Patents by Inventor Akira Sasaki

Akira Sasaki 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: 20220156692
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus manages delivery of a predetermined product that is delivered on a regular basis to a specific place associated with a user. The information processing apparatus estimates, when the user is to temporarily stay at a place of stay other than the specific place, a necessary quantity that is a quantity of the predetermined product needed by the user during a period of stay at the place of stay, and generates a delivery plan for the predetermined product in such a way that the predetermined product is delivered in the necessary quantity to the place of stay at a timing of stay of the user at the place of stay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira SASAKI, Osamu IZUMIDA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Koshi ITO, Ayana TAKESHITA, Daisuke MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20220148355
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to generate an electronic key for unlocking a storage configured to be locked with an article stored therein, and a communication interface configured to transmit the electronic key generated by the controller to a terminal apparatus of a user in a case in which the user is forecasted to arrive at a store after a time slot for providing the article at the store has passed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Manabu Ishihara, Toshiki Kashiwakura, Evan Vijithakumara
  • Publication number: 20220138823
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to acquire a purchase history of products purchased by a user in a past, make a determination, based on the purchase history, that there is a target product that is purchased by the user on a regular basis, and make a proposal to the user, based on a result of the determination, to purchase the target product using a periodic purchase service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira SASAKI, Osamu IZUMIDA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Koshi ITO, Ayana TAKESHITA, Daisuke MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 11308806
    Abstract: A vehicle surveillance system in which when a vehicle including a communication section that performs transmission-reception of radio communication is parked, information related to surveillance of the vehicle acquired at the vehicle is transmitted from the communication section through the radio communication, includes a control section that performs: acquiring information related to radio wave intensity received by the communication section; and, when the vehicle is intended to be parked, generating information related to a parking form that makes the radio wave intensity not lower than a predetermined intensity, based on the information related to the radio wave intensity received by the communication section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Jun Hioki, Kazuki Matsumoto, Fumio Wada
  • Patent number: 11299170
    Abstract: There is provided a passenger support device including (i) an informing portion that sets behavior items to be performed by a passenger by a time a vehicle arrives at a destination and sets an order of performing the behavior items, the informing portion informing the passenger of the behavior items to be performed based on the order, (ii) an action recognition portion that recognizes an action of the passenger performing the behavior items, and (iii) an action support portion that supports the action of the passenger performing the behavior items, based on each of the behavior items and the action of the passenger recognized by the action recognition portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Eisuke Ando, Misako Hayashima, Saki Kitoh, Masahiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11292406
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: an identifier management unit that manages a first identifier, a second identifier, and a third identifier by which a first vehicle, a second vehicle, and a user to switch from the first vehicle to the second vehicle are uniquely identified, respectively; a specification difference pinpointing unit that compares specification of a first operation unit and specification of a second operation unit, and that pinpoints an operation unit for which a specification of a function is common and a specification of the operation unit is different before and after the switching from the first vehicle to the second vehicle; and an assist information providing unit that provides assist information by which an operation of the pinpointed operation unit is assisted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11279377
    Abstract: A server device configured to communicate with a communication device mounted in a vehicle, the server device includes a controller configured to execute acquiring a position of an emergency vehicle, specifying a non-emergency vehicle at a predetermined distance from the position of the emergency vehicle, and transmitting, to a communication device mounted in the non-emergency vehicle, a communication stop request as information for prompting an occupant of the non-emergency vehicle to stop use of wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Jun Hioki, Kazuki Matsumoto, Fumio Wada
  • Publication number: 20220049964
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to transmit/receive information to/from another apparatus via the communication interface. When a first boarding location is specified by a terminal apparatus, the controller notifies, to the terminal apparatus, a second boarding location which is within a predetermined distance range from the first boarding location, and reachable by a dispatchable vehicle earlier than the first boarding location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Toshiki Kashiwakura, Manabu Ishihara, Akira Sasaki, Scott R. Meyer
  • Publication number: 20220048521
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to transmit/receive information to/from another apparatus using the communication interface. Upon determining, based on behavior classification, that a behavior of a passenger detected from a captured image or a sound of the inside of a vehicle is threatening, the controller is configured to execute a process for evaluation of the passenger such that vehicle dispatch to the passenger is restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Manabu Ishihara, Toshiki Kashiwakura, Akira Sasaki, Sachin Ahire
  • Publication number: 20220048464
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to, upon determining, based on behavior classification, that a behavior of a passenger detected from a captured image or a sound of inside of a vehicle is threatening, transmit a first instruction to increase tension of a seat belt worn by the passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Toshiki Kashiwakura, Manabu Ishihara, Akira Sasaki, Sachin Ahire
  • Patent number: 11243090
    Abstract: A driver assistance device mounted on a vehicle includes a communication unit; an output unit; an input unit configured to detect user input; and a control unit configured to perform driver assistance with use of a point on a map as a destination. The control unit is configured to i) execute a connection process to connect the driver assistance device to a terminal device wirelessly via the communication unit, ii) output identification information on the terminal device as an image or a voice via the output unit after the driver assistance device is wirelessly connected to the terminal device, and iii) execute a setting process to set the point determined by the terminal device as the destination for the driver assistance in a case where the control unit detects specified user input via the input unit after outputting the identification information on the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Masashi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20220038555
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to transmit/receive information to/from another apparatus using the communication interface. Upon receiving a request for vehicle dispatch from a terminal apparatus, the controller is configured to transmit an instruction to pick up a user of the terminal apparatus to a vehicle that includes a game apparatus corresponding to a game preference of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Toshiki Kashiwakura, Akira Sasaki, Manabu Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20220021628
    Abstract: In a smartphone or a personal computer, when there is an application which performs communication which a user is unconscious of, a communication volume increases unintentionally, and there arise problems in that a maximum communication volume is exceed, a network bandwidth of a base station is compressed, or communication being intentionally performed is disturbed. In order to solve the above problems, provided is a communication control method used in a communication control device capable of performing communication using an application via a communication line, and includes an application control step of switching a plurality of applications between a foreground state and a background state and a communication control step of changing an allocation amount of a network bandwidth of an application in accordance with whether the switched application is in the foreground state or the background state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventor: Akira SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220011134
    Abstract: A driver assistance device mounted on a vehicle includes a communication unit; an output unit; an input unit configured to detect user input; and a control unit configured to perform driver assistance with use of a point on a map as a destination. The control unit is configured to i) execute a connection process to connect the driver assistance device to a terminal device wirelessly via the communication unit, ii) output identification information on the terminal device as an image or a voice via the output unit after the driver assistance device is wirelessly connected to the terminal device, and iii) execute a setting process to set the point determined by the terminal device as the destination for the driver assistance in a case where the control unit detects specified user input via the input unit after outputting the identification information on the terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira SASAKI, Masashi NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11215309
    Abstract: A heating device for being attached to and heating a heated object that requires to be heated and has an uneven exterior shape. The heating device including: a conductive member having thermal conductivity and being configured to be attached to a recess of the heated object; and a heater configured to cover and heat the heated object and the conductive member in a state where the conductive member is attached to the recess of the heated object. The heater has a portion to be in contact with a bulge portion of the heated object in a state where the conductive member is attached to the recess of the heated object and where the heated object and the conductive member are covered with the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Toshiyuki Anji, Kenji Iida, Daisaku Seki
  • Patent number: 11214193
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: determine a type of a detection object approaching the vehicle; determine whether or not the detection object enters a predetermined range around the vehicle; and control an output of a sound corresponding to the type of the detection object when the detection object enters the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11217827
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a battery is provided. The method includes suctioning a part of a strip-shaped separator in a plurality of holes of a winding core in a peripheral surface of the winding core; preparing a wound body by winding strip-shaped positive and negative electrodes along with the strip-shaped separator around the winding core; and preparing an electrode body by releasing the suction in the holes and pulling out the winding core from the wound body, in which the battery includes a battery container configured to accommodate the electrode body, the holes are communicated inside with the winging core having a hollow structure, and the winding core has an outside diameter of 2 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Shibata, Akira Sasaki, Takeshi Honda
  • Patent number: 11165715
    Abstract: In a smartphone or a personal computer, when there is an application which performs communication which a user is unconscious of, a communication volume increases unintentionally, and there arise problems in that a maximum communication volume is exceed, a network bandwidth of a base station is compressed, or communication being intentionally performed is disturbed. In order to solve the above problems, provided is a communication control method used in a communication control device capable of performing communication using an application via a communication line, and includes an application control step of switching a plurality of applications between a foreground state and a background state and a communication control step of changing an allocation amount of a network bandwidth of an application in accordance with whether the switched application is in the foreground state or the background state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20210326775
    Abstract: An operation management apparatus includes a controller configured to manage operation of a vehicle. The controller is configured to receive, from a terminal apparatus of a user, boarding application information including a desired condition of the user, determine an operation schedule for the vehicle so as to enable the user to board the vehicle in accordance with the desired condition, when an operation demand for the vehicle occurs, change the operation schedule based on the operation demand, and when the user is unable to board the vehicle as per the desired condition due to the change in the operation schedule made based on the operation demand, transmit, to the terminal apparatus of the user, information regarding an incentive to be granted to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki TATSUMOTO, Saori MATSUMOTO, Keigo YAMADA, Akira SASAKI, Mitsuhiro MIURA
  • Publication number: 20210312489
    Abstract: An operation management apparatus includes a controller configured to manage operation of a vehicle for boarding a user. The controller is configured to grant an incentive to the user based on an event that has occurred in the vehicle while the user is on board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki TATSUMOTO, Saori MATSUMOTO, Keigo YAMADA, Akira SASAKI, Mitsuhiro MIURA