Patents by Inventor Takanori ARIGA

Takanori ARIGA 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: 20230385050
    Abstract: A center that is configured to communicate with an Over-The-Air (OTA) master that controls software update for an electronic control unit mounted on a vehicle is provided. The center includes one or more processors configured to determine availability of permission frames when an inquiry for software update is received from the OTA master and update data for the electronic control unit exists, and, when at least one of the permission frames is available, allocate the permission frame available among the permission frames to the OTA master and permit update processing. The one or more processors are configured to determine availability of a multiplex frame when a transmission request for the distribution package is received from the OTA master, and, when at least one of the multiplex frames is available, allocate a multiplex frame available among the multiplex frames to the OTA master and control transmission of the distribution package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori ARIGA, Yusuke SATOH, Satoru FUKUYO
  • Publication number: 20230305835
    Abstract: A vehicle management server is configured to transmit, to a vehicle, an update program for updating an existing program of an electronic device mounted on the vehicle. The vehicle management server includes a communicator and a controller. The communicator is configured to communicate with the vehicle. The controller is configured to control an update process. The controller is configured to determine, depending on a type of the update program, whether to present, to a vehicle user, an indication related to the update process for the existing program using the update program, and transmit, when the controller determines to present the indication related to the update process to the vehicle user, information for causing a predetermined information terminal to display the indication related to the update process to the vehicle via the communicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori ARIGA, Tomoyasu ISHIKAWA, Jun HAMASAKI, Shoichi NAGAMITSU, Yusuke TAKATSUNA
  • Patent number: 11704106
    Abstract: A vehicle management server is configured to transmit, to a vehicle, an update program for updating an existing program of an electronic device mounted on the vehicle. The vehicle management server includes a communicator and a controller. The communicator is configured to communicate with the vehicle. The controller is configured to control an update process. The controller is configured to determine, depending on a type of the update program, whether to present, to a vehicle user, an indication related to the update process for the existing program using the update program, and transmit, when the controller determines to present the indication related to the update process to the vehicle user, information for causing a predetermined information terminal to display the indication related to the update process to the vehicle via the communicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori Ariga, Tomoyasu Ishikawa, Jun Hamasaki, Shoichi Nagamitsu, Yusuke Takatsuna
  • Publication number: 20230011952
    Abstract: A vehicle management server configured to manage information on a control device mounted on a vehicle, and information on a plurality of information terminals connectable with the control device is provided. The vehicle management server includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a positional relationship between the information terminals and the control device; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the information indicating the positional relationship, whether or not there is a first information terminal that is out of a setting range that includes the control device among the information terminals; and a notification unit configured to transmit, based on whether or not there is the first information terminal, a first message to at least one second information terminal different from the first information terminal among the information terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori ARIGA, Tomoyasu ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11516638
    Abstract: A vehicle management server configured to manage information on a control device mounted on a vehicle, and information on a plurality of information terminals connectable with the control device is provided. The vehicle management server includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a positional relationship between the information terminals and the control device; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the information indicating the positional relationship, whether or not there is a first information terminal that is out of a setting range that includes the control device among the information terminals; and a notification unit configured to transmit, based on whether or not there is the first information terminal, a first message to at least one second information terminal different from the first information terminal among the information terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori Ariga, Tomoyasu Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11483688
    Abstract: A vehicle management server configured to manage information on a control device mounted on a vehicle, and information on a plurality of information terminals connectable with the control device is provided. The vehicle management server includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a positional relationship between the information terminals and the control device; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the information indicating the positional relationship, whether or not there is a first information terminal that is out of a setting range that includes the control device among the information terminals; and a notification unit configured to transmit, based on whether or not there is the first information terminal, a first message to at least one second information terminal different from the first information terminal among the information terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori Ariga, Tomoyasu Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20210141629
    Abstract: A vehicle management server is configured to transmit, to a vehicle, an update program for updating an existing program of an electronic device mounted on the vehicle. The vehicle management server includes a communicator and a controller. The communicator is configured to communicate with the vehicle. The controller is configured to control an update process. The controller is configured to determine, depending on a type of the update program, whether to present, to a vehicle user, an indication related to the update process for the existing program using the update program, and transmit, when the controller determines to present the indication related to the update process to the vehicle user, information for causing a predetermined information terminal to display the indication related to the update process to the vehicle via the communicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori ARIGA, Tomoyasu ISHIKAWA, Jun HAMASAKI, Shoichi NAGAMITSU, Yusuke TAKATSUNA
  • Publication number: 20210132937
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a memory having a first storage area for storing a program related to vehicle control and a second storage area for storing an update program for updating the program, and a controller configured to determine whether a vehicle is in a stop state and start an update process of updating the program stored in the first storage area with the update program stored in the second storage area when the controller determines that the vehicle is in the stop state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyasu ISHIKAWA, Takanori ARIGA
  • Publication number: 20210136542
    Abstract: A vehicle management server configured to manage information on a control device mounted on a vehicle, and information on a plurality of information terminals connectable with the control device is provided. The vehicle management server includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a positional relationship between the information terminals and the control device; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the information indicating the positional relationship, whether or not there is a first information terminal that is out of a setting range that includes the control device among the information terminals; and a notification unit configured to transmit, based on whether or not there is the first information terminal, a first message to at least one second information terminal different from the first information terminal among the information terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori ARIGA, Tomoyasu ISHIKAWA