Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Oe

Yoshihiro Oe 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: 20230406105
    Abstract: In an in-vehicle terminal device that is able to perform communication with a server device, an identification information acquisition unit acquires identification information of a user who boards a vehicle. A communication unit transmits the identification information of the user to the server device and receives arrangement information of a plurality of display elements corresponding to the identification information of the user transmitted from the server device. A setting unit decides an arrangement of the display elements of the in-vehicle display according to an arrangement criterion based on vehicle type information of the vehicle using the arrangement information of the display elements corresponding to the identification information of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OE, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Jun GOTO, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Publication number: 20230392943
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a processor configured to receive information for traveling guidance, which is generated based on an image of a specific point. The image of the specific point is captured by another vehicle, and the specific point is a point at which a traveling route of a different vehicle deviates from a guidance route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OE, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Patent number: 11807097
    Abstract: In an in-vehicle terminal device that is able to perform communication with a server device, an identification information acquisition unit acquires identification information of a user who boards a vehicle. A communication unit transmits the identification information of the user to the server device and receives arrangement information of a plurality of display elements corresponding to the identification information of the user transmitted from the server device. A setting unit decides an arrangement of the display elements of the in-vehicle display according to an arrangement criterion based on vehicle type information of the vehicle using the arrangement information of the display elements corresponding to the identification information of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oe, Kazuya Nishimura, Jun Goto, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Patent number: 11774258
    Abstract: A device mounted on a vehicle includes a processor configured to receive information for traveling guidance, which is generated based on an image of a specific point. The image of the specific point is captured by another vehicle, and the specific point is a point at which a traveling route of a different vehicle deviates from a guidance route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oe, Kazuya Nishimura, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Patent number: 11687584
    Abstract: A method of generating log data that includes a plurality of records, in which information detected through image recognition processing on a plurality of image frames is recorded. The method includes, detecting objects in each image frame through the image recognition processing, generating a record including identification information of each image frame and the aggregated number of objects detected in the image frame for each image frame, and adding metadata relating to the detected objects to the corresponding record when the aggregated number of objects is equal to or greater than one. When the aggregated number of objects is zero, the metadata related to the detected objects is not added to the record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oe, Kazuya Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11636763
    Abstract: A driving assistance device for a driver of a vehicle includes an electronic control unit configured to, before the vehicle passes through a predetermined position in a predetermined direction, acquire information relating to a predetermined traffic regulation to be applied when the vehicle passes through the predetermined position in the predetermined direction, acquire an observance tendency of an other driver relating to the predetermined traffic regulation, a degree of similarity between a predetermined characteristic of the other driver and the predetermined characteristic of the driver of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, before the vehicle passes through the predetermined position in the predetermined direction, output a warning to prompt observance of the predetermined traffic regulation, and change an output state of the warning to prompt observance of the predetermined traffic regulation based on the observance tendency of the traffic regulation of another driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oe, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Patent number: 11594201
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a display device that is visible from a front side, a measurement unit configured to measure a distance between the vehicle and a front vehicle which travels in the same direction as the vehicle, and a display control unit configured to horizontally invert display content on the display device based on the measured distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe, Naoki Uenoyama, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Patent number: 11511759
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire traveling information indicating traveling conditions of a first vehicle traveling on a road, a determination unit configured to determine one or more driving operations of a driver driving the first vehicle by using the traveling information acquired when a second vehicle approaches the first vehicle, an evaluation unit configured to perform evaluation of safety related to the driver's driving by using determination results of the determination unit, and an updating unit configured to acquire first evaluation results of the evaluation unit during a first predetermined period to compare the first evaluation results with second evaluation results of the evaluation unit during a second predetermined period before the first predetermined period, and to update the second evaluation results based on comparison results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe
  • Patent number: 11508161
    Abstract: A driving support system includes: an acquisition portion configured to acquire visual-recognition position information on a position where a driver of a vehicle visually recognizes a traffic light; an image acquisition portion configured to acquire a forward image ahead of the vehicle; a traffic-light recognition portion configured to recognize a traffic light included in a forward image; and a notification portion configured to notify the driver of warning when the traffic light is not recognized from the forward image, in a case where the vehicle is present at a position based on the visual-recognition position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oe, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Patent number: 11461918
    Abstract: The disclosure includes: a first acquisition section that acquires a first image captured by an imaging device mounted on a vehicle after driving of the vehicle is finished; a second acquisition section that acquires a second image captured by the imaging device when driving of the vehicle is started; and a detection section that detects misalignment between the first image and the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe
  • Patent number: 11458979
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire traveling information indicating traveling conditions of a first vehicle traveling on a road, a determination unit configured to determine one or more driving operations of a driver driving the first vehicle by using the traveling information acquired when a second vehicle approaches the first vehicle, an evaluation unit configured to perform evaluation of safety related to the driver's driving by using determination results of the determination unit, and an updating unit configured to acquire first evaluation results of the evaluation unit during a first predetermined period to compare the first evaluation results with second evaluation results of the evaluation unit during a second predetermined period before the first predetermined period, and to update the second evaluation results based on comparison results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe
  • Patent number: 11397280
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: a plurality of vehicles; and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles, wherein each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to detect wind information by using a wind detection device mounted on each of the plurality of vehicles, and send probe data to the server, the probe data including the wind information and position information on each of the plurality of vehicles at a time when the wind information was detected, and the server is configured to store the probe data received from the plurality of vehicles in a database, and provide information to a client by using the probe data stored in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe, Jun Goto, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Patent number: 11380200
    Abstract: A server device includes a storage unit configured to store vehicle information including vehicle behavior information and position information, a region specifying unit configured to specify a warning road region where a sudden stop of a vehicle occurs a plurality of times based on the stored vehicle information, and a notification unit configured to, when the sudden stop of the vehicle occurs in the specified warning road region, notify terminal devices that correspond to vehicles located in the warning road region and in a vicinity of the warning road region of information regarding the warning road region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oe, Kazuya Nishimura, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Patent number: 11361687
    Abstract: A control device as an advertisement display device that is mountable on a vehicle includes a calculation unit configured to calculate a time for which an occupant of another vehicle is able to visually recognize a video displayed on a display attached to a host vehicle based on a driving state of the host vehicle, and a display controller configured to display an advertisement edited such that a video time corresponds to the visually recognizable time calculated by the calculation unit on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Naoki Uenoyama, Yoshihiro Oe, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Patent number: 11295742
    Abstract: In a voice output apparatus, an acquisition unit acquires a speech of an occupant of a vehicle. A determination unit determines whether or not the acquired speech is asking for repetition or rephrasing. A classification unit classifies, when it is determined that the speech is the asking, the speech according to a type of asking. An output unit outputs a voice sound in accordance with the classified type of the asking based on a content of a voice sound that is a target of the asking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe, Naoki Uenoyama, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Patent number: 11280917
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a server and a first vehicle acquiring a combination of first and second position information of the first vehicle. The first position information is calculated using a positioning signal from the first satellite system. The second position information is obtained by correcting an error of the first position information using a positioning reinforcement signal from the second satellite system. The first vehicle or the server calculates difference information between the first and second position information for each combination thereof. The server estimates a calculation accuracy for the first position information in a road section on a road map based on one or more pieces of difference information in which one or more positions indicated by the second position information corresponding to the difference information are within the road section and to output the calculation accuracy for the first position information in the road section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Publication number: 20220042818
    Abstract: A device mounted on a vehicle includes a processor configured to receive information for traveling guidance, which is generated based on an image of a specific point. The image of the specific point is captured by another vehicle, and the specific point is a point at which a traveling route of a different vehicle deviates from a guidance route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro OE, Kazuya NISHIMURA, Hirofumi KAMIMARU
  • Patent number: 11189048
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a vehicle, and a server configured to communicate with the vehicle. The vehicle generates a captured image of scenery outside the vehicle. The vehicle or the server: starts a first detection processing of successively detecting a first subject in the captured image; determines, as a target region, a partial region of the captured image including a prescribed number of first subjects when the prescribed number of the first subjects are detected; terminates the first detection processing of the target region; and performs image processing of lowering visibility of an image on the target region. The server then transmits the captured image subjected to the image processing to a transmission destination other than the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Patent number: 11190027
    Abstract: A vehicle capable of transmitting power to another vehicle includes an acquisition section that acquires a distance from a location of the vehicle to a specified point; a comparison section that compares the distance with a cruising range of the vehicle; and a control section that controls the power transmission to the other vehicle according to a comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Yoshihiro Oe, Naoki Uenoyama, Hirofumi Kamimaru
  • Patent number: 11187552
    Abstract: In a server apparatus, a first acquisition unit is configured to acquire a specific point at which the traveling route of a vehicle deviates from a guidance route. A specifying unit is configured to specify a vehicle that has passed through the acquired specific point based on traveling route information of a plurality of vehicles. A second acquisition unit is configured to acquire, from the specified vehicle, an image of the specific point captured by the vehicle. A generation unit is configured to generate information for traveling guidance relating to the specific point based on the acquired image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oe, Kazuya Nishimura, Hirofumi Kamimaru