Patents by Inventor Ai FUJIMURA

Ai FUJIMURA 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).

  • Patent number: 10657812
    Abstract: A notification system includes a notification unit configured to notify a second person of position information relating to a parking position of a vehicle and auxiliary information to help the second person to find the vehicle after the vehicle is moved and parked by a first person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Publication number: 20200143678
    Abstract: A leading system has an output unit configured to output a predetermined signal to a first area around a vehicle, and a terminal carried by a person. The terminal has a receiving unit configured to receive the predetermined signal when the person enters the first area and a first notification unit configured to automatically perform a first notification to the person when the predetermined signal is received by the receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru YANAGIDA, Chikage KUBO, Ai FUJIMURA, Shunsuke NODA, Satoshi USUI
  • Publication number: 20200049520
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising a controller comprising at least one processor configured to perform: acquiring a request that a first vehicle join up with a different vehicle; determining, on the basis of a piece of route information indicating a travel route for the first vehicle and current locations of a plurality of vehicles different from the first vehicle, a joining cost related to joining up with the first vehicle for each of the plurality of vehicles; determining a second vehicle that is to join up with the first vehicle and a joining point such that the joining cost satisfies a prescribed condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke KANEKO, Junya MASUI, Yui NAKAMURA, Ai FUJIMURA, Keisuke TSUJIMOTO, Tomoyuki KURIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10559204
    Abstract: A leading system has an output unit configured to output a predetermined signal to a first area around a vehicle, and a terminal carried by a person. The terminal has a receiving unit configured to receive the predetermined signal when the person enters the first area and a first notification unit configured to automatically perform a first notification to the person when the predetermined signal is received by the receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Publication number: 20200034390
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus provided with a processor that executes acquiring user information which is information on each of a first users traveling in the same vehicle, calculating evaluation values indicating high interest for the first users about each of a plurality of topic candidate keyword included in user information of each of the first users, determining topic keywords based on the respective evaluation values of the plurality of topic candidate keywords, generating topic information from the topic keywords and providing the topic information to the first users riding in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke KANEKO, Junya MASUI, Yui NAKAMURA, Ai FUJIMURA, Keisuke TSUJIMOTO, Tomoyuki KURIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200027129
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a controller which executes: acquiring information relating to a destination of a user of a vehicle; extracting advertisement information of a facility which is located within a first range including the destination and for which advertisement information is to be provided to the user; acquiring a current location of a terminal of the user; judging whether or not the current location of the terminal of the user is located within a second range including the destination; and transmitting the advertisement information to the terminal of the user in a case where the current location of the terminal of the user is located within the second range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke KANEKO, Junya MASUI, Yui NAKAMURA, Ai FUJIMURA, Keisuke TSUJIMOTO, Tomoyuki KURIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200018610
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus provided with a communicator that receives request data which is a request relating to a change in a traveling route of a vehicle from a first user among two or more users traveling in the same vehicle and a processor that executes determining incentives to be granted to second users accompanying the change in the traveling route, wherein the second users are a part of or all of the two or more users excluding the first user, presenting incentive information on the determined incentives and inquiries about whether or not to accept the change in the traveling route to the second users and creating granting data for granting the determined incentives to the second users when the second users accept the change in the traveling route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke KANEKO, Junya MASUI, Yui NAKAMURA, Ai FUJIMURA, Keisuke TSUJIMOTO, Tomoyuki KURIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200013287
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a control unit configured to: acquire information about a predetermined travel route of a vehicle that travels with a plurality of users on board; acquire a current position of the vehicle; compare the current position of the vehicle and the predetermined travel route against each other, and perform determination as to whether the vehicle is traveling along the predetermined travel route or not; and issue a notification to a predetermined device, in a case where a deviation of the vehicle from the predetermined travel route is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke KANEKO, Junya MASUI, Yui NAKAMURA, Ai FUJIMURA, Keisuke TSUJIMOTO, Tomoyuki KURIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200001894
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor that executes acquiring first information relating to an intention of at least one of a plurality of users traveling in the same vehicle regarding a traveling environment in the vehicle and transmit ting the first information to at least an apparatus associated with the vehicle. The processor may further execute evaluating the first information, generating an evaluation result and transmitting the evaluation result to the apparatus associated with the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke KANEKO, Junya MASUI, Yui NAKAMURA, Ai FUJIMURA, Keisuke TSUJIMOTO, Tomoyuki KURIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190385451
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus determines a pickup point and a drop-off point for a first user traveling to a destination in a vehicle carrying a plurality of unspecified users. The apparatus includes a controller that obtains information on the place of departure and the destination of the first user; determines a pickup point for the first user based on the place of departure of the first user; defines a predetermined field including the destination of the first user and determines a drop-off point for the first user from a plurality of points except the destination, the points being included in the predetermined field; and transmits the determined pickup point and drop-off point for the first user to a device associated with the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke KANEKO, Junya MASUI, Yui NAKAMURA, Ai FUJIMURA, Keisuke TSUJIMOTO, Tomoyuki KURIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190195640
    Abstract: A management system that manages substitute parking service in which a substitute driver parks a vehicle of a service user, in place of the service user, includes a processor configured to generate path information indicating a path from a delivery location of the vehicle to a parking lot in which the vehicle is allowed to be parked, based on information indicating the delivery location, and information indicating a position of the parking lot, and the processor being configured to transmit the path information to a terminal of the service user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Publication number: 20190197905
    Abstract: A parking assistance service management device that manages a parking assistance service in which an agent provides parking assistance for a vehicle of a service user includes a processor configured to acquire position information on the vehicle from a terminal of the agent driving the vehicle to a parking lot on behalf of the service user, and to generate, based on the position information, information indicating a path along which the vehicle has travelled to the parking lot from a delivery place at which the vehicle is delivered to the agent, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the information indicating the path to a terminal of the service user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Publication number: 20190188817
    Abstract: A management apparatus for a valet parking service that a valet driver parks a vehicle of a service user in place of the service user includes a transmission unit including a communication unit and a processor. The transmission unit is configured to transmit information, indicating a plurality of valet driver candidates available to park the vehicle in place of the service user, to a terminal of the service user together with information indicating an attribute of each of the plurality of the valet driver candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Publication number: 20190189010
    Abstract: A parking assistance service management device includes a processor configured to receive, from a terminal of a user of a parking assistance service, a use request for using the parking assistance service. The use request includes point information and time information. The processor is configured to extract, in response to the reception of the use request, from a plurality of parking lots, a parking lot that is present within a predetermined range from the point represented by the point information and has an empty parking space at the date and time represented by the time information. The processor is configured to reserve a parking space for the date and time represented by the time information. The information notification unit is configured to notify a terminal of an agent of the parking assistance service and the terminal of the user of reserved parking lot information indicating the reserved parking lot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Publication number: 20190189011
    Abstract: A parking assistance service management device that manages a parking assistance service in which an agent provides parking assistance for a vehicle of a service user includes a reception unit configured to receive user information including information indicating a position of the vehicle from a terminal of the service user, a specifying unit configured to specify a terminal of the agent providing the parking assistance for the vehicle based on the user information, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the information indicating the position of the vehicle to the terminal of the agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru YANAGIDA, Chikage KUBO, Ai FUJIMURA, Shunsuke NODA, Satoshi USUI
  • Publication number: 20190161060
    Abstract: In a system that enables a person who possesses a portable device in which enablement data as data that permits operation of a vehicle is stored, to operate the vehicle, a relay device is provided for relaying the enablement data from a center server that issues the enablement data of the vehicle, to a portable device of a person scheduled to operate the vehicle. The relay device includes an obtaining unit that obtains the enablement data of the vehicle from the center server, a temporarily storing unit that temporarily stores the enablement data obtained by the obtaining unit, in a storage device, and a transmitting unit that sends the enablement data stored in the storage device, to a portable device used by a person in charge of operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru YANAGIDA, Chikage KUBO, Ai FUJIMURA, Shunsuke NODA, Satoshi USUI
  • Publication number: 20190164425
    Abstract: A leading system has an output unit configured to output a predetermined signal to a first area around a vehicle, and a terminal carried by a person. The terminal has a receiving unit configured to receive the predetermined signal when the person enters the first area and a first notification unit configured to automatically perform a first notification to the person when the predetermined signal is received by the receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru YANAGIDA, Chikage KUBO, Ai FUJIMURA, Shunsuke NODA, Satoshi USUI
  • Publication number: 20190164426
    Abstract: A notification system includes a notification unit configured to notify a second person of position information relating to a parking position of a vehicle and auxiliary information to help the second person to find the vehicle after the vehicle is moved and parked by a first person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru YANAGIDA, Chikage KUBO, Ai FUJIMURA, Shunsuke NODA, Satoshi USUI