Patents by Inventor Chihiro INABA

Chihiro INABA 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: 20250259452
    Abstract: A roadside device including an imaging unit, a communication unit, a notification unit, and a control unit, wherein when a pedestrian near a road is detected from a video from the imaging unit, the control unit receives vehicle information including relative position information between a first vehicle that is an autonomous driving vehicle approaching the roadside device and a second vehicle around the first vehicle from an information processing device via the communication unit, and notifies the pedestrian of notification information including the relative position information by the notification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Chihiro INABA, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE, Shoi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20250246076
    Abstract: Upon receiving a notification from a roadside apparatus, a terminal apparatus identifies a positional relationship of the roadside apparatus relative to a travel route of an automated driving vehicle associated with the terminal apparatus. The terminal apparatus then outputs the notification in a manner according to the identified positional relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Chihiro INABA, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE
  • Publication number: 20250218026
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to, when a vehicle approaches a roadside apparatus, which is configured to notify target persons of the presence of vehicles and/or pedestrians, acquire an image of the roadside apparatus captured by an imager provided in the vehicle, acquire vehicle position information indicating a position of the vehicle at the time of capturing the image, acquire, by analyzing the image, relative position information indicating a relative positional relationship between the vehicle and the roadside apparatus at the time of capturing the image, calculate, based on the vehicle position information and the relative position information, calculated position information indicating a calculated position of the roadside apparatus, and transmit the calculated position information to a memory of an information storage apparatus, which is configured to store position information on the roadside apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Chihiro INABA, Shoi SUZUKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE
  • Publication number: 20250218284
    Abstract: A roadside device includes a communication unit, a shooting unit, a notification unit, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to, when a pedestrian heading toward a roadway is detected from video shot by the shooting unit, perform notification the pedestrian of first information based on conditions of the roadway via the notification unit. Also, the control unit is configured to, after the notification of the first information, notify a driving assistant of a relevant vehicle, that is an automated driving vehicle approaching the roadside device, of second information via the communication unit. The first information is information indicating that the roadway is crossable. The second information is information indicating presence of the pedestrian.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Chihiro INABA, Shoi SUZUKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE
  • Publication number: 20250218288
    Abstract: A roadside apparatus acquires a time distance from an automated driving vehicle approaching the roadside apparatus to the roadside apparatus when a pedestrian heading toward a roadway has been detected from a video captured by the imager, and notifies the automated driving vehicle of first information indicating presence of the pedestrian and/or notifies the pedestrian of second information indicating a restriction on crossing the roadway, via the notification interface, in a case in which the acquired time distance is less than a threshold determined according to an external environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Chihiro INABA, Shoi SUZUKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE
  • Publication number: 20250218294
    Abstract: A roadside apparatus includes a communication interface configured to transmit and receive information, an imager configured to capture images of a pedestrian, an output interface configured to output information for the pedestrian, and a controller configured to transmit, to a vehicle, first information indicating an approach of the pedestrian to a roadway based on the captured images, and thereafter output second information to alert the pedestrian for the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Chihiro INABA, Shoi SUZUKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE
  • Publication number: 20250218035
    Abstract: A roadside apparatus includes a controller configured to store a reference image captured with the roadside apparatus installed in a reference posture, calculate an amount of deviation between a capturing range of an image captured after the reference image is stored and a capturing range of the reference image, and notify a server of information encouraging a repair to a posture of the roadside apparatus in a case in which the amount of deviation is equal to or greater than a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Chihiro INABA, Shoi SUZUKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE
  • Publication number: 20250218293
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a roadside device and a method for providing mobility-as-a-service. The roadside device includes a notification unit and a control unit. The control unit determines an operating state of the roadside device, and performs a notification process to the notification target person according to the determined operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Chihiro INABA, Shoi SUZUKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE
  • Publication number: 20250218283
    Abstract: The information processing method is an information processing method executed by a computer capable of communicating with one or more terminal devices and one or more roadside devices, and includes: acquiring position information of the terminal device; detecting that the terminal device has entered a predetermined geographical range in which the roadside device is installed based on the acquired position information; and transmitting instruction information instructing a function explanation of the roadside device to at least one of the terminal device and the roadside device when the terminal device detects that the terminal device has entered the geographical range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Chihiro INABA, Shoi SUZUKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE
  • Publication number: 20250218300
    Abstract: A method executed by a computer capable of communicating with one or more automated driving vehicles and one or more roadside apparatuses includes storing information indicating an installation position and a detection area of each of the road side apparatuses, monitoring positional information for each of the automated driving vehicles, displaying a map screen, and displaying the automated driving vehicles and the roadside apparatuses on the map screen in a first mode when the automated driving vehicles enter detection areas of the roadside apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Chihiro INABA, Shoi SUZUKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE
  • Publication number: 20250218296
    Abstract: An information processing device including a notification unit and a control unit, wherein the control unit performs an operation including: predicting a dwell time of a bus vehicle stopped at a bus stop; and notifying, a following vehicle traveling behind the bus vehicle of information on traveling of the bus vehicle including the dwell time via the notification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Chihiro Inaba, Shoi Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Okada, Yasuhiro Kobatake
  • Publication number: 20250218298
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory configured to store information on a position of a roadside apparatus that presents assistance information to assist with walking to a pedestrian, a communication interface, and a controller configured to communicate using the communication interface, and transmit to a mobile terminal, when the mobile terminal is located at a first distance from the roadside apparatus, first instruction information to cause the mobile terminal to execute a notification operation for alerting a pedestrian carrying the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Chihiro INABA, Shoi SUZUKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE
  • Publication number: 20250220573
    Abstract: A control system includes a roadside apparatus, and a server capable of communicating with the roadside apparatus, the roadside apparatus is configured to shift from an operation mode to a sleep mode in which power consumption is reduced more than in the operation mode when a predetermined time period has elapsed after a start of operation, the server is configured to transmit a cancellation instruction for the sleep mode to the roadside apparatus when a first condition has been satisfied, and the roadside apparatus is configured to cancel the sleep mode and return to the operation mode in response to receipt of the cancellation instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Chihiro INABA, Shoi SUZUKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Yasuhiro KOBATAKE
  • Publication number: 20240281982
    Abstract: A control unit executes: acquiring an actual image that is an image captured by the imaging unit; acquiring a calibration image that is an image captured by the imaging unit in the past and serving as a reference for the current background; generating a model for estimating a region where a shadow exists and correcting the color tone; and adding a shadow corresponding to the actual image to the calibration image based on the calibration image and the model and correcting the color tone and generating an estimated background image, which is a corrected image and is a background image corresponding to the actual image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Chihiro INABA, Takurou SAKAI
  • Patent number: 11488390
    Abstract: A map generation device that detects a pre-specified target object based on image information obtained by imaging from each of a plurality of vehicles; estimates position information that is an absolute position of the detected target object, the position information being estimated based on a relative position of the detected target object and each vehicle imaging the image information in which the target object is detected, and position information that is an absolute position of each vehicle at a time of imaging the target object; and integrates matching target objects included in a plurality of estimated target objects, the matching target objects being integrated based on the position information of the respective target objects and the image information of the images in which the respective target objects are included, and a number and positions of the target objects being specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chihiro Inaba, Akie Sakiyama, Makoto Tamura, Toshiyuki Hagiya
  • Publication number: 20220230287
    Abstract: The first processor is configured to acquire captured images that have been captured by plural vehicles and that each of the captured images satisfies plural predetermined conditions including an image capture freshness condition, an image capture condition, and a moving body condition relating to a moving body in the captured image, and also acquire vehicle information including position information corresponding to the respective captured images, and to detect the moving body present in one of the captured images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chihiro INABA, Hiromi Tonegawa, Toshiyuki Hagiya
  • Patent number: 11279281
    Abstract: An abnormality detection apparatus, comprises a first acquisition unit configured to acquire imaged data obtained by imaging an object vehicle traveling on a road; a first recognition unit configured to recognize a lighting state of lighting devices of the object vehicle, based on the imaged data; a second recognition unit configured to recognize a lighting necessity of the lighting devices, based on the imaged data; and a detection unit configured to detect whether the lighting devices operate normally or abnormally, based on the lighting state and the lighting necessity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chihiro Inaba, Toshiki Endo, Eisuke Adachi, Takashige Hori
  • Patent number: 11151966
    Abstract: A display control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a display control apparatus that displays an image on a display unit equipped on a vehicle, the display control apparatus including an image display unit that determines whether or not an amount of information of a first image to be displayed on the display unit equipped on the vehicle needs to be reduced based on vehicle information obtained from the vehicle, displays the first image on the display unit when the amount of the information of the first image does not need to be reduced, and displays a second image an amount of information of which is smaller than the amount of the information of the first image in place of the first image on the display unit when the amount of the information of the first image needs to be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Chihiro Inaba
  • Patent number: 11097745
    Abstract: A driving support method for a vehicle includes: acquiring a sound of a sound source placed outside the vehicle; and displaying, on a display portion, driving support information corresponding to an utterance content of the sound, the utterance content of the sound being recognized by a sound recognition process, in a display mode suggesting a relative position of the sound source from the vehicle, the relative position being specified based on the sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Chihiro Inaba
  • Patent number: 11100927
    Abstract: An information providing device includes circuitry configured to: acquire an uttered word which is uttered by a user and an utterance time at which the Littered word is uttered by the user; control output of offer information associated with the uttered word to the user; and restrict output of the offer information associated with the uttered word within a predetermined masking period from the utterance time of the uttered word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Chihiro Inaba