Patents by Inventor Tatsuro Fujiwara

Tatsuro Fujiwara 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
  • Publication number: 20240135725
    Abstract: A control device for a moving body includes an outside recognition unit, a parking candidate position detection unit, and a reception unit. The parking candidate position detection unit is configured to be able to execute a first detection process of detecting an unregistered parking candidate position and a second detection process of detecting a registered parking candidate position, start the first detection process based on an operation by the user, stop the first detection process when detecting that a movement speed of the moving body during movement of the moving body becomes equal to or less than a predetermined speed, and start the second detection process based on stopping of the first detection process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakashima, Tatsuro Fujiwara, Kazutaka Hayakawa, Yoji Inui
  • Publication number: 20240111469
    Abstract: A control device for a moving body includes a control unit configured to communicate with an information terminal which is portable for a user of the moving body, and perform movement control on the moving body and charge control on a power supply device. The control unit is configured to start the moving body and the charge control, and, in response to receiving an action plan, if a progress state of the charge control does not reach a predetermined state, cause a display unit of the information terminal to display a third display image indicating the progress state, and if the progress state reaches the predetermined state, cause the display unit not to display the third display image, or cause the display unit to display it in an inconspicuous manner in comparison to a case where the progress state does not reach the predetermined state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jumpei NOGUCHI, Takeshi IIJIMA, Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Ayumu MITOMO, Satoshi NAKAMURA, Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Mizuki OWADA
  • Publication number: 20240109415
    Abstract: A control device for controlling a display device is mounted on a moving body that moves to a target position specified by a user by automatic steering. The moving body is configured to be capable of perpendicular parking into the target position and parallel parking into the target position. When the perpendicular parking or the parallel parking is performed, the control device causes the display device to display a top view image of the moving body and surroundings, and to display a frame image indicating a place set as the target position superimposed on the top view image. The control device is capable of enlarging and displaying the top view image according to an instruction from the user. The control device makes a display range when the top view image is enlarged and displayed different between when the perpendicular parking is performed and when the parallel parking is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuro FUJIWARA
  • 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: 20240067166
    Abstract: A control device includes: an external environment recognition unit configured to acquire an external environment recognition image showing a recognition result of surroundings of a moving body; and a display control unit configured to display the external environment recognition image on a display device. The display control unit is configured to superimpose and display a stop guide indicating a position where movement of the moving body needs to be stopped on the external environment recognition image on the display device, and, when the stop guide is superimposed on the external environment recognition image, the display control unit makes a display mode of the stop guide different according to whether a specific portion of the moving body included in the external environment recognition image and the stop guide overlap with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Masafumi SAGARA
  • Publication number: 20230311658
    Abstract: A control device includes a processing circuitry configured to: display, in the first display region of a display device mounted on a moving body, a top view image of the moving body and surrounding and a frame image indicating a place set as the target position: and display a predetermined image different from the top view image in the second display region of the display device when the top view image and the frame image are displayed. The processing circuitry is configured to: adjust, when a predetermined operation is performed on the displayed frame image, a display position of the frame image; display, when the frame image is displayed, an operation guide for guiding the predetermined operation in the second display region with the operation guide being superimposed on the predetermined image, and hide the operation guide after the predetermined operation is performed when the operation guide is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuro FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20230311917
    Abstract: A control device includes circuitry configured to: detect a first parking candidate position based on external environment recognition data of a moving body and a second parking candidate position registered in advance by a user of the moving body; cause a display device to display detected parking candidate positions; receive, from a user of the moving body, selection of a target parking position from among the displayed parking candidate positions; and park the moving body at the selected target parking position. The circuitry causes to display the first parking candidate position preferentially over the second parking candidate position, when the first parking candidate position and the second parking candidate position are detected and the first parking candidate position and the second parking candidate position overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi SAGARA, Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Mizuki OWADA
  • Publication number: 20230316916
    Abstract: A control device includes circuitry configured to: detect a first parking candidate position based on external environment recognition data of a moving body and a second parking candidate position registered in advance by a user of the moving body; cause a display device to display detected parking candidate positions; receive, from a user of the moving body, selection of a target parking position from among the displayed parking candidate positions; and park the moving body at the selected target parking position. The circuitry causes to display the second parking candidate position preferentially over the first parking candidate position, when the first parking candidate position and the second parking candidate position are detected and the first parking candidate position and the second parking candidate position overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi SAGARA, Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Mizuki OWADA
  • Publication number: 20230286495
    Abstract: A control device for a moving body includes: a receiver configured to receive designation of an obstacle position from a user of the moving body; and a controller configured to perform parking control for parking the moving body at a target parking position based on an obstacle position designated by the user. The controller is configured to register the obstacle position as a designated obstacle position in association with the target parking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKASHIMA, Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Akiko SATO, Mizuki OWADA
  • Publication number: 20230286526
    Abstract: A control device for a moving body includes circuitry configured to: acquire an external environment recognition image representing a recognition result of a periphery of the moving body; and cause a display device to display an obstacle icon indicating an obstacle position based on an input from a user of the moving body in a superimposed manner on the external environment recognition image. The circuitry is further configured to: cause the display device to display a first external environment recognition image and a second external environment recognition image having different viewpoints as the external environment recognition image; and superimpose a first obstacle icon on the first external environment recognition image and superimpose a second obstacle icon different from the first obstacle icon on the second external environment recognition image, as the obstacle icon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Hiroyuki NAKASHIMA, Akiko SATO
  • Publication number: 20230202503
    Abstract: A control device includes: a display control unit configured to display a candidate position image, indicating a candidate position that is a candidate of a target position, on a display device when the candidate position is detected based on a detection result of an external sensor provided in a moving object; and a reception unit configured to receive an operation of selecting a candidate position image indicating a candidate position to be set as the target position from among a plurality of candidate position images when the plurality of candidate position images are displayed on the display device. When any one of the candidate position images is selected, the display control unit displays a movement pattern image, representing a movement pattern executable by the moving object when the candidate position indicated by the candidate position image is set as the target position, on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Akiko SATO, Yasushi SHODA, Hiroki TAKAKU
  • Publication number: 20230205405
    Abstract: A control device includes: a display control unit configured to display a candidate position image on the display device when a candidate position is detected; and a reception unit configured to receive an operation of selecting a candidate position image indicating a candidate position to be set as a target position from among a plurality of candidate position images when the plurality of candidate position images are displayed on the display device. When the plurality of candidate position images are displayed in an overlapped manner and one candidate position image among the plurality of candidate position images is selected, and when an operation is performed on an operation valid region on a display screen, the reception unit changes the selected candidate position image to another candidate position image among the plurality of candidate position images. The operation valid region is a region including the plurality of candidate position images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Akiko SATO, Yasushi SHODA
  • Publication number: 20230202462
    Abstract: A control device is configured to control a moving object that is moved by automatic steering to a target position specified by a user, the moving object being configured to be movable according to a plurality of types of movement patterns, and moving according to a movement pattern selected by the user from among the plurality of types of movement patterns when moving to the target position. The control device has a first mode and a second mode, and is configured to be switchable between the first mode and the second mode according to an operation of the user. In the first mode, the control device receives selection of the movement pattern after receiving specification of the target position. In the second mode, the control device receives the specification of the target position after receiving the selection of the movement pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Yasushi SHODA, Akiko SATO
  • 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: 20230177790
    Abstract: A control device includes circuitry configured to: generate, based on respective pieces of imaging data obtained by a plurality of imaging devices of a moving body, a three-dimensional image indicating a space including both the moving body and surroundings of the moving bod; and cause a display device to display generated the three-dimensional image. The circuitry is capable of rotation of the space in the three-dimensional image. When it is predicted that a boundary region of the respective pieces of imaging data in the three-dimensional image is present in a specific region at time of stop of the rotation, the circuitry changes the boundary region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Yasushi SHODA, Jumpei MORITA
  • Publication number: 20230179757
    Abstract: A control device includes circuitry configured to: generate, based on imaging data obtained by an imaging device of a moving body, a three-dimensional image indicating a space including both the moving body and surroundings of the moving body; enable manual rotation in which the space in the three-dimensional image is manually rotated and automatic rotation in which the space in the three-dimensional image is automatically rotated; and cause a display device to display the generated three-dimensional image. In response to rotation being switched from the manual rotation to the automatic rotation due to an operation by the user of the moving body, the circuitry starts the automatic rotation from a position that is based on a stop position of the space after the manual rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Yasushi SHODA, Jumpei MORITA
  • Publication number: 20230176396
    Abstract: A control device includes circuitry configured to: generate, based on respective pieces of imaging data obtained by a plurality of imaging devices of a moving body, a three-dimensional image indicating a space including both the moving body and surroundings of the moving body; and cause a display device to display the generated three-dimensional image. The circuitry is capable of rotation of the space in the three-dimensional image, and the circuitry changes a rotation amount of the rotation, in a case where it is predicted that a boundary region of the respective pieces of imaging data in the three-dimensional image is present in a specific region when the rotation is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Yasushi SHODA, Jumpei MORITA
  • Publication number: 20230158956
    Abstract: A control device includes circuitry configured to: generate a bird’s-eye view image and a three-dimensional image that show a moving body and surroundings of the moving body, based on respective pieces of imaging data obtained by a plurality of imaging devices of the moving body: cause a display device to display the generated bird’s-eye view image and the generated three-dimensional image; and determine whether a predetermined object is present in a boundary region between the respective pieces of imaging data in the bird’s-eye view image and the three-dimensional image. Upon determining that the predetermined object is present in the boundary region, the circuitry is configured to preferentially change the boundary region in the three-dimensional image among the displayed bird’s-eye view image and the displayed three-dimensional image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Yasushi SHODA, Jumpei MORITA
  • Patent number: 11586224
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus that controls movement of a vehicle in response to an instruction from a remote control terminal located outside the vehicle, the apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain an image captured by an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a periphery of the vehicle; an operator detecting unit configured to detect an operator of the remote control terminal on the basis of the image obtained by the obtaining unit; a terminal detecting unit configured to detect a position of the remote control terminal relative to the vehicle; and a control unit configured to control, on the basis of a detection result from the operator detecting unit and a detection result from the terminal detecting unit, whether to permit or prohibit a remote control operation of the vehicle performed through the remote control terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gaku Shimamoto, Junpei Noguchi, Naotoshi Takemura, Hidetoshi Kobori, Masafumi Sagara, Tatsuro Fujiwara