF; and a cam contact wall where the cam comes into contact to change rotational resistance of the fuel cock to allow providing a predetermined operation feeling when the fuel cock further rotates beyond the position where the fuel cock is switched from ON to OFF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Matsunaga, Takeshi Sasajima, Yasutomo Abe, Yuki Oshida
  • Publication number: 20180313309
    Abstract: To allow linking a fuel cock and an engine switch with a simple configuration and reducing residual fuel, a switch plate (link component) that links a fuel cock and an engine switch is provided. The switch plate includes: an extending portion (switch operation portion) pressed by a cam, which rotates integrally with the fuel cock, to switch off the engine switch when the fuel cock is further rotated beyond a position where the fuel cock is switched from ON to OFF; and a cam contact wall where the cam comes into contact to change rotational resistance of the fuel cock to allow providing a predetermined operation feeling when the fuel cock further rotates beyond the position where the fuel cock is switched from ON to OFF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Matsunaga, Takeshi Sasajima, Yasutomo Abe, Yuki Oshida
  • Patent number: 9267431
    Abstract: A position regulating apparatus has a generator body made of an engine and a generator driven by the engine, and a frame surrounding the periphery of the generator body. The frame is provided with a bump stopper as a rod member. The bump stopper is attached to a housing of the engine and disposed horizontally. The bump stopper regulates the position in the horizontal direction of the generator body within a preset range. Receiving plates disposed so as to face both end faces of the stopper body are provided. The round bar as the body of the bump stopper has a crank shape which reduces an impact by generating bending moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki Takahashi, Takeshi Sasajima, Katsuhiro Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8560169
    Abstract: A radar device (11) transmits electromagnetic waves so as to scan a predetermined angular range in the horizontal direction around a subject vehicle at predetermined time intervals, and when reflected waves of the electromagnetic waves reflected from an object are received, a reflection point where the electromagnetic waves are reflected from the object is detected based on the result of receiving the reflected waves, the existence of a parking space is determined based on pre-stored subject vehicle body dimensional data and a sequence of reflection points and, furthermore, the feasibility of parking in the parking space (Sp) is determined In this process, since the feasibility of parking is determined based on a road width (Wx) and a width (Wy) of the parking space (Sp) calculated based on the sequence of reflection points, it is possible to carry out a determination of the feasibility of parking in the parking space (Sp) with better precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sasajima, Yoshimitsu Aiga, Takashi Asaba
  • Patent number: 8504245
    Abstract: A vehicle system for selecting and displaying a pulling out mode includes a memory for storing predetermined pulling out modes, each pulling out mode stored in association with one or more corresponding parking modes, the pulling out modes indicating manners of pulling a vehicle out of a parking space in accordance with the parking modes. The system further includes a unit that determines a parking mode, a detector for detecting an instruction from a driver, and a selection and display unit for determining a subset of the pulling out modes for displaying as choices for selection by the operator. The system determines a parking mode not only when a vehicle is parked with automatic steering but also when the vehicle is parked with manual steering. By only displaying an appropriate pulling out mode corresponding to a parking mode, selecting an inappropriate pulling out mode can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Sasajima
  • Patent number: 8402643
    Abstract: A gas cartridge loading mechanism has a sensor member movable toward a collar retaining portion and mounted to undergo pivotal movement between a locked position and an unlocked position, and a stopper configured to prevent movement of the sensor member when the sensor member is disposed in the locked position and to allow movement of the sensor member when the sensor member is disposed in the unlocked position. The sensor member is configured to move in the locked position when a gas cartridge is set with improper orientation, and to move in the unlocked position when the gas cartridge is set with proper orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Takeshi Sasajima, Michihiro Iida
  • Patent number: 8212713
    Abstract: An object detecting apparatus including: an object detecting device that causes electromagnetic waves to be reflected from an object and receives the reflected waves to detect the object while scanning a predetermined scan range; a rotating device that changes a direction of the object detecting device; an imaging device that captures images; a display device that displays an image captured by the imaging device; a setting device that sets the scan range of the object detecting device on the image displayed by the display device; and a control device that instructs the rotating device to rotate the object detecting device based on the set scan range, and instructs the object detecting device to scan the scan range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Aiga, Takeshi Sasajima, Takashi Asaba
  • Patent number: 8205581
    Abstract: In an engine-driven power generator, a fan-equipped flywheel and a drive shaft of a power generation section are connected to a crankshaft of an engine, and the power generation section is driven by the drive shaft being driven via the crankshaft. The fan-equipped flywheel is disposed between a crankcase of the engine and the power generation section, and small- and large-diameter cooling fans for cooling the engine and power generation section are provided on the fan-equipped flywheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hatsugai, Makoto Yamada, Takeshi Sasajima, Taiyo Onodera
  • Patent number: 8093732
    Abstract: Engine-driven power generator includes: a power generation section having a drive shaft connected to a crankshaft; a gas-liquid separation unit provided upstream of the power generation section and having an air inlet port for taking in cooling air, the inlet port being disposed immediately under a fuel tank, the separation unit separating moisture from the taken-in air; and a cooling fan rotatable by the drive shaft to direct the taken-in air into the power generation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: HHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hatsugai, Makoto Yamada, Takeshi Sasajima, Taiyo Onodera
  • Publication number: 20120004809
    Abstract: A system for selecting and displaying a pulling out mode installed in a vehicle comprises a memory for preliminarily storing pulling out modes indicating manners of pulling a vehicle out of a parking space, corresponding to each of parking modes indicating manners of parking in the parking space, a unit that determines parking mode of the vehicle when the vehicle is placed in the parking space, a selection and display unit that selects a pulling out mode corresponding to the determined parking mode from the memory and displays the selected pulling out mode according to an instruction from a driver of the vehicle for pulling the vehicle out of the parking space after the vehicle is placed in the parking space. Not only when a vehicle is parked with automatic steering but also when the vehicle is parked with manual steering, a parking mode can be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Sasajima
  • Publication number: 20110088256
    Abstract: A gas cartridge loading mechanism has a sensor member movable toward a collar retaining portion and mounted to undergo pivotal movement between a locked position and an unlocked position, and a stopper configured to prevent movement of the sensor member when the sensor member is disposed in the locked position and to allow movement of the sensor member when the sensor member is disposed in the unlocked position. The sensor member is configured to move in the locked position when a gas cartridge is set with improper orientation, and to move in the unlocked position when the gas cartridge is set with proper orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sasajima, Michihiro Iida
  • Publication number: 20100274446
    Abstract: A radar device (11) transmits electromagnetic waves so as to scan a predetermined angular range in the horizontal direction around a subject vehicle at predetermined time intervals, and when reflected waves of the electromagnetic waves reflected from an object are received, a reflection point where the electromagnetic waves are reflected from the object is detected based on the result of receiving the reflected waves, the existence of a parking space is determined based on pre-stored subject vehicle body dimensional data and a sequence of reflection points and, furthermore, the feasibility of parking in the parking space (Sp) is determined In this process, since the feasibility of parking is determined based on a road width (Wx) and a width (Wy) of the parking space (Sp) calculated based on the sequence of reflection points, it is possible to carry out a determination of the feasibility of parking in the parking space (Sp) with better precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sasajima, Yoshimitsu Aiga, Takashi Asaba
  • Publication number: 20100090880
    Abstract: An object detecting apparatus including: an object detecting device that causes electromagnetic waves to be reflected from an object and receives the reflected waves to detect the object while scanning a predetermined scan range; a rotating device that changes a direction of the object detecting device; an imaging device that captures images; a display device that displays an image captured by the imaging device; a setting device that sets the scan range of the object detecting device on the image displayed by the display device; and a control device that instructs the rotating device to rotate the object detecting device based on the set scan range, and instructs the object detecting device to scan the scan range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Aiga, Takeshi Sasajima, Takashi Asaba
  • Publication number: 20090229544
    Abstract: In an engine-driven power generator, a fan-equipped flywheel and a drive shaft of a power generation section are connected to a crankshaft of an engine, and the power generation section is driven by the drive shaft being driven via the crankshaft. The fan-equipped flywheel is disposed between a crankcase of the engine and the power generation section, and small- and large-diameter cooling fans for cooling the engine and power generation section are provided on the fan-equipped flywheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu HATSUGAI, Makoto Yamada, Takeshi Sasajima, Taiyo Onodera
  • Publication number: 20090230697
    Abstract: Engine-driven power generator includes: a power generation section having a drive shaft connected to a crankshaft; a gas-liquid separation unit provided upstream of the power generation section and having an air inlet port for taking in cooling air, the inlet port being disposed immediately under a fuel tank, the separation unit separating moisture from the taken-in air; and a cooling fan rotatable by the drive shaft to direct the taken-in air into the power generation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Honda Motor CO., Ltd
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hatsugai, Makoto Yamada, Takeshi Sasajima, Taiyo Onodera