Honda Patent Grants

Travel control apparatus, vehicle, travel control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11938933
There is provided a travel control apparatus. A control unit performs, based on a recognition result of a recognition unit and map information of a periphery of the moving body, travel control of the moving body. A first determination unit determines whether a first state is set. A second determination unit determines whether a second state is set. In at least one of a case in which the first determination unit determines that the first state is set and a case in which the second…

Communication system

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11943566
Provided is a communication system that includes: a first imaging device; a communication unit configured to execute a first communication with a mobile communication terminal and a second communication with a communication device other than the mobile communication terminal to execute relay communication relaying the communication between the mobile communication terminal and the communication device; a communication control unit configured to receive, from the mobile communication…

Flying body with a control section having a plurality of operational modes

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11939074
In a flying object, a PCU has a plurality of operation modes in which an engine and/or a motor generator is used as a driving source for a pusher propeller. In accordance with the state of the flying object, the PCU controls the engine, a first clutch, the motor generator, and a second clutch in one of the operation modes.

Hybrid flight vehicle

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11939068
In a hybrid flight vehicle, having multiple rotors attached to a frame, a gas turbine engine to drive the rotors; a generator connected to the gas engine to generate electric power, a battery store the electrical power generated by the generator. multiple first electric motors connected to the rotors to drive the same by the electric power supplied from the battery, a second electric motor connected to the gas turbine engine to motor the engine by the electric power supplied from the…

Outboard motor

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11939037
Constraints on arrangement of catalysts are reduced, and early activation and long-term performance maintenance of the catalysts are both achieved. An exhaust pipe includes a first catalyst provided in a first exhaust pipe extending upward on the side of an exhaust manifold, and a second catalyst provided in a second exhaust pipe that extends downward from a bent pipe extending from the first exhaust pipe and that is adjacent to the first exhaust pipe. The second catalyst is disposed at…

Straddle type vehicle and control device

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11939025
A straddle type vehicle comprises a steering mechanism configured to steer a front wheel a steering damper device capable of variably generating a damping force working on a rotating action of the steering mechanism; and a control unit configured to control the damping force of the steering damper device to increase, when the front wheel of the straddle type vehicle in a wheelie state lands on a ground. The control unit controls the damping force to increase, after the front wheel lands…

Deployable active D-pillar spoiler for vehicles

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11939005
A system for deploying D-pillar spoilers on a vehicle is described. The system includes a deployment control system including controller logic having at least one processor and a memory storing instructions for implementing deployment and retraction of D-pillar spoilers on a vehicle. The system also includes at least one vehicle sensor in communication with the deployment control system. The system further includes a motor in communication with the deployment control system. At least one…

Advanced vehicle body front side frame structure

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11939001
The present disclosure relates to a structure of a vehicle body front side member and relates to a technical field of automobile design and manufacture. A vehicle body front side member structure includes a front side member assembly, an upper side beam assembly, a front side member connection plate assembly, an upper side beam front assembly, a front anti-crash beam energy absorption box assembly, and a front anti-crash beam assembly. According to the front side member structure, it is…

Moving body

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11938991
A moving body includes: a plurality of wheels capable of rotating around a plurality of rotating shafts disposed on a circumference around a common axis; and a supporting unit supporting the plurality of rotating shafts to be capable of revolving around the axis. A first power source is connected to the plurality of wheels to be capable of transmitting power so as to rotate the plurality of wheels. A second power source is connected to the supporting unit to be capable of transmitting…

Vehicle system

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11938961
A vehicle system includes: a map processing unit that creates local map data based on high accuracy map data and a position of an own vehicle; and an autonomous driving control unit that creates a travel plan for autonomous traveling of the own vehicle based on the local map data and controls traveling of the own vehicle according to the travel plan. The map processing unit creates multiple pieces of transmission data by dividing the local map data so as to correspond to regions on a map…

Engine generator

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: D1019563

Systems and methods for vehicular navigation of narrow gaps

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11938928
A vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a plurality of sensors including a first sensor and a second sensor. The vehicle also includes a vehicle controller. The vehicle controller is programmed to (i) collect a first plurality of sensor information observed by the first sensor during operation of the vehicle; (ii) analyze the first plurality of sensor information to detect a gap along the vehicle's path of travel; (iii) compare one or more dimensions of the gap to one or more…

Vehicle movement assist system

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11938925
A vehicle movement assist system includes: an external environment sensor unmovably fixed to a vehicle; and a control device configured to acquire the position of an obstacle relative to the vehicle based on a result of detection performed by the external environment sensor and to execute an automatic moving process to autonomously move the vehicle. During execution of the automatic moving process, if the obstacle is detected in a recognition range set by the control device, the control…

Vehicle control device

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11938921
A vehicle control device that controls a vehicle is configured to execute rotation speed control when the vehicle is in series traveling, in which a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is increased to a first rotation speed in accordance with an increase in a speed of the vehicle, and when the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine reaches the first rotation speed, the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is decreased to a second rotation speed lower…

Vehicle control system

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11938898
A vehicle control system includes an entry ECU that performs first authentication processing for access from an outside of a vehicle, a door control ECU that controls locking and unlocking of a door of the vehicle, and a central ECU, the entry ECU transmits a first startup request, which instructs to start up the central ECU, before executing the first authentication processing, and the central ECU transmits a second startup request which instructs to start up the door control ECU.

Vehicle control device, information processing apparatus, operation methods thereof, and storage medium

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11938879
A vehicle control device that controls a vehicle, the vehicle control device comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire surrounding information of the vehicle; a recognition unit configured to recognize another vehicle traveling in surroundings of the vehicle, based on the surrounding information; a calculation unit configured to calculate a visual recognition ratio of a steering wheel of the other vehicle to a perfect circle; and a control unit configured to control the…

Sensor attachment structure for side part of vehicle body

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11938865
A sensor attachment structure for a side part of a vehicle body includes: a side panel part facing substantially sideward; a rear panel part facing substantially rearward; a lower panel part facing substantially downward; a sensor attachment member to which a sensor configured to detect surrounding information on a lateral side of a vehicle is attached; a side joined member extending from the sensor attachment member toward the side panel part and joined to the side panel part; a rear…

Electrically powered suspension system

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11938773
An electrically powered suspension system includes: an electromagnetic actuator provided between a vehicle body and a wheel of a vehicle and configured to generate a damping force for damping vibration of the vehicle body; a wheel speed sensor that detects a wheel speed of the wheel; a wheel speed variation amount calculation part that calculates a wheel speed variation amount on the basis of wheel speed detection values detected by the wheel speed sensor; a 3D gyro sensor that detects…

Ultrasonic-wave irradiation unit

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11938513
An ultrasonic-wave irradiation unit capable of reducing erosion and cleaning unevenness on a diaphragm and improving the joining strength of an ultrasonic transducer to the diaphragm includes a diaphragm, an ultrasonic transducer, a front-side resonating member, and a rear-side resonating member. A stud bolt protrudes from the non-radiation surface of the diaphragm. The transducer front plate of the ultrasonic transducer is joined to the non-radiation surface. The front-side resonating…

Electric mower switch system

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11937544
An electric lawn mower includes an electric motor and battery supported on a wheeled motor deck, a handle mounted on the deck and pivotable between first and second handle positions, and a pivoting failsafe switch system for respectively enabling and disabling powered operation of the electric motor when the handle is in the first and second handle positions. The pivoting switch assembly includes a magnet and a magnet sensor sensing the magnet. The magnet is carried by a turning member…