Patents Assigned to WHILL, Inc.
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Publication number: 20260009648Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2023Publication date: January 8, 2026Applicant: WHILL, Inc.Inventors: Kazunori HORI, Taiga ARAI, Yoshiya KANEKO
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Patent number: 12343291Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 2, 2021Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: Whill, Inc.Inventors: Yusuke Takei, Seiya Shimizu, Keisuke Kawahara
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Patent number: 12097874Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Whill, Inc.Inventors: Yusuke Takei, Kharisma Adi Perdana Nitiputra, Wei Shun Kao
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Patent number: 11983022Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: WHILL, Inc.Inventors: Muneaki Fukuoka, Shunsuke Katsumata
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Patent number: 11938752Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: WHILL, Inc.Inventors: Shuntaro Sugimoto, Kazuo Bando, Satoshi Nakagawa
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Patent number: 11866121Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: WHILL, INC.Inventors: Satoshi Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama, Shogo Onishi, Ren Akama, Shuyu Hsu, Shin Nagata
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Patent number: 11827053Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 26, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: WHILL, Inc.Inventors: Yoshihiro Hirata, Tsuyoshi Uchino, Satoshi Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20230041840Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: WHILL, Inc.Inventors: Yoshihiro HIRATA, Tsuyoshi UCHINO, Satoshi NAKAGAWA
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Patent number: 11273668Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: WHILL, Inc.Inventors: Shuntaro Sugimoto, Kazuo Bando
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Patent number: D926087Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: WHILL, Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama, Satoshi Sugie
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Patent number: D940603Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: WHILL, INC.Inventors: Satoshi Sugie, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama
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Patent number: D958704Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: WHILL, Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama, Satoshi Sugie
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Patent number: D990382Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: WHILL, Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Sugie, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama
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Patent number: D1044608Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: WHILL, Inc.Inventors: Masahiro Toriyama, Satoshi Sugie
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Patent number: D1045692Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: WHILL, INC.Inventors: Satoshi Sugie, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama
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Patent number: D1045694Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: WHILL, Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Sugie, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama
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Patent number: D1093221Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: September 16, 2025Assignee: WHILL, Inc.Inventors: Masahiro Toriyama, Satoshi Sugie
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Patent number: D1094200Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2023Date of Patent: September 23, 2025Assignee: WHILL, INC.Inventors: Gaku Komatsu, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto
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Patent number: D1097900Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: October 14, 2025Assignee: WHILL, Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama, Satoshi Sugie
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Patent number: D1097901Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 14, 2025Assignee: WHILL, Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama, Satoshi Sugie