Patents Assigned to WHILL, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20260009648
    Abstract: An information processing method and the like realize autonomous travel of a mobile body (30) that supports the movement of people who have difficulty walking long distances on their own. The information processing method is for a computer to execute processing including acquiring a current position and a destination from a mobile body (30) that moves with a person on board, acquiring a first route (61) from the current position to the destination, the first route (61) being generated based on map data (51) that includes a plurality of nodes and links each associating a starting node, an ending node, and a travel condition, and transmitting the first route (61) to the mobile body (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Applicant: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunori HORI, Taiga ARAI, Yoshiya KANEKO
  • Patent number: 12343291
    Abstract: An electric mobility vehicle in a facility includes a mobility body having a wheel, a driving unit driving the wheel, and a seat for the user, and sensors, and the mobility body has a controller which controls the driving unit for at least one of automatic driving and automatic stopping by using detected data of the sensor, the controller is configured to be able to set a detection cancel area, which is an area where a part of the user can exist in front of the user, the electric mobility vehicle further includes a lower side sensor which detects an object to be avoided from under a footrest surface or from a front end portion of a footrest portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Whill, Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Takei, Seiya Shimizu, Keisuke Kawahara
  • Patent number: 12097874
    Abstract: A system in facility includes a plurality of electric mobility vehicles, and a server which stores information of the electric mobility vehicles. In this system in facility, a user operates one of the electric mobility vehicles to move the electric mobility vehicle, after the user finishes using the electric mobility vehicle, the electric mobility vehicle moves to a standby area by automatic driving, and usage information of the electric mobility vehicle by the user is stored in a management data in a server, and at least one of a seating sensor for a seat unit and a occupancy sensor for a luggage carrier of the electric mobility vehicle is provided in each of the electric mobility vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Whill, Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Takei, Kharisma Adi Perdana Nitiputra, Wei Shun Kao
  • Patent number: 11983022
    Abstract: A travel route creation system which creates a travel route for a personal mobility vehicle, the system including a controller configured to create the travel route in which an entering angle to a bump or a slope is set within an angle range of 45° and more based on map data indicating the bump or the slope which the personal mobility vehicle can travel over, when creating the travel route for the personal mobility vehicle to pass the bump or the slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Muneaki Fukuoka, Shunsuke Katsumata
  • Patent number: 11938752
    Abstract: An omnidirectional wheel whose outer circumference surface is formed by pluralities of rollers, and includes a rotating part that rotates around a rotation axis. A plurality of supports are arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotating part and each mounted on the rotating part. The rollers include a plurality of first rollers and a plurality of second rollers. Each support has a first arm supporting one end side of a corresponding first roller of the plurality of first rollers, and a second arm supporting the other end side of the corresponding first roller. A corresponding second roller of the plurality of second rollers is supported by the first arm of one of two supports that are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction and the second arm of the other one of the two supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuntaro Sugimoto, Kazuo Bando, Satoshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11866121
    Abstract: An electric mobility vehicle including a front-wheel-side body, a rear-wheel-side body, a seat on which a passenger sits in an in-use state, and a linking mechanism that links the front-wheel-side body with the rear-wheel-side body so as to be pivotable about a pivoting axis extending in a vehicle width direction. The electric mobility vehicle is foldable by pivoting the front-wheel-side body and the rear-wheel-side body relative to each other in a vehicle front-to-rear direction. The electric mobility vehicle includes a footrest provided in the front-wheel-side body, a front-end roller or a front-end caster provided in the front-wheel-side body and disposed at a vehicle front side relative to a front end of the front wheel in the in-use state, and comes into contact with the floor surface in the folded state to make the electric mobility vehicle stand alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: WHILL, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama, Shogo Onishi, Ren Akama, Shuyu Hsu, Shin Nagata
  • Patent number: 11827053
    Abstract: This electromobility vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a seat unit mounted to the vehicle frame, a suspension mounted to a front-end side of the vehicle frame, a pair of front wheels aligned in a direction parallel to a width dimension of the vehicle and supported by the suspension, at least one rear wheel supported by the vehicle frame, and a drive device that drives either of the front wheels and the rear wheel, where the front wheels are omnidirectional wheels whose outer circumferential surfaces are formed by a plurality of rollers and the pair of front wheels is supported by the suspension such that it is placed in a toe-in arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Hirata, Tsuyoshi Uchino, Satoshi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20230041840
    Abstract: This electromobility vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a seat unit mounted to the vehicle frame, a suspension mounted to a front-end side of the vehicle frame, a pair of front wheels aligned in a direction parallel to a width dimension of the vehicle and supported by the suspension, at least one rear wheel supported by the vehicle frame, and a drive device that drives either of the front wheels and the rear wheel, where the front wheels are omnidirectional wheels whose outer circumferential surfaces are formed by a plurality of rollers and the pair of front wheels is supported by the suspension such that it is placed in a toe-in arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro HIRATA, Tsuyoshi UCHINO, Satoshi NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11273668
    Abstract: The omnidirectional wheel includes a first support portion which rotates around a rotation axis line, a second support portion which rotates together with the first plate-like member, a number of support shafts respectively supporting a number of rollers, and a number of support plates fixed to the first and the second support portions and which support one or more of the support shafts between the first and second support portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuntaro Sugimoto, Kazuo Bando
  • Patent number: D926087
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama, Satoshi Sugie
  • Patent number: D940603
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: WHILL, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sugie, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama
  • Patent number: D958704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama, Satoshi Sugie
  • Patent number: D990382
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sugie, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama
  • Patent number: D1044608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Toriyama, Satoshi Sugie
  • Patent number: D1045692
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: WHILL, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sugie, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama
  • Patent number: D1045694
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sugie, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama
  • Patent number: D1093221
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignee: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Toriyama, Satoshi Sugie
  • Patent number: D1094200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: WHILL, INC.
    Inventors: Gaku Komatsu, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: D1097900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama, Satoshi Sugie
  • Patent number: D1097901
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama, Satoshi Sugie