Patents by Inventor Hideyuki Sakurai
Hideyuki Sakurai 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: 11207953Abstract: An interior structure includes a pillar garnish, a channel member, and a screen member. The pillar garnish is integral with a center pillar, and is formed with an opening facing a vehicle cabin and formed with a hollow housing section on the opposite side to the vehicle cabin. The channel member is provided so as to be capable of being housed in the housing section and capable of moving toward the vehicle cabin through the opening. The screen member is provided at the channel member so as to be housed in the housing section when in a non-deployed state and so as to be deployed in the vehicle cabin in a state in which the channel member has been moved into the vehicle cabin.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hideyuki Sakurai
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Publication number: 20210394583Abstract: An in-vehicle-cabin storage device includes an exhaust device having a duct, and the duct provides communication between the inside of a storage part and the outside of a vehicle cabin. When the atmospheric pressure inside the storage part is higher than the atmospheric pressure outside the vehicle cabin, the exhaust device secures ventilation from the inside of the storage part to the outside of the vehicle cabin.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Hideyuki SAKURAI, Mitsuyoshi OHNO
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Patent number: 11172070Abstract: A system includes a traveling unit provided with a movement mechanism; a plurality of types of main body units equipped with different facilities, each main body unit being configured to form an emergency vehicle by being coupled with the traveling unit; and an information processing apparatus configured to manage the traveling unit and the plurality of types of main body units. The information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to analyze details of a first emergency call made to a fire-fighting organization, select a main body unit of a first type equipped with a facility matching the details of the first emergency call from the plurality of types of main body units, and dispatch an emergency vehicle coupling the main body unit of the first type and the traveling unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Nakano, Masato Ura, Koji Takao, Hideyuki Sakurai, Keisuke Hotta, Rieko Masutani, Atsushi Hanawa, Masanobu Ohmi, Takashi Hayashi, Atsushi Nabata, Tetsuro Sakaguchi
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Publication number: 20210300229Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system including a vehicle including a collection and placement mechanism configured to collect and place a mailbox, a plurality of mailboxes that are capable of being transported, collected, and placed by the vehicle, and a controller. The controller causes the vehicle to execute being loaded with a first mailbox containing no posted matter, moving to a placement site of a second mailbox containing a posted matter in a state of being loaded with the first mailbox, and collecting the second mailbox and newly placing the first mailbox, at the placement site of the second mailbox by the collection and placement mechanism, to replace the mailboxes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki NAKANO, Masato URA, Koji TAKAO, Hideyuki SAKURAI, Keisuke HOTTA, Rieko MASUTANI, Atsushi HANAWA, Masanobu OHMI, Takashi HAYASHI, Atsushi NABATA, Tetsuro SAKAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20210284182Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to execute the processing of finding, in connection with a first vehicle whose cabin unit and travel unit are separable from each other and that is scheduled to travel a first section of road in which travelling with a travel unit of a first type is suitable and provided with a travel unit of a second type different from the first type, a second vehicle that is scheduled to travel the first section in the direction opposite to the direction of travel of the first vehicle and finish travelling the first section and provided with a travel unit of the first type, and instructing the first vehicle and the second vehicle to exchange the travel unit of the first type and the travel unit of the second type.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki NAKANO, Masato URA, Koji TAKAO, Hideyuki SAKURAI, Keisuke HOTTA, Rieko MASUTANI, Atsushi HANAWA, Masanobu OHMI, Takashi HAYASHI, Atsushi NABATA, Tetsuro SAKAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20210261153Abstract: An information processing apparatus which controls a plurality of vehicle platforms which can be coupled to and separated from a predetermined vehicle interior unit, the information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to execute: transmitting a first command to transport the vehicle interior unit to a first location and install the vehicle interior unit, to one of the plurality of vehicle platforms; and in a case where all people who are to be on board the vehicle interior unit and move are on board the installed vehicle interior unit, transmitting a second command to transport the vehicle interior unit to a second location which is a destination of the people, to one of the plurality of vehicle platforms.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki NAKANO, Masato URA, Koji TAKAO, Hideyuki SAKURAI, Keisuke HOTTA, Rieko MASUTANI, Atsushi HANAWA, Masanobu OHMI, Takashi HAYASHI, Atsushi NABATA, Tetsuro SAKAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20210217058Abstract: An advertisement presentation system includes an output device provided on a mobile object, an information processing device, and a management device. The management device obtains advertisement information to be generated from the output device of the mobile object scheduled to travel via a particular location, based on related information in which attribute information of people and location information at which the people having the attributes are present are related to each other in advance, and sends the advertisement information to the information processing device. The information processing device receives the advertisement information from the management device, and outputs the advertisement information to the output device, when the mobile object is present at the particular location.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Toshihiro NAKAICHI, Hideyuki SAKURAI, Masaya MIURA, Kazuki OHTAKE, Takuya KARAKI
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Publication number: 20210197670Abstract: An instrument panel structure of the present disclosure includes: an instrument-panel body portion constituting a body portion of an instrument panel of a vehicle and placed in front of a wheel in the vehicle front-rear direction; and one or more spacers configured to be placeable selectively on a first side or a second side in the vehicle width direction relative to the instrument-panel body portion, the one or more spacers constituting part of the instrument panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventor: Hideyuki SAKURAI
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Publication number: 20210197701Abstract: A boarding and exiting handrail including: a base part provided near an entrance-and-exit of a vehicle so as to be rotatable with an axis oriented in an up-down direction; a handrail main part capable of being gripped by passengers boarding and exiting through the entrance-and-exit; and a rail part slidably holding a sliding member mounted on a sliding door that opens and closes the entrance-and-exit by moving along an outer wall surface of the vehicle. When the sliding door opens the entrance-and-exit, the boarding and exiting handrail assumes a deployed posture with the handrail main part and the rail part protruded toward the outside of the vehicle as seen from above, and when the sliding door closes the entrance-and-exit, the boarding and exiting handrail assumes a retracted posture with the handrail main part and the rail part disposed along the sliding door as seen from above.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventor: Hideyuki SAKURAI
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Publication number: 20210170973Abstract: There is provided a vehicle system including: a body unit; a traveling unit capable of traveling with the body unit being mounted thereon; coupling units configured to couple the body unit and the traveling unit; a sensor used for predicting a crash; a controller configured to execute causing coupling between the traveling unit and the body unit by the coupling units to be released when a crash is predicted based on a detection value of the sensor; an acting unit provided on one of the traveling unit and the body unit and configured to act so that a positional relationship between the body unit and the traveling unit is changed when the coupling is released; and an acted-upon unit provided on the other between the traveling unit and the body unit and configured to receive action of the acting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki NAKANO, Masato URA, Koji TAKAO, Hideyuki SAKURAI, Keisuke HOTTA, Rieko MASUTANI, Atsushi HANAWA, Masanobu OHMI, Takashi HAYASHI, Atsushi NABATA, Tetsuro SAKAGUCHI
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Patent number: 11021084Abstract: A vehicle seat structure including: a seat cushion on which a vehicle occupant sits; a seat back that supports a back portion of the vehicle occupant while sitting on the seat cushion in a seat deployed state, the seat deployed state being a state in which the vehicle occupant is able to sit on the seat cushion; and a seat deploying/retracting mechanism that enables the seat cushion and the seat back to slide in a vehicle up-down direction, and that, in a seat retracted state in which the seat cushion and the seat back are retracted, enables the seat cushion and the seat back to be placed in the vehicle up-down direction such that the seat cushion stands upright, and the seat back is placed at an upper side of the seat cushion.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hideyuki Sakurai
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Publication number: 20210160377Abstract: A system includes a traveling unit provided with a movement mechanism; a plurality of types of main body units equipped with different facilities, each main body unit being configured to form an emergency vehicle by being coupled with the traveling unit; and an information processing apparatus configured to manage the traveling unit and the plurality of types of main body units. The information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to analyze details of a first emergency call made to a fire-fighting organization, select a main body unit of a first type equipped with a facility matching the details of the first emergency call from the plurality of types of main body units, and dispatch an emergency vehicle coupling the main body unit of the first type and the traveling unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki NAKANO, Masato URA, Koji TAKAO, Hideyuki SAKURAI, Keisuke HOTTA, Rieko MASUTANI, Atsushi HANAWA, Masanobu OHMI, Takashi HAYASHI, Atsushi NABATA, Tetsuro SAKAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20210150907Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory configured to store information about mobile bodies, each of which forms a vehicle by being coupled with a main body unit and is capable of autonomous driving; and a processor configured to transmit a summon command to a first mobile body existing within a predetermined range, the summon command summoning the first mobile body to a predetermined assembly location, and cause a predetermined number of first mobile bodies assembled at the predetermined assembly location to carry one first main body unit that is larger or heavier than a main body unit that can be carried by one first mobile body, and to cause the predetermined number of first mobile bodies to move to a predetermined destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki NAKANO, Masato URA, Koji TAKAO, Hideyuki SAKURAI, Keisuke HOTTA, Rieko MASUTANI, Atsushi HANAWA, Masanobu OHMI, Takashi HAYASHI, Atsushi NABATA, Tetsuro SAKAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20210125299Abstract: To effectively utilize user's belongings that are not being used. The information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: determine, when a use request is received from a second user for a room unit in which a first user stores at least one of the first user's belongings as a storeroom, a transport unit that connects to the room unit and transports the room unit to a designated place by the second user; and cause the transport unit connected to the room unit to move to the designated place by the second user and to separate from the room unit at the designated place by the second user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki NAKANO, Masato URA, Koji TAKAO, Hideyuki SAKURAI, Keisuke HOTTA, Rieko MASUTANI, Atsushi HANAWA, Masanobu OHMI, Takashi HAYASHI, Atsushi NABATA, Tetsuro SAKAGUCHI
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Patent number: 10987904Abstract: A visibility control device for a vehicle includes: a windshield that is provided at a front side of a vehicle cabin; a light-shielding portion that is provided at, or so as to correspond to, an area at a vehicle lower side of the windshield, and that is switchable between a light-shielding state and a light-transmitting state; a vehicle speed sensor that detects a speed of a vehicle; and a control unit that, in a case in which a vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed sensor is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, performs control to switch the light-shielding portion to the light-shielding state, and in a case in which the vehicle speed is less than a predetermined value, performs control to switch the light-shielding portion to the light-transmitting state.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hideyuki Sakurai
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Publication number: 20210117892Abstract: Provided is the information processing apparatus that includes a processor configured to: when a rental request for a traveling unit that forms a vehicle by connecting to a body unit and information regarding a destination of move by the vehicle are received from a user terminal, acquire a route to the destination; when a road included in the route to the destination is a first road having a predetermined characteristic, determine a first traveling unit having a performance corresponding to the characteristic of the first road from a plurality of traveling units; and transmit information regarding the route to the destination and information regarding the first traveling unit to the user terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki NAKANO, Masato URA, Koji TAKAO, Hideyuki SAKURAI, Keisuke HOTTA, Rieko MASUTANI, Atsushi HANAWA, Masanobu OHMI, Takashi HAYASHI, Tetsuro SAKAGUCHI, Atsushi NABATA
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Publication number: 20200384902Abstract: A handrail member is in a deployed state and at a so-called usable position when a tip portion of the handrail member is arranged between a sliding door and a lateral portion of a vehicle. Moreover, by making the handrail member usable, a passenger can place his or her hand on the handrail member when getting on or off the vehicle. As a result, it is possible to help the passenger get on/off the vehicle. In this manner, by turning the handrail member along a vehicle width direction around a bolt, the handrail member can be deployed and stored with a simple configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Hideyuki SAKURAI, Katsuya SHIMAZU
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Publication number: 20200375762Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition for a prosthetic foot sole exhibiting high grip performance in all weather conditions and excellent in durability, and the prosthetic foot sole. The rubber composition for a prosthetic foot sole and the prosthetic foot sole, include at least one rubber component selected from a natural rubber and a synthetic diene rubber and at least one filler selected from carbon black and an inorganic filler, wherein the total amount of the filler is 50 parts by mass or more and 150 parts by mass or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Hideyuki SAKURAI, Shinsuke NAKANE, Miho ODAIRA
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Patent number: 10805730Abstract: A sound input/output device for a vehicle includes: microphones that are provided within a vehicle cabin; a plurality of directional speakers that are provided within the vehicle cabin, and that output sound to respective seats; an output position specifying section that specifies a seat that is an output destination from a voice collected by one or more of the microphones or from input from an utterer of a voice; and an output control section that outputs sound from one or more of the speakers to a seat specified by the output position specifying section.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideyuki Sakurai, Masashi Mori, Katsuya Shimazu
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Patent number: 10745545Abstract: This disclosure is to provide a method of manufacturing a rubber composition comprising kneading a rubber composition that includes 100 parts by mass (pbm) of a rubber component (A) including 50 mass % or more of natural rubber, 5-50 pbm of at least one kind of thermoplastic resin (B) selected from among C5-based resins, C5-C9-based resins, C9-based resins, terpene-based resins, terpene-aromatic compound-based resins, rosin-based resins, dicyclopentadiene resins, and alkylphenol-based resins; 20-120 pbm of a filler (C) including silica; at least one kind of vulcanization accelerator (D) selected from among guanidines, sulfenamides, thiazoles, thiourea and diethyl thiourea; a silane coupling agent (E); and a vulcanizing agent (F). The kneading comprises a kneading stage A for kneading components (A)-(C), part or all of component (D), and 2 pbm or more of component (E), and a kneading stage B for kneading component (F) with a kneaded product of the kneading stage A.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Hideyuki Sakurai