Patents by Inventor Ryosuke Kobayashi

Ryosuke Kobayashi 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: 20220089147
    Abstract: A vehicle waiting to park is guided to a parking slot having a sign of movement of a parked vehicle. A controller is provided that performs: obtaining information for associating a parking slot in which a user has parked with the user; obtaining information about a sign of the user returning to the parking slot; and making another user waiting to park aware of a position of the parking slot when the user obtains the information about the sign of the user returning to the parking slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu UENO, Kenichi YAMADA, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Shintaro MATSUTANI
  • Publication number: 20220080978
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control device configured to execute: acquisition of a content of a behavior of a user; determination of whether the behavior of the user satisfies a first condition indicating a sign of movement; and movement of a vehicle to a predetermined location where the user and the vehicle are scheduled to join when the behavior of the user satisfies the first condition. The control device executes, when the behavior of the user satisfies the first condition and satisfies a second condition indicating a suspicious behavior, control to obstruct realization of movement desired by the user for the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu UENO, Kenichi Yamada, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani
  • Publication number: 20220083942
    Abstract: An information processing device, comprises a controller configured to execute: estimating an action being done by a user, based on first data about the action of the user; obtaining second data about a travel environment of the user; and deciding whether to dispatch a vehicle to the user, based on the estimated action and the second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaharu UENO, Kenichi YAMADA, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Shintaro MATSUTANI
  • Publication number: 20220071567
    Abstract: A controller comprising at least one processor of an information processing apparatus executes: acquiring first information about a condition of a body of a user; and acquiring second information about a condition of an environment around the user. Then, the controller of the information processing apparatus executes: executing a predetermined judgment process for judging whether predetermined symptoms occur on the user within a predetermined period, based on the first information and the second information; and notifying the user that predetermined medicine for coping with the predetermined symptoms is to be used, if a positive judgment is made in the predetermined judgment process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Takaharu Ueno, Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani, Syouta Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220068107
    Abstract: There is provided a controller that performs: determining, based on information obtained from a sensor configured to detect a physical condition of a target person, which of a plurality of predetermined categories the physical condition of the target person falls into; and transmitting a notification corresponding to the physical condition of the target person to a terminal of a notification destination that corresponds to a category into which the physical condition of the target person is determined to fall, wherein terminals of notification destinations are set for the plurality of categories, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Takaharu Ueno, Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani, Syouta Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220058379
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus monitors a plurality of persons on a premises by one or more image sensors installed on the premises. The information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine a tendency of behavior of at least one person of the plurality of persons according to a length of a blank time, the blank time being a time during which the at least one person does not appear in an image captured by the one or more image sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki OIDEMIZU, Kazuyuki INOUE, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Yurika TANAKA, Tomokazu MAYA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
  • Publication number: 20220057760
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller acquires sunshine state information that specifies a sunshine state of at least one predetermined spot and repeated behavior information for a user that is associated with the at least one predetermined spot. The controller generates behavior proposal information related to performance of a repeated behavior of the user, based on the sunshine state information and on the repeated behavior information for the user, and outputs the behavior proposal information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Yasuhiro Baba, Shuichi Sawada, Shintaro Matsutani, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Genshi Kuno, Tomoya Makino
  • Publication number: 20220059217
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to estimate a required time for medical care in relation to a user visiting a medical establishment. An information processing apparatus estimates the required time for medical care in relation to the user visiting the medical establishment. The information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine a scheduled medical examination item as at least one medical examination item that is scheduled for the user, calculate a first required time based on the scheduled medical examination item, receive a correction of the scheduled medical examination item while the user is receiving medical care, and calculate a second required time based on the scheduled medical examination item after the correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Takaharu Ueno, Yu Nagata, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Shintaro Matsutani, Syouta Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220048394
    Abstract: A freight transportation system includes a first freight transportation apparatus configured to travel in a first section, a second freight transportation apparatus configured to travel in a second section, a power reception apparatus configured to receive regenerative power from the first freight transportation apparatus that is configured to travel in the first section, a power transmission apparatus configured to transmit the regenerative power to the second freight transportation apparatus that is configured to travel in the second section, and a control apparatus. The control apparatus is configured to perform control so that the second freight transportation apparatus starts traveling from a start point of the second section at a timing when the first freight transportation apparatus starts traveling from a start point of the first section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Yasuhiro Baba, Shuichi Sawada, Shintaro Matsutani, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Genshi Kuno, Tomoya Makino
  • Publication number: 20220045548
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to generate power supply permission information that is information permitting power to be supplied to a device electromagnetically connected to power supply equipment, and output the power supply permission information to the power supply equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Yasuhiro Baba, Shuichi Sawada, Shintaro Matsutani, Yurika Tanaka, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Genshi Kuno, Tomoya Makino
  • Publication number: 20220005178
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine, upon detection of an impact applied to an object, whether the impact has caused damage to the object, and when it is determined that damage has been caused, identify a cause of the damage, based on a result of observation of a surrounding environment of the object at a time that the impact was applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki OIDEMIZU, Kazuyuki INOUE, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Yurika TANAKA, Tomokazu MAYA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
  • Publication number: 20220007483
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to transmit and receive information via the communication interface, wherein the controller is configured to transmit an instruction for controlling light emission by a plurality of floor coverings, each floor covering including a light emitting element, to the plurality of floor coverings based on positional information for a first point where a pedestrian is located in an area where the plurality of floor coverings are disposed and positional information for a second point different from the first point in the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki OIDEMIZU, Kazuyuki INOUE, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Yurika TANAKA, Tomokazu MAYA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
  • Publication number: 20220003564
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire route information indicating a route on which a user is to travel, and travel information indicating a travel status of the user, detect, based on the acquired route information and the acquired travel information, a waiting point on the route, at which a waiting time period for the user is to occur, and output deceleration information for prompting the user to decelerate to delay, within a range of the waiting time period, arrival of the user at the detected waiting point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki OIDEMIZU, Kazuyuki INOUE, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Yurika TANAKA, Tomokazu MAYA, Satoshi KOMAMINE
  • Publication number: 20210383287
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a communication unit and a control unit. The control unit identifies, based on application information received by the communication unit for applying for use of a vehicle, a user that has applied for the use of the vehicle. The control unit determines a vehicle to be recommended to the user among a plurality of vehicles based on preference information and smell information, the preference information indicating a degree of preference of the user for a smell of a plurality of classifications, and the smell information indicating a smell classification of each of the vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Andou, Akitoshi Jikumaru, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Tomokazu Maya, Masatoshi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20210372807
    Abstract: A server device includes a communication unit and a control unit that sends and receives information to and from another device via the communication unit. The control unit sends, to a terminal device, information on a comfort level in a vehicle cabin of a shared vehicle that is determined based on a detection result of detecting an effect of a passenger on a vehicle body or equipment of the shared vehicle to present the information to another passenger before boarding the shared vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Andou, Akitoshi Jikumaru, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Tomokazu Maya, Masatoshi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20210375075
    Abstract: A server device includes: a communication module; and one or more processors configured to perform communication with an outside of the server device via the communication module, receive, from a vehicle, information relating to a maintenance state of the vehicle, and transmit at least one of information on usage permission of the vehicle or information on a request for maintenance of the vehicle, to one or more terminal devices, in accordance with the maintenance state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Andou, Akitoshi Jikumaru, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Tomokazu Maya, Masatoshi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20210375073
    Abstract: The server device includes a communication unit and a control unit that sends and receives information to and from another device via the communication unit. The control unit sends a captured image of surroundings of a vehicle or an inside of a vehicle cabin when a traveling mode of the vehicle is different from a past traveling mode to a terminal device such that the terminal device outputs the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Andou, Akitoshi Jikumaru, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Tomokazu Maya, Masatoshi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20210333116
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a communication unit and a controller. The controller specifies a user who applied for ride-sharing based on application information for applying for the ride-sharing received by the communication unit. The controller decides a driver to be recommended to the user from a plurality of drivers, based on preference information showing a preference degree of the user for a driving habit and driving information showing a driving habit of each of the drivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Andou, Akitoshi Jikumaru, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Tomokazu Maya, Masatoshi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11142005
    Abstract: A printer can comprise a supporting wall that extends in a primary scanning direction, a table that is positioned lower than the supporting wall and that is structured so as to be able to move in a secondary scanning direction, a guide rail equipped on the supporting wall that extends in the primary scanning direction, a head carriage that is provided slidably on the guide rail and that can move in the primary scanning direction, an ink head mounted on the head carriage, and a partitioning wall that is positioned lower than the supporting wall and to a side of the table in the primary scanning direction and that extends in the secondary scanning direction and the vertical direction. When the table is positioned at the maximally downstream position along the secondary scanning direction, the upstream end portion of the table is positioned further downstream of the supporting wall and further upstream than the downstream end portion of the partitioning wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: ROLAND DG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kobayashi, Masanori Ishihara, Akihiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210302179
    Abstract: A server device includes a communication unit and a control unit configured to send and receive information to and from another device via the communication unit. The control unit is configured to detect an object of interest of a spectator based on a state of the spectator detected during execution of an event and is configured to send a notification to prompt to ride in a vehicle to a plurality of terminal devices respectively used by a plurality of spectators. The vehicle is a vehicle assigned to the plurality of spectators sharing the object of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Andou, Akitoshi Jikumaru, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Tomokazu Maya, Masatoshi Hayashi