Patents by Inventor Yoshitaka Mimura

Yoshitaka Mimura 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: 11897499
    Abstract: An autonomous driving vehicle information presentation device includes a traffic congestion information acquisition unit that acquires information on traffic congestion ahead in a traveling direction of an own vehicle, a traveling lane identification unit that identifies a lane where the own vehicle is currently located, a stop position prediction unit that acquires a traveling state of a preceding vehicle based on an external environment information and the traffic congestion information, and to predict a stop position related to the preceding vehicle based on the acquired traveling state, an action plan generation unit that generates an action plan of the own vehicle based on the stop position and the currently located lane, and an information presentation unit that presents information including the generated action plan through using an external display device provided at a rear portion of a vehicle interior of the own vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Yuki Kizumi, Takashi Oshima, Yuji Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11820282
    Abstract: The present invention provides a notification apparatus that is mounted on a vehicle and notifies surroundings of the vehicle that the vehicle is starting, the notification apparatus comprising: a detector configured to detect a driver's intention to start the vehicle; and a lighting controller configured to cause, when the detector detects the driver's intention to start the vehicle, a lighting device in the vehicle to light in a predetermined lighting mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Morimichi Nishigaki, Shunsuke Iwao
  • Publication number: 20230351895
    Abstract: Provided is a traffic safety support system capable of improving traffic safety in a situation in which it is predicted that a mobile body will not obey a signal displayed by a traffic light. A traffic safety support system includes a recognizer, a HMI, a risk notification setting unit, and a risk notification control device. The risk notification setting unit sets a notification mode to a hinting notification mode in a case where a four-wheeled automobile acts as an oncoming mobile body and at least one of the four-wheeled automobile or a motorcycle is approaching a traffic light, and sets the notification mode to an analogue notification mode in a case where the four-wheeled automobile is present within an analogue notification actuation range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hideo KADOWAKI, Akihito KIMATA, Shigeru INOUE, Yuji TAKAGI, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Masaki OKUMOTO, Takahiro KUREHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230326344
    Abstract: Provided is a traffic safety support system capable of improving traffic safety in a situation in which a mobile body has merged onto a road on which a mobile vehicle as a host vehicle is traveling and is approaching the host vehicle. A traffic safety support system includes a recognizer, a HMI, a risk notification setting unit, and a risk notification control device. The risk notification setting unit sets a notification mode to a hinting notification mode in a case where a motorcycle acts as an oncoming vehicle and a first travel path of a four-wheeled automobile and a second travel path of the motorcycle join, and sets the notification mode to an analogue notification mode in a case where the motorcycle is present within an analogue notification actuation range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Akihito KIMATA, Shigeru INOUE, Yuji TAKAGI, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Hideo KADOWAKI, Masaki OKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230326345
    Abstract: A traffic safety support system 1 includes mobile terminals that move with traffic participants in a target traffic area, and a coordination support device 6 capable of communicating with the mobile terminals. Each of the mobile terminals includes a notification device configured to make a risk notification in a hinting notification mode or in an analogue notification mode. The coordination support device includes a target area recognizer 60 configured to recognize recognition targets including the traffic participants and traffic environments and acquire recognition information, a predictor 62 configured to predict a risk in future of prediction targets that are a plurality of traffic participants in a monitoring area that is part of the target traffic area, and a risk notification specifier 64 configured to set an operation manner of risk notification for each of support targets on the basis of the recognition information and a prediction result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Akihito KIMATA, Shigeru INOUE, Yuji TAKAGI, Masaki OKUMOTO, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Hideo KADOWAKI
  • Publication number: 20230316923
    Abstract: A traffic safety support system 1 includes a recognizer configured to recognize traffic participants present near a mobile body 94 that is a support target, a notification device configured to make a risk notification to a driver of the support target, and a risk notification specifier configured to set an operation manner of the risk notification. In a case where the support target is traveling on the road and a first pedestrian 95 is present ahead of the support target, the risk notification specifier calculates a risk value of the first pedestrian 95 and the support target on the road 90 on the basis of the recognition information, and in a case where the risk value exceeds a threshold, sets ON of the risk notification. The risk notification specifier calculates the risk value on the basis of the number of pedestrians present in the vicinity of the first pedestrian 95.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Takashi OSHIMA, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Shinsuke ODAI, Takahiro KUREHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230316898
    Abstract: A traffic safety support system includes a target traffic area recognizer configured to acquire recognition information regarding traffic participants, and the like, in a target traffic area, a predictor 62 configured to predict a risk in the target traffic area on the basis of the recognition information, and a coordination support information notifier 65 configured to transmit coordination support information to support targets. The predictor 62 includes an area risk predictor 620 configured to extract a high risk area from a plurality of local areas obtained by subdividing the target traffic area on the basis of information obtained by performing statistical processing on the recognition information, and a traffic participant risk predictor 625 configured to predict a risk in future of traffic participants in the high risk area on the basis of information related to the high risk area among the recognition information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Akihito KIMATA, Hirokazu TOKUSHIMA, Shigeru INOUE, Yuji TAKAGI, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Yoji SASABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230311927
    Abstract: Provided is a traffic safety support system capable of improving traffic safety in a situation in which it is predicted that a mobile body other than a host vehicle is shielded by a nearby vehicle present near the mobile body. A traffic safety support system includes a recognizer, a HMI, a risk notification setting unit, and a risk notification control device. The risk notification setting unit sets a notification mode to a hinting notification mode in a case where a motorcycle acts as an oncoming mobile body, and where a four-wheeled automobile is present near the motorcycle and is approaching a four-wheeled automobile from the front in the traveling direction of the four-wheeled automobile, and sets the notification mode to an analogue notification mode in a case where the motorcycle is present within an analogue notification range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Hideo KADOWAKI, Shigeru INOUE, Yuji TAKAGI, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Masaki OKUMOTO, Akihito KIMATA, Takahiro KUREHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230311922
    Abstract: Provided is a traffic safety support system capable of improving traffic safety in a situation in which it is predicted that a mobile body will approach a host vehicle from the front or the rear. A traffic safety support system includes a recognizer, a HMI, a risk notification setting unit, and a risk notification control device. The risk notification setting unit sets a notification mode to a hinting notification mode in a case where a motorcycle is present outside an analogue notification actuation range and acts as an oncoming mobile body or acts as a following mobile body, and the risk notification setting unit sets the notification mode to an analogue notification mode in a case where the motorcycle is present within the analogue notification actuation range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Akihito KIMATA, Shigeru INOUE, Yuji TAKAGI, Yoshitaka MIMURA, Hideo KADOWAKI, Takahiro KUREHASHI, Masaki OKUMOTO
  • 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: 11541906
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to perform driving control on at least one of steering and a speed of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, an environment controller configured to control an operation of a predetermined device for providing a comfortable environment of the vehicle and limit an operation state of the predetermined device at a timing when a user gets out of the vehicle, and a reproducer configured to reproduce the operation state of the predetermined device at a timing when the user gets into the vehicle when the driving controller performs driving control for moving the vehicle from a parking area and picking up the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Patent number: 11505178
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a communicator configured to communicate with a parking lot management device having a function of guiding a vehicle, a driving controller configured to perform driving control including at least one of speed control and steering control of the vehicle, and an abnormality determiner configured to determine the presence or absence of an abnormality in the parking lot management device. The driving controller is configured to perform the driving control based on guidance of the parking lot management device on the basis of information received by the communicator from the parking lot management device and to restrict the driving control based on the guidance of the parking lot management device in a case where the abnormality determiner determines that the abnormality has occurred in the parking lot management device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamanaka, Yoshitaka Mimura, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Patent number: 11485280
    Abstract: A vehicle control device mounted in a vehicle includes: a first recognizer configured to recognize a person near the vehicle; a first determiner configured to determine whether the person recognized by the first recognizer is a pre-registered user; and a controller configured to control a lighting device to project a projection image to a position for which a stop position of the vehicle is a criterion in a case where the first determiner determines that the person recognized by the first recognizer is the pre-registered user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Katsuyasu Yamane, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Patent number: 11475690
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a recognizer configured to recognize first content displayed on a terminal device, and an identifier configured to identify a person carrying the terminal device with the first content displayed thereon outside the vehicle as a user scheduled to use the vehicle or a person relevant to the user on the basis of a comparison between the first content recognized by the recognizer and one or more pieces of content associated with the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamanaka, Katsuyasu Yamane, Yoshitaka Mimura, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Patent number: 11465645
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a recognizer that recognizes a surrounding environment of a vehicle; and a driving controller that performs speed control and steering control of the vehicle automatically on the basis of a recognition result obtained by the recognizer. When the vehicle is moved to a boarding position at which an occupant boards the vehicle and is stopped, the driving controller stops the vehicle on the basis of at least one of weather information at the boarding position, a state of the occupant recognized by the recognizer, and an environment of the boarding position recognized by the recognizer and determines a stopping position of the vehicle according to the environment of the boarding position or the state of the occupant when the weather information is a predetermined state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyasu Yamane, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Yoshitaka Mimura, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Publication number: 20220305984
    Abstract: The present invention provides a notification apparatus that is mounted on a vehicle and notifies surroundings of the vehicle that the vehicle is starting, the notification apparatus comprising: a detector configured to detect a driver's intention to start the vehicle; and a lighting controller configured to cause, when the detector detects the driver's intention to start the vehicle, a lighting device in the vehicle to light in a predetermined lighting mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshitaka MIMURA, Morimichi NISHIGAKI, Shunsuke IWAO
  • Publication number: 20220306091
    Abstract: A vehicle control device configured to control a self-vehicle, the vehicle control device comprising: a first detection unit configured to detect a direction change of an oncoming vehicle; a second detection unit configured to detect another vehicle on a diagonally rear side of the self-vehicle; and a control unit configured to control a notification unit on the basis of detection results of the first detection unit and the second detection unit, wherein the control unit controls the notification unit to notify the oncoming vehicle of presence of the other vehicle in a case where the direction change of the oncoming vehicle has been detected and the other vehicle has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshitaka MIMURA, Tsuyoshi NOJIRI, Morimichi NISHIGAKI
  • Publication number: 20220309924
    Abstract: A vehicle control device configured to control a self-vehicle, the vehicle control device comprising: a first detection unit configured to detect a direction change of an oncoming vehicle; a second detection unit configured to detect another vehicle on a diagonally rear side of the self-vehicle; and a control unit configured to control a notification unit on the basis of detection results of the first detection unit and the second detection unit, wherein the control unit controls the notification unit to notify the other vehicle of the direction change of the oncoming vehicle in a case where the direction change of the oncoming vehicle has been detected and the other vehicle has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshitaka MIMURA, Tsuyoshi NOJIRI
  • Patent number: 11447131
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
  • Patent number: 11414085
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    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