Patents by Inventor Mutsumi Matsuura

Mutsumi Matsuura 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: 11923320
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die having a top side surface comprising a semiconductor material including circuitry therein having bond pads connected to nodes in the circuitry, a bottom side surface, and sidewall surfaces between the top side surface and the bottom side surface. A metal coating layer including a bottom side metal layer is over the bottom side surface that extends continuously to a sidewall metal layer on the sidewall surfaces. The sidewall metal layer defines a sidewall plane that is at an angle from 10° to 60° relative to a normal projected from a bottom plane defined by the bottom side metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tomoko Noguchi, Mutsumi Masumoto, Kengo Aoya, Masamitsu Matsuura
  • Patent number: 11906963
    Abstract: A vehicle display device is provided, the vehicle display device including a communication section configured to receive an image of a remote driver remotely operating a vehicle, an external vehicle display section configured to display an image externally to the vehicle, and a display control section configured to cause the image of the remote driver received by the communication section to be displayed on the external vehicle display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tanimori, Toshiki Kindo, Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 11811281
    Abstract: A stator structure of an embodiment includes a stator core that comprises: a ring-shaped main body; and a plurality of teeth extending in a radial direction of the main body and arranged along a circumferential direction of the main body. The main body comprises a plurality of elongated holes that are formed in an arc shape along the circumferential direction of the main body and that are arranged along the circumferential direction of the main body, and a plurality of holes that are arranged along the circumferential direction of the main body between the teeth and the elongated holes in the radial direction of the main body. At least one of the holes is disposed between beams and the teeth located close to the beams, the beams being provided between the adjacent elongated holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Mutsumi Matsuura, Takashi Nakagawa, Hiroshi Abe, Shinya Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230223829
    Abstract: A stator structure of an embodiment includes a stator core that comprises: a ring-shaped main body; and a plurality of teeth extending in a radial direction of the main body and arranged along a circumferential direction of the main body. The main body comprises a plurality of elongated holes that are formed in an arc shape along the circumferential direction of the main body and that are arranged along the circumferential direction of the main body, and a plurality of holes that are arranged along the circumferential direction of the main body between the teeth and the elongated holes in the radial direction of the main body. At least one of the holes is disposed between beams and the teeth located close to the beams, the beams being provided between the adjacent elongated holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Mutsumi MATSUURA, Takashi NAKAGAWA, Hiroshi ABE, Shinya SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11640165
    Abstract: A remote driving service processing device includes a general user terminal by which a remote driving service is requested for moving a vehicle to a destination, a remote operation terminal by which the vehicle is remotely operated, and a server that, if the vehicle does not satisfy a requirement for ending the remote driving service when the vehicle arrives at the destination, sends an and permission request to end the remote driving service, which is received from the remote operation terminal, to the general user terminal, and, when receiving a consent to end the remote driving service from the general user terminal as a response to the end permission request, sends the consent to end to the remote operation terminal and ends the remote driving service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Toshiki Kindo, Shunsuke Tanimori
  • Patent number: 11626784
    Abstract: A stator structure of an embodiment includes a stator core that comprises: a ring-shaped main body; and a plurality of teeth extending in a radial direction of the main body and arranged along a circumferential direction of the main body. The main body comprises a plurality of elongated holes that are formed in an arc shape along the circumferential direction of the main body and that are arranged along the circumferential direction of the main body, and a plurality of holes that are arranged along the circumferential direction of the main body between the teeth and the elongated holes in the radial direction of the main body. At least one of the holes is disposed between beams and the teeth located close to the beams, the beams being provided between the adjacent elongated holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Mutsumi Matsuura, Takashi Nakagawa, Hiroshi Abe, Shinya Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11584399
    Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle is traveling by remote driving by a first driver from outside the vehicle or by occupant driving by the first driver in the vehicle, to a second state in which the vehicle travels by the remote driving or the occupant driving by a second driver who is different from the first driver, the processor is configured to cause transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle is caused to travel by automatic driving, and then cause transition from the third state to the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Kindo, Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Shunsuke Tanimori, Kuniaki Jinnai, Kohta Tarao, Yoshihiro Maekawa, Hiroki Awano, Tae Sugimura, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Yusuke Yokota, Makoto Matsushita, Yasuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Hanawa
  • Patent number: 11568509
    Abstract: A transportation request processing device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, and configured to: receive, from a terminal of an orderer, a transportation request to transport a target person or object to a destination by a vehicle traveling by remote driving and to deliver the target person or object to a recipient, divide a task corresponding to the transportation request into a remote driving task of causing the vehicle to travel by remote driving, and a safety check task of checking a periphery of the vehicle when delivering the target person or object to the recipient at the destination, and transmit information of the remote driving task to a first terminal of a first contractor who will undertake the remote driving task, and transmit information of the safety check task to a second terminal of a second contractor who will undertake the safety check task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Kindo, Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Shunsuke Tanimori
  • Patent number: 11513512
    Abstract: A remote driving service processing device includes: a general user terminal by which a requester applies for a remote driving service for moving a vehicle to a destination; a remote control terminal by which a remote driver remotely control the vehicle and sends a remote driving service termination permission request for terminating the remote driving service when the vehicle is having difficulty reaching the destination; and a server that sends a termination approval to the remote control terminal and terminates the remote driving service when (i) transferring the remote driving service termination permission request received from the remote control terminal to the general user terminal, and (ii) receiving a remote driving service termination consent, which is a response to the remote driving service termination permission request, from the general user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Toshiki Kindo, Shunsuke Tanimori
  • Publication number: 20220355826
    Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a first remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a second remote operator who is different from the first remote operator, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the first remote operator or the second remote operator, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KINDO, Yuji SUZUKI, Mutsumi MATSUURA, Tomoaki MIYAZAWA, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Kuniaki JINNAI, Kohta TARAO, Yoshihiro MAEKAWA, Hiroki AWANO, Tae SUGIMURA, Tomoyuki KURIYAMA, Yusuke YOKOTA, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Yasuki NAKAGAWA, Atsushi HANAWA
  • Publication number: 20220355828
    Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with operation by a passenger of the vehicle, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the remote operator or operation by the passenger, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KINDO, Yuji SUZUKI, Mutsumi MATSUURA, Tomoaki MIYAZAWA, Shunsuke TANIMORI, Kuniaki JINNAI, Kohta TARAO, Yoshihiro MAEKAWA, Hiroki AWANO, Tae SUGIMURA, Tomoyuki KURIYAMA, Yusuke YOKOTA, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Yasuki NAKAGAWA, Atsushi HANAWA
  • Patent number: 11468692
    Abstract: A control device includes a controller. The controller detects, as an event, that a target present outside a vehicle has been overlooked by a driver of the vehicle during. The controller controls the outputting of a target image, which is an image including the target overlooked in the detected event, toward the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuro Yanagi, Maki Tamura, Mutsumi Matsuura, Toshihiko Inoue, Naoki Yamamuro, Takashi Hayashi, Takahiro Shiga
  • Patent number: 11397431
    Abstract: The likelihood of a remote driving request from a requester being unfulfilled is lowered. A server receives information regarding the remote driving request requesting a vehicle to travel by being remotely driven from a terminal of the requester, and receives information regarding a remote driving task selected by a remote driver (fulfilment agent) using a fulfilment agent operation terminal from the fulfilment agent operation terminal. A task corresponding to the received remote driving request is divided into plural remote driving tasks based on route information for the task, and information regarding at least one of the divided remote driving tasks is transmitted to the fulfilment agent operation terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Toshiki Kindo, Shunsuke Tanimori
  • Patent number: 11354603
    Abstract: A carsharing system includes circuitry configured to: receive, from a user, a usage request for requesting a reservation for use of a vehicle which is supplied for a vehicle rental service; permit the reservation for use of the vehicle when the reception unit receives the usage request and no reservation for use of the vehicle has been made at time of receiving the usage request; and give, when the reservation for use of the vehicle is determined, a permission for locking or unlocking by using electronic information to the user at a date and a time on which the vehicle is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Koichi Ando, Mutsumi Matsuura, Masato Endo, Koki Fujita
  • Publication number: 20220174243
    Abstract: A vehicle display device is provided, the vehicle display device including a communication section configured to receive an image of a remote driver remotely operating a vehicle, an external vehicle display section configured to display an image externally to the vehicle, and a display control section configured to cause the image of the remote driver received by the communication section to be displayed on the external vehicle display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke TANIMORI, Toshiki KINDO, Yuji SUZUKI, Mutsumi MATSUURA, Tomoaki MIYAZAWA
  • Patent number: 11315048
    Abstract: A carsharing system includes circuitry configured to: receive, from a user, a usage request for requesting a reservation for use of a vehicle which is supplied for a vehicle rental service; permit the reservation for use of the vehicle when the reception unit receives the usage request and no reservation for use of the vehicle has been made at time of receiving the usage request; and give, when the reservation for use of the vehicle is determined, a permission for locking or unlocking by using electronic information to the user at a date and a time on which the vehicle is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Koichi Ando, Mutsumi Matsuura, Masato Endo, Koki Fujita
  • Publication number: 20220118945
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an object information acquiring unit, a receiver information acquiring unit, and an authentication information issuing unit. The object information acquiring unit acquires delivery object information of an object from a deliverer of the object. The object is stored in an interior space of a vehicle and of which delivery is desired. The receiver information acquiring unit acquires receiver information on a receiver of the object. The authentication information issuing unit issues authentication information for locking and unlocking a door of the vehicle based on the delivery object information and the receiver information and transmits the authentication information to a terminal of the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin SAKURADA, Koichi ANDO, Mutsumi MATSUURA, Masato ENDO, Koki FUJITA, Ryuichi, Yuki ITO, Hiroyasu SHIOKAWA, Yasumasa KOBAYASHI, Naoki YAMAMURO, Makoto AKAHANE
  • Patent number: 11290691
    Abstract: A vehicle display device is provided, the vehicle display device including a communication section configured to receive an image of a remote driver remotely operating a vehicle, an external vehicle display section provided to an outer shell of the vehicle and configured to display an image externally to the vehicle, and a display control section configured to cause the image of the remote driver received by the communication section to be displayed on the external vehicle display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tanimori, Toshiki Kindo, Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 11287273
    Abstract: A patrol system includes a vehicle and a server. The server includes: a first decision unit that decides a priority of each of a plurality of patrol points to be patrolled and located in a prescribed area, based on resident data including data of the number of residents living in the prescribed area and addresses of the residents; a second decision unit that decides a patrol route for patrolling the patrol points, based on map information of the prescribed area and the priorities; and a transmission unit that transmits the patrol route to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryohei Obara, Masaki Ito, Makoto Kakuchi, Mutsumi Matsuura, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Yuichi Tashiro
  • Patent number: 11267487
    Abstract: A driving control device includes a general user terminal that receives a request for a driving service for moving a vehicle to a destination by receiving, as inputs, a destination, a transit point, and a non-transit point at which the vehicle is not to be stopped, an occupant of the vehicle operation information acquisition device that receives an instruction from an occupant indicating a location where the vehicle is to be stopped, and a control device that, if the location input at the occupant operation information acquisition device of the vehicle running under the driving service corresponds to the non-transit point, causes the vehicle to pass without stopping at the location, and stops the vehicle at the location if the location does not correspond to the non-transit point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Toshiki Kindo, Shunsuke Tanimori