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).
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Publication number: 20200269756Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Hiroshi Yamanaka, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Katsuyasu Yamane, Yoshitaka Mimura, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
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Publication number: 20200209878Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a first recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to control steering, acceleration, and deceleration on the basis of the surrounding situation, a second recognizer configured to recognize a physical object placed in an interior, and an acquirer configured to acquire a movement instruction for moving the vehicle to a parking area according to control of the driving controller, the movement instruction being output on the basis of an action of a user who has not got into the vehicle, wherein the driving controller causes the vehicle to move to an accessible area capable of being accessed by the user or causes the vehicle to stay in the accessible area when the acquirer has acquired the movement instruction and the second recognizer has recognized the physical object placed in the interior of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada
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Publication number: 20200210731Abstract: A vehicle control system of an embodiment includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to perform driving control of speed control and steering control of the vehicle without depending on an operation of an occupant on the basis of a result of the recognition performed by the recognizer, a communicator configured to communicate with a terminal device of the occupant, and an acquirer configured to acquire a communication state between the communicator and the terminal device, in which the driving controller causes a vehicle to leave from a first parking area when the vehicle is parked in the first parking area in which the vehicle parks according to traveling based on the driving control and the communication state with the terminal device acquired by the acquirer is worse than a reference.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Hiroshi Yamanaka, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Yoshitaka Mimura, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
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Publication number: 20200207350Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a recognizer that recognizes a surrounding environment of a vehicle; a driving controller that performs speed control and steering control of the vehicle regardless of an operation of an occupant on the basis of a recognition result obtained by the recognizer; and a wiper controller that controls a wiper attached to a window of the vehicle, wherein the wiper controller changes a degree of operation of the wiper according to a boarding position and a degree of approach when the vehicle moves to the boarding position at which an occupant boards the vehicle after the vehicle starts traveling under the control of the driving controller or when the vehicle starts traveling to move away from the boarding position under the control of the driving controller after the occupant alights from the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Yasushi Shoda, Yuki Hara, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada
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Publication number: 20200207349Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle; a driving control unit configured to control steering and a speed of the vehicle based on a recognition result of the recognizer irrespective of an operation by an occupant; and a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device. When the communication unit receives a pickup request for requesting the vehicle to move from a parking area and causing the occupant to get into the vehicle in a stopping area, the driving control unit causes the vehicle to move from the parking area to the stopping area and changes a condition for the vehicle to leave the stopping area based on the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer near the stopping area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
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Patent number: 8848056Abstract: A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus displays a mobile object on a display unit, encircled by a detection frame, which notifies the driver of the vehicle concerning the presence of the mobile object. A mobile object detector judges a travel path of the mobile object, and a display processor changes an area within which the detection frame is not displayed, depending on the direction in which the judged travel path extends. The detection frame is displayed only when necessary, so as to indicate the presence of the mobile object to the driver using the detection frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigenobu Saigusa, Yasushi Shoda, Katsuyuki Takei, Yoshitaka Yokoo
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Patent number: 8755996Abstract: There is provided a system for immediately reflecting an intention of a driver wanting to avoid an obstacle to assistance to an avoidance operation. A vehicular operation assisting system for assisting the avoidance operation made by the driver of a vehicle in avoiding the obstacle includes an avoidance required distance calculating section for periodically calculating an avoidance required distance that is a distance required to avoid the obstacle when the obstacle is detected ahead of the vehicle, an avoidance operation determining section for periodically determining the avoidance operation with respect to the obstacle on the basis of steering maneuvers of the driver and an avoidance operation assisting degree calculating section for periodically calculating an avoidance operation assisting degree per based on the avoidance required distance calculated by the avoidance required distance calculating section and the judgment result of the avoidance operation determining section.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2008Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuharu Kanaboshi, Yukihiro Fujiwara, Yasushi Shoda, Yusuke Nakamura
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Patent number: 8340870Abstract: The vehicle maneuver assistance device includes: a plurality of external environment imaging units; a converter that performs a view point conversion; a display unit provided in an interior of the present-vehicle; a steering angle status value detector which detects status values of the steering angle representing an actual steering angle of the present-vehicle, and outputs a steering angle status value; a display controller that causes the display unit to display the converted image, and, overlaid thereon, a guidance display which assists a parking maneuver of the present-vehicle, wherein the display controller controls the guidance display according to the steering angle status value, so that the guidance display includes: an initial positioning guide line representing an initial location of the present-vehicle at the beginning of the parking maneuver; and a steering-switching start positioning guide line representing a starting location of a quick steering direction switching.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Ohshima, Yukihiro Fujiwara, Yoshitaka Katashima, Hiroyuki Kawagoe, Shigenobu Saigusa, Yasushi Shoda, Manabu Shimizu, Yasuhiro Konishi
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Publication number: 20120200705Abstract: A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus displays a mobile object on a display unit, encircled by a detection frame, which notifies the driver of the vehicle concerning the presence of the mobile object. A mobile object detector judges a travel path of the mobile object, and a display processor changes an area within which the detection frame is not displayed, depending on the direction in which the judged travel path extends. The detection frame is displayed only when necessary, so as to indicate the presence of the mobile object to the driver using the detection frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigenobu SAIGUSA, Yasushi SHODA, Katsuyuki TAKEI, Yoshitaka YOKOO
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Patent number: 8165753Abstract: When a collision avoidance operation determiner determines a collision avoidance operation by a driver, a target assist electrical current calculator calculates a target assist electrical current based on a deviation between a standard yaw rate corrected in accordance with avoidance momentum calculated by an avoidance momentum calculator and an actual yaw rate; and the target assist electrical current is supplied to a steering actuator to assist the collision avoidance operation by the driver. At this time, when an under-steer determiner determines an under-steer state, an assist electrical current is decreased by a reaction force electrical current calculated in a reaction force electrical current calculator. Therefore, a steering angle is prevented from becoming too large due to excessive assist, thereby facilitating a return operation after avoiding an obstacle.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2010Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasushi Shoda, Kenichi Ohshima
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Patent number: 7937199Abstract: When a collision avoidance operation determiner determines a collision avoidance operation by a driver, a target assist electrical current calculator calculates a target assist electrical current based on a deviation between a standard yaw rate corrected in accordance with avoidance momentum calculated by an avoidance momentum calculator and an actual yaw rate; and the target assist electrical current is supplied to a steering actuator to assist the collision avoidance operation by the driver. At this time, when an under-steer determiner determines an under-steer state, an assist electrical current is decreased by a reaction force electrical current calculated in a reaction force electrical current calculator. Therefore, a steering angle is prevented from becoming too large due to excessive assist, thereby facilitating a return operation after avoiding an obstacle.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2010Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasushi Shoda, Kenichi Ohshima
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Patent number: 7905313Abstract: A vehicle seat-belt apparatus including: a forward monitoring device which conducts monitoring to the front of a vehicle; an avoidance assist device which supports a predetermined avoidance operation in order to avoid an obstacle when it is determined that there is an obstacle to be avoided based on a detection result of the forward monitoring device; a motor which conducts a rotary driving of a belt reel on which a belt is wound; and a control device which controls the motor, wherein the control device conducts a drive control of the motor according to a state of support of the avoidance operation by the avoidance assist device.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2008Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shotaro Odate, Yukihiro Fujiwara, Yasushi Shoda, Mitsuharu Kanaboshi
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Publication number: 20100228442Abstract: When a collision avoidance operation determiner determines a collision avoidance operation by a driver, a target assist electrical current calculator calculates a target assist electrical current based on a deviation between a standard yaw rate corrected in accordance with avoidance momentum calculated by an avoidance momentum calculator and an actual yaw rate; and the target assist electrical current is supplied to a steering actuator to assist the collision avoidance operation by the driver. At this time, when an under-steer determiner determines an under-steer state, an assist electrical current is decreased by a reaction force electrical current calculated in a reaction force electrical current calculator. Therefore, a steering angle is prevented from becoming too large due to excessive assist, thereby facilitating a return operation after avoiding an obstacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2010Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasushi SHODA, Kenichi Ohshima
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Publication number: 20100211257Abstract: When a collision avoidance operation determiner determines a collision avoidance operation by a driver, a target assist electrical current calculator calculates a target assist electrical current based on a deviation between a standard yaw rate corrected in accordance with avoidance momentum calculated by an avoidance momentum calculator and an actual yaw rate; and the target assist electrical current is supplied to a steering actuator to assist the collision avoidance operation by the driver. At this time, when an under-steer determiner determines an under-steer state, an assist electrical current is decreased by a reaction force electrical current calculated in a reaction force electrical current calculator. Therefore, a steering angle is prevented from becoming too large due to excessive assist, thereby facilitating a return operation after avoiding an obstacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasushi SHODA, Kenichi Ohshima
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Patent number: 7778753Abstract: A vehicle operation assist system includes as assist yaw rate calculator which calculates a necessary moving amount to avoid an obstacle based on a detection result of the obstacle by a radar device, and a vehicle movement controller controls lateral movement of the vehicle based on the calculated moving amount. When an avoiding operation detector determines initiation of an obstacle avoiding operation by the driver, the vehicle movement controller operates a braking device to control the lateral movement of the vehicle, so that the obstacle can be reliably avoided. When a restoring operation detector determines initiation of a restoring operation, the vehicle movement controller operates a power steering device to control the lateral movement of the vehicle, so that delay in the steering operation by the driver, and excessive restoring operation of the steering handle to compensate for the delay are suppressed, thus stabilizing vehicle behavior.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2005Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukihiro Fujiwara, Mitsuharu Kanaboshi, Yasushi Shoda
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Patent number: 7734418Abstract: When a collision avoidance operation determiner determines a collision avoidance operation by a driver, a target assist electrical current calculator calculates a target assist electrical current based on a deviation between a standard yaw rate corrected in accordance with avoidance momentum calculated by an avoidance momentum calculator and an actual yaw rate; and the target assist electrical current is supplied to a steering actuator to assist the collision avoidance operation by the driver. At this time, when an under-steer determiner determines an under-steer state, an assist electrical current is decreased by a reaction force electrical current calculated in a reaction force electrical current calculator. Therefore, a steering angle is prevented from becoming too large due to excessive assist, thereby facilitating a return operation after avoiding an obstacle.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2006Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasushi Shoda, Kenichi Ohshima
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Publication number: 20100070139Abstract: The vehicle maneuver assistance device includes: a plurality of external environment imaging units; a converter that performs a view point conversion; a display unit provided in an interior of the present-vehicle; a steering angle status value detector which detects status values of the steering angle representing an actual steering angle of the present-vehicle, and outputs a steering angle status value; a display controller that causes the display unit to display the converted image, and, overlaid thereon, a guidance display which assists a parking maneuver of the present-vehicle, wherein the display controller controls the guidance display according to the steering angle status value, so that the guidance display includes: an initial positioning guide line representing an initial location of the present-vehicle at the beginning of the parking maneuver; and a steering-switching start positioning guide line representing a starting location of a quick steering direction switching.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Ohshima, Yukihiro Fujiwara, Yoshitaka Katashima, Hiroyuki Kawagoe, Shigenobu Saigusa, Yasushi Shoda, Manabu Shimizu, Yasuhiro Konishi
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Publication number: 20080300788Abstract: There is provided a system for immediately reflecting an intention of a driver wanting to avoid an obstacle to assistance to an avoidance operation. A vehicular operation assisting system for assisting the avoidance operation made by the driver of a vehicle in avoiding the obstacle includes an avoidance required distance calculating section for periodically calculating an avoidance required distance that is a distance required to avoid the obstacle when the obstacle is detected ahead of the vehicle, an avoidance operation determining section for periodically determining the avoidance operation with respect to the obstacle on the basis of steering maneuvers of the driver and an avoidance operation assisting degree calculating section for periodically calculating an avoidance operation assisting degree per based on the avoidance required distance calculated by the avoidance required distance calculating section and the judgment result of the avoidance operation determining section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuharu Kanaboshi, Yukihiro Fujiwara, Yasushi Shoda, Yusuke Nakamura
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Publication number: 20080264710Abstract: A vehicle seat-belt apparatus including: a forward monitoring device which conducts monitoring to the front of a vehicle; an avoidance assist device which supports a predetermined avoidance operation in order to avoid an obstacle when it is determined that there is an obstacle to be avoided based on a detection result of the forward monitoring device; a motor which conducts a rotary driving of a belt reel on which a belt is wound; and a control device which controls the motor, wherein the control device conducts a drive control of the motor according to a state of support of the avoidance operation by the avoidance assist device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro Odate, Yukihiro Fujiwara, Yasushi Shoda, Mitsuharu Kanaboshi
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Patent number: 7383111Abstract: A steering apparatus for a vehicle includes a steering angle measuring unit, a vehicle speed measuring unit, a yaw rate measuring unit, a yaw rate-based reaction force control unit for controlling a steering reaction force depending on an actual yaw rate measured by the yaw rate measuring unit, and a yaw rate deviation-based reaction force control unit for determining a standard yaw rate depending on at least the steering angle and the vehicle speed, calculating a yaw rate deviation between the standard yaw rate and the actual yaw rate, and controlling the steering reaction force depending on the yaw rate deviation, and a primary control unit for executing a control operation such that a degree of contribution of the yaw rate-based reaction force control unit is decreased and a degree of contribution of the yaw rate deviation-based reaction force control unit is increased as the yaw rate deviation increases.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2005Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigenori Takimoto, Osamu Tsurumiya, Yasushi Shoda, Masato Yuda