Patents by Inventor Ayana TAKESHITA

Ayana TAKESHITA 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: 11758375
    Abstract: The present disclosure has an object to provide an information processing apparatus that can easily grasp a passenger during a driver's driving. A controller included in an information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure executes: acquiring first information that is information related to an appearance of a passenger having requested a ride in a vehicle being driven by a driver and is image information taken; and generating information related to the passenger by converting the first information into second information representing a predetermined characteristic part of the appearance of the passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yeonseo Kim, Shin Sakurada, Daisuke Tanabe, Ayana Takeshita, Hiroyuki Tokita, Koichi Asamoto
  • Patent number: 11556976
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a controller configured to detect an item to be purchased, based on a temporal change in captured images of an item display position at a mobile shop and, upon acquiring authentication information for a purchaser from a first terminal apparatus, perform a charging process in respect of the purchaser for a price of the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kobayashi, Ayana Takeshita, Naoki Yamamuro, Takuya Maekawa, Yugo Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11488212
    Abstract: A server apparatus and the like that improve operation efficiency of a marketplace for trading products are provided. The server apparatus includes a communication interface, and a controller configured to transmit and receive information to and from another apparatus via the communication interface. The controller calculates a time required until sale of a product at a display position based on a temporal change in captured images of the display position where the product is displayed until the product is sold, determines an exhibition fee for the display position based on the time required, informs a terminal apparatus of an exhibitor of the exhibition fee, and urges the exhibitor to exhibit the product for sale at the display position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kobayashi, Ayana Takeshita, Naoki Yamamuro, Takuya Maekawa, Yugo Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11368635
    Abstract: A controller for a vehicle includes: a disaster determining section that determines presence or absence of damage caused by a disaster; and an activating section that activates a capturing section mounted on the vehicle. An information processing system is an information processing system that includes plural vehicles and a server. The vehicle activates the capturing section mounted on the vehicle at the time of the disaster, and sends a video image captured by the capturing section and location information to the server. The server accumulates the video images sent from the plural vehicles, and associates the video images with map information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tanimori, Yoshihiro Ohe, Ayana Takeshita, Ryosuke Tanimura, Yuhei Suzuki, Hiromitsu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20220156774
    Abstract: A controller comprising at least one processor of an information processing apparatus acquires first information about delivery of a specific product that is delivered, on a regular basis, to a specific house where at least one user lives. Furthermore, the controller acquires second information about at least one member who is scheduled to be present in the specific house in a predetermined period. The predetermined period is a period between a scheduled date of next delivery of the specific product to the specific house and a first scheduled date, after the scheduled date, of delivery of the specific product to the specific house. Then, the controller predicts a demanded quantity of the specific product in the specific house in the predetermined period, based on the first information and the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 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: 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
  • Patent number: 11336841
    Abstract: A controller for a vehicle includes: a disaster determining section that determines presence or absence of damage caused by a disaster; and an activating section that activates a capturing section mounted on the vehicle. An information processing system is an information processing system that includes plural vehicles and a server. The vehicle activates the capturing section mounted on the vehicle at the time of the disaster, and sends a video image captured by the capturing section and location information to the server. The server accumulates the video images sent from the plural vehicles, and associates the video images with map information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tanimori, Yoshihiro Ohe, Ayana Takeshita, Ryosuke Tanimura, Yuhei Suzuki, Hiromitsu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20220146268
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user gets off the identical vehicle earlier than the first user. A controller is configured to execute: acquiring destination points of the first user and the second user; setting a predetermined area including the destination point of the first user and an area proximate to the destination point of the first user; determining whether the destination point of the second user is within or outside the predetermined area; and upon determining that the destination point of the second user is outside the predetermined area, setting a combination between the first user and the second user so that the first user and the second user are allowed to ride in the identical vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yeonseo KIM, Shin SAKURADA, Daisuke TANABE, Ayana TAKESHITA, Hiroyuki TOKITA, Koichi ASAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220138637
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes: a controller configured to estimate a vacant time period during a period from a first time at which a first user checked-in at an accommodation facility to a second time at which the first user is to check-out from the accommodation facility, the vacant time period being a time period during which the accommodation facility is not used by the first user; and a communication interface configured to transmit vacancy data that indicates the vacant time period estimated by the controller, to a terminal apparatus of at least one second user that is different from the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tae Sugimura, Kenta Miyahara, Ayana Takeshita, Changyi Luo, Yuhei Suzuki, Sachin Ahire
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220067615
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus includes a controller configured to: estimate whether an ingredient of a first meal to be cooked with the ingredient in a vehicle will be in surplus, in which the first meal was scheduled to be provided to a first user but will not be provided to the first user; and in a case in which it is estimated that the ingredient will be in surplus, determine a site at which to provide a second meal to be cooked with the ingredient in the vehicle, to a second user different from the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tae Sugimura, Kenta Miyahara, Ayana Takeshita, Changyi Luo, Yuhei Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20220044573
    Abstract: A server is configured to communicably connect to a first vehicle and a second vehicle that includes a toilet unit. The server comprises a controller. The controller is configured to: receive from the first vehicle a request for vehicle dispatch; identify the second vehicle in response to the request for vehicle dispatch; obtain location information for the first vehicle; and cause the second vehicle to move to a location corresponding to the location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Changyi Luo, Ayana Takeshita, Yuhei Suzuki, Michael C. Edwards, Chris Risberg
  • Publication number: 20220043941
    Abstract: A control apparatus is communicably connected to a vehicle and a user terminal, the control apparatus including a controller configured to: in response to a service request from the user terminal, determine at least a service content, a provision time, and a provision location; identify a vehicle capable of performing the service content; cause the vehicle to perform the service content inside the vehicle by the provision time; and cause the vehicle to move to the provision location by the provision time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Changyi Luo, Ayana Takeshita, Yuhei Suzuki, Michael C. Edwards, Chris Risberg
  • Publication number: 20220044556
    Abstract: A server includes an acquisition interface, a server communication interface, and a server controller. The acquisition interface is configured to be able to acquire traffic information regarding road traffic. The server communication interface is configured to be able to transmit/receive information to/from a plurality of first vehicles that are autonomous. The server controller is configured to instruct a second vehicle selected from the plurality of first vehicles to perform a specific action, in order to control traffic at any spot based on the traffic information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Changyi Luo, Ayana Takeshita, Yuhei Suzuki, Michael C. Edwards, Chris Risberg
  • Publication number: 20220044571
    Abstract: A server manages operation of a plurality of vehicles that are autonomous and used for transporting a plurality of users. The server includes a server communication interface and a server controller. The server communication interface is configured to be able to transmit/receive information to/from the plurality of vehicles. The server controller is configured to be able to transmit, via the server communication interface, an instruction to couple a first vehicle and a second vehicle which are included in the plurality of vehicles to thereby form a vehicle group which includes the first vehicle and the second vehicle in a coupled state, and control the first vehicle and the second vehicle so that a user in either one vehicle of the first vehicle and the second vehicle can move to another vehicle, and an instruction to release at least part of the coupled state of the vehicle group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Changyi Luo, Ayana Takeshita, Yuhei Suzuki, Michael C. Edwards, Chris Risberg
  • Patent number: 11237006
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to this disclosure is an information processing apparatus applied to a traffic mode where a plurality of users including a first user and a second user ride in an identical vehicle and travel, and the second user gets off the identical vehicle earlier than the first user does, including a controller configured to execute: acquiring destination points of the first user and the second user; and setting a combination between the first user and the second user allowed to ride in the identical vehicle so that the destination point of the second user does not belong to a destination area that is a predetermined area including the destination point of the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yeonseo Kim, Shin Sakurada, Daisuke Tanabe, Ayana Takeshita, Hiroyuki Tokita, Koichi Asamoto
  • Publication number: 20210224761
    Abstract: A server includes a communication interface and a controller that transmits and receives information to and from other apparatuses via the communication interface. The controller receives information on a cruising range from each mobile store among a plurality of mobile stores selling different types of products and transmits an instruction to the mobile stores to circulate as a group along a circulation route travelable by a first mobile store having the shortest cruising range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Ayana TAKESHITA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Takuya MAEKAWA, Yugo SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20210224711
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller that transmits and receives information to and from other apparatuses via the communication interface. The controller receives, from a shop terminal apparatus of a shop, information on a food product to be collected and transmits, to a mobile shop that collects the food product, a reconfiguration procedure for reconfiguring an ingredient included in the food product to yield a reconfigured food product having an expiration date later than an expiration date of the food product. The controller prompts the mobile shop to sell the reconfigured food product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Ayana TAKESHITA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Takuya MAEKAWA, Yugo SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20210224926
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller that transmits and receives information to and from other apparatuses via the communication interface. The controller transmits an instruction, to a mobile shop stocking wearable items, for moving to a point designated by a first terminal apparatus of a wearer. The controller receives a captured image of the wearer from the mobile shop and transmits the captured image to a second terminal apparatus of an evaluator. The controller receives evaluation information from the second terminal apparatus and transmits the evaluation information to the first terminal apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Ayana TAKESHITA, Naoki YAMAMURO, Takuya MAEKAWA, Yugo SAKURAI
  • Patent number: 11062599
    Abstract: In a traffic management system including a vehicle and a database, the vehicle transmits emergency vehicle information including position information of the vehicle to the database when an emergency vehicle is detected from an image which is captured by an imaging unit, and the database stores the emergency vehicle information transmitted from the vehicle. The traffic management system further includes an information processing device. The information processing device predicts a traveling route on which the emergency vehicle is to travel based on the emergency vehicle information stored in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ohe, Ayana Takeshita, Shunsuke Tanimori, Ryosuke Tanimura, Yuhei Suzuki, Hiromitsu Fujii