Information processing device and vehicle patent

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Published March 31st, 2026

Detected March 31st, 2026

Summary

USPTO granted Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Patent US12592401B2 for an information processing device and vehicle system that tracks fuel cell output decrease using use history information and output decrease characteristics. The patent includes 12 claims covering methods for estimating output decrease factors and controlling pump flow rates based on threshold comparisons.

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USPTO granted Honda Patent US12592401B2 on March 31, 2026, for an information processing device and vehicle system. The patent covers technology that acquires vehicle use history information, derives output decrease amounts based on use history and output decrease characteristics, estimates output decrease factors, and controls pump flow rates when output decrease amounts exceed threshold values. The patent includes 12 claims and names Keiko Yamazaki, Ryu Okano, Akane Goto, and Yuichi Suzuki as inventors.

This is an informational patent grant notice with no compliance obligations or deadlines. Companies developing fuel cell technology or vehicle information processing systems should review the patent claims to assess potential intellectual property considerations. No action is required for most compliance functions as this document merely establishes Honda's exclusionary rights in this technology area.

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Information processing device and vehicle

Grant US12592401B2 Kind: B2 Mar 31, 2026

Assignee

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

Inventors

Keiko Yamazaki, Ryu Okano, Akane Goto, Yuichi Suzuki

Abstract

An information processing device includes an acquisition unit which acquires use history information indicating a use history of a vehicle for a plurality of items, a derivation unit which derives the output decrease amount for each of the items based on use history information and output decrease characteristic information, a factor-specific output decrease amount estimation unit which estimates the output decrease amount for each of output decrease factors based on the output decrease amount for each of the items and output decrease factor information, and a control unit which executes control to increase a flow rate of a pump when any one of output decrease amounts for each of the output decrease factors is equal to or larger than a threshold value, compared with when where all of the output decrease amounts for each of the output decrease factors are less than the threshold value.