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).
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Patent number: 11488390Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chihiro Inaba, Akie Sakiyama, Makoto Tamura, Toshiyuki Hagiya
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Publication number: 20220230287Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chihiro INABA, Hiromi Tonegawa, Toshiyuki Hagiya
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Patent number: 11279281Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chihiro Inaba, Toshiki Endo, Eisuke Adachi, Takashige Hori
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Patent number: 11151966Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Chihiro Inaba
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Patent number: 11100927Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Chihiro Inaba
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Patent number: 11097745Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chihiro Inaba
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Publication number: 20210248387Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chihiro INABA, Akie SAKIYAMA, Makoto TAMURA, Toshiyuki HAGIYA
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Patent number: 11030467Abstract: In a server device, a specifying part is configured to, based on information acquired from a plurality of vehicles, specify a distribution target vehicle to which an image recognition logic for image recognition of a predetermined object is to be distributed, among the plurality of vehicles. A distribution part is configured to distribute the image recognition logic to the distribution target vehicle specified by the specifying part. An acquisition part is configured to acquire information on the predetermined object from the distribution target vehicle to which the image recognition logic has been distributed, the information on the predetermined object being recognized by executing the image recognition logic on a captured out-of-vehicle image of the distribution target vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chihiro Inaba
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Publication number: 20210150195Abstract: A clothing information acquisition device includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image obtained by capturing an image of the outside of a vehicle by an in-vehicle camera and location information on a location at which the image is captured, a specifying unit that specifies clothing information of a person included in the captured image, and a storage unit that stores the specified clothing information in association with the location information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki BANDAI, Keiko SUZUKI, Chihiro INABA, Toshiyuki HAGIYA
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Patent number: 10866781Abstract: An information processor includes a keyword acquisition section configured to acquire a keyword; a first acquisition section configured to acquire information on a description of the acquired keyword from a database; a summary creating section configured to summarize the description to create a summary; an extracting section configured to extract, from the description, at least one element that is not contained in the summary; an output section configured to output the at least one element that is not contained in the summary to a user, and to output the summary to the user after outputting the at least one element that is not contained in the summary to the user; and a profile creating section configured to create a user profile of the user in accordance with an input indicative of an interest of the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chihiro Inaba
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Patent number: 10839691Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes a memory and a processor having hardware. The processor is configured to acquire behavior prediction information of a moving object within a predetermined range centered on a subject vehicle to which driving assistance is applied, predict behavior content of the moving object within the predetermined range based on the acquired behavior prediction information of the moving object, and output a notification of an alert level corresponding to the predicted behavior content of the moving object at an edge of a windshield corresponding to a side on which the moving object, the behavior content of which has been predicted, exists, with respect to the position of a driver.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chihiro Inaba, Chikage Kubo, Keiko Nakano, Kazunari Nawa, Hisakazu Hada, Emi Seki
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Publication number: 20200353946Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chihiro INABA
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Patent number: 10759447Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chihiro Inaba
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Publication number: 20200193941Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Chihiro INABA
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Publication number: 20200160714Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes a memory and a processor having hardware. The processor is configured to acquire behavior prediction information of a moving object within a predetermined range centered on a subject vehicle to which driving assistance is applied, predict behavior content of the moving object within the predetermined range based on the acquired behavior prediction information of the moving object, and output a notification of an alert level corresponding to the predicted behavior content of the moving object at an edge of a windshield corresponding to a side on which the moving object, the behavior content of which has been predicted, exists, with respect to the position of a driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chihiro INABA, Chikage KUBO, Keiko NAKANO, Kazunari NAWA, Hisakazu HADA, Emi SEKI
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Publication number: 20190341043Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Chihiro Inaba
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Publication number: 20190263426Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chihiro INABA
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Publication number: 20190171408Abstract: An information processor includes a keyword acquisition section configured to acquire a keyword; a first acquisition section configured to acquire information on a description of the acquired keyword from a database; a summary creating section configured to summarize the description to create a summary; an extracting section configured to extract, from the description, at least one element that is not contained in the summary; an output section configured to output the at least one element that is not contained in the summary to a user, and to output the summary to the user after outputting the at least one element that is not contained in the summary to the user; and a profile creating section configured to create a user profile of the user in accordance with an input indicative of an interest of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chihiro INABA
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Publication number: 20190147256Abstract: In a server device, a specifying part is configured to, based on information acquired from a plurality of vehicles, specify a distribution target vehicle to which an image recognition logic for image recognition of a predetermined object is to be distributed, among the plurality of vehicles. A distribution part is configured to distribute the image recognition logic to the distribution target vehicle specified by the specifying part. An acquisition part is configured to acquire information on the predetermined object from the distribution target vehicle to which the image recognition logic has been distributed, the information on the predetermined object being recognized by executing the image recognition logic on a captured out-of-vehicle image of the distribution target vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chihiro INABA
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Publication number: 20190061620Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chihiro INABA, Toshiki ENDO, Eisuke ADACHI, Takashige HORI