Patents by Inventor Yuta MANIWA

Yuta MANIWA 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: 20220129227
    Abstract: There is provided, in a vehicle capable of accommodating a plurality of passengers, a display system capable of providing a motivation to start a conversation among the passengers in view of conversation intentions of each passenger. The display system includes a control device, and at least one display device. The control device is configured to perform a conversation desire display process to display a conversation desire level of each of the passengers. Alternatively, the control device is configured to perform a conversation intention display process to display a conversation intention of each of the passengers for the other passengers. The conversation desire level and the conversation intention among passengers are input to the input device provided in the display system, by an operation of the passenger. Alternatively, they are estimated by the control device based on the passenger state information detected by the sensor provided in the display system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Saki Narita, Tetsuya Kanata, Yozo Iwami, Daisaku Honda, Yuhei Katsumata, Hideki Fukudome, Takuya Watabe, Naoko Ichikawa, Yuta Maniwa, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220118871
    Abstract: A navigation server includes a processor. The processor is configured to derive one of a first route and a second route as a route from a place of departure to a destination of a vehicle in accordance with a remaining level of a travel battery of the vehicle. The first route includes a first road provided with a first non-contact electric power feeder. The second route includes a second road provided with a second non-contact electric power feeder that is different in electric power feed capability from the first non-contact electric power feeder. The processor is configured to output the derived route as a recommended route to a terminal associated with the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayano KIMURA, Hikaru SHIOZAWA, Toshiya HASHIMOTO, Chuya OGAWA, Yuta MANIWA
  • Publication number: 20220104457
    Abstract: A guidance vehicle guides a dog for a walk, and includes a leash attachment, a distance sensor, and an electronic control unit. The leash attachment is configured to attach a leash that connects the dog. The distance sensor is configured to detect a dog-to-vehicle distance being a distance between the dog and the guidance vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to execute a travel control of the guidance vehicle. The electronic control unit includes, as one of modes of the travel control, a walk guidance mode that causes the guidance vehicle to automatically travel along a walk route while guiding the dog to walk. The walk guidance mode executed by the electronic control unit includes a basic walk mode that controls the dog-to-vehicle distance so as to maintain a constant distance when the dog is moving along the walk route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Saki Narita, Tetsuya Kanata, Yozo Iwami, Daisaku Honda, Yuhei Katsumata, Hideki Fukudome, Takuya Watabe, Naoko Ichikawa, Yuta Maniwa, Yuki Nishikawa, Daisuke Ishii, Daisuke Sato
  • Publication number: 20220107639
    Abstract: An automatic traveling vehicle includes a vehicle structure including a first top plate, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to execute a storage mode when a storage execution condition is satisfied. The storage mode includes a storage posture formation process of causing the vehicle to automatically travel so as to take a predetermined storage posture together with a counterpart automatic traveling vehicle. In the storage posture, the vehicle is in a superposition state in which the vehicle overlaps with the counterpart vehicle in a plan view, or a parallel state in which the vehicle is lined up with the counterpart vehicle while the first top plate and a second top plate of the counterpart vehicle are standing and facing each other so as to be parallel to or substantially parallel to a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Yuta Maniwa, Tetsuya Kanata, Yozo Iwami, Yuhei Katsumata, Daisaku Honda, Saki Narita, Hideki Fukudome, Takuya Watabe, Naoko Ichikawa, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220080965
    Abstract: An open vehicle includes a vehicle upper portion, a traveling device, an external sensor, and an ECU. The vehicle upper portion has a riding surface that forms a bottom surface of the riding space and is configured for a plurality of users to ride on. The ECU is configured to control the traveling device to cause the open vehicle to automatically travel. The ECU is configured to execute: a specific person recognition process to use the external sensor to recognize a specific person existing in an outside space; and an automatic travel control process to control the traveling device such that, when the specific person exists within a predetermined distance range, the traveling device executes at least one of moving the open vehicle away from the specific person and increasing a vehicle speed as compared to when the specific person does not exist within the range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Takuya Watabe, Tetsuya Kanata, Yozo Iwami, Daisaku Honda, Yuhei Katsumata, Hideki Fukudome, Yuta Maniwa, Naoko Ichikawa, Saki Narita, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220081046
    Abstract: A stand-up vehicle includes a vehicle upper portion, a handrail, one or more biometric information sensors, and one or more processors. The vehicle upper portion has a riding surface on which a user stands. The handrail is provided at an upper portion of the vehicle and is gripped by a user. The one or more biometric information sensors are at least one of a sensor provided on a handrail and a weight sensor provided below a riding surface and having the riding surface as a weight detection surface, and detect biometric information of the user. The one or more processors perform notification processing for notifying a user of biometric information detected by the one or more biometric information sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Saki Narita, Tetsuya Kanata, Yozo Iwami, Daisaku Honda, Yuhei Katsumata, Hideki Fukudome, Takuya Watabe, Naoko Ichikawa, Yuta Maniwa, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220063597
    Abstract: A vehicle for transporting passengers include a floor board on which the passengers ride. The vehicle further includes a passenger distribution detection device that detects a passenger distribution that is a distribution of the passengers on the floor board. The vehicle further includes a control device that executes a passenger guidance control that guides the passengers on the floor board such that the passenger distribution approaches a target passenger distribution to increase a stability of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Saki Narita, Tetsuya Kanata, Yozo Iwami, Daisaku Honda, Yuhei Katsumata, Hideki Fukudome, Takuya Watabe, Naoko Ichikawa, Yuta Maniwa, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220063619
    Abstract: In a stand-up vehicle having a vehicle upper part having a riding surface configured for a user to stand on, one or more electronic control units execute emergency situation detection processing for detecting an emergency of the user when receiving notification from the user or based on information from one or more sensors, safety posture determination processing for determining whether or not the user takes a safety posture based on information from one or more sensors after detecting the emergency, and upper limit speed management processing executed when detecting the emergency and determining that the user takes the safety posture. The upper limit speed management process increases the upper limit speed to be higher than the basic upper limit speed selected when the safety posture determination process determines that the user is not in the safety posture, or cancels the upper limit speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yuta Maniwa, Tetsuya Kanata, Yozo Iwami, Daisaku Honda, Yuhei Katsumata, Hideki Fukudome, Takuya Watabe, Naoko Ichikawa, Saki Narita, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220055661
    Abstract: The safety management apparatus comprises a protective shield with automatic opening and closing, a sensor configured to obtain physical information related to an occupant boarded an autonomous traveling cart, and a controller configured to control the opening and closing of the protective shield. The protective shield is configured to be normally open and, when closed, shield an occupant space of the cart from the outside. The controller includes at least one memory including at least one program, and at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory. The at least one processor executes a first process and a second process upon execution of the at least one program. The first process is to determine whether the occupant is an infant based on the physical information. The second process, which is executed when the occupant is determined to be an infant, is to close the protective shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Daisuke Ishii, Hiroki Izu, Hiroki Morita, Kei Sato, Masaki Nanahara, Kazumi Serizawa, Hironobu Tanaka, Shunsuke Mogi, Takashi Hayashi, Akihiro Kusumoto, Tetsuya Kanata, Yozo Iwami, Yuhei Katsumata, Daisaku Honda, Saki Narita, Hideki Fukudome, Takuya Watabe, Naoko Ichikawa, Yuta Maniwa, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20210379499
    Abstract: An experience system includes: an air conditioner configured to blow a wind into a space inside a moving body; and a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to generate a virtual image in which at least a part of a roof of the moving body is opened, the virtual image including sky above the moving body and a surrounding landscape of the moving body, output the virtual image to a display device, and control wind-blowing of the air conditioner in conjunction with a display of the virtual image on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro ITOU, Hitoshi KUMON, Kotomi TESHIMA, Yoshie MIKAMI, Yuta MANIWA
  • Patent number: 11151775
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: generate a first virtual image when one wearer of a first wearer wearing a first wearable device configured to communicate with the processor and a second wearer wearing a second wearable device configured to communicate with the processor rides in a moving body and another wearer virtually rides in the moving body, the first virtual image reflecting a behavior of the other wearer and representing a state where the other wearer virtually rides in the moving body as observed from a viewpoint of the one wearer, the first virtual image; and output the generated first virtual image to the first or the second wearable device worn by the one wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Itou, Hitoshi Kumon, Kotomi Teshima, Yoshie Mikami, Yuta Maniwa
  • Publication number: 20210208584
    Abstract: A moving body control device includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: acquire spatial information of at least one of an outside and inside of a moving body; generate a virtual image including the information of the at least one of the outside and inside of the moving body based on the spatial information; output the generated virtual image to a display unit visually recognizable by a user who rides on the moving body; acquire a detection result of a predetermined action of the user when the user performs an action; update and output the virtual image based on the action of the user in the detection result; and output a control signal for the moving body, the control signal being based on the detection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotomi TESHIMA, Hitoshi KUMON, Kazuhiro ITOU, Yoshie MIKAMI, Yuta MANIWA
  • Publication number: 20210174573
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: generate a first virtual image when one wearer of a first wearer wearing a first wearable device configured to communicate with the processor and a second wearer wearing a second wearable device configured to communicate with the processor rides in a moving body and another wearer virtually rides in the moving body, the first virtual image reflecting a behavior of the other wearer and representing a state where the other wearer virtually rides in the moving body as observed from a viewpoint of the one wearer, the first virtual image; and output the generated first virtual image to the first or the second wearable device worn by the one wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro ITOU, Hitoshi KUMON, Kotomi TESHIMA, Yoshie MIKAMI, Yuta MANIWA
  • Publication number: 20210106941
    Abstract: A vehicle able to recover CO2 includes a CO2 recovery container holding an adsorbent adsorbing CO2 in gas. The vehicle is configured so that the adsorbent is taken out from the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Takao AIBA, Hiroki MORITA, Tetsuya NAKAHIRA, Jun MIYAGAWA, Yuta MANIWA