Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Nakamura
Toshihiro Nakamura 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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Publication number: 20240135818Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an input interface that accepts a parking reservation for a vehicle for which parking is desired, and a controller that confirms, when the vehicle for which parking is desired is a first vehicle whose purpose for parking includes charging, whether there is an opening for reservation of a first parking lot having a charging station, completes acceptance of reservation of the first parking lot for the first vehicle when there is an opening, changes a reservation of the first parking lot for at least one second vehicle, selected based on a predetermined condition from among one or more reservation holding vehicles for which acceptance of reservation of the first parking lot is completed, to a reservation of a second parking lot based on the predetermined condition when there is no opening, and completes acceptance of reservation of the first parking lot for the first vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu NAGATA, Ibuki SHIMADA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20240135398Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire questionnaire data including a score for each autonomous driving system installed in each vehicle among a plurality of vehicles operated by autonomous driving along a predetermined operation route, the score being an evaluation index of ride comfort of each vehicle, identify, based on an aggregate result of the questionnaire data, a vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles for which the score is determined to be less than a threshold as a first vehicle, and extract first data to be used in analyzing ride comfort from first vehicle information acquired by a first autonomous driving system, which is an autonomous driving system installed in the first vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu NAGATA, Ibuki SHIMADA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11966861Abstract: An operation planning system that creates an operation plan of a vehicle with a rechargeable battery as a travel energy source includes: a reception unit configured to receive request information including a departure location and a destination from a user; and an operation determining unit configured to determine an operation plan in response to the request information. The operation determining unit is configured to derive a state of charge shortage by which there is a shortage when the vehicle travels in an operation section based on the state of charge of the vehicle and to create the operation plan by allocating a vehicle, which is able to be charged with the derived state of charge shortage until an operation of the vehicle starts, to the operation section.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu Nagata, Toshihiro Nakamura
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Patent number: 11938970Abstract: A control device that is mounted in a second vehicle which a first vehicle having a following travel function is detachably connected to or loaded on is provided. The control device includes a control unit configured to perform: detecting another vehicle that is within a predetermined range from the second vehicle in a state in which the second vehicle has the first vehicle connected thereto or loaded thereon and of which some or all of a scheduled travel route is the same as some or all of a scheduled travel route of the first vehicle after the first vehicle has been disconnected from the second vehicle; and transmitting following instruction information to the first vehicle and disconnecting the first vehicle from the second vehicle such that the first vehicle travels with the detected other vehicle as a preceding vehicle by the following travel function.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiro Harada, Teppei Nishiguchi, Kazuki Komoriya, Tomoaki Ihara, Miyu Higashimura, Toshihiro Nakaichi, Kazunobu Okasaka, Ryo Hattori, Yohei Tanigawa, Ryohei Kimbara, Hiroshi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20240096870Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit device, a first power line extends in an X direction in an IO region and is formed in a first interconnect layer. A second power line extends in the X direction in a core region. A third power line extends in a Y direction, is formed in a second interconnect layer located below the first interconnect layer, and is connected to the first and second power lines. The third power line overlaps an external connection pad in planar view and is placed between adjacent interconnects in the X direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventor: Toshihiro NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11935559Abstract: This magnetic disk device is a 3.5-inch magnetic disk device equipped with magnetic disks formed from an aluminum alloy substrate. The magnetic disks arranged in a stacked manner have a thickness Td of 0.3 mm to 0.6 mm, the number N of magnetic disks involved is 10 to 16, and spacers disposed between the magnetic disks have an outside diameter 2 Rso of 35 mm to 65 mm. The outside diameter 2 Rso (mm) of the spacers satisfies 2 Rso??60 Td+70 and 2 Rso??0.5 N2?+16.5 N?73.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: UACJ CORPORATION, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Kitamura, Kotaro Kitawaki, Hideyuki Hatakeyama, Ryohei Yamada, Toshihiro Nakamura
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Publication number: 20240087456Abstract: A method performed by an information processing apparatus, the method includes, for each of a plurality of vehicles for which charging in a target time period has been applied for, acquiring vehicle information including predicted remaining SOC to be remaining at a start of the target time period and/or predicted consumed SOC to be consumed in a vehicle use period after an end of the target time period, determining, based on the vehicle information, whether each of the plurality of vehicles is a target for charging in the target time period, and determining a charging plan to charge a vehicle being determined to be eligible for charging, among the plurality of vehicles, in the target time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu NAGATA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20240083297Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller that creates an electrical energy consumption map, for an autonomous vehicle, indicating electrical energy consumption of links in an operation route defined by an operation plan, calculates, based on the map, a first predicted value of total electrical energy consumption required for traveling the operation route, and compares the total electrical energy consumption indicated by the first predicted value with a SOC prior to operation of the vehicle, and when the SOC prior to operation does not satisfy the total electrical energy consumption, extracts links satisfying a predetermined condition as candidate links for switching to a manual driving section from among links designated as an autonomous driving section and changes the operation plan so that the SOC prior to operation satisfies the total electrical energy consumption by switching at least one of the extracted candidate links to the manual driving section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu NAGATA, Ibuki SHIMADA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11914384Abstract: An energy consumption estimation device includes a reception unit configured to receive, from a user, request information including a departure point and a destination, a route derivation unit configured to derive a plurality of travel routes based on the departure point and the destination included in the request information, an acquisition unit configured to acquire section energy consumption in a case where a vehicle travels on a road section, which is derived based on information on vehicle speed and information on road undulations, and an estimation unit configured to respectively estimate energy consumption of the vehicle in a case where the vehicle travels on the derived travel routes by adding section energy consumption for road sections included in the travel route.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu Nagata, Toshihiro Nakamura
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Publication number: 20240014640Abstract: (Problem) To provide an electric cable connection method for joining terminal conductors in an assembled state and a joined electric cable. (Solution to the Problem) An electric cable connection method is a method for connecting exposed terminal conductors 21a of a plurality of covered electric cables 20 so as to be conductive. The electric cable connection method includes an assembly step s2 of assembling the covered electric cables 20; a fixing step s3 of fixing the terminal conductors 21a of the assembly of the plurality of electric cables 20 with a resin cover 50; and a joining step s4 of setting the plurality of covered electric cables having the plurality of terminal conductors 21a fixed with the resin cover 50 in an electric cable connection device 40, and joining the plurality of exposed terminal conductors 21a.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Toshihiro NAKAMURA, Kazuhiro HIGUCHI, Yukihiro TORIMOTO, Tomohiro NAKAYAMA, Hiroshi TAKANO, Ryo NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20240005958Abstract: A hard disk drive is a 3.5-inch hard disk drive on which a magnetic disk formed of an aluminum alloy substrate is mounted. A thickness Td of each of magnetic disks that are arranged in a stacked manner is 0.3 mm or more and 0.6 mm or less, the number N of the magnetic disks is 10 or more and 16 or less, and an outer diameter 2Rso of a spacer that is arranged between the magnetic disks is 35 mm or more and 65 mm or less. The outer diameter 2Rso (mm) of the spacer satisfies 2Rso??60Td+70 and 2Rso??0.5N2+16.5N?73.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Naoki KITAMURA, Kotaro KITAWAKI, Hideyuki HATAKEYAMA, Ryohei YAMADA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11862915Abstract: [Object] The present invention provides a joined conductor and a method for manufacturing a joined conductor that can improve electrical conductivity between conductors.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Toshihiro Nakamura, Tomohiro Nakayama
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Publication number: 20230366683Abstract: An information processing device comprises a controller configured to execute: acquiring respective vehicle-mounted videos including an identical road section from a first vehicle that is an automated driving vehicle and a second vehicle that is a manual driving vehicle; identifying a first running trajectory corresponding to the first vehicle and a second running trajectory corresponding to the second vehicle on the basis of the vehicle-mounted videos; and making a judgment on a subject present at a first point that is a point with a divergence above a predetermined value between the first running trajectory and the second running trajectory.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu Nagata, Toshihiro Nakamura
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Publication number: 20230349709Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to execute: determining traffic volume of large-sized vehicles in a vicinity of a first vehicle based on first data transmitted from the first vehicle; and mapping information on the traffic volume of the large-sized vehicles to road segments based on the results of the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu NAGATA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11732664Abstract: A control device 60 of a vehicle drive device comprises a processing part 81 configured to use a trained model using a neural network to calculate an output parameter of a vehicle, and a control part 82 configured to control the vehicle drive device based on the output parameter. The neural network includes a first input layer to which input parameters of the vehicle other than a design value are input, a second input layer to which the design values are input, a first hidden layer to which outputs of the first input layer are input, a second hidden layer to which outputs of the second input layer are input, and an output layer outputting the output parameter, and is configured so that the second hidden layer becomes closer to the output layer than the first hidden layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Toshihiro Nakamura
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Publication number: 20230158899Abstract: The first charging equipment is configured to charge the electric power storage device via contact charging using a charging cable. The second charging equipment is configured to charge the electric power storage device via non-contact charging. The server includes: a determination section that determines a non-contact charging recommendation degree representing a degree of recommendation of the non-contact charging method to the user, based on a characteristic of the user; and a setting section that sets suggested equipment that is charging equipment to be suggested to the user, of the first charging equipment and the second charging equipment. When the non-contact charging recommendation degree is high, the setting section is more likely to set the second charging equipment as the suggested equipment than when the non-contact charging recommendation degree is low.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaki ITO, Akihiro KUSUMOTO, Takahiro HIRANO, Ryunosuke YAMASHITA, Daiki TAJIMA, Katsuya KOBAYASHI, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11621259Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a first cell row constituted by I/O cells arranged in the X direction and a second cell row constituted by I/O cells arranged in the first direction, spaced from the first cell row by a predetermined distance in the Y direction. A plurality of external connecting pads include pads each connected with any of the I/O cells and a reinforcing power supply pad that is not connected with any of the I/O cells and is connected with a pad for power supply. The reinforcing power supply pad is placed to lie in a region between the first cell row and the second cell row.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.Inventors: Toshihiro Nakamura, Taro Fukunaga
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Publication number: 20230035215Abstract: Provided is a control unit that executes generation of an operation command for a plurality of vehicles of different categories, including a vehicle that can travel with an electric motor, based on information on a predetermined area that is an area where only the vehicle that can travel with an electric motor is allowed to pass through.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu NAGATA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20230023960Abstract: Either a mode in which a vehicle travels with an electric motor or a mode in which the vehicle travels with an internal combustion engine is selected based on information on a fee when the vehicle is caused to travel with the electric motor and information on a fee when the vehicle is caused to travel with the internal combustion engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu NAGATA, Toshihiro Nakamura
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Publication number: 20230011007Abstract: When a control unit assigns, to each of multiple routes, any of multiple vehicles that is able to travel with a drive source of at least one of an electric motor and an internal combustion engine, categories of the vehicles being different from each other, the control unit determines, based on a cost or an environmental load when the vehicle is caused to travel on the routes with the electric motor and a cost or an environmental load when the vehicle is caused to travel on the routes with the internal combustion engine, combinations of the vehicles and the routes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu NAGATA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA