Patents by Inventor Yuji Yokochi
Yuji Yokochi 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).
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Patent number: 11423777Abstract: A traffic sign displaying device comprises a processor including a traffic sign recognizing section recognizing first traffic sign information on a traffic sign included in an image of an area ahead of a vehicle, a traffic sign information obtaining section obtaining from map information second traffic sign information on a traffic sign of a road based on position information on the vehicle, a traffic sign display portion displaying traffic sign information and a traffic sign display control section for controlling the traffic sign display portion, wherein if the first traffic sign information does not match the second traffic sign information, the traffic sign display control section stops displaying traffic sign information after the vehicle runs a predetermined distance or over a predetermined time with the traffic sign display control section displaying on the traffic sign display portion either the first traffic sign information or the second traffic sign information.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoya Hata, Toshinori Saiki, Yuji Yokochi, Naoto Akutsu, Hiroyuki Sakakibara
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Publication number: 20210304598Abstract: A traffic sign displaying device comprises a processor including a traffic sign recognizing section recognizing first traffic sign information on a traffic sign included in an image of an area ahead of a vehicle, a traffic sign information obtaining section obtaining from map information second traffic sign information on a traffic sign of a road based on position information on the vehicle, a traffic sign display portion displaying traffic sign information and a traffic sign display control section for controlling the traffic sign display portion, wherein if the first traffic sign information does not match the second traffic sign information, the traffic sign display control section stops displaying traffic sign information after the vehicle runs a predetermined distance or over a predetermined time with the traffic sign display control section displaying on the traffic sign display portion either the first traffic sign information or the second traffic sign information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Naoya HATA, Toshinori SAIKI, Yuji YOKOCHI, Naoto AKUTSU, Hiroyuki SAKAKIBARA
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Patent number: 10336190Abstract: In a sign information display system or method, if a road sign is recognized by a sign recognition device, a display control device determines whether or not it will cause a sign information display device to display first sign information, which is information concerning the road sign, on the basis of a driving state of a front vehicle driving in front of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Yokochi, Shinnosuke Saito, Izumi Tokatsudo, Tetsuo Ikeda
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Patent number: 10300853Abstract: Sign information of a traffic sign or a road marking ahead of a vehicle is detected. When two or more kinds of sign information having overlapping effective sections are detected or when the sign information contains textural information including a predetermined or more number of characters, simplified information obtained by simplifying the sign information is displayed on an MID in the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Yokochi, Izumi Takatsudo, Shinnosuke Saito
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Patent number: 10210405Abstract: If a first sign information detector 62 is normal, a first display 94 displays sign information detected by the first sign information detector 62, in accordance with an instruction from a control circuit 70. At this time, a second display 64 hides sign information in accordance with an instruction from the control circuit 70. On the other hand, if the first sign information detector 62 is abnormal, the first display 94 hides the sign information in accordance with an instruction from the control circuit 70. At this time, the second display 64 displays sign information detected by the second sign information detector 64, in accordance with an instruction from the control circuit 70.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Yokochi, Izumi Takatsudo, Shinnosuke Saito
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Patent number: 10147005Abstract: A sign information output apparatus includes an output instructor for instructing an information output section to stop output of sign information if a traveled distance measured in response to the detection of a sign exceeds a threshold value, and a threshold value changer for changing a threshold value depending on at least one of interval information with respect to an interval at which signs of one type are placed, speed limit information with respect to a speed limit of the road, and a speed of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Otsuki, Yutaka Tokunaga, Izumi Takatsudo, Shinnosuke Saito, Yuji Yokochi, Yasuhiko Fujita
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Patent number: 9892641Abstract: The regulatory sign or traffic information presented on a roadway is detected by capturing an image of ahead of a vehicle, and also the regulatory information is detected by receiving a signal transmitted from outside the vehicle. When the regulatory information is detected from the signal transmitted from outside the vehicle, that regulatory information is notified. When no regulatory information is detected from the signal transmitted from outside the vehicle, the regulatory information detected by capturing the image of ahead of the vehicle is notified.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Yokochi, Izumi Takatsudo, Shinnosuke Saito, Hiroki Nakajima, Yoshinori Kinoshita
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Patent number: 9704395Abstract: A traffic sign determination device includes: an image recognition section which detects a first traffic regulation sign by performing an image recognition process on an image of an area in front of a vehicle picked up by an imaging section provided on the vehicle; a map information acquisition section which, using a position of the vehicle, acquires a road link, including a second road at the position of the vehicle, from a storage section; and a traffic sign determination section which, upon detection of a current first traffic regulation sign on a current road link, determines, until the vehicle passes an end point of the current road link, that a current traffic regulation sign to be notified to an occupant of the vehicle is the current first traffic regulation sign detected on the current road link.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotaka Takiguchi, Yuji Yokochi
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Publication number: 20170178591Abstract: When normal maximum speed information (first sign information of first maximum speed) in a first section and school-zone maximum speed information (second sign information of second maximum speed) in a second section overlapping the first section are detected by a camera, an MID displays the normal maximum speed information and the school-zone maximum speed information side by side according to an instruction of an ECU.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Izumi Takatsudo, Yuji Yokochi, Shinnosuke Saito
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Publication number: 20170178507Abstract: The regulatory sign or traffic information presented on a roadway is detected by capturing an image of ahead of a vehicle, and also the regulatory information is detected by receiving a signal transmitted from outside the vehicle. When the regulatory information is detected from the signal transmitted from outside the vehicle, that regulatory information is notified. When no regulatory information is detected from the signal transmitted from outside the vehicle, the regulatory information detected by capturing the image of ahead of the vehicle is notified.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Yokochi, Izumi Takatsudo, Shinnosuke Saito, Hiroki Nakajima, Yoshinori Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20170174132Abstract: Sign information of a traffic sign or a road marking ahead of a vehicle is detected. When two or more kinds of sign information having overlapping effective sections are detected or when the sign information contains textural information including a predetermined or more number of characters, simplified information obtained by simplifying the sign information is displayed on an MID in the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Yokochi, Izumi Takatsudo, Shinnosuke Saito
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Publication number: 20170177957Abstract: If a first sign information detector 62 is normal, a first display 94 displays sign information detected by the first sign information detector 62, in accordance with an instruction from a control circuit 70. At this time, a second display 64 hides sign information in accordance with an instruction from the control circuit 70. On the other hand, if the first sign information detector 62 is abnormal, the first display 94 hides the sign information in accordance with an instruction from the control circuit 70. At this time, the second display 64 displays sign information detected by the second sign information detector 64, in accordance with an instruction from the control circuit 70.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Yokochi, Izumi Takatsudo, Shinnosuke Saito
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Patent number: 9626865Abstract: An image recognition section detects a first traffic regulation sign from a picked-up image of an area in front of a vehicle. An acquisition section uses a position of the vehicle to acquire a road link, including a second traffic regulation sign at the position of the vehicle, from a storage section. When no current first traffic regulation sign is detected on a current road link after turning-right or turning-left of the vehicle, a determination section determines a current final traffic regulation sign on the current road link, which is to be notified to a vehicle occupant, by use of a degree of adequacy of cooperation between previous first and second traffic regulation signs detected and acquired on a previous road link before the turning-right or turning-left of the vehicle, but also previous and current factors acquired on the previous and current road links.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Yokochi, Hirotaka Takiguchi
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Publication number: 20160275793Abstract: An image recognition section detects a first traffic regulation sign from a picked-up image of an area in front of a vehicle. An acquisition section uses a position of the vehicle to acquire a road link, including a second traffic regulation sign at the position of the vehicle, from a storage section. When no current first traffic regulation sign is detected on a current road link after turning-right or turning-left of the vehicle, a determination section determines a current final traffic regulation sign on the current road link, which is to be notified to a vehicle occupant, by use of a degree of adequacy of cooperation between previous first and second traffic regulation signs detected and acquired on a previous road link before the turning-right or turning-left of the vehicle, but also previous and current factors acquired on the previous and current road links.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Yuji YOKOCHI, Hirotaka TAKIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20160275792Abstract: A traffic sign determination device includes: an image recognition section which detects a first traffic regulation sign by performing an image recognition process on an image of an area in front of a vehicle picked up by an imaging section provided on the vehicle; a map information acquisition section which, using a position of the vehicle, acquires a road link, including a second road at the position of the vehicle, from a storage section; and a traffic sign determination section which, upon detection of a current first traffic regulation sign on a current road link, determines, until the vehicle passes an end point of the current road link, that a current traffic regulation sign to be notified to an occupant of the vehicle is the current first traffic regulation sign detected on the current road link.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Hirotaka TAKIGUCHI, Yuji YOKOCHI
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Publication number: 20160137127Abstract: In a sign information display system or method, if a road sign is recognized by a sign recognition device, a display control device determines whether or not it will cause a sign information display device to display first sign information, which is information concerning the road sign, on the basis of a driving state of a front vehicle driving in front of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Yokochi, Shinnosuke Saito, Izumi Tokatsudo, Tetsuo Ikeda
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Patent number: 9123247Abstract: A surrounding area monitoring apparatus for vehicle includes an infrared camera mounted on a vehicle for capturing images of surrounding area around the vehicle, a unit for generating and displaying images based on image data captured by the camera, and a controller for calibrating output of the camera with respect to a relation between pixels, based on image data produced by imaging a surface of a shutter that opens and closes an aperture introducing a light to the camera, The controller estimates whether a temperature of the camera is stable, based on an operation state of the vehicle, and determines a possibility that a driver is looking at the unit, based on a behavior of the vehicle. When the temperature of the camera is estimated stable and the possibility that the driver is looking at the unit is determined to be low, the means for calibrating executes the calibration.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Negoro, Yuji Yokochi, Naoto Akutsu, Morimichi Nishigaki, Kenichi Sawada, Fuminori Taniguchi, Nobuhiko Fujii
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Patent number: 8988276Abstract: A vehicle surroundings monitoring device includes a moving direction determining unit 20 which determines whether a physical body is moving in a traveling direction of a self vehicle or a transverse direction orthogonal to the traveling direction, from a change in a detection position of the physical body by a laser radar 8, wherein a classification determining unit 21 executes a first classification determining process of determining the physical body determined to be moving in the traveling direction as a four-wheel vehicle when dimensions of the physical body obtained from the detected position by the laser radar 8 is within a range of A1, and a second classification determining process of determining the physical body determined to be moving in the transverse direction as the four-wheel vehicle when the dimensions of the physical body obtained from the detected position by the laser radar 8 is within a range of B1.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2011Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Morimichi Nishigaki, Yuji Yokochi, Atsuhiro Eguchi, Masaki Negoro, Kenichi Sawada
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Publication number: 20150035981Abstract: A sign information output apparatus includes an output instructor for instructing an information output section to stop output of sign information if a traveled distance measured in response to the detection of a sign exceeds a threshold value, and a threshold value changer for changing a threshold value depending on at least one of interval information with respect to an interval at which signs of one type are placed, speed limit information with respect to a speed limit of the road, and a speed of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Masaru OTSUKI, Yutaka TOKUNAGA, Izumi TAKATSUDO, Shinnosuke SAITO, Yuji YOKOCHI, Yasuhiko FUJITA
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Publication number: 20130002874Abstract: A surrounding area monitoring apparatus for vehicle includes an infrared camera mounted on a vehicle for capturing images of surrounding area around the vehicle, a unit for generating and displaying images based on image data captured by the camera, and a controller for calibrating output of the camera with respect to a relation between pixels, based on image data produced by imaging a surface of a shutter that opens and closes an aperture introducing a light to the camera. The controller estimates whether a temperature of the camera is stable, based on an operation state of the vehicle, and determines a possibility that a driver is looking at the unit, based on a behavior of the vehicle. When the temperature of the camera is estimated stable and the possibility that the driver is looking at the unit is determined to be low, the means for calibrating executes the calibration.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaki Negoro, Yuji Yokochi, Naoto Akutsu, Morimichi Nishigaki, Kenichi Sawada, Fuminori Taniguchi, Nobuhiko Fujii