Patents by Inventor Terumi Ukai
Terumi Ukai 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: 11835966Abstract: A service system includes a common server and multiple vehicles in communication with the common server to travel autonomously. Each vehicle performs tasks of multiple entities by cooperating with the common server. The common server includes an operating status database in which an operating status of each vehicle and a primary entity which has priority to use all or part of the vehicles are associated with each other. When one of the vehicles finishes a task of the primary entity, the common server determines whether the vehicle can perform another task of an entity other than the primary entity by checking the operating status database, and if determining so, performs the task of the other entity by cooperating with the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keima Fukunaga, Tomohito Matsuoka, Seiichi Tsunoda, Jiro Goto, Yasutaka Etou, Terumi Ukai
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Patent number: 11794344Abstract: In a robot utilization system using a plurality of transport robots, the transport robot includes a traveling mechanism having a traveling function, a main body supported by the traveling mechanism and configured to receive products, and a specifying unit configured to specify the products received by the main body. The transport robots include a transport robot that performs a purchase process of the products received by the main body, and a transport robot that performs a return process of the products received by the main body.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jiro Goto, Satoshi Okamoto, Terumi Ukai, Tetsuya Taira, Daisaku Honda, Masato Endo, Takashi Hayashi
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Patent number: 11505212Abstract: Provided is a vehicle management system including a plurality of vehicles that execute different functions, and an event information server that transmits event occurrence information. The vehicles execute the same function corresponding to the event occurrence information, when a priority of a function corresponding to the event occurrence information received from the event information server is higher than a priority of a function currently being executed.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keima Fukunaga, Tomohito Matsuoka, Seiichi Tsunoda, Jiro Goto, Yasutaka Etou, Terumi Ukai
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Patent number: 11472441Abstract: Provided is a vehicle management system including a plurality of vehicles that execute different functions, and an event information server that transmits event occurrence information. The vehicles execute the same function corresponding to the event occurrence information, when a priority of a function corresponding to the event occurrence information received from the event information server is higher than a priority of a function currently being executed.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keima Fukunaga, Tomohito Matsuoka, Seiichi Tsunoda, Jiro Goto, Yasutaka Etou, Terumi Ukai
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Publication number: 20210114810Abstract: A robot system includes a robot control device to link a plurality of transport robots having a function of traveling with a package being loaded. A task acquisition unit acquires a task to be performed. A notification unit notifies the transport robot of action details which are assigned regarding the task. The transport robot takes an action in link with another transport robot according to the notified action details.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohito MATSUOKA, Nobuyuki TOMATSU, Yasutaka ETOU, Masanobu OHMI, Manabu YAMAMOTO, Seiichi TSUNODA, Keima FUKUNAGA, Takuya WATABE, Makoto KAKUCHI, Kunihiro IWAMOTO, Daisuke SATO, Shunji INOUE, Kenta MIYAHARA, Satoshi OKAMOTO, Jiro GOTO, Terumi UKAI, Tetsuya TAIRA, Daisaku HONDA, Masato ENDO, Takashi HAYASHI, Suguru WATANABE, Yohei TANIGAWA
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Publication number: 20210114225Abstract: A self-propelled pallet serving as an item delivery robot includes a dynamic map memory serving as a map data memory; a BIM data memory serving as an internal structure memory; a road route generator; a coordinator; and an intra-building route generator. The road route generator obtains a road route that is a route based on the map data with an entrance of a destination building as a destination. The coordinator determines a corresponding entrance that is an entrance in the internal structure data, which corresponds to the entrance in the map data that is determined to be the destination in the road route. The intra-building route generator obtains an intra-building route that is a route based on the internal structure data, which extends from the corresponding entrance to a location that is the position of the destination individual determined based on the internal structure data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Keima FUKUNAGA, Tomohito MATSUOKA, Seiichi TSUNODA, Jiro GOTO, Yasutaka ETOU, Terumi UKAI
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Publication number: 20210114623Abstract: Provided is a vehicle management system including a plurality of vehicles that execute different functions, and an event information server that transmits event occurrence information. The vehicles execute the same function corresponding to the event occurrence information, when a priority of a function corresponding to the event occurrence information received from the event information server is higher than a priority of a function currently being executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Keima FUKUNAGA, Tomohito MATSUOKA, Seiichi TSUNODA, Jiro GOTO, Yasutaka ETOU, Terumi UKAI
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Publication number: 20210116940Abstract: A service system includes a common server and multiple vehicles in communication with the common server to travel autonomously. Each vehicle performs tasks of multiple entities by cooperating with the common server. The common server includes an operating status database in which an operating status of each vehicle and a primary entity which has priority to use all or part of the vehicles are associated with each other. When one of the vehicles finishes a task of the primary entity, the common server determines whether the vehicle can perform another task of an entity other than the primary entity by checking the operating status database, and if determining so, performs the task of the other entity by cooperating with the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Keima FUKUNAGA, Tomohito MATSUOKA, Seiichi TSUNODA, Jiro GOTO, Yasutaka ETOU, Terumi UKAI
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Publication number: 20210107159Abstract: In a robot utilization system using a plurality of transport robots, the transport robot includes a traveling mechanism having a traveling function, a main body supported by the traveling mechanism and configured to receive products, and a specifying unit configured to specify the products received by the main body. The transport robots include a transport robot that performs a purchase process of the products received by the main body, and a transport robot that performs a return process of the products received by the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jiro Goto, Satoshi Okamoto, Terumi Ukai, Tetsuya Taira, Daisaku Honda, Masato Endo, Takashi Hayashi
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Patent number: D538753Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2003Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Terumi Ukai, Shunsuke Fukuda, Kazuhiko Komada, Alan Scheneider
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Patent number: D476602Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2002Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahiro Yanada, Shunsuke Tanaka, Terumi Ukai, Kengo Matsumoto, Masayuki Yamada, Hiroshi Igarashi, Kazumi Kitazumi
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Patent number: D567161Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaki Motozaki, Shunsuke Fukuda, Terumi Ukai, Hideya Itoh
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Patent number: D568232Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaki Motozaki, Terumi Ukai, Shunsuke Fukuda