Patents by Inventor Yo Ito

Yo Ito 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).

  • Patent number: 11869369
    Abstract: A moving body has a control unit that determines priority relating to movement on the basis of prescribed rules, the control unit comparing, on the basis of the prescribed rules, a first determination value that is the determination value for the moving body, and a second determination value that is the determination value for another moving body, whereby the priority of the moving body is determined in relation to the other moving body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Nagai, Yo Ito, Takahiro Iijima
  • Patent number: 11823230
    Abstract: A control apparatus is configured to control advertisement data presented to an occupant of a movable object having an automated driving function, and includes a travel road specification unit for specifying a road scheduled to be travelled by the movable object corresponding to the destination, a setting unit for setting, according to the road scheduled to be travelled, a switching recommendation point for switching a driving mode of the movable object from automated drive to driver-led manual drive, a notification plan generation unit for setting a degree of importance of the advertisement data to be presented according to the driving mode for the road scheduled to be travelled, and generating a notification plan for presenting the advertisement data to the occupant according to the set degree of importance, and a notification control unit for presenting notification data including the advertisement data to the occupant according to the notification plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Yo Ito, Toshikatsu Kuramochi
  • Patent number: 11794816
    Abstract: An automated driving vehicle includes: a traveling unit to which an upper structure can be attached and which does not have a passenger compartment; and a connector provided in the traveling unit and connected to the upper structure detachably attached to the traveling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Iwasaki, Hisao Asaumi, Kentaro Ishisaka, Izumi Kondo, Satoshi Koike, Tomohisa Manabe, Yo Ito, Yuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11691070
    Abstract: An in-vehicle performance device is an in-vehicle performance device that performs a game that is played by an occupant in a vehicle, and includes a motion detector configured to detect a motion of the occupant irrelevant to driving the vehicle, a display configured to display an image visually recognizable by the occupant, and a display controller configured to display a response image according to the motion of the occupant on the display on the basis of the motion of the occupant detected by the motion detector, and output a result of a game based on a predetermined rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Iwasaki, Hisao Asaumi, Kentaro Ishisaka, Izumi Kondo, Satoshi Koike, Tomohisa Manabe, Yo Ito, Yuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11660525
    Abstract: An in-vehicle performance device is an in-vehicle performance device that performs a game that is played by an occupant in a vehicle, and includes a motion detector configured to detect a motion of the occupant irrelevant to driving the vehicle, a display configured to display an image visually recognizable by the occupant, and a display controller configured to display a response image according to the motion of the occupant on the display on the basis of the motion of the occupant detected by the motion detector, and output a result of a game based on a predetermined rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Iwasaki, Hisao Asaumi, Kentaro Ishisaka, Izumi Kondo, Satoshi Koike, Tomohisa Manabe, Yo Ito, Yuki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230158397
    Abstract: An in-vehicle performance device is an in-vehicle performance device that performs a game that is played by an occupant in a vehicle, and includes a motion detector configured to detect a motion of the occupant irrelevant to driving the vehicle, a display configured to display an image visually recognizable by the occupant, and a display controller configured to display a response image according to the motion of the occupant on the display on the basis of the motion of the occupant detected by the motion detector, and output a result of a game based on a predetermined rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Shun Iwasaki, Hisao Asaumi, Kentaro Ishisaka, Izumi Kondo, Satoshi Koike, Tomohisa Manabe, Yo Ito, Yuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11618377
    Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling notification data presented to an occupant of a movable object having an automated driving function. The control apparatus includes a travel road specification unit configured to specify a road scheduled to be travelled by the movable object corresponding to a destination set for the movable object. The control apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set, according to the road scheduled to be travelled, a switching recommendation point for switching from automated drive to driver-led manual drive on the road scheduled to be travelled, and estimate a scheduled passing time instant at which the movable object passes the switching recommendation point. The control apparatus includes a notification plan generation unit configured to generate a notification plan for presenting predetermined notification data to the occupant of the movable object according to the switching recommendation point and the scheduled passing time instant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rei Sakai, Yo Ito, Toshikatsu Kuramochi
  • Patent number: 11594139
    Abstract: A management system comprises a movement management unit that communicates via a communication device with a plurality of moving bodies including an autonomous moving body provided with an autonomous control unit for moving autonomously, and that manages the movement of the plurality of moving bodies. The movement management unit comprises a priority/subordination determination unit that determines the degree of priority/subordination relating to the respective movements of the plurality of moving bodies on the basis of individual information of the moving bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Nagai, Yo Ito, Takahiro Iijima
  • Patent number: 11586223
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a communicator configured to receive driving information from a management server, a controller configured to drive the vehicle on the basis of the driving information from the communicator, a manager configured to manage a compartment of the vehicle in which a service user receives a service from a service provider, and an interface set up in association with service-related information provided by the service provider and the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Iwasaki, Hisao Asaumi, Kentaro Ishisaka, Izumi Kondo, Satoshi Koike, Tomohisa Manabe, Yo Ito, Yuki Hayashi, Yuji Yasui, Shion Tokunaga, Nobuyuki Watanabe, Kazuki Nishioka, Yudai Hirohata, Hisakazu Yamane, Takayuki Shimoyamada, Kovi Ahego, Liyan Liu, Hirotaka Uchitomi, Masashi Yuki, Takafumi Hirose, Jun Ito, Rie Fukushima, Masaaki Onoda, Christopher Lang
  • Patent number: 11561555
    Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus for controlling broadcast data to be broadcasted to an occupant of a movable object with an automated drive function, comprising: a travelling road identification unit for identifying a predetermined travelling road of the movable object corresponding to a destination set in the movable object; a setting unit for setting, according to the predetermined travelling road, a recommended switching point for switching predetermined automated drive to driver subjected manual drive in the predetermined travelling road, and setting predetermined passage time when the movable object passes through the recommended switching point; and a broadcast plan generation unit for generating a broadcast plan for broadcasting predetermined broadcast data to an occupant of the movable object according to the recommended switching point; wherein the broadcast plan generation unit determines an order of the broadcast data to be broadcasted within a predetermined period before or after the recommended s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rei Sakai, Yo Ito, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Patent number: 11545262
    Abstract: An automated driving vehicle (200) includes a communication device (220), a biometric information acquirer (240), and an automated driving controller (250). The communication device (220) is configured to transmit biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquirer (240) to an external device and receives a response signal including attribute information for the transmitted biometric information. The automated driving controller (250) is configured to execute automated driving according to route information formed on the basis of the attribute information included in the received response signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Hisao Asaumi, Shion Tokunaga, Masashi Yuki, Yo Ito, Hirotaka Uchitomi
  • Patent number: 11541908
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an acquirer configured to acquire a boarding request, a deriver configured to derive, when an action schedule of an automatic driving vehicle includes a standby state based on a boarding request acquired by the acquirer, a usage charge of the automatic driving vehicle reflecting a cost generated in a traveling state in which the automatic driving vehicle carries a user and travels and a cost generated in the standby state, and an output configured to output information including the usage charge derived by the deriver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Kentaro Ishisaka, Nobuyuki Watanabe, Kovi Ahego, Christopher Lang, Liyan Liu, Yo Ito, Hirotaka Uchitomi
  • Patent number: 11514545
    Abstract: A rideshare management system includes: a communicator configured to communicate with a plurality of terminal devices used by a plurality of users; an acquirer configured to acquire use requests from the plurality of users in which a use condition including at least a desired access place is defined; a user arrival situation monitor configured to monitor an arrival situation of the users at a predetermined place derived according to the desired access place; and a service manager configured to search for an available vehicle according to the use condition included in the use requests and determine a vehicle service schedule and configured to determine a user accessing the vehicle at the predetermined place according to the arrival situation of the users monitored by the user arrival situation monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naotoshi Fujimoto, Yo Ito, Seiichi Yamamoto, Susumu Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 11397322
    Abstract: An image providing system for vehicles includes an imaging unit; a display unit which generates a virtual image of a person; a communication unit which connects for communication to an apparatus outside a vehicle; and a seat occupancy detection unit which detects a seat occupancy state in the vehicle, wherein the display unit controls a display mode of the virtual image on the basis of the seat occupancy state in the vehicle detected by the seat occupancy detection unit in an operating state of the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Hisao Asaumi, Shion Tokunaga, Masashi Yuki, Yo Ito, Hirotaka Uchitomi
  • Publication number: 20220105821
    Abstract: A service system includes a service management device, which includes an authentication manager configured to manage authentication for charging of a portable battery by a charging facility on the basis of first information about the portable battery or a user using the portable battery and second information about the charging facility that charges the portable battery and a determiner configured to determine a fee to charge the portable battery in a charging service, and a service providing device configured to perform a process of providing an additional service to the user in a facility including the charging facility while the charging facility is charging the portable battery on the basis of information provided from the service management device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto Nagai, Yo Ito
  • Publication number: 20220074752
    Abstract: An information processing device according to an embodiment includes an acquirer configured to acquire user information regarding a movement of a user from a user terminal used by the user, an estimator configured to estimate a first movement method of the user on the basis of the user information, a determiner configured to determine a third movement method different from the first movement method on the basis of a second movement method that is a movement method performed in the past by the user or another user having a movement history similar to a movement history of the user, and a notification unit configured to notify the user of the third movement method before the user starts a movement in the first movement method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto Nagai, Yo Ito
  • Publication number: 20220074755
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an acquirer configured to acquire user information on a plurality of users via respective user terminals used by the plurality of users, a classifier configured to classify the plurality of users into one or more groups on the basis of the user information, a condition setter configured to set provision conditions of a movement device for users of each group based on group information of each group including user information of users classified into each group, and a determiner configured to determine a provision method of a movement device for users of each group on the basis of the provision conditions of a movement device set for each group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto Nagai, Yo Ito
  • Patent number: 11231281
    Abstract: An information-processing device of the present invention includes an acquisition unit that acquires sensor detection information indicating a detection result from a sensor mounted in a vehicle, a derivation unit that derives a plurality of indices for a surrounding environment based on the sensor detection information acquired by the acquisition unit, and an evaluation unit that evaluates attribute information of a point at which the sensor detection information is acquired based on the plurality of indices derived by the derivation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Kentaro Ishisaka, Nobuyuki Watanabe, Kovi Ahego, Christopher Lang, Liyan Liu, Yo Ito, Hirotaka Uchitomi
  • Publication number: 20210284064
    Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling notification data presented to an occupant of a movable object having an automated driving function. The control apparatus includes a travel road specification unit configured to specify a road scheduled to be travelled by the movable object corresponding to a destination set for the movable object. The control apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set, according to the road scheduled to be travelled, a switching recommendation point for switching from automated drive to driver-led manual drive on the road scheduled to be travelled, and estimate a scheduled passing time instant at which the movable object passes the switching recommendation point. The control apparatus includes a notification plan generation unit configured to generate a notification plan for presenting predetermined notification data to the occupant of the movable object according to the switching recommendation point and the scheduled passing time instant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Rei SAKAI, Yo ITO, Toshikatsu KURAMOCHI
  • Publication number: 20210287253
    Abstract: A control apparatus is configured to control advertisement data presented to an occupant of a movable object having an automated driving function, and includes a travel road specification unit for specifying a road scheduled to be travelled by the movable object corresponding to the destination, a setting unit for setting, according to the road scheduled to be travelled, a switching recommendation point for switching a driving mode of the movable object from automated drive to driver-led manual drive, a notification plan generation unit for setting a degree of importance of the advertisement data to be presented according to the driving mode for the road scheduled to be travelled, and generating a notification plan for presenting the advertisement data to the occupant according to the set degree of importance, and a notification control unit for presenting notification data including the advertisement data to the occupant according to the notification plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Yuji YASUI, Yo ITO, Toshikatsu KURAMOCHI