Patents by Inventor Yasushi Shoda

Yasushi Shoda 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: 20210179083
    Abstract: A parking assist system for a vehicle includes a control device configured to control the vehicle to execute an automatic moving process for autonomously moving the vehicle from a current position to a target position. The control device is configured such that, in a case where a parking brake driving condition is satisfied when the control device stops the vehicle during movement to the target position in the automatic moving process and thereafter cancels the automatic moving process without permitting resumption of the movement of the vehicle, the control device switches a shift position of the shift device of the vehicle to a parking position and drives the parking brake device of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki HARA, Miki TSUJINO, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Yuki NAKADA, Yasushi SHODA
  • Publication number: 20210179087
    Abstract: A parking assist device provides control over a subject vehicle of interest such that the subject vehicle parks into a target parking location, based on information obtained by recognizing surroundings of the subject vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Miki TSUJINO, Yasushi SHODA, Hiroshi YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210179086
    Abstract: An automatic parking control unit comprises a recognizing section recognizing an outer world outside a vehicle, a vehicle operation control section performing an operation control on the vehicle, an automatic parking control section performing a parking operation to park the vehicle at a target parking position and a display control section synthesizing images taken by a camera group into an image of a surrounding area of the vehicle and displaying the image on an output device group. The display control section displays an image of the surrounding area of the vehicle and a vehicle body image of the vehicle with a portion of the vehicle made translucent. the portion of the vehicle making a blind area to a driver in the surrounding area of the vehicle and the portion of the vehicle is changed according to a direction in which the vehicle is running.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Yasushi SHODA
  • Publication number: 20210179089
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes a recognition part that is configured to acquire recognition information through recognition of surroundings of a host vehicle, a maneuver controller that is configured to perform maneuver control to park the host vehicle in a parking region based on the recognition information, a maintain stop position controller that is configured to keep the host vehicle stationary after the host vehicle is stopped by the maneuver control of the maneuver controller until a predetermined operation is received from a driver, a determination part that is configured to determine a type of the parking region in which the host vehicle is to be parked with the maneuver controller; and a decision part that is configured to determine, in accordance with the type of the parking region that is determined by the determination part, a parking reference location that is used to park the host vehicle in the parking region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki HARA, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Yasushi SHODA, Syoichi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210179078
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes: a display device configured to display a parking space candidate; and a control device configured to control a screen display of the display device, to set the parking space candidate selected by a user to a target parking space, to set a stop position where the vehicle should be stopped in the target parking space, and to execute a driving process to autonomously move the vehicle along a trajectory to the stop position. While executing the driving process, the control device causes the display device to display the trajectory and the stop position and determines whether the stop position is suitable based on external environment information. Upon determining that the stop position is not suitable, the control device corrects the stop position and causes the display device to display the stop position that has been corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki NAKADA, Yasushi SHODA, Syoichi KOBAYASHI, Yuki HARA, Miki TSUJINO, Hiroshi YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210179057
    Abstract: An automated-parking control unit prevents a brake noise during braking, when causing a vehicle to start moving forward or backward. The automated-parking control unit includes: an environment recognizer to recognize environment of a vehicle; a behavior controller to execute behavior control inclusive of steering and acceleration/deceleration, based on recognized information; a brake hold instructor to suspend the vehicle with the behavior control and hold the suspension until receiving behavior-related operation by a driver; and a brake fluid pressure controller, when the vehicle is made to start moving forward or backward, to estimate a range having a brake noise and increase a change rate of a brake fluid pressure in a brake-noise range having a brake noise, as compared with that in a no-brake-noise range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Yuhei SHINGAI, Yuki NAKADA, Masaaki KAWANO, Yasushi SHODA, Daisuke HANZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210179174
    Abstract: A brake noise at stationary steering is prevented while brake hold being in operation, in automated steering with parking assist control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Yuhei SHINGAI, Yuki NAKADA, Masaaki KAWANO, Yasushi SHODA, Daisuke HANZAWA
  • Patent number: 11027651
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a vehicle; a driving controller configured to perform speed control and steering control of the vehicle based on a recognition result of the recognizer; a communication unit configured to communicate with a terminal device of a user boarding the vehicle; a vehicle exterior notification unit configured to notify information regarding vehicle identification to the vehicle exterior; and a notification controller configured to cause the communication unit to transmit information for notifying the information regarding the vehicle identification to the terminal device and to cause the vehicle exterior notification unit to notify the information regarding the vehicle identification when the driving controller causes the vehicle to travel toward a position at which the user is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamanaka, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Katsuyasu Yamane, Yoshitaka Mimura, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20200398867
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes: a control device configured to control a vehicle, a vehicle position detecting device configured to detect a position of the vehicle; a shift device configured to be operated for changing a shift position; and a brake input member configured to be operated for driving a brake device. In a case where the vehicle is stopped at a position other than a target position and a switching position, the control device changes the shift position to a parking position or a neutral position unless a shift maintenance condition is satisfied. The shift maintenance condition includes at least one of condition (i) that the vehicle is stopped at a position out of a prescribed range according to an operation of the brake input member and a condition (ii) that a cause for which the vehicle has been stopped is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki HARA, Yuki NAKADA, Yasushi SHODA, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Miki TSUJINO, Hiroki NISHIMURA, Hikaru HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200398821
    Abstract: A parking assist system moves a vehicle autonomously from a current position to a target position. The parking assist system includes: a driving device configured to drive the vehicle; a control device configured to execute a setting process to set the target position and a driving process to control the driving device; a setting reception switch configured to receive an operation for starting the setting process; a driving reception switch configured to receive an operation for starting the driving process; a brake input member sensor configured to detect an input operation of a brake input member. The control device starts the setting process after the setting reception switch is operated, and starts the driving process on condition that a prescribed operation is performed when the driving reception switch is operated. The prescribed operation includes the input operation on the brake input member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki HARA, Yasushi SHODA, Masaaki KAWANO, Takeshi IIJIMA, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Megumi KAGEYAMA, Eiichi HOSHINO, Chihiro KAJIHARA, Hikaru HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200398865
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes a control device configured to control screen display of a display device, to set a target position candidate selected by an occupant as a target position, and to control an autonomous movement operation to autonomously move a vehicle to the target position to park or unpark the vehicle. The control device is configured to cause the display device to display a look-down image and a bird's-eye image side by side in a target position setting screen and to cause the display device to display the look-down image and a travel direction image, which is an image viewed from the vehicle in the travel direction, side by side in an autonomous movement control screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Miki TSUJINO, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Yasushi SHODA
  • Publication number: 20200398826
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes a control device configured to control screen display of a display device, to set the parking position candidate selected by an occupant as a target parking position, and to control an autonomous parking operation to autonomously move the vehicle to the target parking position. When multiple parking position candidates partially overlapping with each other are detected by a parking position candidate detector, the control device causes the display device to display the multiple parking position candidates so as to partially overlap with each other and to be selectable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Miki TSUJINO, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Yasushi SHODA, Megumi KAGEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200398822
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes: a control device configured to control an autonomous parking operation to move a vehicle autonomously to a prescribed target parking position; and a vehicle state detecting device configured to detect a state of the vehicle. During control of the parking operation, when the control device determines that the state of the vehicle detected by the vehicle state detecting device is a prohibition state in which the parking operation should be prohibited, the control device executes a prohibition deceleration process to decelerate the vehicle so as to stop the vehicle. The control device is configured to set an upper limit on deceleration of the vehicle in the prohibition deceleration process to be larger than an upper limit on deceleration of the vehicle in a stop operation to stop the vehicle at the target parking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki HARA, Yasushi SHODA, Yuki NAKADA
  • Publication number: 20200398824
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes: a control device configured to control an autonomous parking operation to move a vehicle autonomously to a prescribed target parking position; a brake input member configured to receive a brake operation of the vehicle by an occupant, and a vehicle state detecting device configured to detect a state of the vehicle, wherein during control of the parking operation, when the control device determines that the state of the vehicle detected by the vehicle state detecting device is a prohibition state in which the parking operation should be prohibited, the control device suspends the parking operation so as to stop a movement of the vehicle and does not resume the parking operation unless the brake operation is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Miki TSUJINO, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Yuki HARA, Yasushi SHODA
  • Publication number: 20200398866
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes: a control device configured to control a vehicle so as to move the vehicle autonomously from a current position to a target position; and an external environment sensor configured to detect an obstacle. During control of the vehicle to the target position, the control device is configured to recognize the obstacle present in a first area and a second area based on information from the external environment sensor. In a case where the control device recognizes the obstacle in the first area, the control device stops the vehicle, and in a case where the control device recognizes the obstacle in the second area and the obstacle in the second area is a moving object and/or a moving creature, the control device moves the vehicle in a decelerated state in which the vehicle is decelerated to a prescribed speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki HARA, Yasushi SHODA, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Masaaki KAWANO
  • Patent number: 10858014
    Abstract: A vehicle control system of an embodiment includes a recognizer that recognizes a peripheral environment of a vehicle, a driving controller that performs driving control based on speed control and steering control of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, an acquirer that acquires a remaining energy amount of a terminal device, and a notifier that performs a notification for prompting an increase of the remaining energy amount when the remaining energy amount acquired by the acquirer while an occupant is aboard the vehicle is less than a first threshold in a case where an instruction to cause a vehicle to enter a parking area in which the vehicle is able to be parked by traveling based on the driving control or an instruction to cause the vehicle to exit the parking area is performed by the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada
  • Publication number: 20200307608
    Abstract: In a vehicle control device of an embodiment, a recognizer that recognizes the presence or absence and type of article carried by a user who uses a vehicle and an instrument controller that controls a vehicle-mounted instrument are included, and the instrument controller determines a mode of control of the vehicle-mounted instrument on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamanaka, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Katsuyasu Yamane, Yoshitaka Mimura, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20200310430
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes: a recognizer which is configured to recognize a motion of the face of a user present outside a vehicle; a determiner which is configured to determine a stop position of the vehicle on the basis of the motion of the face recognized by the recognizer; and a driving controller which controls at least the speed of the vehicle such that the vehicle is caused to stop at the stop position determined by the determiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada
  • Publication number: 20200310457
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a vicinity situation recognizer configured to recognize a vicinity situation of a vehicle, and a driving controller configured to control steering and acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle on the basis of a vicinity situation recognized by the vicinity situation recognizer, in which the driving controller changes a priority level of an operation when the vehicle stops near users scheduled to board the vehicle on the basis of a type of the users scheduled to board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki Hara, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Katsuyasu Yamane, Yoshitaka Mimura, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20200307514
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a vehicle on the basis of a detection result of a detector configured to detect a situation outside the vehicle, a driving controller configured to perform at least one of speed control and steering control of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, and a door controller configured to perform opening control for opening a door of the vehicle. The door controller starts opening control for opening the door of the vehicle if the recognizer has recognized a predetermined motion of a user when the vehicle travels according to control of the driving controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Katsuyasu Yamane, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Yoshitaka Mimura, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi