Patents by Inventor Yoshifumi Nakamura

Yoshifumi Nakamura 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: 20240100712
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning device includes a chamber, a first processing part and a second processing part. The chamber forms a processing space including a first processing position and a second processing position. The first processing part performs a first process on a substrate disposed at the first processing position in the chamber. The second processing part performs a second process on the substrate disposed at the second processing position in the chamber. A main robot loads and unloads the substrate with respect to the substrate cleaning device by moving a hand holding the substrate. In addition, the main robot receives the substrate disposed at the first processing position by causing the hand to enter the processing space, transporting the substrate to the second processing position, and positioning the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuaki OKITA, Kazuki NAKAMURA, Yoshifumi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20240091815
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning apparatus includes an upper holding device holding an outer peripheral end of a substrate, and a lower surface brush contacting a lower surface of the substrate to clean the lower surface. The lower surface brush moves between a contact position where the lower surface brush contacts the lower surface of the substrate held by the upper holding device and a separation position where the lower surface brush is separated from the substrate held by the upper holding device by a certain distance. At the separation position, the lower surface brush rotates at a first rotation speed. At the contact position, the lower surface brush rotates at a second rotation speed higher than the first rotation speed at a time point when the lower surface brush contacts the lower surface and a time point when the lower surface brush is separated from the lower surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki NAKAMURA, Yoshifumi OKADA, Nobuaki OKITA
  • Publication number: 20240091816
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning apparatus includes an upper holding device holding an outer peripheral end of a substrate, and a lower surface brush contacting a lower surface of the substrate to clean the lower surface. The lower surface brush moves from a state of being separated from the lower surface to contact a first partial region of the lower surface when cleaning of a lower surface central region of the substrate is started. Then, the lower surface brush moves into contact with the lower surface central region on the lower surface. The lower surface brush moves from a state of being in contact with the lower surface to be separated from a second partial region of the lower surface when cleaning of the lower surface central region is completed. At least one of the first partial region and the second partial region does not overlap the lower surface central region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nakamura, Yoshifumi Okada, Nobuaki Okita
  • Patent number: 11919547
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a driving controller controls one of or both steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle, and a mode determinator determines any of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode as a driving mode of the vehicle, in which tasks imposed on a driver in the second driving mode are less significant than in the first driving mode and one of or both steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle are controlled by the driving controller, the driving controller controls the vehicle in the second driving mode, and the driving mode is changed to the first driving mode when an abnormality occurs in a combination switch, combination switch related equipment which is connected between the driving controller and the combination switch via a communication line, or communication which is performed by the combination switch and the driving controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Komori, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Takuma Kobayashi, Shingo Ito, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh
  • Publication number: 20240059304
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize surrounding circumstances of a vehicle; a driving controller configured to control steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle; and a mode determinator configured to determine any of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode as a driving mode of the vehicle, in which tasks imposed on a driver in the second driving mode are less significant than in the first driving mode, the driving controller controls the vehicle in the second driving mode, and the driving mode is changed to the first driving mode when an abnormality including predetermined conditions has occurred regarding one or more cameras capturing an image of an area around the vehicle or an image captured by the one or more cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Nakamura, Yuichi Komori, Shingo Ito, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh, Noriyuki Imaeda, Takashi Kishimoto, Daiki Higuchi
  • Patent number: 11904908
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a driving controller configured to control one or both of steering and acceleration or deceleration of a vehicle; and a mode determiner configured to determine a driving mode of the vehicle to be one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mod, in which the second driving mode is a driving mode in which a task imposed on a driver of the vehicle is lighter than that of the first driving mode and one or both of the steering and the acceleration or deceleration are controlled by the driving controller, and to change the driving mode to the first driving mode on the basis of an operating state of a wiper mounted in the vehicle when the driving controller controls the vehicle in the second driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Kobayashi, Yoshifumi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240051583
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a driving controller controls one of or both steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle, and a mode determinator determines any of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode as a driving mode of the vehicle, in which tasks imposed on a driver in the second driving mode are less significant than in the first driving mode and one of or both steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle are controlled by the driving controller, the driving controller controls the vehicle in the second driving mode, and the driving mode is changed to the first driving mode when an abnormality occurs in a combination switch, combination switch related equipment which is connected between the driving controller and the combination switch via a communication line, or communication which is performed by the combination switch and the driving controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yuichi Komori, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Takuma Kobayashi, Shingo Ito, Ayumu Horiba, Tadahiko Kanoh
  • Patent number: 11830300
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a vehicle sensor configured to detect a vehicle state; a first control device connected to the vehicle sensor and provided with a first recording area; a first power supply device configured to supply electric power to the first control device; a second control device connected to the first control device and provided with a second recording area; and a second power supply device configured to supply electric power to the second control device. The first control device is configured to record vehicle data including the vehicle state in the first recording area at a prescribed timing and to transmit the vehicle data to the second control device on a prescribed cycle. The second control device is configured to record the vehicle data received from the first control device in the second recording area at a prescribed timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kishimoto, Noriyuki Imaeda, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Jun Ishii, Daiki Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20230322272
    Abstract: A vehicle control device of embodiments includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding status of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to control one or both of steering and acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle on the basis of the surrounding status recognized by the recognizer or map information, a storage configured to store images of the surroundings of the vehicle captured by a peripheral camera mounted on the vehicle; and a storage controller configured to control the storage. The driving controller causes the vehicle to travel in one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode in which a task imposed on an occupant of the vehicle is greater than that in the first driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Kanta Tsuji, Noriyuki Imaeda, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Takashi Kishimoto, Daiki Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20230311951
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a driving controller configured to control one or both of steering and acceleration or deceleration of a vehicle; and a mode determiner configured to determine a driving mode of the vehicle to be one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mod, in which the second driving mode is a driving mode in which a task imposed on a driver of the vehicle is lighter than that of the first driving mode and one or both of the steering and the acceleration or deceleration are controlled by the driving controller, and to change the driving mode to the first driving mode on the basis of an operating state of a wiper mounted in the vehicle when the driving controller controls the vehicle in the second driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Takuma Kobayashi, Yoshifumi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11654955
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a vehicle including a steering operator is provided. The control apparatus includes an environment detection unit configured to detect a surrounding environment of the vehicle, a travel control unit configured to execute automatic steering control based on the surrounding environment, and an operation detection unit configured to detect a first operation and a second operation by a driver. The travel control unit can take a first state in which automatic steering control is not performed, a second state in which automatic steering control is performed on condition of the second operation, and a third state in which automatic steering control is performed without condition of the second operation. The travel control unit transitions from the third state to the first state on condition of the first operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Kobayashi, Yoshifumi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11618466
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus that controls a vehicle based on peripheral information of the vehicle, comprising: a first operator used to start first travel control; a second operator used to resume the first travel control after the first travel control has been terminated; a third operator used to further start second travel control during the first travel control; and a control unit configured to, while the first travel control and the second travel control are active, if the first travel control and the second travel control are terminated based on the same condition or the same timing, resume the first travel control and the second travel control in accordance with an operation of the second operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Kobayashi, Yoshifumi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11597320
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a control device configured to execute automatic driving control of a vehicle; an image capturing device configured to capture a surrounding image of the vehicle; and a recording device configured to record the surrounding image. The control device includes: a function classifying unit configured to classify functions of the automatic driving control into a first automatic driving function and a second automatic driving function; a state determining unit configured to determine whether the recording device is in a recordable state; and a function restricting unit configured to permit use of the first automatic driving function in a case where the state determining unit determines that the recording device is in the recordable state, and to prohibit the use of the first automatic driving function in a case where the state determining unit determines that the recording device is not in the recordable state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kishimoto, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Noriyuki Imaeda, Jun Ishii, Daiki Higuchi
  • Patent number: 11597400
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus, which controls a vehicle having a plurality of driving modes, includes a travel control section that performs travel control of the vehicle based on vicinity information; a limit value determining section that determines a deceleration limit value used when the travel control is performed, according to the driving mode; and a braking control section that performs braking control based on the vicinity information, such that the vehicle decelerates with a deceleration that does not exceed the determined deceleration limit value; wherein the limit value determining section sets the deceleration limit value to a first limit value when the vehicle is driven in a first driving mode, and sets the deceleration limit value to a second limit value higher than the first limit value, when the vehicle is driven in a second driving mode that has a higher degree of automation than the first driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Tobe, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Shinya Uno, Kentaro Ishisaka, Ayumu Horiba
  • Patent number: 11560151
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a recording device configured to record vehicle information in files. The recording device includes: an event information receiving unit configured to receive information about prescribed events; a tag providing unit configured to provide protection tags to the files, the protection tags being of different types according to magnitude of the events; and an overwriting setting unit configured to prohibit overwriting of the files provided with the protection tags of a same type in a case where the number of the files provided with the protection tags of the same type is within a prescribed upper limit number, and to permit the overwriting of the files provided with the protection tags of the same type in a case where the number of the files provided with the protection tags of the same type exceeds the upper limit number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kishimoto, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Noriyuki Imaeda, Daiki Higuchi, Jun Ishii
  • Publication number: 20220234599
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a recognition unit configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle, a driving control unit configured to control at least one of acceleration and deceleration and steering of the host vehicle based on a recognition result of the recognition unit and to perform driving control of the host vehicle, and a driving request unit configured to execute a driving change request or a driving operation request based on the surrounding situation during execution of the driving control. The driving request unit is configured to output a first request and a second request different from the first request. The driving request unit comprises a first mode in which the first request is output, and the second request is output when the first request is not satisfied, and a second mode in which the second request is output without outputting the first request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanta TSUJI, Yoshifumi NAKAMURA, Ayumu HORIBA, Akihiko AOYAGI, Yuichi KOMORI
  • Patent number: 11383716
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus for controlling a vehicle based on peripheral information of the vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to control steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle in a first state in which holding of a steering apparatus of the vehicle by a driver is required or a second state in which holding of the steering apparatus is not required, wherein the control unit transitions a state of the vehicle from the second state to the first state, if input of an intervention operation for acceleration/deceleration by the driver is detected in a case of executing course change of the vehicle, when the vehicle is traveling in the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nozomu Hirosawa, Daichi Kato, Takuma Kobayashi, Yoshifumi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11332164
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a direction detector configured to detect a direction of a face or line of sight of an occupant of a host vehicle; an automated driving controller configured to execute automated driving; and a switching controller configured to switch an automated driving mode executed by the automated driving controller to any one of a plurality of automated driving modes including a first automated driving mode in which a predetermined task is required of the occupant or a predetermined automation rate is set and a second automated driving mode in which a level of the task required of the occupant is lower than in the first automated driving mode or an automation rate is lower than in the first automated driving mode, wherein the switching controller includes the direction detected by the direction detector being a predetermined direction in switching conditions for switching from the second automated driving mode to the first automated driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kaji, Yoshifumi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11300780
    Abstract: A scanning optical device includes a scanning lens, a deflector, and a frame configured to support the scanning lens and the deflector. The deflector includes a substrate, a motor fixed to the substrate, and a polygonal mirror rotary driven by the motor. The scanning lens is arranged such that a longitudinal direction thereof is oriented in a main scanning direction of the deflector. The frame includes a supporting part configured to support the scanning lens. The supporting part is located such that the substrate and at least a portion of the supporting part overlap when viewed in a rotation axis direction of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hayakawa, Hitoshi Fujino, Yoshifumi Nakamura
  • Patent number: D965659
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jihoon Kil, Hidenori Oka, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Masayoshi Mita