Honda Patent Grants

Biological state guidance device, biological state guidance method, and storage medium

Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number: 12246743
A biological state guidance device includes a biological state estimation unit configured to estimate a biological state of a driver, a target value decision unit configured to decide on a target value of the biological state, an audio stimulus generation unit configured to generate an audio stimulus for guidance so that the biological state is close to a target value, a fellow passenger information acquisition unit configured to acquire fellow passenger information, a target state…

Rotor, rotary machine, and method for manufacturing rotor

Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number: 12249872
A first layer, a second layer, and a third layer of a sleeve of a rotor are integrated side by side in this order from the radial center of the sleeve toward the outside. The first layer includes a first fiber-reinforced resin including a first carbon fiber extending in a direction inclined with respect to both the axis of the rotor shaft and a circumferential direction of the sleeve. The second layer includes a second fiber-reinforced resin including a second carbon fiber extending…

Communication device, vehicle, computer-readable storage medium, and communication method

Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number: 12249240
A communication device includes a target locating unit configured to locate a position of a target having a risk of approaching a moving body. The communication device includes a transmission unit configured to transmit request information including positional information of an external terminal, for which the positional information is requested, based on the position of the target located by the target locating unit. The communication device includes a reception unit configured to…

Method and system for measuring steering angle error of vehicle

Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number: 12249196
The disclosure provides a method and system for measuring steering angle error of a vehicle. The method includes the following steps: a rotating step is performed first, and the rotating step is to continuously rotate the steering wheel left and right between a left position relative to the center and a right position relative to the center when the vehicle is driving. A time-series change of the steering angle of the vehicle and a time-series change of a turning radius of the vehicle in…

Training device, training method, storage medium, and object detection device

Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number: 12249164
A training device includes a storage device that has stored a program, and a hardware processor, in which the hardware processor executes the program stored in the storage device, thereby acquiring a captured image of a road, adding a computer graphic image of an object present on a road to an actually captured image based on the captured image, and training parameters of a model to output a type of the object when an image is input using a type of the added computer graphic image as…

Image display system

Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number: 12249162
An image display system includes: a display device configured to display external environment information; an input device configured to receive an input operation by a user; and a control device configured to control a display of the external environment information on the display device according to the input operation by the user. The control device is configured to generate an outside virtual viewpoint image and an inside virtual viewpoint image and cause the display device to…

Excitation device for inspection of a vehicle

Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number: 12247899
An excitation device exciting a vehicle by applying a vibration to at least one of a plurality of tires of the vehicle, which includes: a first restricting part arranged in one of a front and rear direction of at least one of the plurality of tires to restrict a movement of the vehicle in the front and rear direction, a second restricting part arranged in another of a front and rear direction of the one of tires to restrict a movement of the vehicle in the front and rear direction, and…

Continuously variable transmission

Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number: 12247659
A continuously variable transmission includes, in a case: a drive pulley and a driven pulley each including a fixed-side pulley half and a movable-side pulley half configured to move to the fixed-side pulley half; a belt including a plurality of elements and a plurality of rings wound around the drive pulley and the driven pulley; a parking gear provided to the fixed-side pulley half of the driven pulley; and a parking pawl configured to be fitted to the parking gear, the continuously…

Rotary drive device

Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number: 12247643
A rotary drive device includes a pair of drive force transmissions, a pair of decelerators, a pair of carriers, and at least one coupler. Driving rollers are included in the pair of drive force transmissions. Driving rollers transmit drive force to a main wheel. The main wheel includes driven rollers. The pair of drive force transmissions are rotatable about a rotation axis. The pair of carriers accommodate at least a portion of the decelerators. The pair of carriers oppose each other in…

Electrochemical cell, cell operation system and cell operation method

Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number: 12247308
An anode current collector of an electrochemical cell includes an inner portion in which a first hole is formed, and an outer portion located outside the inner portion and in which a second hole is formed. The first hole has a cross-sectional area that increases toward a supply flow path, and the second hole has a cross-sectional area that increases toward an electrolyte membrane.

Adaptive driving style

Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number: 12246739
According to one aspect, an adaptive driving style system may include a set of two or more sensors, a memory, and a processor. The set of two or more sensors may receive two or more sensor signals. The memory may store one or more instructions. The processor may execute one or more of the instructions stored on the memory to perform one or more acts, actions, or steps, including training a trust model using two or more of the sensor signals as input, training a preference model using the…

Path generation apparatus and path generation method

Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number: 12246710
Path generation apparatus configured to generate target travel path of own vehicle traveling in travel lane, includes: external sensor mounted on own vehicle and configured to detect external situation centered on advancing direction of own vehicle; vehicle speed sensor configured to detect travel speed of own vehicle; and electronic control unit including processor and memory coupled to processor. Electronic control unit is configured to perform: setting target passing point on travel…

Vehicle body structure

Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number: 12246652
A vehicle body structure includes a garnish provided on an outer side of a vehicle, an adapter joined to the garnish, a radar device supported by the adapter, and a cover joined to the garnish and covering the radar device. The garnish includes a mounting hole, a first annular rib extending to surround the mounting hole, and an annular surface defined by an edge part of the mounting hole and the first annular rib. The adapter is joined to a back side of the garnish in a position…

Light distribution control device, light distribution control method, and storage medium

Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number: 12246638
A light distribution control device including: an acquirer acquiring information representing a running status of an assistance operation performed for driving assistance from a driving assistance device performing driving assistance of a subject vehicle based on a recognition result of objects disposed in front of the subject vehicle recognized based on detection results acquired by a plurality of sensors including an optical sensor; and a light distribution controller performing light…

Heating control method for vehicle

Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number: 12246580
A vehicle has a battery and an air conditioner heating a vehicle compartment. The vehicle travels by electric power of the battery. An operation mode in which heating of the vehicle compartment is performed includes an outside-air-heat absorption mode in which the vehicle compartment is heated by absorbing heat from outside air without absorbing heat from the battery, and a battery-heat absorption mode in which the vehicle compartment is heated by absorbing heat from at least the…

Outboard motor for a vessel

Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number: D1066210

Automobile or replica

Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number: D1066121

Information processing apparatus, mobile object, computer readable storage medium and information processing method

Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number: 12242263
Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a communication unit, wherein transmission data whose destination is designated by an IP address is transmitted to the IP address as the destination; a proxy processing unit for converting a destination of transmission data whose destination is designated by a URL into an IP address, and causing the communication unit to perform transmission; a communication volume control unit for acquiring, based on a corresponding relationship…

Rotary electric drive unit

Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number: 12244124
An electrical connection structure includes a case in which a first electric motor and a second electric motor are housed, and electrical equipment that controls the first electric motor or the second electric motor. The first electric motor is electrically connected to a first three-phase terminal of the electrical equipment via a connecting member. The second electric motor is electrically connected to a second three-phase terminal of the electrical equipment via the connecting member.…

Active noise reduction system

Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number: 12243509
An active noise reduction system reduces a noise in an internal space of a mobile body. The active noise reduction system includes a controller configured to control a canceling sound output device. The controller is configured to generate a first canceling estimation signal as an estimation signal of a canceling sound at a position of an error detector based on a reference signal, generate a second canceling estimation signal as an estimation signal of the canceling sound at a head…