Patents by Inventor Daisuke Hiroki
Daisuke Hiroki 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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Publication number: 20240178456Abstract: A wearable device needs to have a design corresponding to complicated surfaces of human bodies. Thus, an electronic device that can fit the characteristics of each individual human body after being purchased and can be worn naturally and comfortably is provided. The electronic device includes a secondary battery which can be transformed. By using a secondary battery which can be transformed, for example, a secondary battery can be efficiently placed in a narrow and elongated space in the electronic device, and the elongated secondary battery can be bent together with the electronic device. Furthermore, the weight balance of the electronic device can be easily adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2024Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Ryota TAJIMA, Masaaki HIROKI, Daisuke FURUMATSU
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Publication number: 20240046774Abstract: A terminal device separate from a vehicle includes a receiver that receives a notification signal from the vehicle indicating that the vehicle is in a first state different from a second state, a notification unit that notifies a user of the terminal device of the first state based on the notification signal, an input unit that receives, from the user of the terminal device, an input commanding the first state to be maintained, and a transmitter that transmits a signal to the vehicle based on the input received by the input unit. The vehicle includes a control unit that performs control that maintains the first state after lapse of a predetermined time from a time that the notification unit of the terminal device notifies of the first state of the vehicle when a reception unit of the vehicle receives the signal transmitted from the transmitter within the predetermined time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki OKADA, Ryuta ATSUMI, Satoshi FUJISAKI, Daisuke HIROKI, Shinpei ASAI
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Patent number: 11830344Abstract: A vehicle includes a notification unit that notifies an information processing device of a state of the vehicle; a reception unit that receives a first signal commanding the state to be maintained, from the information processing device; and a control unit that performs control such that maintains the state after lapse of a predetermined time as well when the reception unit receives the first signal within the predetermined time, and that performs control such that the state becomes a state different from the state after lapse of the predetermined time when the reception unit does not receive the first signal from the information processing device within the predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Okada, Ryuta Atsumi, Satoshi Fujisaki, Daisuke Hiroki, Shinpei Asai
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Patent number: 11823552Abstract: An information processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a state of a vehicle from the vehicle; and a notification unit that performs a first notification regarding the state when the information processing device is outside a predetermined range including the vehicle, and that performs a second notification including more information on the state than the first notification when the information processing device is in the predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Okada, Ryuta Atsumi, Satoshi Fujisaki, Daisuke Hiroki, Shinpei Asai
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Patent number: 11640274Abstract: An acoustic system includes: a first terminal device including a first-terminal sound emitting unit, an earhole sound collecting unit configured to collect earhole echo sound, and a first-terminal control unit configured to perform authentication between the first terminal device and a user based on the echo sound collected by the earhole sound collecting unit; an onboard device including an onboard-device sound emitting unit and an onboard-device control unit configured to perform authentication between the onboard device and the user based on communication with the first terminal device; and a second terminal device includes a second-terminal control unit configured to set a destination of sound data to one of the first terminal device and the onboard device when the onboard-device control unit detects that a predetermined condition including a condition that the user has been authenticated is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Okada, Ryuta Atsumi, Daisuke Hiroki, Shinpei Asai
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Publication number: 20230106991Abstract: An acoustic system includes an in-vehicle device including a vehicle-side communicator; and an information processing device configured to be worn at an ear of a user and to communicate with the vehicle-side communicator. The information processing device includes: a sound pickup configured to pick up external sound: a sound emitter configured to emit sound to the ear of the user; a communicator configured to communicate with the in-vehicle device; and a computer. The computer is programmed to: determine, based on a result of communication with the in-vehicle device by the communicator, whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied in a state where the information processing device is in a vehicle; and when determining that the predetermined condition is satisfied, cause the sound emitter to emit the external sound picked up by the sound pickup.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki OKADA, Daisuke HIROKI
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Patent number: 11558688Abstract: An acoustic system includes an in-vehicle device including a vehicle-side communicator; and an information processing device configured to be worn at an ear of a user and to communicate with the vehicle-side communicator. The information processing device includes: a sound pickup configured to pick up external sound; a sound emitter configured to emit sound to the ear of the user; a communicator configured to communicate with the in-vehicle device; and a computer. The computer is programmed to: determine, based on a result of communication with the in-vehicle device by the communicator, whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied in a state where the information processing device is in a vehicle; and when determining that the predetermined condition is satisfied, cause the sound emitter to emit the external sound picked up by the sound pickup.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Okada, Daisuke Hiroki
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Publication number: 20220176910Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a terminal device and a vehicle. The terminal device includes a first verification unit that verifies whether the terminal devices matches the vehicle through wireless communication when the terminal device enters an area in which wireless communication between the terminal device and the vehicle is available, and an operation instruction unit that receives an instruction to execute a predetermined operation of the vehicle from the user and the first verification unit has verified that the terminal device matches the vehicle, and transmits a signal according to the instruction to the vehicle, and the vehicle includes a second verification unit that communicates with the first identification unit and verify whether with the vehicle matches the terminal device, and an operation controller that receives the signal from the operation instruction unit and executes the predetermined operation according to the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki OKADA, Ryuta ATSUMI, Satoshi FUJISAKI, Daisuke HIROKI, Shinpei ASAI
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Patent number: 11292432Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a terminal device and a vehicle. The terminal device includes a first verification unit that verifies whether the terminal devices matches the vehicle through wireless communication when the terminal device enters an area in which wireless communication between the terminal device and the vehicle is available, and an operation instruction unit that receives an instruction to execute a predetermined operation of the vehicle from the user and the first verification unit has verified that the terminal device matches the vehicle, and transmits a signal according to the instruction to the vehicle, and the vehicle includes a second verification unit that communicates with the first identification unit and verify whether with the vehicle matches the terminal device, and an operation controller that receives the signal from the operation instruction unit and executes the predetermined operation according to the signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Okada, Ryuta Atsumi, Satoshi Fujisaki, Daisuke Hiroki, Shinpei Asai
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Publication number: 20220101716Abstract: An information processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a state of a vehicle from the vehicle; and a notification unit that performs a first notification regarding the state when the information processing device is outside a predetermined range including the vehicle, and that performs a second notification including more information on the state than the first notification when the information processing device is in the predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki OKADA, Ryuta ATSUMI, Satoshi FUJISAKI, Daisuke HIROKI, Shinpei ASAI
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Publication number: 20220092964Abstract: A vehicle includes a notification unit that notifies an information processing device of a state of the vehicle; a reception unit that receives a first signal commanding the state to be maintained, from the information processing device; and a control unit that performs control such that maintains the state after lapse of a predetermined time as well when the reception unit receives the first signal within the predetermined time, and that performs control such that the state becomes a state different from the state after lapse of the predetermined time when the reception unit does not receive the first signal from the information processing device within the predetermined time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki OKADA, Ryuta ATSUMI, Satoshi FUJISAKI, Daisuke HIROKI, Shinpei ASAI
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Patent number: 11244036Abstract: An authentication system that executes user authentication processing in accordance with an authentication request includes at least one first device. The first device has a biological information acquiring unit that is configured to acquire biological information of a user, and a first authentication unit that outputs an authentication result of which the user is authenticated, based on the biological information. The authentication system includes a second device that is configured to communicate with the first device. The second device has an information acquiring-storing unit that is able to store identification information of the first device beforehand, a determination unit that is configured to determine whether the first device is registered, and a second authentication unit that is configured to perform user authentication, in accordance with an authentication result output by the first authentication unit, when the determination unit determines that the first device is registered.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Okada, Ryuta Atsumi, Satoshi Fujisaki, Daisuke Hiroki, Shinpei Asai, Kouji Oosugi
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Patent number: 11238720Abstract: A vehicle state presentation system includes a terminal device including an ear mounting unit that is mounted on an ear of a user, and a vehicle. The vehicle includes a first communication unit that wirelessly communicates with the terminal device, and a first controller that causes the first communication unit to transmit a notification signal indicating that the vehicle detects a state of the vehicle other than a predetermined state to the terminal device, and the terminal device includes a second communication unit that wirelessly communicates with the vehicle, and a second controller that causes an output unit to perform a notification to the user based on the notification signal received by the second communication unit when the terminal device moves out of a predetermined distance range in which the vehicle is included.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Okada, Ryuta Atsumi, Satoshi Fujisaki, Daisuke Hiroki, Shinpei Asai
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Publication number: 20220007103Abstract: An acoustic system includes an in-vehicle device including a vehicle-side communicator; and an information processing device configured to be worn at an ear of a user and to communicate with the vehicle-side communicator. The information processing device includes: a sound pickup configured to pick up external sound; a sound emitter configured to emit sound to the ear of the user; a communicator configured to communicate with the in-vehicle device; and a computer. The computer is programmed to: determine, based on a result of communication with the in-vehicle device by the communicator, whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied in a state where the information processing device is in a vehicle; and when determining that the predetermined condition is satisfied, cause the sound emitter to emit the external sound picked up by the sound pickup.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki OKADA, Daisuke HIROKI
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Patent number: 11210374Abstract: An authentication system that executes user authentication processing in accordance with an authentication request includes at least one first device. The first device has a biological information acquiring unit that is configured to acquire biological information of a user, and a first authentication unit that outputs an authentication result of which the user is authenticated, based on the biological information. The authentication system includes a second device that is configured to communicate with the first device. The second device has an information acquiring-storing unit that is able to store identification information of the first device beforehand, a determination unit that is configured to determine whether the first device is registered, and a second authentication unit that is configured to perform user authentication, in accordance with an authentication result output by the first authentication unit, when the determination unit determines that the first device is registered.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Okada, Ryuta Atsumi, Satoshi Fujisaki, Daisuke Hiroki, Shinpei Asai, Kouji Oosugi
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Patent number: 11153673Abstract: An information processing device having a to-be-worn portion capable of being worn at one ear of a user, the information processing device comprising: a first sound pickup section configured to pick up external sound; a sound emission section configured to emit sound to the one ear of the user; and a control section configured to determine whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied in a state where the information processing device is in a vehicle, and, when determining that the predetermined condition is satisfied, cause the sound emission section to emit the external sound picked up by the first sound pickup section.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Okada, Daisuke Hiroki
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Patent number: 11084443Abstract: A system that determines a condition of wearing of a seat belt, including: a marker provided on at least a part of the seat belt; an image capture processing unit that emits electromagnetic waves of the prescribed wavelength band toward a predetermined range and that creates an image indicating intensity distribution of electromagnetic waves of the prescribed wavelength band, based on reflected waves reflected in the predetermined range; a shape estimating unit that estimates a shape of an occupant based on the image, detects the marker from the image, and estimates a shape of the seat belt based on the marker detected; and a determining unit that determines the condition of wearing of the seat belt by the occupant, based on a positional relationship between the occupant and the seat belt.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Hiroki, Hiroki Okada
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Patent number: 11072309Abstract: A mobile terminal device is operated by a battery, performs wireless communication with a predetermined associated vehicle, and is available as an electronic key for the vehicle. The mobile terminal device includes a display unit including an electronic paper, and a terminal controller configured to display a predetermined code for unlocking the vehicle on the electronic paper when a remaining amount of the battery is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Hiroki, Hiroki Okada
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Patent number: 11046274Abstract: A system that determines a condition of wearing of a seat belt, including: a marker provided on at least a part of the seat belt; an image capture processing unit that emits electromagnetic waves of the prescribed wavelength band toward a predetermined range and that creates an image indicating intensity distribution of electromagnetic waves of the prescribed wavelength band, based on reflected waves reflected in the predetermined range; a shape estimating unit that estimates a shape of an occupant based on the image, detects the marker from the image, and estimates a shape of the seat belt based on the marker detected; and a determining unit that determines the condition of wearing of the seat belt by the occupant, based on a positional relationship between the occupant and the seat belt.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Hiroki, Hiroki Okada
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Patent number: 11023786Abstract: A device control apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an occupant in a vehicle, a first recognition unit configured to recognize a posture of the occupant based on the image captured by the imaging unit, a second recognition unit configured to recognize a state of a hand including at least a shape of the hand of the occupant based on the image captured by the imaging unit, a discrimination processing unit configured to specify a device to be controlled and an operation to be executed based on the posture of the occupant recognized by the first recognition unit and the state of the hand recognized by the second recognition unit, and a controller configured to issue a control command corresponding to the specified device to be controlled and the specified operation to be executed.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Daisuke Hiroki