Patents by Inventor Masatoshi Kuriyama

Masatoshi Kuriyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20240160432
    Abstract: An information processing device for constructing a traffic digital twin synchronized with a real space in a virtual space based on data received from a plurality of devices, the information processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires information on service provision from an application; a setting unit that sets an update cycle for updating the traffic digital twin based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a communication unit that receives data from the plurality of devices according to the update cycle set by the setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masataka OKUDA, Masatoshi Kakutani, Kaoru Yoshida, Kanade Kuriyama, Toshiki Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20240140478
    Abstract: An information processing device configured to communicate with an external service provider includes a reception unit configured to receive a request regarding communication quality necessary for executing an external service from the external service provider, an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a predetermined database, information on the communication quality necessary for executing the external service based on the request received by the reception unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the information acquired by the acquisition unit to the external service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Kaoru YOSHIDA, Masataka OKUDA, Masatoshi KAKUTANI, Toshiki SHINOHARA, Kanade KURIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240134381
    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle and a control device. The vehicle includes a reception unit for receiving an instruction related to remote control from the control device, a vehicle control unit for executing any one of first vehicle control and second vehicle control, the first vehicle control being control based on the instruction related to the remote control, and the second vehicle control being control determined by the vehicle itself in accordance with a traveling environment, and a transmission unit for notifying a predetermined control result to the control device when the second vehicle control is executed by the vehicle control unit. The control device includes a remote control unit, a transmission unit, and a reception unit. When the control result is notified from the vehicle, the remote control unit of the control device executes the remote control based on a content of the control result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki SHINOHARA, Masataka OKUDA, Masatoshi KAKUTANI, Kaoru YOSHIDA, Kanade KURIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240080702
    Abstract: A communication control device for performing communication with a plurality of vehicles, comprising: a communication unit that performs communication including acquisition of vehicle data with a plurality of vehicles; a database that stores data for forming a digital twin that is time-synchronized with a real space on a virtual space based on vehicle data acquired by the communication unit; and a control unit that controls a frequency of communication performed by the communication unit, wherein when there is a first vehicle in which a distance from a surrounding object is less than a first threshold value on the digital twin, the control unit increases a frequency of communication performed between the first vehicle and the surrounding object than when the distance between the first vehicle and the surrounding object is equal to or greater than the first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki SHINOHARA, Masataka OKUDA, Masatoshi KAKUTANI, Kaoru YOSHIDA, Kanade KURIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240073104
    Abstract: A system includes: a server; and a moving body wherein, the server is configured to communicate with the moving body, predict occurrence of a loss of communication with the moving body, and send information necessary to execute a first process to the moving body when the loss of communication with the moving body is predicted to occur; and the moving body is configured to receive the information from the server, and execute the first process based on the received information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kanade KURIYAMA, Masataka OKUDA, Kaoru YOSHIDA, Toshiki SHINOHARA, Masatoshi KAKUTANI
  • Publication number: 20240071227
    Abstract: An information processing device mounted on a vehicle including a sensor includes an acquisition unit that acquires a surrounding image of the vehicle and information related to a behavior of the vehicle from the sensor, and an identification unit that identifies a moving object in the surrounding image of the vehicle based on a chronological change of the surrounding image of the vehicle and the information related to the behavior of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kaoru YOSHIDA, Masatoshi KAKUTANI, Masataka OKUDA, Hiroki MAKI, Kosuke WATANABE, Kanade KURIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240001715
    Abstract: A tire includes: main grooves provided in a tread; an intermediate land provided between a first main groove and a second main groove from a vehicle outer side; a first sipe extending through the intermediate land in a width direction; and a first lug groove open to the first main groove. The first sipe is bent in the intermediate land. The first sipe includes a first portion on one side of the bent portion in the width direction, inclined with respect to a circumferential direction, and open to the second main groove and a second portion on the other side of the bent portion in the width direction, inclined toward a side opposite to the first portion with respect to the circumferential direction, and open to the first main groove. Extension lines of the second portion and a groove center line of the first lug groove are substantially parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Masatoshi KURIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11813897
    Abstract: A tire has a tire center in the tire width direction. An intersection point of a carcass outer surface with a parallel line extending parallel with a rotation axis and passing through a tire maximum width position is denoted as P1. An intersection point of the parallel line LP with a side surface is denoted as P2. An intersection point of the parallel line with a protrusion portion outer surface of a protrusion portion is denoted as P3. A distance between the tire center and the intersection point P1 is denoted as W1. A distance between the tire center and the intersection point P3 is denoted as W3. A distance between the intersection point P1 and the intersection point P2 is denoted as G1. A distance between the intersection point P2 and the intersection point P3 is denoted as G2. 0.80?W1/W3?0.95 and 0.1?G1/G2?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 11400762
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes: a center lug groove extending in a lateral direction in a center land portion, the center lug groove connecting to two main groves at both ends; an outer middle lug groove extending in the lateral direction in an outer middle land portion, the outer middle lug groove connecting to two main groves at both ends; and an inner middle lug groove extending in the lateral direction in an inner middle land portion, the inner middle lug groove including an end connecting to the main groove of the two main grooves located inward in the lateral direction and the other end terminating within the inner middle land portion; and the center lug groove and the outer middle lug groove each including a central region in a length direction including a sipe portion, the sipe portion including a sipe with a chamfered opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20220234395
    Abstract: A tire has a tire center in the tire width direction. An intersection point of a carcass outer surface with a parallel line extending parallel with a rotation axis and passing through a tire maximum width position is denoted as P1. An intersection point of the parallel line LP with a side surface is denoted as P2. An intersection point of the parallel line with a protrusion portion outer surface of a protrusion portion is denoted as P3. A distance between the tire center and the intersection point P1 is denoted as W1. A distance between the tire center and the intersection point P3 is denoted as W3. A distance between the intersection point P1 and the intersection point P2 is denoted as G1. A distance between the intersection point P2 and the intersection point P3 is denoted as G2. 0.80?W1/W3?0.95 and 0.1?G1/G2?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20220203776
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a circumferential main groove extending in a tire circumferential direction, a block, which is a land portion defined by the circumferential main groove, a sipe extending through the block in a tire width direction, and a chamfered portion provided in the sipe. The length of the chamfered portion in the tire width direction is less than 70% of the sipe in the tire width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Masatoshi KURIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220153066
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a circumferential main groove extending in a tire circumferential direction, a block, which is a land portion defined by the circumferential main groove, a sipe extending through the block in a tire width direction, and chamfered portions provided in the sipe. A total length of lengths of the chamfered portions in the tire width direction is less than 70% of a length of the sipe in the tire width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventor: Masatoshi KURIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11325429
    Abstract: A tire has a tire center in the tire width direction. An intersection point of a carcass outer surface with a parallel line extending parallel with a rotation axis and passing through a tire maximum width position is denoted as P1. An intersection point of the parallel line LP with a side surface is denoted as P2. An intersection point of the parallel line with a protrusion portion outer surface of a protrusion portion is denoted as P3. A distance between the tire center and the intersection point P1 is denoted as W1. A distance between the tire center and the intersection point P3 is denoted as W3. A distance between the intersection point P1 and the intersection point P2 is denoted as G1. A distance between the intersection point P2 and the intersection point P3 is denoted as G2. 0.80?W1/W3?0.95 and 0.1?G1/G2?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 10933697
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a tread surface comprising main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, at least two of the main grooves adjacent in the tire circumferential direction having a wave shape with periodic oscillation; adjacent land portions in a tire lateral direction formed by the main grooves; lug grooves disposed in a row in the tire circumferential direction in the land portion formed between the wave-shaped main grooves, the lug grooves intersecting the tire circumferential direction and communicating with the wave-shaped main grooves at both ends; and narrow grooves disposed between pairs of the lug grooves adjacent in the tire circumferential direction in a row in the tire circumferential direction, the narrow grooves intersecting the tire circumferential direction, communicating with one of the main grooves at a first end, terminating within the land portion at a second end, and having a narrower groove width than the lug grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventors: Masatoshi Kuriyama, Noboru Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 10906355
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion with a tread surface; four main grooves in the tread surface of the tread portion, extending in a tire circumferential direction; and a center land portion, middle land portions adjacent to the center land portion on either side in a tire lateral direction, and shoulder land portions outwardly adjacent to the middle land portions in the tire lateral direction formed by the main grooves. The main grooves have a wave-like shape with a constant groove width in the tire circumferential direction and with periodic oscillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 10828939
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion; four main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction in a tread surface of the tread portion, each having a wave-like shape with periodic oscillation; a center land portion, middle land portions adjacent to the center land portion on either side in a tire lateral direction, and shoulder land portions outwardly adjacent to the middle land portions in the tire lateral direction formed by the main grooves; a plurality of lug grooves that intersect the tire circumferential direction disposed in a row in the tire circumferential direction in the land portions, the plurality of lug grooves each being disposed on a smooth, continuous curved line that crosses the land portions between the outer ends of the tread portion in the tire lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20190283505
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes: a center lug groove extending in a lateral direction in a center land portion, the center lug groove connecting to two main groves at both ends; an outer middle lug groove extending in the lateral direction in an outer middle land portion, the outer middle lug groove connecting to two main groves at both ends; and an inner middle lug groove extending in the lateral direction in an inner middle land portion, the inner middle lug groove including an end connecting to the main groove of the two main grooves located inward in the lateral direction and the other end terminating within the inner middle land portion; and the center lug groove and the outer middle lug groove each including a central region in a length direction including a sipe portion, the sipe portion including a sipe with a chamfered opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 10202005
    Abstract: The present technology provides a pneumatic tire that combines rolling resistance and wet grip performance while suppressing the occurrence of uneven wear. The pneumatic tire of the present technology has a cap rubber divided into a center portion that straddles a tire equator line and shoulder portions positioned on both sides thereof, a compound emphasizing wet grip performance and having a tan ? at 0° C. higher than that of the shoulder portions is disposed in the center portion and a compound emphasizing rolling resistance and having a tan ? at 60° C. lower than that of the center portion is disposed in both shoulder portions, and circumferential narrow grooves are formed on the respective shoulder sides of outermost main grooves in both the shoulder portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Shimizu, Masatoshi Kuriyama, Masaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20180215206
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a tread surface comprising main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, at least two of the main grooves adjacent in the tire circumferential direction having a wave shape with periodic oscillation; adjacent land portions in a tire lateral direction formed by the main grooves; lug grooves disposed in a row in the tire circumferential direction in the land portion formed between the wave-shaped main grooves, the lug grooves intersecting the tire circumferential direction and communicating with the wave-shaped main grooves at both ends; and narrow grooves disposed between pairs of the lug grooves adjacent in the tire circumferential direction in a row in the tire circumferential direction, the narrow grooves intersecting the tire circumferential direction, communicating with one of the main grooves at a first end, terminating within the land portion at a second end, and having a narrower groove width than the lug grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Masatoshi Kuriyama, Noboru Kuwahara
  • Patent number: D987553
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kuriyama