Patents by Inventor Chieko SAWADA
Chieko SAWADA 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).
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Patent number: 12087089Abstract: There is provided a vehicle including: a plurality of dimming glass units used for a plurality of windows; a sensor that acquires an entering situation of natural light at a predetermined position; and a controller. The controller performs: specifying a first dimming glass unit that is a control target out of the plurality of dimming glass units in accordance with the entering situation of natural light; and controlling a light shielding property of the first dimming glass unit. The controller controls the first dimming glass unit so as to be into a light shielding state when the entering situation of natural light satisfies a first condition indicating that an occupant in the vehicle feels glaringness, and releases the light shielding state of the first dimming glass unit when the entering situation of natural light satisfies a second condition indicating that the occupant in the vehicle does not feel glaringness.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiyasu Takezawa, Hirotaka Todaka, Takao Kiguchi, Chieko Sawada, Yosuke Tokuda, Ayaka Kagami, Natsuki Sugiyama, Takuzo Hirano, Taichi Amakasu, Seiei Hibino, Hiroshi Kawakami
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Patent number: 11630445Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to construct a production line of products using pieces of first equipment located in a geographical area and mobile second equipment. An information processing method tries to assign pieces of first equipment to a series of work processes to produce products based on the pieces of first equipment located in the geographical area and positions thereof, decides installation of pieces of second equipment to be assigned to a part of the series of work processes to which a part of the pieces of equipment cannot be assigned from among the pieces of first equipment when there is the part of the series of work processes to which the part of the pieces of equipment cannot be assigned from among the pieces of first equipment, outputs a request to transport the pieces of second equipment to an installation position in the geographical area.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiyasu Takezawa, Hirotaka Todaka, Takao Kiguchi, Chieko Sawada, Yosuke Tokuda, Ayaka Kagami, Natsuki Sugiyama, Takuzo Hirano, Taichi Amakasu, Seiei Hibino, Hiroshi Kawakami
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INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM
Publication number: 20210364299Abstract: The present disclosure efficiently performs delivery of delivery articles, collection of collection articles, and transportation of collection articles. The present disclosure is an information processing method including an information processing apparatus performing the following: setting a travel route of a vehicle that goes through both of a delivery position and a collection position based on information indicating the delivery position of a delivery article and information indicating the collection position of a collection article; and retrieving at least one recipient corresponding to an attribute of the collection article, and outputting information indicating the retrieved recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiyasu TAKEZAWA, Hirotaka TODAKA, Takao KIGUCHI, Chieko SAWADA, Yosuke TOKUDA, Ayaka KAGAMI, Natsuki SUGIYAMA, Takuzo HIRANO, Taichi AMAKASU, Seiei HIBINO, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI -
Publication number: 20210354534Abstract: There is provided a vehicle including: a plurality of dimming glass units used for a plurality of windows; a sensor that acquires an entering situation of natural light at a predetermined position; and a controller. The controller performs: specifying a first dimming glass unit that is a control target out of the plurality of dimming glass units in accordance with the entering situation of natural light; and controlling a light shielding property of the first dimming glass unit. The controller controls the first dimming glass unit so as to be into a light shielding state when the entering situation of natural light satisfies a first condition indicating that an occupant in the vehicle feels glaringness, and releases the light shielding state of the first dimming glass unit when the entering situation of natural light satisfies a second condition indicating that the occupant in the vehicle does not feel glaringness.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiyasu TAKEZAWA, Hirotaka TODAKA, Takao KIGUCHI, Chieko SAWADA, Yosuke TOKUDA, Ayaka KAGAMI, Natsuki SUGIYAMA, Takuzo HIRANO, Taichi AMAKASU, Seiei HIBINO, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI
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Publication number: 20210295228Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to ship a shipping object at a right time in response to a demand. An information processing apparatus transmits demand information including a quantity demanded and a shipping deadline for an agricultural and marine product as a shipping object and shipping support information including information indicating shipping equipment that is capable of being provided in regard to shipping of the shipping object to a supplier, acquires information indicating shipping equipment that is desired to be provided and information indicating a carry-in place and a carry-in time for the shipping equipment desired to be provided from a supplier that performs shipping object supply appropriate to the demand information, and transmits an instruction to transport, by a vehicle, the shipping equipment desired to be provided in accordance with the information indicating the carry-in place and the carry-in time to a manager of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiyasu TAKEZAWA, Hirotaka TODAKA, Takao KIGUCHI, Chieko SAWADA, Yosuke TOKUDA, Ayaka KAGAMI, Natsuki SUGIYAMA, Takuzo HIRANO, Taichi AMAKASU, Seiei HIBINO, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI
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Publication number: 20210294309Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to construct a production line of products using pieces of first equipment located in a geographical area and mobile second equipment. An information processing method tries to assign pieces of first equipment to a series of work processes to produce products based on the pieces of first equipment located in the geographical area and positions thereof, decides installation of pieces of second equipment to be assigned to a part of the series of work processes to which a part of the pieces of equipment cannot be assigned from among the pieces of first equipment when there is the part of the series of work processes to which the part of the pieces of equipment cannot be assigned from among the pieces of first equipment, outputs a request to transport the pieces of second equipment to an installation position in the geographical area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiyasu TAKEZAWA, Hirotaka TODAKA, Takao KIGUCHI, Chieko SAWADA, Yosuke TOKUDA, Ayaka KAGAMI, Natsuki SUGIYAMA, Takuzo HIRANO, Taichi AMAKASU, Seiei HIBINO, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI
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Publication number: 20210233025Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to deliver a construction machine through a preferred route. An information processing apparatus identifies, for a construction machine separable into an upper unit and an under unit including a self-propelled mechanism, an upper unit and an under unit to be delivered, based on positions of one or more upper units, positions of one or more under units, a position of a delivery place of the construction machine and a delivery deadline. The information processing apparatus identifies conveying vehicles to be used to convey the upper unit and under unit based on positions of the upper and under units and each position of conveying vehicles. The information processing apparatus calculates movement routes of the conveying vehicles. The information processing apparatus supplies information about the movement routes to terminals placed on the conveying vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiyasu TAKEZAWA, Hirotaka TODAKA, Takao KIGUCHI, Chieko SAWADA, Yosuke TOKUDA, Ayaka KAGAMI, Natsuki SUGIYAMA, Takuzo HIRANO, Taichi AMAKASU, Seiei HIBINO, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI