Patents by Inventor Chika Kajikawa
Chika Kajikawa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11270587Abstract: A vehicle on-board communication device is provided with a communication unit that transmits and receives via wireless communication between a host vehicle and other vehicles located in the vicinity thereof intention information relating to an intention of a vehicle occupant, an instruction unit that receives transmission instructions from an occupant of the host vehicle and causes the intention information to be transmitted to the communication unit, and a notification unit that notifies the occupant of the host vehicle about the intention information of an occupant of another vehicle received by the communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Megumi Amano, Kohei Maejima, Chika Kajikawa, Hikaru Gotoh, Yoshiaki Matsumura, Chiharu Hayashi
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Patent number: 10800431Abstract: Provided is a vehicle including (i) a vehicle main body configured to be operated by an autonomous driving operation, at least a part of the autonomous driving operation being able to be substituted by a manual driving operation, and (ii) an advice information presentation unit that is disposed inside the vehicle main body and presents advice information, relating to advice about the manual driving operation, to an occupant.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Megumi Amano, Kohei Maejima, Chika Kajikawa, Hikaru Gotoh, Yoshiaki Matsumura, Chiharu Hayashi
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Patent number: 10794722Abstract: There is provided a vehicle including (i) a vehicle main body, (ii) an input device that receives a destination input operation, (iii) a first display that displays information on a route to a destination inputted by the input device, the first display being arranged in the vehicle main body, (iv) an acquisition device for acquiring location-related information based on a current location of the vehicle main body or a location of a goal point of the vehicle main body, and (v) a second display that displays the location-related information acquired by the acquisition device, the second display being arranged in the vehicle main body.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Megumi Amano, Kohei Maejima, Chika Kajikawa, Hikaru Gotoh, Yoshiaki Matsumura, Chiharu Hayashi
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Patent number: 10730448Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a display and a moving device. The display is formed in an elongate shape. The moving device moves the display between a lower position at a vehicle width direction central portion of an instrument panel of a vehicle, and an upper position at a vehicle upper side of the lower position. In the lower position the moving device orients the longitudinal direction of the display along a vehicle vertical direction. In the upper position the moving device orients the longitudinal direction of the display along a vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Megumi Amano, Kohei Maejima, Chika Kajikawa, Hikaru Gotoh, Yoshiaki Matsumura, Chiharu Hayashi
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Publication number: 20190219419Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes a location acquiring unit that acquires a location of a vehicle, a counting unit that counts the number of visits to a location acquired by the location acquiring unit, and an information providing unit that, in a case that the number of visits counted by the counting unit exceeds a predetermined number, recommends a user of a vehicle to visit the location or provides a user of a vehicle with information about the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Megumi Amano, Kohei Maejima, Chika Kajikawa, Hikaru Gotoh, Yoshiaki Matsumura, Chiharu Hayashi
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Publication number: 20190206253Abstract: A vehicle on-board communication device is provided with a communication unit that transmits and receives via wireless communication between a host vehicle and other vehicles located in the vicinity thereof intention information relating to an intention of a vehicle occupant, an instruction unit that receives transmission instructions from an occupant of the host vehicle and causes the intention information to be transmitted to the communication unit, and a notification unit that notifies the occupant of the host vehicle about the intention information of an occupant of another vehicle received by the communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Megumi Amano, Kohei Maejima, Chika Kajikawa, Hikaru Gotoh, Yoshiaki Matsumura, Chiharu Hayashi
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Publication number: 20190193752Abstract: Provided is a vehicle including (i) a vehicle main body configured to be operated by an autonomous driving operation, at least a part of the autonomous driving operation being able to be substituted by a manual driving operation, and (ii) an advice information presentation unit that is disposed inside the vehicle main body and presents advice information, relating to advice about the manual driving operation, to an occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Megumi Amano, Kohei Maejima, Chika Kajikawa, Hikaru Gotoh, Yoshiaki Matsumura, Chiharu Hayashi
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Publication number: 20190193634Abstract: Provided is a vehicle including (i) a vehicle main body, (ii) a road width information acquisition unit that acquires road width information relating to a width of a road surrounding the vehicle main body, and (iii) a display unit that displays width positions of the road based on the road width information acquired by the road width information acquisition unit, the display unit being arranged in a compartment of the vehicle main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Megumi Amano, Kohei Maejima, Chika Kajikawa, Hikaru Gotoh, Yoshiaki Matsumura, Chiharu Hayashi
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Publication number: 20190195651Abstract: There is provided a vehicle including (i) a vehicle main body, (ii) an input device that receives a destination input operation, (iii) a first display that displays information on a route to a destination inputted by the input device, the first display being arranged in the vehicle main body, (iv) an acquisition device for acquiring location-related information based on a current location of the vehicle main body or a location of a goal point of the vehicle main body, and (v) a second display that displays the location-related information acquired by the acquisition device, the second display being arranged in the vehicle main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Megumi Amano, Kohei Maejima, Chika Kajikawa, Hikaru Gotoh, Yoshiaki Matsumura, Chiharu Hayashi
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Publication number: 20190193644Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a display and a moving device. The display is formed in an elongate shape. The moving device moves the display between a lower position at a vehicle width direction central portion of an instrument panel of a vehicle, and an upper position at a vehicle upper side of the lower position. In the lower position the moving device orients the longitudinal direction of the display along a vehicle vertical direction. In the upper position the moving device orients the longitudinal direction of the display along a vehicle width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Megumi Amano, Kohei Maejima, Chika Kajikawa, Hikaru Gotoh, Yoshiaki Matsumura, Chiharu Hayashi