Patents by Inventor Atsushi Sajiki

Atsushi Sajiki 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: 11807163
    Abstract: A controller is configured to acquire primary information indicating that an emergency vehicle during emergency driving has satisfied the condition that the emergency vehicle has entered a particular area in which right of way may be given and/or the condition that the emergency vehicle has shifted into a specific driving mode in which right of way may be given within the particular area. Upon acquisition of the primary information, the controller stops a siren of the emergency vehicle or reduces the volume of the siren of the emergency vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Sajiki
  • Patent number: 11807475
    Abstract: There is provided a loading support system including a container selection unit configured to select a container, which is suitable for a shape of a load to be loaded on a cargo bed of a collection and delivery vehicle, from a plurality of standardized containers having different shapes, and a loading location determination unit configured to determine a loading location of the container, which is selected by the container selection unit, in the cargo bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei Ohtsuka, Atsushi Sajiki, Yukio Umemura, Takashi Nanbu, Hiroki Tabata, Hiroki Hagiwara, Takeshi Saotome
  • Publication number: 20220379808
    Abstract: A controller is configured to acquire primary information indicating that an emergency vehicle during emergency driving has satisfied the condition that the emergency vehicle has entered a particular area in which right of way may be given and/or the condition that the emergency vehicle has shifted into a specific driving mode in which right of way may be given within the particular area. Upon acquisition of the primary information, the controller stops a siren of the emergency vehicle or reduces the volume of the siren of the emergency vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Atsushi SAJIKI
  • Publication number: 20220221282
    Abstract: In an information processing device, a control unit detects a predetermined action taken by an employee to return home from a predetermined facility. Then, the control unit allocates, to the predetermined facility, a vehicle in which the employee rides, when the predetermined action is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi SAJIKI
  • Patent number: 11386790
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle operation management system having a server device and one or more vehicles. The vehicle includes equipment configured to provide a predetermined service inside the vehicle and a running control unit configured to control autonomous running of the vehicle. The server device includes a service request information acquisition unit. At least one of the server device and the vehicle includes a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire position information on the autonomous vehicle and a running route setting unit configured to set a running route of the vehicle. The running control unit controls running of the vehicle such that the vehicle runs along the running route set by the running route setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Igata, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Atsushi Sajiki, Hidenari Soya, Satoshi Usui
  • Patent number: 11386475
    Abstract: A mail-order system has a server apparatus and a moving object. The server apparatus includes a purchase likelihood information acquisition unit configured to acquire at least information regarding a commodity considered to be purchased by a user and information regarding a desired delivery destination of the commodity, and a moving object management unit configured to give an instruction relating to at least movement to the moving object. The moving object is able to load commodities. The moving object includes a movement controller configured to make the moving object move in an autonomous moving mode. At least one of the server apparatus and the moving object includes a positional information acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information of the moving object, and an inventory management unit configured to manage an inventory of commodities loaded in the moving object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Igata, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Atsushi Sajiki, Hidenari Soya, Satoshi Usui
  • Patent number: 11299061
    Abstract: A charging and discharging management system according to the present disclosure is a system for, in regard to a vehicle on which a battery capable of being charged and discharged is mounted, charging and discharging the battery, the charging and discharging management system including: an information collection unit configured to collect boarding information indicating an aircraft which a driver of the vehicle plans to board, the vehicle being parked in a parking lot in an airport; a parking period acquisition unit configured to acquire a parking period of the vehicle based on the boarding information pieces collected by the information collection unit; and a determination unit configured to determine a timing at which the battery mounted on the vehicle is charged and discharged based on the parking period acquired by the parking period acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ikuo Ohta, Hideshi Mizutani, Atsushi Sajiki, Takao Inata, Yohei Tanigawa, Atsushi Nakajima, Atsuo Komatsubara
  • Publication number: 20210023959
    Abstract: A charging and discharging management system according to the present disclosure is a system for, in regard to a vehicle on which a battery capable of being charged and discharged is mounted, charging and discharging the battery, the charging and discharging management system including: an information collection unit configured to collect boarding information indicating an aircraft which a driver of the vehicle plans to board, the vehicle being parked in a parking lot in an airport; a parking period acquisition unit configured to acquire a parking period of the vehicle based on the boarding information pieces collected by the information collection unit; and a determination unit configured to determine a timing at which the battery mounted on the vehicle is charged and discharged based on the parking period acquired by the parking period acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo OHTA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Atsushi SAJIKI, Takao INATA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Atsuo KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210024227
    Abstract: To provide a workload calculation system capable of suppressing the possibility of the cargo handling work not being performed as planned in the work schedule at the arrival airport. A workload calculation system according to the present disclosure includes: an image pick-up unit configured to acquire an image of a cargo loaded aboard an airplane prior to the arrival of the airplane at an arrival airport; a characteristics detection unit configured to detect characteristics of the cargo by recognizing the image of the cargo acquired by the image pick-up unit; and a workload calculation unit configured to calculate a workload required to convey the cargo at the arrival airport by checking the characteristics of the cargo detected by the characteristics detection unit against pre-recorded workload information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo OHTA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Atsushi SAJIKI, Takao INATA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Atsuo KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210027342
    Abstract: An advertisement display management system includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a terminal device at a client company, an amount of electricity to be purchased for a prescribed period from the electricity generating facility where a renewable energy source is used and which is installed at an airport and data of an advertisement to be displayed at the airport during the prescribed period; a calculation unit configured to calculate an emission reduction amount of CO2 equivalent to the amount of electricity to be purchased; and a display unit installed at the airport and configured to display the data of the advertisement, the amount of electricity to be purchased, and the emission reduction amount of CO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideshi MIZUTANI, Ikuo OHTA, Atsushi SAJIKI, Takao INATA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Atsuo KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210023963
    Abstract: A charging management system according to the present disclosure is a system for charging a plurality of batteries that are respectively mounted on a plurality of electric automobiles connected to a charging facility, the charging management system including: a collection unit configured to collect charging characteristics of the plurality of batteries; and a determination unit configured to determine a distribution of an amount of charging power to be supplied to the plurality of batteries from the charging facility based on the charging characteristics collected by the collection unit. The determination unit determines to supply the batteries having the same charging characteristics as each other with the same amount of charging power as each other, and determines to supply the batteries having charging characteristics different from each other with amounts of charging power different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo OHTA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Atsushi SAJIKI, Takao INATA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Atsuo KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210027227
    Abstract: An energy management system for enabling an airport including a power storage facility to prepare an electric power purchase plan in order to purchase a predetermined amount of electric power from an electric power company for a predetermined period and to cover electric power to be used at the airport. The energy management system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire arrival and departure information and information about climate change, a prediction unit configured to predict a fluctuation in the demand for the electric power at the airport based on the arrival and departure information and the information about climate change, and a determination unit configured to determine the predetermined amount of electric power and the predetermined period based on the fluctuation in demand for electric power and a power storage capacity of the power storage facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Takao INATA, Ikuo OHTA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Atsushi SAJIKI, Yohei TANIGAWA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Atsuo KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210027399
    Abstract: An energy management system capable of optimizing a distribution of energy storage between a battery and a hydrogen energy storage system is provided. An energy management system includes a collection unit configured to collect arrival and departure information and information about weather, a prediction unit configured to predict a demand fluctuation in an amount of electric power used in an airport based on the information collected by the collection unit, and a determination unit configured to determine a distribution of energy storage between a battery and a hydrogen energy storage system based on the demand fluctuation predicted by the prediction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Hideshi MIZUTANI, Ikuo OHTA, Atsushi SAJIKI, Takao INATA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Atsuo KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210024146
    Abstract: An automotive vehicle according to the present disclosure is an automotive vehicle deployed at an airport, the automotive vehicle including: an information collection unit configured to collect arrival and departure information of an aircraft which a user boards; a derivation unit configured to derive a boarding place and a boarding time for the user to board the aircraft based on the arrival and departure information pieces; a user recognition unit configured to recognize the user; a distance measurement unit configured to measure a distance between the automotive vehicle and the user; and a traveling control unit configured to control traveling of the automotive vehicle. The traveling control unit controls the automotive vehicle to travel to the boarding place by the boarding time while guiding the user and preventing the automotive vehicle and the user from being spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo OHTA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Atsushi SAJIKI, Takao INATA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Atsuo KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210023953
    Abstract: A charging system according to the present disclosure is a charging system for charging a battery of a vehicle including a power reception unit configured to be able to receive power in a non-contact manner and a battery charged by the power received by the power reception unit. The charging system according to the present disclosure includes: a charging apparatus including a plurality of power feed units that are arranged along a predetermined route, each of the power feed unit being configured to be able to feed electric power to the power reception unit in a non-contact manner; a detection unit configured to detect a current position of the vehicle; and a charging control unit configured to feed electric power from the power feed unit to the power reception unit in a non-contact manner based on the current position of the vehicle detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo OHTA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Atsushi SAJIKI, Takao INATA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Atsuo KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210012258
    Abstract: An airport logistics management system capable of reducing working resources in logistics in an airport is provided. The airport logistics management system includes: a collection unit configured to collect departure and arrival information, information regarding accommodation capacities of departing and arriving flights, and information regarding a record of past amounts of loads; a prediction unit configured to predict a workload in logistics at the airport based on the information collected by the collection unit; and a determination unit configured to determine an amount of working resources that are necessary based on the workload predicted by the prediction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo Ohta, Hideshi Mizutani, Atsushi Sajiki, Takao Inata, Yohei Tanigawa, Atsushi Nakajima, Atsuo Komatsubara
  • Publication number: 20210011486
    Abstract: A charging management system capable of reducing congestion of charging electric vehicles in an airport and improving the working efficiency in the airport is provided. A charging management system includes: a collection unit configured to collect departure and arrival information and information regarding amounts of loads of departing and arriving flights; a planning unit configured to create a working plan of electric vehicles working in the airport based on the information collected by the collection unit; and a determination unit configured to determine charging timings of the respective electric vehicles based on the working plan created by the planning unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo OHTA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Atsushi SAJIKI, Takao INATA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Atsuo KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20200327496
    Abstract: A delivery management system includes: an acceptance unit configured to accept a delivery request including information on a delivery date of a package, from a user, a setting unit configured to set a delivery fee, in which a discount according to the delivery date is applied, for the delivery request; a delivery schedule storage unit configured to store a delivery schedule of each of a plurality of delivery vehicles; and a determination unit configured to determine a delivery vehicle that delivers the package corresponding to the delivery request based on the delivery schedule such that a requirement of the delivery date of the delivery request is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei OHTSUKA, Atsushi SAJIKI, Yukio UMEMURA, Takashi NANBU, Hiroki TABATA, Hiroki HAGIWARA, Takeshi SAOTOME, Masao HITOMI, Yu NISHIKATA, Kousuke MATSUYAMA, Maiko EGUCHI, Seiji KUROKI, Hiroaki KAWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20200324984
    Abstract: There is provided a loading support system including a container selection unit configured to select a container, which is suitable for a shape of a load to be loaded on a cargo bed of a collection and delivery vehicle, from a plurality of standardized containers having different shapes, and a loading location determination unit configured to determine a loading location of the container, which is selected by the container selection unit, in the cargo bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei OHTSUKA, Atsushi SAJIKI, Yukio UMEMURA, Takashi NANBU, Hiroki TABATA, Hiroki HAGIWARA, Takeshi SAOTOME
  • Publication number: 20200327493
    Abstract: A cargo handling place reservation system includes a reception unit configured to receive a reservation application from a user; and a reservation unit configured to reserve a reservation target candidate place as the cargo handling place for the reservation target transportation vehicle. The reservation unit is configured to extract vacant candidate places, which are the candidate places where other reservations are not set in an allocated time slot from the expected arrival time of the reservation target transportation vehicle at the candidate place until a use time allocated to the reservation target transportation vehicle elapses, by referring to a vehicle information storage unit and a candidate place information storage unit, to determine the reservation target candidate place from the extracted vacant candidate places, and to set the reservation in the allocated time slot as the reservation status of the reservation target candidate place in the candidate place information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki TABATA, Atsushi SAJIKI, Yukio UMEMURA, Takashi NANBU, Kohei OHTSUKA, Hiroki HAGIWARA, Takeshi SAOTOME, Masao HITOMI, Yu NISHIKATA, Kousuke MATSUYAMA, Maiko EGUCHI, Seiji KUROKI, Hiroaki KAWAHARA