Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Kuroba

Yoshiyuki Kuroba 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: 11242052
    Abstract: An object detection system for a saddle-type vehicle is provided. The system comprises an object detection unit configured to detect an object, wherein the object detection unit is provided on a handlebar which is rotatable to a body of the vehicle; an inclination detection unit configured to detect an inclination of a saddle-type vehicle; a steering angle detection unit configured to detect a steering angle of the handlebar to the body; and a position specification unit configure to specify a position of the object detected by the object detection unit, and correcting the position so that the inclination detected by the inclination detection unit is upright and the steering angle of the handlebar detected by the steering angle detection unit is directed straight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kihoko Kaita, Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Hiroshi Maeda, Masashi Hagimoto
  • Patent number: 11214325
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle include a headlight unit configured to emit light ahead of a vehicle, and a detecting unit configured to detect a situation on a front side of the vehicle. The headlight unit includes a peripheral wall portion that defines an outer shape thereof. The peripheral wall portion includes a concave portion in which the detecting unit is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Maeda, Naoto Yamashita, Akihito Kawamura, Futoshi Koga, Yoshiyuki Kuroba
  • Publication number: 20210203063
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle comprises a front antenna configured to be capable of transmitting/receiving a wireless signal of a predetermined frequency band and arranged closer to a front side than a seating portion on which a rider can sit, and a rear antenna configured to be capable of transmitting/receiving a wireless signal of a predetermined frequency band and arranged closer to a rear side than the seating portion, the front antenna has directivity in the front side of the straddle type vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KUROBA, Kazuyuki MARUYAMA, Hiroshi MAEDA, Futoshi KOGA
  • Publication number: 20210078657
    Abstract: The present invention provides a straddle type vehicle, comprising: a taillight disposed in a rear portion of a vehicle and configured to emit light to rearward of the vehicle and a detection unit configured to emit radio waves and detect surrounding conditions behind the vehicle, wherein the taillight includes a light source and a housing for accommodating the light source, the detection unit is provided inside the housing, the housing has a transmitting portion that includes a first region for transmitting light emitted from the light source and a second region for transmitting the radio waves emitted from the detection unit, and the first region has an uneven shape for diffusing the light emitted from the light source, and the second region does not have the uneven shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KUROBA, Tsuyoshi KUMASAKA, Kiyoshi KATAGIRI, Hiroshi MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20210061391
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle comprising a rear fender arranged on an upper side of a rear wheel, and a monitoring device configured to monitor a traveling environment on the periphery of a vehicle, wherein the monitoring device includes a pair of sensors, the rear fender includes a sensor support member configured to support one of the pair of sensors on a left side of a vehicle body and the other on a right side of the vehicle body, the sensor support member includes a pair of left and right side wall portions, and a bottom wall portion configured to connect the pair of left and right side wall portions, and the pair of sensors are arranged along the pair of left and right side wall portions on the bottom wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Naoto YAMASHITA, Futoshi KOGA, Yoshiyuki KUROBA, Hiroshi MAEDA, Akihito KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210061388
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle include a headlight unit configured to emit light ahead of a vehicle, and a detecting unit configured to detect a situation on a front side of the vehicle. The headlight unit includes a peripheral wall portion that defines an outer shape thereof. The peripheral wall portion includes a concave portion in which the detecting unit is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi MAEDA, Naoto YAMASHITA, Akihito KAWAMURA, Futoshi KOGA, Yoshiyuki KUROBA
  • Publication number: 20210061389
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle comprising a vehicle body frame including a head pipe and a main frame extending from the head pipe to a rear side, and a headlight unit provided on a front side of the vehicle body frame, and further comprising a support stay fixed to the vehicle body frame to support a predetermined vehicle constituent component on the front side of the vehicle body frame, and a driving support sensor fixed to the support stay on a lower side of the headlight unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Akihito KAWAMURA, Futoshi KOGA, Hiroshi MAEDA, Yoshiyuki KUROBA, Naoto YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20210061395
    Abstract: The straddle type vehicle comprises an antenna that can receive a wireless signal of a predetermined frequency band, and a sensing unit for sensing a situation in front of the vehicle. A constituent component of the vehicle is arranged between the antenna and the sensing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Futoshi KOGA, Naoto YAMASHITA, Akihito KAWAMURA, Hiroshi MAEDA, Yoshiyuki KUROBA
  • Publication number: 20210053642
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle comprises: a detection unit for detecting a condition of front of a vehicle; a cleaning member capable of cleaning the detection unit; and a movable apparatus for changing a position of the cleaning member in relation to the detection unit in a height direction of the vehicle, wherein the cleaning member, by the changing of the position, performs the cleaning by wiping with a portion of the detection unit where the cleaning unit contacts the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KUROBA, Futoshi KOGA, Hiroshi MAEDA, Naoto YAMASHITA, Akihito KAWAMURA, Shohei SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210001945
    Abstract: The present invention provides a straddle type vehicle, comprising: a taillight disposed in a rear portion of a vehicle and configured to emit light to rearward of the vehicle; a license plate disposed at the rear portion of the vehicle; and a detection unit configured to detect surrounding conditions behind the vehicle, wherein the detection unit is connected to a vehicle body frame via a support stay and is disposed to be lower than the taillight and higher than the license plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Masashi HAGIMOTO, Yoshiyuki KUROBA, Kiyoshi KATAGIRI, Hiroshi MAEDA, Tsuyoshi KUMASAKA
  • Publication number: 20210001944
    Abstract: There is provided with a straddle type vehicle. A direction indicator is formed to project outward in a vehicle width direction and shows a traveling direction of the vehicle. A sensing device detects an obstacle around the vehicle using an ultrasonic wave. The sensing device is arranged in a distal end portion of the direction indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Kiyoshi KATAGIRI, Yoshiyuki KUROBA, Tsuyoshi KUMASAKA, Hiroshi MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20210001845
    Abstract: An object detection system for a saddle-type vehicle is provided. The system comprises an object detection unit configured to detect an object, wherein the object detection unit is provided on a handlebar which is rotatable to a body of the vehicle; an inclination detection unit configured to detect an inclination of a saddle-type vehicle; a steering angle detection unit configured to detect a steering angle of the handlebar to the body; and a position specification unit configure to specify a position of the object detected by the object detection unit, and correcting the position so that the inclination detected by the inclination detection unit is upright and the steering angle of the handlebar detected by the steering angle detection unit is directed straight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Kihoko KAITA, Yoshiyuki KUROBA, Hiroshi MAEDA, Masashi HAGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200407002
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle comprising: a first display unit configured to display speed information of the straddle type vehicle; and a second display unit configured to display information concerning automatic traveling control of the straddle type vehicle, wherein the first display unit and the second display unit are arranged on a front side of the vehicle with respect to a head pipe of the straddle type vehicle, in the first display unit, a display position of the vehicle speed information changes linearly or in a curve in accordance with a change in a speed of the straddle type vehicle, and the second display unit is arranged to be adjacent in an upward direction or a left-and-right direction of the display position of the speed information on a high speed range side of the first display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Masashi HAGIMOTO, Yoshiyuki KUROBA, Hiroshi MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20200407000
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle characterized by comprising: an air guiding plate arranged on a front side of the straddle type vehicle; and a display control unit configured to display information concerning automatic traveling control of the straddle type vehicle, wherein the display control unit displays the information concerning the automatic traveling control on the air guiding plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Kihoko KAITA, Masashi HAGIMOTO, Yoshiyuki KUROBA, Hiroshi MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20200398841
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle having a following cruise function for performing following cruise to follow a preceding vehicle sensed, comprises: a display unit capable of displaying information of the preceding vehicle at a plurality of display positions aligned in a vehicle width direction of the straddle type vehicle; and a selecting unit configured to select, as a following target, a preceding vehicle from among the plurality of preceding vehicles, wherein, when a plurality of preceding vehicles are sensed, the display unit displays preceding vehicle information respectively for the plurality of preceding vehicles at the display positions corresponding to the preceding vehicles sensed, and a preceding vehicle is selected as the following target by the selection unit from the preceding vehicle information displayed by the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi MAEDA, Yoshiyuki KUROBA, Masashi HAGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200398920
    Abstract: The present invention provides a straddle type vehicle, comprising: a storage unit arranged at a rear portion of a vehicle to be capable of storing an article; and a detection unit configured to detect a surrounding situation in a rear side of the vehicle, wherein the storage unit includes an outer case and an inner case which defines a storage space capable of storing the article, and wherein the detection unit is arranged between the outer case and the inner case, at a rear portion of the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Masashi HAGIMOTO, Yoshiyuki KUROBA, Kiyoshi KATAGIRI, Hiroshi MAEDA, Tsuyoshi KUMASAKA
  • Publication number: 20200398919
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle 1 having at least one reflecting portion 30 for reflecting a radar wave transmitted from a radar equipment. The reflecting portion 30 is provided on a cap member 40 mounted on a rear end portion 9b of an exhaust pipe 9, and the reflecting portion 30 is arranged below left and right tail lights 19 when viewed from a rear side of a vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Kihoko KAITA, Masashi HAGIMOTO, Yoshiyuki KUROBA, Hiroshi MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20200398924
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle includes a front cowl configured to cover a front part of the vehicle, a shield arranged above the front cowl, and a detecting unit configured to detect a situation in front of the vehicle. The detecting unit includes at least an image capturing unit that is positioned above a lower end of the front cowl and in a central portion of the straddle type vehicle in a vehicle width direction, and is arranged in a position where the shield does not interfere with an image capturing range. The image capturing unit is arranged behind an upper portion of the front cowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KUROBA, Hiroshi MAEDA, Masashi HAGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200391816
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle comprising, a handle that a driver grips to steer a front wheel and a sensing device configured to detect an obstacle around a vehicle by using an ultrasonic wave, wherein the sensing device is arranged in a distal end portion of the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KUROBA, Kiyoshi KATAGIRI, Hiroshi MAEDA, Tsuyoshi KUMASAKA
  • Publication number: 20200369340
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle includes a front cover configured to cover a front part of the vehicle, and a detecting unit for detecting a situation in front of the vehicle. The detecting unit is arranged behind a central portion of the front cover in a vehicle width direction. A gap is formed between the detecting unit and the front cover in a vehicle longitudinal direction and a viscoelastic member is installed in the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KUROBA, Hiroshi MAEDA, Masashi HAGIMOTO