Patents by Inventor Yuta TAKADA

Yuta TAKADA 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: 11285974
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a vehicle, an information terminal apparatus that can provide, on a display unit, a plurality of contents which provide training on an operation method of the vehicle, and a server that can communicate with the vehicle and the information terminal apparatus. The information terminal apparatus includes a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display a first content that provides training on an operation method including a method to start an operation of a specific function of the vehicle and a second content that provides, to a user of the vehicle who has been trained by the first content and is registered in the server, training on an operation method corresponding to a phenomenon that can occur while the specific function is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Ikeda, Takafumi Hirose, Kentaro Ishisaka, Takashi Watanabe, Junpei Yashima, Katsuya Yashiro, Toru Kokaki, Daiki Nishida, Yuta Takada, Yuji Fujiki
  • Patent number: 11279355
    Abstract: A traveling control apparatus is configured to control automated driving traveling of a vehicle based on a set automated driving level. The traveling control apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire traveling scene information that specifies a traveling scene of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to perform offset control to offset a traveling position of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction to increase a distance to another vehicle traveling side by side with the vehicle. The control unit performs the offset control by setting one of a first mode and a second mode based on at least one of the traveling scene information and the automated driving level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuma Yoshida, Yuta Takada
  • Patent number: 11242034
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a processor a memory storing program instructions executable by the processor to transmit a virtual key enabling an operation on a vehicle through automated valet parking control to another device by using a communicator communicating with the other device; and an operation controller configured to operate the vehicle according to operation information of the vehicle in a case where the communicator receives use information of the virtual key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Chie Sugihara, Yuta Takada, Ryoma Taguchi
  • Patent number: 11220270
    Abstract: A control system of a vehicle that can travel by a plurality of travel modes which have different control operations from each other at the time of driving support control, comprises: a detection unit that detects an occupant or a plurality of occupants of the vehicle; a decision unit that decides, among the plurality of travel modes, a travel mode corresponding to an attribute of the occupant and/or a combination of occupants detected by the detection unit; and a control unit that controls travel of the vehicle by the travel mode decided by the decision unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanta Tsuji, Yuta Takada
  • Patent number: 11183063
    Abstract: A management device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a use situation of a specific area for stopping of a vehicle, and a guide configured to guide a second vehicle having a smaller vehicle body than a vehicle body of a first vehicle to the specific area when there is no first stop space and there is a second stop space in the specific area, on the basis of the use situation recognized by the recognizer, the first stop space is a space in which the first vehicle or the second vehicle is able to stop, and the second stop space is a space in which the first vehicle is not able to stop and the second vehicle is able to stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Chie Sugihara, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada
  • Patent number: 11180163
    Abstract: In a vehicle control system (1, 101), a control unit is configured to execute a stop process by which the vehicle is parked in a prescribed stop area when it is detected that the control unit or the driver has become incapable of properly maintaining a traveling state of the vehicle, and, in the stop process, the control unit extracts a plurality of available stop areas according to information from at least one of an external environment recognition device and a map device, and selects a stop area from the available stop areas (A, B) by taking into account a possibility of the driver resuming driving the vehicle after the stop process has been initiated according to a result of monitoring the driver by an occupant monitoring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Naruse, Kanta Tsuji, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada
  • Patent number: 11136037
    Abstract: In a vehicle control device and a vehicle control method, the vehicle control device comprises a lane recognition unit adapted to recognize a lane type of an adjacent lane adjacent to a host vehicle lane in which a host vehicle is traveling, a determination condition setting unit adapted to set a determination condition for permitting a lane change of the host vehicle from the host vehicle lane to the adjacent lane depending on the lane type of the adjacent lane that was recognized by the lane recognition unit, a lane change determining unit adapted to permit the lane change in the case that the determination condition is satisfied, and a vehicle control unit adapted to carry out a travel control or an assist control in relation to the lane change, in the case that the lane change determining unit has permitted the lane change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Marina Saikyo, Hiroshi Miura, Toshifumi Suzuki, Suguru Yanagihara, Yuta Takada, Shogo Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210302172
    Abstract: A parking lot management device which manages a parking lot for accommodating a vehicle, includes a route generation unit which generates a traveling route for guiding the vehicle to a target position, and a processor which guides the vehicle to the target position based on the generated traveling route. The route generation unit generates a first traveling route and a second traveling route whose traveling direction or traveling method is different from that of the first traveling route. The processor selects the first traveling route or the second traveling route based on a traveling environment from a current position of the vehicle to the target position and guides the vehicle to the target position based on the selected traveling route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Junpei NOGUCHI, Yuta TAKADA, Ryoma TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210303002
    Abstract: A parking lot management device which manages a parking lot for accommodating a vehicle, includes a specification unit which specifies a movement direction or target position of the vehicle moving in the parking lot, and a processor which groups a vehicle group consisting of a plurality of moving bodies moving in the same movement direction or a plurality of moving bodies moving toward the same target position when there are a plurality of moving bodies moving in the parking lot. The processor sets a leading vehicle which should be a head from the grouped vehicle group and moves the moving group with the set leading vehicle at the head while maintaining a constant interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Junpei NOGUCHI, Yuta TAKADA, Ryoma TAGUCHI, Hidekazu OHNISHI
  • Publication number: 20210300387
    Abstract: A moving body control apparatus includes a judging section that judges a driving preparation level of an occupant of a moving body; and a lane change control section that approves a first lane change, which is a lane change in which a lane boundary line is crossed once, if the driving preparation level of the occupant is greater than or equal to a first level, and approves a second lane change, which is a lane change in which lane boundary lines are crossed a plurality of times, if the driving preparation level of the occupant is greater than or equal to a second level that is higher than the first level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Kunimichi HATANO, Tadahiko KANOH, Yuta TAKADA, Tsubasa SHIBAUCHI, Shogo KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210300339
    Abstract: A parking lot management device which manages a parking lot, includes a determination unit which determines whether to restrict exit of the vehicle from the parking lot based on an entry traveling state which is a traveling state of the vehicle to be a target of exit when entering the parking lot and an exit traveling state which is a traveling state of the vehicle to be a target of exit when exiting from the parking lot when there is a request to make the vehicle exit from the parking lot, and a processor which restricts the exit of the vehicle from the parking lot based on a determination result of the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Junpei NOGUCHI, Yuta TAKADA, Ryoma TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210300338
    Abstract: A parking lot management device includes a communicator capable of communicating with a terminal device of a user of a vehicle and the vehicle, a determination unit for determining whether user information for identifying the user and vehicle information for identifying the vehicle correspond to each other when the communicator receives information for moving the vehicle from the terminal device, and a permission unit which allows the vehicle to move to a target position based on a determination result of the determination unit. When the communicator receives information from the terminal device to move vehicles including a user vehicle and another vehicle different from the user vehicle, the determination unit determines an association degree indicating a relationship between the user vehicle and the another vehicle and the permission unit permits movement of the vehicles to respective target positions based on a determination result regarding the association degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Junpei NOGUCHI, Yuta TAKADA, Ryoma TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210302978
    Abstract: An accommodation area management device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a moving body which includes information indicating an autonomous movement performance of the moving body, and a control unit which causes a first moving body to enter an accommodation area after notifying the first moving body of a first route which is a movement route of the first moving body in the accommodation area when the first moving body having a predetermined level of the autonomous movement performance enters the accommodation area, and causes a second moving body to enter the accommodation area after notifying the second moving body of a second path which is a movement path of the second moving body in the accommodation area when the second moving body having the autonomous movement performance higher than the predetermined level enters the accommodation area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei NOGUCHI, Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Yuta TAKADA, Ryoma TAGUCHI, Hidekazu OHNISHI
  • Publication number: 20210304606
    Abstract: An accommodation area management device which manages an accommodation area capable of accommodating a moving body includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on the moving body, a determination unit configured to determine whether the moving body satisfies a condition of not allowing entry into the accommodation area based on the information on the moving body, and a processing unit configured to instruct the outside of the accommodation area as a destination when it is determined that the moving body satisfies the condition of not allowing entry into the accommodation area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei NOGUCHI, Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Yuta TAKADA, Ryoma TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210300366
    Abstract: When following control that causes a user vehicle to follow a following target that is a first other vehicle travelling in a user path in which the user vehicle is travelling is being performed, a travel control section transitions from a state in which the first other vehicle is the following target to a state in which the first other vehicle is not the following target, and in a case where an outside recognizing section recognizes a second other vehicle, which is travelling in another path that is not the user path, the travel control section determines whether to set the second other vehicle as the following target based on a prescribed condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Tadahiko KANOH, Kunimichi HATANO, Tsubasa SHIBAUCHI, Yuta TAKADA, Shogo KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210300377
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus comprises a judging section that judges whether a destination of a user vehicle is set, and a lane change control section that, if the destination is not set, enables performance of a single lane change causing the user vehicle to perform a lane change from the user lane to a first other lane, and if the destination is set, enables the single lane change and also enables a multiple lane change causing the user vehicle to perform a lane change from the user lane to a second other lane through the first other lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Tadahiko KANOH, Kunimichi HATANO, Tsubasa SHIBAUCHI, Yuta TAKADA, Shogo KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210304519
    Abstract: An accommodation area management device includes: a reception unit configured to receive from a user of a moving body an instruction that a task is to be executed for the moving body; and a processing unit configured to perform processing of generating an accommodation plan for the moving body when the moving body is accommodated in an accommodation area. Before the moving body approaches the accommodation area and when the moving body approaches the accommodation area, the reception unit can receive from the user the instruction that the task is to be executed for the moving body. The processing unit generates the accommodation plan including the execution of the task if the instruction that the task is to be executed for the moving body is received before the moving body approaches the accommodation area and the instruction is received again when the moving body approaches the accommodation area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei NOGUCHI, Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Yuta TAKADA, Ryoma TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210300340
    Abstract: A predetermined area management device, configured to manage a predetermined area into which a moving body can enter, the predetermined area being an area in which the entering moving body automatically moves, the predetermined area management device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating the operation state of an automatic moving function of the moving body; an operation state determination unit configured to determine whether the automatic moving function of the moving body is in operation or in non-operation based upon the operation state; and a processing unit configured to perform processing of allowing or restricting the entry of the moving body into the predetermined area based upon the determination result of the operation state determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei NOGUCHI, Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Yuta TAKADA, Ryoma TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210300376
    Abstract: A moving body control apparatus includes a vicinity information acquiring section that acquires vicinity information of a moving body; a lane change control section that is capable of performing a first lane change, which is a lane change in which a lane boundary line is crossed once, and a second lane change, which is a lane change in which lane boundary lines are crossed a plurality of times; and a region setting section that sets a first lane change region, which is a region in which the first lane change is permitted, and a second lane change region, which is a region in which the second lane change is permitted, based on the vicinity information. The second lane change region is smaller than the first lane change region, in a range where a distance to a branching position leading to a destination is less than a prescribed distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Kunimichi HATANO, Tadahiko KANOH, Yuta TAKADA, Tsubasa SHIBAUCHI, Shogo KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210300395
    Abstract: An accommodation area management device that manages an accommodation area capable of accommodating a moving body includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating an operation state of a user in the moving body, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not an operation change, in which the operation of the moving body is replaced to be performed by the user, is performed, based upon the information indicating the operation state acquired before the moving body exits from the accommodation area, and a processing unit configured to allow the moving body to exit from the accommodation area when it is determined that the operation change is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei NOGUCHI, Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Yuta TAKADA, Ryoma TAGUCHI