Patents by Inventor Yuji Yasui

Yuji Yasui 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: 12145579
    Abstract: A driving support apparatus in a vehicle, includes: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire peripheral information of the vehicle; a risk prediction unit configured to predict a risk region on the periphery of the vehicle using the peripheral information; a sight line specifying unit configured to specify a position of a sight line of a driver of the vehicle in the peripheral information; and a control unit configured to switch driving support control based on a degree of deviation between the risk region predicted by the risk prediction unit and the position of the sight line specified by the sight line specifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Yasui
  • Patent number: 12139016
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a display control unit which controls a display unit which can display an image of a character and a graphical user interface (GUI) which accepts an operation instruction for an apparatus. The information processing device includes an obtaining unit which obtains information indicating an operation content of an apparatus intended by a user. The display control unit determines the presentation duration for which a presentation image of the character operating the GUI is displayed based on the operation content and causes a display unit to display the presentation image for the presentation duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Nanami Tsukamoto, Misako Yoshimura, Kentaro Yamada, Hisashi Ishimatsu
  • Patent number: 12141982
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: a image capturing unit configured to capture an image including a region corresponding to an inside of a vehicle and a region corresponding to an outside of the vehicle; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of images captured by the image capturing unit at predetermined time intervals; a generation unit configured to generate a mask filter for masking the region corresponding to the inside of the vehicle in the image captured by the image capturing unit based on an amount of change in the plurality of images acquired by the acquisition unit; and a storage unit configured to store the mask filter generated by the generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Yasui
  • Patent number: 12135546
    Abstract: A mobile object control apparatus acquires an image, recognizes an indication of a user, recognizes a first region that a mobile object is able to enter and a second region that the mobile object is not able to enter on the basis of the image, and determines a target position to which the mobile object will move on the basis of the indication from the user, the first region that the mobile object is able to enter, and the second region that the mobile object is not able to enter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Kentaro Yamada
  • Patent number: 12128883
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a storage medium that stores computer-readable instructions, and a processor connected to the storage medium. The processor executes the computer-readable instructions to recognize an object around a moving body, perform first control for avoiding contact between the moving body and the recognized object by steering, perform second control for avoiding contact between the moving body and the recognized object by braking, derive an estimated value of a yaw rate generated in the moving body on the basis of reference information including at least a plurality of types of information different from a measured value of a yaw rate output by a yaw rate sensor mounted on the moving body, and suppress the first control if a deviation between the measured value and the estimated value is greater than a reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Yasui
  • Patent number: 12131558
    Abstract: An image processing device divides an image representing an area in front of a mobile object, which is captured by a camera mounted on the mobile object, at predetermined intervals to generate an element function that approximates a track boundary in each of divided areas on the basis of: a probability value indicating an existence probability of the track boundary for each of coordinates in each of the areas; and the coordinates corresponding to the probability value, generates a composite function that approximates a track boundary in the front area by combining the element functions generated for each of the areas, and executes driving control or driving assistance of the mobile object on the basis of the track boundary approximated by the generated composite function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Yasui
  • Publication number: 20240331253
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to control behavior of either a first avatar that is an avatar in a virtual space or a second avatar that is an avatar robot in a real space, based on a user operation; and a switching unit configured to switch between a first mode for displaying a virtual video of the virtual space and a second mode for displaying a real viewpoint video of the second avatar in the real space, based on the user operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventor: Yuji YASUI
  • Patent number: 12097864
    Abstract: A hardware processor of a mobile object executes the program stored in a storage device to acquire reference information with which a facility where an occupant is likely to stop by is identifiable; to recognize whether a mobile object is moving on a roadway or a predetermined region different from the roadway; to recognize presence of a contact portion between the predetermined region and the roadway in a traveling direction of the mobile object; to partially control a speed of the mobile object; to limit a speed of the mobile object moving on the roadway to a first speed; to limit a speed of the mobile object moving on the predetermined region to a second speed lower than the first speed; and to bring a speed of the mobile object to the second speed when the mobile object is moving on the roadway, the contact portion is recognized within a predetermined range from the mobile object, and it is determined with reference to the reference information that there is a facility where the occupant is likely to stop
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Matsunaga, Yuji Yasui, Takashi Matsumoto, Gakuyo Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20240308539
    Abstract: A control device for controlling a vehicle is configured to identify a risk factor present in surroundings of the vehicle and a direction of the risk factor with respect to the vehicle, display, on the display device, risk information indicating the direction of the risk factor with a first emphasis degree, and take a guidance action using the steering operation element. The guidance action guides a driver of the vehicle to operate the steering operation element to avoid the risk factor. When the guidance action using the steering operation element is taken, avoidance information indicating an advancing direction of the vehicle to avoid the risk factor is displayed on the display device, and the risk information is displayed with a second emphasis degree lower than the first emphasis degree, or the risk information is not displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Yuji YASUI, Gakuyo FUJIMOTO, Misako YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240308503
    Abstract: A control device includes a recognizer that recognizes a surrounding situation of a mobile body, a path generator that generates a path through which a reference position of the mobile body is to pass based on the surrounding situation, a passage area setter that sets boundary lines of a passage area of the mobile body at positions that are offset to the left and right from the path, a corrector that corrects the path based on the passage area and the surrounding situation of the mobile body, and a controller that controls a drive device provided in the mobile body such that the mobile body moves along the path corrected by the corrector, wherein when the path includes a turn, the passage area setter makes an amount of offset on an outside of the turn greater than an amount of offset on an inside of the turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Ichiro Baba, Yuji Yasui
  • Patent number: 12024194
    Abstract: A vehicle control method includes recognizing an object, generating plurality of target trajectories which the vehicle travels using a plurality of models, and automatically controlling driving of the vehicle based on the target trajectory, the plurality of models include a first model which is a rule based model or a model based model, and a second model which is a machine learning based model, and the second target trajectory is selected, when the vehicle accelerates after a speed of the vehicle has been equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, under a condition in which driving of the vehicle is controlled based on a first target trajectory output by the first model and under a condition in which driving of the vehicle is controlled based on a second target trajectory output by the second model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Yasui
  • Patent number: 12008904
    Abstract: An information supply method is a method of causing a computer of a terminal device equipped with a camera and mounted in a mobile object to execute: a process of acquiring images captured at different times; a process of predicting whether the mobile object has an intention to turn right or left based on the images captured at the different times; and a process of displaying an image for an alarm about presence of a traffic participant on a display provided on a casing in which the camera of the terminal device is provided based on a result of the estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Yasui
  • Patent number: 11981344
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a determining part configured to determine a target relative position with respect to other vehicle, which is traveling in a movement destination lane that is a merging destination or a lane change destination of a host vehicle, for entering the movement destination lane based on a detection result of the other vehicle, and a notification controller configured to output a notification sound, which differs between a case in which acceleration is required for the host vehicle and a case in which deceleration is required for the host vehicle, from a speaker in order to perform an alignment with respect to the target relative position determined by the determining part in an advancing direction of the host vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Yasui
  • Publication number: 20240140468
    Abstract: A driving assistance device of an embodiment includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a mobile object, a determiner configured to determine, on the basis of the surrounding situation, whether to prompt a driver of the mobile object to perform a steering operation and whether there is a possibility of a risk occurring for the mobile object, and a notification controller configured to cause a speaker to output a guidance sound prompting the driver of the mobile object to perform a steering operation and a warning sound with respect to the risk on the basis of a result of the determination by the determiner, in which the notification controller causes output modes for the guidance sound and the warning sound to be different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Aya Miura, Yuji Yasui, Takeru Goto, Kosuke Toda, Keming Ding, Kenjiro Torii
  • Patent number: 11968352
    Abstract: Provided is a display method, which is executed by a display device capable of forming an image in both of an inside of a lens area and an outside of the lens area and enabling a user to visually recognize the image, the display method including displaying, by the display device, one or more objects from a predetermined area inside the lens area toward the outside of the lens area so that an object near the predetermined area is displayed in a different display mode relating to at least one of a density, a color strength, a luminance, and a size compared to an object away from the predetermined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Masamitsu Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11964621
    Abstract: A vehicle seatbelt device of an embodiment includes a recognizer that recognizes circumstances around a vehicle, a steering operator that is able to adjust steering of the vehicle, a vibrator that causes a portion of the steering operator to vibrate, a seatbelt that restrains a portion of the body of an occupant of the vehicle, a tension adjustment mechanism that is able to adjust the tension of the seatbelt, and a controller that controls the vibrator and the tension adjustment mechanism on the basis of the circumstances recognized by the recognizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Odai, Yuji Yasui, Kenji Komori, Yosuke Sakamoto, Yosuke Koike, Kenshi Torikai
  • Publication number: 20240110794
    Abstract: A route guidance device that guides a user along a movement route, the route guidance device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a communication device, location information including a departure location and a destination location of the user, a search unit configured to search for a plurality of movement routes from the departure location to the destination location, based on the location information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a provision unit configured to provide the communication device with the plurality of movement routes searched for by the search unit, wherein the plurality of movement routes includes a first movement route using a first moving body of a riding type capable of traveling on a roadway, and a second movement route using a second moving body of a self-propelled type capable of traveling on a sidewalk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuma TAMAKI, Yuji YASUI, Tokitomo ARIYOSHI, Hideki MATSUNAGA, Ken IINUMA
  • Publication number: 20240112575
    Abstract: Area monitoring system includes a plurality of sensor devices each installed in a monitoring target area and configured to detect a mobile object moving in the monitoring target area and a determiner configured to determine whether or not mobile objects detected by the plurality of sensor devices are the same physical object on the basis of detection results of the plurality of sensor devices. The plurality of sensor devices include at least a radio wave sensor and an optical sensor. The determiner determines whether or not mobile objects detected by the radio wave sensor and the optical sensor are the same physical object on the basis of information of at least one of feature quantities regarding movements of the mobile objects and reflection intensities corresponding to attributes of the mobile objects when the mobile objects have been detected by the radio wave sensor and the optical sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji Komori, Yuji Yasui, Hideki Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20240112149
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an area monitoring system includes a sensor device installed at a position where a monitoring target area can be imaged, an analyzer configured to analyze an image captured by the sensor device, a manager configured to manage a situation of the monitoring target area on the basis of an analysis result of the analyzer, and a provider configured to provide information about the monitoring target area. The manager causes the provider to provide information for promoting maintenance regarding at least one of the monitoring target area or the sensor device when a degree of deviation between a state of a road included in the image and a state of the road based on a predetermined reference image of the sensor device is greater than or equal to a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji Komori, Yuji Yasui, Hideki Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20240112104
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire physical strength information related to physical strength and time information related to a scheduled farm work time of a work group including at least one worker who performs farm work; a determination unit configured to determine a work ability of the work group based on the physical strength information; and a crop type selection unit configured to select a crop type to be proposed to the work group based on the work ability determined by the determination unit and the time information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuma TAMAKI, Yuji YASUI, Tokitomo ARIYOSHI, Ken IINUMA, Hideki MATSUNAGA