Honda Patent Applications

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, LEARNING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Granted: October 13, 2022
Application Number: 20220326768
The present invention provides an information processing apparatus that estimates a line of sight of a person, executing a first calculation of estimating a direction of a face of the person using a first model that outputs a calculation result of the direction of the face of the person when an image of the face of the person is input; and executing a second calculation of estimating the line of sight of the person using a second model that outputs a calculation result of the line of…

GRIPPING POSITION DETERMINATION DEVICE, GRIPPING POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM, GRIPPING POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

Granted: October 13, 2022
Application Number: 20220324105
The disclosure provides a gripping position determination device, a gripping position determination system, a gripping position determination method, and a recording medium. The gripping position determination device for a robot hand having a plurality of multi joint fingers includes: a frictional force distribution calculation part estimating, from a predictive control of a gripping force when an object is gripped by at least two fingers, a frictional force between one of the gripping…

JOINT DEVICE

Granted: October 13, 2022
Application Number: 20220323242
An electric prosthetic limb is provided with: a below-knee side member; an above-knee side member; a knee joint mechanism that connects the below-knee side member and the above-knee side member in a manner such that an angle formed therebetween is variable; and an extendable device that is capable of extending and contracting to change the angle formed between the below-knee side member and the above-knee side member. The extendable device is provided with a motor and a transmission…

CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICULAR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND RECORDING MEDIUM

Granted: October 6, 2022
Application Number: 20220316589
The disclosure provides a control method, a control device for vehicular automatic transmission, and a recording medium. The control device includes an ON/OFF control solenoid controlling LC to either ON or OFF, and an LC pressure control linear solenoid controlling LC pressure between a released state and a fully engaged state. The control device acquires, when an accelerator pedal opening of a vehicle is on a deceleration side in a fully closed state, a torque converter slip ratio when…

ROTOR FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE

Granted: October 6, 2022
Application Number: 20220320926
In at least one of the magnet accommodating holes of the rotor core, the sheet-shaped member in which a distance between the first main surface of each of the permanent magnets and the first wall portion of each of the magnet accommodating holes or a distance between the second main surface of each of the permanent magnets and the second wall portion of each of the magnets accommodating hole is a first distance, and the sheet-shaped member in which a distance between the first main…

ROTOR FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE

Granted: October 6, 2022
Application Number: 20220320925
A saturation portion which is magnetically saturated during no-load operation of the rotary electric machine is formed in the rotor core at a position facing at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the permanent magnet when viewed in the axial direction. When viewed in the axial direction, the saturation portion includes at least one core protrusion firmed between the wall portion of the magnet accommodating hole and at least one of the first main surface…

DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD

Granted: October 6, 2022
Application Number: 20220319037
A distance measuring apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises an image acquisition unit that acquires time-series images by an imaging unit, and a processing unit that performs image processing. The processing unit generates a plurality of enlarged images obtained by enlarging a reference image acquired before a target image among the time-series images at a plurality of types of different enlargement rates. The processing unit obtains a difference between each of the plurality of…

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

Granted: October 6, 2022
Application Number: 20220318972
An information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises an image acquisition unit that acquires time-series images by an imaging unit; and a processing unit that performs image processing, generates a plurality of shifted images obtained by shifting a reference image acquired before a target image among the time-series images in an up-down direction by a plurality of types of different shift amounts, and specifies a correction amount by a pitch of the imaging unit on the…

ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE

Granted: October 6, 2022
Application Number: 20220316897
The present invention provides an advanced driver assistance system for assisting a driver of a vehicle. The system comprises a sensor unit, a processing unit and a display unit. The sensor unit is configured to sense an environment of the vehicle. The processing unit is configured to determine, based on a sensing output, at least one feature of the environment. The processing unit is configured to determine, for a current time, a risk zone of the feature, by estimating, based on at…

TRANSMISSION

Granted: October 6, 2022
Application Number: 20220316593
A transmission in which multiple shift forks are moved by a shared lead groove of a shift drum has an improved degree of freedom of design of an internal combustion engine as well as an improved degree of freedom of layout of shift forks. The transmission includes multiple shift forks having engaging protrusions that engage with a shared lead groove. At least one shift fork among the multiple shift forks has an opening angle ? around a drum rotation center line of a shift drum between a…

GRASS BAG AND TRANSPORTATION STRUCTURE THEREOF

Granted: October 6, 2022
Application Number: 20220312677
A grass bag structure is provided. The grass bag structure includes a bag frame, a handle and a plurality of wheels. The handle is disposed on the grass bag and adapted for transporting the grass bag.

METHOD, SYSTEM AND VEHICLE WITH AN UNCERTAINTY-BASED LANE POSITIONING CONTROL

Granted: October 6, 2022
Application Number: 20220315047
The present invention relates to a method for assisting a driver of an ego-vehicle in a traffic situation, wherein an ego-trajectory of the ego-vehicle and a trajectory of a traffic participant are calculated, an ego-trajectory alternative is generated by applying a lateral shift to the calculated ego-trajectory, an uncertainty area at least with respect to a lateral direction is determined for each trajectory, a spatio-temporal closeness of the uncertainty area of the ego-trajectory and…

TRAJECTORY GENERATION DEVICE AND TRAJECTORY GENERATION METHOD

Granted: October 6, 2022
Application Number: 20220314981
A trajectory generation device 1 determines first to third predicted trajectories by using model formulas (1) to (20) that model a trajectory of a host vehicle 3 on the basis of peripheral information of an information detection device 4, calculates a risk potential R_p_mi_vj_v_r by using the first to third predicted trajectories, and determines moving average values P_c1 to P_c3 so that the risk potential R_p_mi_vj_v_r decreases. In a case where the moving average values P_c1 and P_c2…

BATTERY INSTALLATION STRUCTURE

Granted: October 6, 2022
Application Number: 20220314909
A battery installation structure capable of allowing a battery to be obliquely installed on a front side frame while maintaining the stability of the battery is provided. The battery installation structure is suitable for allowing a battery to be obliquely installed on a front side frame of a vehicle body, and the battery installation structure includes an installation base, a receiving groove, and a supporting portion. The installation base is disposed on the front side frame. The…

BATTERY INSTALLATION STRUCTURE

Granted: October 6, 2022
Application Number: 20220314776
A battery installation structure is configured to control a behavior of a battery when a vehicle collides, so that a front side frame is ensured to be provided with a sufficient stroke for collision. The battery installation structure is suitable for allowing a battery to be installed on a front side frame of a vehicle body. The battery installation structure includes an installation base disposed on the front side frame, a battery base, and a rear support leg. The battery base is…

ROBOT REMOTE OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE, ROBOT REMOTE OPERATION CONTROL SYSTEM, ROBOT REMOTE OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

Granted: October 6, 2022
Application Number: 20220314449
In a robot remote operation which recognizes a movement of an operator and transmits the movement of the operator to a robot to operate the robot, a robot remote operation control device includes: an information acquisition part, acquiring an environment sensor value acquired by an environment sensor provided in the robot or a surrounding environment of the robot and an operator sensor value, which is information indicating the movement of the operator that is detected; and an intention…

CONTROLLING A ROBOT USING PREDICTIVE DECISION MAKING

Granted: October 6, 2022
Application Number: 20220314446
A method and system for controlling at least one effector trajectory for at least one effector of a robot for solving a predefined task are proposed. A graph of postures is acquired, and at least one of a contact constraint topology and an object constraint topology are accordingly modified. A set of constraint equations based on at least one of the modified contact constraint topology and the modified object constraint topology are generated. Constraint relaxation is performed on the…

CONTROLLING A ROBOT BASED ON CONSTRAINT-CONSISTENT AND SEQUENCE-OPTIMIZED POSE ADAPTATION

Granted: October 6, 2022
Application Number: 20220314443
A method for controlling at least one effector trajectory of an effector of a robot for solving a predefined task is proposed. A sequence of postures are acquired to modify at least one of a contact constraint topology and an object constraint topology. A set of constraint equations are generated based on at least one of the modified contact constraint topology and the modified object constraint topology. On the generated set of constraint equations, a constraint relaxation is performed…

TOUCH SENSATION SENSOR, SENSITIVITY SWITCHING CIRCUIT, AND SENSITIVITY SWITCHING METHOD

Granted: October 6, 2022
Application Number: 20220314438
A touch sensation sensor is mounted to a hand part of a robot and includes: an obtaining means, obtaining at least one of visual sensation information, which is target object information relating to a target object operated by using the hand part, and touch sensation information, which is the target object information at a time when the target object operated by using the hand part is gripped; and a control device, changing a sensitivity mode of the touch sensation sensor in accordance…

SIMULATING TASK PERFORMANCE OF VIRTUAL CHARACTERS

Granted: October 6, 2022
Application Number: 20220314437
A method and simulation system for controlling at least one effector trajectory for solving a predefined task by at least one virtual effector. The method includes acquiring a sequence of postures to modify at least one of a contact constraint topology and an object constraint topology, generating a set of constraint equations based on at least one of the modified contact constraint topology and the modified object constraint topology, performing constraint relaxation on the generated…