Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Iwasa

Tatsuya Iwasa 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: 20250250049
    Abstract: A flap folding device includes a first member that folds a pair of first flaps toward an inside of an opening of a cardboard box, a second member that folds a pair of second flaps toward the inside of the opening, and a holding member including a rod-shaped or plate-shaped elongated portion extending along a long side direction of the opening, and pressing and holding the pair of folded first flaps by the elongated portion. The second member folds the pair of second flaps in a state where the pair of first flaps are held by the holding member after the first member folds the pair of first flaps. The holding member is attached to be swingable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Tatsuya IWASA, Yuji YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20250250046
    Abstract: A pushing mechanism pushes a plurality of bags into a laterally open box in an erected posture. The pushing mechanism includes a box standby unit for causing the box to stand by, an article placement unit having a placement surface on which the plurality of bags are temporarily placed in the erected posture, and a pushing unit extending in an alignment direction of the plurality of bags and pushing the plurality of bags placed on the placement surface into the box by moving toward an opening of the box from the article placement unit. The pushing unit has a contact portion that comes into contact with a portion of the bag in a height direction in the erected posture such that one side of the bag is bent in a pushing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventor: Tatsuya IWASA
  • Patent number: 12291264
    Abstract: A driving support device includes: a driving state monitoring portion configured to monitor a plurality of driving states including a gripping position of a steering wheel of an occupant of a vehicle; a positive value calculation portion configured to calculate a positive value indicating a degree of positiveness of the occupant with respect to steering based on the plurality of driving states monitored by the driving state monitoring portion; and a lane keep assistance control portion configured to perform lane keep assistance control of guiding a steering operation of the occupant so that the vehicle does not deviate from a traveling lane based on the positive value calculated by the positive value calculation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Iwasa, Haruko Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20250117175
    Abstract: A display control system for a moving body, the display control system comprising an audio source device configured to give audio guidance about the moving body; a display device capable of displaying information indicating an external environment in surroundings of the moving body, and a control device, wherein the control device processes audio information of the audio guidance to be output by the audio source device, and acquires a signal waveform of the audio information, and controls the display device for a display mode to be output by the display device in synchronization with the acquired signal waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Masaki MARUYAMA, Haruko OKUYAMA, Tatsuya IWASA, Tsuyoshi NOJIRI
  • Publication number: 20240375590
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a display control system and a display control method thereof. The display control device controls the display device to display the location information image on the screen member based on the current location of the vehicle, map information, a captured image, and location information of a target recognition object. When the user is able to see the target recognition object, the display control device controls the display device to display the location information image representing the location information of the target recognition object in the first mode on the screen member. When the user is not able to see the target recognition object, the display control device controls the display device to display the location information image representing the location information of the target recognition object in a second mode on the screen member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruko OKUYAMA, Tatsuya IWASA
  • Publication number: 20240367522
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a display control device and a display control method thereof. The display control device controls a display device to project an information image representing a target recognition vehicle in a first mode on a screen member. The screen member is provided between the target recognition vehicle and a user of the vehicle. When a traveling direction of the target recognition vehicle intersects with a traveling direction of the vehicle, the display control device controls the display device to project the information image in a second mode on the screen member. The information image in the second mode includes an image simulating a vehicle headlight beam of the target recognition vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya IWASA, Haruko OKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240317133
    Abstract: In an illumination device for a vehicle, when a recognition part has recognized that a pedestrian may be present on an advancing route and when a detection part has detected that a driver has recognized the pedestrian, an exterior light is brought into either a first lit or first not-lit state, and when the recognition part has recognized that the pedestrian may be present on the advancing route and when the detection part has detected that the driver has not recognized the pedestrian, the exterior light is brought into either a second lit or second not-lit state, and the first lit state and the second lit state are different from each other and the first not-lit state and the second not-lit state are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Yuji Tsuchiya, Kei Oshida, Masayoshi Takori, Tatsuya Iwasa, Haruko Okuyama
  • Patent number: 12017812
    Abstract: A box packing apparatus includes a transport unit configured to transport a group of articles arranged in a state in which at least some of the articles overlap with each other to a predetermined position, a holding unit configured to hold a cardboard box having an opening with long sides and short sides, and a transfer unit configured to transfer the group of articles from the predetermined position into the cardboard box. The holding unit can hold the cardboard box in a first posture in which the long side is located downward and the opening is directed laterally. The transfer unit transfers the group of articles in a state in which rows of the group of articles are arranged in a row along the long side of the cardboard box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Iwasa, Satoshi Nishitsuji, Yoshinobu Shimomae
  • Patent number: 11897224
    Abstract: A box forming apparatus includes first holders configured to hold a first side surface of a cardboard sheet, second holders configured to hold a second side surface of the cardboard sheet, an arm, a first mover, and a second mover. The arm has a support that supports the first and the second holders. The first mover changes a position of the first holders relative to the second holders while the arm is being rotated to open the cardboard sheet. The second mover moves the arm in association with opening of the cardboard sheet so that, when the cardboard sheet has been opened, the second mover will have moved the support a predetermined distance in a second direction opposite a first direction, which is a direction heading from a rotational center of the arm to a distal end of the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Iwasa, Yoshinobu Shimomae
  • Publication number: 20230294856
    Abstract: A box packing apparatus includes a transport unit configured to transport a group of articles arranged in a state in which at least some of the articles overlap with each other to a predetermined position, a holding unit configured to hold a cardboard box having an opening with long sides and short sides, and a transfer unit configured to transfer the group of articles from the predetermined position into the cardboard box. The holding unit can hold the cardboard box in a first posture in which the long side is located downward and the opening is directed laterally. The transfer unit transfers the group of articles in a state in which rows of the group of articles are arranged in a row along the long side of the cardboard box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Tatsuya IWASA, Satoshi NISHITSUJI, Yoshinobu SHIMOMAE
  • Publication number: 20230294768
    Abstract: A driving support device includes: a driving state monitoring portion configured to monitor a plurality of driving states including a gripping position of a steering wheel of an occupant of a vehicle; a positive value calculation portion configured to calculate a positive value indicating a degree of positiveness of the occupant with respect to steering based on the plurality of driving states monitored by the driving state monitoring portion; and a lane keep assistance control portion configured to perform lane keep assistance control of guiding a steering operation of the occupant so that the vehicle does not deviate from a traveling lane based on the positive value calculated by the positive value calculation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Tatsuya Iwasa, Haruko Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20230226792
    Abstract: A box forming apparatus includes first holders configured to hold a first side surface of a cardboard sheet, second holders configured to hold a second side surface of the cardboard sheet, an arm, a first mover, and a second mover. The arm has a support that supports the first and the second holders. The first mover changes a position of the first holders relative to the second holders while the arm is being rotated to open the cardboard sheet. The second mover moves the arm in association with opening of the cardboard sheet so that, when the cardboard sheet has been opened, the second mover will have moved the support a predetermined distance in a second direction opposite a first direction, which is a direction heading from a rotational center of the arm to a distal end of the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Tatsuya IWASA, Yoshinobu SHIMOMAE
  • Patent number: 11565713
    Abstract: There are provided an outputter provided in a vehicle and configured to output information, a controller configured to execute driving support for the vehicle, and an output controller configured to provide a notification for requesting an occupant of the vehicle to perform a predetermined action when the driving support is being executed by the controller, cause a form of the notification to be changed so that the notification is emphasized in accordance with a passage of time from a start of the notification, and cause the outputter to output the notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Tatsuya Iwasa, Fue Kubota, Naohiro Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11484936
    Abstract: In a semiconductor-mounting heat dissipation base plate including: an insulating substrate to which a metal circuit layer for mounting a semiconductor chip thereon is fixed; a heat dissipation base formed from the same metal material as the metal circuit layer at a side opposite to the metal circuit layer across the insulating substrate and fixed to the insulating substrate similar to the metal circuit layer; and a strengthening member provided in the heat dissipation base so as to be separated from the insulating substrate, the sizes of crystal grains of a metal structure at a part of the heat dissipation base or the metal circuit layer are reduced by a crystal size reducing material adhered to a mold, thereby preventing an adverse effect of a columnar crystal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Tanaka, Daisuke Oya, Mikio Ishihara, Tatsuya Iwasa, Koji Saito, Yuki Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 11428931
    Abstract: A display device includes: a light projection device configured to project light including an image; an optical mechanism provided on a path of the light and configured to be capable of adjusting a distance from a predetermined position to a position at which the light is formed as a virtual image; and a control device configured to control the light projection device. The control device corrects a position of an image formed based on an external environment of a vehicle when a distance between a gazing point of an occupant of the vehicle and a vanishing point of a travel lane of the vehicle is less than a predetermined distance, and suppresses the correction of the position of the image when the distance between the gazing point and the vanishing point is equal to or greater than the predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Higashiyama, Takuya Kimura, Shinji Kawakami, Tatsuya Iwasa, Yuji Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11307591
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an acquirer that acquires information that allows recognition of a speed of another vehicle in a travel direction of an own vehicle, a determiner that determines whether or not a low speed section whose travel speed is equal to or less than a first predetermined speed is present in the travel direction of the own vehicle on the basis of the information acquired by the acquirer, and a controller that is able to perform an automated driving mode which is executed at a second predetermined speed or less and that performs predetermined control before the own vehicle reaches the low speed section that has been determined as being present by the determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru Okajima, Tatsuya Iwasa, Yusuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11298908
    Abstract: A lid forming device of a cardboard box using a first flap with a slit and a second flap to be extended after being bent into a mountain shape is disclosed. The lid forming device includes first and second folding mechanisms. The fist folding mechanism folds the first flap in a direction of closing the opening. The second folding mechanism bends the second flap into a mountain shape and inserts part of the second flap into the slit of the first flap while extending the second flap. The second folding mechanism includes first and second retaining units. The first retaining unit retains a first face of the second flap located between a free end of the second flap and a bend line set beforehand in the second flap. The second retaining unit retains a second face of the second flap located between an anchored end and the bend line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Nakamura, Tatsuya Iwasa, Atsushi Takahashi, Satoshi Tatsukawa, Satoshi Nishitsuji, Tatsuya Arimatsu, Koji Ono
  • Patent number: 11294176
    Abstract: A display device includes a light projector configured to project light including an image, an optical mechanism provided on a path of the light and capable of adjusting a distance from a predetermined position to a position where the light is formed as a virtual image, a concave mirror configured to reflect light passing through the optical mechanism toward a reflector, a first actuator configured to adjust the distance in the optical mechanism, and a controller configured to control the light projector and the first actuator. The controller causes the first actuator to change the distance and causes the light projector to project light including an opening image, at a time of an operation start of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Higashiyama, Takuya Kimura, Shinji Kawakami, Tatsuya Iwasa, Yuji Kuwashima
  • Patent number: 11273826
    Abstract: A vehicle control system including: a driving operator on which an operation used for manual driving is performed by a vehicle occupant; an output device that outputs information; an automated driving controller that executes automated driving automatically controlling at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a vehicle; and a switching controller that causes the output device to output request information for requesting an operation on the driving operator when automated driving using the automated driving controller ends and is switched to manual driving and sets a control gain for the operation performed on the driving operator to be lower in at least a predetermined period after causing the output device to output the request information to than in a period other than the predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Iwasa
  • Patent number: 11220080
    Abstract: A cardboard box erector that folds four flaps provided on edges of an opening of a cardboard box so as to surround the opening is disclosed. The four flaps include a locking flap folded last among the four flaps. The cardboard box erector includes a folding unit configured to fold each of the four flaps in a predetermined order to close the opening, and a pushing unit configured to perform an action to push the locking flap inside the cardboard box and pull the locking flap back. The pushing unit has a suction unit configured to such and hold the locking flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Iwasa, Atsushi Takahashi