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).

  • Traveling track determination processing and automated drive device
    Patent number: 11449058
    Abstract: A traveling track determination device includes an ECU. The ECU calculates a second course target point, and determines a future traveling track for the vehicle at right/left turn using a first straight line that extends from the vehicle through an intersection in a forward direction, a second straight line that extends along a second course through the second course target point and intersects with the first straight line in the intersection, and a curved track configured of a quadratic Bézier curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Nakanishi, Yuji Yasui, Hideki Matsunaga, Yuki Ichino, Takeru Goto
  • IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220292686
    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: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Yuji Yasui
  • MONEY DEPOSITING AND DISPENSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220284755
    Abstract: A money depositing and dispensing device includes a storing unit, a conveying unit, a power-supply operation unit, a power-supply control unit, and a display control unit. The storing unit stores money. The conveying unit conveys the money. The power-supply operation unit receives operation concerning a power supply of the money depositing and dispensing device. If the power-supply operation unit receives the operation, on condition that the money conveyed by the conveying unit is absent, the power-supply control unit turns off the conveying unit. On condition that the conveying unit is conveying the money, the display control unit causes a display unit to display an image indicating a reason for not turning off the conveying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Yuji Yasui
  • CALIBRATION DEVICE, CALIBRATION METHOD, DRIVE RECORDER, VEHICLE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220283636
    Abstract: A calibration device for calibrating line-of-sight detection processing based on an image of a face of a user includes an instruction unit configured to instruct the user to look at each of a plurality of positions, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire, for each of the plurality of positions, the image of the face of the user looking at each position. The instruction unit is configured to, when giving an instruction to look at a position that is not in front of the user of the plurality of positions without moving the face, give an instruction to look in front of the user each time a position at which the user is instructed to look switches from one position that is not in front of the user to another position that is not in front of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Masamitsu Tsuchiya, Yutaka Nishizaki
  • CALIBRATION DEVICE, CALIBRATION METHOD, DRIVE RECORDER, VEHICLE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220284714
    Abstract: A calibration device for calibrating detection processing of a line of sight of a user can perform first calibration processing in which an instruction to look at each of a plurality of positions by moving the face is given and second calibration processing in which an instruction to look at each of the plurality of positions without moving the face is given. The calibration device executes both the first calibration processing and the second calibration processing when it is determined that an eye of the user can be detected, and executes the first calibration processing and cease to execute the second calibration processing when it is determined that an eye of the user cannot be detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Yasui
  • PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOBILE OBJECT, PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220284736
    Abstract: A processing apparatus converts a first image into a second image with a lower resolution than a resolution of the first image, specifies a target region including a predetermined objective target in the second image on the basis of the second image, and specifies a target region including the objective target in the first image on the basis of the specified target region in the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Yuji Yasui
  • GESTURE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, MOBILE OBJECT, GESTURE RECOGNITION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220276720
    Abstract: A gesture recognition apparatus acquires an image capturing a user, recognizes a region where the user is present when the image is captured, and in a case in which the user is present in a first region when the image is captured, recognizes a gesture of the user on the basis of the image and first information for recognizing the gesture of the user, and in a case in which the user is present in a second region when the image is captured, recognizes a gesture of the user on the basis of the image and second information for recognizing the gesture of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventor: Yuji Yasui
  • MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL SYSTEM, MOBILE OBJECT, MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220276648
    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: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Kentaro Yamada
  • VEHICLE SEATBELT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220242363
    Abstract: A vehicle seatbelt device of an embodiment includes a recognizer that recognizes circumstances around a vehicle, a determiner that determines the state of the vehicle, a seatbelt that restrains a portion of the body of a driver of the vehicle, a tension adjustment mechanism that is able to adjust the tension of the seatbelt, a determiner that determines whether or not driving of the driver is a preferable method of driving on the basis of the circumstances recognized by the recognizer and the state determined by the determiner, and a controller that controls the tension adjustment mechanism such that a tension of the seatbelt varies when the determiner determines that driving of the driver is the preferable method of driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Shinsuke Odai, Yuji Yasui, Kenji Komori, Yosuke Sakamoto, Yosuke Koike, Kenshi Torikai
  • VEHICLE SEATBELT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220242350
    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: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Shinsuke Odai, Yuji Yasui, Kenji Komori, Yosuke Sakamoto, Yosuke Koike, Kenshi Torikai
  • VEHICLE SEATBELT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220242364
    Abstract: A vehicle seatbelt device of an embodiment includes a seatbelt that restrains a portion of the body of a driver of a vehicle, a tension adjustment mechanism that is able to adjust the tension of the seatbelt, and a controller that controls the tension adjustment mechanism such that the tension of the seatbelt varies in response to a sound emitted by a sound instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Shinsuke Odai, Yuji Yasui, Kenji Komori, Yosuke Sakamoto, Yosuke Koike, Kenshi Torikai
  • MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL DEVICE, MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL METHOD,AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220234577
    Abstract: A mobile object control device recognizes an object which is located near a vehicle, generates a movement plan for the vehicle, which includes generation of a target trajectory in which the vehicle is to travel and which is obtained by connecting a plurality of trajectory points, and generates, when generating the movement plan, the target trajectory such that a line which is obtained by connecting trajectory points adjacent to each other with respect to a traveling direction of the vehicle does not pass through a risk area including the recognized object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Ichiro Baba, Yuji Yasui
  • Image providing system for vehicle, server system, and image providing method for vehicle
    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
  • IMAGING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220210327
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus provided inside a vehicle is provided. The imaging apparatus is capable of capturing images with different degrees of sensitivity, and the imaging apparatus captures an image for recognizing an inside of the vehicle with high sensitivity, and captures an image for recognizing an outside of the vehicle with low sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Akira KANEHARA, Yuji YASUI
  • Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium
    Patent number: 11370420
    Abstract: A vehicle control device comprising a processor configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a vehicle and perform driving control according to speed control and steering control of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer. The processor is configured to recognize a physical object present on a route of the vehicle on the basis of an image representing a space in a traveling direction of the vehicle and determine whether or not the physical object is a specific obstacle that hinders traveling in a lane where the vehicle is currently traveling. The processor is further configured to start a lane change execution possibility determination before determining whether the specific obstacle hinders travel or simultaneously with a start of the determining in a case where the physical object and the vehicle is allowed to make the lane change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Umiaki Matsubara
  • DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220174265
    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: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Masamitsu Tsuchiya
  • Traveling track determination processing and automated drive device
    Patent number: 11338803
    Abstract: An ECU of an automated drive device determines a future traveling track for a vehicle using a first straight line that extends in a forward direction of the vehicle, a second straight line that extends along a second course, and a curved track that extends between a first predetermined point on the first straight line and a second predetermined point on the second straight line. After determination of the future traveling track, the vehicle turns to the right in an intersection during actual traveling on the traveling track, if a median strip is present in a course of the vehicle, a changed track is calculated so as to avoid interference of the vehicle with the median strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Nakanishi, Yuji Yasui, Hideki Matsunaga, Takeru Goto, Yuki Ichino
  • Traveling control apparatus, traveling control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program
    Patent number: 11285957
    Abstract: An estimation unit, if an acquisition unit acquires, as information outside a vehicle, information of a following other vehicle that is a vehicle traveling on a lane different from a traveling lane of the vehicle and is traveling behind the vehicle and information of a preceding other vehicle that is traveling ahead the vehicle and the following other vehicle, estimates, based on a behavior of the following other vehicle to the preceding other vehicle and a behavior of the following other vehicle to the vehicle, whether the behavior of the following other vehicle allows a lane change of the vehicle to enter between the preceding other vehicle and the following other vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayasu Kumano, Yuji Yasui
  • VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220063618
    Abstract: A vehicle control device configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle, control at least a speed of the host vehicle based on the surrounding situation, determine a target relative position between two other vehicles in a state in which there is no vehicle in a second lane when the host vehicle is allowed to perform merge-point-related movement or a lane change from a first lane to the second lane, determine a target speed serving as a target when the host vehicle reaches the target relative position, and adjust the speed of the host vehicle according to pole-assignment control based on a position deviation that is a deviation between the target relative position and a position of the host vehicle in a road extension direction and a vehicle speed deviation that is a deviation between the speed of the host vehicle and the target speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventor: Yuji Yasui
  • Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium
    Patent number: 11235767
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a peripheral situation recognition unit (132) configured to recognize a peripheral situation of an automatic driving vehicle; a driving control unit (140, 160, (138)) configured to control one or both of steering and an acceleration or deceleration speed of the vehicle based on the peripheral situation recognized by the peripheral situation recognition unit; and a potential risk estimation unit (138) configured to estimate presence or absence and classification of a potential risk meeting with an obstacle based on classification of a target recognized by the peripheral situation recognition unit and a positional relation between the vehicle and the target. The driving control unit performs the driving control based on an estimation result of the potential risk estimation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingmei Li, Yuji Yasui, Tokitomo Ariyoshi