Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Bandai

Hiroyuki Bandai 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).

  • Patent number: 11953906
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to acquire information indicating an attribute of a recipient of a package, acquire information indicating a location for placing the package in a vehicle, and present a depositor of the package with the information indicating the location for placing the package and the information indicating the attribute of the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Jikuhara, Shin Sakurada, Tomokazu Maya, Hiroyuki Bandai, Hiromitsu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20240075952
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to manage a vehicle with a relaxation facility, the information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire stress information regarding a worker working at a workplace, and command the vehicle to move to the workplace based on the acquired stress information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Shin SAKURADA, Tomokazu MAYA, Hiroyuki BANDAI, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240067225
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to manage a vehicle with a cafeteria facility, the information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire dispatch destination information including a designated location and a designated time period, and command the vehicle to be dispatched to the designated location in the designated time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Shin SAKURADA, Tomokazu MAYA, Hiroyuki BANDAI, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240051580
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to communicate via the communication interface with at least one mobile object that has a changing room. The controller is configured to transmit an instruction to the mobile object to move to a specified location by a specified time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Shin SAKURADA, Tomokazu MAYA, Hiroyuki BANDAI, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240053755
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to communicate, using the communication interface, with a mobile object having a facility for executing one or more processes in a plurality of processes to be executed sequentially to manufacture a product. The controller is configured to transmit an instruction to a first mobile object to travel to a meeting point with a second mobile object for executing a second process that follows a first process to be executed in the first mobile object, the instruction being for delivering the product being manufactured to the second mobile object at the meeting point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Shin SAKURADA, Tomokazu MAYA, Hiroyuki BANDAI, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230280750
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to acquire information indicating an attribute of a recipient of a package, acquire information indicating a location for placing the package in a vehicle, and present a depositor of the package with the information indicating the location for placing the package and the information indicating the attribute of the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshikazu JIKUHARA, Shin SAKURADA, Tomokazu MAYA, Hiroyuki BANDAI, Hiromitsu FUJII
  • Patent number: 11636692
    Abstract: An information processing device that receives, from each of several vehicles, both image information captured by an image capture device installed at the vehicle, and vehicle information including position information on the vehicle; performs image processing identifying a characteristic of a dangerously-driven vehicle based on the image information; and in a case in which a dangerously-driven vehicle has been detected, modifies a priority level for image processing of the image information received from another vehicle in the vicinity of a vehicle that has detected the dangerously-driven vehicle, so as to be higher than for a vehicle not in the vicinity of the vehicle that has detected the dangerously-driven vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Bandai
  • Patent number: 11594038
    Abstract: An information processing device that is configured to: receive, from each of two or more vehicles, image information captured by an image capture device installed at a vehicle, and vehicle information including position information on the vehicle; in a case in which a dangerously-driven vehicle has been detected by vehicles, establish a priority level for image processing of image information captured by the vehicles that have detected the dangerously-driven vehicle, in accordance with a predetermined condition; and based on the image information, perform image processing to identify a characteristic of the dangerously-driven vehicle in accordance with the established priority level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Bandai
  • Patent number: 11318812
    Abstract: A temperature environment regulating system includes an in-vehicle temperature conditioner, a thermal sensation estimating section, a preference estimating section, a preference memory section, and a control section. The in-vehicle temperature conditioner regulates passenger-compartment temperature environment in a vehicle. The thermal sensation estimating section estimates thermal sensation, which is an indicator representing how the user senses in-vehicle temperature environment. The preference estimating section estimates temperature preference of the user based on a temporal change in the thermal sensation. The control section controls the in-vehicle temperature conditioner based on the temperature preference memorized by the preference memory section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Saeki, Hiroyuki Bandai, Tomoya Yamaguchi, Kenichi Yanagida
  • Publication number: 20210150195
    Abstract: A clothing information acquisition device includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image obtained by capturing an image of the outside of a vehicle by an in-vehicle camera and location information on a location at which the image is captured, a specifying unit that specifies clothing information of a person included in the captured image, and a storage unit that stores the specified clothing information in association with the location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki BANDAI, Keiko SUZUKI, Chihiro INABA, Toshiyuki HAGIYA
  • Publication number: 20210142075
    Abstract: An information processing device that is configured to: receive, from each of two or more vehicles, image information captured by an image capture device installed at a vehicle, and vehicle information including position information on the vehicle; in a case in which a dangerously-driven vehicle has been detected by vehicles, establish a priority level for image processing of image information captured by the vehicles that have detected the dangerously-driven vehicle, in accordance with a predetermined condition; and based on the image information, perform image processing to identify a characteristic of the dangerously-driven vehicle in accordance with the established priority level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki BANDAI
  • Publication number: 20210142079
    Abstract: An information processing device that receives, from each of several vehicles, both image information captured by an image capture device installed at the vehicle, and vehicle information including position information on the vehicle; performs image processing identifying a characteristic of a dangerously-driven vehicle based on the image information; and in a case in which a dangerously-driven vehicle has been detected, modifies a priority level for image processing of the image information received from another vehicle in the vicinity of a vehicle that has detected the dangerously-driven vehicle, so as to be higher than for a vehicle not in the vicinity of the vehicle that has detected the dangerously-driven vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki BANDAI
  • Publication number: 20200331320
    Abstract: A temperature environment regulating system includes an in-vehicle temperature conditioner, a thermal sensation estimating section, a preference estimating section, a preference memory section, and a control section. The in-vehicle temperature conditioner regulates passenger-compartment temperature environment in a vehicle. The thermal sensation estimating section estimates thermal sensation, which is an indicator representing how the user senses in-vehicle temperature environment. The preference estimating section estimates temperature preference of the user based on a temporal change in the thermal sensation. The control section controls the in-vehicle temperature conditioner based on the temperature preference memorized by the preference memory section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro SAEKI, Hiroyuki BANDAI, Tomoya YAMAGUCHI, Kenichi YANAGIDA
  • Patent number: 10780787
    Abstract: A control method of a fuel cell vehicle comprises estimating a load applied to an own vehicle that is the fuel cell vehicle and that runs on an estimated route by using current traffic flow information or the like in addition to the estimated route; determining whether an overload area is present on the estimated route by using the estimated load; and when it is determined that the overload area is present on the estimated route, performing an increasing process of increasing a cooling power of a cooling system to be greater than a cooling power set in an ordinary control mode before the own vehicle reaches the overload area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Bandai, Tomohiko Mizukoshi
  • Publication number: 20190264599
    Abstract: The vehicle front structure includes a radiator located in a vehicle front so that air passes through a vehicle rear, a radiator fan located in the vehicle rear of the radiator so as to generate an air flow flowing from the vehicle front to the radiator, an engine located in the vehicle rear of the radiator fan, and an engine soundproof cover having a front cover portion for covering a portion of a front surface of the engine, and guiding the air passing through the radiator fan to flow upward of the engine by using the front cover portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki BANDAI, Takeaki TOEDA, Takashi URAHAMA
  • Publication number: 20180236894
    Abstract: A control method of a fuel cell vehicle comprises estimating a load applied to an own vehicle that is the fuel cell vehicle and that runs on an estimated route by using current traffic flow information or the like in addition to the estimated route; determining whether an overload area is present on the estimated route by using the estimated load; and when it is determined that the overload area is present on the estimated route, performing an increasing process of increasing a cooling power of a cooling system to be greater than a cooling power set in an ordinary control mode before the own vehicle reaches the overload area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki BANDAI, Tomohiko MIZUKOSHI
  • Patent number: 8757249
    Abstract: A cooling device for an electrical apparatus mounted on a rear side of a vehicle having a cooling airflow intake port in the vehicle interior at a lower section of a rear windshield, a supply unit which supplies a cooling airflow through the cooling airflow intake port to the electrical apparatus, a blocking unit for blocking solar radiation from coming onto the cooling airflow intake port through the rear windshield, and a control unit to control the blocking unit based on at least one of intensity of the solar radiation coming onto the cooling airflow intake port and a temperature of the cooling airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Bandai, Tomonari Taguchi, Tatsuya Tsuduki
  • Patent number: 7823669
    Abstract: An electric motor radiator (34), a feeding mechanism (30), and a cooling oil circulation path (32) constitute a cooling mechanism that cools the electric motor (6) via an electric motor cooling oil that is a cooling medium. The electric motor radiator (34) forms a circulation path between the electric motor (6), and cooling of the electric motor (6) is performed via the electric motor cooling oil. A PCU radiator (44), a feeding mechanism (40) and a cooling water circulation path (42) constitute a cooling mechanism that cools a PCU (8) via a PCU cooling water that is a cooling medium. The PCU radiator (44) forms a circulation path between the PCU (8), and cooling of the PCU (8) is performed via the PCU cooling water. Further, the feeding mechanism (30, 40) operate by power received from a power storage portion (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Bandai, Tomonari Taguchi, Hideto Minekawa
  • Patent number: 7702432
    Abstract: A regeneration control portion sets a torque command value (in general, a negative value) of a motor generator at a time of regenerative braking. A braking cooperative control portion calculates a total braking force (power) required for the entire vehicle based on a brake depression force BK of a driver and also controls the shares of the output of the total braking force between a hydraulic brake and the motor generator. An MG-ECU drives and controls the motor generator so that a regenerative torque is generated according to a torque command value. The regeneration control portion puts a limitation such that the absolute value of the regenerative torque is smaller at a time of downhill travel than at a time of flat-road travel, for the same brake operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Bandai, Tomonari Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20090195093
    Abstract: An electric motor radiator (34), a feeding mechanism (30), and a cooling oil circulation path (32) constitute a cooling mechanism that cools the electric motor (6) via an electric motor cooling oil that is a cooling medium. The electric motor radiator (34) forms a circulation path between the electric motor (6), and cooling of the electric motor (6) is performed via the electric motor cooling oil. A PCU radiator (44), a feeding mechanism (40) and a cooling water circulation path (42) constitute a cooling mechanism that cools a PCU (8) via a PCU cooling water that is a cooling medium. The PCU radiator (44) forms a circulation path between the PCU (8), and cooling of the PCU (8) is performed via the PCU cooling water. Further, the feeding mechanism (30, 40) operate by power received from a power storage portion (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Bandai, Tomonari Taguchi, Hideto Minekawa