Patents by Inventor Miki NOMOTO
Miki NOMOTO 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: 11938971Abstract: In a vehicle control device for an autonomous driving vehicle that autonomously travels based on an operation command, a gesture image of a person around the autonomous driving vehicle is acquired, and a stored reference gesture image is collated with the acquired gesture image. At this time, when it is discriminated that the gesture of the person around the autonomous driving vehicle is a gesture requesting the autonomous driving vehicle to stop, it is determined whether a disaster has occurred. When it is determined that the disaster has occurred, the autonomous driving vehicle is caused to stop around the person requesting the autonomous driving vehicle to stop.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Taizo Masuda, Yuta Kataoka, Miki Nomoto, Yoshiki Ueda, Satoshi Omi, Yuki Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20240054583Abstract: The sightseeing plan provision system includes a communication terminal and a server. The communication terminal is operated by a user who is traveling for purposes other than tourism. The server includes a processor and a storage device, and presents a sightseeing plan to the user. The processor automatically generates a new sightseeing plan based on the travel route planning information so as to include a desired stop-by spot of the user in response to a request of the user operating the communication terminal. Then, the processor registers the generated new sightseeing plan in the database of the storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Miki NOMOTO, Yuka NISHIYAMA, Kenichi OKUMURA, Ryota TOMIZAWA, Tatsuya SUGANO, Yushi SEKI, Tokuhiro MASUI
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Publication number: 20230415731Abstract: A control system for a vehicle including a recognition sensor, an information processing device, and a notification device has the following features. The information processing device executes a process of determining whether a notification condition is satisfied based on information of a recognition result by the recognition sensor, map information of an endemic animal distribution area indicating an area in which a region-specific wild animal inhabits, and information of a vehicle's own position, a process of notifying at least an occupant of a warning or an alarm regarding the type of the region-specific wild animal via the notification device when it is determined that the notification condition is satisfied, and a process of executing danger avoidance driving of avoiding a crisis caused by the region-specific wild animal based on a predetermined condition when the detection information of the region-specific wild animal is included in the information of the recognition result.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Miki Nomoto, Yuka Nishiyama, Kenichi Okumura, Ryota Tomizawa, Tatsuya Sugano, Yushi Seki, Tokuhiro Masui
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Publication number: 20230419427Abstract: A method for managing a souvenir supply service is provided. The method includes the step of acquiring map information and information on a sightseeing plan of a user using the souvenir supply service. The information on the sightseeing plan comprises positional information on a sightseeing spot visited by the user and information on a time zone during which the user visits the sightseeing spot. The method also includes the step of sending a mobile vehicle loaded with a souvenir associated with the sightseeing spot to the sightseeing spot in the time zone during which the user visits the sightseeing spot based on the map information and the sightseeing plan information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Miki NOMOTO, Yuka NISHIYAMA, Kenichi OKUMURA, Ryota TOMIZAWA, Tatsuya SUGANO, Yushi SEKI, Tokuhiro MASUI
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Publication number: 20230410014Abstract: Tour schedule information including information on locations of at least three sightseeing spots, information on stay times at these sightseeing spots, and information on a tour time frame to tour these sightseeing spots is acquired. A tour area including these sightseeing spots is set based on the information on the locations. The degrees of congestion in these sightseeing spots and in the tour area are predicted. Whether a candidate for a tour plan can be generated is determined based on the information on the stay times, the information on the tour time frame, and the degree of congestion in these sightseeing spots and in the tour area. When it is determined that the candidate for the tour plan cannot be generated, a candidate for an alternative tour plan, in which a part of these sightseeing spots is changed to a different sightseeing spot outside the tour area, is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Miki Nomoto, Yuka Nishiyama, Kenichi Okumura, Ryota Tomizawa, Tatsuya Sugano, Yushi Seki, Tokuhiro Masui
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Publication number: 20230347935Abstract: Flood damage information at the position of the autonomous vehicle and a flood index representing the likelihood of flooding at the position of the automatically driving vehicle are acquired. Based on the flood damage information and the flood index, a predicted flood water level at the position of the autonomous vehicle is obtained. A predicted flood water level is displayed in the form of a height position from the road surface on a display mounted on the autonomous vehicle so that it can be visually recognized from the outside of the autonomous vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Hiromitsu KOBAYASHI, Miki NOMOTO, Yoshiki UEDA, Taizo MASUDA, Yuta KATAOKA, Satoshi OMI, Yuki NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20230347936Abstract: The power supply method includes: determining whether power supply to a power supply target is necessary; determining whether provision of a predetermined service by the autonomous driving electrified vehicle is stopped or service provision can be stopped; and supplying power from the autonomous driving electrified vehicle to the power supply target in response to determining that power supply to the power supply target is necessary and determining that service provision is stopped or service provision can be stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Taizo MASUDA, Yuta KATAOKA, Yoshiki UEDA, Hiromitsu KOBAYASHI, Miki NOMOTO, Satoshi OMI, Yuki NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20230332908Abstract: A method for proposing to a user a movement plan using a mobile vehicle with an equipment for web meeting is provided. The method comprising the steps of: acquiring user schedule information including a movement from a first point to a second point and a participation in a web meeting before and after the movement; acquiring communication level information in an area including a road from the first point to the second point; generating a candidate of the movement plan, the candidate including a candidate that prohibits the mobile vehicle from being located in a communication district having a communication level lower than a threshold in a time zone scheduled to participate in the web meeting; and transmitting the candidate to a terminal of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Miki Nomoto, Yuka Nishiyama, Kenichi Okumura, Ryota Tomizawa, Tatsuya Sugano, Yushi Seki, Tokuhiro Masui
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Publication number: 20230332903Abstract: The route plan generation system generates a route plan for the movement of the user. The route plan generation system includes a user terminal operated by a user, a provider terminal, and a server. The provider terminal is operated by a food provider having a normal provision form of food and a temporary provision form. The server is connected to each of the user terminal and the provider terminal via a communication network. The route plan generation system executes a route plan change process of changing the route plan so that the provision place of the food pertaining to the offer of the offer is the destination or the via place, when the user requests the acquisition of the food pertaining to the offer of the offer of the food in response to the offer of the provision of the food in the temporary provision form from the food provider.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Miki NOMOTO, Yuka NISHIYAMA, Kenichi OKUMURA, Ryota TOMIZAWA, Tatsuya SUGANO, Yushi SEKI, Tokuhiro MASUI
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Publication number: 20230324186Abstract: A route information providing device assists movement of a group with a plurality of members, and includes a communication device and a processor. The communication device is configured to communicate with a communication terminal of each member. The processor is configured to execute: a route generation process to generate a movement route of each member including one or more meeting places where some or all members of the group meet, based on member information including a departure place, a departure time, one or more stop-off places, one or more desired meeting places, an arrival time at each of the one or more desired meeting places, and individual characteristics; a time calculation process to calculate a meeting time of each of the one or more meeting places; and a sharing process to share, in the group, a generated movement route of each member and a calculated meeting time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Miki NOMOTO, Yuka Nishiyama, Kenichi Okumura, Ryota Tomizawa, Tatsuya Sugano, Yushi Seki, Tokuhiro Masui
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Patent number: 11769401Abstract: A vehicle includes a sensor that detects a traffic signal installed in a travel route of the own vehicle, another vehicle traveling around the own vehicle, and another mobile object around the own vehicle. After recognizing that the own vehicle has passed the traffic signal, the vehicle determines whether or not there are the other mobile object moving toward the traffic signal and the other vehicle moving beside the other mobile object toward the traffic signal. When determining that there are the other mobile object moving toward the traffic signal and the other vehicle moving beside the other mobile object toward the traffic signal, the vehicle controls the traffic signal based on a traveling state of the other vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Taizo Masuda, Miki Nomoto, Yuta Kataoka, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Yoshiki Ueda, Satoshi Omi, Yuki Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20230064634Abstract: An abnormality notification system includes: a vehicle that travels regularly on a predetermined travel route; a communication device configured to be able to communicate with a sensor mounted on the vehicle and an outside, the sensor being a sensor that acquires road data obtained by imaging or measuring a road along the travel route; and a control device. The control device is configured to determine whether an abnormality has occurred on the road along the travel route based on a different part when the road data acquired by the sensor is compared with reference road data obtained by imaging or measuring the road along the travel route in the past, and transmit predetermined abnormality occurrence information to an external client via the communication device when the control device determines that an abnormality has occurred on the road along the travel route.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Marie Ishikawa, Aya Hamajima, Daichi Hotta, Hayato Ito, Hidekazu Sasaki, Yasuhiro Kobatake, Akihiro Kusumoto, Yoshiki Ueda, Taizo Masuda, Yuta Kataoka, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Miki Nomoto, Satoshi Omi, Yuki Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20220281487Abstract: In a vehicle control device for an autonomous driving vehicle that autonomously travels based on an operation command, a gesture image of a person around the autonomous driving vehicle is acquired, and a stored reference gesture image is collated with the acquired gesture image. At this time, when it is discriminated that the gesture of the person around the autonomous driving vehicle is a gesture requesting the autonomous driving vehicle to stop, it is determined whether a disaster has occurred. When it is determined that the disaster has occurred, the autonomous driving vehicle is caused to stop around the person requesting the autonomous driving vehicle to stop.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Taizo Masuda, Yuta Kataoka, Miki Nomoto, Yoshiki Ueda, Satoshi Omi, Yuki Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20220284817Abstract: An infectious disease detection sensor for detecting whether a waiting passenger of a bus is suspected to be infected with an infectious disease is installed at a bus stop, and whether the waiting passenger of the bus is a suspected infected person who is suspected of being infected with the infectious disease is determined based on a detection result detected by the infectious disease detection sensor. When the waiting passenger of the bus is determined to be the suspected infected person, boarding of the suspected infected person to the bus is refused, and a dedicated vehicle for the suspected infected person is dispatched to the bus stop separately from the bus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2021Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Miki NOMOTO, Taizo Masuda, Yuta Kataoka, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Yoshiki Ueda, Satoshi Omi, Yuki Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20220262242Abstract: A vehicle includes a sensor that detects a traffic signal installed in a travel route of the own vehicle, another vehicle traveling around the own vehicle, and another mobile object around the own vehicle. After recognizing that the own vehicle has passed the traffic signal, the vehicle determines whether or not there are the other mobile object moving toward the traffic signal and the other vehicle moving beside the other mobile object toward the traffic signal. When determining that there are the other mobile object moving toward the traffic signal and the other vehicle moving beside the other mobile object toward the traffic signal, the vehicle controls the traffic signal based on a traveling state of the other vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Taizo MASUDA, Miki Nomoto, Yuta Kataoka, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Yoshiki Ueda, Satoshi Omi, Yuki Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20220080994Abstract: A vehicle control system controls a vehicle equipped with a gearshift. The vehicle control system includes: one or more processors configured to execute automated driving control of the vehicle; and a notification device configured to notify an operator of the vehicle of information. The one or more processors determine whether or not a first gear position being a gear position required in the automated driving control and a second gear position being a gear position specified by the gearshift are consistent with each other. When the first gear position and the second gear position are not consistent with each other during execution of the automated driving control, the one or more processors notify through the notification device first information at least indicating that a current gear position is the first gear position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Miki NOMOTO