Honda Patent Applications

INSTALLATION STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE HAVING INSTALLATION STRUCTURE

Granted: April 4, 2024
Application Number: 20240109599
The disclosure provides an installation structure and a vehicle having the installation structure. The installation structure is disposed in a vehicle and configured to install a controller, including: a floor panel, constituting a lower portion of a vehicle body of the vehicle; a floor channel, disposed in the floor panel, located at a center in a width direction of the vehicle, extending along a front-to-back direction of the vehicle, and protruding on an upside of the vehicle; a pair…

WORK RANGE CALCULATOR FOR ELECTRIC LAWN MOWER

Granted: April 4, 2024
Application Number: 20240111294
A non-transitory computer readable medium, storing a program causing a computer to execute a process including a step of obtaining, by an input unit, a work area information of an electric lawn mower; a step of calculating, by a processor, a required electricity amount of the electric lawn mower based on the work area information; and a step of outputting, by an output unit, the required electricity amount of the electric lawn mower.

AUTOMATIC BERTHING SYSTEM AND METHOD

Granted: April 4, 2024
Application Number: 20240111287
An automatic berthing system and method for a vessel are provided. The automatic berthing system comprises a controller, controlling the vessel; an input part, receiving an input to perform the automatic berthing mode; at least one peripheral sensor, detecting position information and speed information of another vessel other than the vessel to determine whether a wake caused by the another vessel has influence on the vessel. The controller performs an automatic berthing control when the…

AUTONOMOUS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VESSEL

Granted: April 4, 2024
Application Number: 20240111286
An autonomous control system and method for a vessel are provided. The autonomous control system includes a route setting unit, setting a route to a destination; a disturbance data acquisition unit, acquiring disturbance data from sources other than the vessel; an autonomous control unit, performing a control of the vessel based on the route set by the route setting unit and corrects the control of the vessel based on the disturbance data acquired by the disturbance data acquisition…

HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT FOR POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE

Granted: April 4, 2024
Application Number: 20240110602
A hydraulic circuit for a power transmission device has an oil passage supplying hydraulic pressure of hydraulic fluid to the power transmission device mounted on a vehicle and a hydraulic actuator on which the hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic fluid in the oil passage acts, the oil passage is provided with a concave portion of the inner surface of the oil passage that is recessed upward in the state of mounting on the vehicle. The concave portion is located upstream of the hydraulic…

SYSTEM FOR DETECTING POSITION OF BOAT MOORED UNDER ROOF

Granted: April 4, 2024
Application Number: 20240109637
A control system, adapted for a boat having a first GNSS receiver disposed at a bow side of the boat, and a second GNSS receiver disposed at a stern side of the boat, the control system includes a control unit including a processor configured to determine whether an approach direction of the boat to a berth is bow first or stern first; and select, based on the approach direction, the first GNSS receiver or the second GNSS receiver for determining a position of the boat.

SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING SENSORS WHEN MOORING TO BERTH HAVING ROOF

Granted: April 4, 2024
Application Number: 20240109627
A control system adapted for a boat having a first sensor including a GNSS receiver detecting a position of the boat, and a second sensor detecting the position of the boat is provided. The control system includes a control unit having a processor, configured to: switch a control mode of the control unit to an automatic docking mode; obtain roof information regarding whether a berth for mooring the boat includes a roof wherein when the control unit determines the berth for mooring the…

MOVABLE SPOILER DEVICE

Granted: April 4, 2024
Application Number: 20240109610
A movable spoiler device is provided. The movable spoiler device includes: a fixed part, fixed on a body of a vehicle; a movable part, movable between a storage position and a deployed position; an actuator, disposed on the fixed part and drives the movable part to move in a front-rear direction; a rotating frame, connected to the actuator and rotates synchronously with the actuator; a connecting member, connected to the rotating frame and the movable part; and a locking member, disposed…

MOVABLE SPOILER DEVICE

Granted: April 4, 2024
Application Number: 20240109609
A movable spoiler device is provided in the disclosure. The movable spoiler device includes: a fixed part, fixed on a body of a vehicle; a movable part, configured to be movable between a storage position connected to the fixed part and a deployed position protruding from the fixed part toward rear of the vehicle; an actuator, disposed on the fixed part and drives the movable part to move in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and a cover member, disposed on the fixed part and…

MOVABLE SPOILER DEVICE

Granted: April 4, 2024
Application Number: 20240109608
A movable spoiler device includes: a fixed part, fixed on a body of a vehicle; a movable part, configured to be movable between a storage position connected to the fixed part and a deployed position protruding from the fixed part toward rear of the vehicle; an actuator, disposed on the fixed part and drives the movable part to move in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; a link mechanism, connected to the actuator and the movable part, in which the link mechanism includes: a fixed…

VEHICLE FRONT STRUCTURE

Granted: April 4, 2024
Application Number: 20240109591
A vehicle front structure, which can improve structural strength to protect a high voltage electrical component and improve collision safety performance, is provided. The vehicle front structure includes: a side frame, disposed on a side part of a vehicle and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; a sub-frame, installed below the side frame and supporting a suspension component; a high voltage electrical component, disposed below a floor panel and located behind the sub-frame; a…

POWER STORAGE SYSTEM

Granted: April 4, 2024
Application Number: 20240109435
A power storage system includes a battery including a first power storage unit, a second power storage unit, and a first switch unit, a three-phase motor in which coils of three phases are connected at a neutral point, the three-phase motor being driven by electric power supplied from the battery, an inverter connected on an electric power transmission path between the battery and the three-phase motor, and a DC power supply circuit connected to a connection portion located on an…

CONTROL DEVICE AND MOVING BODY

Granted: April 4, 2024
Application Number: 20240109415
A control device for controlling a display device is mounted on a moving body that moves to a target position specified by a user by automatic steering. The moving body is configured to be capable of perpendicular parking into the target position and parallel parking into the target position. When the perpendicular parking or the parallel parking is performed, the control device causes the display device to display a top view image of the moving body and surroundings, and to display a…

ELECTRIC WORKING MACHINE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM

Granted: April 4, 2024
Application Number: 20240107941
There is provided an electric working machine including a motor, a working unit configured to be driven by the motor to perform work, and a control unit configured to cause a pseudo engine sound to be output from an output unit. There is also provided an information processing device used for an electric working machine configured to be driven by a motor to perform work. The information processing device includes a communication unit configured to communicate with the electric working…

HEADLIGHT DETERMINATION APPARATUS

Granted: March 28, 2024
Application Number: 20240101021
A headlight determination apparatus includes a camera device, a target light recognition device, and a changing device. The camera device captures an image ahead of a vehicle at a predetermined frame rate. The target light recognition device recognizes target light from the image captured by the camera device. The changing device changes a wavelength of headlight of the vehicle by using a predetermined period slower than the predetermined frame rate. When the wavelength of the headlight…

REMOTE OPERATION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF REMOTE OPERATION DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM

Granted: March 28, 2024
Application Number: 20240103512
A remote operation device remotely operates a vehicle, the remote operation device includes: a storage device configured to register identification information associated with a terminal device of a user, and information of a group including the user; and a processor configured to grant authorization for a remote operation on the vehicle to identification information associated with a terminal device of a first user included in the group, based on an operation from the terminal device of…

REMOTE OPERATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

Granted: March 28, 2024
Application Number: 20240103511
A remote operation device remotely operates a vehicle. The remote operation device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire identification information associated with a user terminal in the vehicle, an authorization management unit configured to grant operation authorization for remotely operating the vehicle to the user terminal associated with the acquired identification information, and an operation unit configured to remotely operate the vehicle in accordance with an…

TAILGATE LOCKING/UNLOCKING SYSTEM

Granted: March 28, 2024
Application Number: 20240101198
A tailgate locking/unlocking system is adapted to lock or unlock a tailgate of a vehicle. The tillage locking/unlocking system includes a rod shaft, a first lock structure, a second lock structure, at least one handle assembly, a first receiver, and a second receiver. The rod shaft is disposed in the tailgate of the vehicle and extended along a width direction thereof. The rod shaft has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The first and second lock structures are…

CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Granted: March 28, 2024
Application Number: 20240101134
There is provided with a control apparatus. A first obtaining unit obtains position information of a vehicle. A first setting unit sets a remote operation permitted range of the vehicle on a basis of movement information of the vehicle in a first predetermined period based on the position information. A determination unit determines whether or not to restrict a remote operation input to the vehicle from an associated user terminal that is a user terminal associated with the vehicle on a…

CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Granted: March 28, 2024
Application Number: 20240101067
There is provided with a control apparatus. A first obtaining unit obtains position information of a vehicle. A setting unit sets a remote operation permitted range of the vehicle on a basis of movement information of the vehicle in a first predetermined period based on the position information. A second obtaining unit obtains information indicating that a specific operation for a remote operation input to the vehicle from a user terminal is performed. A controlling unit restricts the…